The Knight's Journey to the Empire

This problem was not solved until the appearance of Sauron.

Because of Soran's excellence, whether it was his aptitude for cultivation or his quick mind, he was recognized by Sir Colbert and Butler Mark!

And they could all see that Soran liked Countess Katis!

Just by looking at his expression that his eyeballs were about to pop out, they were sure of it!

Therefore, the two of them discussed it privately, hoping that Soran could formally pursue Countess Katis!

It would be best to make Countess Katis fall in love with her, so that she can step out of the shadow of her late husband and regain confidence in life.

In fact, everyone in Seagull Castle can see it!

In the past, when Count Frank was alive, Countess Curtis was a carefree, pampered princess!

And now, she has become a strong countess who is busy with affairs and chasing power all day long!

It’s just because he wanted to find something to do and stop himself from thinking about random things!

After all, when you are busy, you don’t have much time to think about random things!

As the commander of Countess Curtis's personal guard, Sir Colbert had heard servants report many times that Countess Curtis secretly daydreamed or cried in the middle of the night!

……

"I like the Earl, but the Earl doesn't like me! What can I do?"

"If I pursue her like this and she rejects me, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?"

"And we'll have to work together in the future. If this continues, what will we do when we meet in the future?"

Soran stammered and gave several reasons.

In fact, Soran has no experience in love!

As for Miss Vivian of Viscount Ayudukai’s family, that doesn’t count!

Miss Vivian is a love-brained person. Even if you say that eating dirt is delicious, she will believe it!

So, can a relationship with a love-brained person be called love?

Sir Colbert looked at Soran's cowardly look and wanted to hit him for no reason!

But Soran was sitting too far away and couldn't reach him, so he gave up and slowly lowered his raised hand!

"What are you afraid of! We are here to help you! What is there to be afraid of!" Sir Colbert said unhappily.

"You guys?" Soran was stunned!

"Yes, we!" Sir Colbert repeated, and then shouted to the side: "Magellan, I know you are eavesdropping. I give you five seconds to show up in front of me, otherwise I will smash the thing in your arms right away!"

As soon as the voice fell, a voice begging for mercy came from the box next door: "No, no, no, I'll be right there!"

Then Soran saw a man crawling over from the next box!

And this person is Magellan, who should have left long ago!

But I didn’t expect that he would run back halfway and eavesdrop in the next box!

Magellan smiled awkwardly and said immediately: "I didn't steal it, really, the soundproofing of this hotel's private room is so good! I really didn't overhear it!"

"Of course I know you didn't eavesdrop, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen this as the place to chat!" Sir Colbert looked at Magellan speechlessly.

"Then how did you know I was next to you?" Mai Zelun was speechless.

"Nonsense, given the relationship between us and my understanding of you, if you weren't eavesdropping over there, you wouldn't be Magellan!" Sir Colbert said with disdain: "Besides, I was just bombing you just now, but I didn't expect that I would really bomb you out!"

"You..." Magellan was even more speechless!

"You kid, sooner or later you will die from this eavesdropping habit!" Sir Colbert warned seriously.

"I just can't help it! I'm too curious!" Magellan muttered.

"You know you are very curious! You don't know how to change! Oh, forget it, it doesn't matter, it's not me who will die anyway!" Sir Colbert looked helpless.

"No, is he the teammate who assisted you?" Soran looked at Magellan and said with disgust.

This looks smart no matter how you look at it!

He assists?

I wish I was attacked!

"Of course not. His brain only works well at sea. Once on shore, it's like a piece of shit, useless!" Sir Colbert said bluntly.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm still here. I'm not deaf, I can hear you, can you please speak more quietly?" said someone who was being pointed at in person.

Sir Colbert pointed to the door and said, "Get out!"

"Okay!" Magellan left obediently and closed the door very tactfully!

"So who are the allies you are talking about?" Soran continued to ask.

"It's Butler Mark!" Sir Colbert said with certainty.

Soran: "..."

……

Knight Continent Calendar May 4878, 5.

That day, Soran was in his room in Seagull Castle, still thinking about how to make a monocular telescope!

The servant of Seagull Castle did come suddenly to report: "Baron Soran, Lord Plant is here to see you!"

Because the news of Countess Katis enthroning Soran had not yet been officially spread, it was only circulated among the circle of people attending the meeting.

So the servants still called him Baron.

"Okay! I'll be right there!" Soran tidied up the table, packed up his tools and went out!

The main hall and reception room of Seagull Castle are exclusive to Countess Katis!

Although both of them are now subordinates of Countess Katis, they are both guests and therefore cannot be used directly, which seems against etiquette!

And they were too lazy to report to Countess Katis!

So the two of them simply changed the place of their conversation to a pavilion in the courtyard of Seagull Castle!

After the servant brought two cups of hot tea to the two of them, he retreated at Soran's signal!

Of course, this tea is not made from the leaves of the giant cappuccino magic tree!

It's just regular tea!

The only guests who want to make tea using the leaves of the giant cappuccino magic tree are those who talk to Countess Katis in person.

"Baron Soran, you said yesterday that you understand naval construction, so I came here today mainly to ask you how to build a navy!" Plant said first.

Yesterday's banquet was everyone's private leisure time, so it was not convenient for him to ask questions directly!

Instead, I waited until today to come here specifically to ask!

Soran thought for a while in silence, and then said, "Brother Plant, what do you think is the difference between the navy and the army?"

"The navy is the army that fights in the sea, and the army is the army that fights on land!" Plant said without any hesitation.

Soran was stunned: "Uh... it seems that what you said is not wrong! Then may I ask, what is the most important thing for the navy?"

