Proof of the Sun King

Inside the Curona Palace, Talleyrand sat panting on crutches below, and above were the members of the Brittany High Command, composed of marshals and dukes, of which the tsar Catalin was specially designated. It was allowed to listen, but Aurora and Teresa didn't know where they were going. When Ryan asked, Orika just showed a mysterious smile.

Talleyrand briefly described the situation in Marienburg.

From the beginning of the topic, Talleyrand confirmed the news that many years ago, the hostile problem brought by the Great Expedition to Mount Eight Peaks had never been completely resolved. In the matter, he always hated Ryan for not letting them make a big profit. After that, after Schultz's iron-fisted management and the dwarf's revenge, the business princes of Marienburg took a dwarf's revenge and were scared by Ryan again. It has indeed converged a lot, and the interior has begun to differentiate.

Some business princes such as Viscount Casanova seem to have learned something from Schultz and expressed goodwill to befriend Ryan.

Some business princes decided to write off the well water not to river water in the future with Ryan.

But there are other business princes who are always planning revenge.

After a few years, these people saw that Ryan's prestige was at the height of the sky. The army was extremely powerful and victorious. The big businessmen in Marienburg were scared by Ryan and shrank their eggs. They did not dare to take revenge, and could only bear it.

Lane, on the other hand, has a lot of affairs, wars one after another, crises one after another, and he has no time to pay attention to the shadows on the other side of Marienburg. Moreover, as a model of chivalry, Lane needs a famous lecturer, Marienburg. It is also the territory of the empire and the free trade port. There is no excuse for doing things.

But this does not mean that the two sides will always be at peace like this.

"What are the merchants in Marienburg doing recently?" Ryan asked Talleyrand.

"The princes of the business world are making a lot of money recently." Talleyrand smiled: "Hoarding and hyping up the three substances of grain, cloth and coal, these big businessmen have really made a lot of money by relying on the fire of the old world. Bo Man, especially the leader of the Bahr Chamber of Commerce, Clinde... still shouting, Your Majesty and you, these are their original words, I said, don't be angry."

"What did they say?" Ryan laughed.

"They say... 100 points for the Breton Knights in military, 80 points in politics, 0 points in economy, and also say... Marienburg is an imperial territory, and if the Breton knights come as friends, they will be served with wine. If you want to be a jackal, you can only serve with a double-barreled shotgun." Talleyrand smiled and showed his teeth: "They also said that Marienburg is the headquarters of the Sea God Mannan Church, does the lady in the lake want to start a war of gods? ?"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Lane laughed and burst into tears: "Everyone, the business princes of Malinburg seem to think that we can't do anything."

"Hahahaha!" There was a cheerful air in the Supreme Command.

However, traditional knightly nobles such as Callard and Berhemond have worries, because they really don't know what to do.

"There is indeed a problem with Mannan, the sea god, but don't worry, I have asked the lady to negotiate with Mannan." Ryan laughed for a while and became serious: "As for what we should do, Callard, Bertrand."

"Yes!" The two marshals stood up.

"Order the army, wait for my order, immediately cross the border of Brittany and arrive at the suburbs of Marienburg!" Lane said first.

"But... what's the reason?" Callard hesitated for a while, and then asked: "Will it have a very bad impact if a large number of troops are directly sent across the border without prior explanation?"

"Chasing the remnants of Chaos." Ryan scolded with a smile: "Isn't this an easy excuse?"

"Ah! Yes!" Callard suddenly realized, he understood, and immediately made inferences: "And we have reason to suspect that there are a large number of Chaos believers in Marienburg, which must be strictly investigated! We have to enter the city and search carefully!"

"Yes, it must be strictly investigated, but it is not for us to investigate. We will hand over this glorious task to Grand Duke Schultz of Marienburg." Ryan's smile was almost twisted: "We still believe in Marienburg's self-discipline and self-discipline. In terms of error correction ability, we believe that Schultz will give us a fair account and answer."

Callard and Bertrand took the orders, and Ryan said to several dukes: "In addition to the army, the other hand must be grasped, and it must be hard. Please transfer the grain in your treasury and granary to temporarily give it to you. I, I promise not only to return all of them in the end, but also to add extra money!"

"Follow His Majesty's orders!" Everyone has absolute confidence in Ryan, who has accomplished too many miracles.

And just like that, the liquidation against Marienburg begins!

