Raine always felt that Fancy had some ulterior motives in pulling him out. Now it seemed that this girl wanted him to deeply understand the situation of the local residents.
Back at the Governor's Mansion, Raine had some thoughts about what he had seen and heard on the island that day.
The next day, Raine had Armin make a flag with the emblem of the Dad, and he had it replace the Terror King's flag in front of the Presidential Palace... It had been almost half a month, and he still hadn't taken down the Terror King's flag.
He really didn't want to stay here for long, and of course, he was too lazy to change it.
A month later, Avril brought in the income for the first month.
The island's tax revenue, plus the passage fees and berthing fees of the previous fleet, amounted to more than 21,000 pearls!
Of course, the pearls in the king-class sea area referred to gold pearls, which were already equivalent to the income of a non-main battleship's treasure chest from the Terror King.
In addition, Shobe and Charge King collected 13,700 pearls and 12,300 pearls respectively on Misty Island and Java Island. Raine's total income for the month was 47,000 pearls.
Raine didn't care about destroyers or frigates. He had the best option, which was the optimized Yamato.
Destroyers and frigates should each have their own strengths, but the optimized Yamato was currently the top in terms of speed, firepower, and anti-aircraft and anti-ship capabilities, second only to aircraft carriers. Raine had no reason not to choose it.
The ship's speed was fast enough, reaching 38 knots, and it had excellent anti-torpedo and anti-ship and anti-aircraft capabilities, but its anti-submarine capability was relatively poor.
But the problem was, were there submarines in the king-class sea area? Even if there were, there wouldn't be too many, and the anti-submarine rockets on the aircraft carrier should be enough to deal with them.
In any case, in the aircraft carrier formation, the optimized Yamato would definitely occupy an important position.
As the governor here, Raine enjoyed a 20% discount, and the income from the first month was enough to build the first frigate.
"Wow, this income is pretty good!" Raine exclaimed excitedly.
Although their tax revenue was much lower than that of the Terror King, the residents were living and working in peace and prosperity, making money, and everyone's enthusiasm was much higher, showing signs of economic recovery on the island.
After handing over the pearls to Raine on the ship sent back by Shobe and Charge King, Old Bai and Tureword both approached Raine.
"Captain, both Shobe and Charge King have requested to recruit some crew locally. Whether it's buying slaves or directly recruiting, our manpower is too stretched right now," Old Bai said.
"Hmm," Raine furrowed his brows slightly and nodded. "Indeed, we are short on manpower. Let them recruit, and they can decide the specifics. Report the expenses to Avril, and I'll have someone send the money over."
"Understood, Captain."
While Lao Bai and Tureword were still there, Raine called a meeting with his core crew members.
"Everyone, after much consideration, I've made a decision," Raine said.
Everyone looked at Raine eagerly.
"I've decided to make the Eastern Dawn Islands our base of operations in the King class sea!"
Fancy jumped up happily. "Captain, I knew it! I knew you couldn't abandon the residents here!"
Raine shook his head. He was forced into this situation. Once the fleet was formed, he couldn't control all the ships alone. He needed to develop here for a while.
"Trueking, expand our manpower on the Eastern Dawn Island. Old Bai and Tureword, pass on a message to Charge King and Shobe to recruit more people locally."
"Establish a military force on the island to maintain order and absorb more crew members. There are many stage 3 and 4 slaves here. Check their backgrounds and recruit them into our fleet."
"Yes, Captain!"
After the meeting, Onebear and Twobear quickly purchased materials, and Raine built their first escort ship in the shipyard. It was docked next to the massive Super Battleship.
Now, the banners of the Dad were finally flying on two ships.
"I finally have my second warship! Great! Old Bai, Tureword, you two can take this ship back."
"Wow, this is our original battleship! I've been wanting to take it out for a spin for a long time. Captain, we won't be polite then!" Old Bai rubbed his hands together, looking eager.
"Old Bai, let me take it first. You can drive it when we get to Shobe's place."
"Sure, sure. I know you want to have some fun too!"
The two of them hooked their arms and led their people onto the ship, quickly departing from the port on the warship.
In the second month, the income of the three islands increased by 10%, and Raine's total income reached 52,000 pearls! At the same time, the second optimized Yamato was completed!
At this time, Raine had 19,000 pearls left.
In the third month, due to Raine's purchase of a large number of materials, the income of the three islands increased by another 15%, reaching 60,000! With the previous income, the third and fourth optimized Yamato was built!
In the fourth, fifth, and sixth months, the economic development of the three islands gradually slowed down, maintaining an income of 63,000 pearls. Raine had built a total of eight optimized Yamatos and had savings of 23,000 pearls.
As for the aircraft, the system currently provided six types: the Crusader fighter, the warning aircraft, the refueling aircraft, the jamming aircraft, the helicopter, and the transport aircraft.
The most important one was the fighter. Raine specifically checked the attributes of the Crusader fighter.
The Crusader fighter was equipped with two Lightning 25mm light machine guns and could carry four missiles. Its practical ceiling was 18,000 meters, its speed was 1,000 kilometers per hour, and it could travel 1,200 kilometers without auxiliary fuel tanks, with a combat radius of 600 kilometers.
