The most luxurious silk attire, porcelain as smooth as a beauty’s skin, standing clocks in the hall, and clock towers built among palace groups... everything that can offer pleasure has been arranged.

Various types of military weapons need no extra mention.

It’s just like a shoe merchant arriving in a country where no one wears shoes; even without demand, one can create demand and sell high-value goods fiercely to the dog landlords.

Until today, the abundance of material conditions that Atahualpa could enjoy was not at all inferior to those of the Orthodox Archbishops in the Old Continent, who were always known for their extravagance and excess, and even to Emperor Frederick III of the Habsburg Dynasty.

With the King and Queen personally endorsing, the various ranks of nobility within the Sun Empire naturally followed suit, sparking a craze for buying.

Banquets were frequently held to compete over their imported goods.

Some of the middle and lower classes also vied to imitate, spending heavily to purchase various attire and equipment from the Golden Empire, then paraded through the streets, gradually forming the Quechua people’s "Sapu Culture."

To Byron, who could fetch gold directly from the volcano, the Sun Empire, rich enough to overflow compared to the Old Continent nations, was nothing less than a great blue ocean.

To firmly grasp the market, Violet’s research department specifically developed a lot of "premium offerings" based on the biological characteristics of the [Son of the Sun].

Take, for instance, a batch and a specially made luxurious heavy cruiser constructed entirely of teak wood, and this conversation ensued.

Atahualpa, with a gold-tipped cigar in his mouth, puffed out a smoke ring:

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, I see that you Taino and Old Continent people like to send adventure ships and cruisers into the sea. We Quechua also wish to explore the deep sea.

The Deep Sea Clan entrenched on the East Coast will sooner or later come for us. Although our Empire isn’t worried about tides in the mountains for the short term, we cannot respond passively.

Please sell me a batch of the most advanced warships."

Byron, one of the seven incarnations responsible for Southern Continent affairs, found his request rather challenging:

"The kin have already acted against us, and our defense pressure is significant. Cutting-edge weapons and heavy cruisers are tight for our use, and currently, there’s no plan to sell externally."

Atahualpa, however, didn’t seem to hear, not even blinking:

"Oh, is that so? Then I’ve transferred the 2 million Gold Pounds I had pre-deposit on the Online Financial Street to your account, check it."

Byron immediately complied, enthusiastically pounding his chest:

"Although this matter is technically impossible, our relationship is strong, right? Treating a brother nation can have special arrangements.

I’ll immediately dispatch an instructor corps for you, so you can select your first batch of crew, promising delivery before their training ends!"

But only a few days later, Byron frowned and sought out Atahualpa again, conveying some bad news:

"The instructor corps reported that your selected personnel aren’t suitable, not due to poor physical condition or learning ability, but because these [Molten Giants] are just too hot.

Having them gather on the ship without doing anything already triggers the sixth rule of the [Pirate Code]: Holding a candle without a lampshade, execute the Law of Moses, lash with forty cat-o’-nine tails."

Atahualpa blinked innocently, expressing complete incomprehension of Byron’s words:

"Do you mean... need more money?"

"It’s a safety issue, not a monetary one. If a fire breaks out on the ship, everything will be lost..."

"Do you need one million pounds? Sent it to you again."

At this point, Byron completely compromised.

"Uh, I misread the instructor corps’ report; they were talking about significant flaws in the Empire’s sailing technology.

Materials from sails, ropes, boards, and powder magazines are inadequate; my Queen has just invented a basalt filament weaving technology that’s lightweight with superior fire resistance.

Let me do a technical upgrade, ensuring to tailor a set of maritime equipment for the Sun Empire."

Atahualpa, greatly satisfied, showed Byron a thumbs-up, praising his integrity as a merchant:

"I told you, we Quechua would certainly have no issue, await your good news."

Byron has always been a person who holds on to principles, almost nothing can sway his ethics.

The problem is... he provided too much!

In the fully manual era, even a First Level ship costs no more than ten thousand pounds; in the industrial age, after eliminating various raw materials, the cost could be compressed by half.

Now, the cost of the heavy cruiser, cheaper than a Third Level ship, sells for three million pounds, and what’s wrong with the customer having some special requests?

This is utterly astonishing!

In any event, in the face of a monetary assault, even someone as steadfast as Byron could not but surrender.

In this case, a substantial portion of the wealth Catherine used to advance to the Fifth Order came from the substantial support of the dog landlords.

Of course, Byron’s style has never been to solely profit one-sidedly; he doesn’t regard the Sun Empire as merely an economic colony.

Industrialization can reduce the price of all goods, allowing everyone worldwide to enjoy the dividends of "cheap" industrial products.

For instance, Atahualpa’s most significant achievement in the year since he took power was gradually creating eight "heavy composite regiments" totaling four thousand people, using the field cannon and rift seal plug purchased from Byron, continuously expanding the Empire’s territory.

Every Apu in the Hundred Beasts Paradise has a weakness, which is the passive "marking territory as a prison."