Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 627: The Three Demigods’ Ritual, Encountering the Night Demon Jeanne

At the end of the third ring road, the North Sea Empire, the capital of Kingston.

In the garden of Ganquan Palace where red roses bloom all year round, the divine incarnations of Catherine, Byron, and Violet took a break from their busy schedule and were drinking afternoon tea together.

“Sister, you don’t have the opportunity to go to the Corridor of Truth in person, but you have to try the local specialties.

Try the golden dates, a specialty of the Desert Empire. They are top-grade products that are bigger than apples and are also magical plants."

"Miss, I'll give you a cup of milk from the demonized cows that were improved by the Bloodthirsty Cult. You must eat more eggs and milk during pregnancy."

Byron dismissed the court maids and personally and attentively served the incarnations of his two sisters, just because one of them was holding an egg and the other was pregnant.

Catherine has five similar metal dragon incarnations: gold dragon, silver dragon, bronze dragon, brass dragon, and copper dragon.

It can be easily obtained by sacrificing corresponding metal materials of the same weight as a young dragon.

Before Byron and Violet set out to sea, she transformed into two incarnations, the Golden Dragon Lady and the Bronze Dragon Lady, and before they left, she generously rewarded Byron with a "one-stop service".

After obtaining the two major priesthoods of [Wealth] and [Agriculture] in the past two days, the Silver Dragon Lady and the Bronze Dragon Lady were separated one after another, each responsible for guarding one side.

The one in the palace is the silver dragon girl who looks most like the original Mithril Dragon.

Not only did she have to assist Byron in handling the government affairs of the entire North Sea Empire, but she was also responsible for taking time out every day to hatch the eggs.

The first incarnation of Violet on the opposite side was in a similar situation. The little princess in her belly was already slightly showing. Both of them were the focus of protection, and Byron wished he could hold them in his arms while walking.

The empire's foundation was too weak, and they had to do many things themselves.

It just so happened that the family had the ability to split themselves up, so they naturally took on burdens that they shouldn't have at their age.

Cleopatra was only responsible for two capitals and twenty-six provinces, but they were responsible for the twenty-six million people of the two empires. Even if the three of them divided it into more than ten parts, it still was not enough.

Perhaps in another two or three years, when the country's transformation is on the right track and administrative reserve forces are gradually cultivated, we will be able to gradually let go.

Of course, their hands-on approach also resulted in a thriving empire, and they didn't have to worry about dying of exhaustion like the prime minister who also took care of everything himself.

Even during my rest time, I still remember to deal with urgent matters.

While the legendary battleship [Dreadnought] was conducting routine sea trials and legendary battleship technical tests in the "Golden Mist Palace", the data had already been synchronized into the consciousness of all their incarnations.

The double-layer legal network of the Silver Law and the Golden Law manifested around them, and government decrees were issued at a rapid speed.

Catherine tapped her fingers on the legal network and sent her order to the Imperial Treasury:
"Immediately add temporary investment to the Steam Battleship Project at Torrent Fortress.

Now that the prototype of the Dreadnought has been perfectly finalized, start recruiting troops as quickly as possible.

If we compare the number of exotic warships, we still have a certain gap with the two kings of Castile. The Invincible Fleet is still the Invincible Fleet that has never encountered failure.

With their support, Orthodoxy still has the capital to show off its power.

But as soon as the first batch of ten dreadnoughts are delivered, it will be time for us to completely counterattack and become the world's number one maritime power.

Our cheap woolen products and various industrial products have been dumped on a large scale on the continent, and the gold and silver harvested by the Castilians from the colonies are flowing into our pockets at an accelerated rate.

You don’t need to worry about financial issues.”

Violet connected to the internal network of the Imperial Industrial Equipment Department:

"The shipyards at Shannon Port in County Clare and Portsmouth Port in Hampshire are accelerating their completion and are striving to be put into use and undertake shipbuilding business by the middle of this month.

Before the end of this year, at least 15 new shipyards will be built in the country, with no less than 150 shipbuilding platforms.

