Realm of Power

"Such things as soldiers approaching the city are not just the privilege of soldiers!" The moment she got off the bus in front of the Matsukaze Shiroro headquarters, this was what Sokutus Stellan thought of,

"This time the vitality of the southern business group has been greatly damaged, and tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets in the southern region have all fallen into the hands of the empire. In a sense, this is the best time to truly establish the business alliance gold ticket system. This time The initiative in war is truly in the hands of the empire at this moment. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Remember this sentence!

I don’t know why, when Sokutus Stellan walked into the hall, under the surprised gaze of the head of Jiu Ge’s business group, when he took out the text of the secret agreement and put it on the table with a cold face, something flashed in his mind. The words of a majestic figure standing in front of the window, holding the text His hand became firmer, "I came with peace, and I hope not to let peace slip from my hands!" Sokutus Stellan said calmly, his eyes scanning the faces of the nine southern business group leaders, the nine business group leaders The look on his face is so wonderful, so wonderful

"Peace, what do you mean?" Bald Eagle Kenton's eyes lit up

"This woman!"

Maybe the leaders of these southern business groups did not expect that the empire would come to them at this time. If it were someone else, it might not matter, but the person who came was Sokutus Stellan, the famous Thirteenth Deacon of the Business Alliance. As a southern business group that regards the Northern Business Alliance as its biggest rival, how could they not know that this woman who stands at the pinnacle of the power of the Business Alliance and is known as the Dark Rose, or now another name is more appropriate, "Queen, Sokutusdai" orchid"

Since the Lisbonto incident, the Imperial Navy has gone so far as to launch a war against the entire southern region and blockade all southern ports. Not to mention that the entire southern business group almost collapsed and tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets were intercepted. This kind of title with a strong depressive atmosphere has spread wildly in the southern business community, Sokutus Stellan, Empire The queen of business! Under the current situation. Who dares not to take what Sokutus Stellan said seriously! "Miss Dailan, what does peace mean?"

The white-haired old man was the first to stand up from his seat, his eyes flashing with an aggressive look. It was Kenton the Bald Eagle who spoke, and the Double-headed Eagle Merchant Group broke the contract. It is obvious that they will not compensate the losses of other business groups. The already desperate situation has suddenly turned around. I have to give it a try anyway and take the initiative in this war. It is no longer in the hands of the southern business group.

In fact, when the news of Lisbonto's recovery came out, the value of the Business Alliance Golden Tickets was already returning. However, all the Business Alliance Gold Tickets on the market were wiped out, so the effect of the return was not explosive, but since the other party If there is such a method, then there will be an even more terrifying back-up plan. The opponent holds tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets, just like having hundreds of thousands of troops ready to go, once they are fully deployed in the south. What can the south do to stop it?

The heads of other business groups looked silent. What Kenton could think of, they could naturally think of, the war has been lost, and what they need most now is self-protection, once the empire invests the tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets it has acquired in the south. The unprecedented impact, the first to be affected were the ten major business groups. "We are all businessmen. Businessmen seek wealth, not death! If we fight, both sides will lose!" Sokutus Stellan smiled slightly. Pushing the secret book in his hand in front of the bald eagle Kenton, "You can take a look at this. This is where our sincerity lies and where your sincerity lies."

"Oh?" Kenton, the bald eagle, took the text curiously, glanced over it, and his calm expression suddenly became a little excited. He pressed down the text with his hand, looked at Sokutus Stellan opposite, and asked with a trembling voice. "Is this true? Miss Dai Lan, can you really ask the navy to open up the port, and also take out a one million loan to fund my business group?"

"What, a million loan!" The other heads of business groups were in an uproar. The losses were so huge that they had shaken the foundation of the business group. Because of the shutdown of maritime trade and the difficulties in the domestic economy, the biggest headache for them now was where to go. Looking for funds to cover the losses, I heard that Kenton could get a million and still be able to live on his butt.

The leaders stood up one after another and came to Kenton's side to read the text. Before they could finish reading it, the leader of the White Pine Wind Dew Business Group made a surprised sound, "Empire Bank?" "That's right, Imperial Bank!"

Sokutus Stellan said, "In order to prevent another conflict like this one among the southern business groups, the empire will invest 40 million to establish the Imperial Bank, which will be mainly used for commercial lending. Of course, the business alliance will be used to finance it. Golden Tickets, and the funds used to rescue you are also Business Alliance Golden Tickets. In other words, the fate of your business groups must be tightly bound to the Business Alliance Golden Tickets."

