Pirate Kingship

In the northern part of the Ring of Fire Mountains in the Southern Continent, the Empire of the Sun.

The current King of the Sun Empire [Hand of Fortune] Atahualpa’s base camp is Qipchasuyu, the hot spring city of Cajamarca.

Atahualpa, who was supposed to rule the four Suyos from the royal city of Cusco, instead handed over the affairs of the country to his mother, Queen Koya, who was the previous generation.

He took Wang Jia and a large group of queens and princesses and quietly returned to the old nest he had run for many years when he was a prince.

It's just that this ring-shaped city built on the crater has changed a lot compared to when Byron came here a year ago.

"Sister Aya, you are pregnant now, so you should pay attention to moderation.

Mr. James, the official from the Ministry of Commerce sent by His Majesty the Lord of Heaven, specially warned pregnant women not to eat too many cold foods.

Even if you are a fourth-level mythical creature [Son of the Sun], you can only eat up to three bowls of ice cream a day. "

Outside the palace, by the beautiful volcanic lake, Atahualpa and his sister and Queen Aya were each lying on a special deck chair imported from the Holy Golden Empire.

There were a large group of graceful maids wearing all kinds of gold and gemstone jewelry around them, each holding several exquisite glass vessels standing beside them.

In the container are various flavors of ice cream: chocolate, milk, vanilla, matcha, strawberry, banana, cherry, coconut, durian, etc. At a glance, there are at least hundreds of varieties.

Even the champagne ice cream, which is priceless but not marketable, exudes a strange aroma all over your body after eating it, and even the cake smells delicious, is on the list (Chapter 325).

It almost covers most of the fruits on the Bantaan Islands, one of the two known continents, and the raw materials suitable for making ice cream.

"Ah. Really, why is this like this?

The two of us finally went out to play alone today, can't we be considered a special case? "

Queen Aya is as tall and fit as last year, with light golden eyes and long fiery red hair that looks like a blazing flame.

The aura on her body is extremely powerful. Sitting there quietly, she is like a blazing furnace. She is more like a mighty female general than a queen.

But at this moment, her lower abdomen was bulging, and it was obvious that she had been pregnant for a long time.

What she was wearing was no longer the Sun Empire service woven with gold threads and gems, but a soft silk dress imported from the Holy Golden Empire.

Even her feet were wearing a pair of shiny custom-made high heels.

The change in clothing gave her a more feminine look, which made the young king's heart flutter. She felt that the money spent was really worth it.

Hearing the queen's complaint, Atahualpa couldn't bear to disappoint his beloved queen who had grown up with him, so he thought for a moment and compromised:

"Then just take a small spoonful of each bowl, as long as the total does not exceed three bowls."

Aya suddenly beamed and kissed her husband hard on the cheek, leaving a bright lip mark with lipstick imported from the Golden Empire.

Immediately, the ice cream, which was also transported thousands of miles from the Holy Golden Empire, and the price of each bowl soared to two pounds, which was equivalent to more than two months' salary of a sailor, each took only a small spoonful and sent it to the queen's mouth. Enough for three bowls.

All the remaining hundreds of bowls were taken away.

This luxurious scene is comparable to killing a hundred chickens and eating only the tip of your tongue.

Fortunately, Atahualpa, who has the title [Hand of Wealth] and is destined to have wealth all his life without being trapped by money, is rich, very rich, very rich!

Especially after doing foreign trade business with the Holy Golden Empire for almost a year, he brought earth-shaking changes to the entire Sun Empire, especially the lives of the upper-class dignitaries.

The lounge chair, ice cream, Queen Aya’s silk dress, the lipstick used to touch up makeup after eating ice cream, etc. are just the tip of the iceberg.

Although the Empire of the Sun has abundant production of gold, silver and various precious metals and has been accumulating it for more than a thousand years with almost no outflow, it does not mean that the material is also highly developed.

The luxurious upper class and the lower class are probably completely different worlds.

