Warhammer Throne

Inside the Royal Palace of Curona, Talleyrand sat down on crutches, panting and panting. Above are the members of the Supreme High Command of Brittany, composed of marshals and dukes. Among them, the czar Catalyn was specially appointed. It was allowed to listen, but Aurora and Teresa didn't know where they were. When Ryan asked, Olica just showed a mysterious smile.

Talleyrand briefly talked about the situation in Marienburg.

From the beginning of the topic, Talleyrand confirmed the news that many years ago, the hostile problem caused by the Great Eight Peaks Expedition had never been completely resolved. I always hated Ryan for not letting them make a fortune. Later, after Schultz’s iron fist management and the dwarves’ revenge, the business princes of Marienburg suffered a revenge from the dwarves and were frightened by Ryan again. It has indeed converged a lot, and the internal division has also begun.

Some business princes, such as Viscount Casanova, seem to have learned something from Schultz and expressed goodwill to make friends with Ryan.

Some business princes decided to write off with Ryan to keep the water off the river.

But some business princes are always planning revenge.

Over the years, these people saw that Ryan's prestige was soaring, the army was extremely powerful, and the battles and victories were so strong. The big trench merchants of Marienburg were scared by Ryan to shrink their eggs. They did not dare to retaliate and could only bear it.

On Ryan’s side, there are many things, wars one after another, crises one after another, and there is no time to pay attention to the shadow of Marienburg. Moreover, as a model of chivalry, Ryan needs to be famous as a lecturer, Marienburg It is also the imperial territory and free trade port. There is no excuse for hands-on.

But this does not mean that the two sides will always be in peace like this.

"What are the merchants of Marienburg doing these days?" Ryan asked towards Talleyrand.

"Business princes are making a lot of money recently." Talleyrand smiled: "Hoarding the odds and speculating on the three substances of grain, cloth and coal, these big merchants really made a lot of money by relying on the old world beacon fire. Bo Man, especially the leader of the Bachr Chamber of Commerce Klind... still clamoring, Your Majesty and you, this is what they said, I said, don't be angry."

"What did they say?" Ryan laughed.

"They said... the Breton knights have 100 points for military, 80 points for politics, and 0 points for economy. They also said... Marimburg is an imperial territory. When a jackal, there is only a double-barreled shotgun to serve.” Talleyrand grinned and showed his teeth: “They also said that Marimburg is the headquarters of the Seagod Mannan Church. Does the lady in the lake want to start a war of gods?”

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Ryan burst into tears with a smile: "Everyone, the business princes of Marienburg seem to think that we knights and nobles can't do anything."

"Hahahaha!" The supreme commander was filled with cheerful air.

However, traditional knight aristocrats such as Karad and Pershmond all have hidden worries, because they really don't know what to do.

"There is indeed a problem with Mannan, the sea god, but don't worry, I am asking Madam to negotiate with Mannan." Ryan laughed for a while and began to get serious: "As for what we should do, Karad and Bertrand."

"Yes!" The two marshals stood up.

"Let the army, wait for my order, immediately cross the border of Brittania and arrive at the outskirts of Marienburg!" Ryan said first.

"But... what's the reason?" Kalad hesitated for a moment, or asked: "If you send a large number of troops across the border without prior explanation, will this affect it badly?"

"Chasing chaos remnants." Ryan cursed with a smile: "Is this an excuse not simple?"

"Ah! Yes!" Karad suddenly realized, he understood, and immediately inferred from one another: "And we have reason to suspect that there are a large number of Chaos believers in Marimburg, which must be investigated carefully! We have to enter the city to search carefully!"

"Yes, it must be investigated strictly, but we are not here to investigate. We will hand this glorious task to Grand Duke Schultz of Marienburg." Ryan was almost distorted with a smile: "We still believe in Marienburg's self-discipline and With the ability to correct errors, we believe that the Grand Guild of Schultz will give us a fair explanation and answer."

Calade and Bertrand led the way, and Ryan said to the dukes: "In addition to the army, you have to grasp with the other hand, and you must also be hard. Please bring out the grain in your own treasure house and granary for the time being. I, I promise not only to return all the money in the end, but also to add extra money!"

"Follow your majesty's instructions!" Everyone has absolute confidence in Ryan, and he has accomplished too many miracles.

In this way, the liquidation against Marienburg began!

In mid-February, Bretania held a grand military parade. After more than 20,000 Breton troops held a military parade in Curona, they turned their offensives directly towards Marienburg, and they did not Scrupulously crossing the border between the Knight Kingdom and the Empire, Calad used the excuses of "chasing the chaos remnants" and "checking out the chaos followers", sweeping all the way, approaching the outskirts of Marienburg in just 10 days!

The actions of the Bretons caused a huge panic in the upper and lower houses of Marienburg. What do the Bretons want to do? !

Our Marienburg is an imperial territory. Do you want to start a war? !

However, Kalad also seemed to be a little jealous. The army of Kalad and Bertrand only arrived on the outskirts of Marienburg and did not rush into the city.

Now the business princes are full of confidence again. After all, Bretonians still dare not enter the city~

They started to come up with new ideas again.

Fried food, fried cloth, hoarding!

