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Chapter 1238 1236. King Louis: I have more than two hundred ships. - Monthly tickets plus updates [410]

"Bang"

The gorgeous pen jumped from the desk and fell to the ground under the angry blow. The splash stains stained many important documents on the table. Each of these documents will be directly related to the current situation of the Plantagenet Kingdom. A certain project is being promoted and indirectly affects the lives of tens of thousands of people.

As a ruler, you must take these things seriously, but no matter how rational a person is, they all have their weaknesses. For example, King Louis can no longer care about so much.

After participating in the coronation ceremony of Queen Fulier, and staying in the Songhai Empire for a few days to visit the Holy City of the Dead Moon, he will now be on his fleet, returning to Greene Island along the Strait of Castile as a way to mark the occasion. It was the end of a journey that was too long for the king. However, just after crossing the strait, he received a piece of bad news that could not be worse. All the good mood that King Louis gained because of this diplomatic operation disappeared.

His daughter is missing.

Right in the territory of his own country, under the protection of the Plantagenet Kingdom's fleet, on the ocean where the royal family's reputation is supposed to be celebrated.

The child's mother, Earl Margaret, has fainted at this moment, and Queen Elizabeth is taking care of her in the cabin. However, as the child's father, King Louis must show the majesty and means of the head of the family and the country at this critical moment.

"I have more than two hundred ships! But the one carrying my daughter disappeared. It is still in my territory, in the waters of the Plantagenet Kingdom, under the protection of my so-called elite navy! If not This matter was informed by my most trusted intelligence minister, I would have thought this was the latest April Fool’s Day joke!”

In the drawing room of the king's ship, several close ministers who were summoned here could hear the attitude of King Louis just from the king's hoarse voice containing anger at this time. The foreign minister, who had always been composed of moderates, was meeting Without saying a word, he could already guess what consequences would follow King Louis' anger.

Because the inside story of the disappearance of little Princess Bridget is not simple. This matter involves a territorially sensitive area of ​​the Plantagenet Kingdom.

Helms Island, the last Isa Island or the Island of Traitors.

It was those conservative, stubborn and tough islanders who directed this serious accident. The issue of the ownership of Helms Island has been a worry for King Louis since his coronation. What happened was that the other party took the initiative to provoke and carried out such bad actions.

If something goes wrong with the little princess, then given the king's character, he will most likely put these two things together and solve them in a rather rough way.

The intelligence minister who had brought the bad news would lower his head in front of the king, silently enduring the anger from his master, but he was also ready to report the details at any time. Years of following and serving made him sure that his majesty would want to After you get over your initial anger, listen to some really valuable advice.

After all, as the king's eyes observing the country, this professional who has been a backbone of the royal party for generations and has many years of relevant experience has already smelled many "disturbing" details from this matter.

The disappearance of the little princess itself was definitely not an accidental action by the Hermesian fleet, but the connection of the various forces involved behind the matter was enough for the king to take it seriously.

King Louis clenched his fists. In the slightly rocking ship, he tried to adjust his breathing. He stared at the country map and his family's emblem hanging on the bulkhead in front of him. His daughter's cute, angelic face kept flashing in front of his eyes. , years of holding power allowed him to control his emotional rage within a few minutes.

Although he still had visions of the burning Helms Island floating in his mind, he knew that ensuring his daughter's safety was the top priority now.

"Who did it?"

The king turned around and asked, and the intelligence minister immediately raised his head and said:

"It's not confirmed yet. I used our personnel on Helms Island, and the preliminary conclusion I got is that the decision on this matter was not made by the elders of the Helms people. After the naval battle last night, the news When the news came back to the Traitor Island, the elders were as shocked as I was when I got the news.

In other words, this was a solo operation by the Helms fleet.

But there is no doubt that they were used as weapons by a certain force. "

"Yet you need to give me an answer, Danny."

King Louis said calmly:

"Please forgive my confusion tonight, but I really don't want to dwell on power and conspiracy right now, especially when my daughter's life or death is uncertain.

Tell me, Danny!

Who is the most suspect? "

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The intelligence minister was silent for a moment, glanced at the king, and whispered:

"Those guys who are hiding in your court and country but have been trying to restore the legal system of Isa, Your Majesty, you know, those people have always existed, just because of the rapid development of the kingdom in all aspects in the past thirty years and your advancement The reform and redistribution of interests concealed this contradiction.

The people of Zealand and the people of Isa formally formed a kingdom, but in order to truly unify the two countries that had been full of contradictions in their past history, thirty years of a great virtuous king was obviously not enough.

If you really need a target, then I will tell you that your finance minister, his deputy, the deputy minister of the education department, and the general director of the kingdom's public affairs department are all suspects. For at least the past fifteen years, these people have maintained secret contacts with the top leaders of Hermès Island in private.

They were also the ones who promoted the series of détente agreements concluded between Fog City and Hermès Island before the start of the Ten Years' War. We knew it before, but it was just because you adopted a moderate policy at that time, which gave them room to operate.

