Extraordinary Sailing

"I just happened to remember to clean up the trophies of the group of silver knights in the [two-dimensional world], thinking that since I can reach the fifth floor, no matter how bad it is, each of them should have something to gain.

Then I found this, and it seems to work well. "

While explaining to them, Aiwen took out an oval black seed from the pocket of his loose home clothes, and threw it into the pit just dug.

Snapped--!

The shell was broken, and the seeds quickly took root and germinated. After a while, it grew into a large lush tree up to ten meters high, with dense branches and leaves, and flowers as white as snow. The breeze blows, and the fragrant fragrance of flowers has filled the small half of the courtyard.

In nature, many plants have the effect of sterilizing or killing insects in order to protect themselves, but this kind of "rest tree" is actually a low-level demonized plant of wild jasmine, but it has an extraordinary ability , that is - the ultimate spirit.

Not to mention getting close, just the fragrance of flowers can "kill" the weak nascent spirit body like sterilization, more accurately describe it as accelerating disintegration, allowing it to quickly return to the sea of ​​world consciousness, without absorbing the overflowing "spiritual origin" to grow time.

However, it is very beneficial to living creatures, calming restlessness, relaxing mood, and assisting sleep.

"Alas, today it is the Hurons and Sioux. These aborigines living in the core area are forced to leave their homes. Tomorrow, as the 'spiritual tide' intensifies, more and more places in the New World will become ghosts and even evil spirits. hunting grounds.

The living space of human beings and creatures in the material world will also become smaller and smaller. Thinking of this future, I... feel sad!

But as long as we cut off the source, we can stop the continuous expansion of the "spiritual tide", and return peace and harmony to the hundreds of millions of creatures living on this continent! "

Standing under a tree of snow-white wild jasmine, Ai Wen, who had a great image, stroked his chest, and said these words with a face full of compassion.

The most extreme thing is that he also used the ability of "saint" to add a halo effect to his head. If other people worship without accepting their heads, they will be sorry for this special effect.

The two girls didn't like him at all.

"Cut~"

Olivia, who was wearing a light red dress, made a small jump, stretched out her snow-white arms to hook Ivan's neck in a very unladylike manner, interrupted his pretentiousness, and said with a smirk on her cheek:

"Hey, tell me the truth, did you really just discover this?"

If you don't find out sooner or later, you just took out this kind of treasure after completing the collection of hundreds of thousands of Hurons. If you don't see rabbits or hawks, you will almost paste it on your forehead. Only a fool will believe this guy's nonsense.

Carefully looking left and right, Ivan stretched out a finger to his lips:

Hush!

"cluck cluck"

"Hee hee hee"

Olivia and An Qi looked at each other, their eyebrows and eyes curved like two little foxes who had eaten sweet grapes, covering their mouths and secretly smiling. But ten thousand people agree with Aiwen's approach in their hearts. Although the relationship with the Hurons is not bad, we don't do business that loses money!

Ai Wen looked at the two girls who were more beautiful than flowers, and the corners of his lips could not help but curl up slightly.

Start large-scale planting of this ornamental arbor from now on to prevent the birth of weak and small spirits, and curb the continuous expansion of spiritual tides from the source once and for all.

Perhaps there is no need to wait until decades later, when the demigod on the New World decides to belong, and the "spiritual wave" that caused a lot of disasters will come to an end.

And they... just need to be responsible for harvesting the "spiritual origin" at that time.

the other side of the sea.

It has been three years since Philip II completed his marriage and was crowned emperor in the spring of 186 Haiyuan calendar. The religious reform of the Cyrus Empire has been in full swing for three years.

Of course, the so-called "reformation" is only polite.

Because there is only one means of reform, and that is - kill! As long as the heretics are killed in their own territory, the reform will naturally be completed.

In the past three years or so, the sharp confrontation between the old and new religions belonging to the "eternal fire", coupled with the mixed beliefs of the "primordial god" Tirentius in the former holy Lothar Empire area, is simply bloodshed .

Philip II set up the "Court of Fire" and promulgated the "Blood Edict", and the traditional "Eternal Flame" sect established the Inquisition. Extreme fighting and persecution.

To be honest, in the eyes of many "Eternal Flame" believers, the New World where ghosts and ghosts are currently rampant may be the Garden of Eden of a god.

Because in less than four years, more than one million believers on both sides have died due to religious persecution! It is even worse than the class antagonism that once occurred in Ilya.

You must know that in the current Cyrus Empire, even with all the countries that have been continuously conquered by it in the past two hundred years, the total population is only 50 million people, and the total number of pure original Cyrus people in the Alfonso Peninsula is less than 50 million. Ten million.

All this can only be described as tragic!

Among them, most people believe in the Frisian kingdom of the impersonal god "primordial god" Tirentius, which is also the hardest hit area of ​​belief conflicts.

Moreover, these Frisians who are good at business not only have to bear the continuous attack of the "Eternal Flame" side of the court, but also bear the heavy tax burden of more than half of the entire huge empire.

Under the intertwined pressure from inside and outside, some unknown changes in this land have begun to happen quietly.

As for whether the gears of history have started to turn? No one knows for now.

Kingdom of Frisia, Antwerp.

In a secluded and luxurious venue, whale oil candles are brightly lit, and the sound of a certain high-spirited speech is constantly stirring here.

