War is a competition for resources, and everything is closed without money. Therefore, how to ensure the good operation of finances during the war has become a long-standing problem for the rulers. Of course, the standard of good operation here is completely different from that of business - as long as the fiscal deficit can be effectively controlled, and the livelihood of the people in the territory is not greatly affected, it is considered to be a good operation.

For a territory with a developed industry and commerce such as Boreham, simply relying on the expansion of domestic demand is not enough to solve the problem. Even if the government uses years of savings to make up for the shortfall, the resulting inflation could lead to serious adverse consequences. At such a time, to expand external demand, blood from other places has become another viable option.

Obviously, according to the current situation, the Northland Seven Cities Alliance, which was the first to fall into the war, has become the preferred target of the Boreham Lord. A considerable part of the various materials they continue to consume are high value-added products produced by Boreham Ling. Even the rest are mostly transshipped by Boreham or borrowed from territory. The high profits of this period of time really made the Earl reluctant to give up.

And to ensure that this income is not affected, the first thing is to protect the iron-blooded artery responsible for trade. Similarly, if they don't want to let their previous investments go down the drain, the Boreham Territory must ensure that the Seven Cities Alliance can win the war, at least with relative integrity.

In this way, relying solely on financial aid is naturally somewhat inadequate. Therefore, it has become an inevitable choice to put the maritime power of the territory into this chess game one after another. Of course, this was all after Barrett heard that the second frigate had gone north. Combined with some of the previous information, I figured out some points of view.

In the same way, he also understood the reason why the Mammoth Dynasty and the Seven Cities Alliance had to do it even at such a big price - the chessboard of the Northland city-states was too small, and it was already very crowded just to play the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Coupled with the forces that originally entered first. There is no place for Boreham to lead this latecomer at all.

If it insists on squeezing in, it must be to grab the share that others say they have. Coupled with the semi-hostility that the two sides are now in, the Seven Cities Alliance, which receives further assistance from Boreham, will become even more difficult. In order to force them to withdraw, the Silver Sword Brave and the Lady of Passion were used for the knife, and there was nothing to be wronged about.

Of course, for players who are already in trouble, they are not yet conscious of being labeled as factions at this time. When Barrett returned to the cabin, he told him all the information he had learned. Claudia immediately scolded: "I knew that we should have taken an ordinary merchant ship to the south." That way there wouldn't be as much trouble as it is now. ”

"Forget it! What is the point of discussing this issue now. Hearing this, Clematis immediately waved his hand, "That is, we are unlucky." As soon as I went out to sea, I hit the icy water. Besides, if you had chosen those ordinary merchant ships before, the threat of pirates and those two forces would be indispensable. So no matter how you choose, there is a possibility that something will go wrong. It's just that the problems we encountered this time were more tricky. ”

Ben was on the sidelines preparing to wait for Barrett, who was stormy. After hearing Clematis's words, he immediately cast a grateful glance at her. Then he said with some shame: "This time it happened because I didn't think it through. I gritted my teeth when I knew it, and directly paid someone to send us away with teleportation. It's not like we can't afford to give up those gold coins. ”

"Wait, Barrett, I heard you right! You're planning to use teleportation? Rieli let out a scream when she heard this leave. Nor are our gold coins blown by the wind. Two recent operations. We didn't make much money, so forget it. And do you know that the recent work of buying gold coins with credits has not made any progress at all......"

Listening to the mage in the team chattering about the mouth cannon mode alone, her two friends immediately showed helpless looks. Even the cat boy who has always been 'tracheitis' can't help but yawn secretly at this time. Barrett, who also had a stomach to say, but was suddenly blocked in his stomach, was even more uncomfortable at this time.

The anvil, which I couldn't look through, made a little movement in the helmet, which interrupted Rielly's words that weren't really nutritious. Barrett immediately preempted Rielly before she could speak again. He spoke up first, "But I really can't find a safe alternative to teleportation. Don't forget what we've been doing these days within the Seven Cities Alliance. Do you think those guys will easily get rid of everything once we've identified us? ”

"Barrett, what do you mean by that? I remember that both sides of the war should not have bothered with the mercenary group that has withdrawn from the war! As she spoke, Rielly immediately cast a puzzled look at Barrett: "Aren't they afraid of causing public outrage by doing this?" ”

"If you want to cause public outrage, you also need to have enough evidence, okay! At that time, whether a merchant ship was sunk by pirates or by their raiders, it was a normal event in war. How many people do you think they are suspicious of each other's intentions? Then Barrett's tone was raised, "And even if it is discovered, because of the factors mentioned earlier, it is not too easy to publicize this aspect." At that time, we can only suffer from ourselves. ”

"Wait! Let me think about it. As she said this, Rielly pressed her index finger and thumb to her forehead, her brow furrowed. Then he immediately patted his forehead with the palm of his hand: "You mean that the Mammoth Dynasty and the Council of Nobles will treat us as one of the tentacles of Boreham's territory deep into the Northlands?" ”

"Alright! You're finally enlightened now. Barrett, who pretended to be pleased, immediately smiled and nodded while clasping his hands to his chest.

