Rise of the Empire Total War

"start sailing!"

Under the watchful eyes of the civilians in Legisamon Port, the fleet flying the red eagle flag slowly sailed out of the port and headed east.

After talking with Ornus von Frank, the foreign affairs chief of the Holy Roman Empire, Hariand accepted his invitation and agreed to visit the Holy Roman Empire. For this strange empire that was only two letters away from his motherland's name, Hariand came into contact with it with curiosity, and through what he had seen and heard in the past few days, he could also vaguely guess that this so-called Holy Roman Empire should be It has the highest level of technology in the entire continent.

In other words, he was able to judge directly from the technological level of the Holy Roman Empire the highest technological level developed by the civilization on the Kuyavian continent.

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For the reason of enhancing mutual understanding, Ornus and his party chose to return to the mainland on the same ship as Hariand, and also pointed out the direction for these ocean-going visitors by the way. They set out from Legislative Port and sailed eastward all the way, passing through the San La Islands (the birthplace of the former pirate king Lizzy Peters), getting supplies in a certain port city, and then continuing to set off. Arriving directly at Port Bell in the Ravana area, if these warships were smaller, they could go directly north to Vienna from the canal, but these sailing warships are too big, and if they forcefully enter the canal, they may be stranded directly.

There is actually no way around this. The ships currently owned by the empire are all relatively small. Even the Karak battleship that fell into the water not long ago is not as huge as the sailing warship used by the Romans. The Karak battleship is Richard. The newly unlocked new warship is also the earliest four-masted ocean-going warship of the empire. This kind of warship appeared in the Mediterranean region in the fifteenth century AD, and was later widely adopted by European countries.

The Karak battleship sails smoothly, and the space on board is spacious enough to store a large amount of supplies for ocean-going voyages. The side-spin of the warship is equipped with dense broadside guns, and a large number of sailors equipped with weapons are also deployed. Many anti-personnel weapons are deployed on the tall poop. Light guns, but it is precisely because of the prominent and exaggerated poop that the Karak battleship looks top-heavy from a distance.

As the earliest ocean-going warship, although the Karak warship has the advantages of large capacity, four-masted sails that can improve the power of the warship, and many side cannons, its only shortcoming is very fatal. This reduces the area where the sail can be used, and at the same time makes the bow heavy, making it easy to tip forward in strong winds. This is a lesson learned in history. In 1545 AD, when the Mary Rose was sailing overweight, the strong wind caused the hull to tilt forward, collapse, and was seriously damaged.

Although this kind of warship has such a fatal flaw, in the opinion of Richard, who has no need for ocean-going navigation, it is the best warship service option for the Imperial Navy. It's just the Continent of En, and the sea conditions in the Shining Sea are fairly stable.

Strong winds and waves rarely occur, which meets the best sailing conditions for Karak warships.

In addition, the Karak battleship is larger than the Hawker gunship currently in service, and its defense is also higher. It is more than enough to deal with the navies of the Kuyawi continent. As long as it does not fight the sailing warships of the Roman Empire, it is basically invincible land.

Just thinking about the Karak warship that was launched not long ago, Ornus suddenly heard the sound of a string of military boots stepping on the deck from behind. He withdrew his thoughts and turned around to see that it was the Roman commander Hariand. , he nodded to Hariand as a greeting.

Hariand walked up to him, leaning his elbows on the side of the boat. His eyes were full of the dazzling light spots reflected by the sun shining on the waves of the sea. He blinked subconsciously, but turned his back to the side of the boat and said, "I can May I take the liberty to ask, what kind of person is the emperor of your country?"

Such an abrupt question kept Ornus silent for a while. Just when Hariand thought he would not answer, he opened his mouth and said slowly, "I can only say that he is God's favorite son."

"Um?"

"General Hariand, please allow me to tell you the story of His Majesty the Emperor. This story is a bit long. I hope you can prepare it."

After finishing speaking, before Hariand could respond, Ornus coughed lightly and told all the treasures he knew about Richard's family history.

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"Ah Choo!"

At the same time, Richard who was far away in Vienna suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose, was a little surprised, and muttered in a low voice: "Is someone talking about me?"

Then he reached out to hug Stephanie who was sitting next to him, but unexpectedly missed it. He turned his head to look, but Stephanie looked at him with disgust on her face, holding little Elizabeth in her arms, and he opened his mouth , Wanting to say something, Stephanie spoke first, and said, "Did you catch a cold? Don't infect me and Elizabeth."

"..."

Richard was speechless, he suddenly had a feeling of shooting himself in the foot, the concept of cold and infection was given to Stephanie by him, and it didn't take long for her to use it on herself.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm telling you, for the safety of our daughter, you should stay away from us." Stephanie still stared at him vigilantly, warning.

"I don't have a cold, I just sneezed." Richard couldn't laugh or cry, he reached out and forcibly pulled Stephanie and Elizabeth in her arms over, rubbed her golden hair, and changed A topic, and said: "Something happened on the Osa Peninsula, I want to go there in person, do you want to go with me?"

"What's the matter?" Stephanie asked, not immediately agreeing.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that a group of gopher mice are unwilling to be lonely and deliberately made some noise."

"Then you have to go there yourself, don't lie to me, tell the truth." Stephanie glared at him and said.

"Okay, okay, I can't do anything about you." Richard said helplessly, "It may be that we haven't shown force on the Osa Peninsula for a long time, so that those Osa people think that the imperial army is not so terrible, so they are here There are frequent manipulations at the border, even attacking our patrols."

After finishing speaking, Richard showed a relaxed look and said: "Don't worry about it, it's just some small things that can be easily solved. After we solve it, we can also play in the Osa Peninsula for a few days. Take it at ease, my dear Yes, are you going or not?"

Stephanie hesitated for a while when she heard the words. She was just about to say the words of rejection, but when she saw the yearning eyes of the little girl in her arms, her heart softened, and she agreed: "Then let's go together, after all, we haven't left Vienna for a long time. .”