Blue sky, white clouds and golden sand beach.

Oglan lazily leaned against the window, looking at the rolling waves outside the window, and yawned out of boredom. The Golden Bay was no longer in ruins. Looking around, it was a thriving scene. Those old and dilapidated buildings had been demolished, replaced by brand new buildings and dense crowds of people. Seeing this scene, Oglan couldn't help but recall the scene when he and Fang Zheng and others came here to explore.

"It's like a dream..."

While muttering to herself, the young lady took a sip of the juice beside her. She still remembered the bones all over the ground and the charred debris around. But now all of them have disappeared. The bones of the sailors have been taken away by the priests sent by the temple, saying that they will be sent back to the cemetery on land for burial. The debris has also been demolished and a new building has been built.

“Miss, Miss!!”

Just at this moment, a maid with a red face ran in hurriedly.

"The Grande family also sent someone. Guess who it was? It was the Grande family's patriarch! He actually came in person!"

“Isn’t this normal?”

Oglen closed his eyes and yawned.

"Bruce, Swell, Grande... all three major families of the Holy Kingdom are here. Do you think this is a good thing for our Platinum Family?"

"That's certainly a good thing."

Hearing what Oglan said, the maid couldn't help but blink her eyes curiously.

"This shows that our Platinum Family is more valued by the Holy Kingdom, doesn't it?"

“Haha…”

Hearing the maid's answer, Oglan sighed deeply, then waved his hand in boredom.

"Sometimes I really envy you mortals. You don't have anything in your mind. You just want to be happy at the moment..."

“Woo…”

The maid seemed a little depressed by Oglan's answer, but she didn't care too much. After all, as the Star Platinum, Oglan had been like this since he was a child, and they, the servants, had long been accustomed to it.

"Why……"

And Oglan helplessly reached out his hand, pressed his forehead, and then whispered to himself.

"I didn't expect it to be like this..."

As Oglan complained, at the beginning, she only focused on the favorable port location and commercial circulation of Golden Bay. But after returning to the family and reporting the matter to her father, Oglan found that her father took it very seriously. Not only did he personally allocate most of the working capital of the Platinum Family to the reconstruction of Golden Bay, he even personally applied to the Temple for the ownership of Golden Bay again.

And when the Temple intervened in an official capacity and acquired the remaining ownership, Oglan finally understood the reason.

On the surface, Golden Bay seems to be just a relatively well-located trading port, but that was the case during the Age of Exploration. For the current Holy Kingdom, Golden Bay is more than that. And all of this has to start with the feud between the Holy Kingdom and the Kingdom of Fire.

Because of its unique natural environment and powerful fleet, the Fire Nation controls a large area of ​​sea. As for the Holy Kingdom, which is a continental country and has to fight against the Chaos Monsters invading from the land, it did not put much effort into the navy when it was first built. In the beginning, the Holy Kingdom only had a few third-level warships to fight pirates and suppress smuggling in the sea.

But later, the navy of the Fire Nation gradually developed, while the Holy Nation was a step late, resulting in the Fire Nation strangling its neck. At present, the Fire Nation controls almost all of the Holy Nation's foreign ocean trade routes, which is of course unacceptable to the Holy Nation.

However, due to its geographical location, the Holy Kingdom could not send a fleet deep into the ocean, so the two sides could only remain in a stalemate.

But now, the recovery of Golden Bay has brought changes to this delicate stalemate.

The Holy Kingdom now has a port that can go to the ocean, and given the geographical location of the Golden Bay, as long as the Holy Kingdom has complete control over this place, they will not only be able to protect their own shipping routes, but can also prevent the Fire Kingdom from further invading their own waters.

The reason why the Holy Kingdom did not take action against the Golden Bay before was because it was short of manpower. Compared with the situation in the sea, the Holy Kingdom was more concerned about the chaotic border on land. After all - Chaos monsters cannot swim.

But now, since the Golden Bay has been taken back and no losses have been caused to their side, the Holy Kingdom will of course take control of the Golden Bay as a front line against the Fire Kingdom.

Because of this, the Holy Nation would not only dispatch its first fleet to this ceremony, but it was also said that a secret fleet they had been secretly organizing would also be present here. Oglan knew the meaning of this very well.

Not only that, but what made her even more worried was that after that, the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wealth also sent letters, stating that they would also send fleets to participate in this ceremony. Of course, the reasons given in the letters by these two countries were to show friendship and exchange what they had, but as long as the arrival time of the fleets of these two countries was the same day as the fleet of the Holy Kingdom, you could tell what they were planning.

It’s so annoying. I’m a businessman, why do I always encounter such things?

Thinking of this, Oglan couldn't help but feel like crying. What made her even more depressed was that her father actually appointed her as the agent of Golden Bay!

Isn't this pushing her into the fire?

Really...

"Fang Zheng hasn't replied yet? When will he come over?"

Thinking of this, Oglan couldn't help but feel angry. He had worked so hard to deal with the nobles, diplomatic envoys from various countries, and the trivial affairs of Golden Bay. But he just signed a contract and disappeared. When asked when he would come, he just replied "I will arrive on time..." What does "on time" mean? Are you going to let the representatives of other countries wait for you alone?

You know, the participants of this ceremony are not just the family forces in the Kingdom of the Holy Religion, and the fleets of the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wealth, but even diplomatic envoys and representatives from the surrounding small countries. If Oglan hadn't known that she was going to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony of a port, she would have even thought that she was attending some large-scale conference of world-class level!

As for why these envoys came here, Oglan naturally knew it very well. They wanted to see whether the Holy Kingdom was capable of safeguarding its maritime rights and interests, and this fleet "duel" was prepared for this purpose. The Holy Kingdom wanted to break the Fire Kingdom's monopoly on ocean routes, and the Fire Kingdom had to show its allies that it still had enough power to control this ocean. The Wealth Kingdom, which was in cahoots with the Fire Kingdom, would certainly not miss this opportunity. After all, the wealth accumulation of the Wealth Kingdom was largely obtained by relying on the ocean routes controlled by the Fire Kingdom.

Originally, Oglan was hoping that Fang Zheng could come earlier so that she could ask him if he had any good ideas, but this bastard just refused to show up, which made her so angry!

You know, the situation is not just a simple foundation laying ceremony. If the Holy Kingdom can overwhelm the fleets of the Fire Kingdom and the Wealth Kingdom, then the Fire Kingdom's dominance in the ocean will begin to waver. But on the other hand, if the fleets of the Fire Kingdom and the Wealth Kingdom still show strength that is no less than that of the Holy Kingdom, then the Holy Kingdom's status and reputation on the continent will also be cracked.

It can be said that this ceremony...even concerns the future of the entire continent.

However, why am I so unlucky!

“Miss!!”

Just when Oglan was crying in his heart, suddenly, the door opened and a servant walked in hurriedly.

"We just received a report that the vanguard fleet of the Holy Nation is about to arrive!"

"I see."

Hearing this, Oglan's expression became serious. He stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out the door.

"Get ready, I'm going to the dock to greet the distinguished guests!"