Chapter 1553 Preparation (extra update for accumulating 1,000 monthly tickets)
As Saint Laurent V spoke, the scene of Saint Laurent I's solemn vow to issue the foreign trade ban suddenly appeared in his mind.
Although this matter has not been publicly announced in the United Nations, many people in the Saint Laurent Empire still know about it, especially the relevant departments. As executors, they are very clear about it.
In this matter, if he changes the previous ban and takes the initiative to submit a purchase application to Da Zhou, wouldn't that be tantamount to slapping himself in the face?
When he thought of this, Saint Laurent I's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.
But as a time traveler, he is indeed aware of the power of firearms. In their view, the development from cold weapons to hot weapons is a major trend of the times.
Once they fall behind in this area of ​​development, it will not be as simple as being beaten. At that time, it is very likely that the country will be destroyed! Thinking of this, even Saint Laurent I could not care about his face.
"Anyway, go negotiate with the Foreign Trade Department of Da Zhou. We must buy this matchlock gun!"
Saint Laurent I's determination surprised Saint Laurent V, who was sitting at his desk.
In his impression, his ancestor was very concerned about his reputation. How could he do something that would slap himself in the face? This made Saint Laurent V more interested in the matchlock gun.
[Interesting, I want to see what that matchlock gun is.]
The thought flashed through his mind, and Saint Laurent V spoke calmly...
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to negotiate right away."
As for his ancestor who occasionally has to show up to make his presence felt, Saint Laurent V now focuses on obedience.
As he grew older, he had now gone through the adjustment period with his ancestor and gradually found ways to deal with the situation.
At this moment, facing Saint Laurent V who agreed so readily, Saint Laurent I had nothing to say. After saying "hmm" and reminding the other party to hurry up, he turned and left.
Saint Laurent V was not vague about this matter. He quickly arranged it and then shifted his attention to other things.
In the opinion of Saint Laurent V, considering the distance between the two countries and the efficiency of transportation, it would be efficient if a result could be reached before autumn.
During this period, the volcanic island...
With the assistance of Jabbar, Hans, who was transformed into an undead, has now recovered his strength to the level of King Kong.
In the blink of an eye, his life changed drastically, which made Hans feel very nervous.
By the way, his youngest son, Charlie, also followed in his footsteps.
No, judging from the time, it seems that Charlie was transformed into an undead first.
He was quite smart when he was alive, but after being transformed into the undead, he became stupid.
It is understood that this is probably because his strength is too weak. If Charlie can improve his strength through practice in the future, he will have a chance to restore clear consciousness, otherwise he will have to stay like this.
Regarding this situation, Hans, who was transformed into an undead, no longer feels dissatisfied.
In a way, we should be thankful to be alive.
After losing the truth, Jabeur, who temporarily became a power bank, devoted more energy to observing the volcanic island town after arriving on the volcanic island.
In his opinion, the development on the volcanic island is undoubtedly backward.
However, he does not think that the level of the Great Zhou is limited to this level.
A country that can build steam ironclad ships cannot be limited to this level of development.
At the same time, backward development does not mean that the living standards here are poor.
From his observation, the residents of the volcanic island are living a quite comfortable life. There is no pressure to survive. The islanders do not have to worry about food and drink on a daily basis and their lives can be described as happy.
On this basis, the construction of the town is carried out in an orderly manner, and the streets are very clean. It is obvious that sufficient planning was done during the construction phase.
Here, you can't see the dirt and mess of the remote villages and towns in the Patton Empire at all.
During this period of time, Jabeur had obviously gained some understanding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Da Zhou is a typical continental country. Its overseas development level is not high, and most of its development is concentrated on the mainland, which also leads to the backward development of the remote volcanic island.
However, at present, the Great Zhou has clearly begun to develop overseas.
The Great Zhou Dynasty has already developed to the steam age. As long as the development focus begins to shift to overseas, these overseas territories will surely develop in a short time.
On a new day, the second steam ironclad ship of the Great Zhou, the Ironclad Ship 002, arrived at the port of the volcanic island smoothly, adding another force to the Great Zhou fleet waiting there! On this basis, thanks to the spoils seized from the Patton fleet, after the repairs were completed, excluding the six large warships docked on the tropical island, the number of speedboats of their Great Zhou fleet also increased to thirty.
Bai Tu originally didn't want to have so many speedboats. Since he already had two steam ironclad ships, he felt that there were too many old-style warships, which were a bit bloated and cumbersome.
According to his idea, he even wanted to reduce the number of old warships.
A steam ironclad ship, with six or eight old-style warships, can provide cover and support and that's all.
But considering this expedition, they also need a certain number of warships to occupy the waters of the Patton Empire to ensure their control.
Taking this need into consideration, Bai Tu further increased the size of the fleet.
At the same time, during the extra time he stayed on the volcanic island, he was not idle, but made further deployments for the next attack on the Patton Empire.
In addition to upgrading the weapons of their Great Zhou clippers to artillery, they also requested military support from the Southern Territory Navy.
After all, they will need to occupy Patton's territorial waters and fight a landing battle.
Compared with naval battles which do not require a large number of soldiers, land battles still require a sufficient number of soldiers to support them.
"Long time no see, Colonel Bai Tu!"
At the port of Volcano Island, Soros, the commander-in-chief of the southern territory, who led the support troops to personally support the battle, stretched out his hand to Bai Tu.
Thanks to the achievements accumulated in the previous battles, Bai Tu's military rank was officially promoted to colonel.
Compared to Bai Tu, the newly promoted colonel, Soros, who has the same military rank, has been at this level for many years.
After all, since the end of the Rat War and the unification of the southern border, Soros, who has been stationed in the southern border for many years, has basically not led his troops to participate in other battles.
This time, in the expedition against the Patton Empire, Soros personally led the troops and participated in the battle for the first time in a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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