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Text 3597 Looking for the Holy City (3)

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    The commercial power of the empire is divided by the inland sea, and the gap between the north and the south is huge. To the north are the wealthy merchants of the empire who have been beaten hard by the emperor many times. From the prosperous commercial capital of Lisbon, where thousands of merchant ships dock every day, to the tight  In the ports on the south coast of the Congo region at the mouth of the Rene Sea, from the gray forested Gaul region to the sunny Barro in Central Europe, all chambers of commerce, regardless of their imperial background or other power backgrounds, abide by the imperial commercial laws.  These emerging classes, which have risen rapidly with the expansion of the empire, have played a huge role in the imperial war, and have become the second largest class system in the empire after the military. But south of the Inland Sea, there is another scene. To the north, Lao Laoshi  A real chamber of commerce organization, it immediately showed its fangs when it arrived in southern Europe and turned into various power organizations. Robbery, slave trade, black market smuggling, and joint local forces to plunder local resources are even more common. In the final analysis,  , the Barrow region in southern Europe cannot be completely regarded as the mainland of the empire. During the two North-South wars that determined the fate of the continent, the Barrow countries in southern Europe were staunch resisters, and most of them held a hostile attitude towards the imperial merchants. Naturally, the Empire Chamber of Commerce would not treat them here.  Treat yourself as a lamb that can be slaughtered. Conflicts with knives and blood are commonplace. Regional nobles who want to plunder the property of these chambers of commerce will often be liquidated in an extremely cruel manner. Don't look at the fact that a caravan only has more than a hundred guards, but  As long as a chamber of commerce is robbed in a certain area, several large chambers of commerce that regard the area as their own sphere of influence will unite and send out joint combat troops, ranging from more than a thousand to three to four thousand, and the local  The nobles are the first to suffer. Since there are many bandits here, it is understandable that there are thousands more bandits. These large numbers of mercenaries will rob the local lords, and then find out what they have been killed from among the dirt.  Once the stolen goods are confirmed, the local nobles will be hanged unceremoniously. So from time to time on the trade road, you can see rows of corpses hanged on dilapidated castles. It would be too boring to hang one person. Naturally, a family must be hanged.  A whole family was hanged. Under such a shock, there were very few regional lords who dared to rob the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. It was not cost-effective to burden their whole family with them for a batch of goods. Chambers of commerce that could start a war on ocean trade had their own chamber of commerce armed forces, fully loaded with goods.  Merchant ships carrying goods are also fortresses with a forest of weapons. Sailors sailing on the sea are equipped with fully equipped combat regiments in the blink of an eye. These are veterans with rich combat experience. The empire's war of conquest wiped out many forces of Oparo in the north, hundreds of thousands of them.  The former dynasty's army was defeated or disbanded. Many of the soldiers belonging to these forces became mercenaries hired by the Chamber of Commerce. Currently, there are 167,000 official mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce registered in the Commercial Alliance alone, and many more are not registered.  According to estimates from the Business Alliance, there are at least 200,000 temporary chamber of commerce mercenaries. Most of these chamber of commerce mercenaries are deployed in the Barrow area of ??southern Europe, which is still a war zone. They have no fixed insurance and no so-called benefits. Most of them are  It is a tool used by the Chamber of Commerce to clear obstacles on trade routes. Here, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is definitely not synonymous with justice and kindness. The Chamber of Commerce is more of a force. The most notorious of them is the Imperial Bank, which has the most powerful military background in the empire and the most powerful one.  A super organization with strong financial support, and its members are said to include 40% of the royal family in the continent of Obarro. In essence, it has long been separated from the scope of the chamber of commerce, but is a fully formed economy.  The total number of the Imperial Bank Flag Guard Army is 80,000, divided into four flag guards. Two of the flag guard troops are in the Holy Capital area in the north of the Order State. This ensures that the north of the Holy Capital will not fall into a mess like the south.  In a messy situation, "Sister Dailan, can you tell me how many people are loyal to the temple in the Holy City now?  "Pudamia sat gracefully on the chair on the balcony, holding up the bubbling teacup on the table. The light blue and white cup exuded a different kind of tranquility. No one would know that the wind was blowing.  