Chapter 1041: Prologue to the War
"Wow, is she really reckless, just declared war?" Cervantes was swallowing melon seeds, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation, which provoked the surprised eyes of Serena and Latinia.
They were a little skeptical that the dragon was qualified to say that.
After complaining, Cervantes took his eyes off the live broadcast screen, scratched his head and asked suspiciously: "Although I also know that on the side of the Ogordon Empire, that emperor will definitely prevent the conflict between the 'progressive church' and the nobles, so there will be no large-scale war for the time being." But what about our side? There is no unified empire on the Mendez continent, who is going to stop the progressive church from going to war with the nobles?"
The maid pondered for a moment and said, "I suspect she didn't intend to let people stop the war between her and the noblesโat least in the Mendez Continent. โ
The black dragon raised his eyebrows, and Latinia also showed a little surprise, and couldn't help but ask: "Now there are only so many people in the progressive church, although the priests of the church themselves are nobles, but the families behind them are not necessarily willing to support them to go to war with others, not to mention that most of the priests who remain are young people, they have not inherited the family or have no power to inherit the family at all, how can they start a war with the nobles of the Mendes continent at the same time?"
Shaking her head slightly, the maid whispered: "I don't know this, although I met her once, but that time I only told her what I knew, so that she understood the nature of 'aristocracy', and then I never met her again." However, with her ability and intelligence, she should know exactly what she is doing, and we don't need to worry about it. โ
"Well......" Cervantesmo rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
But hearing this, Latinia was a little entangled, if there was a war on the Mendez continent, then there would definitely be a big problem with business operations, and civilians would definitely be greatly affected.
Those nobles are all dog-like and ruthless-minded, and if a large-scale war really breaks out, in order to prevent the enemy from getting supplies, they may do something to 'burn the village'.
Not only will the farmland be burned, the houses will be burned, but even the factories will be destroyed, leaving nothing for the enemy.
Although their reputation would plummet if they did so, it was nothing to them compared to the outcome of the war.
Moreover, in their cognition, the spread of information in this world is extremely slow, and even if they do this kind of thing, they may not be known by others, which also exacerbates their unscrupulous and arbitrary mentality.
They don't know how fast information spreads in this day and age, and their ideas are still in the old era, but their approach will not change because they don't know it, and their impact will not be reduced by half.
So Latinia seemed a little panicked, if something like that really happened, what kind of blow would the Mendez continent suffer, and how much damage would the Mendez business system that she had single-handedly supported?
She didn't know any of this, but she knew that if there was a war, the Church of Fortune, the civilians, and the merchants would all be affected.
This society is a whole, and as long as it survives in it, then nothing can be beyond it.
"If, Sera, you really can't solve the problem by means other than 'war'......" Latinia asked bitterly, taking a deep breath, "then, the civilians, the merchants, and ...... Me, what should I do?"
Serena looked at the goddess in front of her with a strange look in her eyes, and wondered if there was something wrong with her brain.
"Are you really thinking that all the things I have paid for all these years are in vain?" the maid sighed in confusion, "I have been preparing for this day for a long time, do you think that in the past few years, with my ability, if I want to play a big game of chess on this continent, I will not be able to do it?"
She pointed to her head and said helplessly: "From the beginning, I have thought about this matter, and from the beginning, I have been laying it out. Since I had planned to use 'war' to eradicate this problem from the beginning, I naturally had to think about it extensively. โ
"Since I don't trust the nobles, even if some of them still follow the ancient tradition, the traditional nobles with the 'aristocratic spirit', but I can't trust them, so I can only protect the commoners in another way during the war!"
At this point, the maid smiled at Latinia, and Latinia suddenly realized that she had been enlightened.
"Church!" she snorted.
Looking at Serena's narrowed eyes, Latinia finally understood that she had decided all this a long time ago, but it was all silently arranged by herself, and she did not tell anyone else what she had done.
But judging from what she has done in recent years, she knows that she has been deliberately contacting the church forces, she has been in contact with almost every church of good gods, and she has been exchanging things with the major churches with the things in her hands.
And she's been trading things like 'promises' or 'favors' all the time, so much so that in just a decade, she's built up enough contacts in the churches.
If, at such a time, a war breaks out between the 'progressive church' and the aristocracy, there is only one force that can shelter the commoners, and that is the 'church'!
I see, Sera had already arranged everything...... Wait, what about her?
The civilians have been arranged, and with the spread of the declaration of war by the Goddess of Progress, the major churches will naturally take action, but what about her and her Church of Wealth?
Latinia hurriedly asked the question, but then there were two helpless glances.
Cervantes slumped on the couch and munched on melon seeds, looking at Latinia helplessly, and he realized that she really didn't just talk about her lack of head.
"Don't forget, you still have [Cargo Teleportation]!" the maid could only remind Latinia to wake up again.
That's right, I also have [Cargo Teleportation], which is completely different from before.
In the past, as long as there was a war, she would definitely be affected, but now not only will she not be affected too much, but she will have more benefits.
[Cargo Conveyance] itself is 'transporting goods', but it is using space conveyor technology for transportation, which is very different from the traditional mode of transportation, and cannot purchase and sell goods along the road, but can only be traded point-to-point.
However, this is already a 'commercial practice' in itself, and the conditions for using [Cargo Teleportation] are relatively harsh, requiring the merchant to pray to her before she can activate [Cargo Teleportation].
In the Mor Federation of Commerce, the [Cargo Teleportation] is rarely used, because the merchants there are either influenced by the merchant nobles, or they themselves do not believe in her, and are not even willing to pray to her to use the [Cargo Teleportation], so there has always been only 'input', but no 'output'.
However, if war breaks out now, the trade routes will be greatly affected, and they may even be completely broken.
In desperation, their only choice was [Cargo Teleportation], otherwise they wouldn't want to continue their business!
In this way, the 'outbreak of war' may be considered a ...... Meddlesome?
However, after thinking for a moment, Latinia still frowned, "Even if the church can protect some people, it can't protect everyone, right?"
Then, she saw the smile on Serena's face slowly fade, and a cold voice came to her ears: "Reform is not a dinner party, there will inevitably be dead people in war, so I don't plan to be able to protect everyone, that kind of thing only exists in legends." Even though thousands of years from now, some people may accuse me of being ruthless, but they must also know that they can have that standard of living on the basis of everything I have done!"
"I only hope that future generations will be a little more objective in their evaluation of me, and that is enough......" ()
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