Along the busy road, Rock and his group gradually approached the port area of ​​Iva. To Rock, unexpectedly, the changes here and when he first came here were huge.

Standing on the high ground of the Silver Song Forest, Locke looked at the current port from a distance, and rows of wooden houses extended from the dock by the sea to the high ground at his feet.

You should know that this place is still several kilometers away from the dock, and Locke could even see the lifting machinery on the dock in the distance rotating back and forth, unloading the cargo from the ship.

"That's beyond my expectations."

Locke's surprised admiration made Hilo and Berg very happy.

Indeed, in Locke's impression, this place may be just a larger port. But unexpectedly, it has really developed into a port area.

I don’t know if it was because the port extended into the sea or the waterways dug out. Locke saw that there were several wide canal-like waterways leading to several fixed locations in the port area. Locke could see many small boats shuttled back and forth across the river, as if it was for the convenience of transporting goods?

"It wasn't long before you left, Colonel Maslan insisted on expanding the dock. According to his words, it doesn't matter whether there are large warships or not, but we must make the most basic preparations. Once we have large warships, there may not even be a place to dock." Berg pointed to the Gaudi mast on the sea at the end of Locke's gaze, "so we tried to dig out the beach near the sea and extended the dock to the deep sea."

"What we didn't expect was that the problem of naval warships had not been solved, but there were many large merchant ships heading to Iva. They went directly into the positions of the warships we had excavated before and piled up huge amounts of cargo on the dock. However, because the roads in the port are often blocked by cargoes transported to various places, the piles of goods on the docks could not be transported out. We had to dig some small channels in the port, and by allowing the small cargo ships to transport the goods piled up on the docks to the chambers of commerce to which these merchant ships belong, they leased our dock warehouse."

"Originally, the expansion of the dock was just for our naval service, but this news spread among the merchants walking on the sea. So, our tax revenue was much more! You can't even imagine it!"

"Then, as you can see, the boats sailing on the waterways in the port area. They are the ones employed by the merchants themselves and transfer the goods they piled up on the dock into the large warehouse at the back of the port area."

Standing on this high ground, Locke was very happy. The prosperity here undoubtedly proved one thing. The merchants were really rich. If they had no money, their subordinates would not have made this place like this, and Iva would not have developed so much.

So will your tax revenue exceed your imagination?

"Now, our Port Iva is the Kingdom of Lordaeron, no! It is the largest deep-sea port in the northern part of the Lordaeron continent. Many cargo ships who come to our mainland trade regard our place as a transit station or a terminal station. Because our advantage is very obvious, many small ports around have gradually withdrawn from the competition for us."

"What are our incomes here?" Locke asked casually, but immediately he felt that it was inappropriate to say this here, and he changed his words, "Just just need to tell me briefly what aspects come from."

"Taxes for goods entering our port, income from ship docking, warehouse rentals on the docks, warehouse rentals at the rear of the port area, rentals for all shops and houses in the port area, and some other income." Hilo took the words casually.

As the finance officer of Iva, the tax revenue is still under her jurisdiction. She knows the most clearly what it is collected here and how it is collected.

She also handed over the taxpayer report for the past year to Locke's office, but the height of the stack of documents really gave Locke a headache. You know, Iva's taxes now come from all aspects, and it is no longer just gold mines dug by the kowtowers.

But as a big boss, it is still necessary to check the accounts. However, he handed over the matter to the Security Bureau to take charge, believing that when he returned to Iva's office, the agents had figured out what was inside.

"Go down and go," Locke turned the reins of the war horse and walked down the high ground, and he asked casually, "Where is Colonel Maslan? Why don't you see him?"

"We don't know this." Berg and Hilo looked at each other and both shook their heads. Bridget took the conversation and said, "I told him the news you are coming. He should have been dragged down. Otherwise, if he knew you were coming, he would definitely come to you. He always liked to complain to me. He asked to expand the naval warship tonnage, to find the Kurtilas, and to seek help to the navy."

