Year 187 of the Sea Yuan Calendar, late autumn.
The Tulip Islands.
Gloucester, a city in the south of Faletis that had been quiet for a long time, suddenly became lively again.
120 kilometers southeast of it was the city of Hereford of the Kingdom of Ilya, which was also the closest place to the other countries of the Union.
Although the overall natural resources of the Tulip Islands were rich, the distribution was extremely unbalanced, and trade between countries was a rigid demand.
It was not until the tragic "uprising" of the Kingdom of Ilya that navigation between the two sides stopped for the first time, and the scene of ships had disappeared for a full three months.
However.
At this time, the ships that came here were not full of goods after the resumption of trade, but warships flying the flags of Faletis, Tylo, Palos, Thessaly, and the other five member states of the Union.
At least one quasi-legendary warship came with at least a fifth-level warship.
In the "Battle of Benin" that decided the fate of the Kingdom of Tulip, except for the Kingdom of Ilya that had already retired, the Union only had thirty-three battleships.
At this time, a total of forty-five warships came, forming a terrifying joint fleet!
The cloud-like flag fluttered in the sea breeze.
Although it was mainly a compromise model of fourth-level warships, it was enough to see the fear of the new ruler of Ilya.
Although the exiles of the royal family who escaped the palace in advance had been missing, many nobles who saw that the situation was not right, abandoned their manors and land and fled Ilya in advance, but everything there was brought to the allied countries of the Tulip Islands.
A steady stream of information led to the arrival of their masters, and the nobles in the Kingdom of Ilya who were inextricably related to them were miserable. If this kind of government that removed the king and the nobles was exported to the entire Union, it would be terrible.
In the joint fleet, the captain of the "Glory" of Faletis, Major General Dedmon Brand, was the commander of the regular fleet. The one in charge of holding the line was the titled Knight from the Kingdom of Tylo, "Lightning Halberd" Augustus, and an unknown superior wizard.
From the personnel configuration, it was already obvious that they not only wanted to completely remove the capitalist class, but they had also prepared for the distribution of benefits to the big cake of Ilya.
On Ilya's side, long before the coup, he had recalled a large number of warships all over the world to protect the fruits of his "uprising".
After giving up most of their overseas interests and taking back their main fleet, they were full of confidence.
Although some of the remaining Royal Party warships had 'defected' and became the Alliance's guides.
However, a large number of pirates in the Black Sea had changed into military uniforms and became the regular army of the new Ilia Republic. As for the Pirate King 'Octopus Ghost' Huggins, he had become the new Grand Admiral of the Navy.
In the autumn sailing season, when other countries could not give up their overseas interests to strangle Ilya, just looking at the momentum of the fleet, the Republic Army was above the Alliance Army.
Besides.
Three months was enough to expose everything.
The Constituent Assembly, which was dominated by the bourgeoisie, became the highest state organ and established the new "Ilya Republic". Zerom and Wright were naturally elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
As expected of the "free capitalism" that crazily pursued benefits. In order to give back to their own class, the Republic government controlled by them immediately extinguished the traditional aristocratic forces.
A series of bloody legislation was issued to suppress and exploit the third-class civilians who had fought side by side with them to protect the social stability and vested interests of the bourgeoisie.
The new policies that were issued at the beginning were still normal.
The "Religious Bill" granted equal preaching rights. In the spirit of "freedom of belief", it denied the exclusive preaching rights of the "Black Iron Cross Church" on the land of the Republic.
It did not force the civilians to change their religion. After all, they knew that things like belief could not be forced. If they rejected it from the bottom of their hearts, no amount of legislation would work.
However, the "Black Wing Cult" that had obtained official support was developing rapidly. The new title of "God of Capital and Wealth" was enough to attract attention. Moreover, ordinary people did not know what "capital" was, but they knew that "wealth" was a good thing.
However, the second decree revealed the true nature of the situation.
With the victory of the "uprising", although the drought had ended, the nightmare of the peasants had just begun.
Because they directly passed the "Land Enclosure Act" in the form of legislation. With the Constituent Assembly as the leader, they seized the land on a large scale and then "rented" it to the big farmers and big ranchers at a low price.
Whether it was the land that originally belonged to the traditional aristocrats or the ordinary peasants, they did not let go of any land.
Then.
Men, women, the elderly, orphans, and parents began to wander around with their babies. When they used up all their limited money in their wanderings, other than being hanged for theft or begging for food, what else could they do?
If they wandered and begged for food, they would immediately be sent to prison. The factories, ranches, farms, and mines of the bourgeoisie were their final destination.
The third law was "Legislation on Artisans, Workers, Agricultural Servants, and Apprentices".
