Pioneering

In the spring of the 17th year of Yaxia.

The Fritz Empire and the Hero Empire of the Mid-Continent took the lead. The two empires and the eight kingdoms signed the "Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression of the Mid-Continent". The monarchs of various countries swore an oath to the sky, made an alliance with their blood, and swore an oath in the name of their respective gods. Within ten years, Absolute non-aggression.

When the two empires reap the benefits from Asia, everyone will be divided into eighty-two, eight for the two empires, and two for the Eight Kingdoms.

The two great empires both sent 40 to [-] troops to go on expeditions thousands of miles away. The eight great kingdoms only had to provide part of the supplies and could earn [-]% of the profits, which was already a huge profit.

As for not being able to win, it means that the two empires have stumbled. Spending a little money can make the two big brothers who are weighing on them cripple their muscles and bones, and the Eight Kingdoms will laugh to death.

What's more, no one thinks that the Fritz Empire and the Hero Empire can't win if they join forces.

His Majesty Arthur is a demigod, so how could he not win?
What, an accident?What a surprise, you big-headed ghost!If you dare to speak badly about me in China, you must have taken Yaxia's 50 gold dollars!Fork it out!

So the ten kings opened the champagne in advance, discussed the plan to divide Asia's interests, and happily ended the meeting.

Regardless of signing anything, Leon and Arthur were afraid that the Eight Kingdoms would join forces to cause trouble. Fortunately, they cut off a small part of the unobtained benefits and dragged them into the water.

This can also share some of the cost of labor expeditions.

After all, although the Eight Kingdoms alone are a trivial problem for the two empires, the eight kingdoms that have been married for generations can almost be said to be close relatives. Together they are slightly weaker than the Hero Empire and comparable to the Fritz Empire. .

Over the years, every time the two empires expanded their territory in the direction of the Eight Kingdoms, the other kingdoms would join forces to launch a multi-front counterattack. Fighting one would be equivalent to fighting eight, which was very united and difficult to deal with.

Moreover, in recent years, the Eight Kingdoms have faced the shadow of the two empires. Under the huge survival crisis, they have worked together to shed more baggage and carry out reforms to imitate the power of Yaxia.

Apart from anything else, the Eight Kingdoms also wanted to develop new firearms and train the Yunqi Corps quietly passed down by their gods. The two empires that had many penetrations of them knew that these were eight poor and unruly ghosts.

Although Yaxia is obviously not easy to deal with, he is rich!

Yaxia is rich and powerful!

Every year, we watch Yaxia businessmen making money all over the continent with all kinds of cheap goods. Who doesn’t know Yaxia Fu?
Especially the God of Wealth. The lower levels are blocked and they don’t know that praying to Him can be exchanged for the opportunity to use magic and turn stone into gold. The top level naturally knows it.

Not only know, but some high-level people are quite afraid.

The opportunities brought by wealth should be monopolized by us nobles. How can you share them with those lowly people?This is the idea of ​​​​nobility.

How can you bribe believers with such a lack of martial ethics?You are despicably humiliating your faith and must be severely punished!This is what the church clergy thought.

This is why the two empires would rather attack Yashai to divert the conflict than choose the Eight Kingdoms, which are just around the corner.

Leon took this opportunity to meet with Arthur with [-] Yun Qi Legions, and jointly negotiated and formulated a battle plan, dividing the battle into two parts: the first part of "Wrath of the Earth" (the Fritz Empire from the end of the Attacking the south of Asshai from the direction of the Ridge Mountains) and the second part of the "Storm Expedition" (the Heroic Empire attacked the southwest of Asshai via the Kingdom of Amos).

For the sake of mutual trust between the two parties, Arthur generously offered to let his first heir go to Fritz as a proton.Leon marveled at the magnanimity of Emperor Arthur and said that he could also let his biological father go to the Hero Empire for vacation.

"As expected, he is indeed a legendary emperor. His demigod power is so coveted!" Leon looked at Arthur who was younger than himself and looked away with envy.

"Your Majesty has spread faith in His Majesty the Mother Goddess of the Earth. The future is promising, and it is not difficult for him to be a demigod." A man in religious robes said, "It's just that your Majesty's brother has not yet converted to the Church and is still causing trouble in the country. The wind stirs up the rain, so we are going on an expedition at this time... Isn't it too eager?"

"Oh," Leon sneered, "Don't you just want to say that someone will lead the way for my elder brother and set off a rebellion?

Rebellion is good, but without rebellion I would still be tied up. Only by rebellion can I have a chance to show off my talents!The methods that can be used to deal with the enemy and one's own people are different. "

"You...could it be..."

