Power and Empire Chapter 3390: South of Thunder (21)
The Clipper of the Imperial Bank slowly docked at the Tone River Wharf in Lisbon, and as the sails were lowered, the fat man and Tirnarante in plain clothes came down from above
"Look, Your Majesty!"
Tirnarante looked at the Song fleet not far away, and saw that Song sailors were unloading from the ship. They were all valuable silk and Chinese porcelain. Where are some merchants surrounded, some of them even want to be able to buy these goods,
"We will not sell these goods!"
A middle-aged man who was obviously the leader of the Song crew came forward and rejected the merchant’s trade request. Although the imperial language was a bit awkward, it was definitely not incapable of communication.
"I can buy these at a high price"
The businessman is obviously not reconciled. The goods of China and Biaco are not uncommon in Lisbon, but they are the finest ones in the boutique as they are before you, but they are rare and rare, especially the colorful patterns like The fine forging of Xiaguang is definitely the finest quality in the silk of China and Bahia. Although the Empire Annual Conference has ended, most of the nobles from various countries who gathered in Lisbon during the Annual Conference are still there. If you can just get off the ship, this batch All the fine silks are bought, and it is possible that the price will be increased several times as soon as they change hands. So the business opportunity is right in front of us, so I have to try it.
"This batch of goods already has an owner. If you don't sell it, you won't sell it, and you won't sell it for more money!" The middle-aged man unceremoniously raised his hand, and immediately several sailors came to the merchant. Drive away
"How can you be like this? How can anyone give money and not sell anything!" the businessman scolded angrily, but the Song sailors weren’t ordinary sailors at first glance. They were all burly, even many people. There are old wounds on his face and his arms. They are all warriors who have been fighting for a long time, and there is not one such person, but more than two dozen sailors! In the Empire, it is not uncommon for a veteran on the battlefield to retreat and become a caravan escort. With this lineup, other onlookers dared not step forward, and finally the businessman left cursingly.
"Your Majesty, those Chinese and Bahia silks seem to be..."
Tirnarante’s gaze fell on the batch of gorgeous silks, and his breathing suddenly became a little bit quick. He had seen this silk style. It seemed to be a kind of high-grade silk called southwestern cloud brocade. My sister once spent more than 10,000 imperial gold to buy such a piece of high-quality silk. If it is all calculated at this price, then the current batch of high-quality silk from the Song fleet is afraid that there will be a million. The empire is gold,
"It is the southwestern Yunjin, a specialty of the southwestern region of Central and Biyadh, and it is also an important material specially used by Longpo, the head of the Southwest Dragon family, to exchange with the empire." The fat man saw this scene and said condensedly
"Long Po, the patriarch of the Southwest Dragon Family... Isn't this the Song fleet? Why is the Southwest Yunjin full of ships?" Tirnarante's face was blank
For Tirnarante’s confusion, the fat man smiled, "It’s nothing. Actually, I don’t believe what Song Qian said! Where is the Tone River Pier in Lisbon? Merchants from all over the mainland gather here. Because you can’t speak the Imperial language, you’re not allowed to land ashore? Isn’t that a joke! And it’s just a few chambers of commerce who dared to stop merchant ships from landing at the Lisbon Dockyard at will. Really, the Lisbon’s government office cannot be opened by their family! Even if it is done secretly, once it is revealed, not only will the Lisbon Government Office find them, but also the Imperial Bank will not let them go, just to disgust the competitors, the chambers of commerce are not so stupid. How frantic!"
"Your majesty meant that we were deceived?" Tirnarante's face changed. He did not expect this just now. Now that the emperor mentioned it, he couldn't help but a sudden rise in his heart
"You are right, we were deceived. This is not the Song fleet. In fact, I only noticed later."
The fat man nodded." There were no signs of the business alliance hung on the masts of the Song fleet, and no signs of the Imperial Bank. This shows that the other party did not pass through the inland sea, otherwise the Imperial Navy will inevitably stop them, and Song The southern waters of China and Bahia have long been blocked by the Aden Navy, and it is impossible for the Song fleet to come to Obaro through that area."
"Then the only thing this fleet can take is the waterway of Xinan Longjia!"