Perhaps the metallurgy and blacksmithing industries of [Children of the Sun] can rival those of the Old Continent in terms of cutting-edge technology, but in terms of industrialization, they are still at the primitive social level.

In terms of the most important agricultural production capacity alone, it is only slightly better than the Taino people who originally practiced slash-and-burn farming on the Bantaan Islands.

As a general equivalent throughout the world, gold can only reflect its value if enough products can be purchased. If nothing can be purchased, it is just a beautiful precious metal that will never decay.

Therefore, when the huge precious metal reserves in the hands of the Sun Empire, which could cause a financial earthquake, were combined with the powerful industrial production capacity of the Holy Gold Empire, terrifying power instantly broke out.

Especially with the birth of the whale oil-powered steam engine, the Golden Empire fully entered the era of the Industrial Revolution. In perfect harmony with it, the Sun Empire and even the nearby city-states and tribes ruled by totem gods immediately became the most perfect dumping ground for industrial products.

The Empire of the Sun alone has a population of over 20 million, and there is nothing here that exceeds the production capacity of agricultural civilization.

Over the past year, the Pioneer Pilot Colonial Trading Company has provided them with agricultural technology guidance including composting, oxen tamed by [Animal Tamers], and the recently invented curved shaft plow and field ridges.

Ingredients such as pigs, cows, sheep, chocolate, ice cream, puffs, refined candies, etc. have greatly enriched their monotonous diet of potatoes, turkey, and corn.

There are also the most luxurious silk clothes, porcelain as smooth as the skin of a beauty, clocks standing in the hall, and bell towers built between the palaces. Everything that can provide enjoyment is arranged.

There is no need to say more about various kinds of arms and weapons.

It is like a shoe merchant coming to a country where no one wears shoes. Even if there is no demand, he can create demand and sell high-value-added goods to the rich.

To this day, the rich material conditions that Atahualpa can enjoy are no less than those of the Orthodox archbishops in the Old World who have always been known for their extravagance and debauchery, and even the Emperor Frederick III of the Habsburg Dynasty.

With the king and queen personally bringing goods, the nobles at all levels in the Sun Empire certainly followed suit, setting off a frenzy of "buying, buying, buying".

From time to time, banquets are held to compare their imported goods with each other.

Some of the middle and lower classes also rushed to imitate, spending huge sums of money to buy various costumes and equipment from the Golden Empire, and then swaggering through the streets, gradually forming the "Sap Culture" of the Quechua people.

For Byron, the Sun Empire, which can directly fish out gold from volcanoes and is richer than the countries in the Old World, is a great blue ocean.

In order to firmly grasp the market, the R\u0026D department led by Violet also specially produced many "high-end special supplies" based on the biological characteristics of the "Son of the Sun".

Take the last batch of specially made luxury heavy cruisers made of teak as an example, there was such a conversation.

Atahualpa held a gold-studded cigar in his mouth and blew out a smoke ring:

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, I see that you Tainos and the people of the Old World send adventure ships and cruisers to the sea for no reason. We Quechuas also want to explore the deep sea.

Those deep-sea families entrenched on the east coast will come sooner or later. Although our empire is not afraid of high tides in the mountains for a short period of time, we can't just respond passively.

Please sell me a batch of the most advanced warships."

One of the seven incarnations of Byron in charge of the affairs of the southern continent felt very embarrassed by his request:

"Now that the families have taken action against us, our defense pressure is very high. We are short of cutting-edge weapons and heavy cruisers for our own use. We have no plans to sell them to others at present."

Atahuallpa pretended not to hear anything, without blinking:

"Oh, so that's the case? Then I have transferred the 2 million gold pounds I deposited in my online financial street account to you. Please check it."

Byron immediately followed suit and patted his chest hard and said:

"This matter Although it is not possible in principle, who can blame us for our strong relationship? We can make special arrangements for brother countries.

