Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 673 Legendary Battleship: The Immaculate Conception!
"Thank you, thank you for the kindness of Her Majesty the Queen of Finance! From now on, I will definitely change my ways and never trade futures again."

"Long live the Queen of Finance! Long live Saint Byron!"

"With the arrival of the North Sea Empire, justice will prevail. Your Majesty, we had a hard time when we were ruled by the Remit people."

As expected, Catherine's decree had just been issued when the entire kingdom rejoiced. Heartfelt gratitude filled the "Golden Law" that had spread across the strait.

This grand occasion was not only because their own debts were forgiven, but also because they no longer had the huge mountain of the Rimet banker class above their heads.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands was parasitized by the Remit people, just like a giant crab parasitized by crab slaves. It was exhausted and miserable, and was almost forced to undergo sex change.

From a long time ago, as long as there was one Remit person moving into a certain industry or company in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the entire industry or company would soon be filled with Remit people.

Then fellow tribesmen scattered across foreign countries will flock in and drive out the locals.

Up to now, they not only control the economic, political and military lifelines, but also almost control all the high-quality jobs and industries in the country, absorb nutrients from the entire society to support themselves, and squeeze out the living space of a large number of local people.

Many people have no doubt that if this continues, many Dutch people will be forced to leave their homes and flee their homeland amid the curses of the Remit people: "Get out of our Netherlands."

Now, suddenly, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise and ushered in the dawn of rebirth.

The people's money was returned in full, and the gentry's money was divided 19:1. How could such a good thing happen since ancient times?

This is simply the Holy King!

From hell to heaven, countless middle and lower class citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands could not help but burst into tears at this moment.

In addition, the effect of the national title of "The First Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" has long spread throughout the world.

The Dutch, who had not yet experienced the First World War and formed a nation-state, already wished they were born citizens of the empire.

"When will the North Sea Empire send troops to garrison? We must lead the way for you!"

Byron and Catherine naturally heard their voices and nodded with great satisfaction. Winning the hearts of the people meant winning the kingdom.

As for those Remit banks that have been emptied of their funds and lost all their accounts receivable, whether they will face a wave of bankruptcies as a result, what does that have to do with us?

Since war has been declared, why should I care about your life or death?
In stark contrast to the civilian class, the Remit bankers, led by the Free Masons, were kicked out of the Dutch ruling system by Catherine, and each of them vomited three liters of blood.

"Even a million pirates can't be as powerful as the sword of the Queen of Finance. They've cut off their roots."

"It's gone, all gone, you guys are so vicious!"

They will also remember forever from the bottom of their hearts the great shortcomings and virtues of this troublemaker, the North Sea Empire.

But I no longer have the strength to resist.

The fleet that had not yet completely left the port also collapsed on the spot. The morale of the people had been scattered. How could the team be led?

And everyone realized that after they lost power, if they could not escape the country as soon as possible, they would probably be beaten to death on the spot by the angry Dutch!

"Let's go to the southern continent and join the Jinquan Restoration Party. Only by concentrating our strength can we survive this crisis."

[Lord Protector] Cromwell was not dead, but was seriously injured by the financial backlash of the kingdom. He gritted his teeth and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He touched the Level 0 holy relic [Dead Sea Scrolls] hidden in the lapel of his chest. It was this relic that saved Cromwell's life from Catherine's sword just now.

He then abandoned most of his people in panic and fled the battlefield with his guards, without even trying to reunite with the Orthodox Alliance.

Although the legendary banker suffered a huge loss in the area where he was best and least expected it, he soon regained his sanity.

He was not naive enough to think that as long as he waited for the Invincible Armada to win, the Orthodox Alliance would fulfill its initial promise to support their founding of a nation.

The most crucial basis for dividing the cake has never been merit, but the strength of each party!
They lost the power to influence a maritime power.

Judging from what the Remit people have done over the years, once the Orthodox Alliance wins, I'm afraid they won't mind putting the Remit people on the table.

As soon as I set out on the road to escape, I had already thought of my own escape route:
'The Remit Church and the Creator Church are not the same kind of people. We are just using each other. If there is a chance, no one would mind stabbing the other in the back.

Although we have been defeated now, my daughter [Elf of Love] Salome, and the great being standing behind her have not been defeated!
If we can reconnect with them, the Free Masons can take back what is ours.

Just wait, the Remitt Homecoming Group will be back!'

The victorious Catherine appeared lightly beside Byron, accompanied by countless golden digital pixels.

After drying the blood on the holy sword, he put away the [Financial Holy Sword] that had just completed the feat of killing a country, and looked at the entire North Sea coast that had finally been connected, feeling very happy:

"All obstacles have been swept away, and no one can resist the torrent of our industrial revolution.

