Realm of Power

Outside the headquarters building of the Business Alliance, luxuriously decorated carriages stopped one after another. The people walking out of them were all big shots in the empire's business world who could tremble a few times when they stamped their feet. Needless to say, the twelve deacons of the Business Alliance were so high-ranking. The heads of branches from the seventy-four provinces and regions of the empire are enough to make the crowds of businessmen from all over the country waiting outside the main branch of the Commercial Alliance.

And the new figure Beckgasso, who only entered the Deacons' Meeting in July, is the center of discussion. He is about to propose the cancellation of the Thirteenth Deacon at the Deacons' Meeting, which is like an earthquake. For the wealthy businessmen who were suppressed by the former Thirteenth Deacon Sokutus Stellan, this can be said to have caused considerable resonance.

"The Thirteenth Deacon is a redundant position."

"As a deacon of the Business Alliance, you force merchants to abide by some completely unnecessary rules. You are basically the enemy of merchants!"

"That woman should have gotten out a long time ago!" With the departure of Solacutustellan, various arguments that have lost their suppression are also rapidly rising. Not only are the deacons coveting the position of the Thirteenth Deacon, Even those wealthy businessmen are also undercurrents. The wealthy businessmen are demanding more business freedom. However, as long as the position of the Thirteenth Deacon remains vacant, the influence left by that woman and the set of rules she enforced during her reign will remain unsolved. Still like an invisible shackles In this way, the voices of these wealthy businessmen who are eager to obtain more benefits are demanding change. The nature of businessmen is to pursue maximizing profits. However, under the various suppressions of this woman, even wealthy businessmen who occupy a large amount of funds and resources , and must abide by some rules that are completely inconsistent with commercial operations. In many cases, wealthy merchants must even deal with businesses that do not have much profit at all, such as selling grain at average prices to new areas of the empire that have just ended the war. If you raise prices, you will be hit. For example, in a disaster year, donate materials and funds to relieve refugees.

According to the wealthy businessmen. They are businessmen, not the priests of the Sky Temple. Doing this kind of thing is simply trampling on their professional instincts as businessmen! Now that woman is gone, but the deacons are avoiding talking about the original regulations. Now a real businessman finally stands up, and naturally he quickly attracts a large number of supporters among the wealthy business class.

When Becasso stepped out of the carriage, it immediately detonated the whole audience.

"Look, Lord Becasso!"

"Our liberator, Bekcasso" the merchants shouted. There was even a little commotion,

"You can rest assured that today, I will definitely bring you good news!" Bekgasso raised his hand confidently and said to all the supporters, with a look of determination on his face, just like the legendary figure holding a lance to the ground. The knight challenged by the dragon, just as he raised his hands to greet everyone, creaked, and a car body had glittering golden light on its edges. The luxurious carriage, whose door handles were all gilded, also stopped in front of everyone, and there were cheers from all around. It was like being strangled suddenly, and there were only sparse sounds. It seemed that everyone recognized who the person was, and this person's power was so great. Just by appearing, Bekgar was immediately lost. scenery

"This old bastard definitely did it on purpose!"

Beccasso cursed secretly, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. If he could become the deacon of the Business Alliance, he would not kill everyone. This old guy actually checked the time so accurately that he almost showed up just now. The other party followed up, obviously wanting to give him a blow. If it wasn't hidden somewhere in advance, I would never believe it

But even if it is still the case, the scene just now will definitely make the other party act tougher in the meeting. The other party will not think that he does not think that he can abolish the Thirteenth Butler at the meeting, but just uses various actions , let the other party think that they can do it. The tougher the other party behaves in the meeting, the more they help themselves and the more they push themselves aside. When he reached the position of the thirteenth deacon, he had already won the support of wealthy businessmen, and then won the support of the deacons at the meeting. By the time the other party woke up, everything had become a foregone conclusion. If the other party knew the truth, it would be like this. I'm afraid I'll regret it in my heart. I'm so old, and now the world is dominated by young people. It would be worse to resign early to live in retirement!

I saw a bald old man with a slightly gloomy expression getting off the carriage. The air around him seemed to be a few degrees colder.

