Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

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This night, Ambroise, who had no idea that the little princess of Burgundy had another face of a little devil, had a sweet dream in a luxury hotel in Rouen.In his dream, he became the lover of the little princess Mary, and then rose step by step, and finally sat in the position of Earl Hainault, with wealth, power, and women, everything.

The next morning, encouraged by this sweet dream, he resolved immediately to begin his own project of courting the Princess of Burgundy.

He summoned all the anti-marquis nobles who attended the welcome banquet last night, and then temporarily stopped fighting against Ma Youfu and fully supported Normandy's plan to develop the navy, and told everyone.

Ambroise's sudden change of plan caused confusion among the nobles.They asked Ambroise why, but the latter only put it off.

After all, this kind of plan just to please the Princess of Burgundy is not beneficial to the entire faction, and it will make everyone's previous efforts come to naught.

Once this kind of selfish behavior is known to others, Ambroise will definitely lose his position as the leader of the faction immediately and be cast aside by everyone.

Before pursuing the Princess of Burgundy, he did not want to give up his long-standing popularity in Normandy.

Unable to tell the truth, Ambroise could only use various flimsy reasons to fool others.Although some people believed his words, more Norman nobles were still not convinced.

In the end, the meeting broke up unhappy, and a lot of doubts caused Ambroise's prestige in this faction to be greatly damaged, and it was almost difficult to maintain his position as a leader.

Armand, the servant, saw Ambroise returning to the hotel with a livid face, and asked, "Sir, the meeting doesn't seem to be going well?"

"Those stubborn idiots like rock giants!" Ambroise cursed, and said, "Many people are against my decision. It seems that I overestimated my appeal among this group of people. However, this It will not cause much impact. I am the tax collector of Caen. As long as I give an order, the merchants in the city will fully support the work of the Cherbourg shipyard. Tar, hemp rope, canvas, nails, wood... all The materials needed for shipbuilding will be supplied to the shipyard in sufficient quantities. As long as Princess Mary can see my efforts, that's enough."

"Yes, sir. It is the most sensible choice to win the favor of Her Royal Highness as the first priority."

The two discussed the details of pursuing Princess Mary, and then set off to leave.

As soon as he walked out of the inn, Ambroise saw the squat Garmont riding a skinny horse, leading two followers, rushing towards the city gate.

"This lowly boar! I didn't expect my decision to pursue the noble princess would benefit him." Ambroise murmured disdainfully to himself.

Then, he clamped his horse's belly and ran towards Garmont.

The mighty Frisian warhorse under Ambroise's crotch was extremely fast, and within a few breaths, it rushed to Garmont.

The unattractive Minister of Navigation found himself stopped by Ambroise, and immediately said in displeasure, "Do you have anything to do, Mr. Knight?"

The two had experienced many quarrels because of shipbuilding, and they didn't like each other very much.That's why Garmont poked at Ambroise's sore spot as soon as he opened his mouth: You, a bastard who uses your status and blood to suppress people everywhere, is nothing more than a mere knight. What are you proud of?

Ambroise recalled the beauty of little Princess Anne, and reminded himself to put the overall situation first, suppressed the anger in his heart, held his head high and said: "Thank you for the care of the Seven Saints and my compassion, Tutsi family Mr. Sailor. For the cause of the great crusade and those poor people who are threatened by undead pirates, I am willing to cooperate with the work of the Cherbourg Shipyard, provide all kinds of supplies, and allow you to freely recruit crew members in Caen. But the premise is , you have to express my sincere thanks and apology for the many previous offenses."

Garmont glanced at Ambroise strangely, feeling the urge to laugh.

He shook his head and said, "Mr. Self-righteous Knight, I don't need your charity. You can continue to disobey the orders of the Marquis."

"You idiot, are you ignoring the great cause of France and even the entire Seven Saints camp for personal grievances? Do you dare to refuse my kindness? Then you will never even think about owning a fleet!"

