Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 408: Surprise: Rubber Tree! Steam Engine! (6400 words)
They don't need to care about the tribe left behind by [Hammerhead God] Kopacati.

Not far ahead is Kipchaksu, the northernmost part of the Sun Empire, so there are naturally plenty of people to help them deal with it properly.

Atahualpa immediately summoned reinforcements, and the elite troops of the Chincha Suyu army arrived immediately upon hearing the news and took over the thousands of people with ease.

"Xinqi Roca, take your men to clean up this tribe thoroughly and kill all the extraordinary people under the Hammerhead God system.

The remaining people will all migrate to our territory and convert to the Sun God within one month. We don’t have that much time to waste.

You don't need me to teach you the rest, right?"

"As ordered, Your Highness."

In front of Atahualpa, an indigenous warrior with bronze skin with a light golden glow, wearing golden armor, and as majestic as a mountain, bowed his head deeply and beat his chest hard.

This is his captain of the guard, equivalent to the guardian knight of the nobles of the Old World, and also one of the few fourth-order mythical creatures under his command.

Even though Atahualpa had a stronger bloodline and was closer to the sun god, he just ate and drank along the way and naturally grew into a mythical creature after he became an adult.

But if a fight really breaks out, I'm afraid he may not be able to defeat Xinqi Roca, who has fought his way up bit by bit with the help of his second-level bloodline and the "Holy Book of the Sun".

Byron subconsciously activated [Echoes of History] and glanced at the top general under his partner, but did not find anything unusual.

But he just felt that there was a familiar smell on the captain of the guard. He wanted to distinguish it but it was too faint to be detected.

It was as if the other person had accidentally gotten something on him.

“Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, it is almost dark, and it will take some time to climb the mountain after the sailboat docks.

Why not take my sun chariot and ride through the air? My princess has prepared a dinner for you and Her Majesty the Queen in the palace, please!"

On this side, Atahualpa arranged the follow-up matters and immediately warmly invited Byron to set off again.

Violet did not try to hide her status as queen or even the divinity of the "Queen of Heaven," so naturally, he treated her as one of his most distinguished guests.

"Alright."

When he arrived at someone else's territory, Byron naturally followed the host's wishes and obeyed his arrangements.

Of course, he cherishes his own life the most, and he cherishes Violet's life even more.

If I had not reached an alliance of interests with the prince, I might have hesitated a little about this invitation. However, with the establishment of the kickback alliance, my concerns in this regard were suddenly reduced by half.

After all, as long as one is a normal person, he will never betray his own interests no matter what he betrays!

Although Byron saw him as a wealthy dog ​​owner, he probably saw Byron as a god of wealth.

Generous kickbacks, vast territories, and even his position as a fifth-level [pseudo-god] now all depend on Byron, the arms supplier.

Even if his dead father came, he might not be closer to him than Byron, his half-brother.

In addition, Byron would occasionally activate [Echoes of History] to see into the potential malice in others, so he had full confidence in the safety of himself and Violet.

After giving a few instructions to the first mate Bruch, he took the girl and boarded Atahualpa's exceptionally spacious Sun Chariot.

Phew——!
The monster Fire Sparrow, which was responsible for pulling the cart, immediately carried them into the air.

In the blink of an eye, the natives who were migrating in a line under my feet turned into a group of small ants.

There is no doubt that, given Atahualpa's style, these people would not be confiscated and would eventually become the prince's personal slaves or exclusive tribe.

Byron was also happy with the other party's way of handling the situation.

“If this prince is really the kind of person who has no selfish motives and only cares about rules and the interests of the empire, I wouldn’t dare to play with him.

You know, arms dealers are masters of fanning the flames, and they will actively create turmoil to sell arms even if there is no turmoil.

If we want to do well, we must form a huge interest group that integrates the military, arms companies and some of the country's powerful people, and become a super military-industrial complex that no one can shake!
What unites these people is not lofty visions or ideals, but simply interests.

Anyway, we are not good people, and there is no room for selfless saints."

