Realm of Power

At the Port of Kelo, the largest port on the northern Hérault coast, a fleet of merchant ships is slowly docking into the port. The leader is a Vakgod-class transport ship with a triangular hull and a white sail emblazoned with the three-color sunflower emblem of the Hérault Empire. Below, a young Eero nobleman wearing a white turban stood at the bow of the ship. He glanced unfavorably at the merchant ships from the Falcon Empire docked in the port and was very dissatisfied. He took a list of goods from the servant behind him, glanced over it, and his face suddenly became colder. He turned around and said to a middle-aged man behind him, "Klass, what's going on? Kailo The port is the most important port of our Solomon Chamber of Commerce, but why, this month's trade volume has been reduced by another three percent. If you don't have this ability, I will replace you with someone else."

"Master Braxi, it's not that my subordinates don't work hard, there is really no other way."

The middle-aged businessman wearing a golden satin robe looked miserable and wanted to cry. Hearing the young noble's rebuke, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and he quickly said, "In the past, our Solomon Chamber of Commerce monopolized the trade north of the inland sea. But since Falcon With the arrival of the empire's merchant ships, our monopoly on the north of the inland sea will no longer be able to continue! In addition to the huge increase in the number of merchant ships in the Falcon Empire in recent months, the number of merchant ships in the Falcon Empire has more than doubled. Not only has our Solomon Chamber of Commerce been squeezed out of a lot of shares, but also the Ali Chamber of Commerce 5 is not having a good time. If this continues, the Falcon Empire’s Business Alliance will become the true master of Kailuo Port in less than a year!

"Master? Are you kidding? An outsider dares to be so rampant. Do you really think that my centuries-old Solomon Chamber of Commerce can be bullied at will!" Brasi, the young president of the largest chamber of commerce in the Eero Empire, looked gloomy. He snorted, with a trace of unconcealable arrogance in his tone. "What does Governor Basinla mean? Our Solomon Chamber of Commerce pays a large amount of tribute every year. Is this the kind of treatment?" Brasi paused. Dayton, to the head of the branch Klaas He waved his hand, "Go tell the governor that he keeps taking money and not doing anything. Then don't blame our Solomon Chamber of Commerce for being ruthless and unjust! We can also speak to the prime minister! If he is so lethargic, Foreign Chamber of Commerce Bullying Book The behavior of the Native Chamber of Commerce is not an exaggeration to say that he is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. You must know that this is the crime that His Majesty Farouk hates most. Removal from his position and confiscation of property are both frivolous, and his entire clan will be regarded as the lowest class. It’s not impossible for slaves!”

"I've also looked for Governor Basinla!"

Klaas, the head of the Solomon branch, said with an ugly smile, "The Governor said that after the Falcon Empire Navy swept away the Strand and Feishan Navy, it has become a veritable overlord of the inland sea. Without orders from the Royal Capital, even if Even though he is the regional governor, he does not dare to offend these Falcon Empire businessmen at will! After all, the Falcon Empire Navy once bombarded Kyoto of the Confederate Empire."

"Even so, we can't condone reckless behavior!" Blasi's tone became gentler. The Governor's thoughts are also understandable. The Falcon Empire has expanded in the inland sea area in the past year or two and defeated the Strand Navy. Defeating Feishan's navy, it extended its unstoppable momentum from the mouth of the inner sea to the east for thousands of nautical miles. It is truly unstoppable, not to mention that it has brutally bombarded land port cities with warships many times, and even arrogantly sailed warships into inland waterways, which really pissed off the Falcon Empire. Who dares to say that the Falcon Empire Navy would not dare to turn Kailuo Port into ruins, and then follow the Kailuo estuary southward until it reaches the imperial capital, even if it is not an attack. Even just showing up and turning a corner is enough to cause a sensation in the entire royal capital.