Looking at Ambroise, who was a little out of breath after being rejected, Garmont felt refreshed.He said loudly: "Ambroise, do you really think that you are an important role that can influence the decision-making of the Marquis? Stupid! When you think you can satisfy your greedy demands by coercing Normandy's shipbuilding industry At that time, the Marquis had already solved the problem of the fleet. Just this morning, a huge fleet consisting of ten Carrack galleons and twenty Caravill sailboats will arrive at Harfleur Port. I am now Going to receive these ships."

"No, it's impossible! How could that Serisian get so many ships out of thin air?"

"If you don't believe me, you can follow me to see it. Are the wisdom and vision of the Marquis expected of someone like you?" Garmon finished speaking, turned his horse and walked towards the city gate.

Even though he was only riding a rough horse, his aura surpassed that of Ambroise.

Ambroise gritted his teeth and followed behind.

Two hours later, the group arrived at Harfleur Port.

The timing of their arrival was also quite coincidental. As soon as they reined in their horses, they saw a cloud-like sail appearing on the sea level in the distance.

Ambroise used his eyesight enough to look out to the sea, and with the enhanced perception brought about by his extraordinary power, he could clearly see the details of this huge fleet.

The leading ship, with a displacement of close to a thousand tons, is like a floating fortress when sailing at sea.There is a line of golden English on its ship's side, which means "Royal Seven Saints", and on the sails of this giant carrack sailboat, there is also a St. George's cross pattern that symbolizes the patron saint of England.

"This...isn't this the flagship of the English Navy?" Ambroise rubbed his eyes several times before he believed that what he saw was not a hallucination.

Sailing behind the Royal Seven Saints is another carrack galleon. Although the size is smaller than the Royal Seven Saints, its displacement has reached more than 700 tons.

This is also another famous ship in the English Navy, the Mary Rose.

The source of the ship's name is not the Constantinople in the 3D area of ​​later generations, but named in memory of Henry VI's grandmother, Mary de Born. "Rose" refers to the symbol of the Lancaster family - the rose.

"Impossible...Impossible...Why would the English navy work for that Siris? This is even more absurd than the Titan manicuring the black dragon's nails!"

Looking at Ambroise, who was almost insane after being hit by reality, Garmont felt a sense of revenge.He answered Ambroise's question with a famous saying that was spread throughout France because of Mayouf: "The reason is very simple. It's the economy, fool!"

After the end of the Hundred Years' War, England, as a traditional naval power, fell into an extremely embarrassing situation and was unable to maintain a strong navy.

The Lancastrian royal family owed a lot of debts because of the war.After the complete failure of the Hundred Years War, not only had to pay a large amount of compensation, but also lost a large amount of territory in Normandy and Gascogne, and the income was also greatly reduced.

Coupled with the chaotic domestic political situation, in order to deal with the angry people and nobles, a large amount of funds for maintaining stability and suppressing bandits is needed.There is also the malicious York family watching from the sidelines, and they also need to be on guard.

Therefore, the entire royal family's budget for the navy this year is only a pitiful and ridiculous thirty pounds!

Tifa is the Jerusalem of the 3D area, Mary Rose is the Constantinople of the 3D area, 2B is the Rome of the 3D area, dva is the Antioch of the 3D area, and Laura is the Alexandria of the 3D area.

It is reasonable (doge) that the five Patriarchate districts are active.

Chapter 360 Wood Elf, Dark Elf

This kind of almost nothing investment can only make the ships of the English Navy slowly rot in the port, and finally become a pile of broken wood.

It's not just about ships, it's about people.

Because of the lack of military pay, there will be several incidents of sailors fleeing or rebelling from time to time.In order to make a living, the sailors took all kinds of supplies on the warship and sold them illegally, and there were also endless illegal acts.

Seeing the mighty English fleet going downhill day by day, the people of insight in the London Parliament saw it and were anxious.

But no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't turn out real money to save the navy.

At this time, a message came from across the strait: the Marquis of La Manche is willing to buy the entire English fleet in a package at a good price.

At first, the aristocrats in London directly denounced the Sirisian's proposal as absurd, and then rejected it without hesitation.

