Warcraft Eternal Tree

Another ten days passed. A few days ago, the Shadow Kingdom launched a multi-nation summit on a small island hundreds of kilometers east of the Kingdom of Thebes.

Those participating in this summit were all countries whose waters had been blocked by the Shadow Kingdom. Each country sent at least one representative, and some large chambers of commerce whose goods were mostly transported by sea also participated in the summit.

At this summit, the Shadow Kingdom showed its dominance as the overlord of the sea. Yorick attended the summit and clearly explained at the meeting the reason why the Shadow Kingdom blocked the waters of many countries - from now on, the eastern and northern waters of Eslaze beyond the coast are the territory of the Shadow Kingdom, so naturally they will not Allow other countries to "infringe".

Naturally, many countries are dissatisfied with this hegemonic statement, but there is no way, the situation is stronger than the people! Although the combined national power of the participating countries is much stronger than that of the Shadow Kingdom, if a few countries on land join forces, they can destroy the Shadow Kingdom, but in the comparison of sea power, the coastal countries combined cannot match the Shadow Kingdom. compared to.

Perhaps only the Canaanite Empire can compete with the Shadow Kingdom on the sea? Representatives from many countries could not help but have this idea in their minds when they participated in the meeting.

It is true that the reason why the previous Shadow Island organization only ran rampant in the northern and southern waters of Eslaze was indeed because of the existence of the Canaan Empire.

The Canaanite Empire is located in the south of the Esraze continent and has a long coastline. Unlike other human countries, the Canaanite Empire did not take the development of its navy lightly. This may be because Canaan I came out of a small fishing village at the southern end of the continent.

The empire's national power is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary countries. The southern sea area of ​​​​Eslaze continent has always been firmly controlled by the Canaan Empire. Perhaps the Canaan Empire would not be as good as the Shadow Kingdom in terms of the number of warships, but the actual combat effectiveness and the empire's reputation made it impossible for the pirates to provoke the Canaan Empire.

In fact, in the plan to conquer the human world and unify Esraze, the Canaan Empire was the one that Yu Fei worried about the most. Unlike the other two empires with a long history, the Canaanite Empire did not rise for a long time, and the entire country was still in a period of vigorous growth.

Although a long history means a profound foundation, at the same time, long-term singing and dancing is also the soil for corruption. In Yu Fei's view, just the Holy Lion Empire he had come into contact with was like the late Qing Dynasty on earth. Although there are no external enemies around, there are already many problems within the country.

Not to mention anything else, even the title of earl can be purchased, which made Yu Fei think of the ancient Chinese practice of selling officials and getting titles.

But the Canaanite Empire was different. This empire had only been established for about three hundred years. In the continent of Eslaze, many kingdoms and even some principalities have existed longer than the Canaanite Empire. This gave the Canaanite Empire an emerging and upward power.

Not to mention anything else, but in terms of war, the Canaanite Empire experienced a lot. The other two empires have been established for a long time, and their territories have already entered a balance. There are not many small countries around the country, but these countries are either secretly controlled by them or exist as buffer areas. There are rarely wars between the two empires.

The Canaanite Empire has continued to expand its territory to the north. Although it often takes more than ten years to occupy a small country, the Canaanite Empire is engaged in protracted and protracted wars with several kingdoms and more principalities at the same time.

Through these deliberately opened battlefields, the Canaanite Empire has been training its army. The most powerful country recognized by mankind in the Eslaze continent is the Holy Lion Empire, because their predecessor was the Holy Empire that almost unified the Eslaze continent, and they have an extremely powerful foundation.

In terms of experts, the Holy Lion Empire has endless legends and epics - think about it, there are several legendary powerhouses in a Saint Child family, and there are even epic powerhouses. This is unmatched by other countries.

But in terms of the strength of the army, even if the equipment is better, Yu Fei believes that the army of the Holy Lion Empire is no match for the army of the Canaan Empire, which is rotating in actual combat training. Personal strength may play a big role in war, but without strong enough means, it obviously cannot play a decisive role. Yu Fei felt that the biggest obstacle to the night elves' attack on the human world might be the Canaan Empire.

Even though he now controls the Shadow Kingdom, which has a powerful navy, Yu Fei still feels that the Canaan Empire is a threat.

However, all this has nothing to do with the summit held by the Shadow Kingdom. Although the Canaan Empire has a strong navy, it has never extended its tentacles to the waters controlled by the Shadow Island organization. Even now that the Shadow Island organization has become the Shadow Kingdom, I think there will be no exception.

When the time comes, the Canaanite Empire will have other ways to deal with it.

The camera pans back to the summit of the Kingdom of Shadows. After arrogantly declaring that coastal countries entering the sea were invading the territory of the Shadow Kingdom, Yorick directly pointed out the true purpose of the Shadow Kingdom.

Since it is the territory of the Shadow Kingdom, fleets from other countries have to pay tolls if they want to pass by, right? This is the same as on land. Caravans from one country must pay certain taxes and fees when passing through another country.

It's just that the sea area is vast, and no force has ever declared that all sea areas belong to itself before, so there is no such thing as sea tax. Even the original Shadow Island organization is only a part of the powerful pirate group that controls the routes and some chambers of commerce will collect protection fees after reaching an agreement.

To put it bluntly, the current Shadow Kingdom is to put the previous form of collecting protection fees on the table and turn it into a cross-sea tax. As long as the sea tax is paid, ships can sail and trade within the routes set by the Shadow Kingdom.

Depending on the length of the route and the number of states passing through the Shadow Kingdom, the amount of cross-sea tax collected will also be clearly divided. From now on, the Shadow Kingdom will no longer carry out the looting behavior during the Shadow Island organization, as long as the fleet passing by the Kingdom pays the fee.

Even some chambers of commerce that had cooperated before were allowed to trade with the states of the Shadow Kingdom. The world of Eslaze is rather strange. The resources in the sea are not as abundant as on land. However, some seafood products are not available on land, and these items are also products that the chambers of commerce on land yearn for.

This system, called cross-sea tax but actually protection fee, caused an uproar among the representatives of the countries participating in the meeting as soon as Yorick proposed it.

The sea has always been a place where coastal countries can pass freely. Although there are pirates and merchant ships are at risk of being robbed, there are also escort fleets. Many caravans and national transport fleets can transport much more goods than on land at no cost at all.

It is precisely because sea routes can transport more goods, and there is no need to pay taxes and fees that pass through many countries, that fleets are prevalent in coastal areas. Now the newly established Shadow Kingdom has to start charging tolls, which is unacceptable to many country representatives.

However, after all the fuss, these representatives finally fell silent. So what if you can't accept it? The Kingdom of Shadow has a big fist, and they have the power to set shipping fees. If you don't want to pay, you can - then don't even think about transporting by sea.

Those chambers of commerce that had cooperated with the Shadow Island organization before had no commotion when Yorick announced the sea fee system. Obviously, they had known about this in advance through their partners in the Shadow Kingdom.

When the atmosphere gradually calmed down, these chambers of commerce, which had accepted the sea fee system in advance, first expressed their agreement with the system and were willing to spend money to buy peace.

Anyway, I paid tolls before, but now I just changed my name. Paying sea tolls to a kingdom sounds much better than paying protection fees to pirates, right? Moreover, after paying the current sea crossing fee, safety is more guaranteed, and you can travel unimpeded within the selected route. Unlike before, you had to worry about attacks by unruly pirates.

With those chamber of commerce representatives who had been informed in advance taking the lead, all non-state representatives participating in the meeting quickly agreed to the sea fee system. Those country representatives expressed the need to ask for instructions and returned to their respective countries to report the news after the meeting.

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