Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 445 - 270 The Chosen People from the Other Shore_2

Chapter 445: Chapter 270 The Chosen People from the Other Shore_2

Hearing the name of the commerce group, Noah keenly sensed something amiss,

"What is the background of this commerce group?"

To become a small merchant capable of making money, the threshold isn’t high; as long as you are astute and perceptive, it is possible for any ordinary person. But to establish a commerce group, so-called vision, skill, and awareness are not necessary conditions; the key is background.

Without sufficient background, just the entry tax to various places can crush the dreams of countless small merchants to become wealthy.

"The Silver Cross Trading Group is backed by the Dawn Church."

"The Dawn Church? That’s a bit troublesome."

Noah nodded, realizing that any commerce group able to trade across the Continent either relied on the church or had the support of a major noble house.

Compared to the nobles, the church was clearly more troublesome. However, finding a trading group that had discovered the Eastern Coastline with the backing of a major church was quite normal.

However, the troubles Noah anticipated did not appear when he sent a Fairy to negotiate with the Silver Cross Trading Group, offering them reward money and proposing to share the routes they explored.

A route that could continuously bring in massive wealth, the Silver Cross Trading Group, backed by a major church, chose to share it rather than confront the Holy Dragon.

The start of this route was within the Holy Dragon Territory, and the other end was a desolate coastline with not a single soul. To turn this route into a river of flowing gold, the involvement of the Holy Dragon at the starting point was essential.

When Noah learned that the Silver Cross Commerce readily handed over the route, the reason given was simply logical and sensible.

But the Golden Dragon always felt something was off, though he couldn’t pinpoint just what was wrong.

Therefore, when Noah saw the easily obtained map of the route, he made it public and announced, inviting many capable commerce groups to enthusiastically join, using this route as a foundation to open up more safe routes to the ocean.

Noah’s generosity was like casting a legendary forbidden technique in the commercially prosperous Elisium City, creating a huge uproar and igniting the flames of desire in many hearts.

Thus, the era of ocean trade belonging to the Holy Dragon Territory was heralded. Following the route opened by the Silver Cross Trading Group, many ambitious commerce groups also formed teams, hoping to explore routes that were shorter, safer, and more convenient.

Of course, some commerce groups didn’t hope for wealth from the ocean but instead sought undiscovered treasures along this route.

In a mere less than five years, more and safer routes were explored, and some small and medium merchants dared to journey deep into the wilderness with a dozen scale-horn horses to trade with barbaric tribes.

"How surprising, I thought it would take at least two or three hundred more years before my territory would touch ocean trade, but I didn’t expect someone to find a safe route so soon."

When marine resources were brought to Elisium, even the Holy Dragon amidst the mountains was quite surprised, as he gazed at the fiery red coral jade in front of him and looked at the Dragon Fairy, Lu Tixiya, beside him,

"What do you think of this matter?"

"Too many coincidences and unexpected events."

The only Dragon Fairy who could rival Sifreya answered softly, knowing that a viable commercial route that could bring stable profits, from initial discovery to stability, typically took two or three generations to develop.

Yet this route, now merely 1,600 kilometers long and connecting to the ocean, was explored in less than five years.

Can you call that exploration?

Either every exploration team had a prophet who always foresaw accurately, or some entities were providing guidance.

The paths these so-called pioneers walked were pre-marked, and they were just following predetermined paths without any risk.

"Indeed, there are too many coincidences, so many that they can no longer be called coincidences."

Noah knew how absurd it was for this ocean trade route starting from his territory and directly reaching the sea to appear in just five years. Even if he led the expedition personally, he might never have discovered it, yet it had emerged.

Are these explorers just incredibly lucky? It’s a joke, really.

Some people did not even bother to pretend or perform any more than necessary.

Though the traces of manipulation were so obvious, Noah still couldn’t see what purpose this had. The wealth a sea-linked trade route brought was real, and Noah could not refuse it.

"Your Highness, should we do something?"

"What can we do?"

Noah smirked, although he noticed clear abnormalities, there were indeed no countermeasures, nor any necessity. Closing the trade route would cut off a river of gold, not to mention the merchants couldn’t bear it, Noah himself could not tolerate it,

"Let’s just watch how it unfolds!"

At the age of 126, the trade route continuously bringing great wealth to the Holy Dragon Treasury underwent an unusual change.

"Your Highness Noah, the Voyager Harbor discovered a fleet of shipwreck survivors.

According to the Dragon Fairy stationed at the harbor, these refugees do not belong to our Xilantia Continent, but come from the Alviss Continent across the ocean."

"Refugees from the Alviss Continent, do they have anything special?"

Noah’s tone was calm, composed and assured.

As of now, he was one of the extraordinary powers standing at the pinnacle of the Xilantia Continent; and even if he broke away from the Atlas Kingdom, his faction would be an unquestionable dominion. He had confidence in facing and accepting various challenges.

"Upon inspection, these refugees are all followers of the Lord of Dawn, and protecting and leading these refugees across the ocean were a group of paladins."

"Followers of the Lord of Dawn?"

Noah couldn’t help but spit out a flame and snorted,

"Going around such a big circle for this?"

"The paladins on the ship request us to shelter these refugees."

"How many refugees are there?"

"Less than twenty thousand."

"Less than twenty thousand? Then order Harbor City to settle them on the spot."

Noah responded without a second thought.

While merchants are willing to venture into the wild for profit, ordinary civilians, even some small nobles, are unwilling to leave their homes and journey into the wilderness, as it truly risks their lives.

The word ’pioneer’ is simple to say, but it’s built on the lives of people, hence the trade routes he obtained were merely trade routes.

At the end, some commerce groups established a few gathering points, but they were sparsely populated. Noah also only symbolically sent two Fairies to station there, declaring leadership.

Now, with a fleet sent from across the ocean, Noah naturally accepted it without hesitation. Though they had beliefs, Noah didn’t mind, as he was not relying on faith to live.

However, before Noah’s order reached Voyager Harbor on the Eastern Coastline, the Dragon Fairy stationed at the harbor had already noticed a series of black dots emerging on the horizon.

The second group of refugee ships arrived, unsurprisingly, they were also followers of the Lord of Dawn. It was said they fled persecution from a kingdom that worshiped a tyrannical monarch.

"How did you find this place?"

A single occurrence could be attributed to coincidence, but twice still being coincidences was sheer nonsense.

"It’s divine revelation granted by the Lord of Radiance!"

The old man, with only a ragged cloth covering him but an expression of serenity on his face, replied to the foreign-featured Fey-like creature before him.

"What else did your divine revelation tell you?"

Looking at this group of emaciated but calm and obedient refugees, the Dragon Fairy’s eyes showed a strange expression.

"The Lord told us that this place is a land shrouded in radiance, where we will gain everything we desire."