He glanced at Violet, who was even more excited than him, and smiled.
“Now the big money-making businesses like Financial Street and Pioneer Bank have been given to my sister.

Owning the world's only online trading platform which is not regulated by any country, sooner or later she will become one of the richest people in the world, or even the [Queen of Finance] in the Jinyuan sequence!
Now the industry and sales channels of this arms company will be handed over to Violet, who aspires to become the first female pirate king.

The [War Witch] and [Queen of Arms] in the Tower sequence sound very exciting.

With money and guns, plus the management system I built with the [Pirate Ten Commandments] and [Golden Code], why would I have to worry about success? "

The wind was howling in the sky, and Byron felt a little high-spirited for a moment.

The Sun Chariot flew at an extremely fast speed, and in a blink of an eye it entered the inland and arrived above a huge mountain range.

The prince temporarily acted as a tour guide and enthusiastically introduced his hometown to them:
"This is the Ring of Fire Mountains, which is nearly 10,000 kilometers long. Within this range of mountains there are numerous active and extinct volcanoes.

The main peak, Mount Aconcagua, is a dormant volcano with a height of 7000 meters. It is also the highest mountain in the entire Zoo.

And do you want to know where the countless gold in the Solar Empire comes from?
If I hadn’t told you, you would never have guessed it.”

Having said this, he kept it a secret.

When the two of them pricked up their ears and looked at him with sharp eyes, he laughed complacently, made a scooping gesture with his hands, and explained to the two "poor relatives":

"Haha, we fished out all that gold from the volcanic lava.

In addition to melted rocks, 20% of the magma is actually made up of various metals from deep in the earth's crust.

The third-level [Lava Giant] can transform into a fire element and dive into the lava to retrieve the various metals rich in it, including iron, copper, lead, gold, silver and everything else.

We, the descendants of God, have been making money continuously since the founding of our country. This stuff will not rot, it will only accumulate more and more.

It took more than a thousand years of accumulation to reach its current scale.

Unfortunately, our Sun Empire only occupies less than one-third of the Ring of Fire Mountains, and compared with the entire Beast Paradise, it can only be regarded as a remote corner.

However, the craters here are actually enough for us to fish in. If we divide one into the middle sequence, there will be many more. What we lack is not volcanoes but high-quality population.

Anyway, the gold in the magma never decreases. Even if we fish for another ten thousand years or a hundred thousand years, we still won’t be able to fish it all out.”

"hiss--!"

Hearing this, Byron and Violet immediately looked down at the huge volcanic mountain range, with infinite eagerness in their eyes, which was soon replaced by regret.

“I see. To these descendants of the Sun God, the Fire Ring Mountains are mountains of gold and silver.

And they are not afraid of others snatching it away, because even if they do, it will be useless to them."

No wonder they own a precious piece of land and are not afraid of others spying on them, so they tell the secret openly.

Anyone who has studied geology knows that there is very little gold on the surface of the planet, and most of it is deep in the earth's crust or even in the center of the earth.

As the internal movement of the planet intensifies, when the volcano accumulates enough energy, it will bring certain rare substances from underground to the surface.

For example, gold.

They will flow to the surface mixed with volcanic lava, and after cooling they will become ore containing gold elements. This is the original gold mine, and after refining and processing, they will become golden gold.

The Solar Empire controls countless volcanoes here, which is equivalent to the planet under their feet chasing them for food.

Those local tycoons who own mines and oil cannot be compared with the wealthy people like them who own mountains of gold and silver.

Whenever you are short of money, just jump in and grab some. Just a handful is enough for an ordinary person to live for half his life.

And if you think about the content of heavy metals deep in the earth's crust, you will know that these mountains of gold and silver will never be exhausted. How could the descendants of the gods of the Solar Empire be poor?

People like Atahualpa were too lazy to even fish for themselves.

Look at yourself, who is willing to spend every penny to promote industrialization.
The two people's eyes turned red with envy and their teeth were almost broken.

"Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?