In mid-February, Brittany held a grand military parade. After the military parade was held in Curona, more than 20,000 Brittanian troops directly turned their offensive to kill Marienburg without any Crossing the border between the Kingdom of Knights and the Empire with scruples, Karad used the excuse of "chasing the remnants of Chaos" and "investigating the believers of Chaos", sweeping all the way, and approaching the suburbs of Marienburg in just 10 days!

The actions of the Bretons caused a huge panic in the upper and lower chambers of Marienburg. What are the Bretons trying to do? !

We Marienburg is the territory of the Empire, are you trying to provoke a war? !

However, Callard seemed to be a little afraid. Callard's army and Bertrand's army only arrived in the suburbs of Marienburg and did not rush into the city.

Now the business princes are full of confidence again. After all, Brittanians still dare not enter the city~

They started to come up with new ideas again.

Stir-fry food, stir-fry cloth, and stock up!

2522 in the imperial calendar - 2524 in the imperial calendar, the old world was in torment, Estalia, the border princes and Tyrell have basically fallen, and the empire is also struggling to persevere in the wind and rain, only Britta Nia is fairly stable.

This incomparable chaos soon brought terrifying business opportunities to the big moat merchants in Marienburg. Among them, the big moat merchants focused on grain and cloth. Grain is a necessity for survival, and cloth is a Clothes are the necessities of life. These two things are just necessary for life in the old world. With the large-scale reduction of food production in the old world and the shortage of military supplies, the big merchants in Marienburg began to frantically hype the price of food, from 2522 to 2524 in the imperial calendar. In 2010, the price of grain soared by 450%, and the price of cloth soared by 230%.

With the Skaven War in 2523 and the defense of Curona just now, the largest grain merchant in the old world, Klinde, the chairman of the Bacher Chamber of Commerce, judged that the old world will usher in a new wave of food shortages.

At the same time, because the outside of Marienburg was blocked by the Brittany army, panic appeared in the whole old world. As the largest commercial center and trade center in the whole old world, the price of Marienburg largely affects the old world. The world's prices, under the temptation of hoarding roasted seeds and seeds, and under the temptation of super high profits, the big businessmen closely united with Klinde, president of the Bacher Chamber of Commerce, and began to gather funds for roasting seeds and seeds.

At the same time, in order not to give the Bretons an excuse, the big ditch merchants in Marienburg were also very careful. They tried their best to make all their own transactions and sales legal, and did not let the knights and nobles intervene. At the same time, they continued to Sending out various remarks, while urgently sending letters to the front lines of the Empire to ask for help from the Empire, on the other hand, he kept insisting that if Marienburg was destroyed, the old world would be destroyed.

"Fort Marienburg is the hub of the old world. Anyone who does anything against Marienburg at this time will harm the interests of the old world and hand over knives to foreign forces (referring to Chaos), and ignore the great cause of anti-chaos in the old world. Sinners of the world!"

"Brittany's 10-hour working system and working eight days off and two are obviously not in line with the specific situation of my Marienburg. The 15-hour working system is the work system that best fits my Marienburg characteristics!"

"Whoever wants the workers to increase their wages and not work overtime, and who wants the workers to have the right to collective bargaining, is to destroy the advantage of cheap labor in Marienburg, and it is to make trouble with the people of the Empire!"

As expected by the big trench merchants, the Bretons seemed to be starting to be afraid, and the Carrad and Bertrand troops stationed outside the city had no intention of entering the city.

Here's your chance!

In March, as the spring ploughing began one after another, the grain production of the old world, except for Brittany, faced another major reduction in production. In 2522 and 2524, the price of food had soared to 670%, and many poor people could not even afford a loaf of brown bread after working all day.

And at this time, Brittany shot.

Ryan had mobilized an astonishing amount of food from all over the knight kingdom and stored them in Curona. Under his instruction, the Estalia Merchant Union, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce, the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce and the Agnew Chamber of Commerce were four. A large chamber of commerce began to sell grain in the market.

On March 1, the Estalia Merchants Union announced to sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. The Marienburg merchants headed by the Bahr Chamber of Commerce ate all of them in one go, and they could sell them twice from private bakeries. With huge profits, countless big businessmen headed by the Bacher Chamber of Commerce borrowed usury to roast seeds and nuts, with daily interest as high as 50%-100%. Food prices continue to rise.

