Power and Empire Chapter 3214: Start the network
"My God, what the **** is going on!"
"The Imperial Admiralty is really crazy this time, do you know that once this happens, the entire Lisboa arms trade will be abolished!"
"It's over, how can the Imperial Admiralty make such a **** decision?" A businessman's face was pale, and he stumbled out and said to himself
"I knew it, I knew that the Ministry of Supervision suddenly banned the trade in ordnance. It was definitely not as simple as it seemed. Sure enough, you think this is coming. I keep saying that the price of imperial weapons will drop again and again. Now it’s okay, now it can’t be sold or shipped out. It’s all in his hands. "A businessman squatted on the ground in pain, holding his head in his hands, and crying.
"I borrowed money to buy ordnance. I have a one-month repayment period, and now it’s impossible to even ship it out."
"A deficit of at least fifty thousand gold, maybe more than... I really don’t know what to do." Waves of sounds spread from the ceremonial hall in the port area of Lisbon, converging into a fierce and noisy sound. , Gradually spread to the small square outside the chamber and the nearby area. It was hung in front of the sign at the entrance of the port ceremony hall. It was already surrounded by people on several floors, all because of the sign just hung up by the Admiralty. The number of people who came from the beginning was more than a hundred people, and soon became thousands of people, and then like a hurricane swept through the thatch, a piece of mourning, in the Chamber of Commerce Hall of the Carus Chamber of Commerce, even more so. Packed with people
"Carus comes out, Carus comes out" merchants shouted Carus's name
"I'm sorry everyone, the president is not in the chamber of commerce now!" A vice president of the chamber of commerce who was in charge of the reception looked embarrassed and looked desperately at the businessmen crowded in the lobby
"I know that Carus is in the Chamber of Commerce. I saw him this morning. Don’t think that you can hide by hiding. If we don’t refund our money, we will pretend to be an imperial merchant and sell counterfeit goods. Let’s talk about the weapon. Let’s refund the money. We ask for a refund.” A businessman stood up and shouted hysterically, and then the second and the third, as if there was something hidden under the dark, exploding like a bomb. Open, people watching the excitement outside, all kinds of talking voices, about the Carus Chamber of Commerce posing as an imperial merchant to sell counterfeit weapons, also spread irresistibly, buzzing noises
"Unexpectedly, it is the Carus Chamber of Commerce that sells fake ordnance!"
" is really unpredictable. As one of the largest chambers of commerce in Eero, the Carus Chamber of Commerce looks so glamorous, but the inside is so dirty. It puts the black pot of selling counterfeit weapons on the heads of the imperial merchants. That’s disgusting!” Soon a group of Listo’s city guards appeared at the door of the Carus Chamber of Commerce, and a city guard officer ordered the entire Carus Chamber of Commerce to be closed.
"The idiot, Carus, is looking for such a person to cooperate. Can we talk about the sale of counterfeit ordnance? The empire will soon find out about Carus. We have to figure out our own way." There was a bright carriage parked in a corner of the street outside the Carus Chamber of Commerce. The blond young man watched this scene with piercing eyes, pressing his palms heavily on the table, watching Carus being beaten by frost and eggplant. The guard dragged away, and his nose couldn't help but snorted heavily
"His Royal Highness, I said long ago that after doing that sale, he should get rid of this Carus. If you did that, why bother now!" Sitting opposite the blond young man, He is an old-looking middle-aged man, with a tall nose bridge on both sides, cold flashing eyes, and a black dress on his body, giving people the first feeling of being stared at by a poisonous snake.
" Okay, now that everything is empty. Calle Carus is unreliable. The black prison of the Imperial Supervision Department, Callus can’t survive. The mad dog of the Imperial Supervision Department will soon sniff "The blond young man who was chasing by the smell retracted his gaze from a distance and waved his hand to the middle-aged man on the opposite side. "What we have to do now is to immediately throw out all the 100,000 sets of imperial weapons acquired in the previous period. Otherwise, we will not only lose a Carus Chamber of Commerce, but also let the Empire take the handle"
" I’m afraid it’s impossible. One hundred thousand sets of ordnance. If it were before, it’s okay to say that now the entire Lisbon Tor is full of turmoil. The Ministry of Supervision has forcibly stopped the ordnance trade, and the Admiralty prohibits ordnance from being shipped out of Lisbon. "The middle-aged man showed embarrassment on his face and smiled bitterly at the corners of his mouth" in a short period of time. Now the entire Lisbonto has become so fascinated with ordnance that there are so many soldiers.
