I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 765 Maritime Blockade
Prussian Foreign Minister Friedrich reminded: "About Saxony..."

Baron Turgut nodded sideways: "Your Majesty can only accept that Prussia gets Leipzig and Wittenberg."

Friedrich and Grenville looked at each other and said reluctantly, "Okay, we will discuss the ownership of the east bank of Dresden later. Our country will continue to send troops to Hailer as agreed."

Yes, under the "coordination" of Britain, Prussia and Austria decided to divide Saxony after the war.

In this war against France, Saxony, as one of the top four German states, refused to send troops because it was dissatisfied with the previous invasion of Poland by Prussia and Austria. It even sent special envoys twice to explain its neutral attitude to France.

This behavior made both Pu and Ao very angry.

At the same time, the two countries had long coveted Saxony's population and handicrafts - more than a quarter of Prussia's territory was previously seized from Saxony. Austria even briefly destroyed Saxony in the battle for the Bavarian throne.

If they can take down Saxony, both Prussia and Austria will undoubtedly recover a lot of blood.

Britain, which had once been unwilling to see Prussia and Austria become powerful, also agreed to this shameless conspiracy under the pressure of going to war against France.

After satisfying Britain and Prussia, Baron Thugut finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two men and said, "Then let's talk about reinforcing the Southern Netherlands."

"Please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Duke of York will lead his troops south soon."

"Varys's army will enter the Southern Netherlands from Loon, and after joining up with Prince Coburg, they will head to Wavre together."

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Dutch Channel.

As dusk approached, most ship owners urged the sailors to dock as soon as possible, but the Leisure of the Special Trade Commission raised its sails, left Ostend Port, and headed towards the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was obviously full of cargo, which pushed the waterline very low, but under the skilled operation of the sailors, it quickly increased to a very fast speed.

The sailor on the mast looked around vigilantly. Just as the sun was about to set below the horizon, he suddenly shouted anxiously: "There is a British warship at 11 o'clock!"

Second mate Madno hurriedly repeated the warning into the megaphone leading to the cockpit. The entire ship immediately turned right, leaving a curved trail on the sea, desperately trying to avoid it.

The British ship soon noticed the Leisure and immediately hoisted sails to chase after it.

Maderno stared at the approaching warship with wide eyes, and loudly ordered the sailors to throw the cargo into the sea to lighten the load of the ship and increase the speed.

Thanks to its familiarity with the waterway, the Leisure maintained a distance of more than half a nautical mile from the British warship and successfully towed the ship until dark.

The "Leisure" then began to make a series of sharp turns and finally sailed into the vast Atlantic Ocean under the cover of night, barely escaping the pursuit of the British.

In the cargo hold of the Leisure, the captain looked at the less than one-fifth of the cargo left and couldn't help but sigh heavily: "It seems that we can't hold on any longer..."

Since the war began, a large number of British warships have been roaming along the coast of France, capturing or sinking all merchant ships leaving the port.

In just one and a half months, the Special Trade Association had lost nearly 60% of its ships.

At present, only a small number of merchant ships can venture to America or the Far East under the escort of French warships, but they also have to worry about encountering the main British fleet.

(End of this chapter)