On March 5, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce announced that it would sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. In just one day, the Bacher Chamber of Commerce bought all the grain again, and the price of grain still rose steadily.

On March 9, the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce once again sold 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. More than 30% of the merchants in the upper and lower chambers of Marienburg continued to work together to eat all of the grain.

On March 10, the Agnew Chamber of Commerce followed Ryan's order and continued to dump 10 million kilograms of grain into the market.

The funds of the big moat merchants began to be tight, and at this time, the Schultz Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in Marienburg, and the Gentlemen's Union Chamber of Commerce, the second largest chamber of commerce, took the initiative to borrow heavily, with super high interest rates, Bach The Seoul Chamber of Commerce once again ate all the food in the market in one go.

On March 15, the price of grain reached the highest point in the history of the old world. The price of finely ground barley flour, which originally cost 13 silver coins per kilogram, has reached as high as 15 gold coins per kilogram, and the price of rye has also skyrocketed from the original 6 silver coins per kilogram. At 5 gold coins per kilogram, the market has fallen into a frenzy. Oliver, Hadrian, Amancio and others even borrowed large-scale loans to the big businessmen in Marienburg to let them roast seeds and nuts, with a scale of hundreds of thousands of gold crowns.

"Close." Ryan, who was sitting in Curona, gently turned off the dwarf pocket watch after receiving the news, and spit out a word.

On March 16, each of the four major chambers of commerce, Estalia Merchants Union, Oliver Chamber of Commerce, Hadrian Chamber of Commerce and Agnew Chamber of Commerce, simultaneously sold another 10 million kilograms of grain, totaling 40 million kilograms of grain and 120 tons of grain. The cloth and 240 tons of livestock were thrown into the Marienburg market in one go!

The big moat merchants finally realized that something was wrong. They were still scrambling to eat grain and cloth when they were listed on the market. One price per hour, within a day, the price of grain dropped by half, and the price of cloth dropped by 60%.

At the same time, the Bretons are still selling their food, and the market can't buy enough goods at all!

And on the 16th, two major events happened.

Under Ryan's request, the fairy in the lake formally agreed with the sea **** Mannann and the goddess of justice Valena. Under the guarantee of the interests of the gods of the old world, the gods agreed not to participate in this war without gunpowder smoke.

At the same time, Schultz suddenly, as the Grand Duke of Marienburg, announced together with the Church of the Sea and the enclave of high elves that during the internal inspection, Marienburg discovered traces of Chaos sect and vampire activities, and must carry out "revolts" , All banks were temporarily closed for inspection. Schultz and Casanova worked together to start collecting debts, tightening money, and freezing loans.

At the same time, Ryan outside the city also immediately announced the issuance of a new issue of Brittany War Treasury Bonds with an interest rate of 9% and a denomination of 2 million kroner to further tighten the money supply. Lang ordered a blockade of Marienburg, and supplies were not allowed in!

The big moat merchants headed by the Bacher Chamber of Commerce could no longer bear the pressure and began to sell food and cloth. While losing money, they also carried extremely heavy debts!

Within 3 days, the price of grain was cut in half again. More than 40% of the big trenches in the upper and lower chambers of Marienburg declared bankruptcy. Schultz dispatched the army to strictly guard the warehouses and banks, but still could not stop many big trenches from trying to bring The escape of the funds and the sabotage of the Chaos sect, when the city was approaching chaos, Schultz pretended to be helpless, responding to the call of the citizens of Marienburg and under the nod of several major churches headed by the Church of the Sea God, Brittany outside the city. The runner-up was allowed to enter the city to quell the rebellion and maintain order.

On March 20, the Royal Division of Brittany officially entered Marienburg.

Marienburg officially entered military control. Before entering the city, Ryan repeatedly emphasized discipline. The Britannia king's division entered Marienburg without committing any crime, maintaining the strictest military discipline, and there was no looting or killing.

At the same time, among the baskets of criminal evidence and the stacks of debt documents, the Bretons sent these things to the Grand Duke Schultz of Marienburg very fairly, justly and openly. The Sun King Ryan expressed his respect for the horses. Limburg's self-governing laws, respect for the laws of the Empire, ask Schultz to come to justice, execution of those associated with Chaos and vampires, trial of the guilty and confiscation of all property.

Schultz's "guilty" seal that day was sore.