If such a thing really happened, even if Governor Basinla lived to the end of his life, it is no wonder that he would bite the bullet and resist the pressure from the Solomon Chamber of Commerce. The Solomon Chamber of Commerce has been a chamber of commerce that has existed in the Ero Empire since its founding. The organization has a history of hundreds of years. It is like a huge tree taking root in the Erro Empire. Its scattered trade routes cover the southern third of the Erro Empire. It is a real behemoth. For a regional governor, it is no wonder that To the point where you need to be too respectful,

On the contrary, facing the infiltration of forces from another behemoth business alliance in the Falcon Empire is what makes the Solomon Chamber of Commerce nervous. These large, round-bellied sailing ships belonging to the business alliance are always loaded with dazzling products of all kinds. Goods like this have arrived at Kailuo Port. Fortunately, the Falcon Empire Business Alliance is still on the coast. However, if it is not stopped, in less than five years, this huge chamber of commerce from the Falcon Empire will, just like the terrifying greedy expansion of the Falcon Empire, completely eliminate the sphere of influence that originally belonged to the Solomon Chamber of Commerce. He was snatched away and the Solomon Chamber of Commerce, which had been prosperous for hundreds of years, was killed like a fish out of water!

This is not sensational, this is what is happening

Since the Falcon Empire opened the Inland Sea, a large number of merchant fleets have poured in. The trade impact from the northern part of the Inland Sea has caused the Solomon Chamber of Commerce to lose one-tenth of its business share. The Solomon Chamber of Commerce is known as the largest chamber of commerce in Barro in southern Europe. Even so, not to mention those small chambers of commerce with poor ability to withstand impacts. Because they have no control over the sea area, Falcon Empire merchant ships can pass through the entire inland sea without paying a penny, while they need to pay a large amount of toll taxes and hire ship escorts. With the continuous influx of large numbers of merchant ships from the Falcon Empire, these small caravans were the first to be squeezed and eventually collapsed. In response to this situation, large chambers of commerce such as the Solomon Chamber of Commerce not only had no intention of saving them, but instead took the opportunity to annex them. Expansion is like a big fish eating a small fish, and a small fish eating the shrimp. In less than two years, the hundreds of local chambers of commerce in Kailuo Port are now basically all but seven or eight large chambers of commerce such as Solomon and Ali. All have been silenced,

This situation is the same in the ports along the entire southern inland sea. If you look at the merchant ships docked at Kelo Port, you will know that less than a quarter of them belong to the mainland of the Aero Empire, about a fifth of them are from other countries, and the rest All were large merchant ships flying falcon flags, and the port was buzzing with people.

Boiling, most of the people talking were merchants and sailors with strong accents from the Falcon Empire. They were everywhere. For those who didn’t know, would you still think that you were walking in the port of the Falcon Empire? Looking at the goods piled up on the port, from Barrow in Northern Europe Cotton from China, colorful fabrics from Africa, various products from Barro in Central Europe, and Falcon porcelain, which has recently become popular and extravagant, occupy more than one-half of the port warehouse.

The reason why I say this is Falcon Porcelain. It’s because these porcelains are not originating from the distant Central Asian Empire, but from the hands of porcelain craftsmen from the northern Falcon Empire. Compared with the porcelain from the Central Asian Empire, which is easily worth thousands of gold, the patterns and shapes of the Falcon Empire’s porcelain are There are more, and the color is more gorgeous. Although this color is dyed with fuel in the later stage, and its fineness is far inferior to the real fine products from the Central Asian Empire, but it is cheaper in price. Ordinary ones only cost a few gold coins, even if they come from Imperial official fine porcelain. It only costs more than a dozen gold. At such an affordable price, you can get a piece of porcelain that is rumored to be only available to wealthy nobles for only a dozen gold. It just caters to the purchases of many middle-class nobles.

After the Solomon Chamber of Commerce purchased some, they resold them to other countries in the inland areas through their own business routes. They were very popular. The prices often increased to more than three times and the supply exceeded demand. Such huge profits. How could it not make people excited? Because of this, Brasi, the young business owner of the Solomon Chamber of Commerce, came to Kailuo Port in person. The purpose is to monopolize this porcelain trade. The Solomon Chamber of Commerce has its own long-distance merchant fleet, which can reach the Falcon Empire across the inland sea. If the porcelain route used by other chambers of commerce to reach the Eero Empire can be cut off, then this route will become a huge profit for the Solomon Chamber of Commerce alone.

