The Sun King's Evidence

Marienburg, temple university area, central, palace complex.

The palace complex is the core of Marienburg, as well as the head and heart. Generations of Marienburg leaders work and live here. The earliest area here can be traced back to the Kingdom of Judun, which was still called here. When the king was hegemonic, at least the foundation of the palace area was laid in that era.

After that, Marienburg experienced many wars, including the Norse raids, the Imperial Civil War, the Brittanian invasion, and then the Three Emperors era. The wars also affected Marienburg many times. The palace complex is Burn it and build it again, build it and burn it again, Marienburg is so tenacious.

The last time an enemy attacked here was seven hundred years ago. It was the invading army from Britannia, the famous Knight King of Brittania Louis the Brave. This Knight King broke through Marienburg, plundered a large amount of wealth, and burned the entire palace area of ​​Marienburg to ashes, and declared Marienburg to belong to Britannia.

So sometimes we can’t all think that the Brittanian knights always fight for justice. The knights are often restricted by chivalry and lack excuses. The plundering carried out by these knights during the expedition to Arabi was very brutal, and The same goes for their massacre and plunder of greenskins and skaven in the just-concluded Eight Peaks Crusade.

Of course, there is a price to pay for the stupid things the Knight King Louis Brave did. This behavior of the Knight King that obviously undermined the overall anti-chaos situation and the Old World Human Alliance attracted the anger of the Fairy in the Lake. Brittania Within a few years of human occupation, the Witch of the Lake led the Knights of the Holy Grail out to announce the dethronement of Louis the Brave as the Knight King and return Marienburg to the Empire. This Knight King ended tragically and made a big mistake. The knight was stripped of all titles and exiled to a small prison island with an area of ​​just over 100 square kilometers off the coast of Marienburg, where he spent the rest of his life as a prison warden.

As the official center of Marienburg, countless merchants, nobles and generals spent money here, which is a demonstration of the city's success. Many government buildings are architectural treasures. Students come from as far away as Arabi to study the works of the continent's greatest architects. Likewise, safety issues are a goal worthy of attention. Marienburg MPs are willing to do anything for this, and they spend a huge amount of money. With the capital, an inner city built of marble and granite was built. Four sturdy towers guarded the road. The only gate through the city wall was customized from the Eternal Peak at a huge cost, and was forged with magic guard runes and hard steel. Become.

The garrison currently guarding the palace area is Archduke Schulz's personal guard, the Iris Guards, as well as Marienburg's elite pioneer cavalry patrollers. These two troops are always ready to use halberds and cannons. Use swords and muskets to destroy invading enemies.

In the luxurious palace, a grand banquet was held today to welcome the King of Knights of Britannia and the Commander of the Ashes Legion, as well as all the business celebrities and noble families of Marienburg, as well as the famous artists and mercenary captains. Come, everyone sings to their heart’s content, drinks wine and gathers together.

At this time, no matter how many conflicts and unhappiness there were before, at least on this occasion, everyone was still in harmony on the surface, talking and laughing. And for the entire banquet, the most dazzling one was undoubtedly the Knight Queen Sulia. Today Ryan deliberately let his wife steal the show, and Sulia completed this task very well.

But that's not the point today.

The banquet ended relatively quickly, because Ryan made it clear that it was best not to have a banquet that "opened until the morning", so the banquet ended in just three hours, and at the end, the second largest chamber of commerce in Marienburg " Viscount Casanova, the president of the "Gentlemen's Alliance", suddenly walked up to Ryan and Sulia. He said with a smile: "Your Majesty Ryan, Queen Sulia, it's really hard for you to come to Marienburg when you have time. I haven't found any opportunity to entertain you properly, so I have prepared some small wine and small gifts. Can you find a place to have a glass of wine together? Or I have also prepared fine tea from Cathay."

"Heh." Ryan held Sulia's little hand. The King of Knights didn't have a very good impression of Viscount Casanova. He was obviously a speculator, but in any case, he managed to hire and provide gifts to Ryan at the critical moment. The legendary duo of Gotrek and Felix came and played a decisive role in the critical moment of the Eight Peaks Mountain Expedition. This bit of face must be given.

But Ryan is different now. He did not agree immediately. Instead, he smiled at Lidya Su and said, "What do you think? Madam? I said, I will listen to you these days."

A look of surprise flashed across Sulia's beautiful and delicate oval face. The female knight didn't expect that Ryan would really let her make the decision, and she hesitated for a moment.

The Queen of Knights wore a complete set of mocha black and white mixed-match Lamp Arisaema dress today. Since it was midsummer, Sulia chose a low-cut and off-shoulder fishtail skirt, revealing the ravines on her chest and her skin as delicate as gelatin. When she came out, a crocodile leather belt outlined Sulia's beautiful figure.

In order to maintain dignity and politeness, Sulia wore a pair of flesh-colored ultra-thin velvet delicate pantyhose today. These handmade stockings are really as thin as cicadas. You can’t tell if you don’t get close. The slender and tall stockings are beautiful. Under the illumination of the light, the smooth and alluring luster becomes more apparent, and the color gradient follows the curves of the female knight's beautiful long legs, creating a hazy and dreamy look.

