Chapter 443 Wind Direction
The Tulu family is just a minor character. If it weren't for the accidental killing of the attendant, Derek would not have paid attention to it at all.
However, such a minor character is also a local tyrant in the local area.
They even have the courage to rebel, so you can imagine how powerful they are.
To a certain extent, this is a country within a country.
What's more terrifying is that there are many such local tyrants.
Derek's power also comes from this.
Now, most of the new nobles support the imperial power, so the emperor's prestige is extremely huge.
It is no exaggeration to say that Derek can dominate everything.
However, supporters will change.
Time is always the most powerful weapon.
Maybe there will be no turmoil in Derek's lifetime, but what about the next generation? Where will the empire go in the future?
He thought about it and finally felt that it could not be changed.
Classes can only be replaced, not eliminated.
But, at least now, he can still manage it.
Derek recalled Virut and asked Simon to continue to hold the sword to patrol all parties on his behalf.
It happened that an attendant died, so there was a reason to kill.
It depends on who shows up and asks for death.
These hidden dangers are just hidden dangers.
For most people, this is the emperor's anger caused by the stupidity of the Tulu family.
Derek did not pursue it further, but sentenced the Tulu family to death.
What he wanted to do more was to change the world with his own ideas.
Classes are difficult to eliminate, but society can develop.
Try to do it, it will always be better than now.
Before that, further plant the flag of Daxia all over the land.
So, the empire started.
After one year of upgrading, Derek focused on maintaining stability.
Thanks to the previous steady and steady approach, this year was generally stable.
The rebellion of the Tulu family was more like a farce, because it started with an accident and ended with an absurd drama.
Then, the songs were sung and the dances were danced.
The emerging empire was at a time when the national strength was booming.
It was also at this time that Derek spread the word.
Tour!!!
The first stop was overseas.
After coming to this world for so long, there were still many places I had not been to.
Derek expressed deep regret.
Of course, the more important thing was to express his attitude.
The future of the empire lies overseas. This is not simply plundering resources, but occupation and assimilation.
Distance is not an excuse. The empire will eventually dominate overseas.
As expected, this plan was greatly opposed.
Even the most enlightened officials were not interested in this.
Even Adrian, the Minister of the Navy, came back specially.
"Your Majesty, overseas is still too dangerous. There are too many unpredictable dangers.
Perhaps a gust of wind and waves will overturn the giant warship.
And once an accident occurs, the country will not be able to rescue in time."
Adrian advised earnestly. He knew the degree of danger in the open sea.
As the empire's sea-stabilizing needle, how could Derek take risks?
Once an accident occurs, the new empire will be in turmoil and accidents will occur.
"Cousin, don't lie to me. How big a wave would it take to overturn a giant ship?"
Adrian remained calm and continued, "No matter how small the chance is, it could happen. Can we take the risk?
Your Majesty is responsible for the whole world. How can you act recklessly just because of your momentary preference?"
Derrick couldn't convince Adrian. From their point of view, he really had no reason to take the risk.
Unless he acted arbitrarily, he would definitely not get support.
With Derek's prestige, it would not be a problem to force his way out to sea.
But there was no need.
When the lobbyists arrived in waves, Derek simply compromised.
"Don't go to the New World. The voyage will only go to the White Sand Islands."
Seeing this, Adrian and others could only agree.
This was already a very good result. After all, the White Sand Islands were not far away and it was very convenient to go there from the coastal ports.
After agreeing on a time and confirming that the inspection would start after the New Year, Adrian and others left with peace of mind.
After leaving the house, Adrian immediately returned to the Admiralty.
Since the matter was done, all he had to do was to eliminate all risks.
"Starting from Degen Harbor, all sea areas along the way must be patrolled.
All islands must be carefully inspected, and ships coming and going must be checked more frequently to ensure that no pirates can get in."
As the Minister of the Navy, it was too easy for Adrian to mobilize the Empire's fleet to perform tasks.
Other tasks in the open sea can be put aside for now, and the focus should be on the waters from Degen Harbor to the White Sands Islands.
With the strength of the Imperial Fleet, they will be able to check all places along the way several times before the trip.
With the words of the Minister of the Navy, the new task was quickly handed over to the fleet on the front line via telegram.
Almost all plans were overturned, and replaced by a cleanup campaign along the route.
If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. There is too much wealth on this route, so it is normal for there to be some pirates.
Even regular merchant ships can work part-time as pirates, and it is normal for some small islands to hide some supplies.
Under normal circumstances, the Imperial Fleet does not have so much free time to check one by one.
After all, although the naval fleet is powerful, the sea area under its jurisdiction is larger, and there are too many things to do.
But political tasks override everything else.
In just a few days, a large number of warships entered the route.
They really control everything and check everything.
If a pirate ship goes out for a stroll, it may encounter more warships than merchant ships.
As for some merchant ships that temporarily played the role of pirates, they might have just changed their flags, and the next second the warships suddenly came.
Seize the ship, fine, don't even think about running away.
Everyone was so depressed that they wanted to vomit blood. Was the imperial fleet crazy?
It was not until the news that Derek was about to inspect overseas that everyone understood what was going on.
Then... the sea trade became even more crazy.
Every move of the king would trigger a follow-up effect.
Otherwise, there would not be the allusion that the King of Chu had a thin waist and many concubines starved to death.
Derek's inspection overseas sent a signal of changes in national policies.
When Adrian returned to the seaside, the first news he heard was.
"The price of sea vessels has risen by 30% recently, and even the number of immigrants has doubled." The staff reported the latest situation.
Adrian thought it was exaggerated. The price of sea vessels is already very high now. These people are really crazy to raise the price.
"Aren't they afraid of losing money?"
The operation of sea vessels plus huge costs has greatly reduced profits. Don't play it badly.
Adrian had just expressed his concerns when he heard someone report: "Sir Collison of the Connor family is visiting."
Adrian was stunned. Earl Connor was an old acquaintance, and Collison was his eldest son.
The two of them had some friendship, so there was no reason to refuse to meet.
Soon, Collison walked in quickly.
He failed in the competition with his younger brother Balin, but fortunately the latter had his own business.
He could still inherit the position of earl.
It happened that the Connor family made money from maritime trade in recent years, so he simply devoted himself to the maritime trade business.