Taking Schultz's judgment, the knights of Brittany began to go door-to-door to check warehouses, seize accounts, and collect loans. At the same time, the old guards and the Holy Grail Knights executed those who had an affair with Chaos and eliminated the hidden ones. The Chaos sect and vampire organization, more than half of Marienburg's thousands of dock warehouses were seized to pay off debts.

Excited for the long-standing dock porters, laborers, servants, refugees, and peasants who have suffered from these big trench merchant vampires, these people spontaneously lead the way and tell the knights and gentlemen of the atrocities of these capitalists, how they are sucking blood and exploiting us our!

no problem! The knight master and the old guards patted their chests, we will call the shots for you!

Marienburg, your knight grandpa is here!

On March 25, the street lights in Marienburg were covered with the corpses of speculators and merchants, the most famous of which was Klinde, the former chairman of the Bacher Chamber of Commerce, the largest grain merchant in the Old World, who was killed because of his body. Hundreds of thousands of gold marks in debt tried to flee and was convicted of treason.

Behind Klinde, the bodies of more than a hundred entrenched merchants were hung under the street lamps of the Shield Street and Amber Avenue.

The number is shocking, and Marienburg, which was once extremely prosperous, began to fall into depression.

The corpses swayed back and forth under the streetlights. Under the auspices of Ryan and Schultz, a new order was established. The original 15-hour working day was proposed by Ryan and passed by Schultz's House of Commons. Working system, the minimum wage has increased from 3 copper coins per day to 5 copper coins per day. At the same time, Lane announced that in addition to the day of Mannan, the birthday of the fairy in the lake and the day of the Holy Grail are officially set as legal holidays in Marienburg, and the former is closed. 3 days, the latter 2 days, any employment must comply.

At the same time, the X+1 work-related injury compensation system was officially established. If there is a work-related injury, the employer must compensate. The Marienburg branch of the Lake Fairy Church announced that it will accept work-related labor arbitration. Anyone can request the Prophet of the Lake God to preside over justice. 10% arbitration fee.

After a lapse of 29 months, the price of grain has finally dropped to 130% of the level in 2522. The price of cloth has dropped on a large scale. Everyone can finally eat and wear warmly. Even Lane took out 1 million kilograms of grain to make sweet cakes and sweet wine. , distributed directly on the street in the name of the fairy in the lake for three days for free.

The whole city rejoiced, and people spontaneously took to the streets to express their gratitude to the knights and gentlemen through parades.

The culture of chivalry in Brittany began to become the mainstream culture in Marienburg.

On March 30, an edict bearing the Emperor's Ring was issued before Ryan's case. After reading it, Ryan ordered 50,000 Breton troops to withdraw from Marienburg in three batches within two weeks.

"After we leave~www.wuxiamtl.com~ they will give you vacations and reduced working hours, and will increase your wages. This is not because they have found it in their conscience, nor because they have become good people, but because we have been here. "

——The feudal knight of Brittany

Before leaving, the citizens of Marienburg were reluctant to part with the knights and gentlemen. Many people wept bitterly, while more citizens wondered if Marienburg would be ruled by Brittany, whether it would usher in a new era. Fair and better times?

And those who slipped through the net in the upper and lower chambers of Marienburg watched with humiliation and hatred as the knights and gentlemen returned with a full load, and the entire upper and lower chambers were more than half vacant.

Please, you demons, please don't come again!

Attached:

On April 15, when the last batch of Breton troops withdrew from Marienburg, the list of materials seized and transported by the Bretons from the warehouses and accounts of the merchants in the great trenches of Marienburg is as follows:

A total of more than 400,000 gold crowns, gold marks, a small number of dwarf gold coins and more than 1 million silver coins of various colors.

120 guns of various colors and more than 1000 carriages.

3,200 guns, 260,000 rounds of ammunition, and more than 1,400 barrels of gunpowder.

4,800 sets of Imperial standard equipment and 21,000 sets of Imperial soldier uniforms (made by provinces and Marienburg).

Over 37,000 pairs of shoes and boots of varying quality.

More than 3,800 kilograms of grain and 200 tons of meat.

More than 730 cases of luxury goods.

Over 50,000 barrels of imperial beer and over 1,000 barrels of rum, over 500 crates of wine, mead, whiskey and vodka.

It is roughly estimated that the total value of the supplies that the Bretons looted from Marienburg was more than 4 million kroner.

Updated, ask for a ticket!

(End of this chapter)