As he said that, Bridget smiled, she shrugged helplessly, "In fact, I don't understand the naval terms he and I said at all. I can only act as if I understand it very much, and yes, echo him. That guy is completely addicted to the dream of expanding the navy."

Locke could only shake his head helplessly. He originally planned to go to Kultilas, but this matter has been planned by various unexpected events. However, Locke also admitted that although he also attaches importance to the development of the navy compared to the Army and the Air Force, he is always a little worse than the other two. Because of practicality, the Navy is always easily ignored by him.

"However, I think he is right. We should indeed expand our naval scale." Shilo took out a piece of paper with her. She looked at Locke for advice. Locke nodded, and she explained. "In recent months, the development of the port has begun to take shape, and the pirates on the sea have also smelled the smell. According to the oral narratives of the robbed merchants and the cases we collected, nearly 30% of the merchant ships who were robbed or failed by pirates. Among them, we also found the wreckage of many ships on the sea. According to the survivors who came from the naval rescue, on the outskirts of the port, Naga in the deep sea has set its sights on our Iva."

"According to the continuous reconnaissance of the sea, our air force has received some really bad feedback. It seems that the entire Naga on the west coast of Lordaeron is concentrated outside our port. They not only destroy the caravans coming to trade, but also want to cut off our Iva development. There seems to be something wrong with it."

"So we have to have a naval force to clear out the pirates and Nagas surrounding our port. If we can find out why, it will undoubtedly be the best."

The question raised by Hilo made everyone silent.

Strictly speaking, the Naga thing does not feel anything to those living inland. Because they will not enter the inland, they will only move along the coast, attacking fishermen and merchant ships. It is difficult for people living inland to feel their harm.

But Locke knew that Naga hated humans, although for some reason. Perhaps it was because of their leader, Queen Azshara, who hated them to take away what they had when they lived on the shore?

Now, even if Iva has an air force that can cover the near sea, few people can escape from Naga alive, which also leads to a problem. Iva cannot start if he wants to attack Naga.

Just relying on the few small offshore transport ships of the Navy to attack the Naga to patrol the waterway, this is undoubtedly a way to die.

"This matter," Locke said after thinking for a long time, "hire merchants and ask them to help us contact the Kurtiras. Just say we need their warships, we can do without relevant shipbuilding technicians, as long as we can train soldiers and shipbuilding for us!"

"We should have money now, enough money?" Locke turned his head and looked at Hilo in an uncertain tone.

Shilo thought about it for a while and said in a reluctant voice. "I think...yes. If it's just a small ocean fleet, I think we Iva can barely support it."

"Our infrastructure, as well as the development of other regions, and supporting the research of druids and wizards, all requires money. So, we..."

Locke waved his hand and interrupted Hilo's words. He smiled and said, "I believe you, your strategy is right. But I don't plan to use the existing gold coins of Iva. I have other income to pay for it. Its existence helps us build a fleet of considerable size, right?"

Faced with Locke's insistence, everyone else became half-believing and half-doubted. After thinking about it, everyone took what Locke said to be the family treasure of the Agamander family.

Now everyone knows that the great lord of Iva started because he inherited the treasures of the Agamand family, and no one knows how much money this great lord has in private. But they all know that when Iva's initial creation, all the money providers were the great lords.

As long as they are Lordaerons and humans, they will know that the Agamand family, the family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. This family can be compared with the Barov family in the territory of the land and the possession of money in the Utrank Kingdom, but the outcome of these two families is not very good now.

If the money Agamand family had accumulated for a lifetime was inherited by the great lord, then it would not be a big problem to support a fleet, and it would not be a small amount.

Everyone was tactful and did not mention this topic, and even Bridget did not say much. In fact, in their eyes, Locke was already the king of this kingdom. What he did now was only to advance the king's right to prevail in advance.

The king wanted to use his own money to build a fleet with ocean-going capabilities to defend the kingdom. Who would refuse such a good thing?

Let’s take a step back and say that the money is not Locke’s, so it’s natural not to feel distressed when used. Didn’t Locke use Iva’s funds without seeing it?
Chapter completed!