The Tyrrhenian Sea is an area of sea located west of the Italian islands of Garibaldi and Sicily.
After the Normans occupied Sicily, cargo caravans crossing the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Vatican had to pay two taxes: one was the commercial tax on goods purchased from the Vatican, and the other was the "maritime protection fee" paid to the Normans.
If the lord of the place where they sell goods is unscrupulous, they may have to pay three taxes. Such multiple layers of complicated exploitation almost wiped out the trade of most cheap goods, leaving only one type:
The Templars' global trade network.
As we all know, all the high-tech or precision industrial products of the Holy See cannot be exported directly to foreign countries through Italy. Instead, they must be transported along the Templar Knights' trade network to the diocese branches in various countries, and then selectively sold to some "devout" local nobles. This is the so-called two-sword tactic, that is, using the "secular sword" of Christ to pave the way for the "spiritual sword" of Christ.
The last time Ask helped the Vatican clean up Raphael, the Templar trade license he requested was the authority to purchase these technological items.
Since such goods are scarce and irreplaceable, their prices are often extremely high outside of Italy. For example, a set of ordinary knight power armor costs up to 200 Lorraine gold coins in the Holy Roman Empire, of which the power servo system imported from the Holy See costs 140 gold coins.
The high selling price brought high profits, which enabled the merchant caravans to accept exploitation from multiple parties. It also made the Normans extremely dependent on the so-called "maritime protection tax" financially, because after all, this money came too easily.
Because of this, once the Undead Fleet reaches the Tyrrhenian Sea, the cargo ship trade will probably be cut off. After all, the Undead do not accept bribes, they only know how to kill, and the Undead Lords are more than happy to plunder the industrial products of the Church and "recruit soldiers" from the crews of these cargo ships.
This would greatly affect the financial income of the Kingdom of Sicily, so the Normans would never sit idly by. As for using it as a test for the young Normans, it can only be said that this is the usual arrogance and arrogance of the Normans.
Following the order from the Otwell family, a large number of Norman ships left the port of Palermo and began to sail towards the northern ocean. Many young people in the family seemed to be going out to sea for the first time, and they excitedly lay on the side of the ship, looking at the waves rolling under the bottom of the ship. Some people even suffered from seasickness and hurriedly hid back in the cabin.
The demigod William was riding on the last flagship, silently watching the performance of the younger generations of these families in the distance.
Although the ancient Vikings were famous for pirates, the Otwell family had long since gotten rid of the pirate profession. Even though they had occupied Sicily and established a large navy, they had not actually experienced many large-scale naval battles.
This is the case with the army, not to mention the young people in the tribe.
After secretly taking note of his seasick juniors, William continued to scan the nearby waters and suddenly noticed a small boat on the right wing of the fleet. The crew seemed to be busier than those on other ships.
"Put down the sails a little! Are you going to lose touch with the fleet by sailing so fast?" The woman's scolding voice continued to ring out, accompanied by a one-handed battle axe being fiercely inserted into the mast. The sailors quickly and neatly executed her orders, fearing that they would suffer the same treatment as the mast.