How could I turn the mining industry, which was originally a secondary industry, into the gathering industry, which is a primary industry?

Then don’t blame our manufacturing industry for causing a trade deficit with your Empire of the Sun.

Just wait, although these little cuties are your money now, one day they will all become our money!"

The male and female thieves are determined to dig deep into customer needs this time and make a lot of money!
If you play international trade well, you can make money much faster than directly robbing people.

"You two, we're here."

The prince's voice startled the two of them.

Looking down, they found that they had arrived above a towering palace.

The outer area is a huge circular city built on the basis of a dead volcano, which is the hot spring city of Cajamarca, the capital of Chintsaray.

The city is of different heights and the buildings are square. It is a city on the top of a mountain.

In the middle of the circular city is a huge palace complex covering a vast area, with the main body built with black basalt.

In the night, those black basalt buildings not only did not blend into the darkness and appear too dark, but instead they sparkled brightly under the light of the fire.

These buildings were all covered with gold foil.

The combination of gold and black makes it look particularly majestic, grand, and wealthy!
"This"

Both of them were almost numb from watching it.

Byron and Violet followed Atahualpa into the banquet palace. The tall palace, which looked like a giant's residence, was even more magnificent.

Golden walls, golden roof, golden floors, golden tableware, and even pure gold dining tables and chairs.

Under the illumination of many high-hanging fire element crystals, the banquet hall was as bright as day, even a little stinging to the eyes.

"What does it mean that wealth and splendor dazzle the eyes? This is it.

Fortunately, Catherine didn't come. If she had come, I'm afraid she would have stayed here and couldn't go back."

At this moment, even if Byron's [Ship Log] concluded that something here was made of brass rather than gold, he probably wouldn't believe it.

Instead, you should first doubt whether your gold finger is broken, or whether it has accidentally turned into a copper finger?
They sat on the east and west sides of the golden aisle in the middle.

On one side were Byron and Violet, who shared a table, and on the other were Prince Atahualpa and his wives.

This prince is not only rich, but also has many wives and concubines, which makes people envious and jealous.

The princess sitting next to him was only half a head shorter than him, tall and muscular, with light golden eyes and long red hair that looked like a blazing flame.

She had an extremely powerful aura. Sitting there quietly, she looked like a hot furnace, or a mighty female general.

Obviously, he is also a fourth-order mythical creature [Son of the Sun].

The clothes on her body shone with gold, and looked like they were woven from countless tiny gold threads. Although they were made of metal, they made her look as soft as silk fabric. Even the curves of her waist and abdominal muscles were outlined perfectly.

Combined with the extremely high-quality gems, she is like wearing a city on her body.

"Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, let me introduce you two. This is my princess and my elder sister, Aya Capak."

Byron did not look at it any further, but only praised it politely:
"Princess, your beauty shines like the sun."

I didn't find her identity strange.

Just look at the extraordinary system of [Sun God] Inti, and you will know that everything here revolves around him.

One of the most important tasks for these descendants of gods is to spread out, give birth to more bloodlines, dilute the animal nature, and firmly anchor themselves.

In fact, in order to keep the bloodline of the royal family [Sons of the Sun] pure, the Sun Empire has apparently always retained the tradition of inbreeding.

The descendants of the sun god, especially those of the royal family, usually marry many wives and have many children.

At the same time, in order to maintain the orderly succession of the empire, most of these wives are sisters with the same bloodline of "Sons of the Sun".

Of course, in addition to wives of status, the noble descendants of gods in the empire also have an even larger number of concubines and female slaves.

Although descendants of impure blood will not obtain the title of prince, they are the source of the vast majority of middle and lower-level nobles in the empire.

If these children can rely on the lower-level bloodline and the "Holy Book of the Sun" and climb up again through three bloodline sublimation ceremonies, they can also obtain a very high status.

For example, this was the case with Atahualpa's guard captain, Sinch Roca.

Boom boom boom. Boom boom
The musician played the long drum.

A large group of beautiful and enchanting dancers in gorgeous dance costumes filed in and began to dance on the stage paved with pure gold.