As for why they are taking such risks now.

Your Majesty, your child with Queen Elizabeth, Prince William, who has half of the oldest and most orthodox royal blood of the Issa people, is about to turn sixteen.

According to the tradition of the Sealanders, he will be officially granted the status of "Crown Prince" by you on his sixteenth birthday.

Obviously, there is a force in your court that wants to ensure that His Royal Highness can successfully obtain the position of heir to the kingdom, and at this moment, the biggest threat to His Royal Highness's future succession to the throne is Princess Bridget, who is particularly favored by you on various occasions.

But you also know that such sensitive matters are most likely to be exploited by people with ulterior motives!

Therefore, at this time, we must not simply use the thinking of "whoever benefits is the suspect" to find the mastermind behind the scenes. I assure you that the Kingdom Intelligence Department will definitely find out who is behind the scenes as quickly as possible.

And my advice to you is that before ensuring the safety of Princess Bridget, please do not make any irrational decisions because of anger!

Especially in matters related to the inheritance of the kingdom.

"Danny, you are always so calm."

King Louis shook his head and said:

"Okay, I will not interfere with the actions of professionals in the pursuit of the truth, but I need you to convey a few orders for me now."

"Please go ahead."

The Minister of Intelligence immediately took out a pen and paper to record, and then heard King Louis whispered:

"Order the First Fleet stationed in Essex Port, Greene Island to set off and arrive at the waters around Hermes Island within seven days to blockade! Order the Greene Corps to prepare for the landing battle and set off with the First Fleet! Order the Ring Tower to send at least three psychic divisions to accompany!

At the same time, recruit at least 20,000 wolf poison vampires to conduct preliminary infiltration and strategic sabotage on Helms Island.

Finally, I asked my Marshal Loren to end his wedding honeymoon immediately, return to the post of commander of the pioneering corps, and appoint Count Lyon as the kingdom's envoy to visit the Scarlet Castle and start negotiations with the Archon of the Transians on the ownership of the Saxe region.

I have only one request for Count Lyon!

Try to stabilize the Transians as much as possible and buy me time to complete a "unification war".

And I remember that the mechanics in the Cato area have copied several war weapons that can carry out high-altitude bombing for the kingdom based on the Transians' combat airships, right?

Let them come together this time!

Helms Island is obviously a historical legacy that has lasted for thirty years.

I gave the diplomats thirty years to try to resolve this matter peacefully, but it turned out that the Helms people seemed to think I was a little too weak.

I don't care if they were used as guns by the mastermind or if this was a fleet march alone. Since they did it! Since they declared war, someone must pay the price! Either they hand over their people, or my soldiers step on their land and find out the murderers! "

For the king's decision, the foreign minister next to him could only sigh sadly.

But he knew very well that the "kidnapping operation" of the Helms people against the little princess Bridget had indeed crossed the bottom line. In this case, if he spoke rashly, he would only drag himself into this quagmire from which he could not get up at all.

The foreign minister was only glad that His Majesty was still rational and did not really start a war.

At present, he only hoped to use this tough statement to force the Helms people to actually submit to the rule of the kingdom, but if the Helms people still insisted on their own way, then the advancement of this war would be a high probability event.

As for the intelligence minister, he was not surprised by this result and did not persuade the king to calm down.

Because in the eyes of such a determined member of the royal party as him, King Louis was indeed a little too indecisive when it came to the issue of Helms Island. Thirty years ago, when the kingdom was just established and needed to keep a low profile, it was indeed not strong enough to solve this problem in one fell swoop, but now. The increasing power comparison between the two sides shows that the situation has long been reversed.

"I have a suggestion for you, Your Majesty, on the matter of rescuing Her Royal Highness the Princess. "

The Minister of Intelligence recorded the king's order and then expressed his own thoughts. He said:

"It is not appropriate to send out the army for this matter. A small-scale elite force should be used to complete this series of rescue work. My original idea was to invite the Thieves Guild to participate. They are also very powerful on Hermes Island, but on the way here, my adjutant gave me another suggestion.

Your Majesty, do you still remember the only son of the Earl of Lyon, Brigadier General Fraser, the war hero of the kingdom? "

"Of course, Fraser is a benchmark for young people in the Plantagenet Kingdom in any field, except for his unsuccessful love. "

King Louis said puzzledly:

"I know Fraser is very brave and loyal, but I can't think of any connection between him and this matter? Didn't Fraser retire and return to Anjou to inherit the Capet family business?"

"Well, you have been busy with the kingdom's diplomacy during this period and ignored some "interesting stories" happening in the country."

The Minister of Intelligence showed a very subtle smile and handed a document he carried with him to his king. King Louis took the document and flipped through a few pages and immediately widened his eyes. After spending a few minutes briefly reading the secret report, he said in surprise:

"Fraser actually destroyed the largest cult group in Anjou alone? No matter how you look at it, it seems like a popular "thief" story among the people. However, how could his personal strength suddenly expand to this extent?"

