night.

Maple Leaf Castle, The Shire.

Half a year later, Mrs. Anna Agnet left the White Sturgeon Island for the first time and enjoyed dinner with her eldest brother's family.

The atmosphere at the dinner was very peaceful. Everyone was eating quietly. Apart from the occasional clinking of knives and forks hitting plates, there was hardly any extraneous sound.

After a while, Anna commented: "This sturgeon stew tastes bad, not as delicious as the moonlight white sturgeon."

The sound broke the slightly oppressive silence.

Count Robert said, "Sister, although the Baron's intention to develop new routes is good, and our cooperation in magic tools has indeed made me a lot of money, I still have to say."

At this point, the count wiped his mouth with his napkin and said, "He was a little too impatient. He is not short of money, and he should not have sold so many pearls to the south."

"Even if he does have so many good pearls, he should sell them slowly. Maybe the money will be less, but it will be a safe and long-term deal."

The Countess smiled as she listened: "Grant, don't you always say that if you want to make money through investment, the most important thing is to seize the opportunity and then go all out?"

"Why are you talking about safety now?"

The Earl was stunned by what he said and was speechless for a moment. After a while, he explained, "That's different. Mine was just an economic investment, but the Baron gambled his entire family's lives. This will cause big problems!"

He had never seen such crazy investment.

Anna chuckled and turned to her niece Alice and said, "Do you like the pearl jewelry that Auntie gave you?"

The girl nodded repeatedly: "Of course, this is the best pearl I have ever seen, I love it very much."

"Anna, don't change the subject. Tell me quickly, how does the Baron plan to deal with the Duke's fleet?"

At this point, the count gritted his teeth and said, "If he can't hold on at sea, we won't be able to follow him on land."

"Those poor earls in the ravines have gone crazy, but our Robert family cannot follow suit."

"Ten kilometers to the west is the sea."

If the baron was defeated at sea and the sea area was controlled by the Duke's fleet, not only would all the merchant ships at Broken Gold Wharf be blocked, but the Duke's army could land in Xialin City at any time and behead the Robert family! By then, his position as earl would be over, and the lives of his entire family would also be gone.

Someone from Robert's family, maybe a distant cousin or uncle, definitely an incompetent coward, will become the new Earl Robert.

Anna sensed her brother's fear, and that was exactly why she came.

"Brother, the Baron's naval fleet is already very powerful, enough to crush the Storm Fleet heading north."

"And what our Robert family has to do is to stand up and respond to Princess Dawn's call at the right time, and clear out the Southern County and the Duke's forces from the land!"

Earl Robert's eyebrows jumped when he heard this: "Is it time to break up completely?"

It's only been a little over half a year. He felt like it was just a blink of an eye. Has the situation reached this point? Anna looked at her panicked brother, but Rosen's appearance appeared in her mind.

Comparing the two, one can clearly feel the huge gap between the two sides.

After all, my brother is just a wealthy lord who grew up in a comfortable environment and cannot withstand the storm.

"Brother, if you feel scared, then slow down a bit. It won't be too late to act after hearing the news of the victory of the naval battle."

Count Robert heaved a sigh of relief: "Yes, yes, this is safer."

During the time when the Storm Fleet was heading north, similar conversations were taking place in other northern counties.

But except for Gaoshan County who were still a little hesitant, the earls of the other eight counties took action directly.

They gathered their army and began to clear the county of the duke's power.

They were so poor that they were almost drained of their pants by the Duke and the Southern County.

There is nothing to lose, and the situation can't get any worse, so we might as well take advantage of the opportunity when it comes and try our best to get more benefits when the new master takes the throne.

During this time, five Eaglebill freighters were transporting a new batch of Bohemian refugees northward on a new trade route.

While the fleet was replenishing fresh water at the supply island halfway along the new route, Sir Maxim also received news that the Storm Fleet was heading north to quell the rebellion.

He looked puzzled. "Going north to quell a rebellion? What rebellion? Who is rebelling?"

The person who brought him the news was his loyal guard Ade. He spread his hands and said as if it was a matter of course: "Who else could it be? Of course it must be the baron who married the princess."

Maxim was so shocked that he stood up: "So fast?!"

Although he knew that this day would come sooner or later, the speed was beyond his imagination. He even wondered if the Baron had not kept it secret and the Duke had discovered it in advance.

"What exactly is going on? Can you tell me in detail?"

Ade reported to the knight in detail all the information he had learned at the dock.

From the massive amount of pearl ornaments to the Duke's rage, he directly declared that the Baron had committed a shameful pearl fraud and sent a fleet north to try the Baron.

Maxim calmed down as he listened, and even laughed: "Selling pearls made the Duke furious. It seems that the Baron made a lot of money."

