Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

Maher's plan to incite Zhao Guangming to betray the princess and seize power had to be postponed indefinitely due to the drastic changes in the war situation.

Because the god-chosen fighters he promised to provide, who were gifted by the corrupt evil god, usually lurk in the Tunisian army in order not to reveal their identities.Today, these people also follow the Mulholran Jihad Army, either westward or southward, and none of them stay in Tunisia.

When he was not sure about subduing the mighty Princess Daming, Maher could not encourage Zhao Guangming to launch a rebellion.

But Maher was in no hurry.

As long as he can create enough chaos and use carefully prepared potions to lure more people to degenerate and become servants of evil gods, Maher will be extremely satisfied.

Regardless of whether the rebellion planned by Zhao Guangming is successful or not, the six members of the Epilepsy Entertainment Club are working hard towards implementing the evil god's grand plan.

After chatting with Princess Yongfu about business for nearly two hours, King Aziz II finally got impatient, yawned, and asked Maher to see off the guests on his behalf.

The alchemist sent Her Royal Highness all the way to the gate of the palace, and said goodbye respectfully: "Her Royal Highness, may the true God bless you in safety and health."

Princess Yongfu nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, Mr. Maher, I remember that you have a very good relationship with Mr. Zhao Qian. He often invites you to feast and have fun when he is resting, right?"

Maher showed an embarrassing expression: "Your Highness, I just discussed with General Zhao what he saw when he sailed all the way to the west. When he went to have fun with the girls, I never participated."

"Mr. Maher, I think you misunderstood." Princess Yongfu smiled, "I didn't blame you. It's just that Zhao Qianshi's health is not very good recently. I hope you, as his friend, can persuade him to restrain himself. Otherwise if……"

When the superiors deal with subordinates who make mistakes, they first adopt a relatively soft and indirect way to persuade them.If the other party is obsessed with it, take a tougher approach.

Princess Yongfu has also mastered this kind of controlling skills.Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to gather the hearts of three thousand subordinates in this foreign land thousands of miles away.

It's just that this time, she seemed to be indirectly admonishing her important subordinates through Maher's mouth, but in fact, she was using a strategy of "alarming the snake".

If Zhao Guangming has been corrupted by evil gods as Valentina said, then Maher will definitely make Zhao Guangming suspicious after relaying these words to him.Maybe, he would think that he had been exposed, and then, when he was not prepared, he would take some radical measures and throw himself into the trap.

"I understand. I will definitely warn General Zhao not to be too indulgent, and to pay attention to your health so that you can serve Her Royal Highness." Maher laughed.

"So much the better."

After the two parties bid farewell, they left separately.

Maher had dinner with Aziz II in the palace, and left another dose of alchemy so that His Highness the Sultan could show his glory in the harem at night, and then left.

He has no plans to use drugs to control Aziz II for the time being.

Under the divinely granted monarchy system of the Seven Sages, each noble title has the ability to resist the power of evil gods.Under the political-religious rule system of the Mulhollan religion, titles such as sultan and emir also have the ability to resist the power of the four evil gods.

No matter how cowardly and incompetent Aziz II is, he is also a sultan.If Maher shot at him easily, it is very likely to trigger a backlash, and then be discovered by those powerful imams.

At that time, all the arrangements of Maher will be in vain.

After leaving the palace, the alchemist did not go home, but went to Zhao Guangming's mansion in the city.

Entering from the main entrance of the mansion with ease, Maher did not go to the living room, but went around the garden and walked into the passage leading to the basement.

"Squeak—" Pushing open the old wooden door, Maher smelled a strange smell of sweat, body fluid, blood, and excrement as soon as he entered the basement.

From the depths of the basement, women's groans and men's maniacal laughter are being heard.

Maher came to Zhao Guangming's "entertainment room".Looking around inside, there are all kinds of instruments used to torture women.There are several white female bodies piled up in the corner.Their limbs were bent into distorted angles, and their bodies were covered with all kinds of weird injuries.But even though they suffered terrible torture during their lifetime, their faces still had the joyful expression of enjoying bliss.

At this time, Maher was tying a petite girl to a wooden donkey with two huge spikes on the seat.

Facing this cruel scene, Maher showed a very fulfilling smile.

The power of corrupt evil gods can make people sink in all kinds of desires, unable to extricate themselves.What's more frightening is that these desires are like an abyss, and the fallen will never be satisfied. They will only keep sliding in the endless emptiness after indulgence, and finally twist wildly in the pain of what they can't ask for, and become the most perfect plaything of the evil god.

Today's Zhao Guangming is no longer satisfied with physical pleasure.He can only heal the emptiness and restlessness in his heart by torturing his partner with various cruel and perverted methods.

After a while, Zhao Guangming might not be satisfied in this room full of horrible instruments of torture.On which path of corruption will he continue, pursuing a chasm of desire that can never be filled?

"Perhaps human body transformation is a good idea..." Looking at everything he created with his own hands, Maher was full of a sense of accomplishment.

Seeing Maher appearing, Zhao Guangming walked over panting and asked, "My friend, what's the matter?"

