Vol 3 Chapter 89: Ruosha's stage (Part 2)

In the hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Ruosha standing in the chief position, and people were speculating about what she would say to surprise her next.
Ruosha looked around, she could feel the gaze that followed her, which made her a little nervous.
She had never thought that she would stand in front of such a group of people before, and still face them with such an attitude.
Ruosha imagined her future, except that it should be beautiful and simple, a noble husband who was as prominent as her, and then had a few cute children.
If her husband is forgiving or interested, she might still be allowed to keep the gorgeous armor, maybe she will appreciate it after closing the door, but more probably think it is Nonsense, simply forbid her to dangle around in front of her wearing that thing.
Unsurprisingly, she can also imagine where she will be buried in the future. That must belong to the cemetery behind her husband's family church. This is almost the final destination of all noble women.
This all seemed so natural that even Ruosha thought it should be like this.
But the appearance of a person has completely changed all this.
It was the man who made her the Countess of Cosenza, and it was the man who told her many things that she had never thought of before.
He may be her brother, maybe no one, but Ruosha feels that she can do much better than he thought, this is to prove her importance, but also for herself.
At the thought of Alexander, Ruosha suddenly felt that although she faced these people, there was nothing to be nervous about, because these people in Taranto were not worth mentioning compared to those that Alexander was going to face.
"The businessman in Taranto thinks that this city is yours. You need the residents here to buy your goods, so you are squeezing out your business rivals from other places," Ruosha looked at the opposite Alfanillot. It has been heard that those 'office' guys are not just sent to mess with the locals all day, or just want to get a few shopping orders from them, when Alexander wants to send people from Cosenza or Naples At the time, even Count Modillo immediately thought of using these people as eyes and ears, and learned from these merchants about Taranto, convinced Rusha that she would eventually win. "But I want to tell you now, You have seen that the Venetians are preparing for the war that may come, and soon everyone will find that all kinds of goods are rising in price. This is because the war has made the route no longer safe, and individual merchant ships will be looted. , Even large fleets will increase various costs due to the need for armed protection, and our trade zone can reach an agreement with the Venetian fleet, because Our low commodity can provide them with more supplies, but you will have to pay much more than we can do that, but you will face is the high tariffs more than usual. "
"Why?" Alvanillot interrupted Rusha's words. He had taken a few steps earlier, and there was no longer the only respect that he could maintain before. Instead, he stared at Rusha "We will press anywhere. It is stipulated that reasonable tariffs are paid, no one has the right to increase the tax amount at will, and I do n’t believe that people in other places will agree to this treacherous plan, because that will make many businessmen reluctant to enter the city, just like Naples, is it not Neapolitan Would you like to see their city become depressed because no businessmen are willing to be angry, so please do n’t threaten us with such empty words, Miss Countess. "
Alfanillot shouted in dissatisfaction, and at the same time he shook his arms to the people around him, hoping to draw their attention: "Listen, listen to what the noble lady wants to do, she is threatening to agitate people from elsewhere Raising the tariffs, but unfortunately this is a joke, no one will be stupid enough to offend all businessmen in order to get more taxes. "
"If not all businessmen," Ruosha looked at Alfanillot, and she noticed the anger that was revealed in the Jewish eyes, which convinced her that she might have succeeded in angering this person. "It's just Taranto, we will let All businessmen in Taranto face additional high tariffs, while businessmen in other places have the opportunity to make more profits at a lower cost. Do you think those ports will care about the lack of businessmen in your place, not to mention the high prices? What about the amount of tariffs, unless you insist on not selling the goods elsewhere, you must bear the price of competing with us. "
"It's blackmail," Al Fanillot's angry step before, and the people around him whispered to remind him not to be impulsive, but the Jews no longer looked at Rusha, but looked at Earl Hossen. Should stand up to speak for the interests of Taranto, and speak for all the businessmen who have been loyal to you in Taranto. I remind you that I should know what this trade zone means to you, and I think you must I do n’t want to see what happened to those noble lords in the Hanseatic League. "
People suddenly whispered because of Alfanillot ’s words. Many people looked at Alfanillot in surprise. They did n’t expect that the Jews would actually throw out this one that is considered taboo for all businessmen. On the topic, I did not expect that Alfanillot would simply stand up to the real opposite of Ruosha.
Earl Hosson was also dulled by the Jewish words, and at this moment he even wanted to stand up and applaud the Jewish words.
As Alfanillot said, there is a deep taboo against the Earl of this free trade zone, and this taboo is not without reason.
About a century ago, when the Hanseatic League was the most prosperous, the Hanseatic League not only exerted various influences on the cities where the merchants of the League were located, but even once once controlled the choice of future heirs by many princes of all sizes, most of which What is unforgettable and even more jaw-dropping is the result of their battle with the Kingdom of Denmark. These businessmen eventually forced the King of Denmark to pay them a large sum of money, and even had to sign an agreement that the alliance would be the future. The Kingdom of Denmark chose the Crown Prince's humiliation treaty.
Hosson certainly did n’t want to see this happening in Taranto, nor did he want to be robbed of his power before he was completely old, so he would rather let a Jew disturb his banquet, and let Modillo Understand that Taranto is not as good as he thought.
