Save the Bachelor of Heaven

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In the mid-nineteenth century,

Goryeo in Northeast Asia and Japan, which are close to each other, also underwent changes. They took the initiative to introduce the Goddess Church and grew rapidly.

On the Indian subcontinent, the believers of the Goddess Church also conquered one state after another through war and appeasement, and pulled down the high-ranking Brahmins and Kshatriyas.

In the Middle East, due to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the Muslim Church lost its last barrier and could not stop the spread of the Goddess Church.

The opening of the Egyptian Canal also made the connection between Europe and Asia closer, so the Goddess Church was able to spread rapidly in the Near East and the Middle East.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of believers in the Goddess Church has reached nearly one billion.

In addition, due to the opening of the Panama Canal and the promotion of the Industrial Revolution, the western part of North America has also been developed. The United States Federation also vigorously promoted the westward movement, which greatly increased the national strength and territory.

And because the four seas have been conquered, people began to set foot in the depths of the continent, those areas that have never been explored.

For example, the hinterland of the African continent, the South Pole, the North Pole, the central part of North America, the Midwest of Canada, the Midwest of Australia, and so on, which is called the "Great Land Exploration".

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In the 1860s, with the invention of electricity, the second industrial revolution began.

In 1875, the first thermal power station was completed in France. In 1879, the United States also built the first thermal power station. In the 1880s, the Commonwealth built the world's first hydroelectric power station.

With the start of the second industrial revolution, human productivity and production efficiency have reached a new level again.

In the steam age, the productivity of a loom can reach three to four times that of manpower. At this time, even the industrialized backward areas can still catch up with the population advantage.

But in the electrical age, the productivity of a loom has reached a huge hundred times that of manpower.

At this time, the production cost of industrialization is far lower than the cost of manual labor, and it can no longer be compensated by relying on population advantages. Therefore, those industrialized backward areas suddenly fell into a competitive disadvantage.

For example, Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and other regions. The price-performance ratio of products in these regions is difficult to compete with that of products in Europe and the United States. Therefore, not only the overseas market is squeezed, but also the domestic market is gradually occupied.

For this reason, they take various measures to resist the dumping of foreign products in order to protect their own economy. This has also caused a lot of economic and trade frictions.

In order to ease economic and trade frictions, countries led by Britain and the United States first proposed to build an international trade organization, WTF (World Trading Foundation) to resolve trade disputes between countries to avoid real accidents.

Many countries responded to this, such as Prussia, Australia, Canada, Central America, South America and other places.

However, countries led by France and Austria are unwilling to respond to the proposals of Europe and the United States. After all, they have always had grievances and have always been at odds with each other. Naturally, they do not want the other party to be the boss and themselves to be the younger brother.

Therefore, they also proposed to organize a trade alliance NCM (national commerce management), in which countries in the alliance will reduce tariffs on each other, strengthen investment and cooperation, and allow the free flow of talents and goods.

And many countries and regions such as Russia, Spain, Italy, Africa, the Middle East, and India have also responded to this proposal.

With the establishment of the two major organizations, trade frictions between countries in the world have not only not decreased, but have intensified. In particular, the friction between the two major organizations has become increasingly fierce, and has almost reached the point of accidental firing.

The shadow of war has begun to cover the world.

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Seeing this, many priests in the diocese are very worried. Because once the war breaks out, the scale is likely to exceed the previous Seven Years' War.

After all, in the Seven Years' War, the warring parties were only Britain, France, Spain, Prussia, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Russia, etc., and they can be counted on the fingers.

But if the war breaks out this time, it will not only be these countries, but I am afraid that two-thirds of the countries in the world may be affected, which may trigger a world war.

At that time, the whole world may be devastated. I don't know how many people will be devastated, how many families will be destroyed, and how much wealth will evaporate...

Therefore, they hope that the high priest Xiang Nan can stand up and stop the war in the name of the goddess.

You must know that the Goddess Church now has an advantage in all countries in the world, and nearly 70% of the world's population are now believers of the Goddess Church.

Therefore, as the high priest, Xiang Nan can definitely stop this war. After all, the high priest is the spokesperson of the goddess, and no one can disobey his oracle.

But Xiang Nan did not think of stopping the war, but said to the priests, "People are born free and equal. The goddess gave everyone a brain, hoping that people can think independently and make choices. Whether to make peace or go to war, everything is up to people to choose. The goddess will not interfere with anyone's freedom!"

Hearing him say this, the priests had nothing to say.

And since the high priest Xiang Nan said so, many priests believed that the goddess not only did not oppose the war, but was likely to support the war.

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The reason why Xiang Nan did not oppose the war was that he could not resolve the disputes between countries. These disputes were not only about trade, but also about historical grudges and cultural conflicts.

For example, between Britain and France, starting from 1066, when the Duke of Normandy of France conquered Britain, there were the Hundred Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War in the mid-eighteenth century...

No matter how capable Xiang Nan was, he could not eliminate the thousand-year-long grievances between the two countries. Even if God came in person, he could not resolve the grievances between the two countries.

On the one hand, he actually welcomed the outbreak of war, because although war would bring killing, destruction and casualties, it could also bring change, rebirth and creation.

Many inventions in the world were caused by war, such as raincoats, watches, zippers, penicillin, facial tissues, sanitary napkins, microwave ovens...

So he had neither the ability to stop the war nor the mind to stop the war.

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The war soon broke out, with WTF, mainly Britain, the United States, Prussia, Canada, Australia, etc., fighting against NCM, mainly France, Austria, Russia, Spain, Italy, India, etc.

The total number of the warring parties exceeded 2 billion, and the total number of troops invested exceeded 100 million, which can be called the largest war in history.

As a result, the casualties were extremely tragic, with tens of millions of people killed on the battlefield, and more than 30 million civilians affected by the war. The economic losses reached more than 270 billion US dollars, equivalent to about 400,000 tons of gold.

In the early 20th century, the total amount of gold mined in the world was less than 20,000 tons. Compared with these countries, the wealth Xiang Nan had obtained before was simply a drop in the bucket.