After Becoming The Tyrant

The slime on the gold coin is really not "a little bit dirty". In order to finish for the king, the Duke of Buckingham pondered for a moment, and he had no choice but to call in the royal guard again.

At first, the royal guards who received the purge order thought they were about to carry out some assassination mission, and all of them looked solemn.As a result, I found out that this cleaning command is really "cleaning" in the literal sense.

The Duke of Buckingham stood majestically in front of the warehouse, nodding to them without a smile, indicating that they could begin.

Royal Guards:  …

They feel their careers are slipping away from being ruthless overseers of officials.

But soon, the royal guards discovered that the slime on these gold coins was really not something anyone could handle.They are extremely corrosive, and when they drop to the ground, small holes are immediately corroded on the stone surface.They had to carefully scrape off the slime coins before cleaning them.

The king stayed on, watching with the Duke of Buckingham.

"By the way, don't just throw these things away." The king thought for a while, "Keep them and send some to our Mr. Pharmacist, let him analyze the ingredients."

The king is very interested in the biological composition of hell, and from the slime of the "greed and ill-gotten wealth" lord, it may be possible to analyze a little difference between human and non-human.

After all, these slimes, like gold coins, are hard-won to a certain extent. Even if they want to throw them away, they have to wait for the king's scientists to judge that they are of no use value before throwing them away.

Can the collision of science and mystery bring something different?

The king had certain expectations.

The wealth in the palace of the lord of hell is piled up like a mountain. Unfortunately, as the devil said, these gold coins have been piled up in hell for too long, and they are deeply branded with hell.If you take out too much at one time, it will cause unnecessary trouble.Even the current batch of gold coins cannot be used directly after the mucus is washed off.

The former Templar Commander must first further dispel the remaining evil aura of the gold coins.

The process is a bit cumbersome, but it's all worth it.

They eased the immediate needs of the king.

"Calculate, and then report the specific number to me."

The king ordered that he must start thinking about how to allocate these gold coins in advance.

While focusing on the navy, he also takes into account the construction of the new army and the castle, as well as the initial investment of the Southeast Free Chamber of Commerce that he intends to launch.

The specific number will not be known until the counting is completed, but the preliminary estimate is enough to provide initial funds for the king's planned royal navy construction-only preliminary.The cost of building a royal navy is high enough to drive any royal family crazy.

The current Legrand Royal Fleet was formed during the time of Mad King Henry.

After the mad king Henry withdrew the monastery's privileges to the Cinque Port Alliance, it also caused a turmoil. Although it was finally put down, that rebellion undoubtedly left a deep impression on the mad king.The royal family later invested in the purchase of more than 50 galleys, organized into three detachments, and the managers were called "gallon belts" [1].

In the early days of formation, the mighty royal navy did play a great deterrent role, but soon, the royal family found that they could not afford to maintain the fleet, so two-thirds of the ship was sold later, Instead, continue to requisition large-tonnage merchant ships as wartime armed warships. [2]

This combination of merchant ships and military warships has lasted for a long time, so that the five-port alliance is so arrogant.It was not until William III unified the 36 states and the control of the royal family increased that the number of royal fleets rose steadily again.

As long as we look back at the development history of the royal navy, which lasted for a long time but progressed slowly, we can understand what a huge pit of burning money.

Already the king could hear him throw batches of gold coins into the sea.

He sighed helplessly.

——This is the case with the military. Only by burning money can a fearsome army be built.

"Aren't you going to see Charles?"

said the Duke of Buckingham to the king.

"He has arrived?" The king was a little surprised.

He remembered that he had allowed Captain Hawkins to grant Charles the right to visit the place where William III lay.But it was only one night, and Charles had already arrived.

The Duke of Buckingham nodded slightly.

The king understood that the duke had already met Charles.

A past King Legrand, a current royal duke, a crazy captain, and a legendary first mate who is in charge of the entire pirate... Such four people who do not match each other can maintain an unimaginable relationship. Deep friendship.

"I'll go see him."

The king took the mantle from the steward.

………………

St. Wythe's Cathedral, tomb of William III.

The king, in his red cloak, stood outside the Place of Sleep.

William III's tomb doesn't seem to fit his identity as the glorious king of Legrand's generation.Although it is magnificent, it is undoubtedly crude according to the specifications of the Wang family.On the tall tombstone, the relief head of William III coexists with the cross.

A man stands in front of a tombstone.

First mate of the Walway Pirates, Charles.

His gray hair was brushed back, he had eyes as blue as the sea, and he was wearing a black coat. His temperament was gentle and could even be called "elegant".It's hard to imagine that he is the head of the vicious pirates of Hehewoerwei from his appearance alone - he looks more like an old professor of the Royal Academy than a pirate.

"Good day, Your Majesty."