The smooth bright golden long curly hair hangs down from Sulia's ears. The exquisite light makeup and beautiful face make Sulia show off her queenly demeanor and graceful temperament. It is the perfect fusion of nobility and beauty, and is unique to Sulia. The touching beauty.

Viscount Casanova looked at the Knight Queen unnaturally. He thought to himself that it was no wonder that the romantic Adabe had such an idea. As the second largest merchant in Marienburg, he had countless wives, and he had never seen anyone who could A woman who could compare with the beauty of this knight-queen.

Of course, as a human spirit, the business prince just thought about it casually. He controlled his expression and made a warm invitation: "My Queen, Your Majesty Ryan and I have known each other more than ten years ago. Friends, since they are friends, they have to move around for a long time, otherwise they will easily get separated, don't you think? Moreover, I also want to introduce a few friends to you."

"Okay." Lidya Su saw Ryan's encouraging eyes and finally agreed.

Casanova's "little gift" was not empty talk, but was well prepared. He prepared a complete set of the highest-end high elf cosmetics in advance, as well as a necklace made by a jewelry craftsman from Marienburg. , inlaid with emeralds, sapphires, and rubies, so colorful that it dazzles the eyes.

As the queen of Ryan, what treasures has Sulia not seen? She knew that when Casanova did this, there must be something extremely important and he wanted to ask Ryan, so the queen did not refuse, but accepted it calmly: "You are too worried, Your Excellency Casanova."

Ryan nodded with a smile, and then Casanova led Ryan and others to the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the garden. It is surrounded by water on three sides and is an excellent place to discuss matters.

Surprisingly, Ryan met here the Cathay Empire's ambassador to the Old World and Cathay merchant, Lord Li.

This Lord Li looks a bit old. He is wearing the full official uniform of Sinian, with a red lapis lazuli crown, a single-eyed flower feather, and a yellow mandarin jacket with silk patches embroidered with mandarin duck patterns. , wearing a pair of black full-frame glasses, but without braids, he smiled at Ryan and said: "I have heard about the name of the King of Knights for a long time. It is a great honor to meet him today."

"Hello, Lord Li." Ryan just greeted him, and several people sat down one after another. Casanova looked at Ryan's appearance and felt a little emotional. When Ryan first arrived in Marienburg, at best, He can only be considered a potential stock, a second-tier character in Marienburg, and he is the second largest businessman in Marienburg. Although he is polite to Ryan, he still feels that there are more people like this in the old world. went.

But now, Ryan is already the King of Knights, one of the top leaders in the old world. After returning from the Great Expedition on Eight Peaks Mountain, he has become so powerful that his power status is unattainable. Even Marienburg’s most arrogant and high-spirited ambassador is incompetent in front of Ryan. Call him your Majesty the King obediently.

It was like a lifetime ago. Viscount Casanova was in a daze. After a few people sat down, he quickly signaled the maid to bring the fruit plate. The fruit was dry and wet. In addition, the expensive Sinian tea was also brought up, and the maid began to brew it. Tea.

After a few minutes, the aroma of tea overflowed.

Ryan picked up the teacup, smelled the familiar scent, looked at the color of the green tea, closed his eyes and took a sip: "Good tea."

"Hahaha, this is the best tea sent all the way from Cathay." Casanova said with a smile: "This time I traded with the Cathay people, I finally got two boxes. If your Majesty likes it, go ahead It’s time to grab a box and go.”

"Then I would like to thank His Excellency the Viscount first. Your Excellency the Viscount first helped me and then gave me something. This is really a big favor." Ryan held the teacup and said with a smile: "I really don't know how to thank you. good."

"I can't say thank you." Viscount Casanova smiled bitterly and said, "But I'm just worried that I may not be able to drink such good tea in the future. Tea leaves and silk from China are indeed rare."

Ryan and Sulia looked at each other, Ryan winked at Sulia, and Sulia asked tacitly: "How could it be? Viscount Casanova, I think you don't have to worry about this, right? You Our help, knights, and dwarves are all remembered."

"Hahaha~ Indeed." Casanova smiled proudly. Changing the formation immediately at the critical moment was his proudest thing recently: "It is a great honor for me, Casanova, to be praised by Her Majesty the Queen."

After saying that, Casanova immediately suppressed his smile: "But this time, I have to say that Hugmans, Becker, Claude and I are really brothers and sisters, including Archduke Schulz. All.”

"..." Sulia immediately realized something. The female knight subconsciously turned her head to look at her husband, but saw Ryan put down the tea cup and motioned for Casanova to continue.

"Presumably His Majesty Ryan and Queen Surya both know the conditions of the dwarves." Casanova said sincerely: "Thirty-eight thousand dwarf gold coins, not one less, and only three more days were given. .”

