Pirate Kingship

Woo woo woo.

The cold wind mixed with fine snowflakes whistled in, and the North Sea, which was at a higher latitude, welcomed winter earlier than other places on the continent.

The main fleets of the North Sea Empire, including the miscellaneous security fleet, had already begun to assemble.

The anti-communition fleet that was sent out in advance seemed to be really mobilized by the strategy of the Orthodox Alliance, and had to give up blocking the ocean routes and rush back to the mainland for support.

The Iris Kingdom, which had just joined the Empire, also responded positively.

They were first slaughtered by the Orthodox Alliance under the "Red Wedding", and almost all the Protestant high-ranking officials were killed.

They became a member of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets by accident, and got a huge benefit on the spot, and even had seats in the Demon Banquet Parliament waiting for them. Under the sharp contrast, their mentality fluctuated greatly.

The naval officers and soldiers all held their breath to prove their loyalty to the emperor of the empire!

Although the two countries have loved and killed each other for thousands of years, they would never do it even if they were driven out of the empire at this time.

The anxious atmosphere was transmitted along the collective subconscious, from nobles, ministers, generals, soldiers to merchants and civilians. The entire east coast of the Silver Continent was full of killing.

It was different from what many people outside imagined.

His Majesty Saint Byron, who never passively took a beating, actively exerted his subjective initiative, and arranged everything in advance, was not as nervous as his ministers and generals, but was very leisurely.

He was sitting in a garden full of red roses and tulips and drinking exquisite afternoon tea with the two queens.

It was almost winter outside, but it was still warm and pleasant spring in Ganquan Palace.

There were three pseudo-gods who were only one step away from demigods living here for a long time. They did not need to actively transform themselves. The divine aura on them could subtly turn this land into the top secret place in the Silver Continent.

Byron drank a sip of the black tea brewed by his sister, and ate a bite of the scone that Violet pinched and brought to his mouth.

He flipped through the [Key of Omniscience] bound with bagasse paper and analyzed the latest battlefield intelligence for his two queens:

"The elite scouts of the Orthodox Alliance have been dispersed into the ice and snow of the Evernight Peninsula, carrying a lot of explosives, targeting large cities, and preparing to carry out terrorist attacks.

This is the old business of the Gold Power Restoration Party, which can be called the originator of terrorist attacks. They never treat other ethnic groups as human beings, and specialize in killing civilians. I don't know how many lifesavers they have assassinated.

I don't know where the inexplicable sense of superiority comes from.

I previously locked their positions at the first time along the earth vein nodes and the gods canonized in human cities with the help of the iron law of royal power that has been rooted in the north for thousands of years.

Gus and his Storm Cloak, Amita and her Assassins have already joined the local Bay Berserkers and Frostwolf Knights, and promised to bury them all in the coniferous forests of the north."

Catherine and Violet have already seen the [Ugliest Princess] Amita, who is also only one step away from the promotion ceremony to become a demigod, in Ganquan Palace.

Knowing that she is more suitable for this kind of mission than Gus, it is not surprising to hear her name.

"As for the three expeditionary fleets at sea.

The fleet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands assembled the fastest. The North Sea is at the doorstep of Amstel Port, but they did not rush out first.

They should want to join the other two expeditionary fleets before taking action."

"The largest military port in the north of the Holy Silver Empire: Warnemünde Wilhelm Port, although still under the control of the Habsburg family, needs to bypass the Kattegat Strait to enter the North Sea.

It will join the Netherlands in about three days.

However, it cannot be ruled out that if an emergency occurs, the ancient legendary warship [Immaculate Conception], which is as famous as the [Dragon Head Ship Valhalla], will accelerate the fleet in advance."

"The last route is the main force. The invincible fleet of the Pyrenees Empire will start from Seville in the south of the peninsula. The voyage normally takes a week.

But they have the holy relic [Longitude and Latitude Sextant].

As long as you hold the sextant and a nautical chart for positioning, you can use the power of the sun and the moon to move instantly within the 60-degree latitude and longitude of the east, west, south and north of the planet's sphere.

Although there is a disadvantage, you have to "walk a route of equal length" within three months after using it. If someone dies on the battlefield and fails to walk on the ground, his soul and body will be doomed to sleep forever on the moon or the sun after three months.

If the fleet commander is desperate and burns his boats, he may be the first to land in the North Sea. "

Byron holds the [Full-time Key], which not only has accurate intelligence on the current Orthodox Alliance, but also all kinds of correspondence, military mobilization, and personnel relations.

Even, he may know his expeditionary fleet better than the Aragonese King [Orthodox] Fernando II, who serves as the commander-in-chief.

Sugarcane residue paper has contributed greatly.

