Magic Underachiever

Marquis Whitehead looked at Anne without any expression. After a while, he showed regret and said, "You were different when you were a child. You are better than all my children, including your eldest brother.

I have been troubled by this matter. If you were a boy, I would send your brothers to a remote place without hesitation and declare you my first heir.

But you are a woman. I can only train you to be the guardian of the family, not the leader of the family.

This is the helplessness of being an important family in the empire, and it is the fate that the children of the family must face.

You... also have this awareness.

Therefore, I have arranged for you to enter the Imperial Navy Command as an intelligence staff officer."

As a child of the Whitehead family, Anne has long accepted her identity and destiny, and she is willing to dedicate everything to the family. She knows that although the big family in the empire is glorious, it is also precarious. If the family wants to stand firm, someone must make sacrifices. Although the Marquis is not a good father, he is definitely a competent family leader.

However, Anne did not expect that her father would arrange her to join the newly established naval headquarters. Although she was also engaged in intelligence work, the span was indeed a bit large.

"Father, I am afraid that I am not qualified for the work of the navy."

The Marquis said: "There are not many people in the Fleming Empire who are qualified for the work of the navy. I have obtained the list of the Imperial Navy Command, which is basically a list of generals transferred from the army. It seems that the Empire has been very vigilant about the navy under the Azure Corps and did not allow them to participate in the establishment of the Imperial Navy Fleet.

The Imperial Navy Command is directly responsible to the Imperial Emperor.

At my suggestion, the Navy Command will be established in Saroyan."

Marquis Whitehead was talking about the secrets of the Empire. Everyone knows that the Fleming Empire is going to build an Imperial Navy Fleet, but no one knows the specific details, because even the Imperial Emperor has not made the final decision on the plan to establish the Navy Fleet.

The Imperial Navy Fleet has a huge impact on the future national strength of the Fleming Empire, but as a traditional inland empire, no one has the ability to lead a large fleet. The Navy of the Azure Corps was originally established to train naval talents for the Empire and accumulate marine experience. However, the Marquis Whitehead's exposure of the various misdeeds of the Azure Corps Navy made the Emperor of the Empire dare not use these corrupted Azure Corps Navy.

It was a helpless move to call on army officers to form a naval department. Fortunately, the construction of the large fleet takes time, and all naval warships will not be built at once. During this period, the Imperial Navy can send overseas students and self-study to learn naval warfare tactics. It can first purchase some small warships eliminated by foreign navies as training ships, so that naval officers and sailors can conduct actual sailing exercises.

This solution of forcing ducks to the shelves is really a helpless move. The construction of the Imperial Navy has been delayed for too long, and the environment is bad. If you don't bite the bullet and build a large fleet, it will probably never be built.

Anne knew why her father arranged her into the Navy Command.

The Marcellus Parliament and the Eastern countries will not sit idly by and watch the Empire's large fleet form combat effectiveness. They will definitely find ways to obstruct it in every possible way. The Special Security Bureau cannot interfere in military affairs. The military has its own intelligence agency. Marquis Whitehead asked Anne to join the Navy Headquarters as an intelligence staff officer, which was equivalent to pushing Anne to the front line of the future Saroyan intelligence war. The danger was self-evident.

"Yes, father. I will abide by your arrangement... When will I hand over to Camille and report to the Navy Headquarters?"

Marquis Whitehead knew that Anne would not refuse. He nodded with relief and said, "It will take some time to set up the Navy Headquarters. However, in ten days, the Minister of the Navy will lead the naval officers to Saroyan. At that time, the Imperial Navy will bid for the entire fleet construction project.

The Imperial Navy will give priority to companies in the Empire, followed by companies in the Marcellus Province. If no company in the Empire and the province can meet the requirements of the Navy, foreign companies are the last choice.

In short, His Majesty has given a death order. The Imperial Navy has no time to wait and must It is necessary to ensure that the Empire will have a large fleet in this bidding. Even if all the ships in the entire fleet are built by foreign shipbuilding companies...

Someone will definitely try to sabotage the Empire's large fleet plan. Your task is to ensure that this bidding can proceed smoothly. "

"I understand, father." Anne took on this task and said, "In fact, we use the special steel provided by Master Liang, and the design of the warship should not be too advanced. The defense of the hull itself, coupled with the large-caliber naval guns cast by the Empire using special steel, is enough to allow our large fleet to compete with the navies of other countries. "

Speaking of special steel, the Marquis couldn't help but think of the Saroyan First Steel Plant, which has not yet been put into production. Most of the equipment in the steel plant was provided by the Whitehead family, and all of them were very, very ordinary machines. The entire steel plant is no different from other steel plants inside and out, and even the steelmaking raw materials purchased and stored in the warehouse are nothing special.

Without special machines and special raw materials, how can such high-strength special steel be made?

Marquis Whitehead was very puzzled.

The Navy Officers Corps is about to come to Saroyan, and the bidding for the Imperial Navy Grand Fleet will be launched in the near future. Without mass-produced special steel, many things cannot be done.

The Marquis replied to Anne: "But I am not the one who controls the Saroyan First Steel Plant. The market for these special steels will cover the entire world in the next few years, and our fleet has no advantage in materials.

Master Liang... I can't see through him. He worked with us to build the steel plant and worked with the council on several research projects. After the steel plant was built, the Holy See sent workers to help him build a shipyard.

What on earth does he want to do? Does he still plan to participate in the bidding for the design of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet battleships?

What scares me even more is... Scarab Company actually acquiesced that Blackfire Company became their competitor. They canceled the branch in Marcellus and gave up the entire market to Blackfire Company. Why did this newly emerging company allow Scarab to ignore the murder of its branch president and make such a big concession?

Annie, I know that you know Master Liang's identity and the background of Blackfire Company, and you have been preventing me from investigating them. You are a safe distance between me and Master Liang, but you should also know that you are a member of the Whitehead family. Do what you are supposed to do and don't let him become an enemy of the empire.

And...answer me.

Does Scarab Company's attitude towards Blackfire Company match the strength of Blackfire Company and Master Liang? "

Anne replied without hesitation: "The attitude of Scarab Company is very normal. I believe that Scarab Company has had many conflicts with Blackfire Company. The attitude of Scarab Company has already shown the results of those conflicts...

If you have a plan to steal Blackfire's steelmaking technology, please don't implement it. "