Chapter 822: Preparing for the Expedition
For example, some iron ore, mythril ore or household textiles and other goods from Eurasia were traded to the cities of Johnson and others.
The gold you earn can then be used to buy grain or other cheap goods from the Sacred Continent and sell them back to Eurasia.
But don't underestimate this kind of trade, because of the cheap labor of the serfs in Eurasia, the things produced have a great advantage in cost, which is incomparable to the Holy Continent.
The noble caravans could make a fortune just by selling these unskilled necessities or ore resources.
And it is a big profit to buy cheap grain from the sacred continent and transport it back to Eurasia.
Under such a trade environment, the aristocratic merchant groups in Eurasia can be said to have made a lot of money in just five months.
This also made the nobles of the entire Eurasian continent know that the Holy Continent is a cornucopia, and as long as they send a caravan, they can pick up real money.
After the news spread, many nobles did not come to buy the shops in St. Ann's City because they felt that the prices were too high, but now they flocked to buy the shops in St. Ann's City and get permission to trade in the Holy Continent.
The Coastal Town of the Stormwind Territory was overcrowded at this point, full of nobles or people sent by nobles to submit to buy shops in St. Ann's City.
Unfortunately, they did not respond to Gervais's call five months ago, but only came after seeing that it was profitable.
Naturally, Gervais would not let them take advantage of such an advantage.
So, Gervais has now enacted new regulations.
That is, the aristocratic families who will buy the shops in St. Ann's City from now on, and in the future, trade between the Holy Continent and Eurasia will no longer enjoy the original duty-free policy.
Caravans traveling between St. Ann's and Eurasia were subject to a five-percent trade tax.
Of course, Gervais is not coveting their little money, compared to such a small tax, it is more beneficial for Gervais to prosper in Eurasia.
Gervais's real purpose was to make it easier for people to travel from Eurasia to the Sacred Continent.
Because from Eurasia to the Holy Continent, you need to go through the teleportation array.
Now, with the increase in caravans, the teleportation array is almost always operating 24 hours a day.
Even so, there were still queues around the teleportation array every day.
Some caravans that want to come to the Holy Continent or return to Eurasia need to submit their applications two days in advance, and then the people who manage the teleportation will queue up.
Therefore, Gervais has sent people to the City of Hope, preparing to continue to build several teleportation arrays between the Sacred Continent and Eurasia, in order to alleviate the problem of insufficient teleportation arrays today.
Watching St. Ann's City flourish like this, Gervais was very happy.
In addition, what made him even happier was that the walls of Stormwind were constantly being raised with the efforts of tens of thousands of serfs and thousands of goblins.
Because of the supervision and guidance of the goblins, plus Gervais asked Laurie and Alder to take the Bronze Knights to help as training from time to time, which greatly accelerated the construction of Stormwind.
Maybe Stormwind won't be completed in two or three years, and in another seven or eight months.
In the past five months, Gervais himself has not fallen behind in cultivation, and through the blessing of the kiwi fruit, he has broken two levels in a row and successfully promoted to the Black Flag High Rank Knight.
With such a cultivation speed, if other knights with titles knew about it, they would definitely even fall off their eyes.
And Gervais usually cultivates his fighting spirit at the same time, he also cultivates his own magic.
He is now a mid-level mage, and even more interesting is when Gervais summons his own skeleton soldiers.
Only then did I find out that the skeleton soldiers of No. 1 had all been promoted, and No. 1 had become a red skeleton.
And the original nightmare is now a purple skeleton.
Gervais remembered that he hadn't used soul crystals on them at all, but all of them had improved.
Number One and Nightmare were still so fast, Gervais immediately communicated with the two younger brothers through his mind.
In the end, from their simple expressions of thought, Gervais only understood one thing, and that was that they were constantly fighting in that dark world to become stronger.
Although I don't know how to fight to help them level up so quickly, it doesn't hurt for Gervais, and Gervais doesn't bother to bother anymore and let them develop on their own.
……
Early that morning, Gervais woke up again from his fragrant bed.
"Gervais!"
