"In that case, my lords, happy cooperation! I'll take my leave first. "
"Mr. Diego, happy cooperation. Goodbye."
Watching the ordinary-looking but shrewd mysterious guest and his extraordinary follower walk out of the reception room of Orange Leaf Castle under the personal guidance of the Marquis, Elvin slowly fell into deep thought.
Today, coincidentally, he had finalized the construction plan for the first phase of the railway project with his father-in-law early in the morning.
At present, the new continent was rich in natural resources and everything was cheap.
Pine trees used as rail sleepers were boundless on this continent, and even hundred-year-old trees could be seen everywhere. After the Volkan Metals Company received the kingdom's arms purchase order, it began to expand its scale and production capacity continued to increase. It didn't cost much to design low-end rails with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.
Moreover, in a sparsely populated territory, all the land was his own, so there was no need to talk about land expropriation. Occasionally, the wooden attachments on the ground were even cheaper.
The only thing missing was manpower. It was fine to get some Anuma slaves to do the carrying work. If they were directly involved in the construction of the railway, Elvin wouldn't dare to ride on the steam locomotive running on that railway.
In addition.
With 60 million gold lions in his hands, it was enough for him to establish or complete the acquisition of various major livelihood industries in the Far Sail Territory, Georgia, and Buffalo territories, laying a good foundation for the economic order in the territory.
Then, he could rest assured that he would attract investors from all over the world and accept them to enter with golden notes.
However, although Mr. Diego, who had just left, was indeed a powerful businessman, he did not come for investment because he was optimistic about the development of his territory.
He was actually a smuggler from the overlord of the sea, the Shilius Empire. He was a longtime partner of Marquis Duke and one of the big customers of the Mercury United Trading Company.
Just the sales he contributed was close to 30% of the trading company's total sales.
However, in business, merchants were all profit-driven animals.
The merchants of Shilius, represented by Diego, didn't mind reselling a large number of cheap products from foreign industrial countries. They mercilessly destroyed their own pitiful low-end handicrafts and filled their pockets.
Although Shilius's financial situation had indeed been poor in recent years, the nobles had been extravagant for nearly a hundred years. Even though society was severely divided, it still did not prevent the upper echelons from reducing their indulgence.
A high-ranking official in the trade department of the Shilius Empire had even publicly declared:
"Let the tulips be content to produce woolen fibres, and Atlan be content to produce striped cloth, and the New World be content to produce beaver skins, dyes, and sugar; and the Peacock Islands be content to produce silk and ceramics.
The only proof is that all the industrialized countries are training skilled workers for Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz is the emperor of all the countries. The whole world serves him, and he doesn't need to serve anyone! "
It was the same this time. Mercury's partner had received a new order.
If it were an ordinary item, he wouldn't have needed to come here in person. But this time, the order was for a Transcendent weapon to deal with the "spiritual tide"!
The source of the order was none other than the headquarters of the New Shilius Vice-Royal District.
The little smuggler, by dint of his boldness, may not know his next meal.
However, the smugglers who could stand for a long time were all extremely skilled. Mr. Diego, who was most likely related to the Imperial Army, was obviously the latter.
What he wanted was a large-scale deployment of holy salt bombs, sword oil, and coral steel weapons in Faletis and even in the entire Tulip Alliance's colonies …
Although the effects were similar, as the world's number one military power, it was not that they could not take out something with similar effects. Both the Church of Flames and the School of Curses could provide a portion of it.
However, the cost of large-scale long-term use still had to be considered.
The mass-produced weapons in Elvin's hands were definitely not the most effective, but they were most likely the most cost-effective in the entire New World at present. Moreover, the freight was cheap. All they had to do was follow the Isthmus of Balvoa to the West Coast.
In the end, Elvin … Agreed to this arms smuggling against the enemy country.
Shilius's ruling order in the New World would collapse, but it shouldn't be now, and it shouldn't be because of the raging "ghosts".
In this situation where the spiritual tide was constantly erupting, empty land was of no value to anyone. It was better to let Shilius occupy those territories, and then he could continue to suck blood through the smuggling trade.
It was just like how Shilius first robbed the systemically organized Azik and Kumar Empires, not a group of scattered hunting tribes.
Moreover.
Apart from the 'Dismemberment Plan', which was the final step to instigate conflict and conflict within Shilius, the 'Blood Loss Plan', which was led by the privateers, and the 'Trade War', which was led by the smugglers, had been steadily progressing.