There were three types of missiles suitable for the Crusader fighter: Hurricane air-to-air missiles, Hurricane air-to-ship missiles, and Hurricane anti-submarine missiles. Each aircraft could carry four missiles and could be freely combined.
The performance of the Crusader fighter was about the level of a first-generation fighter, far from the top-level fighter strength known to Raine. However, Raine expected that in the King-class sea area, there were very few aircraft with combat capabilities, and the Crusader was sufficient.
Because the fighter requires strict materials, all of them required the use of alloy materials, so even if the Crusader's technology level was only equivalent to a first-generation fighter, its cost was quite expensive, requiring 24,000 pearls.
Fortunately, the cost of other types of aircraft was cheap.
In addition, the Crusader series of carrier-based aircraft and carrier formation could be directly connected to Raine's system, so Raine could control them actively or hand over control to the system or crew. This finally relieved Raine's worry.
It was okay to let the crew control the ship, but it was better to let the system control the plane.
"Damn, it's so expensive!" Raine's heart was bleeding. The fighter was so small, and this carrier alone cost 5 million. "The carrier is already burning money, and the carrier formation is even more expensive!"
Raine finally understood why previous great powers didn't dare to go all out and build aircraft carriers. It was because it was so expensive, like spending money as if it were flowing like water!
"Forget it, forget it. With the fighter jets, my strike capability is not weak at all. I have to build it no matter how expensive it is!" Raine could only grit his teeth and continue to save money.
Eight months later, the aircraft carrier was carrying 20 Crusader fighters, 2 warning planes, 2 refueling planes, 2 jamming planes, 4 helicopters, and transport planes... Raine didn't build everything, he saved as much money as possible.
The aircraft carrier formation was already 80-90% complete, but it still lacked a submarine fleet. However, Raine didn't want to build it for now. According to local residents, Raine had confirmed that there were very few submarines in the King class Sea. After all, the Azure Era was not like the old days.
The underwater environment in this era was too dangerous for humans.
"Fuck, I finally got my aircraft carrier formation done!" Raine looked at the terrifying behemoth at the shipyard port.
All eight optimized Yamato battleships were in Misty Island and Java Island, only the soul of the aircraft carrier formation had been quietly parked in the shipyard all along.
Although the ship was quietly parked here, the neatly arranged fighter jets on its deck were just like Raine's current mood - eager to try!
"One Emperor, Nine Kings? Are you ready?" In the empty shipyard, only Raine's low voice could be heard.
Raine always felt that Fancy had some ulterior motives in pulling him out. Now it seemed that this girl wanted him to deeply understand the situation of the local residents.
Back at the Governor's Mansion, Raine had some thoughts about what he had seen and heard on the island that day.
The next day, Raine had Armin make a flag with the emblem of the Dad, and he had it replace the Terror King's flag in front of the Presidential Palace... It had been almost half a month, and he still hadn't taken down the Terror King's flag.
He really didn't want to stay here for long, and of course, he was too lazy to change it.
A month later, Avril brought in the income for the first month.
The island's tax revenue, plus the passage fees and berthing fees of the previous fleet, amounted to more than 21,000 pearls!
Of course, the pearls in the king-class sea area referred to gold pearls, which were already equivalent to the income of a non-main battleship's treasure chest from the Terror King.
In addition, Shobe and Charge King collected 13,700 pearls and 12,300 pearls respectively on Misty Island and Java Island. Raine's total income for the month was 47,000 pearls.
Raine didn't care about destroyers or frigates. He had the best option, which was the optimized Yamato.
Destroyers and frigates should each have their own strengths, but the optimized Yamato was currently the top in terms of speed, firepower, and anti-aircraft and anti-ship capabilities, second only to aircraft carriers. Raine had no reason not to choose it.
The ship's speed was fast enough, reaching 38 knots, and it had excellent anti-torpedo and anti-ship and anti-aircraft capabilities, but its anti-submarine capability was relatively poor.
But the problem was, were there submarines in the king-class sea area? Even if there were, there wouldn't be too many, and the anti-submarine rockets on the aircraft carrier should be enough to deal with them.
In any case, in the aircraft carrier formation, the optimized Yamato would definitely occupy an important position.
As the governor here, Raine enjoyed a 20% discount, and the income from the first month was enough to build the first frigate.
"Wow, this income is pretty good!" Raine exclaimed excitedly.
Although their tax revenue was much lower than that of the Terror King, the residents were living and working in peace and prosperity, making money, and everyone's enthusiasm was much higher, showing signs of economic recovery on the island.
After handing over the pearls to Raine on the ship sent back by Shobe and Charge King, Old Bai and Tureword both approached Raine.
"Captain, both Shobe and Charge King have requested to recruit some crew locally. Whether it's buying slaves or directly recruiting, our manpower is too stretched right now," Old Bai said.
"Hmm," Raine furrowed his brows slightly and nodded. "Indeed, we are short on manpower. Let them recruit, and they can decide the specifics. Report the expenses to Avril, and I'll have someone send the money over."