Steel battleships do not require century-old oak, but only ore, coal and blast furnaces. As long as industrial capacity can keep up, there will be no situation where raw materials restrict production.

In the next few decades, war will be the main theme of the material world, and no matter how many warships are built, they can be absorbed.

Let me give you a number. The displacement of the new warships to be built next year will be equal to the current fleet of Iris next door!"

The incarnation in charge of the Holy Golden Empire and Torrent Fortress also revised the drawings and adjusted the subsequent production plans as soon as possible.

The incarnation stationed in Black Sail Harbor accelerated the posting of notices to carry out pirate transformation in advance, absorbing the elite pirates for onboard training on new warships, and transforming them into a modern navy.

Some sailors who have mastered the advanced sailing techniques cannot adapt to the new era. It is unavoidable that they have suddenly become redundant from high-end talents.
With their order, an "invisible hand" in military manufacturing began its macro-control of the entire North Sea Empire and the Holy Golden Empire.

In fact, the soul and body of a fifth-order false god are indistinguishable from each other.

Apart from the fact that the original body has the strongest power and retains certain inseparable uniqueness of a god, there is no difference between the other incarnations and the original body.

The essence is like quantum entanglement. The characteristics of each incarnation have been integrated into the overall properties. The properties of the individual cannot be described separately, but only the properties of the overall system.

There is spirituality, information and energy interaction between the original body and multiple incarnations at any time and anywhere, without any delay no matter how far the distance is.

It is a unified whole that is closer than the left and right hands, left and right feet, eyes, ears, and even the brain of an ordinary person. There is no possibility of rebellion, and no worries of becoming too successful and disturbing the master.

When Byron was watching the two queens busy at work, the seven incarnations and the original body all suddenly became dazed for a moment, and then immediately returned to normal.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Suddenly, he felt as if a ninth interactive object with the same origin suddenly appeared in his consciousness.

The essence is the same, the compatibility is at the full level, but it is different from his original body or incarnation.

It’s a pity that the feeling was only fleeting, and when I tried to pursue it again, it was gone.

Byron didn't realize yet that Raven Fujin had just missed the activation knowledge in the Pirate Code.

All Things Become One touched a certain existence on the ship.

But as the distance between the two exceeded the crow's perception limit, that mysterious connection was broken again.

However, as long as the two sides are still on the battlefield, they will meet again sooner or later.

Byron did not become suspicious because of the temporary abnormality.

Putting this matter aside for the moment, he attentively poured a cup of honey tea for the two queens and said casually:
“Violet and I need to open up the third circulation belt before we can come back and hold the promotion ceremony to the sixth-order demigod.

But now our spirituality has been raised to 24.3, the main priesthood has been determined, and we can start the preliminary planning work in advance.

It will take us several years to expand our sphere of influence to at least one continent.

Looking at Catherine:
"Sister, have you decided who will be the beneficiaries of the world's first financial tsunami?"

Catherine's silver dragon incarnation took a sip of black tea with honey and shook her head in distress:
“There are few countries in the world that have established a sound financial system.

It is not easy to find a suitable chicken to sharpen the [Financial Holy Sword].

I also eliminated the poor knights who had already surrendered to us, and I am still slowly selecting the rest."

Before she finished her words, the communication signal of the legal network next to her suddenly sounded, and a male avatar popped up.

"Is it Hal Black? Didn't I send him back to the Netherlands as an undercover agent? Why did he suddenly activate the emergency contact channel?"

All three knew each other.

Remit [banker] Hal Black and some members of the "Free Masons" who are committed to becoming world aristocrats have already secretly joined them.

The Black brothers were transformed into midnight demons by Byron, and were assigned to Catherine, the [Queen of Finance] of the Gold and Dollar Sequence, and were directly led by her.

Catherine sent them to the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the southern coast of the North Sea.

Since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the Netherlands has always been one of the main destination ports for returning ocean-going fleets, and its commerce, handicrafts and financial industries have developed rapidly.

It also attracted a large number of Rimet bankers who started out as usurers.

The elite class has long regarded the Netherlands as one of their bases and has completely controlled the region through various means.