"That is to say, we can only get funding if the Business Alliance Golden Ticket is returned in value, otherwise it will be a pile of waste paper!" Apollona, ​​the leader of the Wish Tree Business Group, said unceremoniously

"The empire has shown sincerity, shouldn't you all also show some sincerity?" Sokutus Stellan smiled at the corner of her mouth, so beautiful that it attracted people's attention. She glanced at Apollona, ​​who was also a woman, and said, "Millions of dollars of business The Alliance Golden Ticket is provided by the Empire. This is sincerity. If you don’t even have the ability to make the Business Alliance Golden Ticket return value again, how are you qualified to receive these funds?”

"As long as it can save lives, it is right to let the Golden Ticket of the Business Alliance return its value!" Baijin Link, the leader of the Alua Merchant Group, took a deep breath and smiled bitterly. The other party's strength has reached the level of Shunchang's defeat. What kind of empire is this? Once the bank is established, just tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets will be enough to make the top ten business groups in the south unable to resist. Now the main It is better to get this one million loan. Although the Business Alliance Golden Ticket has suffered fluctuations and is recovering slowly, if there is help from the Southern Business Group, it can restore its original value in two or three months at most. Compared with the old method before There is no doubt about the advantages of the trading model and the Golden Ticket of the Business Alliance. It has survived the fluctuations this time and will surely become stronger after its value is restored.

"If you agree with this secret agreement, let's sign it. We are not forcing it!"

Sokutus Stellan looked at the leaders of the business group with great momentum. Only she knew that the real purpose of this secret agreement was to drag the southern business group into trouble. On the condition that the empire invests a huge amount of money in rescue, the southern business group is forced to sign a secret alliance agreement and form the largest financial system to control North and South Europe. In order for the rescue funds to be effective, the southern business group must do their best to restore the Golden Ticket of the Business Alliance. original value. For my own sake, I am not afraid that the southern business group will not contribute, turn the original resistance into a boost, and let the empire's economic system continue to extend along the lines of the southern business group. Once the business alliance gold tickets return to their original value, the business alliance gold ticket system will be restored. It will become a super-circulating currency across North and South Europe, and the final issuance power of gold tickets will be taken back from the Commercial Union to the newly formed Imperial Bank.

An hour later, after closing the final signed document in her hand, Sokutus Stellan walked out of the door, a little tired, to the carriage that had been parked for most of the day.

"Go to the port!" Sokutus Stellan said to the coachman. The car trembled slightly and started to move forward,

The rain in the sky has stopped, and the streets look particularly clean after being washed by the rain. A dozen guards dressed as Imperial Navy officers followed closely on both sides of the carriage. Horse hooves resounded on the quiet street, and the crisp sound of towers sounded outward. Get out of the way, as a port city. It should have been a prosperous scene, but in front of me it was completely withered and shaky.

Financial fluctuations bring about depression for merchants. Many small and medium-sized chambers of commerce have been hit hard by the sharp decline in the value of business alliance gold tickets. Tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets that should have gone to the top ten business groups were robbed by unknown forces in the empire. At the same time, large business groups tightened their loans. , such a huge funding hole. The entire economy was paralyzed, and all shops on the streets were closed. It was miserable,

In a closed compartment. Sokutus Stellan leaned on the carriage sofa alone and opened the signing text in her hand again. Her eyes scanned the contents above. The nine chamber of commerce seals under the text were printed in her beautiful eyes, and the corners of her cold and seductive mouth were , slightly upturned, charming and intoxicating, like the touching spring light after the ice and snow melt. Unfortunately, no one saw it in the carriage.

"I didn't expect that when Lisbon was in turmoil, His Majesty had already laid such a grand plan, with a huge investment of 30 million gold coins. Not to mention the unprepared top ten business groups in the south. Even if they were prepared, they would face such a huge investment. There is no way around the huge flow of funds." Sokutus Stellan's eyes showed a trace of confusion. Talking to himself, a blush suddenly appeared on his fair face, as if he thought of someone's actions, and his proud chest rose and fell. Sokutus Stellan, the thirteenth deacon of the Business Alliance who could dominate the sky with one hand, felt that the entire The empire's business community regarded her as the Queen's peerless beauty, and their admiration for someone had been deeply ingrained in their bones.

