"Sister, the merchant ship has not brought enough things back in recent times." Anna looked at Elsa with some concern. She was not worried about whether the civilians in the territory had enough supplies, but about Elsa's fatigue.

Aisha frowned and looked at Anna and asked, "Anna, what's wrong? Didn't you let the merchant ship bring enough silver coins?"

"Sister, it's not about money. I heard from the businessman who came back that they can't even use it even if they have money." Anna answered Elsa's question, thinking of the strange expression when the businessman reported to her at that time.

"You can't even use money? That's a big deal. The businessman said he didn't say what was going on?" Aisha's frown became even tighter.

Thinking about the merchant’s report to her, Anna replied to Aisha: “Sister, I heard from the merchant back that the lords on the mainland seem to be storing food for the winter, and there is no excess to sell.”

"Hmph~!" After hearing Anna's answer, Aisha snorted and said angrily: "What is the reserved food for the winter? I think this is an excuse, and I don't know what these people are trying to do?"

"Sister, what should I do if there is not enough food?" Anna hesitated for a moment, and finally asked this question.

In fact, Anna didn't want to ask. She didn't want to add to the trouble to her sister, but she knew that Elsa would definitely notice it, it was just a matter of time.

"Oh, send out the food in the castle." Elsa waved her hand, stopped what Anna wanted to say, and sighed, "Leave enough of the amount of our sisters this year, and send out the rest."

"Yes, my sister." Anna saw Aisha's firm eyes and knew that no matter how much she persuaded her, she had to sigh secretly.

Just as Anna was about to withdraw, a guard suddenly broke into the hall: "Lord, I found a large number of sea boats coming from the west."

"A large number of sea ships? Are they merchant ships? How many?" Aisha felt very wrong when she learned that a large number of sea ships were coming, but she still felt a little lucky.

The guard replied respectfully: "The Lord Returns to the Lord, it is not a merchant ship. According to the fishermen who fled back, they are all warships, with more than thirty ships."

Aisha was about to speak when another guard ran into the door: "Lord Qi, you found a large number of warships in the southwest direction."

"King Lord Qi, I found a large number of pirates in the south." Another guard ran into the hall.

Elsa looked at the three guards kneeling in a row in the hall, a little at a loss, and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

When Anna saw Elsa who was a little panicked, she asked the guards one after another: "How many warships are there in the southwest? How many ships are there in the pirates?"

"Return to Miss Second, forty or fifty warships were found in the southwest direction."

"There are also forty or fifty pirates in the south."

The guard's answer surprised Anna. If it were just fifty or sixty warships from the west, the Ice and Snow Island could still deal with it, but the total of more than one hundred warships in the three directions made Anna start to panic.

"I understand, you guys go out first." Anna looked at Aisha who was silent. After all the guards went out, she hurriedly said: "Sister, what should I do with more than 100 warships?"

Elsa looked at Anna who was panicked and calmed down. She hurriedly said to Anna: "Anna, don't be anxious, go and assemble warships, whether they are fishing boats or merchant ships, use them all."

"What should I do with that soldier? Even if there are ships, there are not so many soldiers?" Anna saw Elsa calm down, took a few deep breaths and calmed down.

Elsa frowned and thought for a while, "Call up civilians. I believe that at this time, civilians will definitely stand up to defend their homes."

"Yes, my sister." Anna immediately took the order and said, "I also believe that civilians are 'willed' to stand up and defend their homes."

Anna has made up her mind that no matter whether the civilians want to do so or not, they must be "willed" at this time!

...

In just a few hours, Alf's ominous premonition came true.

When Alf saw the chaotic streets from the pier, he heard a large number of enemies coming to invade, and he knew it was not good.

Not long after, a large number of soldiers appeared on the street and began to read out the orders of Lord Lord, ordering all fishing boats and merchant ships to be collected, and young and strong civilians were summoned to meet the enemy to defend their homes.

Not long after reading the order, the soldiers scattered and began to recruit civilians from house to house.

A soldier and several familiar fishermen waved to Alf and Christoph, "You two are fishermen, have been recruited, come with me."

The two looked at each other without saying anything, picked up the harpoon and followed the soldiers. Alf said to a familiar fisherman: "Cliranf, are you here too?"

"It's Alf and Christoph." Cliranf greeted the two of them a little, then stopped talking, but followed the soldiers to the next house.

Seeing that the number of people behind him was almost the same, the soldiers led nearly twenty fishermen behind him to the dock and pointed to a sea boat and said, "Go up."

...

"Captain Bernie, you send someone to ask these warships, what are you doing in our Ice and Snow Island?" Aisha ordered the old Knight following behind her.

The two armies faced the seas near the Ice and Snow Island. More than 100 large and small ships gathered on the Ice and Snow Island, facing the Fifth Regiment of Warships with clear boundaries in front, guarding them with their backs to the Ice and Snow Island.

"Yes, Lord Lord." Knight Bernie was the leader of the Knight when Elsa and Anna's two sisters were lords, and he has always been loyal to the Arnald family.

Captain Bernie sent five small boats to inquire, but the news brought by the return of the small boat made Elsa lose the last bit of luck.

"Sister, I didn't expect these people to really fall in love with the silver mine on our island." Anna looked at the warship opposite with anger.

"Lord, Lord, these people were watching the Ice and Snow Island when Lord Arnard was there, but because Lord Arnard and his conventional restrictions, they dared not act." Knight Bernie slowly told some past events.

"Is this what we two sisters can bully?" Aisha was so angry that she wanted to laugh. Although she knew that these territories dared to attack Ice and Snow Island was probably because the current Continental Convention had expired, she was still very angry.

"Captain Bernie, prepare for war." Elsa saw the warships opposite him start to charge, and gave the order to prepare for battle with a cold face.

"Yes, Lord Lord." After receiving the order, Knight Bernie issued an order to prepare for battle to the fleet.

After Bernie issued the order, he saw that there was still some time, so he suggested: "Lord, second lady, you should go back to the castle, it is very dangerous at sea."

"No, Knight Bernie, if the naval battle fails, where are we two sisters staying?" Elsa shook her head gently, knowing the other party's concerns, and said, "Just just keep in command, don't worry about our two sisters. Anyway, the other party dare not do anything to me, the lord."

Elsa's last words are purely self-comfort. Since the war began in the south, there have been many lords who died unexpectedly due to war over the years.

But the previous sentence is very reasonable. If the naval battle fails, the castle will not be able to stop the opponent's mobilization.

Bernie knew this, and after a few persuasion, he stopped caring about Elsa and his sisters, and focused on commanding the fleet to welcome the next battle.
Chapter completed!