671 Ocean Auction (1/2)

Chapter 671-Ocean Auction

Translator: ryangohsf

Editor: Nora

Shanhai City's series of actions made the Spanish people feel rather complicated.

First, they formed an alliance with Atlantis. Next, they grabbed Henry and formed the Mediterranean Alliance. All of a sudden, they had replaced their position as the overlord of the Mediterranean.

The problem was that they were still in the middle of a country war.

The Spanish felt conflicted, and the Lords near the oceans were still waiting and making preparations for war. They had raised their morale to the highest point, but when they were right ready to fight, they realized that the enemy was totally ignoring them?

This made the Spanish extremely depressed; it felt like they had punched air.

”A**holes, focusing won't kill you, right? It won't kill you, right?” The Spanish could not help but curse.

When the matter of the Mediterranean Alliance came to an end, and the Spanish thought that they could finally have an all-out battle with Shanhai City, the messenger from Shanhai City arrived in Madrid with a proposition for peace.

Ouyang Shuo announced that he was willing to stop right now; the two sides could shake hands and settle for peace. The Mediterranean Alliance was also willing to coexist with Spain to maintain order in the Mediterranean.

On the exact same day, Henry and Kalia both expressed similar views.

Of course, if Spain was not happy about it, the Mediterranean Alliance did not mind fighting. His words were soft but had a tinge of toughness, truly showing his style.

This god-like change in situation totally caught the Spanish off guard.

The Spanish formed two differing views. The main faction felt that the Spanish needed time to rebuild their invincible squadron and backing off now was the right move.

The other faction wanted war, and they felt that the direction of war could not be totally directed by Shanhai City, 'Why? We fight because they want to fight and go for peace when they peace?'

The Spanish people felt that this was hard to swallow.

Even though they felt aggrieved, the enemy's strength was apparent and easy to see. Shanhai City alone was enough to give the Spanish a headache, and now there was even the revived Atlantis City and the Spanish mortal enemy, Vic City.

If they truly started a war, things would not bode well for them.

Amongst all the clamoring, there was one more view that many of the Spanish agreed on, 'Shanhai City is just here for long distance trading, they didn't hold any ambitions toward Spain. But our neighbor France is different, they are the true wolves.'

'In my opinion, that kid Henry is hoping we reject peace so that they will have a chance to use both Shanhai City and Atlantis to fight us.'

This time, the Spanish were totally jolted to their senses and broke out in cold sweat.

Even the ones who wanted war were totally silent, saying in unison, 'That's right, we need to stop the rise of France.”

With that, the opinions of the players in Spain slowly came to a consensus.

Under such a context, Phillip the Second meet the Shanhai City messenger squad in the imperial palace.

After a period of negotiation, Phillip the Second decided to give Ouyang Shuo the title of Honorary Knight and also hand Gibraltar over to him.

With that, they just barely saved the face of the Spanish.

Of course, scars remained.

However, the Spanish people needed to focus time and effort into stopping the rise of France. As for Shanhai City, they could only take a step back.

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8th month, 8th day, Jidian City.

The title from Phillip the Second allowed Jidian City to be like Friendship City; they could open a relay.

At the same time, the meeting hall gave birth to a stone steele, which Ouyang Shuo used a black iron village creation token merged with a merger token to activate; this allowed him to increase the population count of the city at a quicker rate.

The manpower and resources from Vic City had started to be transported over to Jidian City.

Jidian City was slowly going onto the right track.

After opening the relay, Ouyang Shuo wrote his first letter to the city magistrate of Friendship City, Gu Xiuwen.

Half a month ago, Gu Xiuwen had already led his forces and reached Friendship City in Somalia, officially taking office. The large shipyard had also been completed.

Ouyang Shuo ordered Gu Xiuwen to get the shipyard to rush production of a batch of warships to send over to Jidian City for the Mediterranean Squadron's use. At the same time, he would also send a batch of civil servants over for the time being.

For the second letter. Ouyang Shuo wrote it to Military Affairs Bureau Director Du Ruhui; he asked the director to prepare navy logistic supplies and military officers to send over to Jidian City.

Similarly, Administration Bureau Director Xiao He and the Financial Bureau Director also received the news. The Administration Nureau would send civil servants while the Financial Bureau would lead merchants and Chambers of Commerce over to trade.

Along with the establishment of Jidian City, Ouyang Shuo's great trade route passed through Jidian City, Friendship City, Lion City, Yashan City, and Beihai City, forming one line.