"Understood, Captain."
While Lao Bai and Tureword were still there, Raine called a meeting with his core crew members.
"Everyone, after much consideration, I've made a decision," Raine said.
Everyone looked at Raine eagerly.
"I've decided to make the Eastern Dawn Islands our base of operations in the King class sea!"
Fancy jumped up happily. "Captain, I knew it! I knew you couldn't abandon the residents here!"
Raine shook his head. He was forced into this situation. Once the fleet was formed, he couldn't control all the ships alone. He needed to develop here for a while.
"Trueking, expand our manpower on the Eastern Dawn Island. Old Bai and Tureword, pass on a message to Charge King and Shobe to recruit more people locally."
"Establish a military force on the island to maintain order and absorb more crew members. There are many stage 3 and 4 slaves here. Check their backgrounds and recruit them into our fleet."
"Yes, Captain!"
After the meeting, Onebear and Twobear quickly purchased materials, and Raine built their first escort ship in the shipyard. It was docked next to the massive Super Battleship.
Now, the banners of the Dad were finally flying on two ships.
"I finally have my second warship! Great! Old Bai, Tureword, you two can take this ship back."
"Wow, this is our original battleship! I've been wanting to take it out for a spin for a long time. Captain, we won't be polite then!" Old Bai rubbed his hands together, looking eager.
"Old Bai, let me take it first. You can drive it when we get to Shobe's place."
"Sure, sure. I know you want to have some fun too!"
The two of them hooked their arms and led their people onto the ship, quickly departing from the port on the warship.
In the second month, the income of the three islands increased by 10%, and Raine's total income reached 52,000 pearls! At the same time, the second optimized Yamato was completed!
At this time, Raine had 19,000 pearls left.
In the third month, due to Raine's purchase of a large number of materials, the income of the three islands increased by another 15%, reaching 60,000! With the previous income, the third and fourth optimized Yamato was built!
In the fourth, fifth, and sixth months, the economic development of the three islands gradually slowed down, maintaining an income of 63,000 pearls. Raine had built a total of eight optimized Yamatos and had savings of 23,000 pearls.
As for the aircraft, the system currently provided six types: the Crusader fighter, the warning aircraft, the refueling aircraft, the jamming aircraft, the helicopter, and the transport aircraft.
The most important one was the fighter. Raine specifically checked the attributes of the Crusader fighter.
The Crusader fighter was equipped with two Lightning 25mm light machine guns and could carry four missiles. Its practical ceiling was 18,000 meters, its speed was 1,000 kilometers per hour, and it could travel 1,200 kilometers without auxiliary fuel tanks, with a combat radius of 600 kilometers.
There were three types of missiles suitable for the Crusader fighter: Hurricane air-to-air missiles, Hurricane air-to-ship missiles, and Hurricane anti-submarine missiles. Each aircraft could carry four missiles and could be freely combined.
The performance of the Crusader fighter was about the level of a first-generation fighter, far from the top-level fighter strength known to Raine. However, Raine expected that in the King-class sea area, there were very few aircraft with combat capabilities, and the Crusader was sufficient.
Because the fighter requires strict materials, all of them required the use of alloy materials, so even if the Crusader's technology level was only equivalent to a first-generation fighter, its cost was quite expensive, requiring 24,000 pearls.
Fortunately, the cost of other types of aircraft was cheap.
In addition, the Crusader series of carrier-based aircraft and carrier formation could be directly connected to Raine's system, so Raine could control them actively or hand over control to the system or crew. This finally relieved Raine's worry.
It was okay to let the crew control the ship, but it was better to let the system control the plane.
"Damn, it's so expensive!" Raine's heart was bleeding. The fighter was so small, and this carrier alone cost 5 million. "The carrier is already burning money, and the carrier formation is even more expensive!"
Raine finally understood why previous great powers didn't dare to go all out and build aircraft carriers. It was because it was so expensive, like spending money as if it were flowing like water!
"Forget it, forget it. With the fighter jets, my strike capability is not weak at all. I have to build it no matter how expensive it is!" Raine could only grit his teeth and continue to save money.
Eight months later, the aircraft carrier was carrying 20 Crusader fighters, 2 warning planes, 2 refueling planes, 2 jamming planes, 4 helicopters, and transport planes... Raine didn't build everything, he saved as much money as possible.
The aircraft carrier formation was already 80-90% complete, but it still lacked a submarine fleet. However, Raine didn't want to build it for now. According to local residents, Raine had confirmed that there were very few submarines in the King class Sea. After all, the Azure Era was not like the old days.
The underwater environment in this era was too dangerous for humans.
"Fuck, I finally got my aircraft carrier formation done!" Raine looked at the terrifying behemoth at the shipyard port.
All eight optimized Yamato battleships were in Misty Island and Java Island, only the soul of the aircraft carrier formation had been quietly parked in the shipyard all along.
Although the ship was quietly parked here, the neatly arranged fighter jets on its deck were just like Raine's current mood - eager to try!
"One Emperor, Nine Kings? Are you ready?" In the empty shipyard, only Raine's low voice could be heard.
