Chapter 416: Anointing Day

After the Maro Declaration came into effect, the dukes of the sixteen regions announced the establishment of maritime escorts.

Although the establishment of the escort was announced after the signing of the agreement, they had already prepared everything.

At least one family had 4 to 5 armed ships, and as many as nearly 20, and the sixteen families had hundreds of ships in total.

Although these weapons were not specially customized, each ship was equipped with a strong crossbow for defending the city.

This strong crossbow is extremely powerful and can fire several javelin arrows with a diameter of 5 cm at the same time, and the effective range is close to 400 meters.

In order to cope with the naval environment, they also tied a special rope behind the javelin arrows that is fireproof and anti-slashing.

In this way, once a naval battle occurs, they can use the strong crossbow for defending the city to shoot this javelin arrow into the opponent's hull, and then reel in the rope, pull the ship closer, and carry out a boarding battle.

In order to prepare for a possible boarding battle, they also deployed nearly a hundred armed personnel on each ship.

In other words, the armed personnel of the sixteen families combined alone exceeded 10,000 people.

Such a huge fleet, traveling on the sea, was so powerful that it was unparalleled for a while.

However, they did not immediately launch their maritime operations, but asked the Iris Society to send people to contact Ethan again.

They hoped that Ethan would return to the right path and join the paper money trade zone.

And this invitation was different from the previous ones. This time they did not give Ethan a good face, nor did they give any share, but asked Ethan to make a quick decision in the form of a near-command.

And Ethan was still the same. As long as he did not have absolute control over the issuance of paper money, he would firmly disagree to join the paper money trade zone.

He even did not see the people sent by the Iris Society.

As for the establishment of the Maritime Guard in the sixteen regions, he pretended not to know and had no reaction at all.

His behavior completely angered the leaders of the sixteen districts, so they began various retaliatory actions.

First, they completely ignored the content of the safe route agreement and used the excuse of checking dangerous goods to interrogate and detain the merchant ships of the local nobles of Maro City.

As a result, the nobles of Maro City suffered heavy losses due to delayed delivery and breach of contract.

What's worse, when they got the ship back, they found that all the goods were gone.

This was completely robbery.

For all this, the Maro City Council sent a letter of protest to each family, accusing them of long-handed jurisdiction and demanding that they immediately stop this illegal behavior.

In the face of Maro City's protest, although the sixteen dukes all thought it was ridiculous, they still gave a serious reply.

The content of the reply was also surprisingly consistent: since it is a public route, there is no distinction between territorial waters, and everyone has jurisdiction.

In order to prevent the circulation of prohibited items and for the safety of the people, it is very necessary to conduct routine inspections.

In addition to giving a written reply, they were worried that Maro City would follow suit, so they also launched an escort operation code-named "deterrence".

On April 9, in the name of protecting the route, they swaggered the fleet into the territorial waters of Maro City.

And on an uninhabited island 16 nautical miles from the coastline, they began to build a port base.

As for why April 9 was chosen, it was because it was the "anointing day" for Ethan's children.

The so-called "anointing day" is a festival unique to this world, similar to the full moon wine of Ethan's children in his previous life.

Of course, it is just similar, not a real full moon wine, because the time does not match.

"Anointing day" generally refers to the first Thursday after the child is born six weeks, which is about 43 to 49 days after the child is born.

Because people in this world believe that as long as the child survives for six weeks, he will be protected by the goddess of magic and will thrive.

And Thursday was chosen because it was the day when the first Holy Light Pope was crowned.

On this day, any family with the ability will prepare an "anointing dinner" for their children.

First, ask the Holy Light Church to light the holy oil for the child, second, name the child, and third, invite everyone to celebrate together.

Ethan invited Cardinal Zacaro of the Holy Light Church stationed in Maro City to personally preside over the anointing ceremony for several children. This is the highest standard he can do.

Just a little holy oil on each child's forehead cost 50,000 gold.

So, it is clear who is the easiest to make money in this world.

Although it is a little expensive, Ethan is willing to pay.

Of course, the name was chosen in advance, and it is only necessary to let the bishop sing it.

In addition, he also invited almost all the nobles that could be invited in Maro City.

Even the half-orc doctor Livingston was invited, because he had recently provided a lot of useful information and helped a lot of internal affairs.

Ethan felt that he should be given a little status.

And Livingston was ecstatic when he learned that he was invited.

Because this means that Ethan finally recognized the existence of half-orcs. He has been working hard to collect information for so long and has been working hard, and finally got a reward.

So he dressed up and took a female companion to participate.

Of course, this female companion is not Lady Champs Elysees.

As for where Lady Champs Elysees went, just look at the great swordsman [Glutton] Capdo.

He can no longer be called [Glutton] now, and it is more appropriate to call him [Skinny], because he is now so thin that only skin and bones are left.

It's hard to believe that he was a fat man weighing nearly 300 pounds a few months ago, but now he looks like this.

When Ethan saw him again, he couldn't believe his eyes.

He even needed the help of Lady Champs-Elysees to reluctantly get off the carriage.

In sharp contrast to him was Lady Champs-Elysees.

At this moment, she was as radiant and dazzling as if she was lit up from all angles.

You could feel the light emanating from her even from a few miles away.

It was only then that Ethan understood why Livingston gave Lady Champs-Elysees to Capudo. He was worried that Capudo would go against him, so he used a beauty trap.

It must be said that this trick was clever and the effect was also very significant.

Now Capudo would not go against him, even a breeze would blow him down.

Also because the other party was so considerate of him, although it was useless, the more Ethan looked at Livingston, the more he liked him.

However, although Livingston was very sensible, the new female companion he brought did not seem to be very smart.

When Ethan personally greeted the guests at the gate of the manor, they were just polite to each other, but the woman actually talked about the current situation in Maro City.

And she even asked Ethan how he was going to solve the problem.

Livingston was almost scared to death when he heard his female companion speak so bluntly.

He knew very well that other people might just hold an "anointing banquet" for their children to deal with it, or even to cover up some serious matters.

But Ethan held an "anointing banquet" for his children because he really loved his children.

The consequences of spoiling the fun at this time are very serious.

Livingston regretted bringing such a stupid woman with him, and he wanted to die at this moment.

"I am really obsessed!"

This woman was originally one of his students. She just became an adult this year and usually helped him prepare for the medical school.

Yes, it was the medical school that Ethan was going to set up.

Ethan handed the matter over to Livingston and promised him the position of dean.

Recently, because Mrs. Champs-Elysees was away and this woman was really sweet and lovely, he didn't control his lower body for a while and did it with her in the office.

And he did it for several days in a row, even if the other party was on her menstrual period, he didn't let it go.

Perhaps out of guilt, he brought her along today to see the world.

Because this woman had just graduated from Rosemary College, she was full of energy, and she was too young and didn't know the ways of the world, so this happened.

Just as Livingston was regretting, Ethan patted him on the shoulder gently, signaling him that it was okay and not to make a fuss.

At the same time, he smiled and said to the woman: "Today is the anointing day of my child. I don't want to be disturbed, so let those people be happy for another day.

From tomorrow on, everything will be returned double"

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