The United Bank of the Netherlands, the Restoration Party, and the Free Masons are all collective products of the Remit group.

After they took control of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, they not only actively engaged in financial and commercial activities, but also promoted the rise of manufacturing industries such as the wool textile industry, and colluded with the land nobles in Hastings.

After Byron stole the country, the land nobles who initiated the "Enclosure Movement" in the country were liquidated, but the Remitians in the Netherlands suffered little loss.

This time, when the family was preparing for their respective sixth-level promotion ceremonies, the Netherlands and the Southern Continent's Financial Restoration Party were the two top-ranked alternative targets.

Catherine casually clicked on the portrait, and a sweaty [Banker] Hal Black appeared in front of the three of them.

Seeing Byron and Violet were there, Hal Black hurriedly saluted and said:
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

Without waiting for further questions, he spilled everything he knew like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube:

"Some time ago, the Empire started dumping various wool textiles and industrial products on the continental countries, which soon severely damaged the wool handicraft industry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

A large number of workshop owners united and pushed the Dutch Parliament to issue a resolution to unite with international grain traders to completely cut off the grain supply to the North Sea Empire by the end of July."

As Blake told his story, a trap that had been designed many years ago came to light.

The enclosure movement over the years not only allowed the land nobles of Hastings to obtain land, wool, wealth and status, but also allowed the four major grain merchants of Remet to almost monopolize the grain trading market in Hastings.

If there is anything in this world that can generate huge profits, it is illegal drugs and weapons.

If there is something that can fundamentally control a country and a nation, it must be food!

Although the country's fiscal revenue increased after Hettings converted a large amount of arable land into animal husbandry, it could only rely on imports because it no longer produced food, and thus put its lifeline in the hands of the Remit people.

Especially in recent years, with the constant wars, international food prices have been rising steadily.

In many countries now, a standard piece of fule bread is already sold for five copper fules, and it won’t be long before the price rises to fifty or even five hundred fules!
Once the imports from Hattings are blocked, the poor who can't afford bread may not even be able to afford potatoes.

By then, the Remites will not need to start any hot war. The people of Hastings will be so eager to catch fire that they will burn whoever the grain merchants tell them to burn!
With this group of ambitious people pushing the issue behind the scenes, the royal power of the North Sea Empire is doomed to lose ground.

Coupled with the external pressure from the old gods' followers across the sea, the imperial high-ranking officials who were unable to produce food had no choice but to beg for mercy from them, and even paid an unimaginable heavy price to obtain "forgiveness."

The trigger was the North Sea Empire's booming wool textile industry.

Low-priced dumped goods massively occupied the market of the Dutch wool industry, and large-scale machine production defeated handicraft workshops.

The merchants of Remit can no longer sit still.

Blake finally made a sincere suggestion:
“Our Black family still has some food reserves that can be used for emergencies for the empire.

However, Your Majesty, we still need to think of a solution quickly, otherwise the current situation of the empire will really be a disaster."

However, what was beyond Blake's expectation was that after hearing his urgent intelligence, the Byron family was all stunned, but after looking at each other, they all burst into laughter.

Although Catherine and Violet were not as bold as Byron, they also covered their mouths with their hands while holding ivory fans.

Hearing their laughter, Blake wiped the sweat from his forehead, a glimmer of hope in his eyes:

"Your Majesties, doesn't the Empire actually lack food?"

He had long ceased to be a Remitian. He had sold himself and the land nobles for a good price, and now shared the prosperity and adversity of the North Sea Empire. Of course, he did not want the newly unified empire to fall apart again.

But Catherine shook her head:

“In the past two years, we have continuously accepted a large number of Protestant immigrants.

Their predictions were correct. Both the North Sea Empire and the Holy Golden Empire have a large food shortage. This is our weak spot."

Blake's face suddenly fell and his heart dropped like a roller coaster.

At this time, Violet added with a smile:

"But... our steel production is absolutely sufficient!"

This banker from the Jinyuan sequence obviously had not yet learned to think outside the banker's perspective. He opened his mouth and corrected helplessly:
“Your Majesties, I am not talking about steel, but food.

