1108 TWP Is Born (1/2)

Chapter 1108 – TWP Is Born

Just as Great Xia officially sent troops to attack Jin Country, bad news spread from overseas.

9th month, 21st day, India's biggest territory Bengalore had upgraded to the Peacock Dynasty. The moment they upgraded, the neighboring Sri Lanka announced that they were going under the Peacock Empire, becoming a prefecture under their rule.

Sri Lanka was a tropical island that was located on the Indian Ocean. It was located at the south tip of South Asia, and its northwest faced Palk Straits and India.

Its advantage laid in its geographical position and its mining industry. It was an island that was rich with jewels and gems, and it was the 5th largest producer of precious stone. Amongst which, it was famous for rubies and sapphires.

Sri Lanka was called the precious gem empire and the pearl of the Indian Ocean, regarded by Marco Polo as the most beautiful island.

500 BC, some Indians moved from India over to Sri Lanka.

247BC, India's Ashoka sent his son to the island. Since then, the Indians changed from Brahmanism over to Buddhism. At 311 BC, Buddhism was spread from India to Sri Lanka.

Hence, it could be seen that India and Sri Lanka had a deep relationship, so them choosing to go under the Peacock Dynasty was not much of a surprise.

Before this, Sri Lanka was an important resource replenishing point on Great Xia's trade route. Ouyang Shuo had once tried to send envoys over to establish a tight relationship with Sri Lanka.

However, they did not reply.

If he forcefully attacked Sri Lanka, considering the nearby India, Ouyang Shuo had many worries. Who knew that Sri Lanka already had its mind set on seeking sanctuary from the Peacock Dynasty?

Hence, they were a big problem for Great Xia's trade route.

The moment Sri Lanka did not cooperate or if Peacock Dynasty showed animosity toward Great Xia, hundreds of merchant ships would be unable to obtain a stable resource point.

This was undoubtedly a huge hit for Great Xia voyage trading.

Just as Ouyang Shuo was ready to send out an envoy to Peacock Dynasty to probe their attitude, the Dawson Dynasty finally showed its fangs.

9th month, 23rd day, a normal day.

On this day, the Dawson Dynasty, House of Tudor, Romanov Dynasty, Great Zhou Dynasty, Arab Empire, Persian Empire, Germanic Dynasty, Gaolu Dynasty, and the newly formed Peacock Dynasty along with 30 large size territories all announced that they had become global trading partners, TWP for short.

The leader would be the Dawson Dynasty.

Based on the information revealed, to promote global trade, TWP members would have zero trading taxes and sign agreements with good terms with one another.

Without a doubt, this was a contract similar to the ones that Great Xia had signed, a global sort of trading organization.

More than half of the members of the agreement that Great Xia had signed with were in the TWP.

Especially the Mediterranean region. Although they did not dare to back out of the Great Xia trading agreement, after joining the TWP, they would definitely weaken their trading with Great Xia.

This was pretty much a fatal blow for Great Xia's trade.

And along with the Peacock Dynasty joining the TWP, their attitude toward Great Xia was obvious. Ouyang Shuo decided to cancel the envoy mission of proceeding there.