Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 33: Permanent neutrality (1)
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Here, Ryan and the others are cautious everywhere, and they will immediately be on guard if there is a slight disturbance, lest they will be ambushed by Senat’s men again, but to everyone’s surprise, until they walked into the free paradise, nothing happened. Did not happen.
Looking at the familiar street, Ryan remembered the last time he met Flanner, and Flanner also remembered his unbearable experience, but all this has passed. Flanner is now Became the logistics supervisor of the Ryan mercenary group. In fact, Ryan did not put too much energy on the management of the mercenary group. The daily affairs are basically handled by Flanner. From this point on In other words, Flanner can be regarded as the deputy commander of the entire mercenary group.
Colin and Thomas looked out from the car window. They came to this city for the first time. As the commercial center of the entire continent, Liberty Paradise is far more prosperous than Thor Fortress can match, even in the Imperial Capital. Not as good. The two of them pestered Flanner, who was in the same carriage with them, listening attentively as Flanner told them all about the free paradise one by one, and they wished to experience it in person.
"Go, go." A few mercenaries hurried past the carriage Colin and the others were riding in. One of the mercenaries yelled: "Mr. Chilaviv has important things to announce. It’s almost noon. I’m late but I can’t hear what he said."
"Only you are the most troublesome. If you listened to me earlier, we would have been to Freedom Square long ago. Maybe we could still occupy a good position." Another mercenary said.
"Okay, okay." The third mercenary said impatiently: "Just say a few words, let's go."
Several mercenaries walked away quickly, but their conversation attracted the attention of Ryan and his party. Ryan jumped from the carriage and walked straight to Flanner’s carriage, and Flanner was also in the team. Lin and Thomas helped to poke their heads out of the carriage window.
"Listening to those few mercenaries just now, it seems that something big is going to happen in this free paradise."
"Yes." Flanner said: "Generally speaking, Chilaviv will never show up in public. If he really wants to appear in Freedom Square, it will probably involve the entire Freedom Paradise. It's a big deal, just like when recruiting a mercenary group to go north."
"Then let's go there too."
"As you wish." Flanner nodded. He was no better than Colin and others, and the wound on his body was a little bit painful, so Ryan asked him to rest more when he was fine. In contrast, Colin and Thomas could have scurried around long ago. Even Ryan, who was actually injured the most, is now basically healthy.
Lane and their carriage headed towards the most central square in Liberty Paradise, which is the most prosperous place in Liberty Paradise, and it is also the place where various celebrations are held in Liberty Paradise. When Ryan and the others arrived, the central square, which could accommodate 200,000 people, was already covered with densely packed people. Of course, Ryan and their carriages couldn't enter this area at all. More than a dozen chambers of commerce, including the Dolock Business Alliance, sent people to maintain it. For the order here, Ryan got out of the carriage just one street away and walked slowly to reach the square.
It seems that the time has not come yet, so Ryan and the others waited quietly for a while. During the time they were waiting, more people flooded in here, surrounding the entire central square. . The sun slowly rose to the top of the head, and the time finally arrived at noon. At this time, the melodious bells came from the square, which caused the people crowded in the square to slowly stop talking and stare at the center of the square. That platform.
Kilaviv appeared in front of everyone on time. This is the second time Ryan has seen this legendary character. Kilaviv is still wearing white clothes, but it is slightly different from the last time. Yes, there were eight people behind him, twice as many as the last time.
"It seems that Chilaviv is not optimistic about the current situation in the south, otherwise he would not send more people to protect himself." Ryan thought to himself: "I don't know how I can convince him. I guess I want to see him. It’s very difficult to reach him, right?"
At this moment, the clear bells once again remembered, Chilaviv raised his hands high and signaled everyone to be quiet. When the entire central square slowly fell into calm, Chilaavi spoke up: "Dear residents of Freedom Paradise, merchants, mercenaries, and other people from all walks of life, hello! I’m Kira. Weave, the president of the Dolock Business Alliance."
Kilaviv’s voice spread through a colorful amplified magic circle to every corner of the central square of Liberty Paradise. Everyone’s eyes were on him, although most of the giants were not It's too clear what Chilaviv is going to say, but everyone believes that what Chilaviv will announce next is absolutely shocking.