"Hey, a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on, isn't it." Leon said darkly,
"hiss……"

"How are the materials prepared?" Leon asked.

"The war in the country has just subsided, and we have to travel thousands of miles on an expedition. I'm a little nervous..."

Leon waved his hand and signaled not to tell me any difficulties: "Then print another batch of atonement scrolls and sell them to the Western Continent. That Carl has received the glory of the Mother Earth Goddess, and he deserves to pay more! The benefits to the royal family and the church are five Five cents!”

"it is good……"

……

Western Continent, Kingdom of Mod.

"Archbishop Karl, do you really want to do this?" Princess Nosha, no, Queen Nosha asked with a doubtful expression on her face.

“This must be done. Faith is for salvation, and believers also believe in order to be saved.

And now look what the churches are doing?Collecting money, robbing, slaanesh, drinking... people's beliefs are no longer pure.

If this continues, humans will be abandoned by the gods again.The doomsday judgment and the flood that submerges everything will come again! "At this time, Karl was wearing a dark yellow archbishop's robe, a high hat with double peaks on the front and back, holding a staff, and he spoke like a magician.

"But this is too..." Queen Nosa, who had skin as good as snow and strong muscles, was rarely hesitant.

"Your Majesty, you don't want everyone's hard-earned money and food to be replaced by scraps of paper, do you? Then why are you planning to strengthen the country and strengthen the army, and what do you expect to avenge your fiancé?
Even from a personal standpoint, you should be happy that we have fallen out with the Church of the Mother Earth in the Central Continent. " Carl said.

"But, will God..."

Carl explained: "Your Majesty only cares about whether you can bring yourself more and purer beliefs, and don't care who provides these beliefs, do you understand?

When I was just a wild priest, because of my devout faith, I obtained the gift from the crown of the Mother Earth. I successfully completed the promotion through potions and was able to exert the same magical power as Fritz's church headquarters. It can be seen that your Majesty does not care about the identity of the believers. "

"Then, let's do it."

Almost at the same time as the Ten Kingdoms Alliance in the Central Continent, Archbishop Karl Hynes of the Western Continent branch church of the Kingdom of Mod in the Western Continent, Carl Hynes, wrote a "37 Theses of Faith" calling on the churches and royal families of all countries in the Western Continent. Both the people and the people have a deep understanding of the beliefs of the gods, and do not let false desires tarnish the glory of the gods. It is explicitly declared that selling items such as atonement scrolls is blasphemy and...

The shocking slogan of the religious reform was spread throughout the Western Continent by Karl through cheap propaganda posters.

There is no way, if you can only do one thing by yourself, then being a heretic will definitely bring you no good fruits. But once everyone becomes a heretic, there will be no more heretics.

Karl’s main points are:

Justification by faith alone: ​​Personal salvation should not depend on fulfilling church rituals and behavioral norms, but should be justified through devout faith. Everyone can enter the kingdom of God through devout faith.Criticizing corruption and opposing indulgences: He opposed the church's attempt to gain wealth by selling indulgences (certificates of forgiveness), believing that this was a deception of believers, and called on the church to return to pure faith and fulfill its spiritual responsibilities.

Doctrine authority and everyone can worship God: Restore the supreme authority of the doctrine, not the authority of the church. Believers should directly study the doctrine, follow the doctrine, and directly worship the gods.

Against judicial and tax privileges: Against the privileges and special status of ecclesiastics.All believers are equal before gods, and priests' indifference to believers and excessive enjoyment are immoral.

All in all, it is a call for "fairness" and "justice", "everyone is equal under the gods", "the secular should be secular, and faith should be religious".

For a time, the monarchs of various countries who had been suffering for a long time were ready to take action.

Without the church competing with me for worldly power, that would be... great!

But the nobles who feared the gods did not dare to take the lead in the charge after all, but chose to wait and see what happened.

One day, two days... a month passed, and I found out that Carl Hynes was still alive and well. The nobles suddenly seemed to have broken some shackles, and they were extremely smooth.

Soon, several kingdoms that also believed in the Earth Mother announced that they would follow up on the religious reform.

Then the Kingdom of Anacent, which believed in Poseidon, also began its religious reform.After all, both the royal power and the religious power were in his hands. Once he made the judgment that secularization would be beneficial to Anason in the long run, Anason's enthusiasm for reform was always very high.

Then there is the kingdom that believes in the God of Wisdom. Under the glory of the God of Wisdom, wizards live very well. The existence of the Church of Wisdom is as scarce as the God of Wisdom, and there is not much difference in whether it is reformed or not.

The kingdoms that believe in the God of Vacuum have almost the same religious and royal power. They are wary of each other because of this matter, and friction gradually escalates.

