Extraordinary Sailing

When the last "spiritual overflow" in the New World caused a bloodbath in the extraordinary world.

On the mundane level in the material world, a milestone event with far-reaching impact like a landslide and tsunami has also occurred.

In the north of the Old Continent, Atlan, the Kingdom of Iceland, is the capital of "Oslo".

squeak--!

Escorted by the palace guards, a black convertible car powered by an internal combustion engine with a luxurious interior and a gemstone logo slowly parked at the entrance of the palace chamber.

"Your Majesty, be careful."

The accompanying attendants helped an old king with a golden crown on his head and a ruby ​​cane to walk down.

Facts have proved that even after many improvements by the "Steam and Mechanic God", steam turbines are more suitable for development as external combustion engine power sources for large machinery such as railway locomotives, ships, and giant soldiers.

In the pursuit of miniaturization and comfort, engineers are more willing to use lightweight power plants with higher power-to-volume ratio and power-to-weight ratio.

Moreover, for dignitaries.

The ostentation and comfort are much more important than the maturity of the technology. It is really difficult for a steam locomotive that "chugs and chugs" to emit black smoke all the way to meet their needs.

in addition.

I want to put the fledgling electric vehicle on the market on a large scale as a mature commodity.

Whether it is chips, batteries, or the infrastructure of power equipment around the world, they are all major obstacles that are difficult to solve in a short period of time.

Therefore, internal combustion engine vehicles have gradually become more prominent in this field.

Especially in these years, technologies such as lead-acid batteries, internal combustion engine ignition devices, rubber pneumatic tires, spring suspensions, etc. have all been overcome one by one by the technicians of the Principality of Garriott.

It is a matter of course for them to launch relatively mature "internal combustion engine vehicles".

At present, high-end customization services are still the main focus. The factory can rely on skilled craftsmen and modern assembly halls to prepare each car that is different according to the buyer's requirements.

The front part of the vehicle is the engine, the rear part is a buckskin seat, decorated with gold and ivory, and a high-end car equipped with a clutch, transmission and rear drive shaft is born.

What? Follow-up maintenance is expensive? Can't match parts between vehicles?

Tsk tsk, what we want is this unique, noble and luxurious tone.

If you are like others, dignitaries are not happy!

Moreover, on the car produced by the "Traloc Electric Company" of the Principality, there is also a car logo "Gemstone Crest" personally designed by the Duchess Garriott, fashion vane, and university scholar Her Majesty Olivia.

It also adds a lot of color (price increase) to it, and it is more face-saving to drive it out.

Take this limousine sold to King Harald I of Atlanta as an example, it cost the royal family a full 300,000 gold pounds, which is the sky-high price of 10,000 golden lions!

You must know that if a few years ago, when sailing battleships ruled the sea, this money would be almost enough to buy a fourth-tier battleship.

Cough, it's not a big deal anyway, and it's not about building a garden for Lafayette.

Even if it is a car of the same level, there are still three cars in the palace.

There are also radio transmission equipment, radios, radio broadcasts, gramophones, record players, cameras, telephones across the Black Sea.

Lack of money? Just collect taxes.

The old king walked up the steps with a cane, still thinking about this matter related to his family's good life.

'Well, the "landscape tax" was just added this month (residents whose houses face the sea have to pay a tax ranging from 50-100 copper fulls per year).

Let me think about it, next month we will levy a "beggar tax" across the country. You must pay a gold lion tax before you are eligible to beg in the city, hahaha'

Harald I secretly praised him for being a genius in "tax collection", and then walked briskly into the chamber and sat on his throne.

Looking at the ministers of various ministries who have already arrived below, I sigh again, at my current age, I have to spend half an hour working every day, I am really a wise gentleman!

Then, the prime minister took a step forward with a happy face, and offered His Majesty the king a piece of news that made him feel much better:

"Your Majesty, good news, blessed by the Goddess, in our colony in the New World, the 'Cape of the Great Horn', geologists have discovered abundant oil resources.

We can take these 'black gold' to further negotiate terms with Tulip, at least the high-quality steel that the arsenal needs in the future can be solved. "

Hearing this, Harald I nodded approvingly:

"Well, yes, it would be even better if we can win the Principality of Garriott to set up a factory here. The complete oil industry chain in the hands of the Duchess is a river of gold!"

At this time, taking advantage of the king's good mood, the foreign minister stepped forward and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, how do we reply to the note from [Monarch's Shield]?

Now more and more monarchy countries have joined it, and even the Cyrus Empire, under the leadership of the regent Queen Teresa, has put aside past hatred and sent missions to actively negotiate with Tulip."

However.

Before His Majesty the King could reply, the Minister of Finance jumped on his feet and shouted:

"Atlan has its own national conditions. If we join the international organization dominated by tulips, and the civilians have not successfully rebelled, we will first become a vassal of tulips from politics, economy to military.

