Another ten days passed. A few days ago, on a small island a few hundred kilometers east of the Kingdom of Thebehi, the Kingdom of Shadows launched a multinational summit.

The people who participated in this summit were the countries that had been blocked by the Shadow Kingdom. Each country sent at least one representative, and a number of large chambers of commerce that transport goods by sea also participated in the summit.

At this summit, the Shadow Kingdom showed the hegemony of the overlord of the seas. Yorick attended the summit and made it clear at the meeting the reason why the Shadow Kingdom blocked the seas of many countries - from now on, the eastern and northern seas of Aislazze will be the territory of the Shadow Kingdom beyond the coast, and naturally other countries will not be allowed to "invade".

Naturally, many countries are not convinced by this kind of domineering statement, but there is no way, the situation is stronger than people! Although the combined national strength of the participating countries is much stronger than that of the Shadow Kingdom, if a few random countries on land join forces, the Shadow Kingdom can be destroyed, but in the comparison of the strength of the sea, the coastal countries combined cannot be compared with the Shadow Kingdom.

Maybe only the Canaanite Empire can compete with the Shadow Kingdom at sea, right? This thought could not help but pop into the minds of the delegates of many countries when they participated in the meeting.

It is true that the reason why the previous Shadow Isle organization only ran rampant in the northern and southern seas of Eslaze was indeed because of the existence of the Canaan Empire.

The Canaanite Empire is located in the southern part of the continent of Eslaze and has a long coastline. Unlike human nations in general, the Canaanite Empire did not take the development of its navy lightly. This may be because Canaan I came out of a small fishing village at the southern tip of the continent.

The national strength of the empire is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary countries, and the southern seas of the Eslaze continent have always been firmly controlled by the Canaanite Empire. Perhaps the Canaan Empire will be inferior to the Shadow Kingdom in terms of the number of warships, but the actual combat effectiveness combined with the name of the empire makes the pirates not provoke the Canaan Empire at all.

In fact, it is conquering the Anthropocene realm. The plan to unify Eslazarze is being planned. In the Anthropocene realm, Yu Fei was most scrupled about the Canaan Empire. Unlike the other two historic empires. The Canaanite Empire did not rise for a long time, and the whole country was still in a period of vigorous ascent.

Although a long history means a deep heritage, at the same time, a long period of singing and dancing is also the soil of corruption. In Yu Fei's opinion, just the Holy Lion Empire he had come into contact with was like the late Qing Dynasty on Earth. Although there are no external enemies around, there are already many problems within the country.

Not to mention anything else, even the title of earl can be purchased, which can't help but Yu Fei doesn't think of the ancient Chinese official mantle.

But the Canaanite Empire is different, and it has only been around 300 years since its founding. On the continent of Ezlaze. Many kingdoms and even some principalities have existed much longer than the Canaanite Empire. As a result, the Canaanite Empire had a new, upward force.

Not to mention anything else, but in terms of war, the Canaanite Empire experienced a lot. The other two empires have been established for a long time, and their territories have long been in a balance. There are not no small countries around the country, but these countries are either secretly controlled by them or exist as buffer areas, and there are very few wars between the two empires.

The Canaanite Empire, on the other hand, continues to expand its territory northward. Although it often took a dozen years to occupy a small country, the Canaanite Empire was engaged in protracted wars with several kingdoms and many more principalities at the same time.

With these deliberately carved out battlefields, the Canaanite Empire has been training its own army. The Divine Lion Empire is recognized as the strongest country in the Eslaze Continent, because their predecessor was the Divine Empire that almost unified the Eslaze Continent, and it has an incomparably powerful heritage.

On the master side. The Holy Lion Empire is a world of legendary epics – think of the existence of several legendary powerhouses in a single St. Child family. There are even epic powerhouses. This is unmatched by other countries.

