Magic Underachiever

The Flemish Empire Navy originally planned to purchase 132 light warships of various types below 1,000 tons when purchasing ships for the offshore defense fleet. However, the Turtle-class multi-purpose combat platform was too good and too cheap, so Marshal Hopkins temporarily decided to expand the offshore defense fleet to 300 warships, all of which were produced by the Blackfire Company.

Marshal Hopkins liked the landing capability of the Turtle-class multi-purpose combat platform so much that he purchased 400 sets of hovercraft engine assemblies, planning to reserve part of them as replacement parts for the Turtle-class, and the other part to manufacture professional landing craft that could accommodate more personnel and heavy equipment.

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In this way, the warship bidding that was originally planned to take seven days ended.

As someone predicted at the beginning of the bidding, the warship wearing a lifebuoy brought by the Blackfire Company eliminated all the warship plans participating in the bidding and became the biggest winner of this Flemish Empire Navy Grand Fleet bidding, winning this million-pound order in one fell swoop.

I don't know how many people are jealous of it...

After the bidding ended, the turtle-class multifunctional combat platform was transmitted to all parts of the world through radio waves, and a storm quickly brewed.

Da Liang didn't know what kind of sensation the hovercraft he casually built caused. He had just returned to the Avenue des Champs-Elysees when Speaker Peters knocked on his door.

Peters was the person who least wanted the Imperial Navy's large fleet to be formed. Once this fleet formed combat effectiveness, it would sandwich Marcellus with the Empire's mainland. In addition, the court's informant also brought news that the Emperor of the Empire had agreed to build a heavy arsenal in Saroyan, which was undoubtedly a bad news for the parliament.

The Empire's continuous strengthening of its military power in Marcellus also revealed the Emperor of the Empire's determination to solve the Marcellus problem.

However, the citizens of Saroyan seemed not as easy to agitate as before. The parliament once tried to control public opinion to prevent the Imperial Navy from building a military port. But the number of responders was far less than before the founding of the "National Star Newspaper".

Now, the "National Star" is the best-selling newspaper in Saroyan. Reading the gossip in the National Star is almost a must-do for every citizen of Saroyan every day.

The National Star not only reports celebrity entertainment and interesting stories between citizens, but also pioneered the creation of a selfie column.

No matter who you are, as long as you take interesting family photos and add a text description, you can submit them to the National Star newspaper for submission. The Star newspaper has specially opened four pages to publish these photos. Some people who are often featured in the newspaper gradually become stars among citizens.

"Anyone can become a star"

This is the purpose of the "National Star".

Now... the citizens of Saroyan are not only keen on reading the National Star, but also keen on selfie submission. The concern for municipal affairs is not as strong as before...

When Peters realized the seriousness of the matter, he was only afraid.

The people's will is the most powerful weapon of the Marcellus Parliament against Vlomink. When the people's attention is not on regional conflicts, the barrier built by the parliament will become loose.

The National Star Newspaper was founded by Young Master Liang. Speaker Peters didn't know whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally, but he stabbed the heart of the parliament. The National Star Newspaper is completely legal, never comments on any municipal affairs, and has no imperial color, so the parliament has no countermeasures.

Just now, Speaker Peters saw the style of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform at the bidding meeting of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet, and also knew that the Turtle-class became the final winner and was purchased by the Imperial Navy for 300 ships.

Regardless of whether Young Master Liang is a member of the Empire, Speaker Peters believes that he must meet him, otherwise the parliament may not have a chance.

Peters was brought to Daliang by the maid. At this time, Daliang was looking at a drawing. Looking at the lines on it, it seems to be an engine.

After sitting down, the Speaker said to Daliang: "Master Liang, congratulations to Blackfire Company for winning the favor of the Imperial Navy. Today, the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform performed so well that a new ship design route was created in your hands.

I think that in the future, Blackfire Shipyard will be watched by the world, and there will be a lot of people who want to get the design drawings of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform. There will also be many shipyards starting to study their own Turtle-class..."

Daliang's eyes did not move away from the drawings. He said to Speaker Peters: "The ship that uses steam to lift the hull to the surface of the water is called an air cushion ship. The structure of the air cushion ship itself is not complicated, and it is even simpler than a commercial cargo ship. The real technical content is its engine.

The next research direction of Blackfire Shipyard... In addition to designing larger warships, it is to study the next generation of lifting engines based on this engine. Let the ship really leave the sea and fly...

By the way, Mr. Speaker, is there anything you want to see me this time?"

Let the ship really leave the sea and fly, isn't that the aerospace battleship of the ancient magic era?

Speaker Peters didn't expect that Master Liang had such great ambitions and wanted to recreate the air fortress that once flew across the sky. However, the speaker did not waste time on technical issues. Since Master Liang asked about his purpose, Peters said, "I remember Master Liang once told me that you have no political stance and are just a pure businessman. You will not interfere in the conflict between Marcellus and Vlominck.

But what you have done recently has obviously broken the balance of Marcellus.

I will not comment too much on the "National Star" newspaper you founded. Just the turtle-class multi-functional combat platform you sold to the Imperial Navy has made the parliament uneasy.

The parliament is committed to building a democratic Marcellus, so we have always resisted the monarchy of the empire, and the nobles of the empire have also He is determined to divide Marcellus into fiefdoms for the nobles. The Vlomink Empire is very aggressive. Once the emperor of the empire believes that the empire's strength in Marcellus is strong enough, he will definitely start the Second Marcellus War.

Marcellus is a buffer zone between the Vlomink Empire and the Eastern countries. They will not sit idly by and watch the empire truly own this place.

If the power of all parties in Marcellus is unbalanced again, a large-scale war will be inevitable. The last time they fought over this land for a full hundred years, they found a complete house in the whole of Saroyan.

Master Liang, you have so many industries in Saroyan, you should not want the war to break out, right? "