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I Became A Black Merchant In Another World

Chapter 420: The Beginning of the Temple (2)

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updatedAt: 2025-06-27

The New World is for us, the Rothschilds, to eat up.

    There is an abundance of gold and silver there, and precious things like cochineal and coffee.

    Even sugar can be grown indefinitely there...

    ‘If we just hold onto the New World, the Rothschilds will prosper infinitely.’

    So I decided to tell my wives about my full-scale plan to conquer the New World.

    Since it is a family matter, everyone should participate.

    Erica asked while all the wives were gathered.

    “You refused to buy war bonds and only donated. Are you planning to invest all that money in the New World?”

    “That’s right. Even if I could acquire the entire Holy Empire, I wouldn’t give up the New World. It’s more valuable than the Holy Empire.”

    “Even if things like cochineal and coffee were produced there, those luxuries would be limited.”

    The Spaniards were stupid enough not to even think ★ Novelight ★ about growing expensive crops like sugar in the New World, which had almost unlimited demand.

    France, having learned from their foolish actions, once spent 1/3 of its government budget on sugar taxes.

    And there are likely to be other underground resources there.

    Like oil, oil, oil.

    Of course, even if you dig up oil now, there''s almost no use for it.

    If you leave a big oil company to your descendants in 300 years, your great-grandchildren will live well like Arab royalty.

    Even though I''ll probably be dead by then, I can do this much for my descendants.

    “I agree with Erica. If we invest our family’s money in this war bond, we will be able to obtain at least three counties. According to the staff stationed locally, the soldiers who were passionate about their faith at the beginning of the war are now exhausted from the long civil war and have lost the will to fight... They will be able to repel the imperial army if they come.”

    Chris’s words are also true.

    Admiral Yi Sun-sin never went to a war that he could not win, except for the Battle of Myeongnyang.

    No, he went out knowing that he would win from the moment he set out.

    Thanks to this, Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s navy fought several battles with an exchange rate of hundreds to one against the Japanese army.

    Whenever they fought, they achieved great victories.

    ‘The US Naval Academy is talking about Admiral Yi Sun-sin quite a bit, isn’t it?’

    “The great army of the Kingdom of Lyon, the great army brought by the Sultan, has succeeded in occupying a considerable amount of territory of the Holy Empire. However, it is said that the people’s sentiment is not good, so it is difficult to maintain the territory, and they are experiencing considerable difficulties due to supply issues. This war is already a situation where the Empire’s victory is certain. As a merchant, not investing in this war is missing a heavenly opportunity, Viscount.”

    “I don’t disagree with that either. I was the one who planned this war in the first place.”

    “Is that so?”

    I didn’t tell Erica that I was planning the war.

    But now that I think it’s okay to talk, I explained the general background and what happened.

    “The size and potential of the New World is beyond the size of three counties. The profits that can be made by monopolizing luxury goods such as cochineal, coffee, and cacao are unfathomable... There is so much gold that even commoners can wear gold jewelry. Silver is also abundant.”

    “Is it really that wealthy?”

    “And the level of civilization of the people there is so low that they can’t even melt iron. We can conquer it with just 20,000 elite troops, no more, no less.”

    I’m not saying that I don’t feel guilty when I see so much bloodshed in the process of conquering a country.

    However, it is the duty of civilized people to educate those crazy people who sacrifice human flesh as if it were nothing.

    We have to break the heads of the upper class and instill the concept in the minds of the people living there.

    “And unlike the Holy Empire, there is no need to share with others... so it is quite possible for us to take over the entire continent.”

    People like Herna?n Corte?s, who received support from the country and formed an expedition, ended up destroying the empire themselves and not owning all of it.

    They lived a pitiful life, not even being governors for life...

    Since I have an abundance of capital, I can use the power of capital to develop that place on my own.

    I have more than enough means to persuade the locals.

    ‘Let them see the taste of iron once, and let them go with strong armor and matchlock guns, and that’s it.’

    “Then if we’re going to invest the same amount of money, it would be better to invest in the New World.”

    Teresa countered my words.

    “I completely agree with your words, Viscount, but there is a way for us to own a part of the Holy Empire without having to buy war bonds. Or, more precisely, a way to project influence.”

    “What kind of method is that?”

    “How about sending a group of people to incite them to surrender?”

    Oh, I didn’t think of that.

    If we incite Karl Marx and other communist demons, we can simply make a few unpopular neighborhoods surrender to the Tuscan Empire.

    ‘Do you know who you are? I mean His Majesty the Emperor of the Tuscan Empire!’

    ‘His Majesty the Emperor of the Tuscan Empire has promised you white bread made from wheat and meat stew!’

    ‘If you embrace His Majesty the Father, you will enjoy abundance, but if you fight His Majesty who wants to embrace you like a father, you will die a pitiful death!’

    “Since ancient times, when war broke out, if rebels occupied a certain area and voluntarily surrendered, they would be given a portion of that territory. If we showed the great power of the Tuscan Empire and encouraged them to surrender... there would be quite a few who would surrender.” “Some of those who surrendered the entire region will be incorporated into the nobility of the Tuscan Empire. They will naturally support me, so my power will grow, right?”

    “You will soon become a count, right? You should have some influence in the Imperial Diet.”

    The communist demons, including Marx, have already overturned the country several times.

    If you use that ability to incite, you can do anything.

    “I think it would be better to send people to the battlefields of the Holy Empire in advance. Instead of sending agitators, we should send bards in advance to show them how nice the Tuscan Empire is to live in.”

    In a world without social media, it is really difficult to know about the situation in other countries.

    In a country ruled by pig-like guys for three generations, in South Korea, poor families barely survive by selling their children’s corneas.

    Seoul is the city with the worst air pollution, and they teach that South Korea is a colony ruled by the United States, the vanguard of imperialist fascism.

    In that country, there are countless idiots who think this is real and live their lives.

    Is it different in the Holy Empire?

    The people there probably think that living in their own country or in the Tuscan Empire is the same.

    ‘But what if there is hope that they can live well if they become citizens of the Tuscan Empire?’

    “And when the Tuscan Empire starts to win war after war, wouldn’t we send people to start agitation?”

    “If we do this, we can plant some of our forces in the Holy Empire territory.”

    Teresa puffed out her chest slightly.

    My gaze went to the object that was shaking slightly up and down.

    “I’m a Rothschild woman now. I’ll do anything for my family.”

    “Yes, thank you.”

    As I stroked Teresa''s head, Erica quietly looked at Teresa.

    Then she gave a faint smile.

    "Yeah, I wish I could have the Viscount''s child soon like I did."

    ......? Erica is having a child? This is the first time I''ve heard of it.

    "Is Erica pregnant?"

    "The family doctor said she''s pregnant. I don''t know if it''s a girl or a boy... but she''ll definitely be smart like the Viscount."

    At those words, Chris, Teresa, and Chloe stared at me.

    Then they looked at me as if something important was going on...

    ''Let''s run away.''

    If those three go wild, I can''t handle it either.

    It''s especially hard for Chloe.

    It''s not like I''m showing off my yandere tendencies when I''m with another woman, but in bed, she shows her obsession that squeezes out all my stamina to the limit.

    “Oh, I have to go see that guy Marx. Let’s talk about the important stuff later.”

    And I ran away in the 36th strategy.

    Some people might call me a coward, but running away is also a great tactic.

    Running away is embarrassing, but it helps.

    I’m not low on stamina or energy, but I don’t like being squeezed.

    Those four people looked at me as if they were annoyed at me as I ran away...

    “You, call Marx right now! I have something very urgent to talk to you, so tell him to come right now.”

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