The law stated that vagrants who were able to work would be arrested and whipped or tied to the back of a carriage until they bled. Then they would be ordered to work and sent back to their homes. If they violated the law twice, they would be whipped and half of their ears would be cut off. If they violated the law a third time, they would be executed.
The law stated that if a vagrant could not find a job within a month, once someone reported him, he would be sentenced to be a slave of the informant. The master had the right to use chains and whips to force him to work. If such a slave escaped for more than 14 days, he would be sentenced to life as a slave and would be branded with an "S" on his forehead or back.
It is prescribed by the Ordinance that all artisans and workmen employed on a daily or weekly basis shall work from the second month to the tenth month of the year, commencing at or before five o'clock in the morning, and continuing until eight o'clock in the evening, excepting the hours for breakfast, lunch, and water, which shall not exceed two and a half hours in a day.
Obviously, even if they were nominally workers and not slaves, they were not much different from slaves.
The first consequence of the lack of macro-control appeared so quickly and violently.
After they directly drove the peasants from the land and converted them into sheep ranches, the current level of productivity of the entire society simply did not prepare enough corresponding jobs.
Even if the wages were extremely meager under the fierce competition, it was still not enough to accommodate so many people.
For the bourgeoisie, this was a happy annoyance, but for the peasants who could not find a job within the stipulated time, it was a nightmare that they would never wake up from.
In three months, a total of 17,000 people were killed. Most of them were traditional nobles and their families who stood in the way of the new class rule, but there was no lack of "idle" vagrants.
The commoners who just thought that they had turned the tide were once again trampled into the mud before they could even celebrate.
Moreover, the business nobles did not have the sense of honor that traditional nobles and Knights had for thousands of years. The only thing missing was the word "cannibalism" directly written on their forehead.
At least they were still human, but now they were just like humans.
Other than creating value for the bourgeoisie, all the human attributes had been stripped clean.
This also gave the Alliance, who had been waiting for three months, a chance.
.....
At this moment.
Elvin and Anita stood side by side on the bow of the "Storm Horn". Through the view of the seabirds, they were constantly monitoring the movements of the diplomatic personnel that had just been sent to the island.
After all, there was a true god behind the bourgeoisie. It was best not to fight if possible. War had always been a means and not an end.
Although he did not release the [Legendary Warship – Miracle Crown] in advance, he had already brought his own people. The power of one person was enough to fight a high-intensity war.
Other than the two Tier 4 monsters and the pirate king whose identity was gradually becoming clear, he did not care about the others.
Previously, he had specially made a trip to the "Eye of the Storm" in the Black Sea to visit the "Raging Waves Church". Although they clearly did not have the ability to control Huggins, they had obtained a lot of information about the pirate king from Faith.
The most important point was the [Legendary Warship – Sea Spirit (Chapter 495)] that he was in charge of! It should also be one of the biggest reasons why they could hold on to the results of the uprising.
When Holy Angel Belanus left with a relaxed expression, he had promised Isabella. In order to support the Kingdom of Faletis, as long as they could build an extraordinary warship, he was willing to spend a huge amount of power to bless them and make them a true legendary warship.
And it just so happened that the treasured tree that was originally used to build the [Sea Sovereign] with a designed displacement of 5,826 tons was still surplus after the [Miracle Crown] with a standard displacement of 2,800 tons was built.
After subtracting the steel components, there was actually a small half of the treasured tree left. Elvin rubbed his chin and was also considering whether to trade it to the kingdom. If he did, what benefits would he get?
Suddenly, Anita tugged at Elvin.
"The negotiation has failed. Prepare for battle!"
.....
The class struggle on the Tulip's side was in full swing. The Shilius Empire, which was only a sea away from them, was not calm at all.
It had been a year and a half since Philip II was crowned emperor and Shilius was promoted to an empire.
It was not known if it was a blessing or a curse.
As a model of totalitarianism, the Shilius Empire did not even have a pitiful handicraft industry, let alone a mature class of bourgeoisie.
It could be said that Shilius was the place furthest away from the scourge of capital, and was also one of the countries in the entire Source Continent that was qualified to watch the show.
But they also had their own problems to deal with.
The old and new religions were at odds with each other, and heads were also rolling.
Philip II set up the "Court of Flames" and issued a "Bloody Edict" that was used to judge and burn heretics. These heretics were basically stubborn believers of the old religion.
Of course, the traditional "Church of Eternal Fire" could not sit still and wait for death. They set up the Inquisition to hunt down the new believers of the "Church of Flames".
The top two factions in the Source Continent were currently in chaos and could not care about each other for the time being.
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