The exotic dance was indeed very pleasing to the eye, but Byron, who had a special hobby, just appreciated the art and felt no emotion at all.

Their eyes are more focused on the shiny accessories such as headdresses, bracelets, anklets, rings, navel beads, etc.

There are gold, mithril, pearls, corals, and various gems.

Moreover, this is just what female slaves wear. Compared with them, the royal families of the Old World are just a group of beggars!
Although it is called the Empire of the Sun, it is more like the Golden Empire than Byron's own Holy Golden Empire.

No matter how strong his spirit was, he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

"Come on, Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, Your Majesty, Cheers, and quickly taste the delicacies of our Empire of the Sun."

The atmosphere gradually became heated, and Atahualpa raised a beer-like drink made from corn and invited the two to drink together.

It was not until then that they finally discovered new business opportunities.

There were quite a few ingredients on the table, including corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and avocados, which were not much different from the crops in the Bantaan Islands.

Meat includes roasted alpaca, roasted guinea pig, and [Blood Red Whiskey] turkey, which Alfred first discovered and named on the cannibal island.

Byron took a bite of the thing and fell silent, while Violet took a bite of the turkey leg and quietly put it on his plate.

"There is a reason why our ancestors in this country of foodies were so strict in their selection. The only drawback of some species that were not introduced by our ancestors is that they don't taste good!"

It looks very sumptuous, a feast that ordinary people could not even dream of, but the taste is very ordinary and the cooking method is relatively monotonous.

Obviously, although the Solar Empire is rich in gold, it does not mean that the material world is highly developed.

The upper and lower classes, who live a life of extravagance and decadence, are probably two completely different worlds.

In terms of agricultural production capacity alone, it is only slightly better than the two empires that practice slash-and-burn agriculture in the Bantaan Islands.

As a general equivalent, the value of gold can only be reflected when it can buy enough goods. If it can’t buy anything, it is just a beautiful metal.

Byron and Violet achieved spiritual fusion in perfect harmony.

"We can't just look at the upper class, we also have to look at the lower class, which has a population of 2000 million.

So it’s not that this place is too rich and lacks nothing, but that it lacks everything. There is nothing here that is beyond the production capacity of agricultural civilization.”

"We lack agricultural technology, oxen, the curved plow we just invented, and compost."

"The food is relatively monotonous. We also lack pork, beef, lamb, ice cream, puffs, etc. We have to arrange everything that can provide enjoyment."

"The princess and the prince's sisters should wear the most luxurious silks."

"The banquet is still lacking porcelain as smooth as a beauty's skin."

"Install clocks in the halls and build clock towers in the palace complexes."

“Of course, there are also various luxury goods that do not cheat the poor, which are given to the upper class to set the fashion trend and induce the middle class to pursue fashion.

The same thing is divided into several versions, basic, pro, pro max, each version makes money once, and then you can happily cut the leeks of the middle level, hehehe."

They brainstormed, one by one, and dug deeper and deeper into the needs of the Solar Empire.

Even if there is no demand, they can create it and then sell the goods to the Solar Empire at a high price.

At this point, I felt a little more balanced.

It also further strengthened their original intention to promote industrialization and promote a huge explosion of material wealth in the world.

We make such a big contribution to the world, so it's reasonable for us to make a little money at the same time, right?

The Solar Empire has a huge amount of gold that is enough to cause a financial earthquake. Only when it is combined with the powerful industrial capacity of the Golden Empire's Stromgarde can it unleash the most terrifying power.

The party lasted until late at night.

Atahualpa, in high spirits and having drunk to his heart's content, lay in the arms of his sister Aya.

Pointing to the beautiful dancers in front of him who had been dancing for half the night and were all sweating profusely, he said to Byron with drunken eyes:
"Your Majesty, later. Hiccup. When you go to rest, take whichever one you like back to your room.

I'll give it to you as a meeting gift."

She blinked her eyes and revealed a look that all men understood.