According to this young business owner of the Solomon Chamber of Commerce. If successful, the huge profits will be enough to support the prosperity of the Chamber of Commerce for a hundred years. Therefore, when the young business owner looks at every ship in the port that is not from the Solomon Chamber of Commerce, he feels that he is robbing his own money. If all these porcelains are Placed under the Solomon Chamber of Commerce, if only the Solomon Chamber of Commerce had porcelain, if. . . . . . "Not long after the bright-eyed young business owner sighed, a messenger wearing the uniform of a servant of the Governor's Mansion found him.

"Dear young merchant, my master, Governor Basinla, invites you to be a guest!"

The servant presented the gilded invitation with a respectful expression, and his eyes paused slightly on Brasi. There have long been rumors from the outside world that this young business owner is the one with the highest reputation to take over as the leader of the next generation of Solomon Chamber of Commerce. Every generation The leaders of the Solomon Chamber of Commerce will appoint three young business owners, so that they can easily eliminate mediocrity and select the best successors. This is also the secret of the Solomon Chamber of Commerce being able to thrive for hundreds of years.

"What time?" Brasi asked

"Tonight, at the Governor's Mansion." The servant bowed his head respectfully.

"It is an honor for me to be invited by Governor Basinla. Please tell the Governor that I will definitely go!" Brasi had a smile on his face and was very graceful, making people feel like a spring breeze. He is worthy of being the first The young business owner of the Chamber of Commerce, what he just scolded Basinla is like a string that comes and goes at the drop of a hat. Dog, now showing a look of luck, took the invitation from the messenger servant. As the first chamber of commerce in the Eero Empire, the Solomon Chamber of Commerce naturally does not need to be afraid of a regional governor, but if it wants to monopolize the trading rights of Falcon Porcelain in In his hands, there is no way around this Governor Basinla who is dedicated to managing Kailuo Port.

Brasi was already thinking about how much money he would need to give to Governor Basinla so that he would be determined to seize all other merchant fleets selling porcelain. At this time, a servant came over in a hurry. , whispered in his ear for a while

"Are you telling the truth?" Brasi's eyes were bright and frightening, and his hands tightened unconsciously. The military department secretly summoned the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce in the royal capital. The news revealed was shocking. The imperial department demanded From now on, the Chamber of Commerce will try its best to squeeze the power of the Falcon Empire's Chamber of Commerce. If necessary, some extraordinary measures can be taken!

"Extraordinary times, extraordinary means, what does the military mean by this!" Brasi couldn't help but tremble in his heart. His eyes swept over the Falcon Empire's merchant ships that filled most of the port, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up. , even a fool can see that this is the reason why the military is looking for a war with the Falcon Empire.

You really get what you want. With the support of the military, I may not be able to eat all the merchant ships of the Falcon Empire in one bite. The fat that comes to my mouth must be at least a million or more wealth! This matter must be done quickly. The military summoned the person in charge of the Solomon Chamber of Commerce to have a secret discussion. I believe that several other large chambers of commerce have also had similar secret discussions. At this moment, whoever strikes first will be able to eat the meat in one bite. Governor The invitation from the government is no longer important now. The military department directly obeys the orders of His Majesty Emperor Faruk. The military department's actions must be the instruction of His Majesty the emperor. The governor-general's office can only provide full assistance.

"Klass, if you go all out, how many people can you summon in the shortest time?" Brasi looked at Klass, the head of the Kailo branch next to him, and asked in a solemn tone.

"If you have sufficient funds, you should be able to hire the people you want." Claes hesitated and said with some confusion. "This is a port. As long as there is money, there will be people! I just don't know what the merchant is for?"

"I'll give you 50,000 gold coins, which will be withdrawn from the branch account. Before midnight tonight, I want to see a thousand people." Brasi grinned slightly, showing his white teeth. "Find another old merchant ship. Today Before midnight, I will sink the ship and block the port!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!

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