Black sail

Chapter 610 CCXXXVIII. The Richest Man in the Western Continent

Mulong experienced a series of political assassinations, government sidelining, land transactions, foreign invasions, the influx of foreign forces, and the puppet regime running away.

This resulted in the treasury being empty, and currently the strongest force under Suezana's rule is the army led by Uporio, which was converted from a resistance army.

Outsourcing of national defense is a very shameful topic, but it is still the only way to preserve the legitimate royal bloodline.

This time, gathered in the dining hall were not only the backbone members of the Black Sail, but also the cadres of the Seventh Amendment and representatives of the volunteer corps of the Masonic Alliance.

It was a celebration banquet.

Li Site and his uncle from the Seventh Amendment's leadership class were having an awkward chat about what happened in the Northern Prison eleven years ago. Even though Li Site didn't like this guy very much, he still had to chat about it.

As for tomorrow's ceremony, after discussion among the civil service group, they could only delete some steps and retain only the parade and the coronation ceremony.

Finn is forward-looking in everything he does.

With the international consensus reached and the abolition of slavery, Muron gradually weakened. Even the believers of the Holy Synod, which was once a first-tier religious force, had to go abroad to make a living. However, after going abroad, they also gathered together and engaged in some illegal activities. Over time, the religion that served the ecology evolved into an organization of another nature.

Its powerful way of making money even fed back to the priests and bishops in the suzerain country of Mulong. The doctrines were slowly changing, and although its reputation cannot catch up with the Pain Miracle, it is still a powerful existence.

As luck would have it, Xiao Longniang and Da Che accidentally rescued the Holy Bishop who was being hunted by Zoth in Salt Lake City.

As an old political prisoner who has been convicted of treason, Finn is definitely an understanding brother and offered suggestions to Suezana.

Although the territory of Muron is right on the Narrow Sea, it is blocked by the Kolor Highlands and is not strictly a Narrow Sea country. Although the Port of Golden Palms is still glorious, it has no advantage over other countries' major ports. After the abolition of slavery, the main profit comes from bulk commodities, which the Port of Golden Palms cannot handle with its throughput. The war-torn Muron's import and export trade has come to a halt and it will not be able to operate in a short time.

Other countries' strategic targets for Muron have no more value except as a necessary place for railway transportation and as a strategic buffer area, unless a magic crystal vein is explored.

Not like the Principality of Bema.

The geographical advantage of the Principality of Bema is too strong. In the entire Western Continent, only the East Coast of Bema is closest to the Far East. So Alan knocks on the widow's door every day with bad intentions in mind, and is always studying the possibility of building a large railway into the small East Coast of Bema.

But the difference is that the Pema people are too tough, so tough that even the brainless puppet king supported by the emperor would betray his master. Just like the Wolman family, they hate Alan to the core and have already fought a full-scale war and killed them all. The emperor has targeted too many people, and if it happens again, it will evolve into a national terrorist racial hatred.

So Alan didn't dare to punish Pema like he did to Mulong.

But it doesn't matter. We brothers have already taken care of it for you. Alan won't dare to come to mess with Muron in the short term. The railway will of course continue to be built. "Globalization" is an inevitable trend, but now Muron has taken back the sovereignty of the railway.

Suizana had no trusted power. When the war started, the old king's loyal officers were assassinated, and Mulon's regular army was massacred by the 24th Division of the Alan Army led by Crocodile Island. The royal bloodline completely lost its power.

Without the power of large-scale indiscriminate destruction like Fafner and Garsek, no one can stop Crocodile Island and Zote.

When Black Sail arrived in Mulong, only the last remaining force of national restoration, the resistance army, whose sacrifices were extremely tragic, remained.

Ubolio seems loyal and a hero, but Suezana needs to cultivate the power of his confidants.

In this world of strife and conflict, apart from the unshakable status of the Five Permanent States, killing a king is no more difficult than stepping on an ant.

