Chapter 390: Warship Diplomacy, the Navy Goes Alone
The voyage in the following days was smooth and there was no trouble at all.
Even the weather was clear and cloudless for several days in a row. Although there was no strong wind to help, the power of the steel cruise ship itself would not allow for sailing that required the help of wind.
Although they encountered Sirens during the voyage, those who tried to confuse the sailors with their singing caused the ship to run aground.
Sirens are not a race that is friendly to humans or land creatures. On the contrary, they often use their singing and the upper bodies of young girls to seduce sailors into jumping into the sea.
For ships, encountering a sirens is as much a disaster as a storm.
But when the steel cruise ship slowly approached from dozens of miles away, the Sirens saw the size of this steel monster clearly, and they wisely and quickly jumped into the sea without any hesitation, and left as if they were escaping for their lives.
In fact, it was indeed an escape. If Siren had escaped a little later, Viscount Nidas would have been able to introduce the protection measures of the steel cruise ship to the customers on the ship.
What is certain is that once the [protection measures] are activated, those Sirens will not leave even their corpses behind.
When those sirens fled, Mo Cheng looked at them with some pity.
After the battle with Abner, a follower of the Great Abyss, Mo Cheng already had some ideas about the Targeted Skill Points.
If you follow the Siren and kill them, there is a high probability that the [Directed Skill Points] you get will all be directed to the skills of [Naga Siren].
But to verify this view, a Siren with the strength of the eighth level was needed as an opponent. Mo Cheng could only watch the group of Sirens whose average strength was less than the sixth level leave.
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The harbor has appeared in front of us, and along with the sound of the steel cruise ship's whistle comes the naval army of the Kingdom of Bezeko.
But Mo Cheng looked at those wooden ships. At most, some of them seemed to have used magical means to integrate the flesh and blood of some powerful creatures, but facing a pure steel monster, it still seemed incomparable.
The largest ship in the Kingdom of Bezeko is only half the height of a steel cruise ship.
"So, I don't quite understand why you came to the Kingdom of Bezeko with this ship."
In the captain's room, Mo Cheng wisely did not disturb the one-eyed captain. He asked Viscount Nidas, "If I remember correctly, the Kingdom of Bezeko and Andel are not very friendly, right?"
As far as Mo Cheng knew, there were some historical conflicts between the Kingdom of Bezeko and Andair, and Viscount Nidas coming here in such a swaggering manner on a ship was indeed somewhat provocative.
Maybe this is what the other party is thinking, running so far to other countries to provoke?
"It's not very friendly indeed," Viscount Nidas said with a smile, "Two years ago, a batch of my goods passed by here, but was intercepted by the local nobles under the pretext of inspection. That batch of goods was extremely expensive, and I had no money to hold a banquet for half a year."
Sure enough, this guy was here to cause trouble.
"I told you so. The firepower is more like a warship than a yacht. Who would send a warship on its maiden voyage to a city in another country?"
Mo Cheng understood everything, but didn't say it out loud. He felt that Viscount Nidas might have other purposes besides wanting to find trouble.
While Mo Cheng was still guessing what Viscount Nidas's purpose was, Viscount Nidas slowly said, "Moreover, this ship is extremely expensive. It is impossible to manufacture it with ordinary investment, even if there are many big businessmen and nobles who are interested."
Viscount Nidas' words made Mo Cheng instantly understand the meaning of the other party's actions.
Ordinary merchants and nobles may need a steel ship for sea transportation, but they do not need a huge ship like a steel cruise ship, and the cost and income are not proportional.
So what are the ways to attract more investment?
Mo Cheng didn't think in that direction at first, but judging from the current situation, Viscount Nidas was planning to get back at the situation from two years ago.
By the way, demonstrate the combat effectiveness of the steel cruise ship, and then attract investment from the military industry in Andair.
They drove warships to other countries' cities and planned to blast open their shipping gateways.
Mo Cheng felt that he had seen this plot more than once and had taken it in many exams.
"Aren't you afraid that the Kingdom of Bezeko will go to war with us?"
Not to mention that the political model of the Kingdom of Bezeko is a centralized monarchy, and the entire country is a military-oriented type. Even if it were a weaker country, such a provocation would develop into a war between the two countries.
"Wouldn't it be better if there was a war?"
Viscount Nidas smiled, "Her Majesty the Queen intends to rein in the power of the nobles, and the nobles are unwilling to give up their power. This is nothing, but the conflict between the two sides has begun to escalate recently. This is not good. If internal fighting breaks out, we won't be able to make money well."
"So..." Mo Cheng narrowed his eyes. He had realized what Viscount Nidas was planning to do. "You want to use this provocation to establish a war with the Kingdom of Bezeko?"
Question: When a country’s internal conflicts begin to escalate, how can we delay or divert the outbreak of the conflicts?
Answer: War, a foreign war.
Mo Cheng felt that he had really opened his eyes today and reviewed a lot of knowledge points in the history textbook in one go.
He knew that the Queen's faction and the noble faction in Fairhaven were secretly fighting each other, and he also knew that the conflicts had been gradually escalating recently.
But he never expected that the seemingly fence-sitter neutral faction was not thinking about calming the conflict between the two sides, but rather trying to divert the conflict outward.
What the hell is this solo tactic?!
"So, are you going to say 'Open the door, we're going to trade freely', or are you going to use the excuse that the sailors on the ship got lost in the city and you need to go find them?"
"And is my appearance also part of your plan, Viscount Nidas?"
Mo Cheng doubted that the reason why Viscount Nidas was so ready to give the free tickets, besides because he was the earl, was that he needed a big shot of importance on his ship so as to create the established impression that [Andel intended to attack the Kingdom of Bezeko].
Free things are the most expensive.
Damn!
"No, I had no idea that you were coming, Your Excellency. But since you wanted to board the ship, I couldn't refuse you, could I?"
Viscount Nidas still had a smile on his face. Although he knew that the other party was trying to use him , Mo Cheng did not express much resentment.
After all, I brought it to my door.
"You want to capture this port?"
"No, the first step is just to sink the ships owned by the nobles who seized my goods. I will avenge myself first."