The two young monarchs who are leading Tulip now are not good people. Don't you understand what they want? "

All the big shots here, everyone secretly despises in their hearts:

"I think you are simply reluctant to implement the social wealth redistribution system in the "Royal Power Reform Plan", right? In order to ease social conflicts, you must give the gold and silver you have already got to those bastards.

Cough, actually, we are also reluctant. "

So, as usual, the issue was, of course, dropped again in the midst of the quarrel.

Obviously, Atlan's long-term accumulation of problems is no longer a problem of a certain ruler itself, but that the entire ruling class has been rotten from top to bottom.

What the Secretary of Defense later brought was not entirely good news:

"Your Majesty, under the auspices of Ms Cathy Moral, Chief Scientist of the Academy of Engineering.

We already have 12 ironclad ships, and a full-heavy battleship comparable to the Tulip [Knight], which is enough to defend national defense.

But our treasury is currently."

Although they are short-sighted and greedy, they are not stupid. In addition to maintaining a decent life for the rich and powerful, they practice standard military-first politics.

As for the "democratic flood"? So far, no kingdom with a "titled knight" has been overthrown by the mob.

This is also the main reason why they are not keen on [Monarch's Shield], and they even have a sense of watching a show for the Cyrus Empire, which has already started to act.

Hearing the Minister of Defense's words, the king on the throne waved his hand. The following words were obviously not what he wanted to hear. Instead, he suddenly asked his subordinates an irrelevant question:

"What do you think of my proposal to Ms. Moral?"

All the subjects looked at this majesty the king, who was wise and mighty when he was young, but now looks like a dying man after drinking too much, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although not many people know the real identity of the demon god, but anyone who knows, they are all shocked by Harald I's bold idea.

They couldn't figure out whether this His Majesty wanted to "feed demons with his body" or "lust for sex".

"that."

"Huh? What's the matter? Are those untouchables still making noise?"

Harald I suddenly turned his head and looked out of the hall.

After a wave of extraordinary power, the voice outside the palace suddenly became louder:

"We're going to eat, we're going to work!"

"Damn window tax! Fireplace tax! Landscape tax! Fat tax!"

"The king, the lord, and the church are all vampires!"

The massive demonstrations have lasted for more than half a month, but the dignitaries in the chamber have never paid attention to their appeals.

This is the evil nature of those in power. Absolute power brings absolute corruption. Just like capitalists, they want to drink blood and eat flesh.

"Step down! Step down! Step down!"

"The people of Atlan don't need a king who only collects taxes!"

"We want our own elected head of state!"

"."

At this moment, outside the gate of the palace, there was a surge of people, and at least 50,000 to 60,000 people gathered in several nearby blocks.

Without a leader, it's just a mob.

but.

In order to make achievements in front of the "God of Black Wings", the "God of Music and Opera" Tru Nimbula personally sits in the town, and a total of eight democratic leaders have gathered, who are also third-tier [politicians].

They jointly used the most basic ability - [Surge of Public Opinion], aroused the emotions of the demonstrators, and set off an earth-shattering turmoil!

Even in the "spiritual vision" observation, a phantom of a roaring giant wolf faintly formed above the city, which is the concrete image of the people's consciousness and national character of this country.

Masquerading as a mortal, Tru Nimbula, who was a bystander the whole time, finally felt proud.

"Hahaha, this is Jizhong!

For justice and democracy (cross out), for world peace and stability (cross out), for the freedom and liberation of the people of Atlan (cross out), for your land, wealth and capital trends, nice!

Here we come.

King, please return this country to your people! "

In the palace, a man with a height of two meters and a bare upper body, with long blue and black hair like needles, like a wolf or a bear, who is basically a humanoid beast, looked out of the palace intently.

His expression was solemn, far less than the indifference of the dignitaries.

This is the last titled knight of the Kingdom of Atlanta—"Bloodthirsty Wild Hunt" Dominic. He is not a member of the royal family, but a talented knight who has made a strict contract with the royal family.

Since the "titled knight" can use the power of "faith", he is naturally very sensitive to this so-called "public opinion".

In Dominique's spiritual perception, the originally scattered and disorderly public opinion has been integrated into a whole by an inexplicable force, possessing a terrifying power that threatens a fourth-order extraordinary person.

It would be fine if these people were all nationals of other countries, but they are all their own compatriots, and they are also the fundamental source of strength supporting [Title·Bloodthirsty Hunt].

The truth that "water can carry a boat can also overturn it" is the same no matter in which world.

If you go out to face the turbulent public opinion at this time, you might be directly knocked out of the position, and the [Title] will be shattered!

A drop of cold sweat gradually dripped from the forehead of this "titled knight".

"To suffer! To suffer! To suffer!"