There seem to be many loyal civil servants in the royal court now, but their true thoughts are difficult to guess. Black Rock City, Drifting City, Salt Lake City, etc. These local powerful forces still exist, but they just turn a blind eye to the situation in Mulong.

It won't work if you divide the cake among everyone. No one will buy your idea. You have to share it with the biggest one. I suggest that Suezana distribute the railway revenue to the bishops and re-enable it as the state religion.

With the Black Sails, the Seventh Amendment, and Uporio around, they can also suppress the rebellion, thereby truly controlling Muron, reshuffling the old nobles, and getting the already stigmatized priests and bishops back on track and restoring their fundamentalist beliefs.

Suezana understood that she was completely sidelined. Now that the war had temporarily subsided, she didn't care about anything else. As long as she could maintain stability, nothing mattered.

The celebration banquet was carried out in an orderly manner, and the pirates seemed a little restrained while dining in the magnificent hall.

Fen rarely touches the food.

At this moment, Celine must be talking to Suezana somewhere in the palace. I wonder what they are talking about.

It is said that Serin came to Muron this time with a geological exploration team. The confidential information cannot be disclosed. Finn decided to take advantage of the admiration of several female interns for him.

I found a female intern who was having a meal and said I wanted to talk to her alone. Immediately, her eyes lit up.

"Damn it, eleven years ago, in the Northern Prison, I, Henid, the second in command of the Cangshan Tobacco Company, and Master Li, killed our way in and out seven times and freed all the prisoners. The jailers were so scared that they were scared to death."

Ben's uncle had a typical terrorist look, with a beard, fierce eyes, a tall frame, and a strong smell of a desperado. He had asked about his nephew's situation in the East China Sea before, and after confirming that everything was fine, he drank a few sips of wine and immediately started bragging.

Li Site just laughed awkwardly, but in fact the main contributors were Zote and his men.

Because Black Sail's performance in this battle was too horrific, Crocodile Island Zote and the Army Swindler were all killed by the East China Sea guys. Even if these guys were rude, everyone at the banquet was respectful to them.

According to the agreement, the Golden Palm Port was given to List, but he could not do it openly because he was always concerned about the reputation of pirates. He would arrange a puppet lord and then sign a 99-year lease contract with the Black Sail Trading Company.

"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."

Walman was teaching Fafner a lesson. Even though Delia and Gloria had been leading her before, Fafner didn't act like a girl at all. She rolled up her sleeves and ate a dish in one bite. She treated the meat as if it were beer and drank it all.

Fafner paused for a moment.

"Auntie, I'm really hungry. Pressure Masne, the dishes made by the palace chef will kill you if you eat them!"

Fafner's eyes became sharper and more dazzling.

Morrison's eyes were full of admiration for the sect's Holy Son.

Xia Di shook his head and said, "Li Site, look at the soldiers you brought with you. What did this guy do with the body of an extremely beautiful girl?"
Then all the backbone members of Black Sail focused their attention on Archer. They all had tactical dark faces, but their eyes were like falcons, staring straight at Archer, because the ultimate brain-damaged chef was about to take the first bite.

In the past, every time he returned to the port after hijacking a ship, Archer would scold some cooks in the Black Sail Inn owned by old Steward Wei and make them cry. The dishes, which actually tasted quite good, were belittled by him as worthless, like pig food. No one liked him, and there was no dish that satisfied him.

But this time it was the court chef, in the Mulon Palace. If he lost his temper regardless of the occasion, he would be hit with the earwax he bought.

Archer forked a piece of veal into his mouth and chewed it for a moment.

Immediately he was stunned.

What a joke! The ingredients, the heat, the seasoning, the timing, the presentation, etc., there is nothing to fault. How is this possible? No! With so many eyes staring at me, I have to hold on tight.

Although there are no shortcomings, there is still room for improvement, and we should not stop here.

"Return your mother's palace chef..."

Before he could finish speaking.

"If you want to eat, eat this!"

Shadi simply picked up the hot sauce for dipping and poured the entire bowl into Archer's mouth, regardless of the dosage.