The old man seemed to be dissatisfied with the noise around him. He coughed dryly and glanced around, as if he hadn't seen Becasso. The old man walked up the front steps and walked into the door of the Business Alliance Headquarters. Dare to Such contempt for a business associate The person who formed the alliance with the Deacons was naturally He Ruile, the most powerful person in the Deacon Council. He Ruile was a Wikian, a veteran figure in the Business Alliance, and one of the leaders of the Wekian merchants in the Business Alliance, while Beccasso was Ruidian. He is a cutting-edge figure who is supported by many wealthy businessmen. , the confrontation between the two has become the most eye-catching topic in the streets of Lisbonto recently. For most ordinary businessmen, this kind of confrontation between deacons is too far away from them. On the contrary, it is the various gossips and secrets that arouse their interest. Pay attention, for example, there are rumors in the streets now that Sokutus Stellan is actually the lover of He Ruile. Otherwise, why would He Ruile fight against the entire deacon meeting for a woman who has lost power? Although I don’t know where this rumor came from. Rumor has it everywhere, but it obviously attracts the attention of small and medium-sized businessmen more than the confrontation of high-level interests.

On the top floor of the Business Alliance headquarters, as the heavy conference door was closed by the attendant from the outside, on both sides of the huge 20-meter long table, all twelve Business Alliance deacons were seated, including the branch heads of the seventy-four provinces of the empire. Like a fan extending out from the center, the person in charge of presiding over the meeting was Amferai, the fifth deacon. The first topic of the meeting was to abolish the thirteenth deacon. It seemed that even the most basic procedures were not covered. To simplify it, the fifth deacon Amphile directly asked the twelve deacons to make a vote.

"Those who agree with the abolition of the Thirteenth Deacon please raise your hands."

The fifth deacon, Ann Lando, said in a cold voice. Beckasso was immediately confused by the situation in front of him. This was not what he said during the discussion. Shouldn't He Ruile be suppressed first and then the final vote be held? If we take a direct vote now, we are basically waiting to be vetoed by He Ruile! Something happened suddenly, and Becasso's head turned completely around. But one thing is certain, that is, he may have been tricked by other deacons. As expected, the only ones who can climb to this position are old foxes. Allowing yourself to charge forward will betray you if you turn around. After figuring this out, Bekigaso basically knew what the other party wanted, and his eyes quickly became bloodshot! "You bastard!"

Bekgasso gritted his teeth. It was obvious that the other party knew that it was impossible to persuade Horele to abolish the Thirteenth Deacon. But if there was another way, even if Horele firmly opposed it, there would be no way, that is, to elect a new Thirteenth Deacon. Thirteen Deacons. Because the Thirteenth Deacon Sokutus Stellan has always existed, there are no prescriptive provisions for selecting the Thirteenth Deacon in the terms of the business alliance. In this case, electing a new Thirteenth Deacon and electing a deacon , the process and requirements are the same, that is, it only requires the joint recommendation of one-third of the deacons. Just when he was angry, four of the twelve deacons had already raised their hands. The only person who didn't raise his hand was Horrell. One was Becgasso, and there were several deacons who were from the other party, and they saw the situation in front of them. Bekcasso knew that he had guessed correctly. The other party had indeed used himself to attract He Ruile's attention, and had planned everything secretly. As long as the abolition proposal was rejected, the other party would immediately send out a new proposal, regardless of whether he No matter what choice you make in the end, everyone will lose.

"Although I am the one who made the proposal, I want to say that such a direct vote is against the rules!" Bekgasso suddenly stood up from the position of the Twelve Deacons and said loudly. He cannot let the other party pass the annulment procedure so easily as long as the annulment procedure does not pass. The other party cannot propose a new selection procedure, "You are a newcomer who has only been promoted for four months and knows nothing. How do you have the right to say this!"

Opposite him, on the upper right side, a ruddy-faced old man scolded him very rudely. There was a dark scar on the old man's right cheek. It looked like something had been connected to his face before. Peeled off, in addition to being ferocious, the small triangular eyes make people feel that there is something more unsettling than a poisonous snake. I feel that he is Tamara, the deacon in charge of mineral trade in the Business Alliance. There are rumors that before Tamara became a businessman, he was actually a wandering bandit in the Dorok Mountains. There was no doubt that he discovered a gold vein. In the end, they made a fortune from this. Although no one has proven this, the Dorok people do have a bad habit of stabbing prisoners in their faces. "I am a deacon of the Business Alliance. It has nothing to do with qualification age. Since we are all sitting at this long table, everyone's status is equal!" Baker Gasso looked around calmly at the other people who had not expressed their opinions, just as he had guessed. Like that, Horele did not raise her hand, but Tamara, who coveted the position of Thirteenth Deacon, raised her hand. It proves that it is indeed Tamara's intention to let the fifth deacon Ferrando go through the procedure directly. She wants to cut through the mess quickly and take advantage of the opportunity when Horele is not paying attention to push the situation directly to the election of the new deacon. At this moment , He Ruile seemed to have reacted, and looked at the new deacon who was facing him in surprise,