I will send you a group of instructors right away, and you go back to select the first batch of crew members. We guarantee that they can be delivered before the crew training is completed! "

But a few days later, Byron frowned and found Atahualpa again and told him the bad news:

"The instructors reported that the people you selected are not good, not because of their physical fitness and learning ability, but because this group of [lava giants] is too hot.

Let them stay together on the ship, and they don’t have to do anything to trigger the sixth article of the [Pirate Code]: Holding a candle without a lampshade, executing the law of Moses, and hitting the cat of nine tails on the back forty times. "

Atahuallpa blinked his innocent eyes, indicating that he didn’t understand what Byron was saying at all:

"Do you mean to pay more?"

"This is a safety issue, not a money issue. Once the ship catches fire, it’s all over."

"Need one million pounds? I’ll give it to you again."

At this point, Byron completely compromised.

"Well, I misread the report of the instructors. They said that the Empire's navigation technology still has major flaws.

The materials from sails, cables, planks, gunpowder magazines, etc. are not good. It just so happens that my queen has just invented a basalt spinning and weaving technology, which is light and has excellent fire resistance.

Wait for me to upgrade the technology and guarantee to tailor a set of navigation equipment for the Empire of the Sun."

Atahuallpa gave Byron a thumbs up with great satisfaction and praised the conscientious merchant:

"I said that we Quechuas will definitely have no problem. Wait for your good news."

Byron has always been a person who sticks to the bottom line. Almost nothing can shake his principles.

The problem is. He gave too much!

The first-level ship in the fully artificial era is only 100,000 pounds. After deducting various raw materials in the industrial era, the cost can be reduced by almost half.

The heavy cruiser, which is cheaper than the third-level ship, sells him 3 million pounds. What's wrong with the customer's special requirements?

This is really too beaver!

In short, in the face of the money offensive, even a determined Byron was defeated without any resistance.

This time, a considerable part of the wealth that Catherine used to advance to the fifth level came from the strong support of the dog owners.

Of course, unilateral advantage has never been Byron's style, and he did not regard the Sun Empire, an ally that could be won, as a simple economic colony.

Industrialization can bring down the prices of all commodities, allowing people all over the world to enjoy the dividends of "cheap" industrial products.

For example, Atahualpa's greatest achievement in the past year since he came to power was to use the field artillery and rift seal plugs purchased from Byron to slowly build eight "heavy armored combined battalions" with a total of 4,000 people, constantly expanding the territory for the empire.

Those Apu who occupy the land as the king in the Beast Paradise have a weakness, that is, the passive "drawing a line to imprison".

As long as one has not been promoted to the fifth level pseudo-god, the scope of one's own divine domain will not be large, and there will be no network. There will only be isolated points. Once one leaves the scope of the divine domain, one's power will drop drastically.

As long as they lay down the [Fift Seal Bolt] and then use artillery to wash the ground and directly change the terrain, they may not even be able to escape.

Moreover, with the financial support of Atahualpa, the number of "heavy-armed synthetic battalions" is still increasing.

Because in the tactical training manual written for them by the instructors, the first battle motto can be called the annual gold medal marketing phrase in the arms industry:

"Standing at thirty means that only by having 30 heavy-armed synthetic battalions can we have the capital to stand in this dangerous era that is about to come in the Luoannian Era;

Forty is not confused, with 40 heavily equipped synthetic battalions, there is nothing that can confuse us in this era;

Fifty people know destiny. With 50 heavy-armed combined battalions, the enemy will know that what we say is his destiny;

Sixty ears are fluent, which means that we have 60 heavy-armed combined battalions, and everything we say will be very palatable to the hostile forces;

Seventy can do whatever he wants without breaking the rules. When we have 70 heavy-armed synthetic battalions, then no matter what we do, we will comply with the rules of this world. "

These words have been deeply imprinted on Atahualpa's heart.

So I kept adding more orders. The most common thing I did when contacting Byron before was to send money! Make money! Still make money!

With Byron's series of support, more territory was conquered in just one year than in the previous hundred years.

Although he became a hands-off shopkeeper early on, the war dividends he brought to the upper echelons of the entire empire allowed him to easily capture the hearts of many [Children of the Sun].