Who dare to ask for a weapon? But in order to purchase these ordnances, more than two million imperial gold has been spent. Isn't it just a waste of money?
"This is definitely not good. Others don’t know how the two million dollars came from, don’t you know yet"
Hearing the middle-aged man’s words, the blond youth shook his head resolutely." For Ruila, which is in desperate need of funds, these two million yuan have already exceeded the income of the Kingdom of Ruila for half a year. In the war, The damage to the Kingdom of Rila was very serious. The entire south was destroyed, and most of the north was damaged. Although we drove the Hungarians out of Rila in the end, the population loss caused by that war reached more than three million. , For Ruila, who has a total population of less than tens of millions, it is a catastrophe! In order to restore the ruined kingdom, the royal family has mortgaged finances and taxes and a large number of regional resources. For this money, we are already smashing the pot and selling iron. Now, even the profit from the last transaction with the Eero is in it!"
"If this is the case, then I have to take the risk once more"
Looking at the blond youth with determination, the middle-aged businessman looked out of the carriage with a solemn expression, tapping his fingers on the table hard
"Do you mean the same as last time?’ The blonde youth had a wrong face
"Why not?" The middle-aged man grinned. "Just like last time, I encouraged the entire Lisbon trust businessmen to go to the Governor's Palace to protest. What's more, this time the Ministry of Supervision prohibits the sale of ordnance, but it guards self-pirates and allows exclusive sales. I believe that just by virtue of this, many people dared not say anything. Moreover, there is now this admiralty ban. I believe that businessmen who are dissatisfied with this are definitely not a few in Lisbon, as long as we are appropriately If you light a fire, the businessmen in Lisbon will riot. The Governor’s House will inevitably put pressure on the Ministry of Supervision, and Carus will be imprisoned. The whole of Lisbon will soon know that the Ministry of Supervision has caught the fake. For criminals with inferior ordnance, the Ministry of Supervision naturally has no reason to continue prohibiting the trade of weapons. When that happens, we can throw out all the weapons in our hands as soon as possible, and then return to the Rilla with the money earned."
"The way is good, but it is only by our strength, I am afraid that it will not be able to agitate the businessmen in Lisbon!" Hearing the words of the middle-aged, the blond youth showed some worry on his face
"You can rest assured," the black-clothed middle-aged man's eyes flashed, revealing a sophisticated and calm voice, his voice paused, and he continued, "This opportunity is really rare. All forces have sent people. When I came to Lisbon, the whole of Lisbon’s hundreds of thousands of ordnance trades were boycotted at the same time. This is enough to show that the parties have tacitly joined forces to suppress the empire. I believe that the Ministry of Supervision wants to let go of the ordnance trade orders. We are definitely not the only one of Ruila, what everyone lacks is someone who dares to set the fire."
"This is the only way to do this now" The blond young man sighed
Lisboa Trading House, the crowded merchants are still bulging their eyes, looking for the trading wooden sign that has appeared 37 times in a row on the trading wall in front, but unfortunately let everyone down, it seems to follow Carus was taken away by the empire, and the trade sign disappeared.
"It seems that it should be used as a bait. Now that people have been caught, it is normal that they no longer appear"
In a richly decorated villa, a businessman wearing an exquisite satin robe pressed the report he just received on the table. In front of him, there were three or four businessman, one of whom couldn’t help saying " My lord, I don’t think this is necessarily the case. Since the Ministry of Supervision has caught the counterfeiters, why has the ban on ordnance trade not been lifted?"