"Then I would like to ask the Lord Count of Naples what to do?" Sure enough, then Alvanillot began to question Ruosha, in fact, when he received a specially appointed person from Earl to invite him to the dinner, he knew what role he should play. , Now he just needs to play this role well. "I think your uncle must hope that you can convince our count to agree to these threatening conditions, but if you say that what will happen next, I think You still have n’t been able to convince us, because we all know that this does not completely defeat us. Our businessmen may face the high tariffs you mentioned in these places, but you cannot let all places treat us like this. It is known that the Mediterranean Sea is a paradise for all businessmen. Unless you can turn all ports into your so-called free trade zone, the Mediterranean Sea is large enough to make money for all of us, so we do n’t have to join you. Threatening agreement. "
"I think you misunderstood, this is not a threat," Ruosha shook her head gently, and heard someone sneer because of her explanation. Ruosha was not angry. She turned slightly and smiled at the earl sitting beside him. Then I looked at Alvanillot and said slowly, "If you reject our proposal, then in addition to the high tariffs I mentioned, you will soon find the cities near Taranto, Malie, Tokatona, even the merchants in the immediate places like Barry and Antitique, will suddenly get enough help, they will soon get enough low-priced goods, and they will also find Taranto because he did not join We, so the goods on the market are much more expensive than any other place. At that time, there will be a large number of businessmen flooding into the city. They will squeeze your businessmen at a much lower price than the locals. You ca n’t even earn half a florin every day, and once this influx starts, no one can stop it, even we ca n’t stop people ’s desire for wealth. These foreign commerce Taranto you will be completely defeated people, a large number of local businessmen will face bankruptcy, and you merchant ships elsewhere have to face high tariffs and eventually all of you will no nothing. "
Speaking of which, Ruosha looked at her Jews dumbly and nodded softly and said, "So that wasn't a threat just now. Now I tell you, this is a threat."
After speaking, Ruo Sha turned her head and smiled again to Hossen, but at this time, the smile of the seemingly naive girl had not allowed the count to have any imagination at all, and he even felt that this smile looked a little abominable.
The hall was very quiet, and even the servants who had been running around hurriedly noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, either walked carefully, or simply stopped and hid in the corner.
No one said anything, they sat down together, because after saying so much, some thirsty Tsuzhao took the wine glass and drank lightly. No one denied that the countess still looked naive. Evil looks, but people now know how terrible the true look is under her innocent appearance.
This is not the fierceness of the famous ladies, nor the majesty of the Queen, this is not the girl with a seemingly shy smile, and even there is no formal marriage contract so far.
But it was just this one who brought only a few seemingly less reliable followers of the nobility, but this time made all the nobles and merchants of Taranto uneasy and even frightened.
Earl Hosson's face was somber, and he looked at his equally ugly son sitting on the other side.
Elliott had mentioned the Countess's cleverness more than once before, but in fact the Count did not care too much, or even if he heard it, he still thought it was his son's exaggeration.
He even thought that perhaps Elliott had thought about the young and beautiful countess before she could admire her involuntarily.
Now, the count knew he was wrong, or Elliott might not have fully explained the girl ’s terrible.
Who taught these things to her?
Is Modillo, Earl of Naples?
So what is Modillo doing?
The count thought so, and then noticed the dull atmosphere in the hall.
He immediately picked up the wine glass from the table and stood up. In the expectant eyes cast by everyone, he shouted loudly: "God bless Taranto, God bless the Taranto."
This implied that the call for the banquet ended to make everyone stunned, and then responded with a sigh of relief: "May God bless you!"
Listening to people coming and going, even with some cathartic responses, Ruosha frowned slightly, she knew that this was actually the counterattack of Earl Hossen, and it was a demonstration in disguise. Obviously the Earl had She was dissatisfied with the attitude just now, and by making the banquet abrupt, the count was undoubtedly telling her that he still had the final say in Taranto.
Ruosha stood up, bowed slightly towards the count, and then walked out of the hall with a light step under the watch of everyone. At this moment, no one regarded her as a simple countess. Faint fear.
"Friend, I think you should hurry up," Mahimo said to Matthews Thiego, who had a strange look on his side. "I know what you are thinking, but rest assured, I will not harm you, and you will not Do you think that with such a countess as a backer, will your business be getting better and better? "
Matthews Tiego nodded blankly. He knew that he did not need to be urged by Mahimo. He had to keep up. After all, in the eyes of the Taranto, he, a foreigner from Baleari, apparently and these Naples Is a gang.
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Norick Babarige did not leave with Ruosha, he left on the pretext of following his commander.
According to Mahimo ’s guess, the Venetian was actually scared by Ruo Sha. Obviously, the gap between the Countess and his previous assumptions was a bit too big.
Accompanying Ruosha walking down the steps of the Aragonese castle, Mahimo laughed from time to time to remember the embarrassment of those Taranto people, and he laughed more proudly, until he came to the empty space in front of the castle gate. On the ground, when watching Luo Sha prepare to board the carriage, she was interrupted by an unexpected sound.
"Countess Cosenza from Naples?"
A woman's voice came from the darkness, and the entourage immediately became alert. They carefully kept Luo Sha behind them until they saw a woman coming out of the shadow of a house.
In the moonlight, Zuo Sha noticed that the woman was looking at her with a curious look. Just when she was about to ask, the woman had spoken again: "Then you must know another Neapolitan, his name is Gumbre, Alexander. · Julian Gumbre. "