"I met Princess Yongfu today, and she seems to have doubts about you."

"What? That damned bitch! We should have acted earlier and caught her!" Zhao Guangming clenched his fists, showing greed, "Otherwise, the one riding on that wooden donkey now is not this A lowly whore, but a noble Princess Daming!"

"Calm down, my friend, the time is not ripe," said Maher.

Seeing that Zhao Guangming was about to burst into mania, he took out a bottle of white potion from his arms and handed it to Zhao Guangming.

Zhao Guangming raised his head and drank, finally calming down gradually.

"These tools that are lured by drugs to degenerate are troubles. The more divine power they receive, the weaker their rationality will become." Maher shook his head.

Chapter 460 Financial Mania

"Zhao, my friend, from now on, you have to drink a bottle of this white potion every day to cover up the changes in your body and mind, understand?" Maher warned, "The princess has already done us a favor. At this critical moment, we must hold our breath."

"Why do I……"

Zhao Guangming wanted to refute, but who knew that after his eyes met with Maher's, his aura quickly shrank, and he lowered his head like a humble servant.

Maher smiled smugly.

Before he knew it, this arrogant and ambitious general of the Ming Dynasty had been controlled by his own medicine and became a puppet.It's just that this method of suppressing his inner desires is not perfect.

What the evil god of corruption wants, first of all, is the madness and distortion shown in the pursuit of insatiable desires, and secondly, humility and obedience.

"When you press down your long-desired Her Royal Highness Princess and pierce it through, your desire will be satisfied like never before, and your soul will be completely corrupted. At that time, my lord will definitely treat you personally. Bless me, who created this perfect tool!"

Maher held his hands high, showing a reverent smile.

……

As the Crusades continue to penetrate into northern Tunisia, the changes brought about by the war situation not only affect the situation in Tunisia.Even the Italian region across the Mediterranean Sea is crazy about it.

After experiencing failures again and again, this Southern Expedition finally achieved results no less than that of the First Crusade. News of victories one after another traveled across the ocean and spread to various Italian cities.With it came all kinds of spoils from heretics.

Precious spices and medicinal materials, gold and silver jewelry, gems of various colors, exquisite handicrafts from foreign countries, various magical and rare magic materials...

Mulholland World, as a transfer station for East-West exchanges, has accumulated countless treasures that have opened the eyes of Europeans.

And a considerable part of these spoils were harvested by Italian bankers.Through the issuance of "jihad loans", they obtained a large amount of war dividends from the Crusades without leaving their homes. They are simply envious of the dead.

And those crusaders who had to rely on loans in the past to get their weapons and equipment and travel expenses and rations together, as long as they survived now, all of them realized their dream of turning around by making war fortune.

Many of them even got their own land in the Maghreb because of their military exploits.After the Tunisian Sultanate, the last Maghreb pagan regime, was completely wiped out, these crusaders would be transformed into landowners and gentry, living a life of walking dogs and running horses all day long.

Such lucky people are also the goals that other crusaders strive for.

Like the crusaders from Naples, Louis and Martino.

They were originally the defenders of the castle on the island of Ischia.On the day when the undead pirates attacked the city of Naples, the two deserted to drink while standing guard, and were severely punished by the army mage.

Afterwards, the two simply stopped doing one thing and quit. After borrowing a "jihadi loan" from the Medici Bank, they joined the "loan crusade" team organized by the Governor of Florence.It's just that the ruler of Florence, Cosimo Medici, the standard-bearer of justice, was too old to drive himself to conquer North Africa, so the bankers appointed the commander-in-chief of the army to Adriano, the mercenary leader.

At this time, many crusaders from the Italian states, including Florence, were stationed in the northwest of Gabes Port, a small village less than ten kilometers away from the coast, Wozreif.

After the appearance of the holy mountain, the water level of the Great Salt Lake in Jared rose and its area increased, making it impossible to cross it during the non-rainy season as before.

This small village guards the narrow passage between the coastline and the Great Salt Lake of Jared, and its strategic location is very important.In the north of the village, there is a new river that flows out of the salt lake and flows straight east to the sea. It is called "Little Enci River" by the locals.

The river has a relatively high salinity and can barely be used for drinking and irrigation.But for the locals who are short of water, this is indeed a gift from heaven.

The Eastern Crusades had progressed too smoothly before. In just one month, they rushed more than 300 kilometers and occupied a large area in southern Tunisia—although most of them were deserts.

Now, the Crusaders urgently need to be repaired and redeployed, and the Mulholland Crusaders are approaching step by step, so as the commander-in-chief, Emperor Sigismund decided to use the strategic location of Wozreif, relying on the small gift river. The natural line of defense, waiting for work, waiting for the enemy to attack.

The crusaders in this area lived comfortably every day, and it didn't seem like they were fighting pagans.

Louis and Martino even have time to write letters to relatives and friends far away in their hometown.

"Mardino, I decided to persuade my brother, two friends from the same village, and my brother-in-law to take out the 'Jihad Loan' and join the Crusade!" Louis said.

