industrial lord

Chapter 286
When the sun rose close to the highest point of the day, Madam Sophie came to Frederick's room.

Frederick's luggage has been packed, and the backpack and sword are placed beside the bed.

He was sitting on the bed, with a map of more than one meter long and half a meter wide spread out in front of him, with an uneasy expression on his face.

This map of the forest sea is very detailed. Not only does it have a full picture of the entire forest, but it also has many regimes along the coast of the northern inland sea and inside the forest.

Frederick found that the north knew too little about Lin Hai.

The previous maps had no scale and were drawn so cartoonishly that he thought the forest was only two or three hundred kilometers wide from north to south, so he planned to find a place to cross from south to north.

A few years ago, the Kingdom of Kushite began to redraw the map of the northern part of the Southern Continent in proportion to the latitude and longitude. As a result, the current map told him that the width of the forest sea from north to south was more than [-] kilometers.

What surprised Frederick was also the regime in the region.

Because of the advantages of water transport from the Sun River and its tributaries, the Kush Kingdom controls a large area of ​​land east of the Forest Sea, and is the largest country in this region.

In the west, because the dense forests hinder traffic, many countries are located in the narrow strip between the forest sea and the inland sea. If there is a river flowing into the sea, the areas on both sides of the river can be controlled, and towns and villages are built along the river.

In a deeper place, the forest is denser, and there are many and powerful monsters. Only waterways can pass safely.

The width and depth of many small rivers in the forest are not enough for large-scale fleets to sail, and the countries along the coast cannot project their forces on a large scale. Therefore, there are many independent small regimes in the forest. If you rule a small town of 2000 people, you dare to be king .

Frederick thought to himself, I really don’t know if I don’t come here, the world is really wonderful.

Madam Sophie walked to the bed and asked him, "When are you leaving?"

Frederick pointed to the map and replied: "Tomorrow, first walk south along the Sun River for a while, then go west along the river into the forest sea, go around in circles, and finally come out of the Hafus Kingdom, and then cross the sea to The island of Cilici in the Kingdom of Sardinia."

He didn't say that he planned to be a Warcraft Hunter in it for a while, which was a task arranged by Richard Nall.

Mrs. Sophie was not interested in his travel plan, but asked, "Are you not satisfied with Yi Wen?"

Frederick raised his head and looked at Madam Sophie suspiciously, and said puzzledly, "I'm not satisfied."

Madam Sophie's expression looked calm, but her eyes were sharp, as if she could read people's hearts.

She said: "You haven't told Yi Wen about the fan factory you mentioned that day. Once you talk about this kind of thing, he will definitely agree."

"It can be seen that you are disappointed in him and need to spread the risk."

Frederick didn't expect her to be so keen, and his thoughts were seen.

"I just changed my mind temporarily." Frederick made an excuse, "The relationship between you and the Ghazi Empire is extremely bad. They are potential big customers, so I want to change places."

Madam Sophie couldn't refute this excuse and could only sigh.

Frederick comforted her: "It doesn't matter, at least he is a king who can stand the family business."

Madam Sophie got the answer she wanted, and then left.

Frederick just shook his head slightly and said nothing.

Hayreddin's plan was completely rejected, and Yi Wen ordered the bridge to be demolished, allowing the navy to go upstream along the river after the war to prevent the troops of the Ghazi Empire from crossing several important rivers.

No one is optimistic about this kind of passive defense, and Hayreddin, who fought in sea battles, can also tell that the land east of the defense line of several rivers will definitely be lost.

Early the next morning, Hayreddin came while Frederick was having breakfast, and he was the one who contacted the departing ship.

Frederick was eating pancakes mixed with pea puree and some vanilla, and when he saw Hayreddin's gloomy expression, he asked him, "Why, did you encounter something unpleasant?"

Hayreddin sat down at the long table and told all the servants to retreat before saying, "I'm so pissed off, those idiots on the ground actually asked me to send sailors to the ground to fill in the defense line!"

Frederick gave him a surprised look and asked, "You didn't agree?"

Hayreddin replied: "Of course not, I had a fight with them."

"Now everyone can see that the small rivers to the east can't hold back the Ghazi Empire's army at all. In this battle, at least [-] kilometers of land will be lost."

"Tomorrow, the people on that land will be moved away, and all will go to the delta to reclaim wasteland."

Frederick shook his head slightly, and after eating two bites of boiled pea meatballs, he said, "Why don't you do this, after the enemy's offensive momentum stops, your ship will follow their back and cut off the food route, that's the only way to go. "

Hayreddin nodded and said, "I think so too, can you ask your people in Constantbul to sell me more weapons."

Frederick ate his breakfast quietly and thought about it. After eating, he said, "It's okay to sell weapons. If you need me, I can also get about 500 people to help you as mercenaries."

Hayreddin said happily: "That's great. If I can have a few hundred of you, plus my ship and people, I can do a lot of things, and even lay down a few ports!"

Frederick thought for a while and said, "Why don't you hire more soldiers with Dragases and take down the Luna Peninsula yourself."

Hayreddin's gaze became sharp all of a sudden, but he quickly shook his head. He didn't have a good appetite, and some cakes would make him hungry.

It is enough to have Frederick willing to sell weapons and send people, and you can't force too much.

After breakfast, Frederick wrote a note to Hayreddin in a secret language, and asked him to bring several letters to Constantbul, handing them over to the garrison and sending them back to Wessenburg.

Soon after, Frederick came to the inland port on the west side of Bertha Port. He was startled when he saw the boat he was going to take, and turned his head to ask Hayreddin, "How did this boat get here?"

This is an inland river boat, about [-] meters long and more than three meters wide, with a one-story cabin, a sunshade on the top, and a water wheel at the stern.

This is a water wheel technology verification ship built when the steam paddle steamer was first built. After the experiment was completed, it was sold. Frederick didn't care about it at the time, and he didn't expect to appear here.

The point is that the boat was originally powered by people, and a group of people on the boat drove the water wheel through a chain like a bicycle.

Hayreddin said proudly: "I bought it back. Not long ago, someone installed a steam engine on the tractor. I also have a steamboat."

"This boat is on loan to you, and you can bring some cargo if you like."

Frederick laughed and asked, "If you want to bring goods, I have to trouble you to recommend them."

Haileding immediately said: "Aren't you going to Lin Haili, the most precious cargo in it is salt."

"Even if you don't sell it yourself, you can still sell it in the fringe market."

Frederick spent the morning purchasing some salt, and set off in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)