Chapter 3597: Finding the Holy Capital (3)

The empire’s commercial power is divided by the Inland Sea, and there is a huge gap between North and South
To the north are the imperial merchants who have been severely beaten numerous times by the imperial emperor. From the prosperous commercial capital of Lisbon, where thousands of merchant ships dock every day, to the south coast port of the Congolese region, which is close to the mouth of the Inner Sea. From the Gaul region in the forest area to the sunny Central Europe, all chambers of commerce, regardless of the imperial background or other forces background, abide by the imperial business laws.
　　 These emerging classes that rose rapidly with the expansion of the empire played a huge role in the war of the empire, and they have become the second largest class system in the empire except for the soldiers.
　　 But south of the Inland Sea, it’s another scene
The honest chamber of commerce organization in the north showed its fangs immediately when it arrived in Southern Europe, and became a variety of power organizations. It is even more common to plunder local resources by looting, slave trade, black market smuggling, and joint local forces. At the end of the day, the southern European and Baro region cannot be completely regarded as the empire's native land. In the two North-South wars that determined the fate of the continent, the southern European and Baro countries were staunch resisters, and most of them held a hatred attitude towards the imperial merchants.
　　The Natural Empire Chamber of Commerce is here, and will not regard itself as a lamb that can be slaughtered
The conflict between knife and blood is commonplace. The nobles in the area who want to looting the property of these chambers of commerce are often subjected to extremely cruel liquidation. Don’t look at the guards of a caravan with only a hundred people, but as long as there is a chamber of commerce in a certain area, When it comes to robbery, several large chambers of commerce that regard the area as their own sphere of influence will unite and send joint combat troops. The few are more than 1,000, and the more are three to four thousand. The local nobles are the first to suffer. Since there are a lot of bandits on your side, you can understand that there are thousands of bandits. These huge numbers of mercenaries will plunder the local lord, and then find out the goods they have taken from the dirt. , The local nobles will be unceremoniously hanged
Therefore, you can see rows of corpses hanging on the ruined castle from time to time on the commercial road. Hanging one is too boring. To hang one is naturally one family after another. Under such deterrence, dare to plunder the lords of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. It’s very small. It’s not cost-effective to push your family up for a batch of goods. Chambers of commerce that can go to war on ocean trade have their own chambers of commerce. Merchant ships loaded with goods are also fortresses of weapons like forests. Sailors sailing on the sea blink of an eye. Equipped with a complete combat army
　　 These are veterans with rich combat experience
The war of conquest of the empire wiped out many forces in the north of Obaro. Hundreds of thousands of former dynasty troops were defeated or disbanded. Many of the soldiers belonging to these forces became mercenaries hired by the Chamber of Commerce. At present, they are only officially registered with the Business Alliance. There are 167,000 mercenaries in the Chamber of Commerce, and there are more temporary Chamber of Commerce mercenaries that are not registered. According to the estimation of the Business Alliance, there are at least 200,000. Most of these Chamber of Commerce mercenaries are deployed in Southern Europe, which is still a theater of operations. In the Barrow area, there is no fixed insurance and no so-called benefits. Most of them are tools used by the Chamber of Commerce to clear obstacles in trade routes. Here, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is definitely not synonymous with justice and kindness. The Chamber of Commerce is more of a force.
　　 One of the most notorious first choice Imperial Bank
This super organization with the strongest military background in the empire and the strongest financial support, and its members are said to include 40% of the royal family of the Obaro continent. In essence, it has long been out of the scope of the Chamber of Commerce, but A fully formed economy with a total of 80,000 flag guards under the Imperial Bank, divided into four flag guards
　　 And two of the flag guard forces are located in the Holy Capital area to the north of the Mission State, which ensures that the northern part of the Holy Capital is not caught in a mess like the south.
"Sister Delan, can you tell me how many people are still loyal to the temple in the sanctuary?" Putamia gracefully sat on a chair on the balcony, holding up the teacup that was bubbling on the table in her hand. The pale cyan blue and white cup reveals a different kind of tranquility. No one knows that the female pope of the sect who rushed back to the holy capital did not go directly to the holy capital, but came to Moze in a new outfit. ,
　　As the Pope, Putamia still has a glimmer of hope in his heart, but this hope is too slim
The emperor has agreed to return the Holy Capital to himself, and at the same time, he must use his own hand to crack down on rampant commercial smuggling. Putami knows this well, and Putamia came to visit the first time. Socutus Delan, except that Socutus Delan has been in the Order of the Order for the past three months, and knows the situation in the Order of the Order. More intentions are to explore the voice of the business queen.