The full set of agricultural technologies that Byron packed for him also allowed the ordinary Quechua people at the bottom to have two bumper harvests and experience the benefits brought by the new king.

Even though the coronation lasted only one year, he successfully gathered huge popularity and aspirations.

Helped Atahualpa achieve the prerequisites for promotion to the fifth level.

The key is that he also got the [Ponzi scheme] (pyramid scheme) from Byron, an immortal ladder that burns others and illuminates himself.

It was for this reason that he left his government affairs behind and returned from the royal capital of Cusco to the hot spring city of Cajamarca, which he had run for many years and was the safest base camp.

Atahualpa looked away from his wife, his eyes became a little distant, and he said silently in his heart:

"My promotion ceremony is almost ready and can start at any time.

But since I met my father [Civilized Fuel Scavenger] Wayna ate all the brothers and used them as firewood.

I also saw my grandfather [Dark Sun of Death] Supai come out halfway and ate my father and his power of the underworld. I can’t trust anyone in the entire empire who is an extraordinary person in the path of the sun.

Even my mother, Queen Koya, is the same.

That one sun itself can become the fuel for another sun is undoubtedly the most terrifying truth in the "Solar Codex".

The phrase ‘As long as there is firewood, the fire will never go out’ has become a lifelong nightmare for me.

I can’t even imagine what the Machu Picchu sky city looks like where the other ancestors who have been promoted to the fifth level of demigods and the ancestor [Sun God] Inti live. "

But soon the worry in his eyes turned to determination:

“The [Golden Laws] of the Golden Empire have spread throughout the Empire through the collective subconscious of the Taíno and Quechua peoples.

As long as I issue an edict, the Sun Empire will accept it.

Over the past year, I have learned a series of prerequisite knowledge of [Banker], and I have made up my mind to ask His Majesty the Lord of Heaven to help me find a new career in [Ladder of Glory].

And use [Pyramid Scam] to jump to a similar wealth path, gain maximum autonomy, and no longer be easily eaten by superior beings.

Only Byron, my half-brother, who formed the greatest community of interests with me, could truly be trusted.

Even if you take ten thousand steps back, His Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, is only after my money at most, but my relatives may be after my life! "

Touching the strange storage item on his waist, it contained what Byron wanted most right now - two crystal skulls.

Now Byron has collected ten crystal skulls in total:

“The number one [Goddess of Heaven] snatched from Tayapan is also Byron’s own skull (Chapter 343); the number two [Goddess of the Earth] given to him by Uxmal, one of the three major city-states (347);

The first skull No. 3 [Corn God] snatched from the Tayman Islands in the Earl of Greenville (117);

No. 4 [Rain God] and No. 10 [Southern Goddess] found in the underwater city of the Rift Monastery (396);

No. 5 [Sun God] and No. 6 [Moon Goddess] obtained from Treasure Island (247);

Number 8 [Feathered Serpent] given to him by Chichen Itza, one of the three major city-states (162);

The gourmet Alfred helped Byron snatch No. 12 [North Star God] from the headhunters of the Great Bear Islands (213);

The last time I came to the Sun Empire, I snatched the number 13 [Suicide Goddess] from the previous king (438). "

There are still three skeletons left to collect, namely:

"No. 7 [Wind God] Ulakan: The master of wind and thunder, the protector of battle and wisdom.

No. 9 [God of Death] Apuche: Takes pleasure in causing death and provoking wars.

No. 11 [Battle Leader] Ekchuyah: He is a god of war. "

Byron sensed when he came last time that the remaining skeletons were all in the [Beast Paradise] on the southern continent, but he had never had time to search for them himself.

So he lent the [Desire Compass] to Atahualpa, asking the king of the Sun Empire to help him find them.

At this time, Atahualpa was holding the No. 7 [Wind God] and No. 11 [Battle Leader] he had recently found. He only needed No. 9 [Death God] to complete the collection.