Seeing this scene, Rielly's heart immediately 'swished' into a nameless fire. Then he strode up to Barrett: "What do you mean by that, was I a fool before?" ”

"No, no, no! I didn't mean that. Barrett, who was waving his hands on his chest, subconsciously took a half step back. Then he showed a wry smile: "Originally, you were quite shrewd, and the longer everyone has known each other, the fewer times you have had convulsions." Who knows recently because of Lalu's financial problems. Your whole being is in a daze. Of course we are happy to be able to wake up and be willing to use our heads! ”

"Could it be that I've been in that state of mental malaise all this time?" Rielly retorted unconvinced. Immediately after that, she was not very confident in her heart, and immediately cast a verifying gaze to her two friends. Unfortunately, Klaimatis immediately turned his head to the side when he noticed Rielly's gaze. Claudia looked up at the ceiling even more exaggeratedly—the jet-black wood was nothing to look at.

"Alright! We won't talk about the past. Barrett held out a finger of his hand, "The most important thing now is to pay attention to the issues that we have ignored in the past." In the past, our strength was too weak, and even if we participated in the plot, it was difficult to make any impact. So after solving the enemy who is directly confronted. It will not attract the attention of the middle and upper classes. ”

"I see what you mean. In other words, our current performance has attracted the attention of the forces behind the enemy we have targeted before. Rielly nodded, then shook her head, "But even our performance. It is also enough to attract their attention. Wouldn't those guys be too boring......"

"It's all about your personal perspective." Speaking of this, Barrett accentuated his tone, "What they really value is not our performance, but the changes caused by participating in the event." As a result in Wintersprings alone, I think it's enough for some of the Mammoth Dynasty to hate us for the rest of our lives. ”

Hearing this, Kleimatis also nodded: "So it is." We did disrupt several of their campaign deployments. As a result, it came into the sight of the enemy commander. It's not something incomprehensible. In addition, in our current team, apart from me and Claudia, we are more or less connected to the Boreham territory. Combined with the change in the attitude of the Boreham Lords over this time, I think it is normal for the Mammoth Dynasty and the Noble Council to be crooked. ”

"So it's long overdue for us to change our mindset. It's just that we all had fun, and no one noticed that the problem was not. Barrett, who touched the bridge of his nose with his index finger, smiled a little sheepishly, "But it's not too late, at least not the worst." ”

Rielly, who knew that she had said the wrong thing before, nodded at this time and began to echo: "That's right! Compared to those ordinary merchant ships who don't know if they will sell us. At least we have reliable allies aboard the Lady of Passion. ”

"Now that it's clear that it's different from before, it's time for everyone to play next. You have to pay more attention. Speaking of this, Barrett deliberately accentuated his tone, "Don't trouble coming to the door then, we don't know who we're going to deal with yet!" ”

"We'll talk about the future later, but let's talk about how to deal with the upcoming enemy now!" Rieli, who didn't want to cause a tirade, immediately interrupted Barrett's words at this time.

“ok！” Barrett nodded, "But we really don't have much to do about it. All you can see is what the enemy is. As for the arrangement of the battle, it is good to follow the orders of Captain Lamond. And he is the real expert on this kind of matter. ”

After resolving the Dark Thunder that could cause internal tensions and turmoil, the players of the 'Bloodstained Grey Flower' quickly put their attention into preparing for the battle. Although I don't know when the enemy in Captain Jody Lamond's words will catch up. But preparing for battle in advance will never be a problem.

……

Since the storm that some would call an unusual one, the Silversword Brave and the Lady of Passion have not been affected by the weather. It can be said that with the help of monsoons and ocean currents, their journey south was very smooth. Of course, as Captain Jody Lamond mentioned earlier, neither ship was able to sail at its previous top speed due to damage during the storm.

Less than three days after the calm and calm days, the lookout on the top of the mast pointed to the direction of 2 o'clock behind the ship and roared: "There is a situation! Unidentified shadows are rapidly approaching. ”

Captain Jody Lamond, who heard this, sounded the alarm once again. As the bell rang, the sailors of the Lady Passion were all ready to go. And the 'Silver Sword Brave', which was less than a few hundred meters away, also got the signal to find a dangerous target. The reaction there was far more intense and orderly than that of the Lady Passion - after all, the gap between the real active duty military and the reserve is quite large.

Although from the very beginning, the members of both sailing ships were praying that this time the alarm was oolong. But when the shadow showed his true face in front of the lookout, he immediately pulled the voice and roared, "It's the dragon head battleship of the Northland barbarians!" I saw their ramming......"

The battleship in front of me was not disguised in any way. Although they did not raise their flag high, the experienced seafarers knew who they were by virtue of their unique ship shape.

Captain Jody Rammond, who heard this, immediately gave the order: "Arrange for all the women and children on board to go to the safe hole." All members are ready to fight. ”

Immediately after this order was given, sailors rushed to the cabins where the civilians were. Then he dragged them to the bottom of the deck. When they came to the keel, they opened a sturdy door made of iron fences thanks to the efforts of the craftsmen.

The third officer, who was in charge of the work, said politely: "Please let some ladies take your children into this place to hide." As long as we don't die in battle, as long as the Lady of Passion doesn't sink because of this. You will all be safest here. ”

"What about my husband?" One of the women, who was already a little panicked, still missed her head of the family.

The trio said with a serious expression, "As a man, he must now provide some help in the fight. This is the rule on the sea. Of course, we're not going to let any inexperienced guy go on the field, and I think he's now on a suitable mission......" (To be continued.) )

PS: The modification is complete. Thanks to the "Yue Ren Yu Tian" and "Hamster Collection" two big monthly passes. At the same time, I would like to thank the two great rewards of "Yue Ren Yutian" and "Altar Fat Biao".