The conflict between the Archduke Swordfish and the Church of the Mother God will spread throughout the entire Iron World in a short period of time. What do the other Grand Guilds in the Iron World think? Not everyone among them has a substitute. Will they be worried?
One day, he was assassinated, and then his family was inherited by an outsider. In the end, the entire family became a vassal of the Mother Goddess Church.
What Grand Duke Swordfish said before was correct. Without that Grand Duke, he would want the Iron World to return to the Dark Ages. In that era, the lives of these Grand Dukes were not their own at all. They could even be said to be just puppets.
After tasting the sweetness of power, no one would give up his power without the Grand Duke.
Therefore, in the next period of time, all the princes in the steel world will be wary of the Mother Goddess Church and may even suppress them. Of course, the Mother Goddess Church will not let them do this. They may fight back. In this way
, the two sides may form an arms race, and this is definitely good news for the Merchant Alliance, so Wood and the others gave the Grand Duke Swordfish a steam gun in order to make this gun
Be well known.
Moreover, Wood and the others also believe that Duke Swordfish will not only need a thousand guns, he will need more, and if he wants more, it will be easy to handle. Then buy it from the Merchant Alliance, which will be a great deal.
Very huge income, it is precisely because of this that Wood will do this.
The result was also very good. After they went to the square outside and tried the gun, the Grand Duke was very satisfied with this steam gun, which was more powerful and had a longer shooting time. He even ordered another one without Wood saying anything.
Ten thousand, plus the thousand that Wood gave him, then he has eleven thousand such guns in his hands.
After Wood and the others signed a gun purchase agreement with the Grand Duke, they attended a banquet held by the Grand Duke and returned to Haizhou City. At the same time, rumors about what happened in the Swordfish Territory were also reported in the shortest time.
Throughout the entire steel world, the agreement between Duke Swordfish and the Merchant Alliance was also announced.
In this agreement, the Swordfish Territory and the Merchant Alliance formed a strategic alliance. They would fight against foreign enemies together. At the same time, Grand Duke Jianyu set Haizhou City as a free port, and the title of Haizhou City came under the rule of Grand Duke Swordfish, and even
Every year, Swordfish will be given a New Year's greeting, but all administrative jurisdiction in Haizhou City will be decided by the councillors. At the same time, there will only be police and no garrison in Haizhou City. Once a war breaks out, the troops of the Merchant Alliance can
Settled in Haizhou City.
All the Grand Dukes knew about this agreement, but they didn't think that what Grand Duke Jianyu did was wrong. Haizhou City was still nominally ruled by Grand Duke Jianyu, and he could still collect money every year. This was already very good. In the end,
The main thing is that Grand Duke Swordfish has the support of the Merchant Alliance, and they are going to fight against the Mother Goddess Church together. This is really a great help to Grand Duke Swordfish, and those Grand Dukes are a little moved.
Of course, they also knew that the Merchant Alliance had developed a new steam gun that was more powerful and had a longer continuous firing time. This also made them excited. They all wanted to get this new steam gun.
Because they also want to make themselves stronger, and they also want to become a real prince who can make their own decisions, instead of becoming someone else's puppet.
What happened in the Swordfish Territory, what shocked the other Grand Dukes the most was not Grand Duke Swordfish’s final comeback, but the previous arrangements of the Mother Goddess Church. One of the people that Grand Duke Swordfish trusted the most turned out to be a member of the Mother Goddess Church. Swordfish
Grand Duke Yu’s second wife was actually from the Church of the Mother Goddess. Grand Duke Swordfish only had five children in total, and three of them were not his. All of this made those Grand Dukes feel chills on their backs. They
They are really scared, and they are worried that their family members are too. If one day, they encounter the same thing as Grand Duke Swordfish, can they also make a comeback? This time Grand Duke Swordfish came back very lucky, if there is no business alliance
Tell him in advance that someone is going to assassinate him. If he doesn't have a substitute, then he is really finished, and his An clan is also finished. Everyone can imagine that once the Grand Duke Swordfish really dies, then Amber and Ke
White will definitely die, and only Andrew's three children will be left. This is scary to think about.
It is precisely because of this that the Grand Dukes all began to conduct an inspection of all the people in their territories. They had already conducted such an inspection once before, and this time they conducted it again, and they conducted it even more.
At the same time, they also began to seal down some churches of the Mother Goddess Church. Some Grand Dukes even openly contacted the Merchant Alliance, and at the same time began to form alliances with other Grand Dukes to prepare to fight against the Mother Goddess Church.
Under this trend, the Mother Goddess Church really has no ability to attack the Swordfish Territory. They have to deal with the suppression of all the archdukes, because if one person cannot cope with it, they will really be finished. This time they did
The matter was known to all the Grand Dukes, and those Grand Dukes were already very dissatisfied with them. Those Grand Dukes united and began to unite with the Merchant Alliance. In this case, if the Mother Goddess Church is trying to stand up to them, then
It must be a war. After the alliance between the Merchant Alliance and the Grand Dukes, the Mother Goddess Church will definitely be defeated. So this time, for the Mother Goddess Church, it is really a major event related to their life and death.