The kingdoms that believed in the Lord of the Underworld, headed by Hellena, all had religious power greater than royal power. However, because of this incident, the Church of Hades also became interested in royal power, and the cooperation between the two parties became unhappy.

For a time, the Western Continent was in turmoil due to the "Religious Reform", and the waves were so strange that even the flames of war subsided.

But this is just the calm before the storm.

……

In the Southern Continent, Fried Enns, an Asshai merchant introduced by Orpheus, has become the Finance Minister of the Cullman Empire with his unique knowledge of economy and industry.

Thanks to his dedicated efforts, a large number of "hidden men" sneaked into the Cullman Empire. In order to realize Jin Yiwei's long-term layout, he worked hard to develop the Cullman Empire.

The Cullman Empire developed rapidly and prospered in the fields of industry, commerce, law and other fields. For a time, it showed a development momentum comparable to that of the Achaemenid Empire that believed in the God of Fire.

Fried not only subtly infiltrated Kuhlman under Zhong Ming's instructions, but also constantly instigated the relationship between Kuhlman and Achaemenid. Recently, he even disrupted the marriage between the two countries, causing the two countries to have trouble. The prince and princess broke up unhappy.

Now, he plans to do something cruel. For example, if the Achaemenid prince who rushed to the Cullman Empire for a blind date died suddenly in the Cullman Empire...

In the spring of the 16th year of Asshai, in the southern continent, the Achaemenid Empire wanted to marry the Cullman Empire. The princess of the Cullman Empire disliked the appearance of the Achaemenid Empire prince and publicly rejected and ridiculed his appearance.

The third Achaemenid prince became angry and tried to rape Princess J Cullman after being drunk. Fortunately, he was discovered and stopped by Mr. Fried, the finance minister, and was deported within a time limit.

During the departure process, the third Achaemenid prince was attacked, and a group of them died suddenly in the Cullman Empire. The words "Despicable people who insult the spirit of chivalry shall be punished!" appeared on the scene, which was suspected to be Cullman. The work of the princess' suitors.

The Achaemenid emperor who received the news was furious and declared war on the Kurman Empire.

The remaining three empires also began intense alignment and diplomacy, as well as the necessary arms race.

The smoke of gunpowder also rose into the sky in the southern continent...

……

Eastern Continent.

In order to cope with the dry environment, the Vando Empire wanted to devote all its efforts to building an artificial river thousands of miles long.

This river is regarded by Vando as the river of life in the future. However, recently, the construction of river channels has been frequently damaged, resulting in many floods caused by bursting of banks.

It happened that the Qi Khan Empire once again sent an envoy, sternly stating that the Mayadona Mountains were shared by both parties, as were its water sources, and the Fando Empire could not do it for its own selfish purposes...

Emperor Fando's trusted ministers, who had actually received Zhong Ming's 50 gold yuan, took advantage of the situation and gave the pot to Qi Khan. The furious young Emperor Fando killed Qi Khan's envoys in public.

Qihan declared war with Fando!
Tutankhamun's empire also became the core of the two sides' attraction.

The war is about to start.

……

The chaotic situation broke out under the careful planning of someone.

The entire continent was in chaos.

Zhong Ming, who was in urgent need of educated people, had no choice but to send young people who had just attended intermediate colleges for one year to serve as political affairs officers in the newly acquired regions. He also transferred some teachers from junior colleges, which was barely able to maintain the basic administration of the areas he conquered. shelf.

They had to expand the standing army by more than 200 million to act as a violent institution to suppress and maintain order in the newly acquired lands.

With many more financial mouths to feed, and the expansion of military expenditures to deal with the threat of war between the two major empires in the Chinese mainland, Yaxia's economy has also been greatly challenged.

Fortunately, with this wave of chaos sweeping across the continent, the demand for arms and ammunition in various countries has skyrocketed.

Zhong Ming collected the guns that were distributed for free, sold them second-hand as first-hand, packaged and sold them, and took the opportunity to use Yaxia's gold dollar currency to transfer a large amount of over-issued gold and silver coins, which greatly eased Yaxia's financial pressure.

At this time, he has basically done everything that can be done externally. Countries are "fighting fiercely", internal defense lines have been repaired, and material war preparations have been made.

As long as you survive this wave, you can enjoy peace, happy farming, preaching, building platforms, and ordering technology trees...

"The cavalry regiment of the Fritz Empire has entered the Jueling Mountains. Please give instructions on the next step..." The female dragon Fiernas sent a message.

"Okay!" Zhong Ming was shocked, "Don't act rashly, don't conflict with them, just break through the demigods honestly and let other high-level monsters wait for orders." (End of Chapter)