I will be crowned king

Anson doesn't know whether the conscience of the Faithless Knights will be condemned, but the slave traders in the New World will soon be educated on the physical level.

On the second day after the "return" of the three Ians, the "Moby-Dick Port Good People" newspaper, which had received the "highest instructions", published an article on the front page.

The resolution from the Storm Legion stated that although the Commander-in-Chief opposed the enslavement of indigenous people, the Legion would still support and maintain the normal slave trade.

Not only that, in order to ensure the safety and smoothness of the trade, the legion will also participate with the Beluga Port Council to build a "more formal" beast slave market. At the same time, all beast slave traders entering the Ice Dragon Fjord can also report to the colony. The legion requested escort along the way.

Such an obvious compromise made the members of Beluga Harbor and representatives of various colonies finally heave a sigh of relief after being anxious for several days.

Obviously, although the Commander-in-Chief has extremely high authority within the legion, he still cannot go against the interests of the army (or officers) - in the short term, Anson Bach should not be able to use the army to deter them from giving up the slave trade.

As a result, the slave traders who got the news started to rush to Beluga Port one after another while celebrating. At the same time, with the help of various relationships and channels, they began to organize and large-scale bribery to buy off Anson's "loyal" officer corps.

Receptions, dinners, family gatherings, private clubs... Various social occasions doubled in Beluga Harbor at the end of the New Year, and the frequency was frightening; from deputy commander Fabian to military chief Hank, almost every day Everyone can enjoy free drinks and a sumptuous meal.

The wishes of the attentive wealthy businessmen and congressmen are also very simple: to further relax the control of the animal slave trade in Beluga Port, and it would be better if they could collect less tax or no tax at all.

Faced with such a shameless and reasonable request, the officers who had received the order in advance naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and then said that they could help, but they also required the slave traders to show some sincerity.

As for what sincerity is, the beast slave traders have never gone to school, and all they have received is social re-education, and their knowledge is linked to their life experience. Naturally, they have all kinds of sad feelings, but they have come to a surprisingly consistent conclusion:

That is, the money given is too little, and there are also problems with the methods.

They don't understand the army, let alone the Clovis army in front of them. In their eyes, the biggest difference between the army and the mercenary group is probably the number of people. The core purpose is to make money - of course, this is completely true for the Storm Legion. correct.

But after all, the army is different from the mercenary group. The officers are all people with status. Violent bribery is too tasteless and cannot be justified.

So in the next ten days, merchants, mercenary groups and even adventurers who gathered in Ice Dragon Fjord and engaged in the beast slave trade began to proactively request the Storm Legion to provide protection, and after the end of the flight, they received a " It’s not a small gift that is disrespectful”, as a thank you to the officers and soldiers for their hard work.

The merchants and mercenaries who successfully bribed were very happy, and the officers and soldiers who received the gifts were even happier - not only did they earn extra money, but they also completed the task and thoroughly understood the industrial chain of the beast slave trade around the Ice Dragon Fjord.

As a high-risk, high-return business with high profits and quick return on capital, the structure of the animal slave trade is very simple: mercenary groups and adventurers go deep into the wilderness and capture lone indigenous people alive through kidnapping, ambush, etc., on a large scale A few mercenary groups will join in the disputes between small colonies and indigenous tribes, and even deliberately provoke conflicts between the two, capturing groups of indigenous people at once.

If they are successfully captured, they will quickly sell them in the nearest large colony. The traders will buy them at different prices according to their age, gender, and health. After simple training, they will sell them to the next family, and then the next family and the next family... until the real want comes. Customers who purchase animal slaves are responsible for making sure they are fully informed.

All in all, because the profits are so huge, there are so many middlemen of all sizes from retail to wholesale.

So the next thing is simple - the best way to lower product prices is to prevent middlemen from making the difference.

After the Beluga Harbor Good People newspaper published the headline about the Storm Legion's compromise, a few days later Reinhard Roland, the president of the New World Company, formally convened the Beluga Harbor Council to establish "the largest and most formal organization in the New World." Beast Slave Market”.

