klisemfg Chapter 251 A Surprise from Evelyn
Chapter 251 A Surprise from Evelyn
After hanging up the phone, Lu Chen began to think hard about how to find a place for his two frigates.
After thinking for a long time and failing to find a suitable place, he seemed very frustrated. Was he going to give up these two frigates for free?
After he couldn't think of a suitable place, he looked beyond the South Seas. Then he thought of Aziz. He had a good relationship with Aziz now. If he asked him to rent a port, he wondered if he would be willing. Moreover, it was in the Middle East, where oil was produced. If he built a military port there, he wouldn't have to worry about fuel.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately felt that renting a port from Aziz seemed to have many benefits. Now it depends on whether Aziz is willing to rent a port to him.
Thinking of this, he immediately became restless. He wanted to go to the Middle East to discuss this matter with Aziz. As long as he could negotiate the port, he would have a place to dock even if he got a few more warships in the future.
Lu Chen was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice Evelin sitting next to him. Evelin saw Lu Chen's distressed look and couldn't help but ask:
"Honey, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Chen said subconsciously: "I'm looking for a port suitable for docking warships."
Evelyn said, "What are you thinking about? There are so many ports in the United States, why don't you just stop at any one?"
It was only then that Lu Chen came to his senses and found Evelin sitting next to him. Lu Chen asked:
“Evelyn, when did you come back?”
Evelin curled her lips and said, "I've been back for a long time. When I came back, I saw you sitting here in a daze. By the way, whose warship is looking for a port to dock?"
Lu Chen didn't want to discuss this with Evelin, but he suddenly remembered that his girlfriend was quite famous. The Rothschild family was widely distributed in Europe. It would be okay to ask Evelin if there was a suitable port. At worst, he could just rent it with his own money.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen said: "I got two retired frigates, but I can't find a suitable port to park them."
Evelin looked at Lu Chen with some disdain after hearing this. She said:
"What's the point of a frigate? It's retired. It's just a pile of junk. Why are you buying it? If you really want to buy a warship, I can help you find an active one. Do you want a cruiser or a battleship? I can get it for you with some connections."
Evelyn's words shocked Lu Chen. Is the Rothschild family so powerful that they can even get other people's active warships? Lu Chen looked at Evelyn in disbelief. Evelyn said calmly,
"Why are you looking at me in such surprise?"
Lu Chen was surprised and said, "Can you really get an active battleship? That is a national treasure. Who is willing to sell it to you? Also, which countries would allow you to have such a weapon?"
Evelyn said, "What can't those countries that are no longer strong sell? Like the Netherlands and Portugal, they were once powerful maritime countries, and they still have a lot of warships. If you ask them to buy, they will definitely sell. As for the others, just find a weak country, hang their flag, and declare that the city is their navy. As long as you don't form a fleet, no country will come back to pay attention to you."
Lu Chen had never expected that he could play like this. Lu Chen thought for a moment and said:
"Forget it. I don't have that much money to buy active warships. I just got two frigates. I want to park them in the South Seas, but I have no connections there, so I'm worried."
"Nanyang?" Evelin fell into thought. After a while, Evelin suddenly said loudly:
"You mean Southeast Asia, right? Do you know East Timor? It's a piece of Portuguese territory in Southeast Asia, next to East India and not far from Australia."
Lu Chen was very unfamiliar with the name "East Timor". Where is this place? How come I don't know it? Is there such a place? Lu Chen shook his head in confusion, indicating that he didn't know this place.
Evelin was a little confused. She asked:
"Honey, do you have a world map here?"
Lu Chen thought for a moment, and he remembered that he seemed to have a globe in his study, so he immediately got up and ran upstairs to bring the globe down. He said to Evelin somewhat awkwardly:
"I don't have a map, but I do have a globe."
After Lu Chen put down the globe, Evelin quickly turned the globe to the Australian side and pointed to the place closest to Australia and East India. Then she pointed to a small island and said:
“This is East Timor.”
Lu Chen took a look, then nodded and said, "So it's here."
Then Lu Chen asked, “Evelin, what are you doing here? We are almost out of Nanyang.”
Evelyn smiled and said, "We have a private island here. I remember that island has a very nice bay with deep water. It should be able to park several battleships of tens of thousands of tons. You can park your two frigates there."
Damn, she is indeed a rich woman, and her family even has a private island. Lu Chen thought for a while and said:
"Is it appropriate for me to park my warship on your private island? Besides, that place belongs to Portugal and is close to Australia and East India. If we park two warships there, will they sink them directly?"
Evelyn waved her hand and said, “The governor of East Timor is Uncle Code, who has a very good relationship with my family. I will give him a call when the time comes and attach your two warships to the navy under his command, and then there will be no problem.”
If you place your warships in another's navy, do they still belong to you? Will you directly requisition your two warships in wartime? …
Lu Chen said with some concern:
"If I attach my navy to the Portuguese navy, will it still be considered my own warship?"
Evelyn said, "Of course it's yours, but you need these two warships to help Portugal when a war breaks out. Don't worry, the war just ended not long ago, and it's not that easy for Portugal to go to war with others."
Lu Chen was speechless, but he thought about it for a while. This was indeed the best way except to establish his own country. But there was still a problem. Lu Chen wanted to build a military port, but the island was privately owned by Evelin's family. He didn't know if they were willing to build a military port on it.
So Lu Chen asked:
"Evelyn, I want to build a naval port on the island you mentioned. I wonder if your family would agree with me doing this."
Evelin smiled and said, "It's okay. Our family hasn't been to that island for a long time. If you hadn't mentioned it, I almost forgot that our family had an island here. I guess my parents don't remember this island either. So you can rest assured to build a military port on it. No one will stop you."
Lu Chen said: "Okay, I will arrange for someone to go there to do the construction tomorrow."
Evelyn said, “Before you go, you should get me a map. I’ll draw a route for them, and you can have the people go follow it. That way they won’t get lost.”