Beckgasso knew that it was time for his bayonet to see red. Fortunately, he had also considered what to do if he failed. He had already prepared a back-up plan. Since he could not get the Thirteenth Deacon, he could not let others get it. Abolition It's impossible to drop it, so just fix an empty position. , he took a text from the attendant behind him, turned over a dozen pages, his hand finally landed on one side of the text, and said, "This is the general outline of the establishment of the Business Alliance. It clearly states that the Thirteenth Deacon only Fixed on Sokutus Stellan, no rotation, no new selection!”

"How can we fix it when the people are gone? If the content of the general outline changes, then it should be changed! Since the general outline was written by people, it can naturally be changed! I think Mr. He Ruile has no objection to this. Bar!"

Tamara sneered at the corner of her mouth. It was a joke that the other party wanted to rely on the general outline to fight. He had prepared for this meeting for so long and secretly communicated with other deacons. When he agreed to become the thirteenth deacon, he immediately passed several other helping deacons. The proposed new policy faced the entire Board of Deacons. Even He Ruile couldn't stop Xin from choosing this path, let alone a guy who couldn't even stand firm.

As for this so-called up-and-comer Becasso, the much-anticipated liberator, in Tamara’s eyes he is just a clown, liberator? You deserve it!

This poor Rieldian didn't even know that he was being sold. The news that He Ruile was about to leave the Business Alliance was not known to only one person. The governor of the first port of the empire was obviously on the super ship of the emperor of the empire. To offend such a person would cause endless troubles for a businessman. Are all the deacons fools? They would watch the huge power gap and pretend not to see it? Waiting for you to pick up the fish. As for the reason why those big merchants supported such a new deacon from the empire, it was because of Tamara's instruction and the arrangement of other major deacons, which was to make Beckgaso feel so self-inflated that he thought he could control everything. If not, how could he go head-to-head with He Ruile!

"You!"

Beckaso was so angry that his neck became thick and his body trembled slightly. The situation in front of him made him feel cold all over, chilled to the bone. He had always been the only one who calculated others, but he didn't expect that he would be calculated by others today, and this incident actually happened at the annual meeting of the Deacon's Meeting of the Business Alliance, in front of all the deacons, in front of the heads of the 74 provincial branches of the empire. He was completely embarrassed. The other party not only wanted to trick him, but also wanted to completely drive him out of the Deacon's Meeting of the Business Alliance and kill him! Beckaso sat down on the chair in despair. He knew that from this moment on, he, Beckaso, was finished!

"An idiot!" Someone whispered faintly.

"If there is no objection, let's start the next topic!"

The fifth deacon Fernando looked calm as if nothing had happened. The experienced He Ruile did not say anything. Without the suppression of Sokutusdalan, the meeting of the business alliance deacons was originally a battlefield full of conspiracy. No matter how miserable the death of a newcomer like Beckgar was, it had nothing to do with him.

Besides, he knew that Tamara was once the patriarch of a small tribe in the Dorok Mountains. The entire tribe was killed by the Rieldian army. The reason for killing them was just for the beautiful tattoo on the face of this small tribe member. Half of Tamara's face was peeled off alive by a Rieldian knight with a blade as a souvenir.

Tamara later escaped from the prisoner camp and found the knight. She skinned the Rieldian knight to death with her own hands. Speaking of the most hated Rieldian people, it was Tamara. Naturally, he wanted to kill this Rieldian newcomer!

"I have an objection!"

Just as everyone was waiting for the second item to be discussed, a clear and cold voice came from the open door of the hall. A beautiful lady in a long green dress was extremely charming. She just stood there, but everyone in the hall stood up suddenly. Most people almost subconsciously bowed to her. Her appearance was like a queen (to be continued.)