"A few hundred years ago, the place we were standing in was just a village, with a population of less than a hundred people, and everything was extremely desolate.
It was the hard-working hands of our ancestors that slowly expanded the village here into a small town, from a small town to a city... After hundreds of years of development, the city of Jagnas became the largest on the mainland Business city, we proudly call it the "freedom paradise"! "
"Anyone, as long as he is willing to abide by the rules here, can live freely here, he can buy properties produced in any corner of the mainland, and he can enjoy girls from all over the country...here No one needs to worry about threats to their safety, and our city will not be involved in disputes between any forces on the mainland. In short, the free paradise is a paradise on earth and a paradise for the gods!"
"200 years ago, Liberty Paradise joined the Holy League empire founded by Fernando I as an autonomous city. Of course, this is only in name. In addition to the taxes that must be paid every year, our city does everything else. They are all negotiated by the members of the Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance. It can be said that the Freedom Paradise is developing faster and better under the management of the Merchants Alliance. We continue to abide by the tenet established by our ancestors, that is, absolute neutrality. Participate in the disputes between any forces on the mainland. This purpose allowed our city to grow and grow in the tragic Hundred Years' War, and it also allowed us to reach glory after joining the Holy Alliance Empire."
"However, it is regrettable that after 200 years, the original peaceful life was broken. The orcs invaded the south, and the southern lord’s... If it is to support the empire, allocate materials and send additional personnel to Thor The fortress is for the happiness of all mankind. This is indispensable. Then the disputes between the northern empire and the southern lords are internal affairs of mankind. The purpose of the free paradise is not to involve the disputes between the various forces, so it is the capital of the northern empire. After the special envoy and the Southern Lord himself appeared in front of me, our Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance once again stood at the crossroads, and we need to make choices again."
"After three full days of discussion, our Liberty Paradise Merchants Alliance has made the final decision." Chilaviv's voice was still so mellow and frustrated, but everyone in the room held it back. Breathing out, because what Chilaviv is about to say will affect the future of Freedom Paradise, and it will also cause huge changes to the situation on the mainland.
"Now I stand here, on behalf of all the members of the Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance, the business capital, to announce to everyone an extremely important thing. Freedom Paradise will continue to carry out its purpose as before. To this end, our Free Paradise will be separated from the Holy Alliance. The empire has become a permanently neutral city. We will not favor any force on the continent, whether it is an imperial capital in the north or a lord in the south. There will be no war in the area where the free paradise belongs. Anyone who is willing to abide by freedom The rules of heaven, he is our guest and will be warmly welcomed by us, but if anyone tries to annex the free heaven and take away the wealth left by our ancestors for generations, that is our enemy."
"Since we have withdrawn from the empire and want to maintain absolute neutrality, the annual tax paid to the imperial capital by our free paradise will naturally be cancelled, but the money still has to be collected. After discussion by the merchant alliance, we decided to make this The money is used to build an army, which will be responsible for maintaining the order of the city in peacetime, and once a foreign enemy invades, they will relentlessly launch a counterattack to protect the safety of all of us. Of course, this one will never Will take the initiative to take a step out of the paradise of freedom."
When Chilaviv finished talking, the entire central square was immediately plunged into chaos. Almost everyone’s brain was stimulated by Chilaviv’s words. They couldn’t believe that they belonged to the empire yesterday. , But suddenly became a citizen of a neutral city, and had nothing to do with that empire.
Of course, these so-called excitements are only because Chilaviv’s words were beyond everyone’s expectations. In fact, when the people present reacted, they almost all cheered for Chilawive and the free heaven. The Merchants Alliance made this decision and was pleased. No one wanted to succumb to others, especially the annual payment of large sums of gold coins to an unfamiliar king in the north.
Now that the free paradise has come out, the residents of this city are naturally elated. Soon, the news of Chilaviv’s announcement was spread throughout the city, and they all fell into excitement. For Ryan and the others, this result is really frustrating. After all, they have spent a lot of effort and lost some teammates, but they watched eagerly as Liberty Paradise breaks away from the empire and can't get any strength, but in Ryan they In his heart, he can still barely accept it.