One particularly important asset was Red Port, beneath the Red Line.
This major port brought in enormous revenue every year. The tolls alone were a fortune.
The World Government could hardly give it up. As order returned to the seas, Red Port would only grow more prosperous and profitable.
The port did not belong to the newly formed United Government.
It belonged to a port operating company jointly established by the Celestial Dragon families.
The company would operate the port and keep its annual revenue.
The Celestial Dragon families had already divided up the company's shares.
This, too, was part of the World Government's legacy. Other kingdoms had no say in it.
But things were not that simple. The port was a prize too tempting to ignore.
They could not seize it, but they could make a legitimate deal.
And since it did not belong to the United Government, anything could happen to it.
Those Celestial Dragon families were scattered across the seas. If trouble struck Red Port, they would struggle to intervene.
They would have to give up a share of the profits.
The port was a prize that could also bring disaster down on them.
In dividing the shares among themselves, the Celestial Dragon families had surely given each family a stake. The only question was how large.
The stronger a family was, the more shares it received.
A weaker family might not even have three percent.
Deals had naturally been struck along the way.
The Kronos Kingdom spent nearly fifty billion Beli to buy roughly twenty-five percent of the company directly from several Celestial Dragon families.
The remaining shares were concentrated in the hands of the Fairland Family, the Ethanbaron Family, the Fiorella Family, and the Ruvens Family.
Together, they would control Red Port.
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