The Sun King's Evidence

In mid-February, Curona, the capital of Britannia.

Members of the High Command of Britannia gathered in front of the Royal Palace of Curona. People crowded on both sides of the street, hundreds of flags were raised high, and white snow fell from the sky.

A grand state funeral was being held, with three portraits being held by the Kingdom's Regent Raun, Marshals Berhemond and Kalad respectively, flanked by honor guards composed of the Knights of the Holy Grail and the Old Guard.

The Battle of Curona is over. The Brittanian army withstood the pressure. As the Queen of Knights, Surya personally led the army and defeated 50,000 people with 15,000 people. Prince Sigvald was killed and he lost more than 5,800 people. The epic victory of more than 40,000 people declared the success of the Battle of Kurona.

This battle made Surya famous, and the nickname "Flower of Britannia" spread in the old world. People were proud of the wise rule of the Sun King and his queen, and at the same time fought for the fate of Britannia in the end. I feel deeply proud that I am still standing strong and maintaining a stable environment in such a terrible environment.

After Ryan came to Kurona, he made a series of decisions for Sulia, including recruiting a noble private army and distributing all the money from the Kurona royal treasury. However, Ryan did not say anything more. The promises were fulfilled one by one.

As long as the nobles of Kurona sent private troops and family members to participate in the war and made meritorious deeds, they were all rewarded. Ryan turned around and rewarded more than 70% of the fiefdoms and family properties of the knight nobles who escaped. Among them, 400 people were selected from the young men of the noble private army and the knight nobles to form the "Young Guards", and a full 100 people were awarded the title of kingdom knight. The knight nobles were quite satisfied. After the war, , this group of people began to focus on taking over fiefs and industries, competing for the vacant market share and rebuilding the abandoned manors outside the city.

The 4,000 veterans and temporary veterans suffered huge losses. By the end of the battle, less than 2,200 people were left. Lane treated them separately. Among them, the best, those who had made military exploits, and those who had made breakthroughs had suffered huge losses. The Old Guards were replenished. A total of 550 people were recruited to serve in the Old Guards, and another 450 people were recruited to serve in the Mousilon Coldstream Guards. The remaining 1,300 people were awarded the title of Honored Freemen. and positions, transfer from the army, pensions for the war dead and family members to take over the positions, Ryan sent Beria to arrange all this.

Sulia held 70% of the Kurona Plain, but 30% of the area still fell. A total of nearly 60,000 people died in this catastrophe, and 350,000 people were displaced. Arrangement of the victims was another huge trouble. Ryan came After arriving in Kurona it was a non-stop rush to deal with everything.

At the same time, Lane announced that the three marshals who died in the war, Marshals Rokossovsky, Marshal Davout and Marshal Roland, would be given a state funeral.

All walks of life in Britannia mourned the death of the three marshals. Many people discovered that unknowingly, four of the ten marshals that Ryan had originally conferred had died in battle and left their motherland forever. people.

Sulia took advantage of the situation and proposed a "war donation" initiative to the knights, nobles and businessmen, and received an enthusiastic response.

The first big businessman to come forward to make a donation was Amancio Perez, the president of the Estalia Businessmen's Alliance. This big businessman relied on his very good relationship with Ryan and Forgan. As soon as Estalia encountered danger, he transferred most of his property to Brittania, and Amancio's business focus has since been placed in Britannia.

But Amancio soon encountered difficulties. Although the Estalia Merchant Alliance headed by him could not be said to have no foundation at all in the Kingdom of Knights, it was difficult to compete with these local merchants, and Britannia The knight nobles have a natural disdain for the Estalians. After all, you losers can't even keep your home, so you still have the nerve to do business?

Therefore, in order to open up relationships and win the recognition of the knights and nobles, Amancio fought hard. The Estalia Business Alliance gritted its teeth and took out 20,000 gold crowns + 120,000 Exelante (Estalian Thalia gold coins (the exchange rate with gold crown is about 3:1) plus hundreds of tons of supplies, he was the first to come forward and donate to the Knight Kingdom, expressing his determination to stand firmly with the Knight Kingdom, Amancio will Chang Geng made an impassioned speech, saying that to build a community with a shared future for mankind in the old world, I can only trust the two majesties of the Sun King and Queen.

The second one is Ryan and Sulia’s royal businessman Oliver. Oliver is over 70 years old this year, and he is considered an out-and-out old man among humans, but he looks like he is in his forties. In recent years, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce has almost become one of the top super chambers of commerce in the old world by relying on the power of Ryan and Sulia and the monopoly of the wood elf trade franchise. Moreover, he is quite trusted by the wood elves. When Oliver was in his sixties, this An aging merchant once reached the end of his life. After receiving the news, Queen Alaire took a bud from the Oak of Time and parasitized it on Oliver's body.

