I Became A Black Merchant In Another World-Chapter 378: The Merchant of Death, Fabio (1)

War is not a 3-minute curry.

You put rice in the microwave with it and wait a few minutes, and the army moves, and the enemy soldiers and the friendly soldiers don't start fighting like crazy.

In a game, you only have to click a few times, but in reality, moving thousands of soldiers requires administrators to rack their brains and calculate for at least several months.

It's not uncommon for it to take over a month just to march one way to the enemy camp.

'The number of troops mobilized for the Holy Empire civil war is at least several hundred thousand.'

So, just as water doesn't boil if it's not 100 degrees, I thought that the entire Holy Empire, the strongest country on the continent, would have to be ignited for a long time to be engulfed in a civil war, so I waited.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Elector of Wittenburg from the Protestant faction and the Emperor of the Holy Empire from the Deus faction fought."

I jumped up from my seat without realizing it and cheered.

“We did it! Now the Tuscan Empire is alive!”

The Tuscan Empire is not in a state of national weakness like Japan, which only prayed and prayed for the outbreak of the Korean War.

Thanks to the Sa-yun method and New World crops, food production has increased like crazy, and the economy is growing rapidly, and the people’s standard ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) of living has also improved significantly.

The emperor’s power is sky-high, and not only officers but also soldiers are ready to jump into danger at the emperor’s command.

So it’s contradictory for me to shout, “The empire is alive!”

‘Salvation of weapons and other defense-related businesses will go crazy.’

Sebastian asked with a tired expression.

“Your Majesty, do you really like it that much?”

“Other people’s misfortunes are opportunities for me.”

Mencius said that a person without a sense of shame is a beast that is not worthy of being human.

I also agree with that statement.

Forcing others to do things they don’t want to do, stubbornly pushing through even though they know it’s wrong, and not being able to distinguish between good and bad are not human.

‘But isn’t it true that politicians have to give up being human?’

King Sejong, the great king of the nation, slaughtered all the Jurchen people in order to protect Joseon, or drove them out of their homes and sent them to their deaths.

He established the four armies and six garrisons to open up the north, establishing the current borders of the Korean Peninsula.

Looking at other foreign monarchs who revived their countries, there were many acts that left no trace of ‘human conscience.’

“That’s true. However, I’ve seen that side of you, Your Majesty, several times... I’m having a hard time adjusting to it.”

“I’ll take all the blame.” “You, Viscount, only walk on the flowery path. Sebastian will take care of the difficult work.”

“That’s wrong. How can we walk on the flowery path?”

I am a follower of the wisdom of imperialism, especially the British Empire, which bloomed the most splendid and beautiful flowers.

Even though we couldn’t make a steam engine, we laid the foundation for starting the industrial revolution right away if we had a steam engine.

The Masai Union of Ifriqiya is being run like the Qing Dynasty, which lost all its interests to the Western powers.

When we pioneer the New World, we will borrow the wisdom of Hernan Cortés.

“The path we walk is soaked in the blood of others.”

“I see.”

“We harm others in order to survive and prosper. Let’s see, who won the war?”

“It says that the Elector of Wittenburg won.”

According to what I heard, if the number of people supporting Protestantism is 4, the number of people supporting the Emperor is about 6.

The Emperor's faction is said to be about 50% stronger... I never thought they would win.

'In the original 30 Years' War, the Protestants were always defeated at the beginning of the war.'

"The Protestant faction's army was said to be 80,000, and the Emperor's army was said to be 130,000. The two armies fought on the plains. I don't know the details either."

"It's enough to know who won and who lost."

The losing side can receive payment in other forms instead of money, and the winning side can receive treasures such as gold obtained through plunder and sell weapons.

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That's how you make money by making each other consume power.

If you make electronic products that don't break down for too long, other consumers won't need to buy new products, so sales won't come in, and they'll go bankrupt.

Weapons are only useful if they are carefully stored in the armory.

They are made to be used a lot, so they break down, and they are plundered in wars, so the number of weapons that can actually be used decreases significantly before new ones can be purchased.

‘How the war goes depends on the circumstances of those who are fighting over there.’