Even if we produce a lot of steel, it can’t be eaten!”

Byron stopped playing dumb with him and waved his hand with a sneer on his face:
“Although our industrial system has only been established for a year or two, our current steel production is equivalent to the total of the Silver Continent, and by July this year it has exceeded 100 million tons.

It is expected to triple next year.

Since I have so much money in my hands, why should I depend on others for food? It's a joke!
If we put the industrial output value out there, the ones who are most worried about me not having enough to eat should be my good neighbors on the mainland."

The cold sweat on Blake's head began to flow faster.

"That makes a lot of sense."

Catherine opened her ivory fan and fanned herself with great interest, her smile bright and beautiful:

“Isn’t this the ritual goal of the financial tsunami?

'The Coachman of the Sea' is worthy of being the 'Coachman of the Sea'. When I feel sleepy, a pillow appears.

I originally felt a little embarrassed to chop anyone down, but today they offered their necks to me.

Recently, the security fleet has frequently reported that the Netherlands has crossed the border into our North Sea fishing grounds to fish. I'm afraid they have long been showing signs of wanting to compete with us.

Aunt Meganila also sent back information.

It is said that Louis XI has been having bad luck recently since he was cursed by the Ghost Hand Knife. He has narrowly escaped many accidents several times. Last time, he was almost knocked off his horse by a wild boar.

Counting the days, there are only a few days left.

We can take this opportunity to deal with the Netherlands and complete the promotion ceremony for the three of us at once, completely changing the world."

Byron and Violet nodded, reaching a consensus immediately.

If you look down from the sky, Hastings, Anchor Bay and the Evernight Peninsula form a circle with the North Sea as the center, with only two gaps on the southern land.

One of them is the iris and the other is the Netherlands.

If the two of them were added to the empire's territory, it would be the Northern Empire in a broad sense, and it would be completely complete!
At this point, the promotion ceremonies for the three major priesthoods of [Change], [Finance], and [Creation] have become very clear.

The first step was to reap the world's profits through the "industrial-agricultural scissors gap" created by industrial finished products, severely damaging the manor economy that had been maintained by various countries for thousands of years.

Let the whole world feel the earth-shaking power of the Industrial Revolution.

Then he wielded the [Financial Holy Sword] against the Netherlands, a country with the most developed finance, industry and commerce, setting off a financial tsunami and reaping heavy rewards.

After the financial war kills the chicken, we can take advantage of the situation to ignite the fire of change in everyone's heart.

Replacing manual labor with large-scale machine production and replacing manual workshops with factories will improve social productivity and change the face of the entire world.

These three promotion ceremonies are closely linked.

Only by advancing through the two major ceremonies of Violet and Catherine step by step can the "World Change" ceremony, which will affect at least one continent, and preferably the entire world, be completed.

Let Byron ascend to the position of demigod in one fell swoop with the peak of world influence!
Just looking at the scale, it is definitely much stronger than the "myth reenactment" ceremony in which Cleopatra replaced the desert pantheon.

As for how to implement it specifically?

Catherine took a sip of tea and asked the banker meaningfully:

"Mr. Black, I heard that merchants from the Netherlands just brought back a beautiful flower called tulips from the west coast, right?

Right now, those [Famine Hunters] are still exploring planting methods, and it is difficult to expand production in a short period of time, especially since some special varieties are very rare and difficult to buy even if you have money."

Blake didn't know why the topic suddenly jumped from food and steel to tulips.

But I can only answer honestly:
"Yes, Your Majesty."

Catherine's smile became brighter:
“Then, help me buy tulips from now on.

I will plant tulips all over my garden, fill the windowsills of the imperial nobles with tulips, and when the empire holds a banquet, put a tulip on the lapel of every noble.

Put the price of tulips up for me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Blake, not knowing what was going on, responded respectfully.

But before closing the communication, he shuddered when he saw the identical smile on the faces of this family.

It seemed that what they wanted to purchase was not tulips, but the life of merchant Remit!
The mainland has already prepared in advance to take action against the Remit people who control the economic lifeline of the Netherlands Kingdom, warming up for the demigod promotion ceremony of the three people.

