Kingdom of Faletis, St. James Palace.
The weather in Bechler was neither hot nor cold at the beginning of April. The warm sunlight shone through the beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows into the small parlor at the side of the garden, giving the two people who were enjoying afternoon tea a layer of bright golden edges.
"My wise and mighty His Majesty Garriott, how many times has this been? 'Octopus Ghost' Huggins, 'Titular Ghoul' Pikeman's clone, Titled Knight 'Fire of Thorns' Balvoa, and this time the Tier 4 [Creep].
Other than [Kingdom Destroyer], titles such as [Titled Killer] and [Tier 4 Slayer] might soon be on your head, hehehe … "
Waving away the young and beautiful palace maids, Levina, wearing a crown and a low-cut red dress with lotus leaf sleeves, smiled as she personally poured Elvin a cup of black tea specially provided by the royal family, and added milk and a slice of lemon for him.
Elvin picked up the exquisite porcelain teacup and took a sip. Although he preferred the original taste, these two additional condiments were still acceptable. Of course, Her Majesty the Queen's personal service was indispensable as well.
"Hehe, beautiful Queen Levina, the New World is far away from the core area of the Church's rule. This time, we have attracted a lot of firepower to the kingdom. Although the loss of manpower is not great, the loss of wealth is extremely disastrous … "
Seeing Levina, who was smiling just a moment ago, immediately put on a defensive posture and quickly covered her towering chest, as if she was going to defend her purse with her life, Elvin pursed his lips.
"Tsk, I don't want financial compensation, but how is the discussion of the Immigration Bill that I mentioned to you before?"
Her Majesty the Queen regained her composure. As long as it was not about money, everything was fine. In this day and age, the landlord did not have any extra food. She coughed lightly and scooped a spoonful of caramel pudding for afternoon tea and stuffed it into her mouth.
"I was just about to talk to you about this. Now that most of the land in Ilya has been divided by us, most of it has been turned into excellent sheep pasture, and the number of workers in the country has greatly decreased.
The bill you proposed, I've already discussed it with Tylo's Magnus III. It's completely feasible.
The mainland had issued a mandatory administrative order that every merchant ship traveling between the New World and the Old World would have to bring along a portion of the Ilya immigrants. This could also be used to offset taxes when the New World docked at the port.
In theory, it shouldn't be a problem to reach the immigration scale of at least one million people in ten years, and this doesn't include the independent immigration population. "
"That's good. The Tulip Family's main ethnic population is still too small. There was no problem in the short term, but it would be troublesome to adjust when the population was out of balance. By the way, what do you think of the matter that the Holy Angel mentioned? "
With the complete decline of the Kingdom of Ilia and the rise of the Duchy of Garot, the Kingdom of Faletis, the Kingdom of Tyro, and the Duchy of Garot had become the new troika in the seven-nation alliance of the Tulip Family.
According to Holy Angel Belinus, in order to deal with the unknown changes on the side of the God of Black Wings, they needed to push forward the trend of "great navigation" and the "steam industrial revolution" with all their strength. Naturally, they could only rely on the three strongest families.
"Well, there is no big problem with the industrial layout of our steam industrial development.
Moreover, since you proposed that 'productivity' fundamentally determines the production relationship, mother and His Holiness the Pope have contacted Mr. Menon Watt, the chief wizard of the 'School of Alchemy', through the president of Princeton.
His interests are exactly the same as ours, and he is a powerful force that we can rely on.
The most important problem now is that if we want to continue the 'steam industrial revolution', we need a huge supply of raw materials and a dumping market! "
Levina's beautiful appearance could not hide her outstanding ability as an excellent monarch. Glancing at Elvin who was listening attentively, Levina continued.
"So I think that 'great navigation' and the 'steam industrial revolution' are actually two sides of the same coin.
My idea is that the trend and the transformation into power is mainly divided into two parts: one is the overall exploration territory of mankind, and the other is the territory controlled by the Tulip Family under the Goddess.
There are also two routes in front of us: one is the Shattered Star Sea that mankind has yet to explore on a large scale on the Western Front, and the other is the Peacock Islands that we have yet to explore on the Eastern Front. "
Originally, Levina was only limited by the limitations of this era. She did not have Elvin's knowledge and vision, but after being slightly enlightened, she was immediately able to draw inferences about other things.
It was completely worthy of her more than twenty years of hard work and hard work. As a teammate, she was completely qualified.
"I have already prepared to take advantage of the internal strife in Shilius to launch the military's plan to control the Eritrean sea route.
Didn't you transform the thirty third-class and above battleships into five Calvary heavy-armored cruisers? Together with the three that have already been launched, we will have a total of eight cruisers.
I will move the entire Donglun branch company to the Peacock Islands, starting with ocean trade and intelligence collection, to prepare in advance to take down that place.
We will cut off the gold and silver mines of the New World, split the tax source of the Kingdom of Frisia, and cut off the Peacock Islands' benefits to Shilius. This overlord of the sea will be like a tiger that has lost its claws, and it will be difficult for it to show off its power.
'Royalty of the sea' will also become a worthy title for the goddess! "
Elvin stared at Levina, who spoke with fervor and assurance, and smiled. Her Majesty's white jade-like face was shining, and at this moment, it bloomed with a brilliance that belonged only to her. It was truly stunning.
"Mm, not bad, not bad. I also approve of the confluence of navigation and the steam industry, as well as this strategy for the east-west route. There is no problem in using it as a guide for our next step. "
Receiving Elvin's praise, Levina's rosy lips curled up, and she could not help but feel inexplicably happy.