Elvin naturally wouldn't reject money. Arms smuggling had always been one of the most profitable trades, and he didn't have to worry about the backlash from these weapons that only targeted spirits.
When dealing with the kingdom, he still had to consider morality, but when dealing with Shilius, he didn't have to treat himself badly.
During the conversation, Olivia, who had also stayed to listen in, sat down beside Elvin and poured him a new cup of tea.
"It seems that Shilius is indeed under a lot of pressure. At the end of last year, after giving up on a large area of the mining area and frantically retreating a thousand kilometers, the vacuum in the middle has been reclaimed by some natural spirits and Atreans.
All of them are the richest lands in the New World. Should we get a hand in it? "
Elvin pinched the space between his eyebrows and thought for a while. In the end, he shook his head.
"Although the territory is currently doing well, we shouldn't take too big of a step. Even if we have the strength to spare for now, the inland areas are still too dangerous for production and construction. The distance and defense costs are too high.
Besides, the resources in the midwest aren't urgent for us yet. Let's stabilize our foundation first. A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. "
On the path of Transcendence, one had to know restraint. It was the same for territory management.
.....
Time passed quickly.
With the arrival of spring in year 188 of the Sea Origin Calendar, the navigable season of the Black Sea had arrived as promised.
Whoosh —
A huge fleet of forty-three ships, mostly flying the flag of Faletis, was leaving the Testa Current and sailing from north to south.
On the deck of the fourth-rate battleship that was the flagship of the escort fleet.
A young man in a colonel's uniform and a burly Knight in heavy armor were leaning against the bulwark, chatting very familiarly.
"… Ilya's ready-made model is already there. I heard that the 'Blackwing Cult' is already fanning the flames everywhere. Most of the kingdoms on the continent have their own titled Knight, but the smaller duchies and marquisates don't."
"That's right. This is also a problem that the Church is also worried about."
"Knight Ambrose, have the members of the Constitutional Assembly who were escorted to the Tulip Duchy been sentenced?"
"Well, although the official sentence hasn't been announced yet, it is said that Speaker Zerom will be beheaded. The others will probably be hanged. In fact, there is no difference other than it being slightly more dignified.
After all, they wiped out the entire noble class of Ilya. If they continue to live, the kings of the alliance will not agree. "
Although the rebellion war had already passed a few months ago, and their identities were respectively the Iron Wall Knight and the Violet Eyes Wizard who belonged to the Church, they were very concerned about this matter.
This was also a constant topic of discussion among the upper class of the kingdom in recent months.
"Anthony."
A beautiful lady of about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing a green dress with her hair tied up in a bun, dressed as a married woman, walked onto the deck and called out softly.
Looking back at his beautiful new wife, the young officer with short hair smiled warmly.
"Dilis."
If Elvin were here, he would definitely recognize these people as his old friends who he hadn't seen for a long time.
They had carried out several missions together. Although they didn't have any personal relationship, Captain Ambrose of the Church's "Iron Wall Knight" respected his character very much.
In addition to the "Iron Wall Knight" Ambrose, who had been promoted to the third level of the Grand Knight, there was also a team of twelve official Knights under his command.
The mission description of the Church was: Due to the deteriorating living environment in the New World, the pious lambs of the Goddess needed stronger protection, so the power of the colony was strengthened.
As for whether or not this was really the case, no one knew …
The other two were Anthony and Dilis, the first friends that Elvin made after he joined the "Violet Eyes." Only Alba was missing.
Suddenly.
The lookout on the mainmast shouted, "Look!
That's the Montague Lighthouse of Long Island. We've arrived at the New World. "
At this moment, a line of black land appeared at the end of the vast blue waves in the distance. A tall lighthouse stood at the top of the peninsula.
Looking at that place, many people in the ocean fleet that had just crossed the Black Sea cheered loudly.
"We're finally here!"
"I'm coming to the New World! Oh! "
“.....”
Especially the hundreds of Ilya refugees who were distributed on several merchant ships in the fleet, when they thought of the hardships they had to go through to get here from their hometown, they burst into tears.
"Gold, silver, land, this is our future home."
The Montague Lighthouse at the easternmost point of Long Island was also known as the "Morning Star Lighthouse." It had been established since Buffalo was first built and had a history of decades.
This lighthouse was the guiding light for all the Dream Seekers who migrated to the New World. As long as they saw this lighthouse, it meant that they were about to land on the New World and start the "beautiful" new life of their dreams.
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