Power and Empire Chapter 3597: Looking for the Holy Capital (3)
The business power of the empire is divided by the inland sea, and there is a huge gap between the north and the south.
To the north are the imperial merchants who have been severely beaten countless times by the imperial emperor. From the prosperous commercial capital of Lisbon, where thousands of merchant ships dock every day, to the south coast port of the Congolese region, which is close to the mouth of the Inner Sea. , From the Gaul region in the gray forest to the sunny Central Europe, all chambers of commerce, regardless of the imperial background or other forces background, abide by the imperial business laws and regulations.
These emerging classes that rose rapidly with the expansion of the empire played a huge role in the war of the empire, and they have become the second largest class system in the empire except for the soldiers
But south of the Inner Sea, it’s another scene
The honest chamber of commerce organization in the north, it immediately showed its fangs when it arrived in Southern Europe, and became a variety of power organizations, looting, slave trade, black market smuggling, and uniting local forces to plunder local resources. It is widespread. In the final analysis, the southern European and Baro region cannot be completely regarded as the empire's homeland. In the two North-South wars that determined the fate of the mainland, the southern European and Baro countries were staunch resistance, and most of them held a hateful attitude towards the imperial merchants
The Natural Empire Chamber of Commerce is here, and will not regard itself as a lamb that can be slaughtered
The conflict between the knife and the blood is commonplace. The nobles in the area who want to plunder the properties of these chambers of commerce are often subjected to extremely cruel liquidation. Don’t look at the guards of a caravan with only a hundred people, but as long as there is a chamber of commerce in a certain If this area is looted, several large chambers of commerce that regard the area as their own sphere of influence will unite and send out joint combat troops. The few are more than 1,000, and the more are three to four thousand. The local nobles are the first. Those who suffer, since there are many bandits on your side, it is understandable that there are thousands of bandits. These large numbers of mercenaries will plunder the local lords, and then find out their abducted goods from the dirt. Once confirmed, the local nobles will be unceremoniously hanged
So from time to time, you can see rows of corpses hanging on the ruined castle on the commercial road. Hanging one is too boring. Naturally, hanging one is a family hanging. Under such a shock, dare to rob the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. The lords of the region are very few. It is not cost-effective to push up his family and children for a batch of goods. The chambers of commerce that can go to war on the ocean trade have their own chambers of commerce. The merchant ships loaded with goods are also fortresses of weapons like forests, sailing on the sea. In the blink of an eye, the sailor is equipped with a complete combat army
These are veterans with rich combat experience
The war of conquest of the empire wiped out many forces at Obaro in the north. Hundreds of thousands of former dynasty troops were defeated or disbanded. Many of the soldiers belonging to these forces became mercenaries hired by the Chamber of Commerce, currently only in the business alliance. There are 167,000 registered official mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce, and there are more temporary mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce that are not registered. According to the estimation of the Business Alliance, there are at least 200,000. Most of these mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce are equipped in or There is no fixed insurance or so-called welfare in the southern Oubaro area of the war zone. Most of them are tools used by the Chamber of Commerce to clear obstacles in trade routes. Here, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is definitely not synonymous with justice and kindness. The Chamber of Commerce is more of a one. Power
One of the most notorious first choice Imperial Bank
This super organization with the strongest military background of the empire and the strongest financial support, its members are said to include 40% of the royal family of the Europa continent. In essence, it has long been out of the scope of the Chamber of Commerce. , But a fully formed economy. The total number of the Imperial Bank flag guards under its command is 80,000, divided into four flag guards
And two of the flag guard forces are located in the Holy Capital area to the north of the Order. This ensures that the northern part of the Holy Capital is not caught in a mess like the south,
"Sister Delan, can you tell me how many people are still loyal to the temple in the sanctuary?" Putamia sat gracefully on a chair on the balcony, raising her hands and bubbling on the table. The teacup, the light blue blue and white cup reveals a different kind of tranquility. No one would know that the pope of the sect, who was rushing back to the holy capital, did not go directly to the holy capital, but changed her outfit. Moser,
As the Pope, Putamia still has a glimmer of hope in his heart, but this hope is too slim
The emperor has agreed to return the Holy Capital to himself, and at the same time, he must use his own hand to crack down on rampant commercial smuggling. For this, Putamia knew it well, and Putamia immediately I came to visit Socutus Delan, except that Socutus Delan has been in the region of the Order of the Order for the past three months, and knows the situation of the Order of State well, and more intentions are to visit this business queen. Mouth
Pudamia knows very well that in the current state of the Order, Socutus Delan’s name is far more useful than his own pope. No matter how arrogant and domineering the imperial merchants of all sizes are, they are in Socutus. In front of Dailan, there were only two obedient glances. She wanted to return to the holy capital. Without the approval of the business queen, she would not be able to do it. Don’t look at the emperor giving herself three thousand cavalry guards, but in fact, these three The range that the Thousand Guards Cavalry can display is extremely limited
It is more appropriate to protect yourself from being killed than to give yourself a knife.