"According to the relationship between the Song nationality and the Southwest Dragon family and water and fire, they are now the biggest competitor for the royal power of China and Biya. How could the Long Family let any Song fleet of this size pass through! The stronger the Song family? , It will only threaten the status of the Southwest, not to mention that in the Southwest World War, most of the Song fleet fell in the hands of the Long Family. Long Po knew that if it were the Long Family fleet, he would not be able to enter the hinterland of the empire, so he simply risked it. In the name of the Song fleet"
"No way, can this kind of thing be done?" Tirnarante's eyes suddenly widened
"I think at the beginning, in order to pinch the young master of the Yelü family back and forth, and cut off the trend of the Yelü family's sweep of China and Biya, this long family leader did not hesitate to join forces with the enemy, the grassland king's court, what else could that guy do? Come out!" The Fatty’s eyes flashed with memories, and he said with emotion. He was also quite helpless for the Southwest Dragon Family Patriarch who had no bottom line for his purpose, but he had to admit that he was able to keep the former Patriarch Long Yang on his own. In the prefecture, when the Long’s family was almost completely wiped out, in just one year, the Long’s family was well-bred, the Yelv family who fought linger, the northern grasslands were invincible, and the southern Song turtles were fought. Su Nan dare not mention not to enter anymore, let more than a million young people willingly become dead, and only people like Long Po can do it,
"Because there is no bottom line, you will never guess to what extent he can do it! The fat man snorted heavily, his eyes flashed and said, "But this Song Qian is indeed from the Song clan, because The fact that Song Que really hurt his hand in the Battle of the Southwest is not well known within the Song people. Song Que is the undefeated spiritual leader in the hearts of the mountain people in southern China. Even if it is defeated in the Southwest, the Song people are also outside. It has always been claimed that it was Song Que who made the tactics and finally made the Song people return to the south unscathed. If the news of Song Que's injury comes out, it will be a major earthquake in the southern mountains. The embarrassment of the Song people's defeat will be even worse, but this woman is really real. Knowing that Song Que hurt his hand is real! "
"Song people, Long Family Fleet..."
The chaos here made Tirnarante frown, hesitated, and said, "Your Majesty, do you think it is possible for the Southern Song Clan to unite with the Southwest Long Family? After all, looking at Zhongbia, he can compete for it. These two kings belonged to the royal power. After the Aden people destroyed the Zhongbian court, the Song and the Long family were the first to bear the brunt. If the Southwest Long and Song were still hostile to each other, then the final result would be annihilated by the Aden army one by one! "
"The Song Clan and the Long Family Unite?"
Hearing what Tirnarante said, the fat man's face became solemn for the first time, he touched his chin, and raised his head sharply
"This kind of thing is not impossible! According to Longjia Longpo's pragmatic bottomless line and Song Clan Song Que's forbearance, in order to fight the Aden people, it is very likely that the two temporarily choose to unite! And in order to fight the Aden army The iron ore for forging weapons is undoubtedly the most important material in all war preparations. The Zhongbian court has been unable to save itself. There are still two iron ore mines there. The main mining areas of the former central and northern parts of the country are all in the central and northern parts of the country. It is within the scope of the Yelu family. The Yelu family and the Southwest Long family are dead enemies due to the Yanzhou incident, and it is even more impossible to sell iron ore to the Southwest Long family. Then the only way is the empire"
"Why didn't the Southwest Dragon Family come directly to buy, but they wanted to cover it up like this, isn't the Empire already reconciled with the Southwest Dragon Family?" Tirnarante was also at a loss when he heard this. He was in the Empire. The Ministry of Internal Affairs stayed for half a year, and heard about the war and reconciliation between the Empire and the Southwest Dragon Family
"You can believe in the so-called reconciliation. It is nothing more than a temporary compromise because of their respective interests.
The fat man glanced slightly at the corner of his mouth, looking at the fake Song convoy that was still unloading, and said in a condensed voice, "The Southwest Dragon family was severely scratched by the empire in order to let the empire release the trade restrictions. The Southwest Dragon’s family and the empire are not at odds once or twice. How could the empire really lift the trade ban on it, just relax some of the cargo restrictions on people’s livelihood, but the iron ore, which is important for armament, is still limited. Of course, on the bright side It is said that it is all open. In fact, in one quarter, the iron ore flowing into the southwest area will not exceed 10,000 catties, the armored weapons will not exceed 1,000, and the war horses are even more strict. Merchants who sell more than ten horses will be secretly arrested after returning. If it weren’t the case, how could the Southwest Dragon’s family have not regained their vitality until now"
Hearing what the emperor said, Tirnarante couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart. The emperor made it clear that he would not give the Long Family the slightest chance to grow, and said with emotion, "It’s no wonder that the Long Family has to pretend The Song Dynasty fleet came and took the risk. Under the banner of the Song nationality, many restrictions can undoubtedly be bypassed. The empire only limited the quantity sold to the Southwest Dragon family, but it would not have thought that the Southwest Dragon family could fight the Song family fleet. Come and buy iron ore!"
