Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 548: Cooperation
The Aksu Empire is currently being rebuilt, while a wave of anti-church of light sentiment has unknowingly emerged across the continent. This time, it isn't just the Roson Empire opposing the church; all nations have started to resist it.
However, the church of light has ninth-level experts, so the major countries on the continent cannot go too far. Nevertheless, the influence of the church on the continent has greatly diminished.
The rapid growth of the church of light was primarily due to their recruitment of a large number of nobles, as they could bring many benefits to those nobles.
Recently, however, the church has been making frequent blunders, or what they consider clever moves, only to find that their opponents are not playing by their rules, which has made them appear quite passive.
Now, the church of light has completely settled down. Besides the Roson Empire and the Aksu Empire, other kingdoms are also fully suppressing the church. Currently, the church is losing a large number of followers; at this rate, it will be difficult for them to regain their former power.
However, the major empires cannot simply wipe out the church overnight, as the presence of ninth-level experts serves as a deterrent for those powerful nobles.
Under the combined pressure of several empires, the church can barely maintain itself, and many of the nobles who previously supported it have already withdrawn.
During this time, Zhao Hai has not been concerned with these affairs. He is at Golden Island, discussing the future development direction of the budah family with Ivan and Robbie.
After arriving at Golden Island, the young members of the Versailles Family quickly gained confidence, and they are doing quite well on the island now.
Zhao Hai also revealed the secret of the space to Ivan and Ryan. As for the other members of the Versailles Family, Zhao Hai is still observing them. Unlike the Iksa Family, the Versailles Family had been infiltrated by the church of light, and honestly, Zhao Hai does not feel at ease with those members.
Although the budah family's territory hasn't increased, their reputation on the continent has risen again because the Roson Empire uses their family as leverage in negotiations with the Aksu Empire. Now, the budah family is quite famous on the continent.
The future development of the budah family will primarily focus on the Black Earth Wilderness, where they can establish a nation. Currently, both the Versailles Family and the Iksa Family are like rootless floating screens; if they do not stay close to the budah family, it will be difficult for them to establish a foothold on the continent in the future.
The final agreement reached by Zhao Hai and the others is for the Iksa Family to send Fernand to lead a team to conduct business at Golden Island, while the Versailles Family sends Ryan back to the Versailles Principality. Zhao Hai had previously purchased a large quantity of grain in the Versailles Principality, which opened up the market for the budah family, and now he plans to seize this opportunity to establish his own sales network there.
If it were in the past, it might have been difficult, but now it is no longer an issue. With the involvement of the Versailles Family, who are very familiar with the Versailles Principality, and the management talents from the Magedel Family, the budah family can easily establish a sales network there to seize the market quickly.
Zhao Hai also contacted Ibel through the Karlqi Family, asking Ibel to return to Iksa Family Territory to establish a sales network there as well. This sales network will be a collaboration between the budah family and the Karlqi Family, and the Karlqi Family has not opposed this plan.
With these two sales networks in place, Zhao Hai's future product sales will increase significantly, which is very important for the budah family.
The reason Zhao Hai did not go to the Orc Prairie immediately after the war ended is that he knows this is the busiest time for the orc tribe. The orcs have seized so many goods from the human race that they need to distribute them, and due to these goods, they should not require much at this time. So, Zhao Hai decided to wait for a while before going to the Orc Prairie.