Although the warships in the Far East were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers compared to the Imperial Navy, even the navy of the Rose Family could not compare. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and the unit price of shipbuilding for warships in the Far East is an astronomical amount that an imperial admiral will definitely be blushing at it.

Not only will outsiders be terrified when they find out, but even many people in the Far East will question whether it is appropriate to spend such a large price.

Obviously, only about one-eighth of the funds can be built to build a fleet that can move freely on the sea, and should not be underestimated.

But the Duke was paranoid and filled the money into the bottomless pit of shipbuilding again and again, basically giving as much as he wanted.

Some people joke that if all the banknotes for shipbuilding were exchanged for silver coins, they would be stacked as tall as a warship.

Although there is an element of exaggeration in this, the fact that the Far East has poured money into it is staggering enough.

But the cost of building a ship is less than one-tenth of the cost of laying a railway, and it is a monster that can really devour silver coins and cannot fill it.

It is also thanks to the Far East's ability to make money in recent years that it has been at full power, and every time a merchant ship arrives at the port, it can bring a steady stream of wealth and banknotes.

This is just the beginning, with the opening of the market, it will prosper for many more years, for the specific figures of the Far East's annual fiscal revenue.

There has been a lot of speculation from the outside world, especially on the part of the Empire, which sent a large number of financial experts to make estimates and come up with a staggering figure.

Frightened by this number, Rhaegar stayed up all night thinking about how to deal with it, and devised a counter-strategy against the economy.

I thought that this was seamless enough to deal a heavy blow to the economy of the Far East, but in the end, the Far East did not make any waves.

The reason for this is that the estimates of the Far Eastern's fiscal revenues by this group of financial experts are not even one-tenth of the real level.

It can be seen that with the outbreak of the industrial revolution in the Far East, the level of productivity and profit grabbing has been thrown off the continent by a large margin.

This is also the key to the Far East's ability to dominate the world in the future, and of course this is also a later story, any war is just an economic derivative.

In today's Pato's view, the Far East, whether it is economic or navy, is not worth mentioning in front of the imperial machine, so when the enemy ship is discovered, he does not hesitate to order an attack.

At this time, standing at the bow of the ship, he had already begun to look forward to returning to the royal capital to discuss meritorious deeds, and then add an official to the knighthood.

"Sir, we've stopped the enemy ship, and these guys thought they were capable of something, but it turned out to be nothing more than that. ”

The boatswain shouted excitedly, and in the midst of the rolling waves, they successfully surrounded the four supply ships, cutting off their retreat.

At this time, there were already sailors on the deck preparing to land, and the soldiers were gearing up with great momentum, and they had been waiting for the credit for a long time.

"Not to mention a few supply ships, even if their entire fleet is here, how can they be the opponent of our Imperial fleet? ”

Pato was satisfied, and things were going very well, although the task was completed as long as he stopped the supply ships.

But how could he be satisfied with this small achievement? What he wanted was to find the Far Eastern Fleet and annihilate it all.

In this way, the credit will not be under the Battle of Egret Harbor, and his position in the navy will be firmly superior to Magellan's, enough to raise eyebrows.

"What the chief said is, how can a group of laymen who have been put together temporarily be the opponent of our Imperial Navy, and you see, sir, their warships are too simple, this kind of quality is the level of pirate ships flowing on the sea, this kind of half-person dares to attack the Imperial Navy?"

The boatswain pointed to the rickety ship not far ahead, and there was even a hint of sneer in his words.

After all, these supply ships were originally transformed by the pirate ships under Su Ke, and the quality was not flattering, and even a little rotten.

"To defeat such a rabble, I see that there are more than thirty warships, and at most ten can beat them to the ground. ”

Pato was very pleased with this result, and by this time the navy had already begun to land the supply ships, and the momentum was huge.

It was an unusual night when the waves crashed against the deck, but Pato thought he hadn't seen any strong winds and waves in all these years?

How could they stop grabbing military exploits because of this little wind and wave?

"Sir, we've finished suppressing the supply ship, but there doesn't seem to be a single person on board. ”

At this time, someone came to report the situation, which seemed a little incredible, the four ships were empty, and they didn't find half of them.

"What? Not a single one? These ships didn't come here for no reason, how could there be no one? Did they all abandon the ships and flee?"

Pato frowned, it was not impossible to abandon the ship and escape when he saw that this was not good, but these Far Easterners were too timid, right?

"I must have been shocked by your momentum, my lord, a group of fishermen in the Far East who have never seen the world have long been scared, right?"

The boatswain was proud, things were going well, and Pato was able to be promoted to the knighthood, and of course his benefits were indispensable.

"That's true, but I always feel like something is not right, and I hope it's just an illusion. ”

Pato looked a little worried, but soon he shook his head, as if trying to deny the uneasiness.

Sure enough, he was thinking too much about his old age, could a group of fishermen from the Far East still cause him any trouble?

"Sir, look over there, it looks like a warship is coming over there!" exclaimed a sailor on the deck.

Pato immediately looked in the direction he was pointing, and a fleet of ships was speeding towards them.

"Are you here to rescue these supply ships? Just in time, sir, let's go and defeat them, aren't we here to seek death?"

The boatswain was overjoyed, he was worried that his military exploits were too little, and he was not enough to get a piece of the pie, but he did not expect it to be sent to the door.

"Looking for death?" This uneasy feeling is getting stronger and stronger, and from the very beginning I felt that there was something discordant, what ...... is this?"

Cold sweat began to seep down Pato's forehead, and he let out another exclamation from the back.

"It's coming from behind, and there are warships approaching from behind, is it our reinforcements? No, they're not flying the flag of the Imperial Navy!"

Pato looked behind him sharply, and another fleet of ships was moving quickly, these ships were very fast, and the distance was instantly closer!

"Oops, we've been fooled!" Pato snapped.

A tragic naval battle has finally begun!