"The specific reason is said to be related to the gift of the Creator, but it is certain that Brigadier General Fraser did not rest after retiring. He adopted a more efficient method to protect his country and people."

Intelligence The minister said in an appreciative tone:

"He used the wealth, energy and connections of the Capet family properly, and his growing personal strength allowed him to accomplish some unimaginable dangerous situations alone. With the external help of the 'Black Flame' mercenaries, which are comparable to elite troops at all levels, Brigadier General Fraser accomplished a career that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

The Earl of Lyon was very worried about the transformation of his child, but he was also full of pride.

In some private occasions, he would proudly call his child the 'watchman in the kingdom's dark night'. It is precisely because of the outstanding qualities shown by the Brigadier General in the past period of time that I recommend him to complete the task of rescuing the little princess.

I believe that Brigadier General Fraser will not disappoint you.

Of course, the decision-making power is yours."

"Of course I will not doubt the war heroes of the kingdom. If Fraser is willing, I am also happy to entrust the fate of my child to someone as outstanding as him."

Before the king finished speaking, an anxious knock on the door sounded outside the reception room.

A moment later, the king's chief guard walked into the reception room and handed a handwritten note to King Louis, who took it in his hand and stood up immediately, his face full of surprise and a kind of relief that could not be concealed.

This change in attitude immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the reception room, and then the king told others about his joy.

"God bless! My little Bridget was not captured by the Holmes villains. Her ship encountered a shipwreck but was accidentally rescued by a group of Transian gentlemen with noble character and supreme courage who passed by that sea area.

Now my daughter is trapped on the cape of Grammo Island with a group of shipwrecked crew members of the Explorers' Association.

She is safe."

The king stroked his heart and said:

"After confirming the development of the situation, Governor Murphy sent me this note as quickly as possible. He said that although he has no children and will never have children in this life, he can understand the importance of children to parents, so he can imagine my anxiety at this time, and hopes that this good news will make me more rational when making certain choices.

Say To be honest, I have never had such a favorable impression on the Transians as I do now. "

"Your Majesty, I may have to pour a bucket of cold water on you."

The Minister of Intelligence was not happy, he said seriously:

"Compared to the princess being taken to Helms Island, her current situation of being trapped on Gramo Island may be more dangerous. You should not have forgotten what happened to the soldiers we sent to the island in the past few years?

There are some incomprehensible and indescribable dangerous forces on that island. I suggest that you immediately call on Brigadier General Fraser and ask him to act as quickly as possible to go to Gramo Island to protect the little princess.

I will also send the most elite fighters of the intelligence department to accompany him. The top priority now is to get Her Royal Highness out of there. A dangerous place."

"And military action against Hermes Island."

The Foreign Minister finally found an opportunity, and he whispered:

"Maybe we can take."

"No, my most trusted Foreign Minister."

King Louis turned his head and looked at him, saying:

"I have made up my mind! The ownership of Hermes Island can't be delayed any longer!

I have seen more dangerous and more real threats than national hegemony in the Songhai Empire. I don't know when we mortals will usher in a war with the power of chaos, but I know that I can't lead my people and a powerful enemy to a life-and-death battle when there are hidden dangers.

The Plantagenet Kingdom should be a unified country, and it must be!

Hermes is not allowed to exist in this country. The Mus people are such a lawless and reckless force, they must accept the fact that the Kingdom of Isa has been gone for thirty years! What's more, even in the Kingdom of Isa, these Helms people were also undisciplined, and they are still traitors in the kingdom of Isa.

They can call themselves "rebels".

But in fact, you and I know that even the Isa people on Greene Island don't like them very much. "

The Minister of Foreign Affairs could only leave with regret, and the Minister of Intelligence Danny reminded his king before leaving:

"Your Majesty, I need to remind you to pay attention to the attitude of the Transians in this matter. Gramo Island was once a holy place of the Old Church, and now the relationship between the Avalon Church in Transia and the Old Church is very complicated.

They may take the opportunity to enter Gramo Island and try to restore the orthodoxy of the old religion in this country."

"Don't dig up those dirty things that have been buried by history!"

King Louis was firm in this matter. He shook his head and said:

"We fought a ten-year war to eradicate the corrupt and radical faith. During the whole process, the God of Avalon did not intervene in the war in the mortal world. This shows that in the eyes of the gods, the old religion that is rotten from the root is not worth retaining.

Therefore, I will not give up this precious fruit of victory!

I also know that the spiritual world of the people urgently needs the nourishment of faith. After all, this is a world where gods really exist. Without the protection of gods, people will be panic. Even if I think that faith is not a necessity for survival, I must consider the interests of my subjects and the country.

Fortunately, Count Lyon reminded me in this matter that we may have other options, so I want to ask you, Danny, my most trusted intelligence minister.

How much do you know about the recent rise of the Holy Light Faith in Transia and East Prussia? "