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Chapter 4492 [Beckett loses power]

Xiang Nan first began his attack on the East India Company's colonies in America, such as Charleston, Wilmington, Baltimore, New York, Boston, etc.

All merchant ships and warships were sunk, all ports were destroyed, and even the farms and factories of the East India Company were not spared. Either a hurricane was summoned to sweep them all away, or a flood was summoned to submerge them all.

Moreover, before each action, Xiang Nan would use the "loud voice" spell to amplify his voice and warn the people of the East India Company.

"Rebuild the temple and free the priests and worshippers... otherwise the punishment will never stop."

The news of the attack on the North American colonies soon reached the ears of the East India Company, which shocked and heartbroken them.

You should know that the East India Company owned thirteen colonies in the United States, including Virginia, North and South Carolina, New York, Georgia, Pennsylvania, etc.

These colonies provided the East India Company with hundreds of thousands of pounds in revenue each year and were the East India Company's largest trading partner outside of Europe.

Now the ports, factories and farms in these colonies were severely damaged, and more than a dozen warships and nearly fifty merchant ships were sunk, causing losses of more than 500,000 pounds, which was really unbearable.

The punishment of the key area continued, and the colonies in Australia and Asia were attacked one after another, especially in the colonies in India and Southeast Asia.

Tea, spices, minerals, cotton cloth, sugar cane, etc. from India and Southeast Asia were the East India Company's best-selling commodities, especially spices, which brought in profits of up to 200%.

The prices of pepper, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, etc. in the European market were even equivalent to gold. Every year, the East India Company could plunder nearly two million pounds of assets from India.

Therefore, India and Southeast Asia are undoubtedly the lifeline of the East India Company. Now its colonies in India and Southeast Asia are all under attack.

The sinking of merchant ships and warships, the destruction of ports, the flooding of farms, the collapse of factories... caused the East India Company to suffer even greater losses, even far exceeding its losses in North America.

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Seeing this, Beckett still wanted to hold on a little longer.

He thought that since Kolibuso was so angry, it just proved that the measures he took were correct.

Just like people, if you don’t poke the pain point, you won’t feel pain.

The temple and the believers are obviously his weak points. Destroying his temple and arresting his believers will be enough to deal with him.

Therefore, he advised other directors that instead of rebuilding the temple and releasing the priests and believers, they should destroy the temple with greater force and arrest the priests and believers.

This was used to threaten Collibreso, who was no longer an enemy of the East India Company. The East India Company could even control Collibreso, the goddess of the sea, and use her for its own benefit.

But the other directors and the financiers behind the scenes were not as good as he thought.

"We still haven't figured out what Kolibuso is. But the losses he caused are still fresh in our memory. So far, we have lost nearly two million pounds. How can we explain this to our shareholders?"

"Lord Beckett, we asked you to be a director in the hope that you could help the company make money. But the radical measures you took not only failed to help us make money, but also angered a pagan god.

Now this pagan god has caused us more than two million pounds of losses, and the losses are still increasing. Lord Beckett, how will you explain to us? "

"Yes, keep fighting. Are you sure you will win? I know there are gods in this world, but those gods are high above and don't care about worldly affairs, so we don't have to fear them.

But this sea goddess is different. She really took action, and her strength is far beyond our imagination. She can easily sink our warships and merchant ships, and destroy our ports, factories and farms. How can we possibly defeat a god like this? So I suggest that we show our good will to her and agree to her terms before the losses increase further. "

"I agree! It is impossible for mortals to defeat gods."

"No matter how strong our ships and how powerful our guns are, we can never defeat the gods."

"Yes, it is best to stop losses in time."

"Gentlemen, if we give in now, it will mean that the pagan god has won. His reputation will increase greatly, his believers will expand rapidly, and he will continue to interfere with our business in the colonies. We will never have peace in the future." Beckett reminded with a cold face.

The reason why Collibreso first took action was because he raised taxes in the colonies, which led to Collibreso's followers praying that he would punish the East India Company and him. And Collibreso did take action.

Therefore, if the East India Company surrenders now, those believers will be very proud and think that they can use the power of God to fight against the East India Company.

In this way, it would be basically impossible for the East India Company to exploit and plunder the wealth of the colonies. By then, the East India Company would still be dead.

"Lord Beckett, if it weren't for your radical tax increase policy, there wouldn't be such a big mess."

"Yes, all of this is caused by you. Kolibuso never interfered with our business before. It was you who intensified the conflict and caused all this."

"You are to blame for all this, and you dare to accuse us of being short-sighted?"

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The other directors all criticized Beckett.

Eventually, all the directors decided to rebuild the temple of the Ocean Goddess, release her priests and followers, and stop opposing her.

As for Lord Beckett, he was dismissed by shareholders because of his incompetence, which led to serious losses for the company. As a result, Lord Beckett completely lost his power.

Although he was very shrewd and talented, and had worked his way up from a low-level employee to a director, he was quite capable. But once he lost the platform of the East India Company, it was basically impossible for him to make a comeback.

Just as Li Si said, "Whether a man is wise or foolish is like a rat; it all depends on where he lives!" The importance of a platform is far greater than human ability.

Don't say that gold will always shine. A rag can cover the brilliance of gold.

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Xiang Nan was not surprised to learn of Beckett's fall from power, but he did not feel relieved either.

To be honest, although Beckett is insidious, cunning, cruel and ruthless, he is just an ordinary person after all. It would be effortless for Xiang Nan to get rid of him.

He never took Beckett seriously, and even the East India Company was not in his eyes.

If Beckett hadn't implemented some tax increase policy that made people's lives miserable and even made it difficult for him to do his work, he would not have taught them a lesson.

As the East India Company surrendered, rebuilt the temple, and released priests and believers, the reputation of the sea goddess Calypso suddenly increased.

Especially in India, Southeast Asia, North America and other places that were oppressed and exploited by the East India Company, the number of believers of the goddess of the sea increased sharply. They all hoped that the goddess would take action again and teach the East India Company a lesson, or even drive them all out.

(End of this chapter)