The female pope of the religious sect who rushed back to the holy capital did not go directly to the holy capital. Instead, she changed her clothes and came to Moze. As a pope, Putamia still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, but this hope was too much.  Miao Mian The emperor has agreed to return the Holy City to himself, and at the same time, he also wants to use his own hands to crack down on rampant commercial smuggling. Potamia knows this very well, and Potamia came immediately  Visiting Sokutus Stellan, apart from the fact that Sokutus Stellan has been in the Order Country for the past three months and knows the situation in the Order Country well, his more intention is to explore the business queen¡¯s tone.  Damia knew very well that in the current religious order country, Sokutus Stellan's name was far more useful than his own pope. No matter how arrogant and domineering the empire businessmen were, they would not be respected by Sokutus Stellan.  I just wanted to return to the Holy Capital for the sake of two obedient glances. Without thisIt is impossible to do it without the approval of the Queen of Industry. Don't look at the fact that the emperor gave himself three thousand Guards Cavalry, but in fact, the range that these three thousand Guards Cavalry can use is extremely limited. It is not so much that he gave himself a sword.  It is more appropriate to say that it is to protect yourself from being killed. The flag of the Imperial Business Alliance with the sun and moon as its emblem is currently flying on the flagpole outside the window. Following the direction of the flagpole, you can see the crescent-like blue crescent in the southeast direction in the distance.  At the port, the white merchant ship masts stand like a large forest. On the sparkling water, white water birds are rising and falling. The Ramsey River crossing the northern part of the Order State is connected with another Domu River from here.  The Tru River crisscrosses and converges to form the Holy River Sealand, which flows towards the holy capital of the Order State. But at this moment, in the eyes of Pope Potamia, the sun and moon emblem of the Imperial Commercial Bank looks like the word "money". It is said that Ikadiva  The money in the Wikipedia text is just a day embedded in a circle. The warm sunshine of early spring shines on the body, giving people a lazy feeling of being caressed. "Your Highness, I believe that you have already understood the current situation of the Order Country.  I understand. In the past few months of your absence, to put it bluntly, the Order State has existed in name only, so it is better to abandon unrealistic illusions. "Outside the Holy City, the decrees of the Chamber of Commerce have even replaced  The original decree of the Order State was in the Holy City" Sokutus Dailan looked at the port in the distance with a calm face, "Your Highness.  You should be able to imagine how many people can keep their true intentions without the constraints of His Highness and under the temptation of various favorable conditions of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. However, His Majesty has made an explanation for the Holy City area. As long as His Highness needs it, His Highness can still do it after three days.  "I don't want to let the Holy City be stained with blood again, and even with the status of the Imperial Bank, if force is used, it will cause a huge backlash." Putamiya hesitated, and said to Soku  Tustelan frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness the Pope, don't worry. I am a businessman. Naturally, I will follow the businessman's method. Of course, if Your Highness is not in a hurry, give me ten days, and I should be able to let those chambers of commerce work on their own."  Take the initiative to withdraw from the Holy City." Sokutus Stellan shook his head with a smile on his face, holding a spoon with his fingers and gently stirring the tea leaves in the green tea cup. As large quantities of Central and Asian tea leaves entered the Obaro area,  Tea drinking has also emerged among the Oparo nobles and merchants, but the way of quoting is slightly different. The Obaro people are more accustomed to soaking the tea leaves in water and slowly stirring them evenly, or adding their own customary ingredients.  It is customary to add purple rosette leaves to tea. It has a faint floral aroma in the mouth. It is said that drinking rosette leaf water for many years can make people emit a peculiar aroma. "Many people think that drinking rosette leaves will have an aroma. In fact,  It's incomplete. It should be soaked in slices of loland leaves and gamma tree roots to give off a lily-like scent." Putamia glanced at the tea cup in Sokutus Stellan's hand, knowingly or unknowingly.  He said, ¡°His Royal Highness the Pope has also studied this?  " Sokutus Dailan's slender and charming eyes lit up. She was no longer young. Ever since she stepped down from the position of Thirteen Ministers of the Business Alliance, she was far away from the business battlefield of the past.  Kutus Cable does not need to keep himself in a fighting state at all times, and has also begun to specialize in some things that women like. Although the emperor has not made it clear, judging from the orders sent, there will most likely be one in the near future.  