At the meeting, Reinhard made an impassioned speech to the lawmakers just like Anson did at the New Year's party, vigorously promoting the importance of the slave trade to Beluga Port and even Ice Dragon Fjord, and constantly emphasizing how much this would bring. Extensive trade impact, as well as the historical significance behind it.

"…Beluga Port is one of the most important ports in the New World, but its reputation is less than half that of Sailing City. Why?!"

"Excluding historical factors, the most important thing is that the strength of Sailing City has led to the rise of countless new colonies, but the prosperity of Beluga Port has made no contribution to the entire new world!"

"The rising Beluga Port must make contributions consistent with its own standards in order to gain more influence and respect."

"Sail City has given birth to a new world, and Beluga Port will bring order to it - the pursuit of freedom and equality, and the promotion of commercial prosperity... In the midst of chaos, we have an unshirkable obligation to set standards for everyone, Establish boundaries.”

"And all this will start from rectifying the chaotic beast slave trade!"

Amidst the thunderous applause, the elated Reinhard looked extremely serious, as if he was the embodiment of order and the arbiter of all things at this moment.

While he was "rectifying the market", the officer corps that had already mastered the industrial chain began to establish contact with the mercenary group that captured the beast slaves, and began to try to kick out some of the middlemen who simply made the difference.

Of course, this is just Anson's preliminary action. His ultimate goal is to completely eradicate these mercenary groups, replace them with the Shooting Army and the New World Company behind them, and establish more stable ties with the indigenous tribes.

After more than two hundred years of colonization, some indigenous tribes have begun to appear that are willing to remain neutral and conduct a small amount of trade with the colonies... After all, the salt, sugar, alcoholic beverages, various metal products, and gunpowder weapons of the old world are not for them. Unattractive.

The ultimate goal of Anson's plan is to gradually weaken the animal slave trade and establish contact with these indigenous tribes through New World companies to provide simple labor and soldiers while providing production materials and various manufactured goods.

In this way, the New World Company can not only obtain a wider complement of labor force, but also have an army with mercenary officers as the core and indigenous warriors as the main body.

Due to the obvious difference in status, this army must have no feelings for the colonies. After contacting the new life, it will gradually become alienated from its original origin... In the end, the only way out is to be loyal to the New World Company.

Regardless of financial resources, military combat effectiveness or real estate, the size of the New World Company will far exceed the resources that any colony can use, let alone the Free Confederacy, which specializes in internal strife.

Controlling such a behemoth, even if the Luen family is not the leader or ruler of any colony, they can rule the entire new world from behind the scenes.

At this point, the "grand blueprint" that Anson had blown out at Lund Manor has been basically successfully realized.

As long as there are those who are willing to cooperate, there must be those who are resisting. As a group that was eliminated in the optimization of the animal slave trade industry by New World Company, the middlemen who have lost their supply channels feel quite like being cheated.

Although Anson did not give these people a way out and encouraged them to leave Ice Dragon Fjord and expand new channels to other colonies with the funding of the New World Company; it was just this "way out" to leave the familiar track and get involved with other colleagues. It's really hard for them to accept.

The angry animal slave traders tried to resist, but they soon discovered that the wealthy businessmen and parliamentarians who had been "united front" with them not only did not support them, but even persuaded them to recognize the reality and stop doing "meaningless things."

They did not realize that without their own group of middlemen, the wealthy businessmen and congressmen who cooperated with the New World Company could buy the beast slaves they wanted at a cheaper price, and that Beluga Port used to be mainly engaged in export trade. The big buyer is actually the Railway Commission of the Clovis Kingdom...local demand is not very big to begin with.

Since you can make money and don't have to worry that the beast slaves will be free immediately and be equal to you, why do you want to die and go against the Rune Family and the Storm Legion?

The beast slave traders who were abandoned by their customers and suppliers were desperate. Some silently accepted the conditions offered by the New World Company, while others still tried to resist and stop Reinhard's "Beast Slave Market" plan.

When things got to this point, Anson finally had a reason to deal with them - selling animal slaves was certainly not illegal, but "disrupting business order" was a serious crime!