"What about the 'Eternal Flame'? What about the 'Fire Sect'? What about the 'Original God' Tirentius? There is actually only one belief in the world, and that is money!!!"

Standing on the podium, William Orange, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Netherlands Bank Group, looked at the crowd of well-dressed gentlemen and ladies below, clenched his fists vigorously, and almost shouted out the voice that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time:

"Gentlemen! When money speaks, truth must be silent!"

"The future of the world belongs to the 'Eye of Fortune'!"

At this time, the business tycoons below who had a strong influence in the Kingdom of Frisia and even the surrounding countries could not help being infected by it, and they all stood up and gave him the warmest applause.

huh huh huh.

"That's great, the future of the world belongs to the 'Eye of Wealth'!"

"The future of the world belongs to the 'Eye of Fortune'!"

Half an hour later, the members of the association who participated in the meeting left in batches for safety reasons. Under the current severe situation, no one dared to stay for a long time.

William Orange watched the last guest leave, muttering to himself:

"Going out with this step, we have no chance to take another step back. Just wait... one of the weakest opportunities for Sirius."

Candles flickered.

On the wall behind him, a pure golden eye is surrounded by the compass with open feet and the square with the opening upward. That is the emblem and code name of the secret society - "Eye of Wealth".

It is also a powerful financial system that spans countries established with the banking industry as a link, and belongs to the alliance of super capitalists.

And the purpose of their joining together is obviously not to connect with each other, but to use the wealth in their hands to say to those in power: No!

In this "Eye of Wealth" secret association that gathers many big bourgeois from the Kingdom of Frisia and surrounding countries, although not everyone is a believer in the "Lord of Gold", they must be believers in gold.

Everyone agrees from the bottom of their hearts that "the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit", and more agree that "money" is the greatest right in the world!

However, the bourgeoisie is currently at a disadvantage compared with the inherent royal class in terms of force, even with the help of the "Church of Wealth".

If you want to fight against the tyranny of the royal power that controls violence, and replicate [capital] in various countries like fission, you must find another system that is more powerful, simple, and efficient, and then push the trend hard.

Use the power of the trend to grow yourself rapidly!

Although not everyone has Ivan's vision beyond the times, there are also natural trendsetters in the torrent of the times. Mr. William Orange, who took over the Dutch Bank Group at the age of 40, obviously It is one of the best.

What if so many titled knights cannot be mass-produced?

Then gather the crowd, you have "tyrants" and I have "mobs"!

An old system has once again blossomed into new flowers: "democracy", "personal freedom, equal rights", this time it is not just talking about it like Ilya, but it must be implemented in place.

The foundation of the theory is very good, "natural human rights" and the separation of powers.

In a modern age where private ownership is more and more prosperous, the general public can of course voluntarily hand over their power and sign a contract to establish a country in order to protect their own lives, liberty, and property.

But sovereignty belongs to everyone, and if the embodiment of the country violates the contract, people can overthrow it, further deriving the principle of "sovereignty lies in the people", that is, "democracy"!

The essence of "democracy" is the will of the majority, or directly satisfy the selfish desires of the majority, which coincides with "money first", and is exactly what super capitalists need.

As long as you adapt to this system, "Parasites are so cool!" and "No one will let me go back to the past!" will become the voice of the people. Then one after another turned into vanguards against the tyranny of the monarchy. They are excellent carriers whether they provide faith or promote trends.

On the surface, everyone has a sacred vote to choose their favorite democratic leader, and then decide the fate of the country. And for the sake of votes, it is natural for democratic leaders to work hard to improve the national welfare and seek the well-being of every voter after they come to power.

It is simply an excellent example of everyone winning together from all directions! The only loser is the feudal monarchy.

But is this really the case?

The answer is obviously no.

First of all, democratic leaders have no countermeasures against public opinion, nor can they prevent the existence of open political opponents. They can only firmly rely on the bourgeoisie who hold capital behind them.

Secondly, it emphasizes that everyone is responsible for the country, and the other side is that no one is responsible. The one-person-one-vote system is most likely to be broken individually, and then subdivided and bought.

In the end, populism is very easy to prevail in the country, and the opinions of real elites will be ignored and drowned in the raging public opinion. Large groups of ignorant people are most likely to be controlled by those in power, and the tool of public opinion will inevitably become a sharp weapon.

Under the equal rights system, a gangster who idles around all day and a hard-working worker have the same right to decide the future and destiny of the country? It's really paradoxical, aren't they stupid?

Innocent!

What the "Eyes of Wealth" want is not [royal power], let alone the prosperity of the country, what they want is money, and [capital] is always increasing.

And under the rules they set, wealth is the greatest right!

The super capitalists and the "gods of capital and wealth" are the real winners in this game.

The evil beast named "democracy" with a beautiful appearance is the most powerful weapon raised by [capital] to devour the world.

It is precisely because of this theoretical basis and political system tailored for [capital]. William Orange has been initiated by the True God himself for the "Holy Baptism", and has become the "Saint" of the "God of Capital and Wealth" and the fourth-rank archbishop.

The "God of Black Wings" gets this tailor-made political system, and as long as it gets the support and sincere approval of a part of the most dynamic capital in the world, it won't take too long to condense the [Capital Priesthood].

If it continues to develop step by step, in the future, the "Eye of Wealth", an alliance of super capitalists, may really be able to fundamentally control the clothing, food, housing, transportation, life, old age, illness, and death of all people in the entire material world.