Power and Empire Chapter 2371: The Emperor’s Knife (10)
Outside Lisbon, the rain swept like a huge wide curtain. The swelling waves rolled up to a height of several meters, fiercely shot on a huge merchant ship. At the top of the merchant ship, a red double-headed eagle was holding the balance. The coat of arms of the scale was stretched straight by the rain and sea breeze. At the front of the merchant ship, a dark-skinned, majestic body like a black bear, a broad-faced middle-aged man, was keenly looking at the water waves ahead. In the sea, his sturdy and explosive arms are all arched with muscles, almost twice the size of ordinary people. The clothes on his body are black and red, and the rain is pouring on him diagonally, but he does not seem to feel the slightest. I don’t even know how cold the rain is.
The middle-aged man’s face is quiet and abnormal, his short flax hair stands upright, and his ice-cold sight is like a sharp sword. He wants to tear open the rain curtain in front of him and project the world behind the rain curtain. On the deck, a handsome young man with a feather hat on his head, an exquisite red dress on his upper body and pure black leather pants on his lower body [猪_猪_岛] novel w.zhhuo.m, is coming up from behind the ship’s deck,
"Father, the news is confirmed. The Imperial Army has abandoned the Istanbul region and is withdrawing to the Eastern Province! The business group's plan has been successful!" The young man said excitedly, and the red and yellow **** on his chest were inlaid with the same double The head eagle mark. This is the coat of arms of the two-headed eagle merchant group in the southern kingdom of the Inland Sea, Fezene, which ranks first in strength. The leader of the merchant group is called Di Moses.
The young man behind him who looks very similar to him is his son Di Mogioa. On the side of the merchant ship where they are standing, more than ten merchant ships of the same size are following The waves are ups and downs. In fact, one day ago, the merchant fleet of the Double-headed Eagle Merchant Group had already arrived in the open sea of Lisboa. The reason why they did not enter Lisboa is waiting for the news
"Today is the day of the contract between the two parties?" asked Demoses
"Today is the twenty-sixth day! There are four days left, which is the deadline for the contract. The news should have arrived. At this time, Lisboa should have been in a mess." Di Moya raised his head and looked at In front, the voice paused, and a chill flashed in his eyes, and he sneered and said, "This time, even if the other party prepares enough goods, it is useless. The Imperial Army is defeated. Will the other party dare to sell us?
"After investing so much money and energy, what I got in the end was nothing but a short hope. I had to pay ten times the liquidated damages. Even if I didn’t collapse immediately, my vitality would be greatly injured. Within a year, I'm afraid I can't recover my vitality, let alone, because of the impact of this incident, I really want to see the annoyed and painful faces of those Falcon Empire vultures in Lisbon. It must be very exciting!"
The vulture is a scornful term for the merchants of the Falcon Empire in the southern part of the Inland Sea. It implies that as long as there are people, there will be merchants of the Falcon Empire, and the merchants of the empire have mixed good and bad. The means of doing business are often trickery, or it is to use the advantage of strong capital to depress the market to get the most benefit, which has a great impact on the entire southern economic system. The empire opened the Inland Sea for more than two years, and it has caused the bankruptcy of thousands of small merchants in the southern region. This is why most of the southern regions are very hostile to the Falcon Empire
"Four days left!"
Demoses said to himself. I clenched my hands unnaturally, standing here, the pressure was really great, my eyes flashed deeply as I watched the white waves covering the sky ahead, the upcoming victory was so easy, why did I feel it in my heart? Upset,
"Father, the news has spread. Lisbon Torre is bound to be turbulent, do we need to send someone to Lisbon Torre in advance? Otherwise..."
De Mogioa looked at the majestic figure of his father in front of him, and hesitated to say that he is a young man, and his work is always in turmoil, a bit less calm for middle-aged people, but more vigorous as a young man. The successors specially cultivated by Demoses will naturally not be bad in business talents, but facing such a large interest this time, they really can't sit still. What if the Imperial Chamber of Commerce that signed the contract like that? do?
