Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

Charles VII sneered in his heart.

The opponent's intention is clearly to take advantage of the situation and gather the woolen soldiers into the nobles' private armed forces, and ask the royal family to pay half of the cost.Such a high-sounding brazenness, sure enough, these great nobles with royal blood are the biggest enemies today!With such insects, how can we govern the country well?

However, the other party's proposal can indeed temporarily solve two problems, and save the treasury a lot of money.It's just that the aftermath is a bit big.

While Charles VII was meditating, someone stood up and objected.

This person turned out to be the Archbishop of Lance.

The game between Charles VII and the Duke of Bourbon this time was related to the military power of the local lords, and had nothing to do with the priests.But the Archbishop of Reims still took the lead.

Because he is rare in today's church system, the kind of person who still has enthusiasm and ideals, is willing to implement the teachings of the seven saints, and use them to teach the world, hoping to create a better world.

"Your Majesty, I disagree with Duke Bourbon's suggestion. Rodrigo must be executed. Those wool soldiers who committed crimes must also be punished as they deserve!"

"The investigation of the trial court has been clear. Rodrigo did not collude with a cult and worship evil crimes. As long as His Royal Highness forgives his crimes, the matter will be settled." Duke Bourbon argued.

"It's true that the Tribunal will not deal with an ordinary person who has nothing to do with the evil god. But the other crimes committed by Rodrigo can be solved with your 'forgiveness' as light as a feather?" Archbishop Lance stared at Bourbon The Duke was furious, "Rodrigo is a cruel and ruthless executioner, a beast in human skin! He has committed countless heinous crimes. For example, last year, in San Roman-le-Bay, he commanded mercenaries to massacre Hundreds of refugees!"

"Uh..." Duke Bourbon ended in embarrassment.

He really didn't care about the thick blood on Rodrigo's hands.What's the big deal about killing a few untouchables? How can the interests of the noble duke matter?

But if this kind of thing is really brought to the table, it will still be widely condemned.

Seeing that the Duke of Bourbon was so stunned that he could not refute, George Palace winked at Ma Youfu with admiration: "Your Excellency the Marquis, you are indeed very skilled, and you have managed to win over the Archbishop of Lance."

Ma Youfu just smiled, noncommittal.

He was also very strange, not knowing why the Archbishop of Lance would be the first to jump out against the Duke of Bourbon.This gentleman's status is so high that it would cost a lot to win him over, and he is not a stakeholder in this issue, so Ma Youfu did not try to persuade him to side with him.

At this moment, Archbishop Lance took out a stack of pamphlets from his pocket and placed them on the table.

Ma Youfu suddenly realized.

These leaflets were written by him in employment of Eral.That high-achieving student at the University of Paris has a great talent for writing, and he is very good at writing provocative pamphlets.

Ma Youfu asked him to write many pamphlets calling for the severe punishment of wool soldiers, which were distributed all over Paris. They were full of sensational words, such as "Shocked! A mercenary can return home with honor after raping an eighty-year-old woman." some type of.These pamphlets, which described the evil deeds of wool soldiers with exaggeration and even jokes, quickly spread in the streets of Paris.

Because Erard always adds a sentence at the end of the article that is similar to "According to unreliable sources, Pierre, who tortured and killed four pregnant women, will join the Crusades with generous treatment and fight for the glory of the Seven Saints." The epilogue on the treatment of hypotension quickly aroused public outrage, and there was a lot of discussion in the city of Paris for a while.

Paris is protected by city walls, and has not been harassed by wool soldiers much, but who has few relatives and friends living in small villages and towns, who can stay in the city all the time, not go out to visit relatives and friends, and work to make a living?

The deep aversion to wool soldiers has a broad popular base.

If Charles VII really spared Rodrigo at the imperial meeting, Ma Youfu would immediately cast a spark in the city of Paris, detonating the anger of the citizens, and using the raging public anger to make Charles VII change his mind.

Of course, this is only a last resort, and Ma Youfu will not use it lightly.

