"The airships 'Independence' and 'Victory' have entered service, and they are worried that there is not enough Giant Eagle to escort them, and now that the new blood of these two wings has been replenished, Yelena and Zehir can breathe a sigh of relief." Roland looked back at the "Independence" parked at the airport, and saw a large group of adult giant eagles with blue and white striped ribbons tied around their necks lined up at the airport, all standing upright, listening to Captain Yelena's lecture, which was obviously the new aviation unit of the "Independence", he couldn't help but smile, and turned back to Sir Adric: "Since everything is going well on the island, why do you still have concerns?" ”

"Your Highness, if we are only satisfied with the status quo, then of course there is nothing to say, but the Kolas Air Force cannot be satisfied with only three airships, nor can it be only three Giant Eagle Wings, I heard Zehir say that there are two more 'Dawn-class' airships delivered to the Air Force before the end of the year?" Sir Adrick asked solemnly.

Roland nodded, "The 'King' and 'Destiny' airships are expected to be delivered at the end of October, and our airship construction plan will continue to expand next year, and at least eight new airships will enter service, and the tonnage will not be lower than the 'Dawn class'." ”

"At this speed of shipbuilding, the two bases of Eagle Island and Kolas Island combined cannot provide sufficient aviation for the new airship, and the rookies who have not yet completed the training cycle cannot be sent to the airship, which means that the scale of the falconry base has to be expanded." Sir Adrick gets to the point.

"This is as it should be, if there are any difficulties, you can mention them, and I will solve them as soon as possible." Roland has always attached great importance to the construction of the Air Force, and of course he will not pour cold water on the head of the lord.

"The problem of the shortage of trainers is still easy to solve, I plan to find the younger children in the family to help, if it is not enough, I can ask Teacher Valentina for help, the problem now is the lack of money." Sir Adric didn't hide it either, and said to Roland what he had in mind, "In fact, we have already started to expand the base, considering the huge cost of the new locomotive factory on the island, and the fact that the royal government still owes a lot of debts, Helena thinks that we can't count on all the financial appropriations from the cabinet, and it just so happens that we have a fund in our hands that is ready to be used to build the Lock, Helena suggests that this money be diverted to expand the falconry base first." ”

"She wrote to me not long ago to report this matter, and I wrote back to ask her for your opinion." Roland replied quietly.

"I'm not opposed to embezzling this money, but with the increasing prosperity of Koras Island, as well as important facilities such as falconry bases, shipyards, arsenals and locomotive factories that are about to be put into construction, safety risks have also become prominent, Helena thinks that the North Sea Fleet is enough to defend the island, I have a different opinion, the North Sea Fleet also has to carry out the task of escorting merchant ships, it is impossible to stay in the port all year round, if the pirates take advantage of the fleet's voyage to attack the port, it will cause great damage to our homeland." Compared with Helena, who has a radical and adventurous personality, Sir Edric is obviously a conservative and steady "defensive faction", and solemnly asked Roland, "The Lost Lock of Kolas Island will be built sooner or later, and it is better to build it early than late, the Lost Lock not only provides a realistic security guarantee, but also brings people a sense of security at the psychological level, which can attract more business owners to start businesses on our island, and provide more wealth and taxes for the kingdom." ”

"I have understood my lord's concerns, as you said, the current financial situation of the central government is relatively tight, and the misappropriation of the Mystery Fund to build the falconry base is a last resort, but I can assure you that by the end of this year at the latest, the Mystery Lock Project on Kolas Island will definitely start!" Roland Masse made a promise.

Sir Adric smiled at first with relief, and then with a puzzled face: "Your Highness, don't blame me for being too talkative, there are many places to spend money on the island, and as soon as the opening of the misappropriation of the Mystery Fund is opened, don't expect to have a few dollars left!" Since we can't come up with this money, how can the group of door-slamming mages in Beacon Mountain build the mystery lock for us in vain? ”

Roland smiled strangely, put his arm around the lord's shoulder and said: "We just can't prepay all the costs of building the lock at once, it's not our fault that we are poor, Beacon Mountain doesn't give us the lock to repair, we can only blame them for being too stingy and too rigid." ”

"Huh? It's not our fault that we're poor......" Sir Adric was embarrassed to say such shameless words, how thick is His Royal Highness's skin?!

"Rest assured, sir, I plan to visit Lighthouse Hill at the end of this month, when the time comes, I will try to convince the good-hearted mages to accept a construction plan that will be more beneficial to both of us, and if all goes well, the Mystery of Koras Island will soon be built - and there will be no one-time payment for the project." Roland said confidently.

The old man's eyes widened in astonishment, and he couldn't believe his ears.

The wizard of Beacon Hill is "kind-hearted"?

What a kind yarn! Those misers have always been open to money, and they don't scatter eagles when they don't see rabbits! The rule of building a puzzle lock has always been to pay first and then work, so why did Roland persuade people to start work first and then collect money? This was really puzzling to him.

Fortunately, Edric already knew that His Royal Highness the Prince was scheming and skillful, and maybe he could really fool the lighthouse wizards to be willing to be the bosses!

On the morning of 20 April, Roland flew back to Colasburg from Colas Island as scheduled. Helena and Sir Adric led the island's leading men to the docks, along with Jonathan, Leonid and Natalia.

Before leaving, Matvey repeatedly told his son to get along with his colleagues and not to be too willful...... Roland noticed that Leonid was already impatient, and urged the old man, who could not worry about his son, to hurry up and get on the boat.

The "Independence" airship slowly lifted off under the welcome of everyone, like a smart big fish turning to the south under the blue sky and white clouds. Looking down through the porthole, the ground quickly fades from view, the crowd on the pier gradually blurs, and the island of Koras shrinks dramatically, and the buildings and people are like tiny particles dotted on the island, and in an instant, the most prosperous island in the North Bay becomes a "sesame candy" in the blue water.

Until he couldn't see the human form on the island at all, the old man Matvey was still standing in front of the porthole and looking down. Roland knew that he couldn't rest assured of his son, so he walked over and patted the old man on the shoulder, and comforted him softly: "Leonid is not a child anymore, he will take care of his work and life." ”

Matvey came back to his senses, nodded in dismay, and sent his most sincere blessing to his son from a height of 10,000 feet: "North Bay is a good place to heal people's hearts, I hope Leonid can forget the past and start a new life here." ”