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Seeing that Leon kept asking for advice, Ethan hesitated for a long time.

As far as Ethan is concerned, no matter what Lyon chooses, it will have an impact on him, but no matter which one it is, it will not hurt his muscles and bones.

If Lyon and the other sixteen Dukes choose to go to war with the royal family and win, that is the best case scenario.

In the future, not only will you not have to pay customs taxes, you will not even have to pay national taxes. After all, you will be independent.

If he loses, it will just mean that the emperor sends one of his cronies to be the duke, and everything will continue as before.

If Lyon and others choose to compromise, then everyone will suffer together and pay taxes honestly.

After all, everyone agrees. If you don't agree, then the leader will be shot.

Moreover, people are not worried about scarcity but inequality. If everyone suffers together, no one has anything to say.

Therefore, Ethan can look at the whole thing from a relatively objective perspective.

Once people can look at things from an objective perspective, they will see things more clearly.

Considering the worst possible outcome, he slowly said: "You still hope that I can take action, right?"

Leon lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly raised his head: "You may not know the influence you have in the empire now.

Since you slayed the dragon, everyone has recognized your strength. If you can stand up clearly and support us, our chances of winning will be much greater.

This is good for all of us. "

Ethan smiled bitterly: “Strength?

hehe!

No matter how strong you are personally, you can 100% guarantee the safety of your family.

The only thing that can keep you safe is rules.

Okay, let’s not talk about these useless things.

Unless I am sure that you will win, I will never take action.

In fact, I already understand your intentions, but I don’t think you have much chance of winning.

Although on paper, the combined strength of the seventeen families is comparable to that of the royal family, in practice, there are many problems.

You see, there are so many different forces, and trying to unify them is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

If any one of you is a little cautious, the entire alliance may fall apart in an instant.

To be honest, I trust your determination, but I don't trust anyone else.

Ever since the internal strife in the Parliament, I have learned that I must not seek allies from those who are not worthy of my trust. "

After hearing this, Leon's brows almost knitted together: "So, your opinion is a compromise?

Do you know what that means? "

"Of course I know!" Ethan raised his eyebrows: "But I think that even if the Customs Department is established, it will not have much impact on us!"

When Leon heard this, he was about to refute.

But after thinking about it for a moment, I realized something was wrong.

It stands to reason that Ethan cannot be unaware of the dangers of establishing a customs agency, but since he dares to say so, there must be a reason.

So Leon asked: "What do you mean?"

Ethan smiled slightly. He had a long discussion with Sophia last night and had a very clear understanding of the situation and countermeasures.

Then he said: "Actually, the most terrifying thing for us is not the establishment of the Customs Department and then paying the taxes, but the Temple Church.

You also know that the Temple Church has always been responsible for the empire's taxation. If they take the opportunity of establishing the Customs Department to come to us for development.

At that time, our Maruo City will also become a place where two religions coexist, and that will be the real end. "

When Leon heard that the two religions coexisted, he became a little decadent.

A Holy Light Cult would overwhelm the Stein family and they would be out of breath. If a more ferocious Temple Cult came again, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Since you know the consequences, why do you still sit back and watch?"

"When did I sit back and watch?" Ethan spread his hands and said, "I'm also thinking of countermeasures!

You see, I have a pretty good proposal right now. "

"What?"

"Go talk to the Holy Light Sect." Ethan smiled and said: "If a customs agency must be established, then our Maro City will only accept the Holy Light Sect.

You can also say this to the dukes of the other sixteen regions, and then the conflict will be transferred to the conflict between the Holy Light Religion and the Temple Religion.

What do you think? "

When Leon heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"This is Miss Sophia's suggestion!"

"Don't worry about this, how about you just say this is an idea?"

"Excellent!" Leon laughed: "I just want to see His Majesty the Emperor's expression when he faces the Holy Light Pope.

Ha ha……

However, although this method is good, the problem immediately arises.

What if His Majesty the Emperor agrees?

Do you have a way to control the Holy Light Religion? "

"You must not try to control the Holy Light Religion." Ethan smiled and said: "However, we can cooperate with the Holy Light Religion.

You see, haven’t we had a great time cooperating with Capudo recently?

As far as we in Maro City are concerned, all the Holy Light Religion wants is a seat on the council, so give it to him.

As long as everyone can continue to cooperate happily, everything will be fine.

And, to be honest, I think Capudo is greedy, but at least he is a trustworthy partner.

If you know his past, you will know that he is a man of his word and knows how to advance and retreat.

This is the basis of a trustworthy partner. "

…

Leon didn't chat with Ethan for long before he hurried away.

Three days later, the Holy Light Pope received a joint letter from eleven coastal region dukes.

The letter stated that they hoped that the Holy Light Religion would take over the Customs Department, and made it clear that if it was the Holy Light Religion, they would welcome it with both hands.

As for why there are eleven families instead of seventeen, it is because the remaining ten families, like Maro City, are pure Holy Light Church missionary sites.

Although everyone has some dirty feelings towards the Holy Light Church, at least everyone has the same interests.

And after all, we have been together for so long, even if the Customs Department is established, many things can be discussed and many things can be handled by ourselves, at least we will not be completely controlled by others.

After receiving the letter, the Holy Light Pope laughed up to the sky.

He had long coveted the wealth of the coastal areas, and now that the other party took the initiative to deliver it to his door, how could he not accept it.

Even if he knew that he was being used as a gun, he was willing to be the gun for the overwhelming wealth that was delivered to his door, no matter how much.

More importantly, this is not just a matter of money, but the Holy Light Church can finally participate in politics.

Everyone saw that it was the Duke who insisted that our Holy Light Church take over the Customs Department.

Although we repeatedly refused in a stern manner, after all, we did not have the right to participate in politics, but we could only reluctantly accept it because of their enthusiasm.

What? The constitution stipulates that the Holy Light Church cannot participate in politics?

Since your Majesty the Emperor can amend the constitution and occupy the territorial waters of other dukes, then our Holy Light Church must also amend the constitution to grant us the right to participate in politics.

If you disagree, then let's speak with strength.

The Holy Light Pope was happier and happier. This time he could finally deal a heavy blow to his old rival, the Temple Church.

However, although he was happy, the Holy Light Pope did not get carried away. Instead, he calmed down and started to operate.

The first thing he did was not to negotiate with the emperor, but to mobilize troops on a large scale, almost all the forces that the Holy Light Church could mobilize were deployed to the imperial capital.

When the emperor and the Temple Church saw that the Holy Light Church was making trouble, they were immediately nervous and began to mobilize troops.

For a time, the entire imperial capital was shrouded in the clouds of war.

When this tense atmosphere reached its peak, the Holy Light Pope walked into the palace with the joint letter...