Realm of Power

The early morning sun shines like a layer of gold on the iron fence of the largest trading house in Lisbon.

"Have you heard? Just yesterday, Special Envoy Eero made a scene at the banquet in the Governor's Palace. He was beaten immediately. I heard that the one who did it was the crazy woman sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." A businessman whispered to his companion next to him. said

"Haha, you thought you were the only one who heard about it. Let me tell you, the people gathered here today are all here for this matter!" There was a look of disdain on the companion's face, and he glanced at the corner of his mouth. Something even happened, and someone even died, that woman Everyone was fine, so I knew there must be a big background behind it. But I didn’t expect that even the special envoys of the Erro Empire would dare to fight. Now it’s fine. We have been waiting for more than half a month. The people of Erro deliberately bothered us for so long. , finally achieved the goal, with Just watch what happened last night. I guarantee that the price of ordnance will be reduced by another third today. "You mean that so many people are here for the price reduction of ordnance?" The businessman shrank his head in fright and looked around. Sure enough, there were nearly twice as many people as yesterday, "Isn't this great? Although the prices of ordnance and weapons have been reduced a lot, they are still far from what we expected." There is still some gap in price, and now after such a fuss, it’s almost time to sell! "The companion made a sigh of relief. The Imperial Arms was affected by the disastrous defeat of Eero, and other countries were adding fuel to the flames, joining forces to resist. Everyone could see that this was a joint effort by major forces to suppress the Empire's arms. Trade! Although the real profits are in the hands of those countries that purchase imperial weapons, as businessmen behind You can always make some money by following the trend. The opportunity is right in front of you, so you have to give it a try no matter what. Many businessmen are hoarding funds, waiting for the last moment to make a big fortune. Trading houses are the most well-informed places. , now everyone is waiting, waiting for the price of imperial weapons to finally collapse, and then it will be the time for a massive carve-up.

For businessmen with a keen sense of smell, the incident that broke out last night can already smell the collapse of arms prices. The Aero people will not let go of this opportunity, and other countries will not let go of this opportunity. There is Eero in front of the empire. Luo suffered a disastrous defeat, followed by a violent beating of Eero's special envoy. This time it can be said that the empire was pushed to the forefront, which will inevitably lead to the arms trade being boycotted by various countries.

This is the trading house closest to the port. Thirty percent of the goods in the Port of Lisbon are bought and sold from here. It is located in the port of Lisbon, where land is very valuable. The site is 200 square meters in size. From here every day The trade goods flowing out are worth more than one million gold. For the merchants of Lisbon, this is the place closest to wealth.'

At this moment, there are eighteen large counters in the trade hall. There are three trading staff at each counter. Signs with the quantity and price of trade goods are hung on the wooden boards behind these counters. Whoever can go in first will naturally win. The goods among them were the first to be snatched. During this period, due to the stagnation of the empire's arms trade, hanging on the walls of the eighteen large counters were Almost no one cares about the arms trade sign, but now, everyone's eyes are red. The moment the door of the trading house opened, people immediately poured in. A big businessman ran in first, and immediately He pressed a bundle of imperial gold tickets heavily on the counter table and said breathlessly, "I want all the arms trade here!"

The trade staff at the counter looked at him eagerly.

"Didn't you hear me? I want all the arms trade at the counter!" The big businessman's face was ferocious and his eyes were bulging, as if he wanted to eat people.

"Sir, there is no arms trade today, and there won't be any in the near future," the teller reminded with a calm face.

"Huh? What, are you kidding me? Yesterday I saw half of the wall covered with arms trade signs. How could there be no trade signs overnight!" The big businessman was furious, pointing his fingers up and down on the wall, wanting to I pointed it out, but my eyes almost bulged, and I didn’t see an arms trade sign on the wall. "Where is the sign? Why is there no sign? Did you hide the sign?"

