Chapter 72
The sound of ping-pong was endless. Passersby carefully bypassed the dangerous area of "no entry" marked with white ash, and did not dare to get close after going around a large circle.
This is the southernmost tip of the Northwest Republic, where the rye fortress is located. In the past, if you want to go from the Gold Coin Federation to the Northwest Republic, you must pass through this fortress built in the valley. Now the fortress is still the same, but the mountain next to it has inexplicably turned aside, and a road has appeared, allowing people to bypass the fortress and go to the city of Rye to the north of the fortress.
As for the fortress, it has been completely surrounded by a circle of white gray painted. There are many signs in the circle, and the words "danger" and "don't get close" are marked in various languages.
Not only that, if there is an illiterate person who wants to get close, then every time he takes a step towards this circle, he will feel a little more panicked, and the closer he gets, the more panicked he gets. Only by turning around and leaving can he get better.
If it weren't for this method, the white ash and warning signs wouldn't be able to stop those rude or curious people.
This was of course Sui Xiong's work. Now he is struggling in the fortress, intending to build this originally ordinary fortress into a tourist attraction with the theme of "fortress". Naturally, no one can disturb others.
As for whether it can still play the role of a fortress after becoming a scenic spot... A knife is decorated very beautifully, can't it be possible to kill people?
Of course, Sui Xiong did not think that this fortress might be used. Although the population of the Northwest Republic is not large enough now, there are many strong people. If they really conflict with the Gold Coin Federation, if they don’t take the initiative to fight, the Gold Coin Federation will be thankful, so how could they fight back?
If you are really attacked into this valley, you need to rely on the fortress to defend. I wonder what the situation will be like!
However, as the saying goes, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop", Sui Xiong wanted to be his super-large model toy safely, but something happened to the Gold Coin Federation.
The great migration has ended. The current gold coin federation is still a complete country on the surface, but in fact it has been divided into two parts from the north and south. The south is controlled by forces with great aristocrats as the core. The south is controlled by forces with great aristocrats as the core. Although the population is small, it has a large amount of funds with developed commerce.
This plan of "merchants heading north to aristocrats heading south" originally seemed quite successful, but the problem came soon.
The nobles in the south began to impose heavy taxes on merchants in their territory.
In theory, this is a natural thing. The nobles consolidated their rule, and they should naturally weaken the power of the merchants. However, their methods were used too roughly and their work was too rough, which made them feel like they were fishing in a dry pond.
Merchants seek profit. As long as they have enough profits, it is not a problem to cooperate with the nobles. But when the nobles do this, the merchants in their territory will immediately drop in profits, and many small merchants will go bankrupt directly, and even the big chamber of commerce has been seriously affected, which has damaged their vitality.
Of course, the merchants did not agree and immediately started arguing. But this time the nobles did not buy it at all. They said that they no longer needed to deal with the lowly and unscrupulous merchants, and the collection was even more ruthless.
In some places, the noble lords directly led the army to search the chamber of commerce and wanted to uproot them.
In this way, the contradictions completely intensified.
The merchants were very angry and began to summon mercenaries and put on the stance of using force to protect their own interests. However, the nobles did not give in and began to summon the army, as if they were preparing to fight.
Under such circumstances, the border atmosphere between the south and the north became increasingly tense, and soldiers on both sides were ready to fight at any time.
Fortunately, the Goddess of Wealth Church took action. Seeing that the situation was almost uncontrollable, they no longer cared about the means and used the toughest method. The legendary strong men and the envoys came forward to forcefully arrest the leaders of the nobles and merchants, set up a parliament hall on the border, and ordered them to negotiate well.
"I don't care about any conflicts or grudges you have, but I just say that you are not allowed to fight!" The goddess of wealth personally descended to incarnate and said sternly, "Whoever dares to take action, I will press him under this hall of parliament and will never be liberated!"
Over the years, the goddess of wealth has always been inclined to use the means of harmony, and his church has always mediated and mediated between the merchants and the nobles, and has never been so tough. At this moment, once He was furious, he immediately stopped both factions. Even if he had thousands of small plans in his heart, he could not make up, so he had to negotiate honestly.
As the two sides talked, they felt that there was not enough manpower, so they summoned talents from the rear. All the powerful nobles and middle chambers of commerce rushed to this temporary parliamentary hall to participate in the grand parliament coerced by the goddess of wealth.
Seeing that the Grand Council finally started, a big stone in the heart of the Goddess of Wealth fell to the ground, and his face, which had never seen a smile, finally felt a little relaxed.
But... He paid a lot of money.
The means of coercion are contrary to His teachings. In other words, He forced the merchants and nobles to negotiate peace and negotiation, which was equivalent to himself hurting himself. Regardless of whether this negotiation was successful or not, His divinity had been seriously damaged.
This is thanks to the fact that with the help of Sui Xiong, He has improved his divine nature a lot, his divine nature has increased significantly, and he has some room for autonomy. He was mentally prepared before that he made such a decision. Otherwise, if he had been put 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 it would be out of control.
So, when the aristocratic and merchants finally started negotiations 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 divine nature that has grown over the years as a buffer, I would never be able to use this method this time!"
"This is also because you have seized the opportunity before and have accumulated." Sui Xiong did not take credit and said with a smile, "After all, people still have to help themselves. If you don't accumulate well before, no one can help you this time."
"Well..." The goddess of wealth nodded, but looked worried, "I don't know if they can reach a result this time... This time, the parliament has only merchants and nobles, and there are no priests and civilian representatives. I always feel that it is not appropriate."
"Then why don't you force yourself to join these two?" Sui Xiong asked.
"Forcing them to negotiate is already my limit. If there is more coercion, I can't do it." The Goddess of Wealth sighed and shook their heads repeatedly.
Sui Xiong smiled: "Don't worry, just leave this to me."
Chapter completed!