Having taken away the wealth accumulated by the Remit people over hundreds of years, there is no need to worry about them stealing the fruits of the revolution.

From now on, there will only be one force that can rule the world's countries through the economic lifeline, and that is our Demonic Banquet Council!"

The reason why the Remit people chose to oppose the North Sea Empire and set up trade barriers in the entire Orthodox Alliance to hinder free trade was essentially a trade conflict caused by the impact of industrialization on handicraft workshops.

When the private capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was plundered, the upper-level institutions were severely damaged, and the Remitians fled as a whole, the entire country naturally shook as well.

A large amount of gold and silver flowed out of the country, and the Netherlands was forced to tighten its money supply.

The "tulip bubble" inevitably went beyond the financial field and turned into a severe impact on the real economy.

Those workshop owners and factory owners who were once in a precarious situation and relied on bank loans to survive are no longer able to borrow new money to repay old debts.

If nothing unexpected happens, with a large number of Dutch workshops abandoned and people's livelihood declining, it is destined to evolve into a great depression that will last for many years.

But crisis is also an opportunity!

It just so happened that the handicraft workshops had completely disappeared, which gave us a chance to start the Industrial Revolution, allowing many mature craftsmen to be transformed into workers and allowing the manufacturing industry to be reborn from the ashes.

They have absolute economic power, which will soon be transformed into absolute political power.

It won't be long before the entire country changes hands.

Byron, who had already won the hearts of the people before that, might cross the threshold of 50% equity of [Silver Law] at any time!

And Catherine has already gained huge benefits at the first moment.

As the wishes of the Dutch people were fed back, a golden light lit up from Catherine's towering chest and then quickly spread throughout her body.

Wow.
Financial resources are surging.

He promoted the rapid fusion of his own divinity and the ladder of immortality. In just a few breaths, about two-thirds of his spirituality transformed into the [Immortal Divinity] that belonged only to demigods.

A pair of small golden dragon horns on the forehead exude a supreme and noble divine aura, which can easily transform stone, steel, and mercury into gold when they touch them.

The Divine Kingdom's own Financial Street also dragged the merged Golden Mist Palace and Flower Mountain Kingdom upward rapidly, and was only one step away from being lifted into the material world.

The promotion ceremony for the three major priesthoods of [Change], [Finance], and [Creation] has finally reached the halfway point.

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

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

The second step is to wield the [Finance Holy Sword] against the Netherlands, which has the most developed finance, industry and commerce, to set off a financial tsunami to reap wealth and eliminate major capital and competitors.

The third step is that after the financial war has killed the chicken, all countries will realize that the world trend is unstoppable, and then they will be able 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.

If it weren’t for Byron and the two queens’ demigod promotion ceremony [World Change] being a whole.

Seeking to have a huge influence that shakes the entire world, rather than being limited to one country or one continent, so that the three of them can obtain power comparable to that of veteran demigods when they are just promoted to the sixth level.

At this time, Catherine, who led the world's first financial crisis, might have been promoted.

You know, the mother goddess of dragons [Tiamat, the Mother of a Hundred Heads] now only has the strength of a demigod.

After Catherine is promoted to the sixth-rank dragon god, she may be able to completely break away from the barriers of the inherent dragon species in the material world and open up a new dragon bloodline, such as the pixel dragon.

Byron gave her a thumbs up and praised her in a very flattering way, "Sister, you are so awesome!" He also reminded her:

"Capital's 'profit-seeking' nature is its original sin.

As finance continues to develop, capital will certainly prefer the financial speculation market with short cycles and quick money-making, rather than investing in down-to-earth real economy.

Technology companies are not looking up to the stars and the sea, but are flocking to engage in small loans. This is the greatest sorrow of capital.

If we don’t control it, the whole country will inevitably move away from reality and towards virtuality, and in the end people will die miserably.”

Speaking of this, he also felt a sense of empathy.

I still remember that when I was writing my graduation thesis, the whole society was still advocating learning from developed countries to develop the tertiary industry. The crude and rough secondary industry was far less civilized and environmentally friendly than those developed countries.

But after a few years, when the tide receded, some developed countries allowed others to see how shabby they were without underwear.

Some of those who almost castrated themselves were probably frightened out of their wits and broke into a cold sweat. No one said anymore that the proportion of the tertiary industry was too low.

Catherine nodded solemnly:
“Don’t worry, I know finance is a double-edged sword.

I also remember you said that capital is not viviparous or oviparous, but metamorphosed, and any existence that comes into contact with it will be polluted. It is a more hidden source of pollution than those old gods, and it may even pollute those old gods.