Compared to when he was in Naples, his beard is much thicker.Perhaps it was because of his "mighty" appearance and his military experience that he was much better than those peasants and ordinary citizens who had never held a sword in their lives, so Louis became a small captain in this crusade, with nine people under his command.

The young Martino also became the vice captain.

"Louis, I remember that your brother-in-law is a one-eyed man. Your brother was kicked to the knee by a horse when he was a child, so he is crippled. Can such a person join the Crusade?" Martino asked in surprise.

The two made some money from the Crusades, so they naturally wanted to help their relatives and friends who were poor and white in their hometown.However, Martino was not as courageous as Louis. He just planned to invite his two friends who were still physically strong and had intact hands and feet to join the Crusade.

Louis glanced at Martino with the gaze of a goblin, and said, "You are too timid. Why can't you join the Crusade because you have physical defects?"

"But Louis... if he wants to borrow a 'jihad loan', doesn't he have to pass the bank's inspection? Those weak and disabled people go to the battlefield, let alone kill the enemy and make meritorious service, even if they survive. How about the loan borrowed by the bank? Take it back? Those bankers with gold in their blood will do this kind of loss-making business?"

"You don't understand this, Martino." Louis patted his young companion on the shoulder and began to explain to him.

Before the start of the Crusades, many Italian banks were indeed strict about the issuance of jihadist loans.Even men like Louis and Martino, who are in good health, in their prime, and have served in the army, have to go through careful examination before they can get a jihad loan.

But now, the situation is different.

With the successive victories of the Eastern and Western Crusades, countless European people regarded the complete destruction of the three Maghreb Sultanates as something that was bound to happen.

Under the circumstances that the banks that issued the crusader loans are making a lot of money, and will earn more in the future as the war continues to win, the whole of Italy, and even the southern German region separated by a mountain, are very interested in participating in the crusade. The army marched south to get a share of the pie, showing great interest.

Thousands of poor people flocked to various banks, asking for "jihad loans", and then crossed the sea to the south, went to the desert full of gold, and won a fortune with the sword in their hands.In the face of these customers, various banks are also constantly lowering the threshold for "jihad loans".

Some people may ask, don't you worry that you won't be able to get back the loans that the banks have lowered the threshold?

This problem is related to the Crusades' loot distribution system.

Whether it is the East or West Crusaders, the "233" distribution system is implemented.

At first glance, this seems to be a distribution system in the style of sand sculpture netizens of later generations. In this era, it is actually advanced to a certain extent, and can fully mobilize the combat enthusiasm of lower-level soldiers and middle-level officers.

Specifically, it is to divide all the spoils of war—including all movable and immovable property—into two parts.One of the large portions is divided into three small portions, which are then divided equally among the three classes: the monarch, officers, and soldiers.This part of the spoils can be shared as long as you join the Crusaders, regardless of whether you have made credit or not, and it is a guaranteed income.

The other large portion was also divided into three small portions, which were equally divided by the three classes.It's just that this large income can only be obtained by those Crusaders who fought bravely, or worked hard to plunder.It is a performance bonus.

This spoils distribution system is also one of the few consensuses reached by many European monarchs at the Tiber River Conference. Its basis is the three-equal spoils distribution system formulated by England during the Hundred Years War.

A side effect of this Crusade was that the achievements of the English infantry revolution in the late Middle Ages—not only equipment and tactics, but also organization and management—were quickly extended to the whole of Europe.

Ma Youfu's West Road Crusade also implemented a similar distribution system, but the difference was that there were no crusaders who fought on loan in the West Road Crusade.And a considerable part of the proceeds will be paid to the South France Trading Company.After all, most of the expenses of the Faber Crusades were paid for by the company.Now that it is the harvest season, it is natural not to treat the shareholders badly.

It is precisely because of this special spoils distribution system that as long as they participated in the Crusade and survived to the end, even if a Mulholland soldier didn't see it, they could still share a sum of money.

After calculation, the banks found that every time a "jihad loan" is issued, the overall must be profitable.It didn't matter whether the lender was blind or lame, whether he could kill the enemy on the battlefield, or even survive the harsh long voyage to the Maghreb.

This is a question of probability.

The paupers are crazy to go to the land of the heathen to pan for gold with swords.The rich bankers also contributed to the flames like crazy, issuing "jihadi loans" without restraint, and now the whole of Italy has fallen into an atmosphere of frenzy.

Chapter 460 Your Majesty, Do It

Now in southern Germany and Italy, in a short period of time, [-] "loan crusaders" have gathered, trained by several famous Italian mercenary leaders, and are always ready to go south to support the Maghreb.

Perhaps in the eyes of reasonable people, the war is coming to an end, and only two or three major Tunisian cities have not been captured, so it is completely incomprehensible to continue to invest in it.But in the eyes of those who have been dazzled by the dividends of war, there are still many, many pagan wealth waiting for the disciples of the Seven Saints to seize by force.

There is no need to focus on the city of Tunis, which has gathered more than half of the wealth of the entire Tunisian Sultanate. Everyone knows the value of this big city.