As the largest port in the empire, Egret Port is an important outlet to the sea, which is responsible for the inflow and outflow of 80% of the trade of the Rose family. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It was a very difficult thing for the Rose family to abandon Egret Harbor, and in fact, all parties were puzzled by the Rose family's choice.

Because for the Rose family, their choice is nothing more than two, either to fight or to peace, but if it is to choose the former.

They should never have given up Egret Harbor so easily, because it would be too fatal and passive for the Rose Family.

Once the Imperial Army takes control of Egret Harbor, it is equivalent to controlling the lifeblood and throat of the Rose Family, as long as it occupies this place for more than three months.

Then the economic system of the Rose family will completely collapse, and even if the Rose family still wants to resist, the nobles in the territory will not agree.

In other words, the relinquishment of Egret Harbor can be seen as a signal that the Rose family has decided to negotiate peace, but the Rose family does not accept the conditions of the empire.

The armies of the two sides are at a stalemate outside Rose City, and the Rose family has become a strange situation of wanting to negotiate or not to negotiate peace, and to fight but not to fight.

But what is certain is that time is the worst poison for them, and every passing day will put a huge strain on the Rose City.

A discerning person can see that from the time of abandoning Egret Harbor, it is only a matter of time before the Rose family is close to succumbing, and they have no chance of winning at all.

Pato had already seen this layer, originally he was supposed to stay in the naval port and would not participate in this operation, but he foresaw that this time he would get a huge fortune from the Rose family, so he made a lot of effort to get through all the links and get such an errand.

However, he also had an eye-catching point, that is, during the Battle of Egret Harbor, he judged that the Rose family would symbolically resist once.

After all, the Rose family also has a large number of navies, and there are nearly a hundred warships, which is a decisive force in the East China Sea.

Pato calculates that the First Fleet and the Second Fleet will take the lead, and with these two fleets, they can basically break the morale of the Rose Navy.

Then he led the Third Fleet to rush straight over, which would have sealed the victory in one fell swoop, and he would have the most credit.

He has been carefully calculated, and he will definitely not make a mistake, but who would have thought that the navy of the Rose family is too uncompetitive.

As soon as he saw the face, he fled, and the First Fleet could be said to have won the first place without much effort, which simply surprised Pato.

"Those unscrupulous fellows don't wait for me to get out of the horse before they run away, so they can resist anyway, and the credit will be robbed by Magellan's guy. ”

Pato stood at the bow of the ship with resentment, and even though days had passed, he still had a deep grudge against it.

For this reason, he also formed a feud with Magellan, the commander of the First Fleet, and the boss praised Magellan lavishly, but the dead brain still insisted on not accepting it.

Didn't he get along with the high-ranking officials? He really made Pato so angry that he scolded Magellan I don't know how many times.

"Sir, ahead of us are the supply ships we found flying the flag of the Far Eastern Army, they seem to have spotted us and are fleeing. ”

Some of the sailors immediately went to Pato to report the situation, and by this time night had fallen, and the sky was full of dark clouds and lightning and thunder.

The undulating waves on the surface of the sea were a precursor to an impending storm, and the fire not far ahead of the sea was suddenly extinguished, as if it was taking refuge.

"Do you want to run away when you are targeted by Lao Tzu? Last time the credit was snatched by Magellan, this time I have to monopolize it no matter what, and chase it at full speed!"

Pato immediately ordered that he would never give up the prey he had targeted, and this was an opportunity he had won with great difficulty.

"But sir, the storm is coming soon, and this kind of weather seems to be very unsuitable for combat, are you sure you want to catch up?"

The experienced boatswain suggested that if it was any other weather, it would be a stormy night of thunderstorms.

"This kind of weather is not only unsuitable for us to fight, but also unsuitable for the other side, especially a ship like theirs that is too light, and we are in the upwind direction, according to our reconnaissance and judgment, their main force is hiding in Crocodile Bay, about thirty to fifty ships. ”

Pato was notoriously greedy for money in the navy, but his abilities should not be underestimated, and he once commanded fleets and won many naval battles.

To be able to become a high-level admiral of the Imperial Navy, he doesn't rely on bribery to pull relationships, he still has real skills.

"Thirty to fifty ships? I heard that the Far East was a few years ago full of orcs, a literal backcountry, and I don't know what happened, and suddenly became rich, but even then, they couldn't conjure up a fleet out of thin air, right?"

The adjutant beside Pato was puzzled by the fact that building a navy was a long process and very costly.

A fleet suddenly appeared and told them that it had come out of a small inlet in the middle of nowhere.

"It should be that a lot of merchant ships have been requisitioned for transformation, even if it is a shipyard of our empire, it will take several months to build a standard warship, and the three shipyards are working at the same time, and only a dozen warships can be launched in a year, and their shipbuilding industry can be compared to the imperial navy?"

Pato made no secret of his contempt for the Far East, and he concluded that the Far Eastern fleet was made up of merchant ships.

After all, shipbuilding is not about building anything else, the procedure is very cumbersome, and the Imperial Navy can only build such a few warships.

Could it be that the shipbuilding industry in his small Far East was more prosperous than the Imperial Navy?

Pato's judgment is not unreasonable, it is based on their common sense and experience.

After all, he had never been to the Far East, and he did not know that in the past two years, five shipyards in the Far East had been working around the clock at the same time.

They wielded money and hired boatwrights from all over the country, and often as soon as these boatsmen left, another boat picked up their families with them.

This made these shipwrights, who originally planned to do a hammer deal and go home after finishing it, saw their families appear in the Far East, and they didn't react to what was going on, and it was impossible to go back at this time, so they scolded and spread fire.

I could only take my family to settle in the Far East, work in a shipyard with peace of mind, and after living for a while, I discovered the goodness of the Far East.

The shipwrights finally had a sense of belonging, and the same thing happened to other craftsmen, and for a time there was a strange scene of the collective evaporation of various craftsmen in various parts of the mainland, and when people reacted that these craftsmen had gone to the Far East, they began to regret why they didn't learn the craft in the first place?

Because at that time, the Far East was already the most prosperous and wealthy place on the entire continent, and everyone was proud to be a part of the Far East.

The first group of people who pioneered and took root in the Far East did not live very well, of course, that is all for later.

In addition to the productivity constraints of shipyards, another important reason for restricting the production of imperial warships is the impact of fiscal expenditure.

After all, if you want to build a ship, you have to have enough money, and you can't build a strong warship without financial allocation.

This is also what makes the Imperial Navy Minister Camp very dissatisfied, and it is very difficult to get the Finance Minister to allocate funds to the Navy.

The drawings of several of the latest warships have been out for several years, but they have never been built, that is, due to financial problems.

The Far East, on the other hand, opened the door to shipbuilding, and a steady stream of banknotes was added to the shipyards.

The Far East's sea fleet was built at great expense, and the final cost was four times higher than the budget!