Facing the Storm Legion, which had completely controlled the entire Ice Dragon Fjord, the slave traders who had been abandoned by everyone could not even get out of Beluga Harbor, but were replaced by the officers who had exchanged cups with them more than ten days ago and called them brothers. They were arrested and jailed.

Reinhard Roland, who had cleared the last obstacle and used these die-hard resistance factions to sacrifice flags, could finally begin to implement his market plan in a bold and vigorous manner.

As for those middlemen who accepted the terms of the New World Company and went to other colonies to open up markets, their lives were equally difficult.

Only a few days later than the Beluga Port operation, newspapers in various colonies of the Free Confederacy received orders from the headquarters of the "Beluga Harbor Good Man" and began to publicize content that indigenous people should be treated equally.

However, although the newspaper offices loyally obeyed the orders, the power of slave traders in each colony was much greater than that of Ice Dragon Fjord... With the exception of Gray Pigeon Castle and Sail City, the branch newspapers in other colonies basically encountered varying degrees of boycotts.

But amidst the torrent of curses, there was still a force that stepped forward and decisively expressed support.

That is the Promise Keepers Alliance that has just emerged in various places.

As a religious group with the nature of a low-level mutual aid association, and the core of its faith is the Universalist Church, jihad and missionary work are "absolutely right" for the Faith Keepers Alliance; even if deep down they don't feel that they and the indigenous people are equal, Since someone proposed to preach to the pagans, they must support it both emotionally and rationally.

Especially Bishop Ruibo, who has been trying to work hard in this area... After hearing about Anson's speech, which wanted to convert the indigenous people into believers in the Circle of Order, this ardent believer in the Universal Sect burst into tears and went to the church in person. Street organized the League of Promise Keepers to boycott the animal slave trade in various colonies.

The beast slave traders who did not take this seriously at first soon discovered that for some reason, these fanatic believers could always easily find the place where they detained the beast slaves, and took advantage of the lax defense and their absence to cause havoc. Large groups of newly captured indigenous people were released in large numbers, and then evacuated before the guards and colonial militias arrived.

In addition to tipping off the Alliance of Promise Keepers, the three Ians who finally took action took the budget given by the New World Company and bribed local adventurers to attack the caravan transporting the beast slaves, and at the same time bribed the mercenary group that escorted the caravan. , allowing them to deliberately let go of the adventurers who "attacked" them.

So the adventurers got the money with almost no risk, and the mercenary group earned extra money without affecting their credibility. However, the risks brought by frequent attacks and trade delays caused the slave traders to suffer heavy losses.

After losing money again and again in business, someone was finally ready to take a desperate risk and planned to attack the newspaper and the Trustees Alliance at the same time.

Then, the brave animal slave trader never woke up from his sleep the next day.

There were no wounds, no signs of poisoning, and no one heard even the slightest movement. Everything seemed to be no different from natural death - except for the ring of order painted on the chest and a confession taped to the face. Book.

Soon, similar situations began to break out in various colonies, and even the contents of the confessions were basically the same-a grievance about one's sins, and then expressing remorse for the wrong behavior, as well as the joy of awakening.

Such sensational news immediately aroused the reaction of the League of Faith Keepers. At a public gathering of believers, Bishop Ruibo publicly announced that these people had been forgiven by the Circle of Order, and their completely purified souls had successfully ascended to heaven.

At the same time, he also warned those slave traders who still "know their mistakes and refuse to correct them." If they continue to persist in their stubbornness, the next time the Ring of Order punishes them, they may not be given a chance to repent.

As for the freed indigenous people... With the cooperation of the trustees, newspapers and the mercenary group bought by the New World Company, a large number of them left directly. The remaining part chose to go to Beluga Port to prepare to join the shooting army, and the other part went Gray Pigeon Castle.

There, they can obtain completely equal rights with ordinary immigrants, either to cultivate land, join a farm, or get a job that makes a living in a factory.

At this point, the animal slave trade of the entire Free Confederacy entered an extremely chaotic state. The New World Company, which had just gained the opportunity to enter various colonies, officially began to implement its "new order".