Chapter 217: Hypocrisy and greed

External threats have always been an effective way to alleviate internal contradictions.
Tens of thousands of people moved in, and the original order of the City of Radiance was impacted, and dissatisfaction began to brew. Once resentment reaches its peak, chaos is naturally inevitable.
However, at this moment, when the army of the Turin Kingdom appeared outside the city walls, and when the alarm bell rang through the entire city of Radiance, the public's attention was shifted and the crisis of a thousand years was eased.
Of course, the alleviation of resentment is based on greater panic.
Decades of too easy life have made too many courageous people lose their courage. If it were not for the tall walls and the large number of soldiers in the city, these people would have collapsed.
As the Lord of the City, Eric was even more upset. He was in a hurry to get angry overnight, leaving his lips covered with blisters. He didn't say a word, and it hurt him soaring.
Immediately after taking the medicine, Edric couldn't wait to go to the living room. Before that, he had ordered his butler to summon all the merchants and nobles in the city, and now he is waiting for his reception.
"No more nonsense about the owner of this city, you are all nobles of the empire, what should be done, you should be clear."
Nobles are a privileged class of the country, but now that they have enjoyed their rights, they must assume corresponding obligations, such as fighting external humiliation.
Of course, although this is required by law, but with the urine of ordinary nobles, one or two out of ten can comply with it.
But today, as Edrich's words came to an end, almost all the nobles expressed their feelings of anger with their enemies.
Although they all said that they were weak and could not play on their own to kill the enemy, they would still fulfill their obligations as nobles and send family guards to fight.
Facing such a situation, the city's owner Edric was moved on the surface, praising these people as worthy models of the nobility, but secretly sneered because of the hypocrisy of these nobles.
Because he knew that if it was not the banner of the Adams family outside the city that put too much pressure on these guys, even if he was the owner of the city, he would never want to ask for a guard from these people.
Although the motivation was impure, anyway, the ending was good. After Eric dismissed the nobles, he began to call on the merchants.
Compared with nobles, businessmen are undoubtedly more difficult.
The Adams family is fierce, but they only target enemy forces and nobles. Their attitudes towards ordinary people and businessmen are quite different, especially the latter, and they can even get preferential treatment to some extent!
The sentiment shows that in several cities occupied by the front line of the Empire, the local businessmen not only have not been cleansed, they have even set up business with each other!
This may seem ridiculous, but Edridge knew it was true.
Regardless of the turbulent army of the Turin Kingdom, it has successively attacked several towns of the Greek Empire, but the front is too long from home, and the supply itself is a big problem.
The existence of businessmen, to a large extent, can make up for this problem.
The Turin kingdom ’s army is rich, because every time a town is attacked, the local aristocracy will be able to earn them a lot of money, and the merchants have food and other supplies. need.
Adams guaranteed the safety of businessmen and gave prices far above the market. Driven by benefits, many businessmen began to take risks.
The Adams family used gold coins to exchange a steady stream of resources from the merchants, and it is for this reason that the Turin Kingdom achieved such great results in such a short period of time.
In this case, naturally, the merchant would not regard the army of the Turin Kingdom as an enemy, so naturally, he was very perfunctory towards Edric.
"Since the Lord of the City has spoken, naturally we can't stand idly by the Maude Chamber of Commerce. In this way, on behalf of the entire Chamber of Commerce, I donate one hundred gold coins to encourage soldiers to fight bravely!"
"I donate and donate one hundred gold coins!"
"Our chamber of commerce is small in size, limited in capacity, and ashamed, I can only give out fifty gold coins ..."
The chaotic sounds in his ears made Eric's heart furious. He wished that everyone would catch them all, but he could not do so.
On the one hand, at the moment when the army of the Turin Kingdom is under pressure, Edric needs the support of businessmen to maintain the city's material supply.
On the other hand, the status of businessmen is not high, but these people are standing behind them. Without exception, they are all nobles of the empire. If it is absolutely necessary, Edric does not intend to offend the backers behind these people.
Taking a deep breath quietly, Edric suppressed the anger in his heart.
Since Dayi can't move this group of guys, they can only use their interests to pry these people's greed.
Isn't it just gold coins, as long as the city of Radiant is safe and sound, he can always make up for these losses.
Besides, once the soldiers of the Turin Kingdom retreated, there was no threat from the external environment. Eric had a way to let these merchants spit out all the money they made.
"Thank you for your kindness. After the war, the owner of this city will definitely report for a reward." Perfunctoryly said something grandiose, Edric did not plan to circle with this guy: "But this time to find You are not here to donate. The owner of the city just hopes to reach a good cooperative relationship with you ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The meeting with the businessman lasted for more than an hour, and Edric finally achieved the result he wanted. Of course, the price is also very painful. Not only will all the gold coins on the book be exhausted, but in a short time, the city of Radiant will be in a serious deficit.
When all the merchants left, the steward took the pill bottle and appeared behind Edric.
"Master, it's time to change."
"Not in a hurry." Although his mouth hurts, Edric interrupted the housekeeper's movements, and then commanded: "Send someone to stare at these guys quietly, and if they are fine, let them make black money temporarily, But if there is something strange in the secret, don't blame me for being cruel. "
What are the businessmen who have been entangled in the City of Brightness all year round?
Don't look at these people on the surface, but they are guys who can't spit out their bones. Even if they just reached an agreement with the city's main government, under the temptation of sufficient interests, these people have no so-called ethics Conscience, when the knife is hidden in secret, there will not be the slightest softness.
Now the army of the Turin Kingdom is becoming, who knows that businessmen will not risk collusion with them?
The steward led away, and Eric was a little more at ease. Anyway, the old steward had been with him for decades, whether it was loyalty or wrist, it was trustworthy.