He knew that the nobles would not be easily influenced by these rumors, so the focus was still on using benefits to win over more allies.Unexpectedly, the Archbishop of Lance was actually influenced by these pamphlets and changed his neutral position.

Facing the speechless Duke of Bourbon, the Archbishop of Lance still opened fire: "The Seven Saints once taught us the most basic truth: punish the evil and promote the good! If it is for the immediate benefit, even the sins of those wool soldiers You can easily forgive, so what qualifications do you have to manage and educate the people? Your Highness, you are the Shepherd of the Seven Saints in the world..."

This is a bit serious. It involves the issue of the divine right of kings. It seems to imply that Charles VII is not qualified to be the king if he does not follow the teachings of the seven saints to punish the wool soldiers who broke the law.

Being accused like this, Charles VII felt a surge of anger in his heart. He barely controlled his emotions and said, "Archbishop, the difficulties we face in reality cannot be solved by reciting a few lines of the teachings of the seven saints."

"Your Highness, the reason why a monarch is great is not because he always does simple things that everyone can do, but because he can overcome difficulties and do things that others cannot! When facing difficulties, you must not be timid heart, but face it bravely!"

Archbishop Lance's reasoning is indeed correct, but perhaps because of his emotional agitation, his persuasion is very unskilled, like clichés on yellowed parchment, which will only make people bored and not convincing.

Seeing Charles VII showing some impatience, Ma Youfu took over the topic: "Your Highness, I agree with the Archbishop of Lance. Siris has a famous saying: Kings can only conquer countries on horseback, but not on horseback. Govern the country. Now that France has entered a long-lost period of peace, you should change your thinking.

Your initial solution to the Wool Soldiers is to recruit them all and send them to the Maghreb as a royal army to join the crusade.Such a strategy is indeed no problem when focusing on efficiency and all wars are premised on winning.But now that there is no war, it is a bit inappropriate to do so.The French people now need a peaceful and peaceful living environment, good law and order, and a king and laws that can effectively punish criminals and protect their lives and property.What would happen if the people knew that even wool soldiers who had committed countless felonies could be forgiven by the king and recruited as honorable crusaders?Will they still obey the law?Will your rule be safe and sound? "

Ma Youfu put aside morality, and talked about the handling of wool soldiers from the perspective of national governance, and Charles VII immediately listened to it.This is a matter related to his own vital interests, and he must consider it carefully.Especially considering that this is still a fantasy world, if because of his decision-making, people's hearts will be corrupted, which will give birth to a group of people who ignore law and order, thinking "Anyway, as long as you are capable enough, you can be pardoned by the king even if you commit a crime." ", and then the professionals who wreak havoc everywhere will be in big trouble.

Seeing Charles VII nodding frequently, the Duke of Bourbon agreed with Ma Youfu's remarks, and he couldn't help sighing secretly: "As expected of Ma Youfu, the master of glib words, he is really difficult to deal with!"

He looked at the Duke of Brittany with begging eyes, hoping that this companion known as the "wise man" could stand up.

The Duke of Brittany coughed dryly and asked, "Your Excellency, according to your intention, the crimes of tens of thousands of wool soldiers should be liquidated, right?"

"Yes. Death for serious crimes, and punishment for misdemeanors. If you can't pay the fine, you can also make atonement in other ways." Ma Youfu briefly explained his plan.

"I doubt whether you can do it." The Duke of Brittany pointed to the largest person in the conference hall and said, "The woolen soldiers are a historical problem that has plagued France for a long time. In the final analysis, it is still the evil caused by war. Once Many upright and noble knights are not allowed to join the woolen soldiers because of the difficulty of livelihood. For example, La Haile, who is regarded as the first warrior in France. There is also the hero who once saved France - the Brittany eagle Gaeklan Marshal, you have also served as wool soldiers. How do you deal with these nobles who have served as wool soldiers but have made outstanding achievements?"

"John the Wise did not fail me!" Duke Bourbon secretly praised.

These words can be said to hit the pain point.If Charles VII wanted to deal with wool soldiers for the sake of national stability, what would he do with the meritorious deeds of those nobles who had been wool soldiers?

