Chapter 4518 4520 [Turning the World Upside Down]

After the liberation of North and South America, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and other countries sent troops to support the global resistance movement.

Especially the United States, which has the largest population and the most developed economy, sent more than 200 ships and more than 30,000 soldiers to Europe. Of course, these soldiers are basically believers of the Goddess Church.

The European believers of the Goddess Church have naturally increased their strength with this strong support. Especially the British rebels, they have been fighting on par with the British Royal Army.

Now with this strong support, the weight of the scale immediately tilted to their side. In the end, they defeated the last 100,000 main forces of the British Royal Army in Bedford, and then marched to the gates of London.

King George II of the United Kingdom was forced to surrender to the rebels when his main army was lost and there was no strong support. Then the rebels announced the abolition of the British monarchy and replaced it with a republic.

Abolish the king, prince, hereditary nobles, titles, and the privileges they enjoy, and redivided the political regions. Abolish the status of the Anglican Church and cancel the privileges of the church.

But Xiang Nan issued an oracle to stop them from confiscating the church's property.

Because just abolishing the status and privileges of the Anglican Church was already very offensive, Xiang Nan did not dare to be too radical. Otherwise, if God really appeared, it would be a big trouble.

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Upon learning the news of the change in Britain, Weatherby sighed to Xiang Nan, "I didn't expect the world to change so fast."

Once upon a time, he was the Governor of Jamaica appointed by the King of England, but now the King of England has become a civilian. Not only was his noble title stripped, but even his property was confiscated by the new government.

It can be said that his current status is not even as good as his own. At least he is still the head of Jamaica and the ruler of one side.

"It's really fast." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "But this is an era of great change, and no one knows what will happen in the future."

From the 18th to the 20th century, in just two hundred years, the whole world has undergone drastic changes.

Before, it was all agricultural age, and since the Industrial Revolution, the world has entered the industrial age. In just two hundred years, three industrial revolutions have taken place, technology has greatly advanced, productivity has greatly improved, and human life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The world pattern has also changed greatly in these two hundred years.

At the end of the eighteenth century, Britain became the undisputed hegemon of the world after the Seven Years' War. Two hundred years later, at the end of the twentieth century, Britain completely lost the charm of the British Empire and became a follower of the former younger brother, the United States.

In the eighteenth century, the United States was still a British colony. Two hundred years later, the United States has firmly established itself as a world-class superpower, dominating the world.

In the eighteenth century, China was still a world-class superpower, with a GDP of more than 30% of the world. It beat the powerful Dzungar Khanate, a powerful country at the time, to a place name, which frightened the whole world.

A hundred years later, it suffered a century of humiliation, and even a country as small as a sesame seed dared to show off its power in China. But a hundred years later, this humiliated country rose again and returned to the ranks of the world's top powers.

"That makes sense." Elizabeth nodded in agreement, "I really hope to live longer and witness more miracles."

"Don't worry, I will." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

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Afterwards, the Commonwealth of England, the United States and other countries also sent troops to reinforce the resistance war on the European continent.

With their strong support, in the end, the rebels in many countries such as France, Austria, Prussia, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Sweden all won.

Those kings and nobles were forced to surrender, their noble titles and privileged status were cancelled, and they became civilians. The Christian churches in various countries also lost their status as state religions and their privileges.

In this way, they need to compete with the Goddess Church for believers on an equal footing, and Xiang Nan believes that his Goddess Church's ability to compete for believers will definitely be stronger than that of the Christian Church.

Because the believers of the Goddess Church are more pious, more cohesive, and more motivated to preach.

The most important point is that the Goddess Church has no exit mechanism. Once you judge the church, you will suffer from a serious disease, so you can only stay in the church. In this way, there is only entry and no exit, and the number will naturally increase.

Christianity does not have such a mechanism, and its restraint on believers is far less strong than that of the Goddess Church. Whether people go to church or not, whether they worship or not, is not mandatory.

Of course, this is about Christianity after the religious reform in the 18th century.

Before that, Christianity was still very restraining. If a person did not believe in Christianity and did not go to church, he would be considered a wizard, witch, or pagan and punished. The witch hunt movement at that time really killed many people by mistake.

And with the successive victories in Europe, the resistance struggles in Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and India have also won.

Australia officially became independent and became a federal country like the United States. Mozambique, Angola, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast in Africa, and Southeast Asia and India in Asia became countries with a combination of politics and religion after independence.

It is worth mentioning that in the 18th century, the Indian subcontinent was only occupied by Britain, France, Portugal, etc. in some states and strongholds, and was not completely occupied by colonists.

The rebels basically all come from these princely states and strongholds, and their proportion of the population of the Indian subcontinent is probably less than one percent. Therefore, the vast majority of Indians still believe in Hinduism.

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"So, there are only inland Africa, the Middle East, Russia, India and Middle Earth, which have not changed much." Xiang Nan looked at the map in front of him.

The inland of Africa is full of jungles and wild animals. It is still a wild area. Although people survive, outsiders have not explored it until now.

The Middle East believes in Islam. Although the Ottoman Empire is in decline now, it is still the overlord of the area. It is difficult to spread religion without defeating it.

Russia is in the bitter cold land of the north, inland and far away from the ocean, so the Church of the Goddess of the Sea is not strong there, with only a small number of believers, so it has not caused much trouble.

However, Xiang Nan is not worried, because ancient Russia has always imitated the West.

After Peter the Great ascended the throne, he sent people to Western Europe to study science and technology, set up factories, build ships, develop trade, reform the military, etc., which can almost be said to be completely Westernized.

It is for this reason that as most European countries have changed, Xiang Nan believes that Russia will soon catch up. They even think that it is fashionable to believe in the Goddess Church.

Most of India still believes in Hinduism, while China is basically dominated by Buddhism and Taoism. However, this does not mean that the Goddess Church has no possibility of development. After all, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom almost turned the world upside down.