"Don't worry, if those business groups really run away, it won't be better!" Demoses was obviously much more experienced. He was accustomed to all kinds of wind and waves on his face, but the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his tone was calm. People feel terrible. "If it really ran away, wouldn't it be better? What does it mean?" Demogioia was surprised when he heard it. What does father mean? Although everyone has not really paid for the delivery, if the business groups run away, of course, there will be no loss for this transaction, but the profit will naturally be much less. "Don’t forget, our trade request is through Lisbon "De Moses turned around from the front, glanced at his confused son, with a chilling voice" issued by the business alliance. If he runs away as a party to the transaction, then the business alliance, as an intermediary, must bear the other party’s breach of contract. With such a huge compensation, even Lisboa’s business alliance will fail to support and collapse. Our goal is the business alliance. We must completely degrade the credibility of the business alliance and let the trade system established by the business alliance deviate from it. Internally collapsed!"
"This time, the top ten major business groups in the south joined forces and used 80% of the reserves, with more than 10 million funds as the confidence, suddenly attacked the Lisbon Trust. This is what they are pursuing. The collapse of the Lisboa business alliance is our greatest victory. In this way, we can fundamentally suppress the pressure of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce on the south"
This is an invisible war, but its importance is far more than real bloodshed.
"Not only the southern merchant groups are watching, but the royal families of the six southern countries are fully cooperating." Di Moses paused and said, "The reason why the Falcon Empire is so powerful that no one can match it is because Behind the imperial army, there are tens of thousands of merchants under the banner of the Falcon Empire. Our southern wealth is continuously flowing into the Falcon Empire through these merchants, and our southern resources are being used by these merchant ships with the Falcon Empire flag. Keep moving away. If this continues, in less than ten years, the economic lifeline of the southern coastal area will be completely in the hands of the Falcon Empire in the north. This is absolutely undesirable for the merchant groups and other countries in the southern region. ! So if all the business groups ran away, that would be the best result!" "Yes, I get it!"
De Mogioa nodded solemnly. As the most powerful business group on this continent, the Falcon Empire Business Alliance had already overwhelmed the southern business group within two years and could only rely on the alliance to support it. Its strength is not as simple as it can be seen. The ability to severely inflict Lisboa Torto this time is completely based on the opponent's defenseless foundation. Once the opponent reacts, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to deal with! , The best result is naturally to achieve the strategic purpose of shaking the entire business alliance system by severely injuring Lisboa’s business alliance,
This is not surprising. The ten major business groups in the south did not hesitate to take out their gold ticket reserves, and set the largest order since the inland sea commerce. In four days, even if the business behemoth of the business alliance can react, only I'm afraid that I won't be able to return to heaven. Demoggioia took a deep breath and looked at his father's back. Behind him, he seemed to see a huge wave exploding on the bow of the ship, like a roar of a beast. People standing in this world are so small, but at this moment, it gives Demojoa an illusion that he is the father in front of him. Using the power of one person, against the city across the sea, even though it was a merchant's body, it revealed the **** killing intent of a warrior.
Is this going to slaughter the city? With the power of a business group, the entire Lisbonto was slaughtered, and Di Mogioa felt his blood was boiling
Demoses turned from the front. A heavy sentence struck him, "You know, standing on the bow of the ship, the huge waves roar in your ears like thunder, just like the raging business war in front of me. As a winner, I don’t feel happy, but It's fear, why is this? How can you feel such a strange feeling after so many years in business? Is it premonition or intuition, is danger or victory is imminent? Remember, until the last moment, ecstasy is suicide!"
The lobby of the Lisbon Exchange is completely messed up at this moment. The news of the defeat of the Eastern Province has brought deep despair to the imperial merchants. If the fine iron cannot be sold, how can such a large amount of funds be recovered? There is also the three times the liquidated damages, enough to make the well-funded chamber of commerce go bankrupt overnight. All efforts are paid at this moment. Even the big chambers of commerce that think they are nervous and tenacious are completely embarrassed at this moment. If the Lisbon Stock Exchange is the battlefield, then it is already mourning at this moment,
"Quickly, throw out all the fine irons acquired!"
