Chapter 176 Qin
The day after Archbishop John arrived was the baptism day.
After symbolically baptizing the little duke with holy water, Archbishop John announced the little duke's name in public.
"Qin!
This is God's gift and a sacred blessing. May Qin Ferreira Derek Augusta Leopold follow God's will."
When the little duke's name was passed down layer by layer with Archbishop John's voice, loud calls rang out outside the Swan Castle.
"Qin!!!"
This is the continuation of their future lord, Leopold.
Derek was also overwhelmed, and only he knew the faith that this word entailed.
"My son, when you were born, the whole north was cheering for you.
May I also build an empire for you and end the curse of dying in the second generation."
Derek did not deliberately avoid Qin's fate. This was a disaster that the empire needed to go through. What he had to do was to be more perfect and break the so-called fate.
After the little duke's baptism day, even King Bruno from the Kingdom of the Holy Cross sent gifts.
Don't be surprised. If you really trace back, maybe eight generations ago, the two families were still relatives.
Even if they got beaten to a pulp on the battlefield, it would not affect King Bruno's blessing.
To be realistic, if Derek led the Northern Province to rebel, he would even be willing to twist off his favorite brother's head as a gift.
What was the previous festival?
Wasn't it just the death of hundreds of thousands of untouchables and some low-level nobles?
The birth of the little Duke Qin can really be said to be blessed by nature.
The whole North was cheering for him, and the three southern kingdoms and even the Barbarian Kingdom were also paying attention.
The Griffin Kingdom, far away in the west, also sent an envoy after receiving the news, but it was still on the way and had not arrived.
As soon as he was born, he had countless supporters. Even if he was a fool, there would be knights who would be loyal to him.
He could get everything that existed in this world.
But all the noise will eventually end.
The favor remains unchanged, but the mundane is far away.
Derek sent away batches of nobles and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After taking a look at his son, he finally met with Viscount Chavez.
The latter was very patient and had been living in Swan Castle.
What he asked for could not be done in a day or two.
It was a cloudless day with clear weather, which was the last good weather before winter.
Derek invited Viscount Chavez to chat on the terrace. After some gossip, Viscount Chavez took out a sheepskin map from his sleeve.
"Your Excellency the Duke, you should have discovered our secret.
This is the New World, we call it Gardner, the land favored by God.
I was one of the first people to discover this continent, from a wonderful storm.
Later, our Southern Chamber of Commerce jointly opened this virgin land for three years.
We have 22 supply points along the way and five Gardner colonies.
We can obtain tens of thousands of black slaves every year, bringing hundreds of thousands of gold coins in profit."
Viscount Chavez introduced it bit by bit, and Derek said nothing.
Finally, he paused and got to the point.
"Any secret known by two people is not a secret in the end.
More and more southern nobles know about this matter. I even discovered the fleet of the Griffin Kingdom and the colony established by our own people in private.
The Chavez family is just a small family. In recent years, it has gained a lot of benefits from the New World, but it is still not as good as those big nobles. We are powerless and can't even compete with them in the Chamber of Commerce.
I need your help. Please believe in the strength of our Chavez family. We can bring you huge returns."
Viscount Chavez looked at Derek expectantly. He believed that he had enough chips.
But Derek added three sugar cubes to the cup, as if he didn't understand.
After a long time, he took a sip of coffee. The strong sweetness made Derek feel very happy.
"Viscount Chavez, I cherish our friendship, but this kind of cooperation is more about interests.
What can you provide me? What do you want?
Knights? Sea charts? Ship technology?
I don't lack these, you don't have enough bargaining chips to negotiate with me."
"Duke, you may not understand navigation. Navigation technology and ship technology are very important. Our family has accumulated this. We only need your soldiers. Cooperation can be a win-win situation." Viscount Chavez hurriedly explained.
He knew that Derek might know the secrets of the Chamber of Commerce, but he only knew it.
"It seems that you don't know me. Did something go wrong with your supply point? It was done by my people. There are only two basic three-masted sailing ships, and my craftsmen can build three or five sailing ships every month. If necessary... this output can easily expand tenfold." Derek threw a heavy bomb.
Viscount Chavez really didn't expect it. He even exclaimed: "Impossible, this is unreasonable."
Yes! How could the northerners who have been active on land suddenly become sailors on the sea?
Besides, shipbuilding is not that simple. Not to mention the technology, it is difficult to train experienced craftsmen.
He even thought Derek was cheating him.
"If you don't believe me, I can have someone take you to visit my shipyard. There was also an attack on the supply point. Aren't you curious about how I knew it?" Derek continued to put pressure on him.
Viscount Chavez slumped in his chair. All the details showed that Derek was not lying.
But he really couldn't accept it. Could it be that his family's decades of technological accumulation was just a waste?
Before the discovery of Gardner in the New World, his family was engaged in maritime trade.
Any luck has a foundation.
The luck after the storm came from a sturdy ship and experienced crew.
But reality gave him a slap in the face, making it hard for him to accept.
But this lie is meaningless. He believes that Duke Leopold has no need to lie.
Derek was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the other party to make a decision.
He was happy to cooperate with the other party. The New World was so big that one person couldn't eat it.
The Chavez family would bring enough value, and cooperation was not impossible.
He did this just to squeeze out more benefits, and at least get the right to speak.
The Chavez family can only act as a follower in the cooperation, not an equal partner.
Viscount Chavez can also figure it out, but all fairness needs to be supported by strength.
Unfortunately, the strength of both sides is not equal.
The foundation of the Chavez family can't add points for them.
But he had no choice. More and more people participated in this feast, and the interests of the Chavez family were constantly eroded.
In order to keep the existing share, he had to introduce more powerful foreign aid.
Rather than his own silent lag, he would rather use the share of other partners to feed Derek, the glutton.
After all, it was those guys who broke the rules first.
Since the rules were broken and his own interests could no longer be guaranteed, he might as well do it thoroughly and turn the table over.
He believed that the Knights of the North would tell everyone what father power was.
After a long time, he finally decided.
He took out another sheepskin map.