"It's been too busy recently. There are still a few days before the trap door opens at the end of the month. Aya and I will relax in the hot spring city first and wait for His Majesty the Lord of Heaven to come.

If he knew how fast I was promoted, he would be shocked.

It seems that he had just been promoted to the fourth level not long ago. I'm afraid he would be a little sad to be left behind this time.

However, it doesn't matter. In addition to the two crystal skulls, I also have his favorite healing medicine, which is also the first stolen money obtained after the pyramid scam experiment.

Seeing this, he will definitely be happy again."

The young king's face was shining, like a child who got a fun toy and wanted to share it with a good friend.

However, at this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly broke through the air.

Swish——!

Atahualpa's heart trembled, and he suddenly pulled out the golden scimitar at his waist, blocking in front of him, and the blade tilted to deflect a blue poisoned blowpipe.

He suddenly looked up at the direction where the blowpipe came from, and two half-human, half-rat figures quietly emerged from the lake in front of him.

Behind them, hundreds of ratmen surged out of the water like a tide and rushed towards the shore.

"Is it you, the Gold Eater Brothers?

Aren't you supposed to be in the south of the Ring of Fire Mountains? Why did you suddenly run here?"

Atahualpa's pupils shrank, and a drop of cold sweat quietly flowed from his forehead.

He was annoyed:

"I was careless, how could I forget about them."

He only thought that his base camp was not as complicated as the forces in the Royal City of Cusco, so he didn't bring too many royal guards when he went out to play.

But he ignored that this "creditor" could drill into the ground and turn stones into mud.

Although he and Queen Aya are both fourth-level mythical creatures, the latter is pregnant and is definitely not a match for two powerful creatures of the same level.

In fact, this is all the fault of the "pyramid scam".

The effect of the title of [Hand of Fortune]: "Have the destiny of being surrounded by wealth in his life, and never be trapped by money for a lifetime.

Go out to pick up money, win the lottery, and make a fortune in business. From then on, you will live the life of a super rich man, and you will get it back even if you spend all your money."

As long as Atahualpa wants to get rich, he will definitely find an opportunity.

Previously, he did not dare to do this deal directly in the empire, and was going to find a place to experiment with the effect of the pyramid scam.

It happened that the brothers [Totem God·Gold-eating God] in the south of the empire and their kingdom of burrowing demon rats fell into Atahualpa's sight.

The relatively closed social structure of the underground kingdom can prevent the unlimited overflow of the power of this financial bomb, and it is also convenient for confidentiality, which is very suitable for this kind of sociological experiment.

Moreover, this group of ratmen had long since joined the church of the old god [Prince of Gluttony Beelzebub], and often ran out of their caves to eat people, and they had no guilt even if they died.

The most important thing is that the ratmen who dig holes underground all day long have money, and they can last longer by "borrowing new to repay old".

It is even easier to fool them. Even in the modern society with advanced information, there are people who are deceived, let alone a group of old hats?

Then

Only Atahualpa, who is at the top of the pyramid, has a mouth full of oil.

The ratmen can't even survive this year.

The only thing he missed is that when he sent the heavy combined battalion to attack the ratmen, he failed to kill all his creditors, but was found by the other party.

Then it evolved into what it is now.

The leading totem god waved the blowgun quiver made of human bones in his hand and screamed:

"Squeak! Give us back our gold and 25% annualized return!"

Swish.

A large group of ratmen rushed to the shore of the volcanic lake like a tide, and the maids accompanying them were all frightened by these big rats.

At this moment, Atahualpa, with sweaty palms, recognized the correctness of "standing on one's own feet at the age of thirty".

If he had a few more billion heavy-armored combined battalions, how could he encounter such a dangerous situation today?

After sending out a distress signal, he gritted his teeth and was about to raise his knife to fight desperately.

A pleasant voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears:

"I heard that everything in the Beast Park is extra large, but I didn't expect that even rats are so big.

Byron, if we open a biological control company here, we will definitely make a lot of money."