The flag of the Empire Business Alliance with the sun and the moon as the emblem is now flying on the flagpole outside the window. Following the flagpole, you can see the crescent-like blue port in the southeast in the distance, and the white merchant ship mast is like this A large forest stands there, and white water birds rise and fall on the sparkling water. The Ramsey River, which runs across the northern part of the State of the Order, is from here interlaced with another Domtru River to flow towards the Order. The Holy River Sealand, the holy capital of the country, but at the moment in the eyes of Pope Putami, this sun and moon emblem of the Imperial Commercial Bank looks like a word for money. It is said that the money in the Ikadivawija script is a Inside the circle, a day shape is embedded, and the warm sun of early spring gives people a lazy feeling of being touched
"His Royal Highness, I believe that you have already understood the current situation of the State of the Order. In the months when you are away, you are polite to say that the State of the Order has existed in name only, so I still abandon it. Actual fantasy is better"
"Outside the holy capital, the decree organized by the Chamber of Commerce even replaced the original decree of the sect nation, and within the holy capital..." Socutus Delan looked at the distance calmly with a pretty face. In the port, put an order document in his hand on the table. "His Royal Highness should be able to think of how many people can maintain their original minds without the constraints of His Highness and under the lure of various favorable conditions of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. The area has already explained that as long as His Highness needs it, after three days, His Highness can still enter the Holy Capital with confidence"
"I don't want the Holy Capital to be bloodied again, and even with the status of the Imperial Bank, I am afraid that it will cause a huge rebound if it is strong." Putamia hesitated, for Socutus Delan Persuaded and said with a frown,
"His Royal Highness, don’t worry, I am a businessman, so I naturally follow the merchant’s method. Of course, if your Highness is not in a hurry, give me ten days, you should be able to let those chambers of commerce take the initiative to withdraw from the Holy Capital." Curtus Delan shook her head with a smile, holding a spoon with her fingers and gently stirring the tea in the green teacup. As the large quantities of Chinese tea entered the Obaro region, the tea was also consumed by the Obaro nobles. The rise of the merchant class is just a little different in the way of quoting. The Obaro people are more accustomed to steeping the tea in water and then slowly stirring it evenly, or adding their own accustomed ingredients. Socutus Delan is used to adding purple Roland to the tea. Ye, there is a faint floral fragrance in the mouth. It is said that drinking Roland leaf water for many years can make people exude a peculiar fragrance
"Many people think that drinking Roland leaves will have a fragrance, but it is actually incomplete. It should be the slices of Roland leaves with gamma roots and all the bubbles can make people exude a smell similar to lilies." Putamiya looked at Glancing at the tea cup in Socutus Delan's hand, she said something intentionally or unintentionally
"His Royal Highness the Pope also studies this?"
Socutus Delan’s slender and obsessive eyes lit up. She is not young anymore. Since she retired from the position of the 13th Ministry of the Business Alliance, she has been far away from the business battlefield of the light sword shadow of the past. , Socutus Cable didn’t need to keep itself in battle at all times. It also began to specialize in some things that women like. Although the emperor didn’t make it clear, judging from the orders sent, it’s nine out of ten in the near future. When I came to the Holy Capital of the Kingdom of the Order, I saw Socutus Delan drinking this terribly bitter Roland Ye, Putamia also roughly guessed something
I saw her smiling and saying, "My sister called me the pope and still didn’t treat me as her own person. Don’t forget, as the pope, she is also a master of medicine, and these drugs that can increase charm are even more important. There is a special drug official record. As far as I know, there are more than a dozen kinds of scents that can only emit body scents, and each scent gives people different feelings, even if it is the most used scent of Scarlet Moon Flower. , It’s just a pity that these materials are all in the holy capital at the moment, otherwise I will take them out and hand them to my sister."
