Chapter 4492 Chapter 4494 [Beckett loses power]
Xiang Nan first attacked the East India Company's colonial points in America, such as Charleston, Wilmington, Baltimore, New York, Boston, etc.
All merchant ships and warships were sunk, all ports were destroyed, and even the farms and factories of the East India Company were not spared. Either a hurricane is summoned to sweep them all away, or a flood is summoned to submerge them all.
And before each action, Xiang Nan would use the "loud voice" curse to amplify his voice and issue a warning to the people of the East India Company.
"Rebuild the temple, free the priests and worshipers...or the punishment will never cease."
The attack on the North American colonial points soon reached the ears of the East India Company, which surprised them and made them heartbroken at the same time.
You must know that the East India Company owned thirteen colonies in the United States, including Virginia, North and South Carolina, New York, Georgia, Pennsylvania, etc.
These colonies provided the East India Company with hundreds of thousands of pounds of revenue every year and were the East India Company's largest trading partner after Europe.
Today, the ports, factories, and farms of these colonies are seriously damaged, and more than a dozen warships and nearly fifty merchant ships have sunk, causing losses of more than half a million pounds, which is really unbearable.
Key Xiangnan's punishment continued, and colonies in Australia and Asia were also attacked one after another. Especially in the colonies in India and Southeast Asia.
Tea, spices, ores, cotton cloth, cane sugar, etc. from India and Southeast Asia were the East India Company's best-selling commodities. Especially for spices, the profit is as high as 200%.
The price of pepper, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, etc. in the European market is even equivalent to gold. Every year the East India Company plundered nearly two million pounds from India.
Therefore, India and Southeast Asia are undoubtedly the lifeblood of the East India Company. Now its colonial points in India and Southeast Asia are under attack.
Merchant ships and warships sank, ports were destroyed, farms were flooded, and factories collapsed...the East India Company's losses were even more severe, even far exceeding its losses in North America.
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Seeing this, Beckett still wanted to be stronger.
He thought that since Cory Busso was so angry, it meant that the method he took was right.
Just like people, there will be no pain unless the painful spot is poked.
Temples and believers are obviously His weaknesses. You can deal with Him by destroying His temple and arresting His followers.
Therefore, he suggested to other directors that not only should they not rebuild the temple and release the priests and believers, but they should destroy the temple more vigorously and hunt down the priests and believers.
This was used to threaten Cory Busso not to be an enemy of the East India Company again. Even the East India Company could, in turn, control the ocean goddess Corybusso and make her be used by the East India Company.
But the other directors and the financial backers behind the scenes were not as happy as he thought.
"We still haven't figured out what Cory Busso is. But the losses he caused are vivid in our minds. So far, we have lost nearly two million pounds. How can we explain it to our shareholders?"
"Lord Beckett, we asked you to serve as a director because we hope you can help the company make money. However, the radical methods you adopted not only failed to help us make money, but also angered a pagan god.
Now this pagan **** has caused us more than two million pounds of damage, and the damage is still increasing. Lord Becket, how do you explain it to us? "
But this ocean goddess is different. She really takes action, and her strength is far beyond our imagination. He could easily sink our warships and merchant ships, destroy our ports, factories, and farms. How can we possibly fight against a **** like this? So I suggest that you show kindness to Him and agree to His terms before your losses get any further. "
"I agree! It is impossible for mortals to defeat gods."
"No matter how powerful our ships and guns are, we can never defeat the gods."
"Yes, the best way is to stop losses in time."
"Gentlemen, if we give in now, it means that the pagan **** has won. His reputation will increase greatly, his followers will expand rapidly, and he will continue to interfere with our business in the colony. We will never have peace in the future. It's day." Beckett reminded coldly.
Cory Busso's earliest action was because he raised taxes in the colonies, which led Cory Busso's followers to pray, hoping that He would punish the East India Company and him. And Cory Busso did take action.
Therefore, if the East India Company admits defeat now, those believers will be very proud, thinking that they can use the power of gods to fight against the East India Company.
As a result, it was basically impossible for the East India Company to squeeze and plunder the wealth of the colonies. By then, the East India Company would still be dead.
"Lord Beckett, if it hadn't been for your radical tax increase policy, we wouldn't have caused such a big mess."
"Yes, all of this started with you. Cory Busso has never interfered with our business before. It was you who intensified the conflict that led to all this happening now."
"The responsibility for all this should be placed on you. How dare you accuse us of being short-sighted?"
The other directors criticized Beckett.
In the end, all the directors decided to rebuild the temple of the Ocean Goddess, release her priests and believers, and no longer oppose her.
As for Lord Beckett, he was dismissed by the shareholders because of his poor performance, which caused serious losses to the company. As a result, Lord Becket completely lost power.
Although he is wily and talented, he has climbed up from a low-level employee to a director, so he can be said to be quite capable. But once he lost the platform of the East India Company, it would be basically impossible to make a comeback.
As Li Si said, "The virtuous and unworthy of people are just like rats, it depends on where they are placed!" The importance of the platform is far greater than the ability of people.
Don't say that gold will always shine. A rag can cover the light of gold.
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Xiang Nan was not surprised to learn that Beckett had lost power, nor did he feel relieved.
To be honest, although Beckett is cunning, ruthless and ruthless, he is still just a human being. It would be effortless for Xiang Nan to get rid of him.
He had never taken Becket seriously, not even the East India Company.
If it weren't for Beckett's tax increase policy that made it difficult for the people to make a living and even him to do things, he wouldn't have taught them a lesson.
As the East India Company surrendered, rebuilt the temple, and released priests and believers, the reputation of the sea goddess Corybuso suddenly increased greatly.
Especially in places such as India, Southeast Asia, and North America that were squeezed and exploited by the East India Company, the number of believers in the Ocean Goddess increased sharply. They all hope that the goddess can take action again and teach the East India Company a lesson, preferably by driving them all out.
(End of chapter)