Today, the political situation in England is in chaos, and it is basically in a state of defenselessness. It relies on the English Channel to prevent the invasion of enemies from the mainland.

If there is no navy, if the ambitious Charles VII wants to come to London for a military parade, what can England do to stop him?

However, this refusal attitude did not last long.

On the one hand, it was because, even if the warships were not sold to the Serisians, this rotten navy would not be able to sustain itself at all.By next year's day, I am afraid that the once powerful English fleet will only be left with an empty shelf.That being the case, instead of letting those battleships rot and damage in the port, it is better to exchange them for some pounds and return some blood for the impoverished Lancastrian royal family.

On the other hand, thanks to the efforts of Margaret and Lady Anne, the widow of the Duke of Bedford.

Margaret devoted herself to the maltose business, and about a month after the signing of the contract between Britain and France, she expanded her sales channels to London.In addition, she also used this sales channel to start selling Burgundy wine.After losing Bordeaux, the English aristocrats, who had become increasingly difficult to obtain high-quality French wine, were overjoyed.

Coupled with Mrs. Anne's needles and threads, the two ladies gradually weaved an unobtrusive but very large and reliable network of relationships in London.

Certain dukes, earls, and archbishops who did not want to be named but who were enthusiastic about the cause of the Crusades, after acquiring shares in the South France Trading Company, initiated a proposal in the noble council in the name of the Seven Saints, requesting that the unmaintainable The English naval fleet, sold to the Marquis of La Manche in France, to support the just cause of the Seven Saints.

In order to dispel the worries of the English people about national security, these wise gentlemen also added a clause to the transaction: I swear in the name of the Seven Saints that the ships purchased by the Marquis of La Manche from England shall not be used against England. Military action.

Ma Youfu has no opinion on this additional clause.

Originally, he bought ships to form a fleet, which was just an emergency move.By the time it is really necessary to send troops to England, these ships may have been decommissioned and scrapped long ago.

One party urgently needs ships, and the other party urgently needs funds. After two rounds of negotiations using messaging techniques, the two parties hit it off and reached a final agreement. The whole process was fast and efficient, which can be regarded as a model of business operations in this era.

This time, there were about [-] English sailors and mid- and low-level officers returning to Harfleur with the entire English fleet.

After the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, these people were completely unemployed and fell into poverty.Because it is the navy, they did not fight France in the previous war, and the two sides had no deep hatred, so after Ma Youfu sent them an invitation, about half of the English navy sailors accepted the employment contract from France.

Otherwise, even if Ma Youfu bought the boats, it would not be easy to drive them all back to France.

Watching ships of all sizes sailing into the port of Harfleur, Ambroise suddenly felt a sense of despair that all his plans had come to nothing.

Garmon on the side continued to add insult to injury: "There is one more thing I forgot to tell you, Mr. Knight. After the conversation at the banquet last night, Her Royal Highness Princess Mary very much recognized the achievements of the Ministry of Navigation. In order to solve the difficulties faced by the Ministry of Navigation, she I will order the shipbuilding contractors in the lowlands to directly supply materials and manpower to the Cherbourg shipyard, so you don't need to worry about it."

After finishing speaking, Garmont clamped his horse's belly and ran towards the port, leaving Ambroise behind who was in a mess in the wind.

After arriving at the port, Garmon saw a beautiful figure surrounded by a group of people in front of him, and immediately got off his horse and ran over.

"Good morning, Miss Vera."

"Minister Garmon, you are late." The dark elf girl who is now the Minister of Military Industry said.

"Sorry, I met Ambroise on the way, so I was delayed for some time."

"That narcissist from Caen?" Vera raised her eyebrows.She didn't go too far on this issue, saying, "Your department is in charge of inspecting the condition of the ship, and my department is in charge of inspecting the cannons. Please use the same vigor as you would pursue a waitress in a tavern, and make no mistakes. Remember, this is A huge deal over £[-]."

"Of course, Miss Vera." Garmont nodded.

Although both of them were high-ranking officials at the ministerial level, Miss Dark Elf came from the Medici family and had a close personal relationship with the Marquis, so Garmont often regarded herself as a subordinate in front of her.