"I'm sorry, because of the ordnance counterfeiting incident, our trading house received an interview from the Ministry of Supervision. Until the ordnance counterfeiting incident is investigated, the ordnance trade is prohibited from entering the trading house for auction," the teller said with regret. For big businessmen, This was like a bolt from the blue, and the whole person was stunned. Just like him, other merchants rushing to the major counters heard the entire Lisbonto Ordnance Trade has been banned, and the expression on his face can be described as wonderful. The Ministry of Supervision is really too ruthless this time. It actually intercepted Hu at this time. Thinking that trade can only be reopened after the so-called investigation is clear, he is already waiting to make a lot of money. The businessmen's eyes were red, "You bastard Supervision Department, let's go to the Governor's Mansion to sue them. Why is the arms trade banned? Who will be responsible for our losses!"

"Can the Governor's Office manage the Supervision Department?"

"Yes, of course it can. Wasn't it the Governor's Palace who ordered the release last time?" someone among the merchants said. The merchants soon started to make a fuss. They rushed to the Governor's Palace in Lisbon. After last night's beating of Eero's special envoy, the Governor The government was still under martial law. Two teams of city guards temporarily transferred from the military camp stood in front of the gate of the Governor's Mansion. More and more businessmen gathered at the gate of the Governor's Mansion. By noon, the number of people was close to a thousand. The remaining people were surrounded by darkness, and various protest slogans were rowed out. There was an overwhelming sound, shaking the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Governor's Mansion room, and the tense atmosphere was spreading. This time, the Ministry of Supervision banned the arms trade, which can be said to have caused public outrage. How many people wanted to take part in this storm To get a piece of the pie, many of them They have hoarded a large amount of weapons, or a large amount of funds, just waiting to make a big fortune. Now they are fine, and they are about to get it, but the Ministry of Supervision directly buys the bottom and bans the arms trade, which leads to all the previous It's all been wasted,

In the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, a thin middle-aged man looked depressed. A subordinate who reported to him was talking about the situation outside, "Sir, there are more than a thousand businessmen outside. Once they get out of control, it will be turmoil, and eventually So that we can transfer two more squadrons from the military camp."

"Are you crazy? You are mobilizing the army at this time!" The middle-aged man pressed his hands on the table with an indignant expression, and his nose was twitching with anger. "Have you figured out what is going on? These businessmen, if they don't go to the Supervision Department, What are you doing with me, the Governor's Mansion? When will the Governor's Mansion be in charge of the Supervision Department?"

"It is said that the Ministry of Supervision banned the entire arms trade in Lisbon on the grounds of investigating arms counterfeiting," the subordinate replied.

"What, you mean the Ministry of Supervision has stopped the entire arms trade in Lisbon!" The middle-aged man suddenly took a breath of air. He was none other than Vihari, the interim governor of Lisbon. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Gao Ming, Why didn't I think of this method? Since the arms trade has been damaged, If it harms the interests of the empire, then it is a good idea to stop temporarily, and the reason for the choice is still so legitimate. Investigate ordnance fraud, how did that guy Aisa become so powerful all of a sudden, for those who want to take advantage of this troubled water to fish in troubled waters. To put it bluntly, it was like a sword sealing his throat!

If I had known this, I wouldn't have needed to plan a violent beating of the Erot envoy last night to delay it." Vihari looked annoyed. The fraud broke out so fast and so big that by the time the Governor-General's Palace reacted, it could no longer control the situation. Faced with the collapse of arms prices, which was already in danger, Vihari's brain was broken, that is, he came up with such a A bad way is to find any excuse to beat up Special Envoy Eero. The best thing is to piss off Special Envoy Eero from Lisbon. Without the Eero people charging ahead, the fraud incident will be much easier to deal with. But unexpectedly, The Supervision Department would take such a clever move, which made Vihari feel very frustrated. Could it be that he couldn't even compare to an Isa?

"This method should not be something that Aisa can think of. According to the report of the person sent to monitor, Aisa went out of the city once last night." A clear voice came, and a woman wearing a dark blue dress walked in, with a tall and graceful figure. , has a delicate appearance, and has long burgundy curly hair tied behind her head, looking smart and beautiful.

"Tyr, someone else told Aisa this method?"

