The fat man smiled helplessly and said, "Boss Mai has heard it, we really don't plan to sell this cow." As he said that, he took out a small bag of coins and stuffed it into Mike's sleeve, and said with a smile: "This little money is considered compensation, so please accept it by Boss Mai."

Mike has been dealing with money all year round, and once he handled it, he found the weight. After a while, he had to sigh and said, "Well, you can take the cow back. But you planned to sell that day, but you must come to me."

"Sure, certain." The fat man nodded repeatedly, then said to Qi Gefei: "Go and take your big black bull away."

"Yes, Master." Ziggfei quickly climbed over the fence and ran into the bullpen, reached out and slapped the big black bull's hind legs, and said angrily: "You bull barbarian are so dishonest, you almost caused a big disaster for me!"

Everyone was frightened to see it. After all, you can't even slap your cow's butt. If this beast gives you a blow, he can kick an adult to death. Especially how big this big black cow is? Ziggfei is another little baby, and the size difference is too huge.

However, this big black bull seemed to have really enlightened his intelligence. Facing the scolding of Ziggfei, he lowered his eyebrows and showed no sign of getting angry at all. Instead, he was honestly led by the boy, which surprised the passers-by.

After the three of them took the cow back to the hotel, they hurriedly settled the bill and prepared to set off again. Of course, before leaving, the fat man found the hotel owner and asked where he could rent a boat.

The hotel owner was very polite. Not only did he point out the road for the fat man, he also told him that he would find the boat shop to rent a boat after he arrived at the next town.

After thanking the boss, the fat man took Altaïr and Zieg away from the small hotel and left the east city gate. There was only one avenue outside the city gate. Following the guidance of the hotel owner, you can reach the city of Gaston, located on the Dafeng River, about half a day after going east along this avenue.

This city is the private territory of the Baron Gaston. Because he is backed by Dafeng River, the baron is rich just by collecting the ship mooring fee. However, his surname is Carolin, so no one dares to make any decisions about him.

"Is this Carolin family very prestigious in the empire?" The fat man asked Altaïr.

Altay nodded and said, "Yes, sir. The Carolina family is an old military noble of the empire. The ancestors had produced nine imperial marshals, and they have made countless great achievements. Now the empire's army marshal is the Grand Duke of Carolina. Among the emperor's nobles, the only one who can compete with the Carolina family is the Kaladik family, which controls the Imperial Navy. However, the Kaladik family has lost some glory in recent years, so they have been suppressed by the Carolina family."

The fat man asked curiously: "I remember that the previous imperial emperors had been vigorously developing the navy? Why were they still suppressed by the army?"

Altay said after thinking about it: "If you really want to talk about it, you have to go back hundreds of years. Can you tell me how the Shang League grew and rose?"

The fat man said speechlessly: "If I know, I have to ask you. Hurry up and tell me what's going on? Why is there a business alliance involved?"

Altaïr patiently explained: "In fact, there was no business alliance three hundred years ago. The sea was still the traditional territory of the sea people. Humans rarely dared to stay away from the coastline and enter deep-sea areas, let alone crossing the oceans to trade on other continents."

And all this starts with the Age of Discovery more than 300 years ago.

The one who set off the Age of Discovery was the great empire of that time, Emperor Ivan!

This imperial emperor is definitely a master of talent in history, and has rewrited the history of mankind with a perspective that transcends the times and opened up the arrival of a new era.

The empire almost unified the entire Middle-earth continent under the leadership of this hero, but ended up in hatred due to a storm.

When Emperor Ivan died, the entire empire was also trapped in a century of civil strife because several princes fought for the throne. It was not until Canaan I successfully defeated all competitors and ascended the throne that the great turmoil ended.

However, the once vast empire territory also shrank by nearly half due to this civil strife.

When the Governor of the East China Sea saw that the empire had no time to look east, he took the opportunity to proclaim himself king in the East China Sea and proclaim himself the King of the East China Sea.

But this King of Tokai, who had been king for only three months, was stabbed to death by one of his generals on the throne.

However, this general who successfully usurped the throne was not a few days ago and was poisoned to death by one of his sons who were eager to get to power...

Then the throne of King Tokai replaced thirteen in just three years!

In the end, everyone wanted to be the King of East China Sea. The entire East China Sea territory was directly enfeoffed, and anyone with an island would dare to become the king.

It was not until the news of Canaan I's successful succession to the throne came that the era of chaos and war in the East China Sea ended, because the overlords of all parties in the East China Sea knew that once the empire ended its civil strife, it would definitely regain control of the East China Sea.

However, these overlords finally got to power and were willing to hand over the power they had just obtained. Therefore, the overlords of the East China Sea formed an offensive and defensive alliance organization under the leadership of the three most powerful companies at that time, and this organization was the prototype of the business alliance.

But at the beginning of the establishment of the Shang League, it was not a match for the Imperial Royal Navy, and was almost wiped out by the group.

But at this time, the northern countries rose up again. In order to prevent these small countries from challenging their hegemony, the empire had to send troops north, and as a result, they formed a two-line battle...

You should know that the empire had just ended its civil strife at this time, and its vitality had not yet recovered.

It was a bit difficult to send troops to wipe out all over the East China Sea, but as a result, another two-line battle came, which directly led to the exploitation of civilians at the bottom of the empire and unable to survive, almost causing greater civil unrest.

But by chance, Canaan I also died at this time.

And the death was very bizarre. According to unofficial history, he was choked to death while eating...

Anyway, no matter what, the emperor died, and then the prince ascended the throne and called on all foreign military operations, shrinking all his troops back to suppress the riots in various places.

Therefore, the northern countries and the overlords of the East China Sea were able to gain valuable respite.

In fact, Canaan II cannot be blamed for doing this wrong, because at that time, there was only one choice for anyone who would take the position, that is, to defend against foreign countries, the internal affairs must be settled first, otherwise, once the fire broke out everywhere in the backyard, it would probably directly shake the foundation of the empire.

However, Canaan II's mistake was that he gave his opponent too much breathing time, so that two forces that dared to challenge him were directly strengthened in the north and the East China Sea.

When Canaan II finally calmed down the conflicts within the empire and was ready to free up his hands to deal with these two guys who dared to challenge his hegemony, he suddenly died suddenly.
Chapter completed!