Should they be dealt with together?

The Duke of Bourbon could not have wished for it.

Doing that would definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the entire aristocratic class and shake his rule.

In the final analysis, this country is governed by nobles, not by ordinary people like pigs and sheep.

Chapter 310 Eight Shareholding System, New Company

Rachel didn't like this kind of lip service, so she didn't say much.After being named by the Duke of Brittany at this time, he suddenly started to act.

His majestic body like a hill stood up from the chair, and then walked in front of Charles VII in a few steps.

In the change of Duke Bourbon's expression from complacency to surprise, Lahair plopped, knelt down on one knee, and then began to tearfully tell about his unbearable experience back then.

In order to serve the country, he spent his wealth and recruited troops, in fighting the English, he shed blood, in bad luck, he was defeated again and again, and he had to engage in robbery in order to survive...

Later, La Haier said that he was willing to compensate the victims who were robbed by him back then, and begged His Royal Highness to forgive him.

Charles VII was overjoyed, and immediately praised Rachel's courage to face up to the stains in life, and then rewarded him with Langwell Castle.

After careful calculation, Lahaier still made money.

"Your Excellency Lahaier's character is comparable to the ancient sages, and he is indeed a model of today's knights!" George Palace clapped his hands and praised.

"The number one warrior in France has lived up to the love of the Seven Saints." Yolande also nodded and smiled.

With these two heavyweight atmosphere groups taking the lead, others can only praise.

Lahaier returned to his position amidst endless praises, and did not forget to wink at Ma Youfu at the moment.

"This guy's character is really not suitable for being an actor, he's too rough..." Ma Youfu shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, the final effect of this pre-negotiated performance was very good. It easily responded to the Duke of Brittany's question and sent a signal: those nobles who used to be wool soldiers, as long as they express their willingness to admit their mistakes to Charles VII attitude, and turn over the illegal gains, not only can gain a good reputation, but also get a generous reward from Charles VII to make up for the loss.

So what reason is there to oppose the plan to liquidate the Wool Soldiers?

Although his side won successively at the meeting, Ma Youfu also knew that the Duke of Bourbon's anti-centralization aristocratic alliance did not suffer substantial losses.Their power is still strong, and Charles VII is still deeply afraid.

Therefore, he resorted to the final ultimate move.

"The meeting has been going on for a long time. You must be thirsty. In this wet and cold weather, it is most suitable to drink a cup of warm and sweet drink."

Ma Youfu clapped his hands.Soon, the servants who received the order filed into the conference hall, put down a cup in front of everyone, and poured hot water into it.

There was nothing so far, everyone just looked at the servants with a little confusion.

But when the servants took out a delicate wooden box and opened the lid, the sounds of rapid or heavy breathing began to echo in the conference hall.

Those boxes contained pure white particles that looked like frost and snow.

"Is this sugar?" Someone looked at Ma Youfu with doubts.

"Yes. This is sucrose with the highest purity. I call it white sugar. After this batch of white sugar is produced, the first thing I think of is to let gentlemen taste it."

Seeing white sugar, which is equivalent to gold, being poured into the cup spoon by spoon, some people's hearts, like these sweet particles, melted.

Some nobles are still lamenting the generosity of the Sirisians.There are also some smart people who have read a lot of useful information from the other party's words just now - these sugars are made by Ma Youfu, and the other party must have the technology to mass-produce this top-quality sucrose!

Until this technology is mastered by others - which will likely take decades or even longer - Mayouf will be the easiest person to make money in all of Europe!

After preparing warm sugar water for the adults, the servants placed a beautifully printed manual on the table before leaving the conference hall.

Although the Duke of Bourbon was reluctant, he picked up the manual honestly, and saw a thumbnail map of Europe printed on the cover, as well as a line of beautiful cursive words: Europa Trading Group sincerely invites you to join.

This is the PPT that Ma Youfu spent a lot of effort on.