“It’s okay even if I want all of them.

They will pay me tribute every month. Although they are not extraordinary, they are all beautiful virgins."

Before Byron could respond, the eyes of the twenty or so dancers lit up one after another.

Looking at him, he swallowed subconsciously.

"Gudong!" "Gudong!".
Although Byron is not yet a fourth-level mythical creature.

But divinity, humanity and animality walk on three legs, and each leg moves forward in tandem, thick and long, without any shortcomings.

Just sitting there gives them a sense of immovable, flawless perfection, which has an extremely strong appeal to them.

Subconsciously, I feel that if I could have a chance to have a romantic encounter, my fate might be changed in an instant.

Apparently the side effect of [Night Devil Prince]'s advice of "boys must protect themselves when they go out" has struck again.

The dancers all had blazing eyes, and they couldn't wait to call their sisters to come up and take turns to enjoy... ahem, sleep with him.

Byron was so frightened that he immediately became possessed by Mr. No and refused the fatal question:
"No, no, no, thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. The Holy Golden Empire has its own national conditions. I really don't need it."

Atahualpa glanced at Queen Violet, who remained calm, and nodded with a smile as if he had suddenly understood something:
"Oh, I see. You must be worried that you might accidentally leave offspring and leak your bloodline, right?"

He couldn't imagine that there was such a "weird" country in the world where monogamy was practiced and men could only marry one wife under normal circumstances.

I just thought Byron was worried about future generations.

"No problem, I have treasures here so you can rest assured."

Bang bang bang.
Before Byron could continue to refuse firmly, the prince clapped his hands.

A maid came quickly to him holding a golden bowl.

At first, Byron thought that the thing in the golden bowl was sheep intestines that had been softened in hot milk, which was also one of the most common contraceptive methods of that era.

But when he really saw what was inside, his eyes froze involuntarily, and then widened little by little.

It turned out to be a thin, milky, translucent and familiar substance.

Violet saw Byron staring at the thing and her face turned slightly red. She began to wonder if she was not a good enough partner.

"Should I take the initiative to find a few more sisters to help the Lancaster family expand?

Compared to the Capac family of the Sun Empire, the Lancaster bloodline is too weak.

Besides, there is no need for contraception in our family."

Then Byron's suppressed excited voice was heard:
"This is not sheep intestine or fish bladder, this is... this is natural rubber!
There is hope for the steam engine.”

They obtained a series of whale oil technologies with "whale oil power furnace" as the core from the mind of Pohnpei, the "Father of Sharks".

But today's power reactors are too crude and their energy efficiency is too low.

Not to mention driving a warship, it's not even enough to drive large machines.

Now, all the tower sequence extraordinary people in the world are arguing on the "Key of Omniscience" platform of the Silver Law.

There are two subsequent R&D routes for debate:
"One is the extraordinary route, which is to develop the rich source of energy inside to drive alchemical machinery and various magic arrays. The disadvantage is that mortals cannot use it, and it is difficult to promote it on a large scale."

"The other is a purely mechanical route, used to boil water! The threshold is very low, and anyone with hands can operate it."

Who in this world knows how to boil water better than Byron?

And he has two development paths in his mind, two!
They are the steam engine and the internal combustion engine.

Whether it is a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, they are absolutely inseparable from this good thing called rubber.

Take the steam engine as an example. As a mechanical energy conversion device, it uses steam as its power source and completes energy conversion through continuous changes of moving parts.

Rubber can play a role in sealing, shock absorption, noise reduction, etc.

Especially the most important sealing function.

The exhaust and intake pressures of a steam engine are very high, requiring the cylinder to be tightly sealed to prevent steam leakage.

Due to its excellent elasticity and sealing properties, rubber is widely used in steam engines for sealing cylinder heads and cylinder doors.

Even in Byron's previous life, natural rubber was one of the most widely used basic industrial products, which shows its superior performance.

"What kind of contraceptive tool can you use with this treasure? The whale oil steam engine is the stage where it can shine!"

(End of this chapter)