Putamia knows very well that in the current state of the Order, Socutus Delan's name is far more useful than his own pope. No matter how arrogant and domineering, large and small imperial merchants, they are in front of Socutus Delan. All I have to do is to take two glances obediently. I want to return to the Holy City. I can’t do it without the business queen’s approval. Don’t think that the emperor gave him three thousand guards and cavalry, but in fact, these three thousand guards. The range that the cavalry can use is extremely limited
　　 It’s more appropriate to protect yourself from being killed rather than giving yourself a knife.
The flag of the Imperial Business Alliance with the sun and the moon as the emblem is now flying on the flagpole outside the window. Following the flagpole, you can see the blue port like a crescent in the southeast in the distance. The white merchant ship mast is like a large forest. Standing there, on the sparkling water, white waterbirds are rising and falling, and the Ramsey River that traverses the northern part of the Order State is from here interlaced with another Domtru River to flow to the Holy Capital of the Order State. The Holy River Sealand, but at the moment, in the eyes of Pope Putamia, the sun and moon emblem of the Imperial Bank of Commerce looks like a word for money. It is said that the money in the Ikadivawija script is a circle inside. The shape of a day is embedded, and the warm sun of early spring shines on the body, giving people a lazy feeling of being touched
"His Royal Highness, I believe you have already understood the current situation of the ecclesiastical state. In the past few months when you are absent, it is blunt to say that the ecclesiastical state has existed in name only, so I still abandon unrealistic illusions. better"
"Outside the sacred capital, the decree of the Chamber of Commerce even replaced the original decree of the sect nation, and within the sacred capital..." Socutus Delan looked calmly at the distant port, Put an order document in your hand on the table. "His Royal Highness should be able to think of how many people can maintain their original minds under the temptation of the imperial chamber of commerce without the constraints of His Highness. Explain that as long as your Highness needs it, after three days, your Highness can still enter the holy capital with confidence."
"I don't want the Holy Capital to be bloodied again, and even with the status of the Imperial Bank, if it is strong, it will cause a huge rebound." Putamia hesitated, and slightly persuaded Socutus Delan. Frowned and said,
"His Royal Highness does not have to worry. I am a businessman. Naturally, I follow the method of a businessman. Of course, if His Highness is not in a hurry, giving me ten days should be able to let those chambers of commerce take the initiative to withdraw from the Holy Capital." Socutus The corner of Delan's mouth smiled and shook her head, her fingers held a spoon and gently stirred the tea in the green teacup. As the large quantities of Chinese tea entered the Obaro region, tea drinking was also among the Obaro nobles and merchants. The rise is just a little bit different in the way of quoting. The Obaro people are more accustomed to steeping the tea in water and then slowly stirring it evenly, or adding their own accustomed ingredients. Socutus Dailan is used to adding purple rowan leaves to the tea and eating There is a faint floral fragrance in the mouth. It is said that drinking Roland leaf water for many years can make people exude a strange fragrance.
"Many people think that drinking Roland leaves will have a fragrance, but it is actually incomplete. It should be the slices of Roland leaves with gamma roots and all the bubbles can make people exude a smell similar to lilies." Putamia glanced at it. Socutus Delan’s teacup, intentionally or unintentionally said something
　　 "His Royal Highness the Pope also studies this?"
Socutus Delan's slender and obsessive eyes lit up. She is not young anymore. Since she retired from the position of the 13th Ministry of the Business Alliance, she has been far away from the business battlefield of the former swordsman. Tus Cable didn’t need to keep himself in battle at all times. It also began to specialize in some things that women like. Although the emperor didn’t make it clear, judging from the orders he sent, nine out of ten will come soon. The holy capital of the sect of the country, when seeing Socutus Delan drinking this terribly bitter Roland leaf, Putamia also roughly guessed something.
