Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 628: Ammunition smuggling and old friends
"Then, two adults, happy cooperation! I will leave first."
"Mr. Diego, happy cooperation, goodbye."
Watching the mediocre but very shrewd mysterious guest and his extraordinary entourage, led by the Marquis himself out of the reception room of the Orange Leaf Fort, Ivan slowly fell into thought.
It was a coincidence today that I finalized the construction plan for the first phase of the railway project with my old father-in-law early in the morning.
At present, the New World is rich in natural resources, and everything is cheap.
The pine tree used as the material for railroad sleepers is endless on this continent, even if it is a century-old tree, it can be seen everywhere; after the "Vulcan Metal Company" received the arms purchase order from the kingdom, it began to expand its scale and production capacity. Continuously improving, designing low-end rails with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour does not cost much.
Moreover, in a sparsely populated territory, all the land is owned by one's own, and there is no question of land acquisition at all. Occasionally, the wooden attachments on the ground are even cheaper.
The only thing lacking is manpower. It's okay to engage some Anuma slaves to carry out the transportation work. If they were directly involved in the construction of the railway, Ivan would not dare to ride the steam locomotive running on that railway.
In addition.
Holding 60 million golden lions’ trophies in his hand is enough for him to re-establish or complete various major livelihood industries in the three territories of Yuanfanling, Georgia, and Buffalo, and give them to the territories. The economic order lays a good foundation for development.
Then proceed with investment promotion with confidence, and accept investors from all sides waving gold tickets to settle in.
However, the Mr. Diego who just left, although he is indeed a big businessman with great energy, he did not come for investment because he is optimistic about the development of his own territory.
He is actually a smuggler from the Sea Power Hegemony, the Hilius Empire, a long-term partner of the Marquis of Duke, and one of the major customers of Mercury Union Trading Company.
The sales contributed by his family alone are close to 30% of the total sales of the trading company.
However, in business, businessmen are profit-driven animals.
The Hilius merchants, represented by Diego, did not mind reselling a large number of cheap products from foreign industrial countries, ruthlessly destroying the poor low-end handicraft industry in their own country, and enriching their pockets by the way.
Although Hilius’s financial situation is indeed poor in recent years, the rich and powerful have been extravagant for nearly a hundred years. Even if the society is severely divided, it still does not hinder the high-level drunkenness.
A senior official in the trade department of the Hilius Empire even publicly declared:
"Let Tulips be contented to produce wool fiber, Atlant can be contented to produce striped cloth, New World can be contented to produce **** skins, dyes and cane sugar, and the Peacock Islands can be contented to produce silk and ceramics. /
The only thing that can be proved is that all industrial countries are training skilled workers for Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz is the emperor of all countries, the whole world serves him, and he does not need to serve anyone! "
This time too, this Mercury partner got a new order.
If it's a normal product, he doesn't need to come here in person, just because this order requires an extraordinary weapon to deal with the "spiritual tide"!
The source of the order is the Army Command of the Deputy King District of New Hilius.
Small smugglers may only have courage, and there will be pauses but no pauses.
The big smugglers who can stand for a long time are all with hands and eyes. This Mr. Diego, who is likely to have some connection with the Imperial Army, is obviously the latter.
What he wants is the holy salt bombs, sword oil, coral steel weapons that are installed on a large scale in Falettis and the entire Tulip Alliance colony...
Although they have similar effects, as the world's largest military power, they are not unable to come up with it. Both the "Fire Sect" and the "Cursing School" can provide part of it.
But still have to consider the cost of large-scale long-term use.
The mass-produced weapons in Ivan’s hands are certainly not the most effective, but they are most likely the most cost-effective in the entire New World. And the freight is low, as long as you go retrograde along the Isthmus of Barboa to the west coast.
As for this smuggling of arms against the enemy, Ivan finally... agreed.
The ruling order of Hilius in the New World will collapse, but it shouldn’t be now, nor should it be because of the raging “ghosts”.
In this situation of constant eruptions, the vacant land is of no value to anyone. It is better to let Hilius occupy those lands, and then continue to **** blood through smuggling trade.
It's the same as the first looting of Hilius was the systematically organized Azik and Kuma empires, not the scattered safari tribes.
Besides.
In addition to the "dismemberment plan" that was the last step to instigate the internal regional conflicts and confrontations in Hilius, whether it was the "blood loss plan" led by the privateer fleet or the "trade war" led by smugglers, " "Overlord Disqualification Plan" has been steadily advancing.
