The New Continent Council was not a monolith. Some people had been regional overlords on the New Continent and still wished to build powers of their own upon returning to the Old Continent. But there were even more ordinary people, who only wanted to live and work in peace and had no desire for war.
Not long ago, Charlotte had captured a large number of people from the New Continent and dealt with them in an exceptionally "fair" manner.
Although Charlotte confiscated everyone's property, he established criteria for its return. He also allocated housing and land to everyone equally, and even arranged work for most of them. As long as they performed well, they had two chances each year to apply for the return of their property. If they met the evaluation standards, they could recover roughly one-twentieth of it each time.
In other words, as long as they accepted Charlot Mecklenburg's rule, behaved themselves, and worked hard, they could gain a stable life and even have the chance to reclaim what had once been theirs.
He had captured too many people from the New Continent, so this information was hardly a secret. It had long since reached South Seraph, and many New Continent immigrants felt that living under such a lord was not bad at all.
Even earlier, when the war had begun, Anne had prioritized evacuating the residents of the ducal territory, sparing everyone the ravages of war. This had also earned her great favor among the New Continent immigrants. In this era, a ruler who cherished her subjects was practically a saint.
After parting ways with Charlotte, Red Eagle had worked hard for a long time, yet she had managed to acquire only two ships. Restoring her former strength remained a distant impossibility.
The greatest obstacle Red