"This is indeed an oversight"
The fat man nodded, and said in a condensed voice, "It's just such a thing. I'm afraid it can't conceal the few large chambers of commerce that monopolize the trade routes of China and Bahrain. Because they are well aware of the imperial restrictions, they can use this Even if it is hypothesized to the dock that this fleet is a smuggling ship, the fleet dare not come forward to defend, and can only choose to wait for Berrant Bonnie’s people to coordinate
"Now I just don’t know what benefits the Long Family has given to the Song Clan, so that the Song Clan is willing to send family members to assist the Long Family in disguising. If it weren’t for this accidental encounter, who would have believed that the Song Clan’s members would cover it? In fact, it’s the Long Family’s fleet! And, does Burrant Bonnie know about this! "The fat man’s eyes flickered, as if thinking of something, he said coldly
"I don’t think Miss Bonnie knows, otherwise this fleet won’t be able to go ashore in Lisbon!" Tirnarante said cautiously, scanning the emperor’s slightly iron-colored face.
Although the Southwest Dragon family reconciled with the empire, both sides knew that this was only the result of mutual compromise. The Southwest Dragon family never really had the intention to reconcile with the empire. You must know that the chief of the empire in the Central and Biya region is Li Yuehua, but it is Berlante Bonnie who controls the connecting passage between the Empire and Central Piazza! If Berland Bonnie knew this was disguised by the Long Family Fleet and served as its umbrella, this would be a naked enemy!
"I hope so!"
The fat man also hoped that Burrant Bonnie was not involved, he sighed, and stepped onto a black carriage that had been waiting on the pier for a long time. After sitting down, he looked at Tirna, who was sitting on the opposite side. Rand, said solemnly, "Tirnarante, know why I know that there is a problem with this fleet, and deliberately ask Socutus Delan to trouble those chambers of commerce?"
"The subordinates guess that what your majesty wants is to let these businessmen take the initiative to find the government office"
Tirnarante's eyes flickered. "Miss Socutus Delan will definitely put pressure on several major chambers of commerce when she returns. Those big chambers of commerce will definitely not be able to handle it, and the only thing that can fight against Socutus Delan Miss, in Lisbon Torres, there is only the Subordinate Lisbon Torres Government Office. If in this case, the Government Office can’t ask the specific truth, I, the Lisbon Torres Government Officer, don’t have to be!"
"It's just a few chambers of commerce, do I need to mobilize Socutus Delan to take action?"
Fatty glanced at the "Song fleet" from the carriage window for the last time. The vehicle shook slightly and began to move forward slowly.
"The fat man took out a document from the drawer on the carriage table and placed it in front of Tirnarante, and said condensedly, "I specially arranged for Socutus Delan to take action, just to make her muddy the water in Lisbon. In this way, the underground forces and merchant forces in Lisboa will surface under the influence, and your government office will have the opportunity to rectify. An imperial government official was assassinated and seriously injured. Do those people really think they can escape safely? Although the murderer has been wiped out, I asked Socutus Delan to continue the investigation, and did not allow Socutus Delan to intervene. This is the result of the investigation. The number of people you offended at the beginning was really not average, although You can use Huairou means in other places, but it won’t work here."
"This is Lisboa, the mainland business capital with gold everywhere, and the true capital of 300,000 merchants in the empire~ IndoMTL.com~ I believe you have also felt it in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past six months. Without thundering means, how can you get it right? Living in Lisbon, the mainland business capital, how to deter the evil spirits, hope this time, don’t let me down again!"
"Yes, my subordinates understand how to do it"
Tirnarante nodded excitedly. After leaving Lisbon for half a year, he came back again. He picked up the document and scanned the content. Although he was prepared, there was still a huge wave. The assassination of his own Lisboa was involved in so many things. How many of them stood on the sidelines, and how many of them contributed to the flames. They used this assassination to attack the Lisboa Government House, so that the prestige of the Lisboa Government House plummeted and its governance capabilities. The merchants became more unscrupulous, and all kinds of bullying and bullying also emerged. Although it was hit last time, the effect was just that for a while. And Tilnuris's ability is limited. In front of the huge merchant group in Lisbon, it is also exhausted and effective. Very little, even the high-level empire involved in the back of the merchant group has put great pressure on the Lisboa government office, and the situation in Lisboa is getting out of control
Human voices rushed like a tide, these voices fell in Tirnarante’s ears but they were like fighting sounds. This is Lisbonto, his battlefield at Tirnarante! I am back again! Tirnarante's eyes were bloodshot, closing the document in his hand!