" Is your Majesty telling the Pope that he is coming to the Holy City? "Socutus Delan held the teacup in his hand and looked at Putamia with his eyes tightly.
"I’m not a fool, even if I didn’t know it when I came here, don’t you know now? Since I left the Holy Capital, my sister has entered the northern part of the Order of the Kingdom and sits here. Isn’t it just to help me see the Holy Capital? "Pope Putamia sighed slightly
Socutus Delan’s pretty face became serious for the first time, and said, "The various chambers of commerce are making a lot of noise in the southern part of the mission country. In the past, they chose to ignore them in order to completely cut off the business roads of the Harvey Plateau. Now Harvey The battle of the plateau has been decided, the Harvey and the Ikar are both defeated. It is the perfect moment for the imperial business route to extend into the Harvey plateau. At this time, the major chambers of commerce are still stirring the wind in the southern part of the religious group for their own interests. Stirring the rain, and even therefore affected the trade route of the Azure Chamber of Commerce, which was lurking in the empire in Martin Liya, they are seeking their own way!
"Martin Liya's Azure Chamber of Commerce!" Putamia's breathing paused,
"Yes, this is the bureau set by your majesty himself. The empire secretly supported Sam Tamara and at the same time used the Azure Chamber of Commerce as a link to gather more than twenty Lord Martin Teeth who had been withdrawn from the sect nation. Get up, hoping to use the interests of the Azure Chamber of Commerce to make these more than 20 real power lords become staunch supporters of Sam Tamara, become the largest force in Martin Liya, and directly influence the process of Martin Liya people.
For this plan, your Majesty has been planning the battle since the beginning of the Holy Capital War. He even freed up 200,000 Martin Tooth people and released all Martin Tooth prisoners later. Your Majesty paid such a price, why? May not return!
But in fact, this plan is currently almost a fiasco!
Socutus Dailan paused in her voice and smiled bitterly. Even though the Azure Chamber of Commerce holds the exclusive trading rights for Martin Liya, the trade volume last month was only tens of thousands of imperial gold, not expected. Hundreds of thousands of imperial gold, why? The reason is that these chambers of commerce, which occupy the mountain as the king in the southern part of the ecclesiastical state, are entrenched by the power of the chambers of commerce, because the chambers of commerce are tumbling against each other and suppressing each other. High taxes~IndoMTL.com~The profits are greatly reduced
Eighty percent of the benefits of come and go are consumed on the road, and only 20% of the benefits. Naturally, the binding force on the major lords of Martin Liya is not sustainable.
Fortunately, these lords thought about protecting their friendship withdrawing from the country at the beginning, and on large occasions they still stood on Sam Tamara’s side. For example, the Sam’s proposal to abolish the young patriarch was rejected by these powerful lords. Up
, even though the Sam people chose to deprive Sam Tamara of their status as the young patriarch, but at the group meeting in Martin Liya, the lords still regarded Sam Tamara as the young Sam patriarch. , Annoyed the Sam clan leader
But how long this situation can last is hard to say
If the Azure Chamber of Commerce cannot achieve the expected normal profitability, the huge investment and effort invested by the Empire in Martin Liya will be in vain!
Regarding the arrangement of the emperor in Martin Liya, Pope Putamia knew a little bit. He didn’t think about it at first, but after learning about the chaos in the southern part of the Order on the road, Pope Putami Ya knew what he was here for the first time,
where it’s inconvenient for the emperor to take action, he, the pope, has no pressure at all, because he is the pope of the sect country and the nominal monarch of this land
Even if there is any conflict that really breaks out, it can only be defined as a conflict between the sacred capital and the locality. When the merchants are suppressed, they will inevitably complain to the empire
When the time comes, the empire will be able to intervene in truthful words. These merchants are not free to choose!