From now on, I will use this power as if it were a taboo in the Dark Arts."

Now that the [Queen of Finance] has become aware and cautious, the capital in this world will most likely no longer evolve into a monster that devours everything.

"beep--!"

Just as the Kingdom of the Netherlands withdrew from the battle sequence, the Holy Silver Empire Royal Fleet, which was the first to arrive at the North Sea, gradually approached the North Sea Empire's deep-sea fleet that was on high alert.

That was the Strait Fleet of the Kingdom of Hastings.

This fleet was only equipped with conventional sailing warships, and its main mission was to guard against the tide of beasts rushing out of the Sea of ​​Monsters.

During this period of time, because the blood beast's nest had long been eaten up by the Mother of Monsters herself, the invading sea monster tide lost its organization and its lethality was greatly weakened, and it had always been the deep sea fleet that had to deal with it independently.

The extraordinary ranks of the fleet members increased extremely rapidly.

The legendary battleship [Dragon Ship Valhalla] became the fleet's flagship, and the fleet commander was his father-in-law [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold.

At this time, it was the ship spirit Valhalla, who had transformed into a muscular female Valkyrie, who blew the warning horn.

Byron himself was still in Kingston, but his "divine vision" had already easily taken in the entire opposing fleet.

The ball of white holy light in the front is particularly eye-catching.

Under the cover of light, you can see a slender, pure white paddle boat with both sails and oars, leading the entire fleet to glide across the sea like an arrow.

From afar, a majestic voice of praise can be heard filling the North Sea:
"Holy, Holy Virgin of Creation, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou gavest forth the Lord who saveth our souls."

The soldiers who heard this voice were all so moved that they wanted to kneel down and sing hymns along with the voice.

That is none other than the legendary battleship [Immaculate Conception] controlled by the Habsburg dynasty!
The shape is that of a very ancient Olympian trireme, with a strong mythological style.

It is powered by sails and oars and has a three-layer rower configuration. It can sail at high speeds and operate flexibly in narrow waters.

It is about 36.9 meters long and 5.5 meters wide, with a full load displacement of 47 tons. A 200-kilogram bronze ram is installed on the bow.

A tall mainmast with a large square sail hung on it was installed in the center of the ship.

A red "mother-wolf and suckling babies" emblem was painted on the sail, representing the origin of the ancient Silver Empire: the two sons of Mars, the god of war in the Jupiter pantheon, were raised by a mother-wolf and established the first city-state.

During close combat at sea, the mainmast can be lowered to facilitate combat.

With a favorable wind, the speed can reach 6 knots with the sails spread, and with the help of rowers, the speed can reach 8 knots. In wartime, when oars and sails are used together, the speed can exceed 11 knots.

Although the design concept of the galley is completely outdated in this era of great navigation, the extraordinary power carried by this ship should not be underestimated.

The boat was built from a single sacred cedar tree.

It is said that this tree was stained with the blood of the Virgin Mary when it was still a pine cone. After it took root and sprouted, miracles were born on its trunk.

Not only did it grow extremely strong in just a few years, but an image of the Virgin Mary holding her Child also appeared on the surface of the trunk, and the picture was three-dimensional, like a lifelike relief.

It was revered as the "Holy Mother Tree" by the earliest believers at that time.

But after the Son of God was crucified, the holy tree was cut down by the soldiers of the Ancient Silver Empire and made into a warship that was popular at that time.

The relief-like statue of the Virgin Mary was located at the bottom of the ship, silently overlooking the entire sea.

Because it has existed for so long, its legendary battleship technology is no stranger to the top leaders of mainland countries, especially the Taiwanese people who have been practicing it for thousands of years.

——【Monster Summons】:
"When sailing on the sea, all unowned marine life within a nautical mile are the guardians of the 'Virgin Mary', and they will obey the captain's orders 100% even if they are torn to pieces.

At the same time, it can also summon projections of powerful monsters from various mythological eras in the collective subconscious of the Holy Silver Empire.

[Maelstrom] Charybdis, [Six-headed Sea Serpent] Scylla, [Deep Sea Siren] Siren, etc., etc., all available, with the highest power level reaching that of a pseudo-god. "

Apart from this legendary battleship, the Holy Silver Empire's regular fleet is not as good as the Netherlands.

A land power that does not participate much in overseas colonial activities will naturally not maintain a large fleet.

The Immaculate Conception was already famous during the ancient Silver Empire, and it often faced off against another galley that came to plunder, the Dragon Head Valhalla.

Both sides have won and lost alternately. This time they meet again in a battle between the two major camps, which can be regarded as a settlement of new and old grudges.

