Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

While everyone was talking about the bright future of canned food in the restaurant, a guard hurried in.

He came to Paul and whispered: "Lord Graiman, Emden's envoy requests your audience."

After Paul heard this, his smiling face suddenly turned solemn. He said in a somewhat heavy tone to everyone present: "Everyone, the Kent family has sent someone here, and they may have brought something we least want. Heard the news.”

The atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly turned cold, and everyone's expressions became serious.

Bryce cracked the joint of one hand and said, "Is it finally here? Everyone, let us face it bravely."

Paul actually felt a little strange, because according to the latest intelligence, the Kent family should not have assembled its troops yet.

Forget it, let’s not think about it for now. If soldiers come to block it, if water comes and earth comes to cover it, who is afraid of whom?

In order to fully demonstrate his "contempt" for his enemies, Paul ordered the messenger to be brought to the dining room. He was to meet the messenger while munching canned meat.

Soon, the messenger was brought over. When he arrived at the restaurant, he frowned slightly and felt extremely unhappy.

It was really rude of the Arda man to plan to talk to him while eating.

Paul asked with a bad look on his face: "Mr. Messenger, why do you come to Huxin Town?"

The messenger saluted him and said: "I have come here by order of the Earl of Kent to convey to you his wishes for peace."

Paul smiled instead of getting angry: "Hoo ho! Which piece of my flesh is he going to cut off this time? Tell me now."

The messenger said: "Lord Kent has not the slightest intention towards you. The unpleasantness in the last meeting was all due to misunderstanding."

"He asked me to convey his apology to you. The envoy we sent last time did not understand Lord Kent's meaning, and ended up making things a little complicated, which caused you a big misunderstanding."

Paul was a little in disbelief: "What? Did I hear correctly?"

"You heard that right."

Then the messenger repeated what he just said.

Paul asked: "What about Bairding...?"

The messenger replied: "Lord Kent will have no further interest in this matter."

This is really evil! Paul couldn't believe his ears. It wasn't like he didn't know what kind of person Maltz Kent was. His current behavior was completely inconsistent with his past style.

After continuing to chat for a few words, the envoy was quickly taken down to rest, and everyone discussed the Kent family's intentions in the restaurant.

"Don't believe a word Malz Kent says."

"The Kent family is definitely secretly brewing some shady conspiracy!"

"You can't say that you want to confuse us and attack Arda while we are relaxed."

There was a lot of discussion. Everyone had a negative view of the Kent family and believed that they should never let their guard down.

Paul ordered: "Bernard, see if Director Cecil has returned to the Intelligence Department. If he is, call him."

Cecil didn't come over to try the cans because he had something else to do. He came over soon with Bernard.

As soon as he came in, he hurriedly said to Paul: "What a coincidence, Lord Graiman, I just want to report to you some important news I just received."

"Oh? Then you can talk about it first."

"The Kent family troops gathered at Byland Castle have been disbanded."

Paul stood up immediately: "Is this serious?"

Cecil said with a determined look: "It's absolutely true, Lord Grayman."

Paul took a breath: "Cecil, do you know why I'm looking for you? Someone from the Kent family came just now and expressed Maltz Kent's intention to maintain peace with us, saying that the previous envoy had a wrong understanding. What he meant was that he took it upon himself to create the misunderstanding.”

Cecil asked: "What do you think, my lord?"

Paul said: "How could I believe such nonsense? He either had a bigger conspiracy or encountered some trouble, so he had to stop attacking us."

Cecil nodded in agreement: "My lord, you are very wise to think so. Once the hungry wolf of the Kent family bites its prey, it will never let go before tearing off a bite of fat meat."

Paul told him: "So you must continue to keep an eye on Emden and don't let go of any trouble. It would be best to insert a few people into the Kent family."

"I will continue to keep an eye on Emden. It is a bit difficult to deploy people inside the opponent, but I will try my best."

Cecil agreed.

Paul said to everyone: "No matter what the purpose of the Kent family giving up the war, the pressure on us is finally a little less. But we need to be strong ourselves in forging iron, and we must not rely on our own safety to hope that the other party will not have bad intentions. In our hands The strength needs to continue to be strengthened.”

He turned his attention to the officers present: "Schroeder, Bryce, and everyone else in the army, I leave the military affairs to you."

Schroeder led everyone to stand up and said: "I will obey your order, Lord Count."

Paul turned to everyone and continued: "Then let's adjust our focus back to economic construction now."

"Hansel, you can leave for the royal capital in a few days! Our second batch of food for His Majesty the King has been prepared, and we will bring another batch of canned food to the kingdom's army to sell it. I want this kind of thing It’s definitely to their liking.”

Hansel said happily: "Lord Graman, I will go back to prepare later. I think you are right. In my opinion, canned food is made for marching and fighting."

No mistake, one sentence, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Paul thought to himself: You are right. Canned food was invented by Napoleon under a heavy reward to solve the problem of long-term preservation of military rations.

Hansel's return this time is not just to send food. He will also set up a Northwest Office in the capital, leaving personnel stationed in the capital to recruit talents for a long time and to find out the latest information from the high-level officials of the kingdom. Several capable subordinates of Cecil will go to the capital with him.

"And the southern refugees you mentioned before, if you have the conditions and ability to send them here, do your best."

Hansel responded: "I will pay more attention. His Majesty the King will definitely look at you differently as a vassal who can take the initiative to help the kingdom solve problems."

I hope so!

After explaining this matter, Paul announced to everyone: "Everyone, today is really a good day. The war clouds above our heads are finally about to dissipate. The reason why I say good things are continuous is because I have another good news to tell you."

"Yesterday I received a report from the Fulan Port Shipyard that our first 'Slupe Ship' has been completed!"

Many people were puzzled. It was just a ship. Why did the Earl so happy?

Butler Ford explained to those who didn't understand the situation: "This kind of ship is not the kind of paddle boat we usually see. Its structure is very different from that of ordinary ships. It is built for ocean voyages. With it, the ocean trade mentioned by the Earl before can be realized."

Everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the Earl was so happy. If they could trade by sea, they would not be afraid of the surrounding lords joining together to blockade Alda.

Administrative officials talked about the bright trade prospects, while officers discussed the development of the navy. Everyone talked while eating the food in their cans, and the atmosphere in the restaurant became relaxed again.

Only the female consultant Miss Dias didn't look happy. Paul's words about Hansel selling canned food to the kingdom's army reminded her of the rebellion in the south again.

She thought to herself: "Alas! I don't know what's going on in the south now, and how my father and sister will deal with the current situation."

Having been away from home for so long, her resentment towards her father gradually faded. Irene began to worry about her relatives and the situation in the kingdom. After all, she was the princess of this country.

Thinking about it, she didn't want to stay in the restaurant. She finished the rest of the apple, stood up and said goodbye to Paul: "Count, I still have work to do. If there is nothing else, I will go back to the office first."

Paul agreed: "Okay, Miss Dias, thank you for your hard work."

Irene bowed slightly to Paul, then turned around and wanted to leave.

Ladi also stood up and said, "Master Graman, Miss Dias and I will go back together. We still need to communicate with each other."

Paul nodded: "Please, Miss Ladi."

Ladi seemed to notice the change in Irene's mood. She took Irene's hand and went back with her.

Looking at the backs of the two female consultants leaving, Hansel showed a puzzled expression.

"I seem to have seen Miss Dias somewhere before, where exactly?"

He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't remember, so he shook his head to get rid of his doubts and began to focus on the canned beef in front of him.