Over such a long period of time, many organizations have re-transcribed their parchment books, which have a short shelf life, into paper books that have a longer shelf life.

Many technologies, cultures, and arts have also been further inherited and developed because of bagasse paper.

It can be said without hesitation that the significance of papermaking and printing is no less than that of modern photolithography.

Without them, there would be no efficient knowledge accumulation, inheritance, and civilization explosion, and there would be no leap from backward agriculture to advanced industrial countries.

The proportion of extraordinary people is increasing, and the power of collective subconsciousness and legal network is getting stronger and stronger.

Byron has made great contributions to this world. The entire material world and the sea of ​​human subconsciousness are beginning to quickly turn towards him.

Compared to the Creator who caused a thousand years of darkness and brought human civilization to a near standstill, [Alaya] is obviously closer to Byron.

The aura of the bagasse paper book in his hand is getting stronger and stronger, and it resonates with the [Sunstone Calendar] in his left eye and the [Logbook] in his right eye without making a sound.

Byron has a hunch that his quasi-zero-level holy relic [Key of Omniscience] is not far from transforming into a true zero-level holy relic.

"And the several zero-level or quasi-zero-level books in my hand obviously complement each other.

[Key of Omniscience] will completely reproduce all the knowledge accumulated by mankind throughout history, and move everything that has been deposited in the collective subconscious of mankind to reality.

[Book of History] can be used to modify all historical records in reality and collective subconsciousness.

Represents the past."

"[Logbook] can see into history and various secrets.

[Echoes of History] can see the past history from people and various things, peek into the hidden secrets, and then use your own hands to correct it to the correct timeline.

Represents the present."

"And the [History of the Silver Continent] that is temporarily kept in the hands of the traitor, It records every key historical node since the Silver Age of the continent. It can affect the future historical process of the entire continent by influencing the key protagonists and supporting roles.

Represents the future. "

"These three books symbolize the past, present, and future respectively.

Finally, the [Sunstone Calendar] hidden in my left eye is the first calendar born in this world. It is the first time that time has a concept.

It can be said that it is the concrete river of history itself, which can run through the past, present, and future, and divide the time branches to let me make the most appropriate choice.

It represents a choice! "

Byron did not hesitate. Since the Key of Omniscience began to resonate actively, he helped push it.

Buzz——!

A circle of divine light bloomed behind his head, connecting the three books that were currently beside him.

Only the [History of the Silver Continent] that was temporarily in the hands of the traitor did not move.

As long as this book waits until the end of the Silver Age, it will naturally transform into a zero-level holy relic. Byron will get it in his hands sooner or later.

As the resonance deepened, he himself could not help but reveal a mythical form.

One side is black and the other side is red, like an Ouroboros with the shape of "∞" entangled with paper tapes, with countless vertical pupils opening and penetrating the void.

The sun crown in the middle projects three suns, morning, noon, and dusk, which circulate and change constantly.

The power of the sun makes his control over these books inexplicably stronger.

Various information gathers into a waterfall, pouring down in his eyes line by line, and randomly weaving into countless futures of this war.

It means that if Byron chooses different ways of coping at different times, he will have a completely different ending.

"My All Things Return to One Realm has just reached 13%.

By using the long river of history to penetrate the past, present, and then influence the future, I have already touched a little bit of the limited 'omniscience' of the Creator.

In the future, it is possible to use this knowledge to plan and devour the authority and priesthood of the gods bit by bit, and achieve 'limited omnipotence'.

At the sixth level, I have assembled the limited 'omniscience and omnipotence' of [All Things Return to One], which should be my true name of God.

The premise is that I can win this battle."

Byron's dreadnought fleet may be the pinnacle of industrial war machines, and it has defeated many old god church forces.

But the Orthodox Alliance on the opposite side is the extraordinary pinnacle that ruled the Silver Continent and the Age of Exploration.

It is the direct lineage of the [Creator], the final winner of Ragnarok, that has spread for thousands of years, and it is definitely not a chicken and a dog.

Even if he took the lead and made sufficient preparations, if he was careless and underestimated the coalition, he might accidentally overturn.

"In addition."

The countless pairs of eyes on his body that were spying on this world wrinkled together.

Byron found that no matter which timeline he was in, accidents would happen once it came to October 31st, the Night of the Dead, and November 1st, All Saints' Day.

If he could not win before this time point, the "chain accident technique" on the old god would definitely lead things to some kind of tragedy.

It was definitely not a good thing for him, his family, the country, or the human race.

This meant that when he and the Orthodox Alliance fought against each other, it was 100% certain that a demigod-level "fisherman" would appear.

Not those split priesthood incarnations, but real demigods!

With a thought, [Secret: The Corruption of the Pope and the Council of Gods, Historical Influence 69] The solution density jumped from 38% to 42% on the spot.