“We can sell more weapons to the Elector of Wittenburg and the Emperor in different ways. And if we sell the remaining flour and food, we can make money.”

“We can make a lot of money if we sell food and chickens to the Emperor. They are having a hard time producing food because their villages have been plundered and their fields have been burned. In a few months, new crops like potatoes and corn that were planted all over the country will be harvested. How about selling them?”

The Holy Empire will soon, or perhaps even right now, be suffering from a huge food shortage.

If they can eat it, they will eat weeds, grasshoppers, etc...

Even if you sell them potatoes, they will eat them without any hesitation. If they are starving to death, how can they not eat anything?

However, that is not a very good idea.

“Sebastian, what if those people plant potatoes and corn in the ground? The food shortage will be somewhat resolved. Then there will be no room for us to make money.”

“I was short-sighted.”

“We need to do business for a long time. And the longer the food shortage lasts, the more it benefits us.”

“Your Majesty, you are really far-sighted. After making money through business, you are even thinking about annexing the Holy Empire into the Tuscan Empire.”

“If you change your perspective, it’s not such a difficult idea.”

In pre-modern society, there were three main causes of the downfall of a country.

Rebellion, food shortage (due to natural disaster or tyranny), invasion by foreign enemies.

Usually, the most powerful of these is the famine, when people starve to death in large numbers.

When such a situation occurs, rebellions occur, and external nomads (barbarians) come running to get food because they have a hard time making ends meet.

‘Even if we somehow overcome other things, there is no answer to the food shortage.’

And the person who solves this problem ends up becoming the emperor.

“If His Majesty the Emperor’s loyal Tuscan Imperial Army tramples the Holy Empire, instills fear, and gives them food to save them from hunger, the serfs of the Holy Empire will instantly change their loyalties. People are not animals, but a person’s loyalty ultimately fluctuates depending on who holds their livelihood.”

That’s why independence activists are respected.

The country of Joseon did absolutely nothing for them, but those who devoted themselves to the independence movement fought for Joseon’s independence, not for Japan, which held their livelihood.

A will that ordinary humans would not dare to imitate.

However, most people do not have such will, so if we just feed them properly, they will definitely come over to the Tuscan Empire.

“Shouldn’t we, the Rothschild family, take as much of the profits as possible from the business of bringing them as imperial subjects and rebuilding the land that was once the territory of the Holy Empire? Of course, investing in the ‘New World’ would be a much more profitable business than real estate businesses such as territory reconstruction.”

“The Holy Empire doesn’t have many resources, but... there is certainly circumstantial evidence that the New World is overflowing with gold and silver. There are also many rare trade goods such as cochineal.”

“The climate is good, so if we plant sugarcane, we will be able to obtain a lot of sugar. Sugar will become so common that it could even trip you up.”

“That precious sugar tripping you up? You’re joking.”

“Just wait and see. I will create such a world someday.”

During the absolute monarchy, France used sugar to make up 1/3 of its government budget, and in the British Empire, each citizen ate dozens of kilograms of sugar.

I will definitely create such a world.

‘Because all the sugar in the New World belongs to our family.’

How great, everyone in the empire consumes dozens of kilograms of sugar made by our family every year.

There will be no shortage of money.

And if you have spare time, you should also get involved in the Holy Empire reconstruction project and play real estate.

The more money you have, the better. It is absolutely right to earn as much as possible without getting into trouble.

“Focus on selling weapons, food, and various military supplies to both the Emperor and the Elector of Wittenburg. Oh, and you know you have to hide which store you are selling the goods from?”

“Yes, of course.”

The Rothschild Company deals with the Elector of Wittenburg.

But my new paper company, Leo Trading Company, will deal with the Emperor.

This way, we can get rid of him.

While the two of us were talking, the butler i have been informed of the presence of a suspicious visitor.

And the identity of the visitor was truly unexpected.

“Baron Platz, under the Elector of Wittenburg.”

“Count Rothschild.”

“Let me get straight to the point. Why on earth did you sell weapons and food not only to us but also to the Emperor?”

See, I created a paper company for this purpose.

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