However, in terms of the strength of the army, even if it was better equipped, Yu Fei believed that the army of the Holy Lion Empire was no match for the Canaanite Empire's army, which was rotated for actual combat training. Individual strength may play a large role in war, but it is obviously not decisive without sufficiently powerful means. Yu Fei felt that the biggest obstacle to the Night Elves' attack on the Anthropocene realm might be the Canaan Empire.

Even now that he controls the Shadow Kingdom, which has a powerful navy, Yu Fei still feels that the Canaanite Empire is a threat.

However, all this has nothing to do with the summit held by the Shadow Kingdom, although the Canaan Empire is not weak, it has never extended its tentacles to the sea area controlled by the Shadow Island organization. Even now that the Shadow Isle Organization has become the Shadow Kingdom, it will not be an exception.

When the time comes, the Canaanite Empire will have its own way to deal with it.

The camera cuts back to the summit of the Shadow Kingdom. After domineering claims that the coastal countries are invading the territory of the Shadow Kingdom by going to sea, Yorick simply finds out the true purpose of the Shadow Kingdom.

Since it's the territory of the Shadow Kingdom, the fleets of other countries have to pay tolls if they want to pass through, right? This is the same as on land, and there is a certain amount of taxes and fees for caravans from one country to pass through another.

It's just that the sea area is vast, and no powerful force has declared that all sea areas belong to them before, so there is no such thing as crossing the sea tax. Even the original Shadow Island organization was only partially divided into the sea pirates that controlled the shipping routes, and some chambers of commerce would collect protection fees after reaching an intention.

To put it bluntly, the current Shadow Kingdom is to put the previous form of protection fee on the table and turn it into a cross-sea tax. As long as the tax is paid, ships can sail and trade within the routes demarcated by the Shadow Kingdom.

Depending on the length of the route and the number of Shadow Kingdom territories passing through, there will also be a clear division of the amount of tax collected for sea crossing. The Shadow Kingdom will no longer loot during the Shadow Isle Formation, as long as fleets passing through the Kingdom have paid their fees.

In addition, some chambers of commerce that have previously cooperated with each other are allowed to trade with the states of the Shadow Kingdom. The Eslazer Realm is strange, and the resources in the sea are not as abundant as those on land. However, some seafood is not available on land, and this part of the goods is also a commodity that the chamber of commerce on land yearns for.

As soon as Jorick proposed this system, which was called a cross-sea tax, which was actually a protection fee, it immediately caused an uproar among the representatives of the countries participating in the meeting.

The sea has always been a place for coastal countries to pass at will, and although there are pirates and merchant ships are at risk of being looted, there is also the existence of escort fleets. Many caravans and national fleets can carry much more goods than on land at no cost.

It is precisely because more goods can be transported by sea and there are no taxes and fees that pass through many countries that fleets prevail in coastal areas. Now the newly formed Shadow Kingdom is going to start collecting tolls, which is unacceptable to many national representatives.

However, after a lot of commotion, the delegates finally fell silent. What if you can't accept it? The Shadow Kingdom has a big fist, and people have the power to set the sea fee, and if you don't want to pay it, you can - then don't think about shipping it by sea anymore.

The Chambers of Commerce, which had previously cooperated with the Shadow Isle Order, had not rioted when Yorick had announced the sea fee system, and it was clear that they had already known about this matter through their partners in the Shadow Kingdom.

When the atmosphere gradually quieted down, this part of the chamber of commerce, which had already received the sea fee system in advance, first expressed their agreement with the system and were willing to spend money to buy peace.

Anyway, I paid the toll before, but now it's just a name change, and it's much better to pay a sea fee to a kingdom than to pay a protection fee to a pirate, right? And now after paying the sea crossing fee, it is safer and more secure, and you can travel unhindered in the selected route, unlike before, you had to worry about the attack of some unruly pirates.

With the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, all the non-state delegates who participated in the meeting quickly agreed to the sea crossing fee system. Representatives of those countries expressed the need for instructions and returned to their respective countries to report the news after the meeting.

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In addition to the normal update at 5 p.m., there will be a chapter update at 8 p.m. tonight. The reasons for the addition are explained in the chapter. (To be continued......)