Vol 4 Chapter 159: The haze under the shadow (Part 1)

The thick dark curtains block all the light from the outside, which makes the atmosphere of the originally spacious and bright room extremely suppressed. Only the silver-plated candlestick on the table and the pendant lamp above the head bring a gloomy light to the dark environment.
If you look closely, you can find some silver runes on the corners around the walls and on the gates-carved from melted mystery silver, an ancient proverb from the "original scriptures" of the Holy Cross Church.
The name says, "Silent."
Where such runes are carved, the power of the void will be greatly suppressed, any alchemy items and enchantments will be unusable, the mutant monsters will become extremely weak, and the evil gods will not even be able to set foot here.
Because of this characteristic, the "silent" rune is widely used to decorate the Holy Cross Cathedral in various principalities, as well as the black prison and the sky dome of the imperial capital-under the chance of the Fanezis rebellion, the nine-mang star wizard tower I got the method of making the "silent" rune from Ebden Cathedral, and it was secretly arranged in the top conference room of the wizard tower.
The participants who were fortunate enough to sit in this conference room apparently did not care about such a depressing environment-it would be better to say that because of the suppression of the void, they can really walk in here without worrying about a wizard laying down Alchemy props and high-level enchantments.
"Boom--!"
With the crisp sound of a small wooden hammer, the participants on both sides of the long table shook their hearts, straightened their spine, and sat awkwardly; all eyes looked at the gray robe in front of them, but the body was thin but Elderly old man.
The eleven of the elders of the Nine-Man Star Sorcerer's Tower, Ebden Archon, Lorenz Corona.
With several scrolls of parchment stacked on the table, each participant had a transcript ... It would be better to say that it was precisely because they knew the purpose of today's meeting that they would just sit here in unison.
"So, now that everyone knows it; I, in the name of the governor of Ebden, officially announced the start of this meeting!"
He coughed a few times and made a simple opening remark; the old man, who was full of energy, said slowly:
"There are only two things to be discussed today, and it is actually one thing-first, how will Ebden ’s trade expansion in the south face the counterattack of the Jode Chamber of Commerce; second, whether it should be given to the Turin family More assistance to help them completely overrun the Governor ’s House! "He said, glancing at him.
"Follow the orders, Your Excellency!"
The first clerk on Corona ’s right-hand side, the named Beardler quickly got up and bowed humbly to the old man:
"In the past twenty days, while Governor Byrne and the Jodh Chamber of Commerce were busy blocking the roads of Byrne, especially the Earl of the Red Blood Castle, they had successfully settled in the three northern earliest Earl; Because it was a newly established small chamber of commerce and reached an alliance with the local earl, it did not cause excessive suspicion in the Jodhpur Chamber of Commerce; "
"However ... because the Jodhpur Chamber of Commerce will maintain the local market and trade routes, especially the monopoly of wine and salt, it is very difficult for our chamber of commerce to maintain, and there is no profit in lowering the price. The purchase and sales channels are all in the hands of the other party; although It ’s just a preliminary estimate, but I ’m afraid that this year ’s new chamber of commerce in the South should be completely loss-making ...

"And because our actions were too quick and public, and it is said that the blockade of the Red Blood Castle has been lifted, Roger Yoder may have begun to notice; if you continue this way, the counterattack of the other party should be a matter of time ... predictably, it should be It will start within one to two months. "
With the sound of parchment flipping, only the quietly embarrassed words of only Birdley were in the quiet conference room.
what? !
At this moment, these participants no longer care about politeness and humility, and gathered in small circles with the people around them, communicating and discussing privately from time to time, and there was a commotion in the conference room.
At the beginning of the establishment of the new chamber of commerce, losses and losses were inevitable, especially this kind of chamber of commerce involving long-distance trade, but if this was the case, it would not be necessary for Baudelaire to point out clearly; he said this. Explain that it is not just a loss, but also the risk of bankruptcy and being countered by the German Chamber of Commerce!
This is absolutely unacceptable!
The distance from Ebden to Byrne is far away, and the cost is very high. Once bankruptcy or acquisition, it means that the previous investment has been blunt ... Although these are not too hurtful for them, they are not acceptable. Small money thrown away.
"The question of cost can be put aside for the time being."
With a slight cough, Corona persuaded patiently: "What should really be concerned about is the counterattack of the Jorde Chamber of Commerce-as long as the nails can be driven into the south to completely contain the arrogance of the Jorde Chamber of Commerce, this investment is even successful!"
"But the premise is that we can really resist Roger Yoder's counterattack, Lord Archon!"
One of the free nobles got up and complained: "With the support of Governor Byrne, the old Roger almost monopolized the entire trade route of Byrne. We have no chance to fight for the price or the reserve. Failure is inevitable!"
"In this respect, it is the same for Roger and his Jodd Chamber of Commerce." The old man crossed his fingers and said slowly: "I got a very important piece of information. The "Road Repair" plan aims to connect the entire Byrne trade route with the Red Blood Fort as the core. "
"This is a very huge plan, and once he really succeeds, the entire source of Byrne ’s money will be completely in the pocket of the Jodhpur Chamber of Commerce, and the old Roger with the support of Governor Byrne will also become a real one. Lord of Byrne! "
"If you let him go on like this, the south will be completely turned into a piece of iron-not long ago, when he was not full of wings, he already tried to extend his paw to the north ... You are no longer a question of investment, but a relationship It's time for Ebden to survive! "
"The area of ​​Byrne is four times that of Ebden and the resources are ten times that of us, plus they also have wines of Byrne, minerals of dwarves, horses in the Principality of Poy and leather in the Principality of Arles ... It can be said that if not With ocean trading and the resource networks of Lotel and East-West Sackland, we have no chance in front of the Yoder Chamber of Commerce! "
The old man raised his head, looked sharply at everyone's face, and was very satisfied with everyone's nervous look: "Right now ... Yode German Chamber of Commerce must have raised a lot of capital and manpower and material resources for the 'road repair' plan, and there is no spare power Fight back against us. "
"This is a good opportunity to wipe out the threatening and even destroying the power of Ebden in its budding state-to break down, acquire, annex, unite ... when necessary, even use force!
"We are not opposed to the emergence of local joint chambers of commerce in various principalities, and even such a presence is very welcome, because they can actively expand the trading network to areas that we cannot reach ..." Suddenly, the old man's words changed:
"But! We must not accept an existence that is powerful enough to threaten us-within the empire, Ebden must be the core of wealth, the strongest and leader of the chamber of commerce; the dare to challenge ... to destroy them ruthlessly ! "
"So, should we establish a joint chamber of commerce in Red Blood Castle to further support the Countess of the Turin family to defeat Governor Byrne?"
Another free aristocrat stood up tremblingly, and the timid student tentatively looked at Corona: "Is that the case, sir?"
"Of course, but it is definitely not unconditional support, at least to win the monopoly of wine and salt in Red Blood Castle-as long as the Turin family has not lost their minds ~ EbookFREE.me ~ they will definitely agree to this condition. "
Speaking of which, Lorenz Corona finally smiled: "What's more, we have received support from the senior members of the Jodhpur Chamber of Commerce and know the resources and reserves of the entire chamber of commerce at the moment-in Roger · Before Yoder reacts, he will surely make him caught off guard! "
"Internal members?"
"Yes, internal members."
The old man aggravated his tone, and everyone was quiet under his sight, waiting nervously for the moment he announced:
"The eldest son of Roger Yoder, the former heir of the Yodd Chamber of Commerce, Little Yoder ... has now joined us!" ...

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