A tall old man with gray hair, but he was dressed in rich clothes and looked extraordinary. He looked at the letter in his hand with an ugly face. After a while, he put the letter down, looked at the person in front of him and said: "
I want to know why the Mother Goddess Church suddenly attacked Mr. Karl’s manor. Is there any reason?”
This old man is Grand Duke Swordfish, and Haizhou City is nominally his territory. Although it is the people of the Merchant Alliance who really have the final say in Haizhou City, the Merchant Alliance still pays him a large amount of taxes every year.
His important financial source, and now the people of the Mother Goddess Church suddenly took action on Calvert's manor, and without his consent, he also knows what is going on in Haizhou City, precisely because he knows
, that’s why he was so angry. The people from the Mother Goddess Church did this because they wanted to cut off his financial path.
The person holding the mask for Grand Duke Swordfish was a bishop from the Church of the Mother Goddess. When he heard Grand Duke Swordfish ask this question, he said without any expression on his face: "We received a report that there are pagans in that manor.
We are here to track down the heretics." This was the reason he gave, and judging from his appearance, he did not feel that they had done anything wrong at all, and even showed a trace of dissatisfaction, even anger.
, as if he was angered by the people from the Merchant Alliance.
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at the bishop, his expression even uglier. He said solemnly: "Who gave you the power? Did you get my consent in advance?" His voice was not very loud, but his tone seemed to be.
It was like ice, and his tone made the bishop of the Mother Goddess Church freeze there. In the Steel World, it had been a long time since the Archduke dared to talk to them like this, so his
His face was very ugly.
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at the bishop and said in a deep voice: "Go back now and tell Bishop Wallace. He must give me a satisfactory explanation. If his explanation does not satisfy me, then the entire Haizhou City
Here, except for one main church, all branch churches of Mother Goddess Church should not be opened anymore.”
"What? How dare you!" The bishop of the Mother Goddess Church became angry when he heard what Archduke Swordfish said. He never thought that Archduke Swordfish would be so bold and dare to give them the final blow.
In his opinion, Grand Duke Swordfish must be crazy. They are the Church of the Mother Goddess. How dare he do this.
Unexpectedly, when Duke Swordfish heard what he said, he stood up suddenly, slammed the table, then pointed at the bishop and said loudly: "Why don't I dare? What is this place? This is mine.
Territory, your Mother God Church is on my territory, breaking into other people’s manor at will. Also, don’t think that I don’t know who the person who attacked that manor last night is. Are you too brave?
?Do you think I am afraid of you? I know that your Mother Goddess Church is very powerful. If you really use your power, you can destroy me, the Grand Duke, and replace me with another Grand Duke. But do you believe it or not, if you really use your power?
If you dare to do that, you will be doomed. All the princes in the steel world will unite to deal with you. Plus the merchant alliance, do you think your Mother Goddess Church will be able to withstand their attack? Let me tell you, here
This is my territory. You people from the Church of the Mother God must listen to me here. If you want to take any action, you must tell me. Otherwise, do you think I dare to close all your churches?
!”
The Bishop of the Mother Goddess Church was scolded by the Archduke Swordfish until his face turned purple, but he did not dare to say a word. Just like the Archduke Swordfish said, if they really dared to take action against the Archduke Swordfish, they would definitely do it.
It caused dissatisfaction among all the Grand Dukes in the Steel World, because they dare to attack the Grand Duke Swordfish today and the other Grand Dukes tomorrow. By that time, their Mother Goddess Church will be able to dominate the Steel World again, and the Steel World will return to darkness.
Times, this is unacceptable to those grand dukes. If those grand dukes really unite the merchant alliance to deal with them, then their Mother Goddess Church is really no opponent.
Although the Church of the Mother Goddess is very influential, and there are armed forces such as Temple Knights, Ascetic Monks, and Ninja Believers, the number of their armed forces has been suppressed by the Merchant Alliance and the Grand Dukes in recent years.
, although the quality of their armed forces is very high, almost all of them are rune swordsmen, but the number is too small. If they really go to war with the Grand Dukes and the Merchant Alliance, they will definitely lose, so they dare not attack the Grand Duke of Swordfish.
Take action, now that Grand Duke Swordfish is scolding him like this, he can only endure it.
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at the bishop of the Mother Goddess Church, and after a while he took a deep breath. Then he slowly sat down, then he looked at the bishop of the Mother Goddess Church, and said in a deep voice: "In these years, we have
These people have been cooperating with the Mother Goddess Church to evaluate the Business Alliance. That is because the influence of the Business Alliance is getting bigger and bigger. We don’t want them to influence our decisions. In that case, what kind of princes can we be? But this is not
This means that we will accept being controlled by your Mother Goddess Church. Don’t go too far. If you go too far, then we will not be unable to cooperate with the Merchant Alliance. By then, we will not be the ones to lose the most.