Byron's heart skipped a beat.

The conjecture was confirmed, and he could not continue to delay.

"Originally, I wanted to retain the manpower of the human countries to the maximum extent while winning the victory.

Don't let them bleed too much in the internal struggle.

Now it seems that destroying all the manpower of the enemy is the most correct choice.

I would rather let others bleed than bleed myself."

Byron is still the "good man" after all.

There is mercy, but not much.

He turned back into human form, handed the [Key of Omniscience] to Catherine, and said:

"Sister, it's time to act. Kill the Kingdom of the Netherlands first!"

In order to prevent the car from accidentally overturning after too long delay, Byron's current tactic is "I don't care which way he comes, I only go one way."

Concentrate your forces to attack all the way and eliminate the enemy's effective forces.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands’ fleet does not need to use the [Devil-Slaying Order] to deal with it, nor does it need to physically kill them.

Because there is a bigger bomb behind the Dutch fleet.

This "financial bomb" can not only destroy the crusade fleet mentally, but also destroy the entire country economically!

Catherine, who was wearing a red dress and looked like a ball of fire, had been waiting for these words for a long time. She jumped up and waved her fist excitedly:

"Look at me."

[Finance] The priesthood was activated, projecting a lively scene in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the garden.

As early as a few months ago, under the personal initiative of Catherine, the elegant and noble new tulip variety quickly became popular among the upper classes of the Old World.

The noble lady wore a treasured tulip on her evening dress, which became a symbol of status and status. The more precious the variety, the more popular it became.

Royal aristocrats and wealthy officials flocked to buy the rarest tulip varieties.

Demand exceeds supply, demand keeps rising, and supply does not increase, so prices naturally keep rising.

One of the best tulip stems in Kingston, the royal capital, was once auctioned for the equivalent of 110 ounces of gold, which is about 3118 grams, which made countless people crazy.

All the wealthy people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, headed by Remit, joined in the carnival.

But no one noticed that as October gradually entered, flower lovers and palace purchasers who really needed it had already quietly withdrawn.

The rest are all speculators hoping to get rich overnight.

At this stage, people no longer buy tulips for their intrinsic value or for ornamental use, but expect their prices to rise indefinitely and thereby make a profit.

The bubbles blown up by Catherine finally got completely out of control.

Everyone in the Netherlands was convinced that tulipmania would last forever.

Rich people from all over the world will place orders with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No matter what the price, someone will pay the bill. The citizens of the Netherlands who receive such dividends will also say goodbye to poverty.

Everyone will be a millionaire.

In the Lemite people's worldview that regards everyone as a slave, it is perfectly reasonable for other ethnic groups to support them.

As a result, nobles, merchants, citizens, farmers, craftsmen, boatmen, attendants, clerks, and even chimney sweeps and old women in old clothes shops all joined the tulip speculation craze.

Officers with relatively high incomes and difficulty in saving money are no exception. Even if the war is approaching, it does not prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunity to make a windfall.

In short, no matter what class they are in, people convert their property into cash and invest in this flower.

The price of tulips has gradually risen to appalling levels, with a total increase of 5,900% compared to the previous year!

The price of a black tulip named "Queen of the Night" is as high as 500 gold pounds.

This amount of money is enough to buy a mansion by the canal in the royal capital of Amstel, and the average annual income of the Dutch is not much better than that of the original Hetings, which can only survive at 12 pounds.

But this is no longer the auction price that Catherine set for show, but the normal market price! Everyone agrees!

At this point, the collective subconscious was driven by the "invisible hand" of Byron and Catherine, and even the major banking groups and investment institutions at the top of the Remite people were completely unable to sit still.

Relying on their relationship with [Lord Protector] Cromwell, they united with the Tulip Guild to collectively end the business, almost monopolizing the business from the source.

Carrying a large amount of funds, they all purchased standard futures contracts from those manors at high prices, which will be redeemed in September next year, as well as bulbs that some ocean-going merchants said were obtained from the West Coast origin.

By the way, all the bullish expectations and downside risks of futures are transferred to one's own hands.

By mid-October, many banks and large institutions had withdrawn most of their liquidity and exchanged the money for "bulbs imported from the West Coast" and futures contracts for next year.

The most prosperous winter trading day for tulips slowly begins at this moment.

Catherine got through to the capable people in the financial sector under her command and took this opportunity to teach them a lesson. Her voice was pleasant but also cold:

“Finance does not create wealth, it only transfers wealth.

The more financially developed a place is, the more wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few people.

You must keep in mind that as long as there are enough funds in the financial market, any asset can be speculated to sky-high prices, causing bubbles to expand rapidly.

Wait until it has sucked in a lot of poor people's money, and then harvest it.