It was so spicy that Archer started coughing violently and his nose was dry.

"Fuck it, where's my apprentice? If someone beats up your teacher, do you care?"

Archer shouted.

"I'm sorry, I'm badly hurt."

Magnus rested for a few days, but he still felt a little deficient in blood and his lips were a little pale. He learned one thing from Archer, that is, he could learn nothing from Archer.

But Magnus is the ultimate righteous man, and is completely different from the bad pirates. Since you have recognized him as your teacher, you must take him seriously.

Fen had just returned from chatting with the female intern, looking gloomy and uncertain.

Something bad is happening.

If he guessed correctly, even if there were magic crystal veins in Mulong, they had been mined long ago. Otherwise, if the emperor smelled the scent and came, it would not be the 24th Army Division, but the enlarged army of the Ministry of Energy, that would strike back with a heavy blow.

Therefore, the possibility of having magic crystal veins is low.

however……

But there are world-class resources that can be compared to it. Serin must be talking to Suezana about this matter now, and it must be blocked!
The importance of this resource may be ten or even a hundred times greater than that of the railway or the Port of Golden Palm.

Finn was simply born in the wrong era.

Mo Yutong, Sharon, Li Site (doubtful), these people are standing on the shoulders of giants, the masters who laid the foundation of physics in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Finn himself is a giant, a master who laid the foundation for academic research in the Western Continent. Not to mention his service as a member of the Senate, during his tenure at the Pedan National Arcane Academy, he published an overwhelming number of groundbreaking papers, many of which were even shelved and could not be published due to the current situation.

During the time in Paradise Port, after working with Mo Yutong for a period of time, some key issues were solved, and then all the difficulties were solved one by one.

Lostra's geological survey team discovered crude oil in the south of the Boneyard Wasteland. Twenty years ago, no one knew about it, and no one even knew its value.

Kefen knows a lot of inside information. Li Site, Mo Yutong, and Sharon are not from this world.

It is precisely because of these people, and there may still be quite a lot of them, that there has been a technological explosion in recent years. Cheap energy has dealt a blow to the magic energy industry, making it possible for the industry to be popularized, causing a qualitative change in productivity.

The high-level intelligence agencies of the Five Permanent Nations must all be knowledgeable, and the academic community of the High Tower Alliance must also know that there is some kind of extraterrestrial force intervening.

So Serin gathered a group of high-end people to explore new energy sources again.

We are still in the early stages of exploration and have not yet fully explored the area, but we have already discovered terrifying world-class crude oil reserves.

After Fen and Mo Yutong worked together, their knowledge level, as far as applied physics was concerned, was not much different from those aliens.

Gauss figured out high school mathematics in just one afternoon. Many things rely entirely on talent. When Finn was working, he invented the underground suction gas extraction technology, but it was shelved due to the current situation.

In short, he deeply understood the importance of this thing.

The decision is yours, Tiger of the Crime Squad! Use his transformation and hopefully it will work out great.

"I have something to talk to you about alone."

Fenru said to Li Site.

Li Site just happened to not want to be with his uncle in the Luan class anymore. They used to brag about how powerful the Seventh Amendment was, but after all this time, it turned out that it was not as powerful as it was and was just good at bragging.

However, Li Site knew Fen's character, and Fen's hands were trembling slightly.

Damn it!
What's going on these days? It's so abnormal for someone as anthropomorphic as Finn. Is the end of the world coming?
Li Site was a little frightened and thought it was a calamity.

After arriving at the quiet bathroom where no one was around.

Finn told Lister the important confidential information he had obtained from the Lostra intern. He had originally just wanted to give it a try and had not thought about any energy source. He just hoped to get some copies of the map surveys.

But there was an incredible discovery.

Li Site was stunned for a long time. Fortunately, this was in the Western Continent, and his hometown had not yet developed the superluminal engine for interstellar jump. Otherwise, Umereken would have come directly here, and the one coming to Muron would not be Fafna Garsek, but the B2 bomber itself.