, but you, the people of the Merchant Alliance have always focused on doing business, not seizing power. We suppressed them before only because of their influence, not because they exceeded their authority, but now you
But it started to exceed the authority, so you must pay attention to it. I can only have the final say here, not you. You must remember this and go back."
The bishop glanced at Archduke Swordfish, then stood up, turned around and left without saying a word. Archduke Swordfish looked at them and couldn't help but snorted coldly and murmured: "I really thought it was dark now.
The times are like things that don’t know whether to live or die." After speaking, he said loudly: "Come here, please invite Mr. Karl* here. I really want to ask him what their merchant alliance wants to do and why they sent their army to Haizhou.
Go to town."
Someone immediately responded outside the door, then turned and left, but Grand Duke Swordfish sat there with a gloomy expression. He was really shocked by what happened this time. He never thought that the people from the Mother Goddess Church would be so brave.
It was so big that they openly sent people into the manor of Carl Wit. Who was Carl Wit? One of the eight members of the Merchant Alliance. They dared to provoke such a person so easily. They really didn't know how to live or die.
What the Merchant Alliance did was also very excessive. They actually sent troops directly into Haizhou City. How could he bear it? Although his words were useless in Haizhou City, the Merchant Alliance blatantly sent troops into Haizhou City.
Haizhou City, this really touched his bottom line, which he could not agree to.
Not long after, Karl arrived at the castle of Grand Duke Swordfish. Grand Duke Swordfish lived in his own castle, not in Haizhou City. His castle was still some distance away from Haizhou City. Logically speaking, it was impossible for Karl to do this.
He was coming to his castle soon, so when he heard that Karl was coming, he couldn't help but be startled. Then he looked at the butler who came to inform him and said, "So soon?"
The butler said: "Yes, we met Mr. Carl on the way. He was almost at the castle, so we took him directly back to the castle, that's why it was so fast." The butler followed Swordfish.
The Grand Duke has been around for a long time, so of course he knows what to say.
Grand Duke Swordfish nodded and said: "Let him come in." The housekeeper responded, then turned and left. After a while, Karl entered Grand Duke Swordfish's study. As soon as he entered Grand Duke Swordfish's study, Karl immediately rushed to
The Grand Duke bowed to the Swordfish and said: "Karl Wit, greeting the Grand Duke, good day Grand Duke."
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at Karl Witte and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Karl, you're welcome, please sit down." After Karl thanked him, he sat down opposite Grand Duke Swordfish, holding his hand
He was still polite and had a smile on his face, giving people a very gentle feeling.
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at Karl Witte and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Karl, I want to know why tens of thousands of troops suddenly entered Haizhou City? What? Are the people from the Merchant Alliance planning to occupy Haizhou City?"
The attitude shown by Grand Duke Swordfish was still very tough, and he always asked questions when he came up.
Karl looked at the Grand Duke of Swordfish, smiled slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "We merchants pay a large amount of taxes to the Grand Duke every year, but our safety is not guaranteed in any way. Someone openly entered my manor in the middle of the night.
The next morning, the cavalry of the Church of the Mother God openly entered my manor. They did not arrest anyone, but they were observing our newly developed steam vehicle. We had no choice but to
We can ask the army to protect us."
Upon hearing what Karl said, Grand Duke Swordfish couldn't help but be startled. He only knew that the ninja monks of the Mother Goddess Church attacked Karl's manor, and then the temple knights entered Karl's manor, but he did not expect that there was a steam car involved.
This made Grand Duke Swordfish stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Although here in the steel world, there are clear regulations that personal property is sacred and inviolable, but all the upper-class people understand that this matter has nothing to do with this law. This is purely a battle between the Mother Goddess Church and the Merchant Alliance.
But now that Karl brought this matter up to talk about it, it was really difficult for Archduke Swordfish to refute for a while.
After a while, Grand Duke Swordfish looked at Karl with a smile on his face and said, "Mr. Karl, let's talk straight to the point. What exactly do you want to do? Are you going to start a war with the Church of the Mother Goddess?" In fact, Grand Duke Swordfish wanted them to
War, but in his opinion, they were afraid that they would not start a war, so he asked like this.
Karl looked at Justice Swordfish and said: "Start a war? That's not enough, but if the Church of the Mother Goddess goes too far, we don't mind starting a war. In fact, we don't want to start a war, so as not to take advantage of others, but now our
Property safety can no longer be guaranteed, does that mean that our personal safety cannot be guaranteed either? So there is no other way. We can only strengthen our own security forces. I believe the Grand Duke can also understand.
