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Chapter 680 Changing Agents
There are coconut trees with setting sun, a blue sea, sunshine, beach, waves, cacti, and a young captain.

There are only three people on the small volcanic island: Frederick, Susan and Lulu.

The fleet found the Horseshoe Islands and planned to rest here for a while, establish a new base, and wait for Kamala to settle things back home.

So Frederick kidnapped Susan and Lulu and lived as a threesome on a small island.

The Wesson people in the fleet were not surprised by this, but some smelled something different.

"Wow, there are crabs in the tree!"

Frederick didn't expect that Lulu could climb trees so fast. In the blink of an eye, she reached the top of a coconut tree.

But when you think about it, climbing masts is a basic skill for sailors.

"There's a crab in a tree?!"

Susan, who had never heard of such a thing, followed suit.

The weight of the two girls bent the coconut tree. Frederick stood on the beach, looked at the coconut crab and said, "Let's cook it."

"By the way, I think if one of you jumps down now, the other will be bounced off by the coconut tree."

Lulu and Susan looked at each other, grinned, and jumped down.

The bent coconut tree bounced back suddenly. Fortunately, Frederick was quick enough to catch the crab, otherwise he would have been bounced away.

That night, Frederick regretted his decision.

"It tastes bad."

“It’s like eating a steam engine.”

No one expected that the crab meat would smell like machine oil. Just the smell was uncomfortable and tasting it was like torture.

"Forget it, let's just eat noodles and canned food."

Frederick was cooking instant noodles by the campfire and said, "My plan is to build strongholds near the mouth of each river and then gradually advance inland. This will take a long time."

Lilu said: "We don't have enough sea transport capacity in a short period of time."

Frederick nodded and said, "Yes, so we need to adjust our development focus."

"The inland sea is now in balance, and it will only be broken when the Venetians fall."

"We underestimated them. It will probably take quite some time."

"In the North Sea, the Kingdom of Angland has begun to vigorously develop its maritime power. We will have a clash sooner or later, but now is our starting stage, and a conflict will not be worth the cost."

“I suggest that we seize the opportunity that only we have come to this land, concentrate our efforts on developing maritime power here, and occupy the market here.”

"Let them fight in the North Sea and the Inland Sea. By the time they realize the south, there will be no place for them to settle down."

"Lulu, I'm just suggesting it. The final decision is up to you."

Lulu began to think seriously.

The maritime power of the Principality of Wessen is characterized by high quality but small quantity, and the number of new ships cannot change qualitatively in a short period of time.

Now that the Kingdom of Anglia is developing its navy, the Kingdom of Gaul seems to be trying to instigate a conflict between the Duchy of Wesson and them at sea. It is very likely that even if the Duchy of Wesson wants to make money through peace, the Kingdom of Gaul will resort to underhanded tactics to achieve its goal.

It takes time to accumulate ships and seafarers. If we get involved in a large-scale struggle at this time, we will likely fall into an unnecessary quagmire.

At this time Susan asked: "Don't you believe Kamala?" According to the original plan, Kamala would be Frederick's spokesperson in the south.

Susan had felt before that Frederick was wavering, and now it was clear.

Frederick replied: "I do not trust him enough to hand over the whole South to him."

He sighed and said, "Cisse is completely missing."

Neither Frederick nor Kamala told this to the third person in the fleet, and Susan was surprised when she heard it.

The grace of saving a life can make people do many things, and Susan also thought about training Cisse to become another spokesperson.

From the perspective of the biggest beneficiary, Kamara does have a strong motivation to make Cisse disappear completely.

Officials in the Duchy of Wessen all knew that Frederick did not like to make internal struggles bloody, and killing competitors had already violated his bottom line.

Now Kamara has lost the chance to go further.

If this position is vacant, someone needs to fill it.

Frederick said to Susan, "I intend to leave the affairs of the southern land to you."

Susan immediately shook her head and said, "No."

She knew herself well. Her family and the mountain were basically made up of medical workers. There was no one suitable to take on this responsibility, and it was even more impossible to bring the Kingdom of Kush into it.

Frederick did not expect Susan to refuse, and thought from the beginning that she would agree.

There are almost no people in the Principality of Weshen who are familiar with the south. Newcomers need time, but what is most lacking now is time.

"But I can introduce you to someone," Susan said. "He should be able to do the job."

"Bila has done a good job in Linhai in recent years."

Frederick thought of this person. Bila used to be a lecturer at the University of Wessenburg. Later, he took a leave of absence and went home to quell the rebellion. After the failure, he fled to the forest with his people. In recent years, he has been doing very well with the support of the Principality of Wessenburg.

Susan continued, "Bila had a conflict with one of my brother's generals last year, and he came to me for help to resolve it."

"It's just that he doesn't have a radio station there, so it's hard to contact him."

Frederick thought that in this way, Bila would also be considered a member of Susan's group.

He said, "You talk to Bila about this, and let him come to me when we return."

At this time, Lilu said, "We can ask him to build a larger port at the telegraph station on the south bank of the Inner Sea Gate. After the goods exported here are unloaded at Ferdinand Port, we can have Hayreddin and his men transport them there. Our new fleet will focus on the outside of the Inner Sea."

Frederick thought it made sense to concentrate limited forces where they were most needed in order to gain the greatest benefit.

At this time, the noodles are cooked. Pour out the noodle soup and mix it with the seasoning packet and dehydrated vegetables to make a soup. Then pour a few cans of braised pork into the noodles to make mixed noodles.

Dinner took a long time, and finally the three of them were full and lay on the beach to watch the stars.

The moonlight coated everything in silver-white. The sound of the sea tide suddenly began to rise. The waves rose and fell in the dark night. The tide flooded over the reefs, and the tiny foam sank into the cracks in the rocks. The tide gradually rose, and the waves surged more and more rapidly. The front wave had not yet receded, and the back wave wrapped in seaweed had already crashed into it.

A silver edge appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, the sound of the tide suddenly became lighter, the clouds stretched their muscles in the rosy glow, a golden-red fireball suddenly jumped out of the sea, and thousands of golden fragments rolled over the crest of the wave in an instant.

The scorching sun baked the beach into a fine golden glow, the wind grew louder, the waves surged around the rocks, the wave crests shattered into crystal slag, and a deafening roar was heard.

The dusk is like diluted blue ink, and the western sky is coated with the last touch of amber. The sound of the tide gradually slows down, like a worn record in an old phonograph, with a rustling and grainy feeling. The waves recede, and the evening breeze blows across the beach, blowing away the heat of the sun.

(End of this chapter)