She smiled and said, "My sister called me the pope and still didn’t treat me as her own. Don’t forget, as the pope, she is also a master of medicine, and there are special medicines that can increase charm. According to the records of the drug officer, as far as I know, there are more than a dozen kinds of fragrances that can only emit body scents, and each scent gives people a different feeling. Even the scent of Scarlet Moon flower that your Majesty is most used to, there are some, but it is a pity , These materials are in the holy capital at the moment, otherwise I will take them out and hand them to my sister now"
　　" Is your Majesty telling the Pope that he is coming to the Holy City?" Socutus Delan held the teacup in her hand, and stared at Putamia firmly.
"I'm not a fool, even if I didn't know when I came here, don't you know now? Since I left the holy capital, my sister has entered the northern part of the sacred country and sits here. Isn't it to help me see the holy capital?" Putamia sighed slightly
For the first time, Socutus Delan’s pretty face became serious, and said,
The various chambers of commerce are making too much noise in the southern part of the cult. It used to be to completely cut off the business route of the Harvey Plateau and chose to ignore it. Now the battle for the Harvey Plateau has been It was decided that the Harvey and the Ikar were both injured. It was the perfect moment for the imperial business route to extend into the Harvey Plateau. At this time, the major chambers of commerce were still stirring up troubles in the southern part of the mission for their own interests. It even affected the trade route of the Azure Chamber of Commerce, where the Empire was lurking in Martin Liya, and they were seeking their own death!"
　　 "The Azure Chamber of Commerce in Martin Liya!" Putamia's breathing paused.
"Yes, this is the bureau set up by your majesty himself. The empire secretly supported Sam Tamara and at the same time used the Azure Chamber of Commerce as an involvement to bring together more than twenty Lord Martin Teeth who had been withdrawn from the sect nation. Being able to use the interests of the Azur Blue Chamber of Commerce to make these more than 20 real-power lords become staunch supporters of Sam Tamara and the largest force in Martin Liya, thus directly affecting the progress of the Martin Liya people,
For this plan, your Majesty has been planning the battle since the beginning of the Holy Capital War. He even freed up 200,000 Martin Tooth people and released all Martin Tooth prisoners later. His Majesty paid such a price. How could he not return it? !
　　 But in fact, this plan is currently almost a fiasco!
Socutus Dailan paused and smiled bitterly. Even if the Azure Chamber of Commerce holds the exclusive trading rights of Martin Liya, the trade volume last month was only tens of thousands of imperial gold, instead of the expected dozens. Wan Empire Gold, why? The reason is that these chambers of commerce, which occupy the mountain as the king in the southern part of the ecclesiastical state, are entrenched by the power of the chambers of commerce. Because the chambers of commerce are tumbling against each other and suppressing each other. High taxes, UU reading www.uukanshu.com profits greatly reduced
　　 80% of the benefits of coming and going are consumed on the road, and only 20% of the benefits. Naturally, the binding power of the major lords of Martin Liya is not sustainable.
　　 Fortunately, these lords thought about protecting the friendship they had withdrawn back to the country. They still stood on the side of Sam Tamara on large occasions. For example, the Sam’s proposal to abolish the young patriarch was rejected by these powerful lords.
So even though the Sam ethnic group chose to deprive Sam Tamara of the identity of the young patriarch, but at the group meeting in Martin Liya, the major lords still regarded Sam Tamara as the young patriarch of the Sam ethnic group. The Mu patriarch is annoyed
　　 But it’s hard to say how long this situation can last
　　If the Azure Chamber of Commerce cannot achieve the expected normal profitability, the huge investment and effort invested by the Empire in Martin Liya will be in vain!
Pope Putamia knew something about the emperor’s arrangement in Martin Liya. He didn’t think about it. However, after learning about the chaos in the southern part of the Order on the road, Pope Putamia was the first. Time will know what I am here for,
　　 Where the emperor is inconvenient to take action, he himself, the pope, has no pressure at all, because he is the pope of the sect and the nominal monarch of this land.
　　 Even if there is any conflict that really breaks out, it can only be defined as a conflict between the sacred capital and the locality. The merchants will inevitably complain to the empire if they are suppressed.
　　 When the time comes, the empire will be able to intervene in truthful words, these merchants are not free to choose!