Of course, it felt good to have a godly teammate, but the pressure was not small. However, this queen did not notice at all that when she faced Elvin now, she had unconsciously placed herself in a … lower position.
"After some time, the dukedom will once again organize an exploratory exploration of the Shattered Star Sea. I am very curious about what is in the 'Shattered Star Sea' that the Holy Angel mentioned, and of course, the more the better.
Hey, look, a pinnacle Transcendent has appeared on the battlefield. "
Actually.
Elvin's main body was still in the dukedom, busy dealing with the aftermath left behind by the "titular monster" and the "Angel of Disease". It was after receiving Levina's message that "the battle situation has changed" that he finally took the time to cast his attention back to the battlefield in the Old Continent.
In fact, the whole world had already focused their attention on this place, and they were eating the "Frisian War of Independence", a once-in-a-century melon. For the time being, no one paid attention to the small turmoil in the New Continent and the "Evangelical Church" that suddenly abandoned evil and turned to good.
At this time, across the Lamanche Strait, which was only 240 kilometers wide from the eastern border of the Tulip Kingdom.
In the sky outside Antwerp, six figures had already quietly stood above the clouds, avoiding the eyes and ears of mortals.
They were the pinnacle Transcendents belonging to the Shilius Empire and the Low Countries Republic respectively.
Whoosh!
The atmosphere was a little tense.
Except for the "Fire of Thorns" who died in battle, the other three Titled Knights, the "Supreme Knight," the "Iron Furnace," and the "Bone Crusher" were all here.
Amongst them, the 'Paramount Knight' and the 'Steel Smelting Furnace' had already nurtured their own Titled Sacred Weapons and were ranked amongst the strongest amongst Conferred Knights.
On the side of the Low Countries Republic, just like what Elvin had analyzed for Levina, the leader was also an orthodox human Titled Knight.
The "Northern White Wind", Gultesteele, looked like a middle-aged man with short ice-blue hair. No one knew his specific age, but he was a powerful Transcendent who had been active in the Northern Islands for many years.
It was not surprising that a Titled Knight, who had been arranged by the "God of Black Wings" for a long time, appeared in the Icelandic country. That place had been rich in pirates since ancient times, and when they were at their most rampant, the bloody shadow shrouded the coastal waters of the mainland for four centuries.
It was normal to have a large number of potential believers of the "God of Black Wings."
Behind him, of course, were the followers of the ancient gods.
One of them was a tall and thin Titled Devil with a pale face who had participated in the Ilya Independence War. He was the ghoul under the "Cold Monarch", the "Mocking Tunnel Forager", Pikeman.
The other one was a slightly plump young man with pale skin, hair, and clothes other than green eyes. He was the descendant of the ancient gods under the "Angel of Justice", the "Azure Beast", Latopetsia.
Logically speaking, under the current ruling order of the Old Continent, those who were not Titled Knight had no right to stand on the stage.
However, the original meaning of the "Seven Gods Staircase" and the Titled Knight's existence was to protect the rule of the true gods on the Source Continent. Now that a true god had personally come down, how could he be restrained by the rules he had set?
Just like the so-called "free trade" that the beautiful country always talked about, when one had an advantage in international trade, one had to do their best to protect it. When one was in a disadvantageous position, it was not much better than a piece of toilet paper. Yes, it was the kind that had been used.
After the true god's incarnation, the "Angel of Prosperity", had shown his determination to the "Eternal Fire", such a small matter was obviously far from the level of a joint crusade by the gods.
In fact, other true gods who were not of the "Humanized Priesthood" had already started to prepare to establish a new diplomatic relationship with the "God of Capital and Wealth", who was transforming into an orthodox god.
The "turning over a new leaf" of an evil god's leader was also something that the gods of nature were happy to see.
This was because a person's thoughts were changeable and it was very possible for them to be different from what they appeared to be. However, the path of a god determined his future style of doing things. The two priesthoods, "Capital" and "Wealth", did not seem to have any strong offensive power.
Compared to the "Unjust War", "Atrocity", "Plunder", and "Theft" of the past, it was a million times better.
On the tallest tower in the city, there was already a group of people in power who were dressed in luxurious clothes gathered.
"Your Excellency, do you think the pinnacle Extraordinaires can stop the enemy's Titled Knight?"
When the war of independence began, the capitalists represented by the big bankers had already announced the establishment of a country and renamed the Kingdom of Frisia as the "Lowland Republic".
The chairman of the executive committee of the Netherland Bank, the saint of the "God of Capital and Wealth", William Orange, had become the first acting speaker of the parliament of the "Lowland Republic".
If he led the war of independence to victory, he would be fully deserving of the title of "Father of the Nation".
Looking around at the worried faces of the crowd, the saint was full of confidence.
"If there are only two forces, the Shilius Empire and us, then it is indeed possible that the war will only end completely when one side falls or can no longer afford to drag on.
However, there is a powerful enemy, the Tulip Alliance, eyeing the throne of the Shilius Empire at any time.
As long as we show strength and determination, and bring out a deterrent force that can hurt them, the Shilius Empire will not fight to the death with us. Philip II does not want to see the loss of his pinnacle combat power more than we do.
We can even rely on the economic foundation and the support of the foreign members of the "Eye of Wealth" to bring down the economy of the Shilius Empire and let this outwardly strong but inwardly weak country declare bankruptcy.
In this war, the Lowland Republic can afford it! "
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