The Northern France Trading Company is now developing very rapidly. With Rouen, Ghent, and Champagne as the core, it continues to expand to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and both sides of the Rhine River.

However, Ma Youfu intends to limit the business scope of the Northern France Trading Company to the north of the Loire River.South of France, and the Mediterranean trade that will be involved in the future, as well as commercial activities in the Maghreb region, he plans to set up a new South France trading company to operate.

At the same time, the Southern France Trading Company will also be responsible for raising military expenses for the Crusades.

In order to coordinate the interests of all parties, Ma Youfu decided to establish the Europa Trading Group as the head office to manage the two companies.

In the handbook distributed by Ma Youfu to the participants, he introduced in detail the power distribution and management structure of the group, as well as the mode of operation, and then hyped up the great prospects of the newly established South France Trading Company.

Ma Youfu did not tell lies.With the precedent of the North France Trading Company, who dares to say that the South France Trading Company has a bad prospect?

Before that, with the help of Vera's father, Francesco Di Antonio de' Medici, Ma Youfu restructured the Northern France Trading Company and transformed it into a real joint-stock company.

The North France Trading Company has now grown into a behemoth with total assets worth 200 million livres. Ma Youfu divided it into [-] shares at [-] livres each.

Out of prudent considerations, Ma Youfu does not plan to complete the stock exchange now, and also holds a strict regulatory attitude towards stock trading.Every stock transaction must be reviewed by the newly established "Stock Transaction Inspection Committee" before it can be reached.Moreover, Ma Youfu deliberately set the price of one share at a high price of two hundred livres, also in order to raise the threshold for stock trading.

Today, the main function of the two companies is to serve the war, so stability is the top priority.Ma Youfu didn't want to unleash the beast of financial speculation with his own hands.

In case a disaster similar to tulip mania occurred after he fought bloody with the Mulhollan believers in the Maghreb, he would really want to cry without tears.

The newly established South France Trading Company will also issue [-] shares at a price of [-] livres each.

Of course, investors do not necessarily need to use cash to buy shares.Food, wine, clothing, weapons and armor, horses, gunpowder and other military supplies can also be exchanged for stocks.Even, if you are a knight with extraordinary martial arts skills, or a mercenary captain who has experienced battles, you can also rely on your army to invest in shares.

The current price is that a well-equipped and experienced five-member combat team can be exchanged for one share.

In addition, Ma Youfu also specially took out a thousand shares to buy wool soldiers.

As long as the wool soldier who committed a misdemeanor is willing to voluntarily surrender and atone for his crime, he has the right to purchase shares first.If there is no money, it doesn't matter, the fleeing wool soldiers can exchange for stocks or compensate fines by arresting those who have committed serious crimes, or those who are stubborn and unwilling to reform.

Looking at the nobles with different expressions holding brochures, Ma Youfu said: "Everyone can take a look slowly and think carefully. Joining the South France Trading Company is definitely a good thing that can make money without losing money. I'm not bragging, but There is precedent to testify. However, I am only willing to accept like-minded partners."

After saying this, Ma Youfu raised his legs like a god, and didn't say a word.

But the Duke of Bourbon felt unprecedented pressure.

Can the alliance he formed continue to unite against the king in the face of the temptation of huge interests presented by the other party?

The Duke of Bourbon was not confident.

Just look at the dukes on his side.Alençon—no, the Duke of Mann aside, several other people, including the Duke of Orleans who hates Charles VII, and the "wise man" of Brittany, are also looking lost in thought and undecided .

"Today's imperial meeting seems to be unable to produce any results. This is a protracted battle. After the meeting, we must persuade others not to be fooled by the beautiful words of the Siris. Force, military power! This is what we lords maintain independence The root of sex!"

It is a pity that the Duke of Bourbon's plan immediately went bankrupt.Someone impatiently made a statement and tore a big hole in the local aristocratic alliance he formed.

"Master Marquis, you are so generous. You are willing to share the fruits of the Maghreb sugar industry in the future. I support your claim that the death of the heinous Rodrigo is the best for this country. Choose!" Duke Berry said suddenly.