This is undoubtedly a game mechanism to prevent poor people from accumulating wealth. Except for a few geniuses, it is a fantasy for most poor people to get rich through this.

I hold a sickle in my hand, and no one wants to be struck by it, but the smell of leeks on your bodies never lies.

The poor do not have the accumulation of original capital. It seems that they can obtain wealth through finance, but if nothing unexpected happens at this time, something will happen.

The Matthew Effect adds up, and the wealth of countless people will be easily transferred to the wealth of others.

Everyone, let’s start pouring water. "

The term Matthew effect comes from the chapter "Matthew" in the "Gospel of Creation", which describes a common social psychological phenomenon, namely: "Advantages often produce more advantages."

That is what the Eastern powers often say: "The way of man is to take away what is insufficient so as to serve what is abundant."

The [banker] Black, who was far away on the other side of the strait, responded respectfully and conveyed instructions to his subordinates:

"The most fundamental factor in the formation of bubbles is that as prices rise, producers have no way to expand supply in time.

And what we have to do now is to open the floodgates and release water at the right time.

Come on, some yellow urine, wake up all these guys who daydream of getting rich overnight! They should all be on the road!"

"Haha, yes."

"We have been waiting anxiously."

With the Black family, a high-level insider in the Free Masons, it is really easy to plant a group of people without anyone noticing.

Catherine's Fortune Knights and the skinned people of the Skinning Church have long filled the tulip trading market.

They had done this before when they cashed out at high prices. At least half of the spot market was "West Coast specialties" they sold.

Just like "bathing crabs", after Catherine cultivated them, she put them in the fields on the West Coast and even the [Prophet] could not find any problems.

This time they finally went all out.

Soon, a large number of sellers appeared in various taverns, selling a large number of very "precious" tulip spot bulbs.

"Oh my God, it's the eternal Augustus! It's the Queen of the Night! It's the flaming gold!"

"Sell it to me, sell it to me!"

The tavern went crazy on the spot.

Compared with the futures contract, which requires a year of time cost and various uncertain factors in the middle, buyers are more willing to accept tangible spot transactions based on the mentality of making money.

The big banks and institutions of Remit were originally prepared to make a fortune on the winter trading day, but they did not expect that tulip futures would collapse so quickly.

In just one day, the massive bulbs cultivated from Catherine's garden flooded the major cities in the Netherlands!

I have as many as you want!

So many that you can eat the bulbs as onions.

It was easy to grab the wealth accumulated by several generations of this country and ethnic group for hundreds of years.

When the first person realized that something was wrong and followed the trend to sell.

A big crash finally began!

Then, an unprecedented financial tsunami submerged the entire country.

The tulip market in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which was flourishing and raging a few days ago, suddenly turned into a hell of bitter wind and rain and debt collection and evasion.

The priceless contracts in my hand were given away for free, but no one wanted them. It was painful to wipe my butt.

Millions of people went bankrupt overnight.

Many speculators who bought tulips with loans or leveraged banks at the cost of their homes even jumped into the sea like dumplings.

Even those wealthy Remit bankers and institutions suffered heavy losses because of the large amount of bulbs and futures contracts they hoarded.

The successive collapse of banks triggered a series of chain reactions.

The world's first financial crisis came unexpectedly.

On the third day, the financial tsunami was completely fermented. Many naval captains, generals, and even junior officers and lieutenants who stayed in Amstel did not wait for others to kill them, but shot themselves one by one.

Recruiting soldiers from good families is because those who have constant property have constant heart.

At this time, they not only lost all their property, but also owed a lot of debts. How could they still have the mood to fight for the country?

Even if they won, the spoils would belong to the masters in the bank, and they had nothing to do with a penny.

However, they did not know that the "financial war" had only been fought halfway here, and the highlight was to come.

When the North Sea Empire's cruise fleet could see the Holy Silver Empire fleet entering the North Sea from afar.

Catherine took off a "Queen of the Night" pinned on her chest and stepped on it without hesitation.

Although she was a bright and beautiful woman, she had long since gotten rid of the low taste of ordinary women who loved flowers.

Her favorite decoration was only money, and no matter how beautiful the tulips were, they were just a medium for getting money, nothing more.

Clatter.

Amid the crisp sound of the rushing torrent of gold and silver coins.

The [Queen of Finance] who controls the wealth of the entire empire raised one hand above her head, and her extremely strong financial power burst out, gathering into an extremely brilliant golden long sword.

It was Catherine's exclusive divine art [Financial Holy Sword]!

As her red skirt fluttered, she pointed her sword at the other side of the strait and shouted softly:

"Divine Domain·Financial Street, open! Summon the Netherlands' national finance to come, and take my [Leek Cutting Sword Technique].

The winner takes all, and the loser eats dust!"