When she went to the holy capital of the Order, she saw Sokutus Stellan drinking this extremely bitter rosewood leaf. Putamiya also roughly guessed something. She smiled and said, "My sister still didn't care when she called me the Pope."  I treat myself as one of my own, sister, don¡¯t forget that as the Pope, he is also an expert in using medicine, and there are special drug official records about these medicines that can increase charm. As far as I know, they can only emit body fragrance.  There are more than a dozen kinds, and each fragrance brings different feelings to people. Even the crimson moon flower fragrance that Your Majesty is most accustomed to has, but it is a pity that these information are all in the Holy City at the moment, otherwise I would now  Take it out and give it to your sister. " "Did His Majesty tell the Pope that he was coming to the Holy City?  "Sokutus Stellan pressed the teacup with her hand and looked at Putamia with her eyes. "I'm not a fool. Even if I didn't know it when I came here, don't I know it now? Since I left the Holy City, my sister has  Isn't it just to help me guard the Holy City when I entered the northern part of the Order Country?  "Pope Potamia sighed slightly. Sokutus Stellan's pretty face turned serious for the first time and said, "The various chambers of commerce are making too much noise in the southern part of the Order Country. They used to do it to completely cut off the trade routes on the Harvey Plateau.  And chose to ignore it. Now that the battle situation in the Harvey Plateau has been decided, both the Harvey people and the Ikal people will suffer. It is the perfect moment for the empire's commercial routes to extend into the Harvey Plateau. At this time, the major chambers of commerce are still working for their own selfish interests.  And stirring up trouble in the southern part of the Order State.??This even affected the trade routes of the Azure Chamber of Commerce, which the Empire was lurking in Martin's Fang. They were seeking death!  " "Martin's sharp-toothed Blue Chamber of Commerce!  "Pudamia paused for breath, "Yes, this is a situation set up by His Majesty himself. Originally, the empire secretly supported the Samtamara family, and at the same time used the Azure Chamber of Commerce as an influence to evacuate twenty people from the Order State.  Several Martin Tooth lords gathered together, hoping to use the interests of the Blue Chamber of Commerce to make these more than twenty powerful lords become staunch supporters of Sam Tamara and become the largest force in Martin Tooth, which would directly influence  The progress of the Martin Fang people. For this plan, His Majesty has been planning it since the beginning of the Holy Capital War. He even spared 200,000 Martin Fang people and later released all the Martin Fang prisoners. His Majesty paid a great deal of effort.  How could you not pay such a price in return!  But in fact, this plan has almost failed miserably!  Sokutus Stellan paused and smiled bitterly. Even though the Blue Chamber of Commerce has the exclusive trading rights for Martin's fangs, the trade volume last month was only tens of thousands of imperial gold, not the expected dozens.  Wan Empire Gold, why?  The reason is that these chambers of commerce are kings in the southern part of the Order State. Because the chambers of commerce are fighting each other and suppressing each other, even the Blue Chamber of Commerce, which is registered with the Imperial Business Alliance, is charged when passing through the areas controlled by these chambers of commerce.  High taxes have greatly reduced the benefits. Eighty percent of the benefits from a trip are consumed on the road. Only 20% of the benefits are obtained. Naturally, the binding force on the major lords of Martin's Tooth will not be sustainable.  Fortunately, these lords remembered the friendship that protected them when they retreated to the country, and still stood on the side of Sam Tamara on big occasions. For example, the Sam tribe's proposal to abolish the young chief was criticized and dismissed by these powerful lords.  Although the Sam tribe chose to deprive Sam Tamara of his identity as the young chief of the Sam tribe, at the group meeting in Martinliya, the major lords still regarded Sam Tamara as the young chief of the Sam tribe.  The patriarch was very angry, but it was hard to say how long this situation could last. If the Blue Chamber of Commerce could not achieve the expected normal profit results, the empire's huge investment and efforts in Martin Fang would be in vain!  Pope Potamia knew a little about the emperor's arrangements for Martin's Fang. He didn't think about it at first. However, after learning about the chaos in the southern part of the Order State on the way, Pope Potamia first  Time will tell what he is here to do. Where the emperor is inconvenient to take action, he, the Pope, has no pressure at all, because he is the Pope of the Order State and the nominal monarch of this land. Even if something really breaks out.  The conflict, at best, can only be defined as a conflict between the Holy Capital and the local area. Businessmen who are suppressed will inevitably complain to the empire. At that time, the empire will be able to intervene in a serious manner. These businessmen are not just free to manipulate!
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