She was ordered to attend a secret meeting of the top ten business groups in the south and learned about the situation in the south.

Only then did she realize that when she was in a desperate situation in Lisbonto, the real battlefield was outside Lisbonto. Behind the Lisbonto incident, there was actually a killer plot set up by the top ten business groups in the south. The fluctuations caused by Lisbonto willfully suppress the golden tickets of the business alliance, and finally squeeze out the local small and medium-sized business groups. Who would have thought of such a layout?

The situation at that time also proved that this possibility was almost successful. In just a few days, the Business Alliance Golden Ticket System, which took more than two years and countless efforts to establish, was established. The joint stranglehold of the ten major business groups collapsed in a matter of ten days, small and medium-sized business groups suffered heavy losses, and the value of the business alliance's gold tickets plummeted. In some places, the prices are so low that it is unimaginable. It only cost one million gold coins to collect all the commercial alliance gold tickets in the south. As a half-establisher of the commercial alliance golden ticket system, I fully promote the implementation of the commercial alliance golden ticket system. Or, Sokutus Stellan felt cold sweat just thinking about what kind of situation the golden ticket collapse would cause.

I thought that although the competition among the business groups was fierce, at least it was not as good as the fight to the death on the real battlefield. Unexpectedly, this time it was an eye-opener.

A real commercial war is more cruel than a real war, with rivers of blood flowing. The battlefield is rippled all over the place, but this wave is the bankruptcy of countless small and medium-sized business groups in the south. I heard that there are rumors of businessmen committing suicide every day. , who said business wars won’t kill anyone? And if the Golden Tickets of the Business Alliance, which number in the tens of millions, really fall into the hands of the top ten business groups, what is the difference between this and the economic lifeline of the Business Alliance being in the hands of the southern business groups? This is the scary thing about the southern business group plan. Whether Lisbon can succeed or not is actually irrelevant at all.

Outside Lisbonto is the real killing ground. What the southern business group wants is this turmoil. They will use this fluctuation to launch an extremely vicious ambush against small and medium-sized business groups.

If this was a war, Sokutus Stellan believed that if the imperial side had not intervened, Lisbon would be littered with corpses at this moment, just like the city was massacred, and all the efforts of the Imperial Business Alliance for several years were in vain. Said, it is equivalent to giving half of the country to the southern business group. With tens of millions of business alliance gold tickets in hand, the top ten business groups in the south can even annex it. Domestic small and medium-sized business groups have gathered astonishing strength in a short period of time, reaching a situation where they can truly compete with the Northern Business Alliance. Who would have thought that the starting point of all this was just an economic fluctuation in Lisbon. Such a large-scale, now think When I woke up, it was still so unbelievable, "But from today on, none of this matters anymore!"

Sokutus Stellan put her hand on the text of the secret agreement and raised her head to look out the window. The carriage entered the port. An imperial armed merchant ship was rising and falling at the dock with the waves. The imperial eagle flag on it was fluttering, and the golden eagle eyes seemed to be watching. Staring at the city in front of him, the whole city trembled under the sharp claws, and other ships in the port hid far away.

The Imperial Navy bombarded Fezer's largest port, causing the situation to become extremely tense. Maritime trade also came to a brief halt. Except for the Empire's own ships, ships from other countries did not dare to go to sea at the risk of being sunk before the situation became clear. One of the reasons why the top ten business groups in the south are eager to hold a meeting is the fluctuation caused by the suspension of maritime trade. They are unable to go to sea. Every day that is delayed, the business groups suffer huge losses. The fleet could not go to sea, and so many sailors still needed to be fed. The original trade routes had to be stopped, and a large number of customers were lost. The merchant group's encirclement and suppression plan failed, and millions of gold coins were lost. This kind of disastrous situation Even the leaders of the top ten business groups cannot bear the failure. As long as they can borrow funds at this moment, even if the poison is placed in front of them, these business group leaders will drink it without hesitation!

Sokutus Stellan did not know that the influence of this secret agreement in later generations was no less than that of the huge commercial revolution that destroyed the Falcon Empire 370 years later. It was also because of this secret agreement that Sokutus Tustelan was called the "Mother of Imperial Commerce" by later generations of businessmen (to be continued)