Gervais sat up when the call of Lolita, the chick, came from outside the door.
"Come in! Lolita, Anna! ”
Gervais was accustomed to Lolita waiting at the door, and immediately gave an order to the door.
Smack!
"Gervais, morning!"
"Your Majesty, good morning!"
Soon, Lolita took Anna's maid to the bedroom.
Since the last engagement, Lolita has appeared in Gervais's bedroom every morning for the past five months, in order to help Anna serve Gervais and get up.
Gervais once persuaded Lolita, but she said that if she wants to marry Gervais in the future, she must learn how to serve Gervais, and at the same time find something to do for herself.
After all, Caroline was already in charge of the camp, and Lolita was not easy to meddle in other aspects.
Hearing such words, Gervais didn't persuade her anymore, it would be good for her to find something to do, so as not to be idle and bored.
Now this little princess of the sea clan has the level of Anna's craftsmanship, not only fast but also thoughtful.
And, because of the marriage contract, although the two have not yet cooked a mature meal, they no longer have the same scruples as before.
So getting up now is also a pleasure for Gervais.
"That's it! Gervais! See how it was today! I brought this dress back from the City of Hope! ”
Lolita clapped her slender white palm, pushed Gervais to the mirror, and proudly showed off to Gervais.
"Oh, that's good! I like this pattern very much! ”
Looking at the tulip lace on his clothes with gold embroidery, Gervais nodded in satisfaction.
"Hee-hee! It's best if you like it! ”
Lolita felt a sense of accomplishment, and then took Gervais's arm and said.
"Gervais, then go to the restaurant for breakfast! I've told Chef Jimmy to get ready! ”
"I won't eat with you, I'll go find Sister Caroline! I told her to continue my trip to Eurasia today! ”
"Well, go ahead! Come back early! ”
Gervais was dragged out of the bedroom by Lolita, and when he heard that she was going to play in Eurasia, he did not object.
Over the past few months, Caroline and Lolita have become the best sisters.
On weekdays, he rides around on a rapid-speed dragon bird, and even occasionally runs to Alice's place to play with Alice.
In the past few days, the two of them have been fascinated by Eurasia, mainly to Eurasia, and the ocean is next to the storm territory.
Lolita, on the other hand, will be able to take Caroline to the bottom of the sea and see a view that Caroline has never experienced before.
As for security, there is no need for Gervais to worry about it, the thousand Sea Clan elites can naturally protect them.
Kiss!
"Gervais, then I'm leaving!"
When approaching the restaurant, Lolita hung directly on Gervais, and then gave him a hot kiss, and after the kiss was offered, she walked towards the door of the small building with a smile.
"This chick!"
Gervais raised his hand to wipe his cheek and shook his head helplessly.
This chick's previous personality of rejecting people thousands of miles away will no longer appear in front of Gervais.
Of course, in front of outsiders, Gervais can still see once or twice.
Sometimes Gervais happened to see Lolita on the street, and this chick took Alonso with her head held high and looked indifferent, even if the nobles of Eurasia saluted her, she only nodded faintly in response.
……
After breakfast in the dining room, Gervais went to the temple on his own, following his schedule for this time.
Just as he was about to practice after checking the cultivation progress of the slave soldiers, the guards guarding outside the temple trotted in quickly.
"Your Majesty, you have just received a summons from the city of St. Osqui!"
The guard ran in front of Gervais and immediately pulled out a roll of envelopes.
"Oh? Show me! ”
The city of St. Osqui was the great city that Edward had conquered, and they kept sending messages to each other once a week during this time.
But the last arraignment was three days ago, and this time it came early, indicating that there must be something important.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The guard immediately respectfully handed the envelope to Gervais.
Because it was an envelope delivered by a rainbow bird, the envelope was rolled into a long cylinder, and after Gervais took it, he made sure that the fire paint on it was intact, and then opened it to look at it.
"Is it finally going to begin?"
When Gervais finished reading the contents of the envelope, his face immediately turned grim.
The envelope was naturally written to him by Edward, and it only said one thing, and that was to prepare Gervais for the next few days, and the Holy Cities should be in action.
