Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 72:

The sound of ping-pong-pong-pong is endless. Pedestrians cautiously bypassed the "no entry" danger zone marked out in white and gray, and did not dare to approach in a large circle.

This is the southernmost point of the Northwestern Republic, where the Rye Fortress is located. In the past, if you wanted to travel from the Gold Coin Federation to the Northwestern Republic, you had to pass through this fortress built in the valley. Now the fortress is still the same, but the mountain next to it is inexplicably crooked, and a road appears, allowing people to bypass the fortress and head to the city of Rye in the north of the fortress.

As for the fortress, it has been completely surrounded by a circle painted in white and gray. Many signs have been inserted in the circle, with words such as "danger" and "don't come close" in various languages.

Not only that, if someone who is illiterate wants to get closer, every time he takes a step toward this circle, he will feel a little flustered in his heart. The closer he gets, the more flustered he gets. Only by turning and leaving can he get better.

If it weren't for this kind of method, just relying on white ash and warning signs, it really can't stop those who are rude or curious.

This is of course Sui Xiong's handwriting. Now he is tossing inside the fortress, intending to build this otherwise unremarkable fortress into a tourist attraction with the theme of "fortress". Naturally, others can't be disturbed.

As for turning into a scenic spot, can it still act as a fortress with a beautifully decorated knife, can it not kill people?

Of course, Sui Xiong didn't think this fortress might still be used. Although the population of the Northwestern Republic is not large enough, there are many strong ones. If they really conflict with the Gold Coin Federation, if they don't take the initiative to fight out, the Gold Coin Federation should be thankful. How could it be possible to fight back?

If there is an attack on this valley, the day when the fortress needs to be defended, the situation will decay!

However, as the saying goes, "The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not stop." Sui Xiong wants to make his large model toy safely, but something has happened on the Gold Coin Federation.

The Great Migration has ended. Today, the Gold Coin Federation is still a whole country on the surface, but in fact it has been divided into two parts. The South is controlled by powers centered on the great aristocracy, with a large population, and the industrial sector is dominated by agricultural production. The North is controlled by the powers centered on large merchants. Although the population is small, it has a large amount of capital by virtue of Da's commerce.

This plan of "merchants going north and nobles going south" originally seemed to be quite successful, but the problem soon came.

The nobles in the south began to levy heavy taxes on the merchants in their territories.

Ordinarily, this is a matter of course. The nobles have consolidated their rule, and then naturally they should weaken the power of the merchants. It's just that their methods are too rough, and they are too rough to do things, and it feels like a fisherman.

Businessmen seek profit, as long as there is enough profit, even cooperation with the nobles is not a problem. But when the nobles did this, the merchants in their territories immediately lost profits, and many small merchants went bankrupt, and even the large chambers of commerce were seriously affected, hurting their vitality.

Of course, the merchants did not agree, and they quarreled immediately. But this time the nobles did not buy it at all. They said that they no longer need to deal with the humble and unscrupulous merchants, and expropriated them even more ruthlessly.

In some places, the noble lords directly led the army to investigate the Chamber of Commerce and wanted to uproot them.

As a result, the contradiction is completely intensified.

The merchants were very angry and began to gather mercenaries, putting on a posture of using force to protect their own interests. But the nobles did not give in, and began to gather troops, as if they were preparing for a big fight.

Under this situation, the atmosphere on the border between the south and the north is becoming increasingly tense, and the soldiers on both sides are ready to fight.

Fortunately, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth has taken action. Seeing that the situation has reached the point where they are almost out of control, they can no longer care about the problem of means, and directly use the toughest method. Legendary powerhouses and envoys come forward to forcibly arrest the brains of the noble and merchant factions. , Set up a parliament hall on the border and ordered them to negotiate well.

"I don't care about your conflicts or hatreds, but I just say, don't fight!" The goddess of wealth lowered her incarnation and said sternly, "Whoever dares to do it, I will press him into this council hall. Underneath, there will never be relief!"

Over the years, the goddess of wealth has always tended to use mild methods, and his church has always mediated and reconciled between the merchants and the nobles. It has never been so tough. At this moment, once he was furious and furious, he immediately suppressed both factions. Even if there were thousands of small calculations in his heart, he couldn't make it up, so he had to negotiate honestly.

When the two parties talked, they felt that there was not enough manpower, so they gathered talents from the rear. Powerful aristocrats and middle-level chambers of commerce from all walks of life rushed to this temporary assembly hall to participate in the grand assembly convened by the goddess of wealth.

Seeing that the Great Council finally started, a big rock in the heart of the goddess of wealth fell to the ground, and the face that could not see a smile finally relaxed a little.

It’s just that the price he paid is also very high~IndoMTL.com~ The coercive methods are contrary to his doctrine. In other words, he is forcing the merchants and the nobles to negotiate and negotiate, which is tantamount to hurting himself. Regardless of whether this negotiation is successful or not, his divinity has been severely hurt.

This is also due to the fact that in recent years, with Sui Xiong's help, his divine personality has improved a lot, his divine nature has greatly increased, and he has more or less room for autonomy. Before he had psychological preparation, he could make such a decision. Otherwise, if it were placed a few decades ago, even if he thought of this method, he would not be able to implement it. He could only watch the situation deteriorate and eventually become uncontrollable.

So, when the aristocratic faction and the merchant faction finally started to negotiate honestly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then went to thank Sui Xiong.

"This time I really thank you for your help over the years!" He said sincerely, "If it weren't for the divinity that has grown over the years as a buffer, I would definitely not be able to use this method this time!"

"This is also because you seized the opportunity before and you have accumulated." Sui Xiong did not take credit, and said with a smile, "After all, people still have to help themselves. If you didn't accumulate well before, this time No one can help you."

"Yeah" The goddess of wealth nodded, but looked worried again, "I don't know if they can negotiate a result this time. This time the council only has merchants and nobles, and there are no representatives of priests and civilians. I I always think it’s not right."

"Then why don't you force to join the two parties?" Sui Xiong asked.

"Forcing them to negotiate is already my limit. If I force them more, I can't do it." The goddess of wealth sighed and shook her head again and again.

Sui Xiong smiled: "Don't worry, just leave it to me."

"It's nothing more than shutting them up and threatening them. I just used this method not long ago. I'm very proficient!"