"I ask you all to be cautious. If you refuse to listen, you just want to wait for the imperial weapons to collapse and then buy them in large quantities. Now the price of imperial weapons has not collapsed, but has increased by 20%. , And under the Ministry of Supervision’s ban, even if someone wanted to sell, he wouldn’t dare to sell it! The businessman swept his eyes across the others and took a deep breath. This time the price of the imperial weapon fell drastically, for all other forces. In other words, it was a carnival feast. Everyone was eagerly waiting for the price of the imperial weapon to collapse. Who knew the sudden reversal of the situation made everyone look dumbfounded. The price of imperial weapon was in full view, and the price of the imperial weapon was not lowered. Increase, for all the forces that even have the funds ready to buy, it is simply the pain of being stabbed by others. 202
"My lord, I just got the news, Rila is preparing..." A servant hurriedly appeared in the ear of the businessman
Whispered in the ear for a while
"I see, let's go on." The businessman nodded, and after listening, finally there was a smile on his stern face. He raised the report in his hands to the several businessmen standing in front of him, and said coldly." According to the news that has just been received, the Rila people are preparing to protest again at the Admiral’s Mansion. I heard that the Carus Chamber of Commerce that was raided this time is the Chamber of Commerce in the Rila Kingdom. Moreover, the Rila people also bought the most weapons some time ago. A conservative estimate. There are at least one hundred thousand sets of weapons and weapons in the hands of the Rila people. It seems that the imperial navy’s prohibition on foreign transport makes the Rila people feel unable to sit still. Let’s be the Rila people."
"The people who told us, cooperate with the Riela people!” The businessman said categorically. He believes that like himself, other forces are cooperating with the Riela people more or less, otherwise the Ministry of Supervision will not let go. The loss for everyone is great! Now that the Rila people are willing to stand up, everyone will follow along and work hard,
The morning sun shines on the calm water of Lisbon Port, as if it has woven a faint silver light on the sea. The towering masts of the various ships in the harbor show long shadows in the morning light. The sailors are nervously and orderly packing up various items to prepare for the voyage. Lisboa begins again in the morning light. After a busy day, the number of piers where people used to be crowded has now decreased a lot. The merchants who used to shuttle the most to and from the port of Lisbon are very few at this moment. Most of the merchants who can be seen are not related to the arms trade.
"The other party really did the same trick again." The fat man took his gaze back from the port and appeared on an imperial merchant ship that steadily docked into the port. The other party would once again encourage Lisboa’s merchants to go to the Governor’s Palace to protest. This was already in Fatty’s As expected, the Governor’s Mansion has also been prepared for a long time. The four squadrons have been transferred to the periphery of the Governor’s Mansion. There are a full 1,000 imperial soldiers. The Governor’s Mansion itself is already under the third level of martial law, and the third level is the combat level. The guards of the governor’s mansion are already at war, as long as anyone attempts to attack the governor’s mansion, according to the imperial decree, it is safe and rebellious!
"Send this to the exchange in the port" The fat man turned around from the bow, took out a trade sheet in his arms, and handed it to the guard behind him. He was just wearing casual clothes and standing on the bow of the boat. Conspicuous
"Yes, Your Majesty" Guards took the trade order and went away
Ten minutes later, this weapons trade list, which was specially confirmed by the Imperial Supervision Department, ~IndoMTL.com~, appeared again at the Port of Lisbon Trading House, but this time, the number was no longer 300, but Thirty thousand sets! The price is still the same as before, and the guards still remember that when he handed the trade order to the trading house, the eyes of the trade office staff who received him were almost bulging! Even the deputy director of the trading house received himself personally,
"It’s terrible, isn’t it, it has nothing to do with us at all!"
Governor Vihari shrugged his shoulders and looked at the woman sitting on the sofa. The corner of his mouth didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. At the gate of the Governor’s Mansion, thousands of businessmen gathered at the iron gate, and some people were at the front step. The most excited, constantly shouting various slogans, Velhari can be sure that if it hadn’t been for seeing the sharp weapons of the city guards blocking the door, these merchants would have rushed in. Harry looked distressed and walked back and forth
"I said, it was just at the beginning, "The woman on the sofa picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip." I just don't know who is so big, and even the Ministry of Supervision and the Admiralty are fully cooperating with him. The other party’s series of methods are really unpredictable. Not only criminals who sell fake and inferior weapons that have not been caught for a long time have been hooked out, but also all parties involved in the price of imperial weapons are caught up in their own hands. I jumped out and killed two birds with one stone. Now I don’t know what the other party will do."
" My lord, it’s not good. There was news from the east gate just now that the Gangfei Southern Third Army, stationed outside Lisbonto, had entered through the east gate!! "An attendant of the Governor’s Palace looked flustered. Stumbled and ran in