I Became A Black Merchant In Another World
Chapter 421: The Beginning of the Temple (3)

I gathered all the communist demigods, including Marx, in one place.

Originally, I was going to call only Marx and explain, but since the task I was entrusting was so important, I thought it would be better to call everyone and explain it myself.

They suddenly gathered, as if they had a hunch that I would be entrusted with an important mission, and they silently looked at me and waited.

“Gentlemen.”

Normally, I call them “you”.

However, the reason I changed the title was to create tension in them.

“When I first called you to my family, I promised you a life of plenty. When you and I first met. How has your life as a lowly worker in the countryside or a factory changed?”

“Your Majesty gave us a wife and a place to live. You gave us a dream that we could never have imagined in our lifetimes, even though we were so miserable that it wouldn’t be strange if we rotted away at any moment, and you made it come true.” “That’s right. But I didn’t just show you one-sided favor or mercy. I just recognized your value a little earlier than others and invested in it.”

The names of the communist demigods here are the authors who led the communist revolution, such as Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, and Che Guevara.

That’s because the demigods gave them the name to agitate others well, just like their original owners...

I didn’t give them the name to maintain their power like Mao Zedong, saying nonsense like the Cultural Revolution, killing all sparrows because they’re ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) harmful, and rice growing well with friends.

I didn’t tell them that intention directly, but I’m glad they’re so loyal.

If they had used their agitation skills for bad things, it would have been quite a headache.

“And you guys have achieved results that exceeded my investment and expectations several times so far. You guys are my pride.”

If the CEO of a black company gathered his employees and gave them a speech like this, the employees would curse inwardly.

However, what would the employees of a large corporation, or a company that pays several times the salary of a large corporation and gives them hundreds of millions in performance bonuses, think if they heard this speech?

Oh, our CEO is someone who doesn’t feel bad about investing so much in us.

They would think that they should work harder and repay the company.

A few of the Heavenly Horses started to sniffle at my words of encouragement.

“And now I’m going to give you a very difficult task. Can you do it?”

“You can do it!”

“Okay, then I’ll tell you what you have to do from now on.”

To be honest, the war with the Holy Empire is a war that the Tuscan Empire has already won and started.

It’s a fight where it’s obvious who will win, like the US-Iraq war.

That’s always the case in the realm of common sense.

What if our commander is Renya Mudaguchi, a master of biological experiments who attempted to transform humans into herbivores, or a germ who attacks our own troops in order to take all the credit for himself?

Couldn’t Iraq win against the Celestial Empire?

“I want you to go to the Holy Empire and incite the local people to surrender to the Tuscan Empire as soon as possible.”

“Are you saying we should go to war now?”

“In some ways, it’s harder than war, and in some ways, it’s easier.”

In that you don’t have to go to war and risk being a cannon fodder like regular soldiers, propaganda may be much easier.

However, local propaganda requires going directly to enemy territory...

It would be even more dangerous and scary because you have to stay in enemy-occupied territory alone.

They’ve already succeeded in causing large-scale riots several times, so it’s not like they couldn’t do it if they wanted to.

“I’m not telling you to take up arms and fight in the war. You guys, just go to the Holy Empire and do what you’ve always done before. Just as you succeeded last time, you should succeed this time too.”

No one here objected to the mission of openly jumping into the enemy country, which could be considered a death sentence.

They were all just keeping their mouths shut, either to brace themselves or to suppress their fears because they received difficult orders.

I think this is true professionalism.

A famous general, or rather, a person who was a fan of assault but whose personality was ruined and who could not be an enemy, once said this.

‘If you can endure fear for just one minute, that becomes courage.’

Enduring fear for just one minute doesn’t make you brave, but at least you can complete the task you’ve been given without running away.

The so-called “bravely charging” is more likely to be a mad act of cowards who are consumed by the fear of the battlefield rather than showing a “scared face.”

“It will be scary. However, if you succeed in this mission, you will be given a reward that you could never have imagined before.”

“What reward will you be given?”

“You can become a noble.”

“What did you just say?”

“You said you could become a noble. You can rise to the position that you have always looked up to, the true noble of the Tuscan Empire.”

A look of bewilderment appeared in their eyes at my shocking declaration.

If it weren’t for what I said, they would have asked me what I was talking about.

After all, it’s a world where even the second son of a noble family can’t receive a title while he’s alive...

It doesn’t seem realistic that these mere workers and serfs could become nobles.

“This may sound like nonsense. But let’s change the subject a little. If you were to incite a barony or a viscounty and offer it to the Tuscan Empire, how can you guarantee that the Empire wouldn’t give it to you as is?”

The Tuscan Empire is a fairly large country.

However, the Holy Empire is a great power with a population roughly twice that of the Tuscan Empire.

So if you conquer the Holy Empire, the Tuscan Empire will be nearly three times larger than before. What would you do if a ‘common people’ voluntarily offered their land?

As I said, they would guarantee the autonomy of the region.

At the beginning of the war.

‘Even if we pass the mid-game, the tide is already turning towards the Empire, so there’s no reason to just give it away.’

“This is what I heard from high-ranking military officials. I heard that those who voluntarily surrender to the Empire in the early stages will be granted their territories. In other words, if you instigate and take over an entire territory, it will become your territory.”

This is not an easy task.

There are at least ten thousand people living in one territory, and usually around 40,000 to 50,000 people...

It’s not easy for one man to instigate all of this.

However, they have already experienced blowing up the Kingdom of Lyon.

‘If you’ve done it once, you can do it twice.’

“Gentlemen.”

Their eyes turned to me at my words.

“If you need any money, our company will pay for it. As long as you don’t embezzle the money, we won’t hold you accountable.”

“Aren’t these conditions too favorable for us?” “I have too many enemies. In such a situation, if you could just settle down in the territory of the Holy Empire, become nobles, and support me in the Imperial Council or other political situations, it would be a great help. Even if you invest this much, you will more than recoup your initial investment.”

The nobles will grow in power tremendously through this war.

So I should plant at least one more noble in the New World, as well as in the territory of the Holy Empire, to increase my support base.

“So don’t worry. I’m just doing business as usual.”

Speeches and skirts that are too long are not good to look at...

“Gentlemen, you are experts and masters of revolution and rebellion. And now, a revolutionary opportunity of a scale you could never have imagined unfolds before your eyes.”

He stretched his hand toward the sky and clenched his fist.

“The best revolution is not to bring down the nobles, overthrow the kings, and destroy the country. It is to have the humblest of you rise to their place and stand shoulder to shoulder. Deus has granted you that opportunity.”

It wasn’t Deus, but I did it.

Well, Deus in heaven must be very pleased with me because I normalized the Deus Church.

I started the Deus Church reformation, after all.

Of course, I started it, and Pastor Stefano laid the foundation.

Today, I miss the pastor a little more than usual.

“Complete the revolution, and become a proud father and head of a household to your wives and children.”

Now that you’ve prepared for the revolution, all that’s left is internal discipline.

“These days, there are a lot of people from the Duke’s faction who criticize me.”

Until then, I thought it was just a common conflict within a faction, and I didn't have the strength to ask the Duke if he was not managing the faction properly, so I just kept quiet.

There was...

Now I have the right to demand that the faction be properly managed.

‘If the Duke shuns me, I can just stick to the Emperor and kill all the nobles.’

Just like in Japan, I can return the throne to the Emperor.

If the nobles can’t pay their debts, I can threaten them with a stomach-splitting.

The problem is that I have to give up my territory, so I won’t do it.

“There’s a lot to talk about with the Duke alone.”