"Fuck... In other words, Zana baby, is probably... the richest person in the Western Continent today, and there is no other? As long as the refinery is opened, that doesn't make sense. There is not such a big market demand."

Li Site was thinking that the martial arts competition on the mainland was also going on today, and those warriors were still using cold weapons.

Finn ignored the humble name that Zana-baby called him.

"Yes, and it's quite large. The industrial zone of the new city of the Alan Empire has been completed. Do you think Lostra and other countries don't have it? Dollinger's Poseidon is driven by magic crystals, which cannot be replicated and are extremely expensive. The situation in the Narrow Sea is so complicated now. The arms race has already begun. Large boilers that can be used to power ironclad ships. Ironclad ships are also divided into high and low levels. Coal-fired steamships are definitely no match for oil-fired ones."

Fen said that this was also a huge discovery for the East China Sea. It was able to create the Poseidon's dock island, plus the reserves here. After the refinery was opened, with so many orphans without parents in the East China Sea, it would not be nonsense to have unlimited troops and dominate the narrow sea in a short time!
Li Site gave a thumbs up, and only Fen understood.

The polarity is reversed!

Now people in the Western Continent believe that technology can change their lives, and Li Site believes that the royal weapon of the ancient era is called Heaven and Earth.

However, the wealth behind this still made Li Site's eyes shine.

"What do you mean?"

Li Site didn't know what to do. There was no such thing in the fucking agreement. It was impossible to change the bid after the bid was successful.

"We have already agreed on the terms with Uporio. If we ask for something now, it will definitely cause a backlash, just like getting 160 gold royals to get Suezana!"

Fen looked vicious.

"Why do you think I can do whatever I want! Su Yizana, that's the one who killed three corpses!"

Li Site felt that General Fen had come up with a bad idea. He really had no special abilities, and that kind of woman was basically impossible to win over. The main reason was that Li Site had never had any clinical experience with the royal family.

"There's no time. Didn't you notice that Serin isn't here? She must be talking to Suezana about this. Lostra wants it too, and the paradox is that Lostra is now our backer. I know it's crazy, but you go and deal with Suezana, and we have to consider appeasing Lostra in the short term and doing some dirty work for them in the Narrow Sea. In this way... that would be hyper-expansion."

What Finn didn't finish saying was that maybe in three years, no, maybe in two years, he could beat Pedan.

"My dear Zana, I am the richest person in the Western Continent, but damn..."

Li Site was a powerful man of his generation, so he naturally knew that when dating a girl, if there was no chance at all after the first meeting, then there was basically no chance. And the first impression of him in Su Yizana's mind was that of the head of a foreign force, the kind of person who was very bad, but she couldn't do anything about it, which was a deep-seated hatred.

There's no hope at all.

Unless you make a massive investment immediately and spend money like crazy, saying, "Your Majesty, I am here to revitalize your country, not to harm your country," then there will be a chance.

You can only stack numbers, the mechanism is useless against those who kill the three corpses.

"There is no time. Tomorrow is the grand ceremony. Suyzana is still only a princess, not an empress. She has not yet truly felt the heavy responsibility. Today is the best time. You must immediately start transforming yourself and beat her to her knees!"

Fen's tone was extremely serious, but she was a little anxious and spoke without thinking.

"Finally I caught you again! This is the second time this year! I don't want to see your teeth!"

Ryan, who had drunk too much and had a bloated bladder, came to pee and found the two men in the bathroom. He was happier than during the Chinese New Year and was laughing. Seeing his expression, he wanted to beat drums and gongs, because they only caught a few times in a year, and it was a super rare event. Ryan was very pleased.

“I really fucked.”

Li Site lit a cigarette and smoked it, then exhaled a long puff. Are you going to challenge your limits again? Even though he is the Lord of the Junlin Sword and the number one brother in the East China Sea, he still has to rely on his real skills to make a living.

(End of this chapter)