At this time, the Royal Seven Saints, the former flagship of the English Navy, had just sailed into the berth, and before it stopped, a light and graceful figure jumped out of the top deck and landed firmly on the ground.

"Hmph, the elf chick who likes to show off..." Vera curled her lips and walked over with a very businesslike smile.

"Welcome back, Miss An Wen, you have worked hard on this trip to Britain." The dark elf girl greeted her with open arms.

Before An Wen realized what happened, she felt that the other party's frontal elastic armor, which was one size larger than her, was tightly attached to it.

"Sure enough, it's a dark elf, with such a shameless figure..." An Wen felt sour in her heart.

Perhaps because of their personalities, or because of their respective races, the relationship between An Wen and Vera has not been very good, and sometimes even the superficial harmony cannot be maintained.Vera's act of embracing her voluntarily just now made An Wen really puzzled: Could it be that something major happened during the past few months when she went to Britain to make this treacherous and shameless dark elf woman change her temper? ?

It is well known that the chief follower of the Marquis, Miss Anwen Yexing, who is skilled in archery, and Miss Vera de Medici, the financial assistant most relied on by the Marquis, are not in harmony. .So even though the scene of the two beautiful elf girls sticking together is very pleasing to the eye, the people on the sidelines don't pay much attention to it, but find it very strange.

It wasn't until rows of elegant and handsome elves came down from the Royal Seven Saints that completed the mooring work that everyone's attention was diverted.

The purpose of An Wen's trip to Britain this time was to arrange the immigration of the Sherwood forest elves to France.

This is an agreement reached between the two parties when they first cooperated.

The Sherwood elves don't want to put all their eggs in one basket in England, and hope that their ethnic group can spread out in this world as much as possible.Ma Youfu also welcomes the elves to move to his territory.The magic and technology they brought are extremely beneficial to the development of the territory.

The total number of forest elves who immigrated to Rouen from Sherwood Forest is about [-].They are all elves who are relatively open-minded, willing to change the elves' traditions, and try to get in touch with a new human-style life.

Ma Youfu specially allocated a large piece of fertile land with convenient transportation on the edge of the vast forest in Risol and along the Seine River for these elf immigrants to live in.Although politically, these elf immigrants did not get any self-government privileges, but economically they still got many tax benefits.It is believed that with such good starting conditions, these elves can develop rapidly and attract more elves to immigrate.

Seeing the clansmen disembarking one by one and starting to line up on the pier, An Wen said in a low voice, "Miss Vera, I don't know why you want to show intimacy with me, you should have enough hugs now, you can let go Yet?"

"Dear An Wen, you really have a slender and fit body, the Marquis will definitely like it very much." Vera teased, and whispered in An Wen's ear, "I think we should abandon our prejudices for the time being. Unite. Otherwise, it is very likely to be 'eaten' by the evil dragon~"

"what?"

"You will understand soon." Vera finally let go of her arms around An Wen's slender waist. "Now, let's deal with the business first."

Seeing that the two ladies had finished their conversation, Garmon went up to meet them.

"You are the newly appointed Minister of Navigation. According to the order of the Marquis, I handed over ten elf mages and twelve druids to you. They are proficient in natural magic and have a deep understanding of plants. I believe It can play a big role in the process of rebuilding and building new ships."

"Thank you so much! I will definitely treat all elf friends who have come from afar!" Garmon excitedly said, "The design of the Karak galleon is relatively old. If too many cannons are placed on the hull, it will be difficult for the hull to withstand the vibration and impact of shelling. Impact. This problem was originally difficult to cure, but now, as long as the elf mages cast a 'wood strengthening' spell, it can be solved."

Various plans have already begun to emerge in Garmon's mind to transform the old-style Karak galleons represented by the Royal Seven Saints and the Mary Rose.

As long as he seized the time and improved efficiency, in a month or two, he would be able to provide Lord Marquis with a powerful fleet with thousands of various artillery pieces and more than [-] ships!