The buds and Oliver coexisted, and relying on the elixir of the wood spirit, Oliver lived out his second life. He now has at least forty or fifty years left to live.

Oliver also donated 100,000 gold crowns + hundreds of tons of supplies. He was even allowed to sit next to the Knights of the Holy Grail, which is the highest status symbol for a businessman.

The third person is President Hadrian of the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce, who is also an old friend of Ryan's. He bought Orica as a gift to Ryan. Over the years, Hadrian has made money from the Lustria trade. With a lot of money, the merchant in his fifties went to Lustria many times to assist Fulgrim. However, this time in the destruction of Tilea, Hadrian's Chamber of Commerce also suffered losses, so he only donated 5 Ten thousand gold crowns, but Hadrian donated all 60,000 sheep rescued from Tyrell to Lion.

The fourth person to stand up is the Agnew family, a local merchant in Britannia. This family has a business history of hundreds of years. In recent years, it has been squeezed by the two major chambers of commerce, Oliver and Hadrian, and its share has shrunk. Naturally not to be outdone, they also spent a lot of real money, and also sent 6,000 horses, 10,000 mules, and 8,000 cases of wine to show their loyalty.

With these four big merchants taking the lead, all walks of life actively donated money and materials, especially the emerging freedmen class. These people have begun to feel proud of their donations. They believe that the kingdom needs their donations and taxes, which is their identity. and status symbol.

In this way, everything Lidya Su spent and all the funds Ryan spent on the aftermath returned to Ryan's hands after going around in circles, and they doubled.

Devon Hill's eyes widened.

It turns out that the economy is so simple!

"It's very simple, but the premise is that you must be able to win. You must make everyone, including nobles, businessmen, and civilians, believe that you have the ability to clean up the mess, that you have the ability to protect them, and that you have the ability to maintain order. ." Ryan gently pressed his son's shoulders and said slowly: "Of course everyone is willing to contribute money and efforts. Businessmen, they need the most basic order, but they also expect a certain amount of chaos."

"Ryan, what should we do over at Marienburg?" Sulia looked at her husband and son biting their ears with satisfaction. The Queen of Knights was quite proud of her victory. This battle brought her prestige to its peak, but the Queen of Knights still She bears the grudge against Marienburg for the 60,000 deaths and 350,000 displaced caused by Slaanesh's army.

When Sigvald landed on the road to Kurona, the merchants in Marienburg were not only unprepared for battle, but also made a private agreement with Sigvald to buy dozens of hamburgers from the slums. There were also fifty carts of sacrifices of babies and young children in exchange for Sigwald's promise not to approach Marienburg.

Although those who believe in Slaanesh basically follow their own preferences when it comes to keeping their promises, Sigvald originally came for Britannia. He accepted the gift with a smile and turned around to head towards Britannia. .

This hatred must be settled.

"Don't be anxious." Ryan shook his head: "Talleyrand is already on his way back. Marienburg is the territory of the empire no matter what, and we must make a name for ourselves."

"Isn't this enough?" Veronica, the chief female courtier following Ryan, was equally indignant.

"As long as the master gives an order, I will directly ask Julian and the others to defeat Marienburg." Orica licked her lips. The dark elf goddess obviously didn't like Ryan's conservative style: "I will handle it."

"If we just wanted to make Marienburg spit out a lot of money and throw out a few scapegoats to take over the blame, we could have gone directly." Ryan said slowly: "But if we want to take advantage of this opportunity Calculating the general ledger and adding something under the street lights of Marienburg is not enough. Furthermore, we are a lawful kingdom of knights, and we must pay attention to justice."

"Justice? That's right." Olika yelled dissatisfied: "Master is sometimes too conservative and too strict with rules. How can we rush in directly with the army? How can those people in Marienburg be our opponents? "

"Grab, snatch, snatch!" Veronica also waved her little fist, and the female speaker couldn't help drooling when she thought of Marienburg's amazing wealth.

"Don't worry, be patient." Ryan shook his head: "Marinburg is a piece of fat, but how to eat it into the stomach needs to be done in a method, otherwise the big trench merchants will be forced to die or there will be a war, then we At most, a small part of the capture will be made, and the relationship with the empire and the gods of the old world will be messed up."

Everyone was silent.

At the end of the grand state funeral, the panting Talleyrand rode his horse and came to Lane: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have arrived, and I have brought the latest news."

"What's the news?" Ryan took the letter, opened it and looked at it a few times, his eyes lit up.

"Hey, isn't this opportunity coming?"

"It seems that our Knight Kingdom is going to have an exciting economic war with the merchants of Marienburg."

Second update!