On the other side, after resting in the "Golden Mist Palace" for a few days and replenishing his energy, Byron also quietly sneaked into the Sea of ​​Monsters.

According to the goal determined by Raven Fujin during his scouting, they arrived at the headquarters of the Night Demon Organization "Twilight Church" - a large island with a freshwater port.

At this time, the island was already crowded with beastmen including goat-headed men, werewolves, ghouls, midnight demons, night demons, etc.

The appearance of the previous followers is hard to describe, but the Night Demon followers are all handsome and beautiful and very eye-catching.

No wonder Lilith loves this kind of family the most.

This is also Byron's goal.

“The divine incarnation of [Mother of Creation Lilith] has not yet arrived. It is said that she is drawing blood from the country ruled by the Night Demon to increase her strength.

There were only a few fifth-level Night Demon Kings and Night Demon Princes leading the garrison.

As long as I am not besieged, I am not afraid of anyone on this island."

He transformed himself into a black bat that was everywhere on the island, flew to one of the rare stone villas on the island, and hung upside down on the windowsill.

I saw a young demon in the study writing a letter.

He looks to be in his twenties, handsome yet a little feminine.

He has short silver hair, red pupils, and a slender and well-proportioned figure. He is the kind of handsome guy that women would scream and beg to take them in as their blood servant.

As long as a person stands there, there is no telling how many members of the Ha blood tribe will gather around him and offer themselves to sacrifice themselves for him.

In fact, this is a Night Demon Prince who has lived for two hundred years, the fifth-level false god [Grand Duke of Thorns] Vlad III, and also the youngest son of a Night Demon king.

The status is neither high nor low, the strength is neither strong nor weak, and it is most suitable for fishing in troubled waters.

After Byron made sure that there was no one else in the study, he took decisive action immediately.

First, use the [Fraud] power to block the connections inside and outside the room, turning this place into an information island.

Then the shadow under his feet spread silently behind Vlad III.

The water of the [River of Styx], which had been amplified by the [Underworld] priesthood, suddenly rose into huge waves, and before the other party could react, it swept him into the Flower Mountain Heaven.

"Who is it? Enemy attack——!"

The Night Demon Prince subconsciously burst into scarlet light all over his body, and shouted loudly, trying to warn others and ask for help, but he was unable to break through the barrier set up by Byron.

The next moment, the whole person disappeared in the room.

Growing up in a place like the Corridor of Truth, his combat awareness is beyond doubt.

While still in mid-air, he activated the [Bleeding Fighting Technique], drew out a scarlet rapier from his wrist, and slashed fiercely at Byron who appeared behind him.

Byron ignored the rapier and had already activated the [Storm King Seal]. Electricity burst out from his fists and he shouted:
"Hey!"

He clasped his hands together and broke the rapier with one move, knocking him to the bottom of the River Styx.

The flesh, memories, spirituality, treasures, and anchors in the body were all digested in the blink of an eye, and he died silently.

Byron transformed himself and perfectly replaced the identity of [Grand Duke of Thorns] Vlad III, and inherited his anchor as well. Even the Night Demon King who was related to him by blood could not find anything unusual.

He walked out of the Kingdom of God again, looked at himself in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction:

"Perfect!"

The long-sheltered entry [Big Trouble] has now reappeared, sharpening its knife against the new boss.

“Special Effect: Lancaster, never be inferior to others!
Others are their superiors' confidants, but you are their superiors' biggest threat.

The better your abilities and the more outstanding your achievements, the more you will be valued and recognized by your superiors, and the closer you will be to the role of "confidant" in the eyes of others.

The more you backstab a superior, the stronger the ability bonus you gain."

Of course, it cannot be said that this entry has never been opened recently.

At least for the past two days, the vixen who insisted on riding on Lancaster was "backstabbed" by him almost all the time!
Byron sat back down at the table and looked down at the unfinished letter on the table. It turned out to be a love letter:
"Beautiful Miss Jeanne, my love!

From the moment you accepted the blessing of our Lord and joined the Night Demon family, I fell in love with you at first sight."

(End of this chapter)