Vihari raised his head and looked over, with a thoughtful look on his face. The woman who came in was specially sent by the First Princess to Lisbon to investigate the assassination of the former Governor. It is said that she is the sister of the former Governor, but she can have a relationship with the First Princess, which is enough to explain. The background of this governor of Tire is far more terrifying than others imagined. It is no wonder that he was able to parachute directly from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Li during the competition among many forces. Spento, at that time, surprised many people. The woman strolled to the floor-to-ceiling window with long burgundy curly hair. She glanced at the situation outside the window and said coldly, "I don't know, but if Aisa is really like this My ability will never let the counterfeiting incident become what it is now. I can feel that the ban on arms trade has just begun, and there may be a bigger storm coming soon!”

"A bigger storm? Are you sure you're not kidding!" Weihari blinked, with a look of disbelief on his face. Being able to ban arms trade is already a storm, what kind of storm can there be!

"I'm ready to wait and see!" The woman stared out the window and moved her lips gently

Perhaps the woman's words came true. It was just past two o'clock in the afternoon when a bigger news shocked Lisbonto. The arms trade was once again listed in the trading house. Only this time, the price of imperial weapons increased instead of decreasing. Not only It exceeded the previous price before the price reduction, and even raised it by 10%. Looking at the only wooden sign for arms trading hanging on the trading wall, everyone's first feeling was that the other party must be crazy, but soon they heard from others The news from the exchange shocked everyone.

Whose is this? Who is so awesome! Not even the Imperial Supervisory Department can ban it! The merchants poured into the trading house and started talking about the trade sign. The quantity was not large, that is, three hundred sets of armor, but there was only this one ordnance trading sign in Lisbon. This meant that it was the only one in Lisbon. arms trade, and such a bullish deal Such a high price not only slaps those who are trying their best to suppress the price of ordnance, but also because it is the only one, which means that after the price of imperial weapons plummeted for nearly a month, one day Within a few days, it was pulled back to the time when the price was the best.

Damn it, who the hell is this! Those merchants who sold off the weapons due to the fake weapons incident and then hoarded funds, waiting for the price of the weapons to go bankrupt so that they could make a fortune, are now bleeding in their hearts. If the price is pulled back to the original value, they will lose all their money!

"You useless guy, didn't you say that you could find a rat in Lisbon if I wanted to? How come you still have no clues after checking a trading sign for a whole afternoon?" In a luxurious villa in Lisbon, a businessman wearing a golden embroidered collar looked at his subordinates who were sent to inquire about the situation with a sullen face, and the room was filled with roars.

Trade was just banned before, and now this arms trading sign suddenly appeared, just like being slapped in the face and then kicked in the waist.

The ban on arms trade caught us off guard, but it was not unsolvable. After all, even the Supervision Department could not bear the strength of the merchants in Lisbon. The facts last time also proved that the Supervision Department of Lisbon was not a hard-line faction. It was just a little bigger, and the Supervision Department would change its attitude, but this time the price of arms was forcibly raised,

"Sir, , the other party came and went secretly, even at the trade house, the person in charge of the trade house went to receive them personally, and no one else even saw them! "The subordinate had a bleak face, covering his face with finger marks, bloodstains on the corners of his mouth, and two teeth were knocked out. He could only stammer and say, "In fact, this matter is not unsolvable. Although the other party has hung a sign, the number is only 300 sets of armor, which is worth only 10,000 gold. We can solve this problem by buying it." "Buy it?" The merchant's eyes turned and his eyes flashed. Yes, why didn't he think of it? Isn't it just 300 sets of armor? Just buy it. Now there are only so many idle military equipment trade resources in Lisbon. I don't know where that powerful prodigal son found such a pitiful resource. It's a pity for that unique sign. The other party can get the trade right but abuse it so much. It's simply a waste of natural resources!

On an autumn afternoon, the breeze was warm and gentle. Some leaves near the Flower City Port in Lisbon had turned golden, but had not yet fallen. They were swaying slightly in the wind. The so-called prodigal son in the merchant's mouth was looking up at the leaves on a nearby sycamore tree. An imperial guard came over and whispered, "Your Majesty, the bait was swallowed by the other party." 8)