44 The Best Naval Strategis (2/2)
(BM) ”You mean to say that Madam Zheng's skill was badly needed correct? Since our naval strategists aren't exactly on par with the other countries/”
(BC) ”You certainly have done quite a bit of research. You are correct, but we didn't need her skills as badly as you say we did. We could make do with the few great naval strategists we had, but we weren't overly dominating in that field as compared to the likes of the Greeks or the British.”
(BM) ”Is that so? Then who is considered the top naval strategist in the Chinese community?”
(HX) ”It's a bit of a controversial subject at the moment, but it would have to be Madam Zheng plus her two husbands.”
(BM) ”Oh they've got the same surname in mandarin, that's interesting. To the best of my knowledge though Zheng He was given his surname Zheng by the emperor. As for Madam Zheng's case she married into the Zheng Family. So they probably didn't have any blood relations.”
(HX) ”Yes, while that may be the case. Both of them are going at each others throats right now as if they were siblings. In fact, the Vesper group that is suppressing the Forever Pirates are actually headed by Zheng He. He is not happy that he is beneath Madam Zheng when it comes to naval warfare, so using his much older, much richer faction he is suppressing her faction.”
(BM) ”Ah so that's how it is. Zheng He is quite the diplomat, I'm amazed to see him on planet 4 and not on any of the other planets.”
(HX) ”I'm not sure about that but he is a very vengeful person, that reminds me. We are now fairly well off for the naval portion, but our aerial strategists are still a bit lacking in terms of quantity and quality. So if any of us could obtain a super modern military aircraft blueprint then we might be able to shoot up the ranks about as quickly as Madam Zheng.”
(BM) ”Military aircraft? Unfortunately I don't have any. I mainly focused on land and sea machines when I was doing my research. If only my friend Jaxon was here, we would be a lot better off.”
(HX) ”Who is this Jaxon fellow?”
(BM) ”He was an absolutely mediocre and tepid strategist, but he sure was passionate about planes. Knew a great deal about them too. We're getting off topic, for now we should focus on improving our standing with the Chinese community. What's the best way to do that?”
(BC) ”Auctioning off blueprints would be fastest. Then the next best would be to take on a multitude of different tasks for the community. I would say this second one might even work out a bit better for us since two of our members are already elders. We can just tag along with them when they do the tasks that improves your standing the most.”
(HX) ”Yes that works, but keep in mind that if you become an elder this way many people will look down on you as if you bribed your way to the top. Of course, that isn't to say that none of the current elders got their ticket in using this method.”
(BM) ”The politics and diplomacy around here just gets more complicated the more I hear about it. Let's decide on what our course of action should be.”
(BC) ”I believe two of us should tag along with Guan Yu and Yue Fei when they do some of the higher ranking tests and the other one will make blueprints or practice simulations on a sort of rotational basis.”
(HX) ”That idea's not bad. However, I think we should only tag along with Yue Fei and Guan Yu up until the point where we are allowed to test the newcomers of planet 4.”
(BM) ”Oh, that must be what Yue Fei was doing to me when I first got here.”
(HX) ”That is correct. You should count yourself lucky that you didn't encounter someone else.”
(BM) ”Why's that?”
(HX) ”Most of the upper echelon aren't nice people. Sure they may seem welcoming and thoughtful, but you should be wary of them. They all have hidden agendas.”
(BM) ”I see. Well, let's go with that then. I think that is a brilliant idea. Let's go inform Guan Yu and Yue Fei and we can get started soon.”