The choice of the Mother Goddess Church was also very simple. They did two things. First, they introduced Wallace and the others as scapegoats, saying that the Mother Goddess Church did not know about this matter and it was entirely Wallace and the others.
Because of their behavior, Wallace and others were sent to the gallows and hanged directly.
The second thing is to issue a statement directly, announcing that they will automatically close most of the small churches. At the same time, only a part of the churches in each city will be retained, and all other churches will be closed. They also promised that the Temple Knights will fight against heresy.
The power will also be vested in the Grand Dukes. In other words, in the future, if the Mother Goddess Church wants to combat heresy, it will not be able to do so on its own, but must communicate with the Grand Dukes.
It can be said that the Church of the Mother Goddess has completely shrunk this time. They are even willing to give up some of their power. Of course, they also sent some bishop-level figures to meet with the Grand Dukes and negotiate with them. They are willing to give up these, but
Grand Dukes, you can no longer suppress the Church of the Mother Goddess, otherwise the Church of the Mother Goddess will come to a dead end.
After weighing the pros and cons, the princes finally agreed to the proposal of the Mother Goddess Church. They did not want to conflict with the Mother Goddess Church. After all, the foundation of the Mother Goddess Church was still there, and for now, the entire steel world,
The most powerful one in dealing with ghosts is the Mother Goddess Church. They really couldn't leave the Mother Goddess Church for a while. Now that the Mother Goddess Church has shrunk itself and given up some of its privileges, they are already very satisfied.
Of course, the Church of the Mother Goddess has also issued a statement. They feel very sorry for what happened in the Swordfish Territory. They hope that Grand Duke Swordfish can forgive them. They really had no idea that such a thing would happen in the Swordfish Territory. Everything
These are all the personal actions of Wallace and the others. As for the Archduke Jianyu's sealing of the church, they also think it is reasonable and they have no objection. As for when to enter Jianyu to preach, it can be decided by the Archduke Jianyu.
This statement was already a sign of submission, and Grand Duke Swordfish was not targeting the Mother Goddess Church, although he knew that the Mother Goddess Church said that what happened here in Swordfish Territory was the personal behavior of Wallace and the others, which was a complete lie.
Nonsense, but he also knows very well that he cannot fight to the death with the Mother Goddess Church, otherwise his losses will be too great, and he also knows very well that if he really fully surrenders to the Merchant Alliance, it may not be a good thing.
Son, the so-called alliance must be equal in strength. If the strength is not believed, then it cannot be regarded as an alliance. Compared with the Swordfish Territory and the Merchant Alliance, the strength is not equal. The Merchant Alliance is stronger than
The Swordfish Leader is too powerful. It is precisely because of this that the Grand Duke does not want to fight to the death with the Mother Goddess Church. If he wants to be sandwiched between two powerful forces and live well, there must be a balance point.
, Grand Duke Swordfish did not want his family to fail to become a vassal of the Mother Goddess Church and eventually become a vassal of the Merchant Alliance. This was unacceptable to him.
Originally, people thought that when the Swordfish Territory happened, the Steel World would be in chaos, and there might even be wars. However, they did not expect that the Steel World was in chaos for a while. As the Mother Goddess Church gave in, things soon calmed down.
Everything seems to be back to normal, and the swordfish collar incident seems to have never happened.
But Karl and others in the business alliance know that the truth is far from over, it has just calmed down temporarily. If something similar happens in the future, it will immediately cause huge waves, and the reason why they are like this
The main reason is that they have received a lot of orders for new steam guns. What does this mean? This means that all the Grand Dukes are preparing for military preparations, and they do not think that this matter has passed.
After receiving so many orders, although Carl and the others were very happy, they also knew very well that they had to discuss carefully what they should do next, because now they were facing a huge temptation, which was much worse than those who
The temptation to order is even greater.
In fact, the matter was very simple. The Mother Goddess Church backed down, but the princes were worried. They began to contact the Merchant Alliance and even prepared to form an alliance with the Merchant Alliance. This matter was definitely a good thing for the Merchant Alliance.
It is a good thing for them to expand their influence. If they are willing, if they work hard, they can even replace most of the previous positions of the Mother Goddess Church. This is too important for the development of the Merchant Alliance, and at the same time, the temptation is too great.
If they have really replaced the Mother Goddess Church, then for their business alliance, what they will bring will be huge benefits. This benefit will be extremely huge, so huge that people can’t think of it. With this huge benefit
Compared with the previous orders for new steam guns, they were nothing, so Carl and the others hesitated. They even felt that it was time to discuss it carefully, because it was related to the future development direction of the entire merchant alliance.