According to reliable sources, the Golden Shield family and his allies have made a big move in the past few days, constantly mobilizing troops, and at the same time, they are also constantly collecting supplies to send to the Godfall Land.
And this was the sign of the beginning of the Great War.
Gervais thought he had a few months to develop, but he didn't expect that so suddenly, the battle would start again.
"Go down first! Feed the rainbow bird, and I'll send it back later! ”
Silently tucking the envelope into his arms, Gervais let the guards out.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After the guards had withdrawn, Gervais looked at Ike to the side and spoke.
"Ike, you go and inform my father now, and Gust, Lauri, Audrey, and others are coming to me, and I'm going to hold a meeting!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
……
In the next few days, Gervais began to do the pre-war mobilization, and this pre-war mobilization was a drill to strengthen the actual combat.
In addition to frontal charges on flat ground, the subject of the drill is also a number of siege battles!
During the exercise, Gervais divided his men into two teams, with 1,000 of the earliest direct guards serving as the besieging side.
The new direct guards led by Lao Li and Audri were the defenders of the city.
In this way, under the two drills a day, three days passed, which not only made the guards more proficient in the attack and defense of the city wall.
And Gervais himself also has a better understanding of how to seize the opportunity to allocate personnel to attack the city.
Originally, Gervais was going to practice for a few more days, but he didn't expect that on the afternoon of the third day, Edward's message came again.
The Golden Shield and his allies have really set off and officially begun attacking the remaining indigenous cities.
Edward's side was also ready, and would begin to gather troops in two days, and begin the official attack in a week.
In the letter, Edward asked Gervais if he wanted to make a detour to join them.
Gervais thought about it for a moment, and decided not to take a long detour to Edward's side.
After all, the road outside his city also leads to the natives.
What's more, if he chooses to take a detour, it will inevitably make the safety of St. Ann's City unensurable.
Therefore, he is ready to go on the road with a single army this time, even if he only captures one or two small cities, then he is satisfied, and the most important thing is to keep the city of St. Ann stable.
As for Edward, when the time comes, when they start fighting, then let them march on their side, and give the natives a flanking attack.
If all goes well, St. Ann's will no longer be alone, but will be able to connect with Edward and others again, and there will be no need to worry about security.
……
Time was rushing, and it was two days away!
Whining!
In the early morning of that day, the sound of the horn in St. Ann's was heard throughout the city, and the streets of the city were lined with crowds of onlookers.
These were the nobles of Eurasia or the merchant gangsters who worked for the aristocracy.
Today these people are quite excited, because they have received the news that their King Majesty will be going on a campaign today.
Since the destruction of the Church, and the fact that the continent is now unified by the powerful King Gervais, there has been no war in Eurasia for a long time.
Even the friction between the nobility was gone.
If it weren't for today's news, people would have thought that there would be no war until His Majesty Gervais died of old age.
Now that I suddenly heard it, it was naturally very fresh, and of course, more importantly, it was likely that there was still a business opportunity here, because war actually represents wealth, as long as His Majesty Gervais can capture some more cities, then they can eat a lot of spoils.
……
"Gervais, you must protect yourself! Remember that we are waiting for you in St. Ann's City! ”
In the temple, Gervais is dressed in new silver armor with a red cloak hanging from his back.
At this time, Caroline and Lori held Gervais's arms and leaned on his chest, their faces full of reluctance.
"Don't worry, Carolyn! Look how I've let you down! ”
Knowing Caroline's worries, Gervais immediately comforted her softly.
"Gervais, why don't Alonso go with you with those thousand Sea Clan soldiers! Although they are sea tribes, they can also fight on the ground! ”
Gervais's words of comfort to Carlo fell, but Lolita spoke again.
"No need, Alonso will stay in St. Ann's City, so that I can go out with peace of mind, after all, ninety percent of Lauri's 1,000-person direct guards are Bronze Knights, and the real combat power is your 1,000 Sea Clan elites!"
Gervais softly rejected Lolita's proposal again, this time the main force of St. Ann's City's defense was indeed on the thousand elites left by the Sea King to Lolita!