Naturally, Ivan will not be troubled with money. Arms smuggling has always been one of the most profitable trades, and there is no need to worry about being bitten by these weapons that are only aimed at spirits.
You also need to consider morality when dealing with the kingdom, but you don’t need to treat yourself badly when dealing with Hilius.
Olivia, who also stayed here to listen during the conversation, gently sat beside Ivan and poured him a cup of tea again:
"It seems that Hilius is indeed under great pressure. At the end of last year, he abandoned a large area of mining area and retreated a thousand kilometers. The vacuum area in the middle has been reoccupied by some natural spirits and Atrians.
They are all the richest lands in the entire New World, should we intervene? "
Ivan pinched his eyebrows and considered for a while, and finally shook his head:
"Although everything is going well in the territory, it is not advisable to take too much steps. Even if we have spare capacity for the time being, the current inland areas are still too dangerous for production and construction, and the distance and defense costs are too high.
Moreover, the resources in the Midwest are not urgent for us for the time being. Let's stabilize the basics first. Two birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in hand. "
To exercise restraint on the path of transcendence, the same is true for territorial management.
......
Time passed in a hurry.
With the advent of spring in the 188th year of the Haiyuan calendar, the seaworthiness of the Black Sea is also coming.
Call——
A huge fleet of forty-three ships, mostly flying the flag of Falitis, is leaving the Tesca Current and traveling from north to south.
On the deck of the Tier 4 battleship that is the flagship of the **** fleet.
A young man in a colonel's uniform and a burly knight in heavy armor were leaning against the bulwark, chatting very well.
"...Ilya’s ready-made templates have been placed there. I heard that the'Black Wing Order' has begun to fight fire everywhere. Most kingdoms on the mainland have their own titled knights, but those smaller principalities, Hou Guo doesn't have one."
"Yes, this is also an issue that the church is also worrying about."
"Knight Ambrus, have the members of the Constituent Assembly who were escorted to the Tulip Principality have judged it?"
"Well, although the formal verdict has not yet come down, it is said that Speaker Jerome will be sentenced to beheading, and others will probably be sentenced to hanging. In fact, there is no difference except that they will be slightly decent.
After all, they wiped out the entire aristocratic class of Ilya. If they were allowed to continue to live, it would be impossible for the kings in the alliance to agree. "
Although the war of rebellion has passed for several months, and their identities are the wall knights who belong to the church and the wizards who belong to the "Violet Eye", they are very concerned about this matter.
This is also a persistent topic among the upper class of the kingdom in recent months.
"Anthony."
A beautiful lady who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in aqua-green dress with long hair curled up as a married dress, walked onto the deck and screamed softly.
Looking back and seeing his beautiful newlywed wife, the young officer with short hair smiled warmly:
"Dilis."
If Ivan was here, he would definitely recognize these old people who he hadn't seen for a long time.
I have performed several missions together, and although he has no personal acquaintances but respects his knightly character, Captain Ambrus of the Church "Iron Wall Knight".
In addition to the "Iron Wall Knight" Ambrus, who has been promoted to the third rank, this ship also has a knight team composed of twelve official knights under his command.
The mission statement of the church is: In view of the current deteriorating living environment in the New World, the goddess pious lambs need stronger protection, so they strengthen the power of the colony.
As for whether this is really the case, no one knows...
The other two are the first friends Ivan met after joining the "Violet Eye", Anthony and Dilis, but they were missing an Alva.
Suddenly.
The lookout on the mainmast shouted:
"Look, there is the Montaque Lighthouse on Long Island. We have arrived in the New World~IndoMTL.com~ At this time, a line of black land has appeared at the end of the vast blue waves in the distance. Standing at the very top of the peninsula.
Looking at that place, many people in the ocean-going fleet that had just crossed the Black Sea cheered loudly.
"We are finally here!"
"I am coming to the new world! Oh!"
"..."
Especially the hundreds of Ilya refugees distributed on several merchant ships in the fleet, thinking of the hardships of coming here all the way from their hometowns, tears burst into their eyes.
"Gold, silver, and land, this is our future home."
The Montac Lighthouse at the easternmost point of Long Island is also known as the "Morning Star Lighthouse." It has been erected since Buffalo was first established and has a history of several decades.
This lighthouse is a beacon for all dream seekers to emigrate to the New World. As long as they see this lighthouse, it means that they are about to board the New World and start their dream "beautiful" new life!