Ader nodded: "There are all kinds of rumors. Some say he made at least one million Oggs, and some say at least two million. Anyway, it's a lot of money."

Maxim laughed and said, "It would cost at least four million to make the Duke so angry. I estimate it might even be five million. Hahaha~~"

He laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh: "The Baron must have used the Lightning Messenger to its fullest extent to make so much money in one go."

Ade was puzzled: "Master, this is not funny. If the Baron is tried by the Duke, no one will want us refugees."

Maxim smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Duke can't judge the Baron, and we can get a share of the profits from the Baron's earnings."

Who made him rich now?

After thinking for a moment, he immediately said, "Notify the fleet to set off immediately to go to the White Sturgeon Island to watch the excitement!"

Ade was startled: "Watching the fun?"

Maxim's eyes lit up: "Yes, let's watch the fun and see a wonderful battle."

"I don't understand, why does the young master think so highly of the Baron?"

Having said that, Ade still turned around and spread the news.

Maxim chuckled in his heart and thought to himself, "Because Duke Dawn is a fool, and the Baron never does anything big without preparation."

Soon, five Eagle-beak cargo ships hoisted their sails and, blown by the warm winds of late spring and early summer, headed north along a new route that bypassed the City of Dawn.

Because the new route was much shorter, at noon on the third day, the fleet encountered the Storm Fleet that was heading north to quell the rebellion on the east coast of Hongyuan County.

As the warship moves forward, civilian cargo ships naturally have to give way.

Maxim announced the deceleration while observing the storm fleet ahead through a telescope.

"Hmm~ There are 20 ships, which is quite a large scale. It is really a big deal to use them to deal with a small island baron."

For a big country like Levender, the warships in front of him were actually very ordinary, and Maxim even had no interest in observing them.

He was not worried about what the other party would do to him. After all, Weilan was just a duchy, and they didn't have the guts to bully him, a nobleman from a big country.

He issued an order to his telegraph communications officer: "Notify the entire fleet to keep a distance and slowly follow the fleet ahead."

Ade immediately reminded: "Master, be careful not to get involved in the war!"

"Don't worry, we are far enough away. I also want to see how the Baron will deal with such a large fleet."

He really couldn't think of what the Baron would do, and he firmly believed that the Baron would not lose, so he thought that the Baron would definitely take out some powerful secret weapon.

Just like the Lightning Messenger he created, an unprecedented but surprisingly effective weapon.

So, a fleet, a fleet of merchant ships, sailed towards the White Sturgeon Island one after another.

A few days later, the fleet crossed the border of Hongyuan County and entered Xiaer County.

Gradually, more and more cargo ships gathered on the road, and even a lot of small fishing boats.

Sir Maxim could vaguely feel that a large number of them must have the same purpose as him, which was to watch the fun.

The Storm Fleet did not drive away the enemy, but allowed them to follow as long as they kept a safe distance.

It can be imagined that the fleet commander must also be aiming to establish his authority through a battle.

As a result, the further north they went, the larger the fleet became. By the time the shadow of the Longmian Snow Peak of the White Sturgeon Island appeared on the northern horizon, hundreds of ships of all sizes had gathered on the sea.

It is less than fifteen kilometers away from here to the White Sturgeon Island.

Sir Maxim issued an order: "Slow down and get a better view from a distance."

As a senior wizard and a knowledgeable businessman, Maxim vaguely smelled a sense of danger.

He felt that a battle might break out soon.

His sense of smell was indeed sensitive. After only ten minutes, the lookout sailor reported loudly.

"There is a boat~~~There is a boat ahead~~"

"What a strange boat! I've never seen one before. It has no sails, but it's running so fast, as if it's gliding on the sea!"

Maxim was very surprised and immediately used his flying skills to fly up to the watchtower, snatched the lookout sailor's telescope and started looking.

Then he saw the strange ship.

There were five ships in total, lined up in a row on the sea, cutting through the waves and heading head-on towards the Storm Fleet.

As soon as he saw the warship, especially the green smoke coming out of the middle section of the warship, Maxim's eyes widened.

“It’s actually the Black Stone Battleship!”

Levender is also working on the Black Stone steam battleship, and has already built some finished products and started sea trials.

Although it was just a test, the performance of the Black Stone warship, especially its ability to move at sea, had completely crushed the sailing warship.

Unexpectedly, the northern part of Weilan, which has always been a magical desert, has already used this new type of warship and has formed a mature combat capability.

At this moment, the knowledgeable Sir Levender showed a look of deep shock on his face.

A lot of thoughts surged in his mind, eventually forming several surprising conclusions.

"Storm Fleet, finished!"

"Weilan, the owner is going to change."

"The Natural Alliance is about to create a new maritime power."

(End of this chapter)