On the deck of the galley, Ferdinand, the Lonely King, challenged the deep-sea fleet with a roar like thunder:

"You lowly pirates, you despicable heretics, you will no longer have the chance to act arrogantly this time. I will hang you all on the pillars of the church!"

In response to him, all the Bay People sailors, led by the whalers, made a reverse V sign with their backs of their hands facing outwards!

There were also bursts of booing.

The soldiers of the Holy Silver Empire suddenly turned pale and were filled with anger.

"court death!"

There is an anecdote about the origin of this reverse V gesture.

During the Hundred Years' War between Hattings and Iris, the Hattings army, which was about to be defeated, obtained a new secret weapon - a longbow made of yew.

Under the leadership of Henry V, they turned the tide at the Battle of Agincourt.

The Iris Army, enraged by the heavy casualties of their longbowmen, issued a killing order that any archers from Hastings that were captured would have their middle fingers on their right hands, which they used to draw the bow, cut off and then be hanged.

However, Iris' oath did not deter the counterattack of Hastings' army, and Iris was finally defeated.

When the Iris army was defeated, all the archers stood on the hillside and raised their right hands, showing off their still-existing middle fingers, and shouted loudly:

"Look! We can also draw the yew longbow! Draw the bow!"

Decades later, the gesture has evolved to the point where the V-sign with the back of the hand facing outwards means "go to hell" across the continent, expressing contempt and insult.

A V sign with the palm facing outwards represents victory.

[The Lonely King] Ferdinand's forehead veins jumped, he drew out his command knife and swung it down fiercely:

"Immaculate Conception, release the black forkfish and sink them!"

A circle of light suddenly appeared underwater, and many ugly dark figures flew out from the circle of light, leaving white water lines like torpedoes and rushing towards the deep-sea fleet on the opposite side.

This special demonized fish is not a sea monster, but it has a magical property that allows it to eat prey that is ten times its size. Once the food ferments, it will float to the surface of the water and explode in the low-pressure shallow sea.

The power is powerful enough to destroy a battleship!
The whale hunter also issued a combat order to the ship spirit of the Harold royal family that was lost and recovered:
"Valhalla, open the Hall of Heroes and summon the fleet of heroes!"

Woo woo woo.
Then there was a gust of cold wind on the sea, and countless black ghost shadows swayed behind the dragon head ship, and the shadows were hazy.

Then one, two, three, and hundreds of black-sailed pirate ships of various shapes and from different eras appeared on the sea.

There are all kinds of pirate ships that have existed in history, such as dragon-headed ships (paddle boats), sloops, flute-shaped ships, carracks, galleons, etc.

There were no living people on the boat, but the heroic spirits of the people of the bay, with ghostly green ghost lights and a bloody smell.

This is exactly the legendary warship skill [Heroic Fleet] that the Dragon Head Ship had used once in the Southern Continent:
“You can summon the heroic spirits sleeping in Valhalla and the pirate ships that sank into the sea with them when they died in battle to help you in the battle.”

The [Death Aura] that can deter all living things is deployed in the Heroic Fleet.

The green "fish poison" was also poured into the sea.

Both the Deep Sea Fleet and the Bay Citizens' Heroes have extensive experience in dealing with sea monsters and various marine creatures.

There is absolutely no need for Byron to personally give remote commands.

At this time, he had already boarded the only other legendary battleship of the North Sea Empire besides the Golden Deer, the Pirate City, and led the Iris fleet to block the southernmost tip of their own territorial waters.

At the same time as the Lonely King took action, Byron's raven had already seen the Invincible Fleet, which was at least three days' sail away, suddenly disappear on the sea.

At the same time, a bright golden dot suddenly lit up in the North Sea, transforming into an illusory brass sextant that Byron was very familiar with.

It was the holy relic [Longitude and Latitude Sextant] once held by the Puppet King.

A string of formulas flashed in the air: "cos z = sinφ sinδ+ cosφ cosδ cos t", and the precise local longitude and latitude were obtained.

The movable arm on the sextant began to slide on its own.

Directly below the ruler, an invincible fleet led by the legendary battleship "Holy Trinity" also grew from small to large, as if it had teleported here from a very far distance in just a moment.

Now, after receiving the tragic news that the Kingdom of the Netherlands had suffered a sudden change and was defeated before the battle even began, the Pyrenees had no choice but to risk being teleported to the moon and arrive on the battlefield ahead of time.

However, they were blocked outside the territorial waters by the legal network that the North Sea Empire had set up in advance, and were unable to reach the imperial capital Kingston in one go.

Before the large fleet landed on the surface of the Strait of Dover, a drake-like voice sounded on the battlefield:
"Valhalla, my little beauty, I miss you so much!"

(End of this chapter)