"The most important thing, of course, is the ship!" Plant still said directly.

"Yes, it is indeed a ship!" Soran said affirmatively: "Then we can start from these aspects when training the navy!"

"The first is the ship. As long as your ship is strong and powerful enough, you can directly overturn the opponent's ship, causing him to drown in the sea!"

"So you'd better ask Canard to design two types of ships specifically for naval warfare. One of them should be large and strong enough to directly knock over the enemy, and it should also be stable and have outstanding man and cargo carrying capacity. Finally, it should be able to become a fortress on the sea. The other one should be flexible, have strong wave-breaking ability, and be fast enough to quickly chase the enemy or escape!"

"The second is long-range attack! Of course, archers are definitely needed! But in addition to that, you can also consider installing some extremely destructive Danju Nu on the ship, so that you can suppress the opponent in long-range attacks!"

As for installing catapults, cannons and other things on the ship, Soran didn't dare to say anything.

Because of the level of shipbuilding in this world, it would be difficult for Sauron to even install a giant ship!

"The third is the battle between the two ships! You can make this hook, so that you can pull the opponent's ship over! Of course, Ju Nu can shoot farther, and his crossbow arrows can also be hook-shaped. With the rope, as long as you shoot the enemy, you can also hook the enemy over!"

"The fourth is underwater warfare! Sending people under the enemy's ship to sink it, or dragging the enemy into the water and drowning them, these are all good ideas!"

"The last thing you want to do is use sinister tactics like throwing kerosene! Naval warfare is different from land warfare. You can't get close to the enemy whenever you want, so maintaining a certain medium and long-range attack distance will ensure you're invincible!"

"Oh! By the way, naval warfare also attaches great importance to the application of tactics, such as encirclement tactics, penetration tactics, decapitation tactics, and even fleet formations, such as shield-shaped and circular, can effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the navy!"

Over there, Plant had taken out a notebook and started recording without anyone noticing!

He listened very carefully and remembered just as carefully!

Although he already had some ideas about navy construction after some time of thinking, these suggestions from Soran were really inspiring to him!

For example, the modification of ships, the application of tactics and so on!

You know, before this, his thoughts were only on "people"!

I just want to think about how to train strong soldiers, and then drive the ship to fight the enemy!

But according to what Soran said now, if you want to win the naval battle, it seems that you must use brute force!

"Anything else? Viscount Sauron!" Plant said with a lingering look.

“Not for now! That’s all I can think of!” Soran shook his head.

In fact, Soran is not an expert in naval warfare. These are just the naval warfare information he learned on the Internet in his previous life.

The reason why he spoke so confidently was simply because the navy of this world was just starting out and had no experience yet!

I believe that these navies have experienced several wars and can summarize this knowledge!

"But there is one thing I still want to remind you of!" Soran continued: "The main factor in war is still the soldiers, whether it is a naval battle or a land battle, so the strength of an army depends first on the strength of its soldiers! Otherwise, no matter how good the weapons or tools are, they are just things!"

"Thank you, Viscount Soran, for your reminder. I know this of course!" Plant said modestly.

"Yeah!" Soran nodded and stopped talking because he had nothing else to say.

After Plant finished recording, he took the paper and pen, and then hesitantly said: "Well, Baron Soran, yesterday you said you wanted to borrow a [compass] to help me build a navy! So..."

Soran thought about it and said a little embarrassedly: "I don't have many [Compasses] here, so for now, I'll use them for Magellan's transport fleet first!"

"After all, the transportation will start tomorrow, and there are more than a hundred ships! One [compass] is definitely not enough!"

"But don't worry, as long as your navy is established, I will definitely lend you a [Compass]!"

So far, Soran has only made four [Compasses], one for Magellan, two for the transport fleet, and one was taken away by Sir Colbert last night!

So naturally, Soran didn't have an extra [compass] to lend to Plant.

So I could only shirk it!

"Then I would like to thank Viscount Sauron!" Plant was a little disappointed.

But Sauron had already said it, so there was nothing he could do!

After all, the Compass belongs to someone else, and it is their freedom to do what they want with it!

Moreover, the navy has not been formed yet, so there is no need for a guide!

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while and Plant said goodbye!

…………

Knight Continent Calendar May 4878, 5, the port of Ganise City.

Since the day before yesterday, the port of Ganise City has been completely blocked by the army. Except for carriages transporting supplies, absolutely no one is allowed to enter or leave!

Even the people driving the carriage had changed and were replaced by soldiers from the city guards!

The sea outside the port was also blocked. Except for their own ships, all other ships had no chance to return, and the crews on them were directly requisitioned!

Special times can only be governed by special means!

Today is an important day!

Because the transport fleet will carry immigrants and supplies to the Antilles for the first time, officially starting the development of the Antilles!

As the general person in charge of the [Anglican Islands Immigration Plan], Soran will definitely attach great importance to it and be present in person!

There are now more than 100 ships docked densely at the port of Ganise City!

The majority of them are large transport ships, with a total of 73 ships! The second largest are medium-sized kappa ships, with 34 ships!

These ships will be evenly divided into three transport fleets, each transport fleet has approximately 24 large transport ships and 11 medium-sized cap ships!

At the same time, three fleet leaders appointed by Sauron himself are responsible for commanding the transport fleet!

Because the port on the Antilles has not been completed yet, the three transport fleets are spaced apart in time. This will improve efficiency and continuously transport people and supplies to the Antilles!

The leader of the first transport fleet was Magellan, who had once visited the Antilles!

Because he had experience in sailing to the Antilles, Solon specially appointed him as the leader of the first fleet.