Hearing the king's footsteps, he turned and bowed respectfully to the king.

"Good day, sir."

The king stepped forward and stood in front of the tombstone like him.

"Thank you for your permission, Your Majesty."

Charles said there was more tenderness in his deference to the king.He is about the same age as the Duke of Buckingham, but the Duke of Buckingham feels like a steel knife that may be pulled out at any time, while he is a wine that has been precipitated by time.

"I think that's what he wants to see too."

the king answered.

"William... I'm sorry, please forgive me for being rude. But," Charles' blue eyes fixed on the tombstone, "this is what he once asked, and he hopes that Hawkins and I can continue to call him William."

"Please continue to call it that." The king said, he was not familiar with this kind of friendship, so he paused and changed the subject, "I can pardon your curses for you at any time."

"Thank you for your kindness."

With his palms pressed to his chest, Charles leaned over the king in thanks.

"I think it won't be easy for you and Mr. Hawkins to get along for many years." The king raised his eyebrows, and it was hard to imagine how a person like Charles endured the crazy pirate captain.

A complicated look appeared on Charles' face: "...Probably because of such a captain, I have to stay in Walway all the time."

Looks like the Duke of Buckingham has the same headache with Captain Hawkins.

"You are doing Walwe a great favor by keeping him as Legrand's general." Charles said sincerely, "I am really worried that one day I will wake up and find that Volwe's captain hung on the mast."

After Charles couldn't help complaining, probably wanting to forcibly salute the pirate captain, he changed the subject and talked to the king about the royal fleet.

The king was not surprised that he knew he was going to revamp the royal fleet.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"Your current warship should be a reference to the Cinque Port Alliance." Charles eloquently suggested to the king, "Represented by the ancient Ross family's warship 'Ravel', merchant ships generally set up towering towers on board. The ship tower, you know this is for defense against pirate attacks. When the boarding battle occurs, the ship tower can be used to shoot and defend.[3]”

"But as far as I know, they didn't play much role in the naval battle of Kossoa, and the speed of Volwe's ships seems to be better." The king questioned.

"Yes."

Charles smiles.

"We removed the ship building to increase the speed of the ship. This is certainly a change based on our identities, but it may not be a different idea for you."

"Tell me."

"The artillery brought by your Mr. Scientist." Charles replied, "If your Mr. Scientist can continue to improve them, you may consider building a fast battleship equipped with artillery in the future. Should be what you need."[4]

"A neat and practical approach."

The king pondered for a moment, then expressed his approval.

"It is an honor to receive your approval, Your Majesty."

Charles seemed delighted that he could be of any use to the king.

The king was keenly aware that Charles' attitude towards him was a bit too kind, and he said succinctly: "You don't need to transfer your friendship with my father to me."

Charles smiled gently: "You are as sharp as William, as Hawkins said."

"so?"

The king looked at the elegant old man inquiringly.

"It may be presumptuous to say so." Charles was silent for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "At the beginning, he wrote to ask me if I would like to be your godfather... He really acted presumptuously, didn't he? Let a notorious pirates to be the godfather of a noble prince—and now you are a king.”

"However, I was too slow in replying."

Charles threw his head back, the wind blowing his gray temples.

"He didn't get my letter."

The person who invited him was gone, and there was no pirate in the world who could be godfather to a king.

"Um……"

The king pondered for a moment.

"Maybe it's even worse to be the godfather of a notorious tyrant? A pirate will only be scolded for a lifetime, but a tyrant will be scolded for hundreds or thousands of years."

"You are not a tyrant, Your Majesty."

Charles reached out and touched the tombstone of William III, and turned to smile at him.

"You'll be his pride."

The king did not answer.

"I came here this time to convey a word to you, Your Majesty."

Standing in front of the tombstone of William III, Charles stared deeply at the epitaph of William III. There was only a short sentence - for the glory of the rose.

"Please."

"Please be careful of the Holy Court."

The author has something to say: [1] The data and structure of the royal fleet in the period of Mad King Henry refer to the structure of the royal fleet in the period of King John.

Galleys have a high demand for oarsmen and crews, so the mad king Henry was forced to reduce the royal navy because of his inability to support the expensive fleet in the later period, and once again relied on the Cinque Port Alliance.

[2] During the period of Henry VII, in order to encourage the construction of merchant ships suitable for combat, a "shipbuilding bonus" was even established, stipulating that subsidies for the construction of ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons were given at 5 shillings per ton——Liu Jinghua. "The sun never sets" Sunset [M]. Beijing: China Literature and History Publishing House. 1999

[3] The structure of the "Ravel" refers to the "King" and "Regent", and the naval battle at that time was an extension of the land battle, with the "board battle" as the main part, and the ship building played an important role.

[4] The warship reform carried out during the Elizabeth period was carried out based on this idea, and achieved remarkable results.