The orders from the various chambers of commerce are like a major earthquake spreading from Lisbon to the center. The carriages that were still driving towards Lisbon are all stopped, and the business business that was happily waiting to receive the bonus. We are completely messed up at this moment, there are fine iron everywhere, and the fine iron that was sold the day before will be robbed, but at this time it has become a thing that no one wants,
The streets are full of businessmen frantically looking for buyers, or they are lamenting that they are like a dead family businessman, drinking sulky wine in the corner, and the merchant fleet gathered at the port is also stopped. The piles of fine iron were placed on the pier and no one was transported away. Because no buyer was found, naturally they had to put it like this. The cold rain like a white line hit the shiny black surface of the fine iron, as if Even the air is freezing cold,
Socutus Delan stands in front of the windowsill on the fourth floor of the mansion, wearing a dark black dress, slender eyebrows, and dark and clear eyes looking at the business city that seems to have lost all its vitality in one day. Drizzle, with a bit of deserted and indifferent, white rain, fluttering in the wind, like a mist covering the sky over the city,
The news of the defeat of the Eastern Province also reached her. At this moment, even fools knew what the Southern Double-Headed Eagle Merchant Group was planning. According to the trade notice issued by the Commercial Alliance, the Commercial Alliance is the trade intermediary. If they run away, the business alliance must pay the other party all the money and liquidated damages. The other party should be doing this calculation.
With the largest number of empire’s refined iron as the trade target, and the war between the eastern provinces thousands of miles away and the Istanbul Empire as the final killer move, even oneself can’t see this layout, because of this. It’s not just a trade agreement. It’s a war, a war between the entire Southern Inland Sea Merchant Group and the Falcon Empire Chamber of Commerce.
A battlefield without gunpowder is more cruel than a battlefield, and a cold knife without a killing sound is also sharp and bloody.
The corpses were all over the field, blood flowed into rivers, hundreds of imperial chambers of commerce were involved, and more than 3,000 merchants were involved. This loss can be described as a failure. The main responsibility for all these mistakes lies with oneself, if If you take out a huge amount of gold tickets from the other party to stop this, although it will affect the reputation of the business alliance, at least there will be no situation like this. This time, it is really miscalculated!
"Miss, there is an invitation from the government office. The new administrative officer, Tirronte, has passed Naco City and arrived in Lisbon tonight. The government office has prepared a dinner. Miss special invitation..." A maid in a palace costume walked in with an invitation. Before she could finish her words, Socutus Delan didn't accept the invitation, so she directly refused "Lisboa is already like this. The new administrative officer is still thinking about hosting a dinner, it seems that it’s not a good thing! I’m not going to reply to them.” “Yes, the maid shivered, and quickly turned and left. The situation in the city was the last one or two days. A normal person can feel it, not to mention that as a servant of Socutus Delan, I know a little bit more, but before long, the maid walked back again. "What's wrong? Didn't you understand what I said?" Kutus Delan raised her head, her eyes were so cold that the maid's face was pale. "Miss, the people in the government office heard the lady refused, so they left this!"
The maid looked hesitantly and put a document in her hand on the table, Socutus Delan looked over, her gaze was frozen,
This...how is it possible! Socutus Dailan's eyes flickered~IndoMTL.com~ I could hardly believe my eyes, so I hurried over to confirm,
The white fingers even picked up the Chinese scroll with a little trembling. The red and white cover was printed in her eyes. It seemed to be a common document used by the government, but the red lacquer on the cover of the document was what caught her attention. 'S goal
It is a falcon heraldic with wings spread upwards, pressed on the lacquered seal, it is vivid, it is still very bright red, and it is the latest one before it is sealed.
Only one person is eligible to use such a seal
Even the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Empire does not have such qualifications, let alone a district government office in Lisbon,
"Go down first!" Socutus Delan suppressed the greatest excitement in his heart and waved to the maid,
When the maid left, Socutus Delan slowly opened the scroll in her hand, and the content inside made her eyes shine, and she covered her mouth with excitement, so that she could not help it. Cheerful voice,
He really came! Lisboa is saved! (To be continued...)