Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Originally, the Stewart Territory occupied nearly a quarter of the coastline of the Western Continent. Now, after the establishment of the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization" led by Christine, the length of the coastline under direct control has reached nearly one-fifth of the entire human world on the continent, affecting The force radiates to half of the human world.

At this time, the kings and grand dukes who participated in the signing understood the purpose of Christine's doing this: to control maritime trade and sell goods to coastal areas.

There is also a demand for commodity trade under the small-scale peasant economy. If not, then it must be artificially created. As long as the things sold are more suitable than those made by the people themselves, they will be inclined to buy them.

In the past, the only obstacle was the nobles, because they monopolized all the profitable businesses in the territory, and the people did not dare to buy foreign products as long as they ordered them. Now taking this opportunity to let the coastal nobles sign a free trade agreement, even if only some goods in some noble territories can be traded freely, the accumulated income will be different.

As for those nobles going back on their word after discovering something was wrong, do you really think Duke Stewart is easy to bully?

It is impossible for anyone to control land trade routes, but it is different at sea, because the basis of maritime trade is ships. A person and a horse can be a merchant, but a ship that can travel on the sea is not something that ordinary people or even ordinary merchants can afford. Only ships belonging to local nobles and merchants who have signed a protection agreement can join the convention organization's fleet to be protected. Those who have not joined, the pirates will not let them go.

Although it does not reach a monopoly, it controls nearly half of the maritime trade in the human world and has brought a lot of benefits to the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. With benefits, all parties will automatically and consciously safeguard the interests of the organization.

As long as the cake is not getting bigger, if the convention organization gets a bigger share, someone will naturally get a smaller share. So who gets less? The Principality of Bihe, Poseidon Church.

Before the Demonic Disaster, the Principality of Benedictine was the largest gathering place for maritime merchants on the mainland. Many chambers of commerce involved in shipping would set up their headquarters in Cross Street. The Principality of Benedictine also had the third largest navy in the world after the Kingdom of Elf and the Kingdom of Iberia. .

However, a magical disaster wiped out the navy of the Principality of Belgium. Rebuilding would definitely require a lot of money and time, and it was at this time that Christine advocated the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Although Archduke Philippe of the Principality of Benedictine and his thinkers felt that there must be something fishy about this matter, they could not see any problems in the agreement. They signed it when others signed, but they did not expect to fall into a trap.

In the past, the Principality of the Netherlands relied on collecting transaction taxes from maritime merchants and sending warships to escort the fleet and collecting protection fees to maintain its huge navy and daily maintenance costs. During the Demonic Disaster, the city of Dominaria rose, and the development of commerce attracted some maritime merchants to move their headquarters there. Now there is a focus on combating piracy and free escort activities.

Although maritime trade is highly profitable, the cost of escort in the Principality of Belgium is not low. Who needs to pay now that it is free? Without these two main sources of income, how could a principality alone restore the navy to its previous size? Even if it was built through gritted teeth, it would not be able to support it.

Besides, for various reasons, the Principality of Benedictine became the biggest beneficiary of maritime trade. Now that you are in decline, the other contracting countries are not just adding insult to injury, at least they are happy to see the consequences.

Some people may find it strange that the nobles of the Principality of Belgium, including Archduke Philip, have chambers of commerce and a large number of merchant ships. They used to be escorted by their own fleets, but now they are escorted by fleets organized by the Convention. Isn't this a good thing? Although the income is less, it also saves huge naval construction and maintenance costs, which is not considered a loss.

But don’t forget, the Principality of Bihe was established by the sacred bloodline of Poseidon. (Setting of this book) The official name of Poseidon is Velko, the god of sea battles. He has weak divine power and his priestly duties include sailor, ship, favorable wind, naval battle, etc.

You must know that the invincible armada previously prepared to deal with the demonic disaster was built with money from various continental countries and stationed in the Port of Barcelona in the Kingdom of Iberia. However, most of the sailors believed in the God of the Sea, and the city was also built by believers of the God of Poseidon and believers of the God of Courage. Condominium. Now that the demonic disaster is over, the fleet will definitely not be rebuilt, and most of the Iberian Kingdom's own navy must believe in the God of Courage.

Most of the priests of the Poseidon Church serve in the fleet of the Principality of Belgium, and the rest are often employed by maritime merchants to go to sea. Without the Invincible Fleet, and without the huge fleet of the Principality of Belgium, the priesthood of naval warfare would not be worthy of its name. Besides, if there are fewer battleships, the navy will naturally have fewer people, and the clergy of the sailors and ships will also be affected.

Velko originally had weak divine power, but due to the Demonic Sea Battle, his reputation spread and his divine power increased. If one of the four main priesthoods is abolished and two are disabled, then not only will he be immediately knocked back to his original form, but he may never have the opportunity to be promoted in the future. How can this be done?

It should be noted here that Christine is carrying out a conspiracy, and even if the Principality of the Netherlands joins the Convention Organization, it will not affect the result. Her confidence lies in the fact that a quarter of the coastline of the Western Continent and the huge fleet in her hands, as well as other contracting parties, will support the establishment of the Convention Organization because of their interests.

Archduke Philip of the Principality of Benedictine and his staff may not necessarily be able to see the impact of the establishment of the Convention Organization, but as a god, even a god with weak divine power, Velko will be aware of changes that may affect him. Once it is sensed, after investigation, it will be known about the Convention Organization, at least the Principality of the Netherlands will not be allowed to sign up. But unfortunately, Velko's perception was deceived by someone. Gods with higher godhood than him can deceive him, and each god with higher deity can deceive him for one hour.

In short, this is the outcome of the matter, and when Poseidon Velko learned about it, it was too late to stop it.

The angry Wilko secretly issued an oracle and granted Archduke Philip early entry into the Kingdom of God. Although this approach cannot be hidden from the gods, according to the "Covenant of the Gods", the gods only need to know about it and will not spread it to outsiders. Therefore, in the human world, the death of Archduke Philip is an accident.

But venting anger cannot solve any problems. The top priority is to find ways to confront the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Because what Duke Stewart did was a good deed, and the Principality of Belgium was also one of the signatories, not only Poseidon Velko could not take action personally, but Poseidon Church could not take any action, otherwise it would be a violation of the three major conventions.

Then we can only rely on the Principality of Belgium itself. It is really ironic to say that a member country has to find a way to confront its own organization.