"Regardless of whether Marienburg's House of Lords can collect 38,000 dwarf gold coins in a hurry, even if we talk about the dwarf gold coins designated by the dwarves, we can't come up with such a large number." Viscount Casanova He said to Ryan and Sulia: "Your Majesty Ryan, Mrs. Sulia, you must know how the dwarf gold coins have risen in the market recently."

The huge impact of the Eight Peaks Mountain Expedition was that a large amount of dwarf gold coins flowed from Britannia into the Old World market. The original exchange rate of dwarf gold coins from 1:2.5 to 1:3 fluctuated drastically.

So, has a large amount of dwarf gold coins flowing into the market caused the exchange rate to drop?

No, on the contrary, it went up, all the way up.

The core reason is that the value of dwarf gold coins is very high. The gold coins forged by dwarves are of good quality, high gold content, beautiful shape, and durable. They are the hard currency of the old world. As we all know, the gold coins of human countries are more or less. It's a bit mixed with water, and it really needs to be melted. The value itself is not that high, and private minting of coins has been banned many times. Many profiteers will deliberately grind off the edges of legal coins to try to obtain precious metals.

In this case, bad coins drive out good coins, and everyone is rushing to exchange for dwarf gold coins. As a way to save money and preserve value, banks in Marienburg and the old world are also rushing to exchange for dwarf gold coins. As reserves and margins, when a large number of dwarf gold coins entered the market, the dwarf gold coins were suddenly sought after by everyone, and the exchange rate continued to rise. Now on the market, the price of dwarf gold coins to the imperial gold mark has risen to 1:3.5 .

"To put it simply, the Hoogmans are overwhelmed." Casanova sighed: "They are now gathering troops to prepare for a counterattack."

"This is impossible." Ryan sneered: "My Viscount, from ancient times to the present, only farmers have rebelled, and I have never heard of businessmen being able to change the world!"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty Ryan, you really know those of us who are doing business." Casanova continued to smile bitterly: "Well, I also made it clear that after hearing the dwarves' conditions, Hugelmans said they could not accept it. , Never possible, they would rather spend 150,000 gold marks to hire all the armies in the old world, and even use the money to bribe the high elves, rather than teach those mustaches."

"They are doomed to fail." Ryan shook his head: "The Imperial Parliament, Emperor Karl-Franz has convened the Imperial Parliament because of this matter. Fourteen of the fifteen electors chose to support the dwarves' debt collection decision, and only the Magic Church chose Abstaining, the high elves will definitely not participate in this matter, and for us, if the Judun Chamber of Commerce and others want to go to war, then we will accompany them to fight? Do President Hugelmans and others think that they can be my boss? A rival to the Guards?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Judun Chamber of Commerce and the others are destined not to be your opponents, but if there really is a fight, Marienburg will definitely fall into the flames of war." At this time, the Ambassador of Aurora, Lord Li, finally spoke, with kind eyes and a particularly friendly expression. He said in a gentle tone: "At that time, Marienburg will be forced into a long-term closure and temporary commercial activities due to the war. The port will also be affected by the war, and your Britannia's trade here will also be affected. It’s affected!”

"Are you interceding?" Sulia took Ryan's hand, and the female knight said with interest: "For them?"

"For ourselves." Casanova chuckled and said sincerely: "The Judun Chamber of Commerce is not just a chamber of commerce. Your Majesty Lane, Van Hoogmans is a descendant of the Judun royal family, and he has a He is an elite private army, and they are also protected by the empire. They also have a bit of royal pride. If they are pushed too hard, he will take the lead and fight with all their lives. If Marienburg really fights, not only is it not what we don't want to see, Even Archduke Schulz’s side is not easy to explain, Mrs. Sulia, Your Majesty Ryan, you are friends of Archduke Schulz, and you certainly don’t want it to be difficult for Archduke Schulz, right?”

"No one wants things to turn out like this." Aurora Ambassador Li Jue also said with a smile: "How can we pick melons from the yellow platform~"

"Hehehe~" Ryan chuckled, thinking that indeed the bourgeoisie has its own unique weakness.

To put it simply, it is fake to fight hard, but it is true to give in. The business princes are here to negotiate terms. They must first take a tough stance and then negotiate for peace.

It's good that Ryan is actually not ready to use force. Moreover, if force is used, the subsequent impact will not be easy to deal with.

No matter what, Marienburg is a de jure territory of the empire.

And Teclis is almost here.

"Your Majesty Ryan, it's not that we don't want to give him the money. Can you talk to the dwarf about taking a little more time? Also, reduce the amount appropriately?" Lord Li smiled and showed Ryan the tea, and also gave it to him. After serving the Sinian pastries: "As for us, everyone is here to think of ways to make money by being harmonious~"

"How much time does it take to slow down a little longer? Also, how much does it mean to reduce the amount appropriately?" Ryan took Sulia's little hand and asked casually: "I need a specific number, otherwise the dwarf will Bian, I can’t say anything.”

"That's good." Viscount Casanova nodded. He breathed a sigh of relief. Although the dwarf did not come for him, if the fight really started, his business would be affected. From this point of view, he The interests are tied to the merchants of Marienburg.

"See if you can do this..."

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