Imperial calendar 2522-Imperial calendar 2524, the old world spent in torture, Estalia, the frontier prince and Tyrell have basically fallen, the empire is also struggling to persevere in the wind and rain, only Bretta Nia is fairly stable.

This incomparable chaos soon brought terrible business opportunities to the large trench merchants in Marienburg. Among them, the large trench merchants were paying close attention to food and cloth. The necessities of clothes, these two things are the rigid needs of life in the old world. With the large-scale reduction in food production and the shortage of military supplies in the old world, the large trench merchants of Marienburg began to speculate on the price of food frantically, from 2522 to 2524 in the imperial calendar. In 2009, food prices soared by 450%, and cloth prices soared by 230%.

With the Skaven War in 2523 and the defense of Kurona just now, Klind, the chairman of the Bachr Chamber of Commerce, the largest grain merchant in the old world, judged that the old world will usher in a new wave of food shortages.

At the same time, because the outside of Marienburg was blocked by the Bretonian army, there was panic throughout the old world. As the largest commercial center and trade center in the entire old world, the price of Marienburg greatly affected the old world. World prices, under the temptation of hoarding roasted seeds and nuts, and the temptation of ultra-high profits, the large-scale merchants united closely with Klind, the chairman of the Bacher Chamber of Commerce, and began to gather funds for roasting.

At the same time, in order not to give the Bretons an excuse, the large trench merchants in Marienburg are also very careful. All kinds of speeches were made, one side urgently sent letters to the front line of the empire to ask for help from the empire, while the other side constantly emphasized that if Marienburg is finished, the old world will be finished.

"Marinburg is the hub of the old world. Anyone who acts on Marienburg at this time will harm the interests of the old world and give a knife to foreign forces (referring to chaos). Sinner of the world!"

"Brittania's 10-hour work system and the eight-hour work schedule are obviously not in line with the specific situation of Marienburg. The 15-hour work system is the most suitable work system for Marienburg!"

"Whoever wants workers to increase their wages and not work overtime, who wants workers to have the right to collective bargaining, is to destroy Marienburg's advantage of cheap labor, and to have trouble with the people of the Empire!"

As expected by the big trench merchants, the Bretonians seemed to be beginning to be afraid, and the Karade and Bertrand troops stationed outside the city had no intention of entering the city.

The opportunity is here!

In March, as spring plowing began one after another, the old world's grain production was facing another wave of major reductions except for Brittany. The Bacher Chamber of Commerce took the lead in directly eating all the grain on the market, and then hoarding it. In 2522, the price of food in 2524 had soared to 670%, and many poor people could not even afford a piece of brown bread after working all day.

And at this time, Bretania took the shot.

Ryan mobilized an astonishing amount of food from all parts of the Knight Kingdom and stored it in Kurona. Under his instruction, the Estalian Merchants Union, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce, the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce and the Agnew Chamber of Commerce four A large chamber of commerce began to sell food on the market.

On March 1, the Estalian Merchants Union announced that it would sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. The Marienburg trench merchants headed by the Bacher Chamber of Commerce ate them all at one go, and they could double-sell them from private bakery after changing hands. With huge profits, countless large trench merchants headed by the Bacher Chamber of Commerce borrowed usury for roasted seeds, with daily interest rates as high as 50%-100%. Food prices continue to rise.

On March 5, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce announced that it would sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. In just one day, the Bacher Chamber of Commerce once again bought all the grain, and the price of grain continued to rise steadily.

On March 9th, the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce once again sold 10 million kilograms of grain to the market. More than 30% of the merchants in the upper and lower houses of Marienburg continued to work together to eat all the grain.

On March 10, the Agnew Chamber of Commerce followed Laine's order and continued to sell 10 million kilograms of grain to the market.

The funds of the big trench merchants began to be tight, and just at this time, the Schultz Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in Marienburg, and the Gentlemen's Union Chamber of Commerce, the second largest chamber of commerce, took the initiative to borrow heavily, with super high interest rates, Bach The Seoul Chamber of Commerce once again ate all the food on the market in one go.

On March 15, the price of grain reached the highest point in the history of the old world. The price of refined barley flour, originally priced at 13 silver coins per kilogram, has reached 15 gold coins per kilogram, and the price of rye has skyrocketed from the original 6 silver coins per kilogram. When it came to 5 gold coins per kilogram, the market was already in a frenzy. Oliver, Hadrian, Amancio, and others even borrowed large-scale loans to the large trench merchants in Marienburg to let them go roasted, with a scale of hundreds of thousands of gold kronor.

"Come on." Ryan, who was sitting in Kurona, gently turned off the dwarf pocket watch after receiving the news and spit out a word.

On March 16, each of the four major chambers of commerce, the Estalian Merchants Union, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce, the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce, and the Agnew Chamber of Commerce, simultaneously sold 10 million kilograms of grain, a total of 40 million kilograms of grain and 120 tons. The cloth and 240 tons of livestock were thrown to the Marienburg market in one go!

The big trench merchants finally realized that something was wrong. When they first went on the market, they were still scrambling to eat grain and cloth, but with waves of crazy selling, the price of grain and cloth began to drop. One price per hour, within a day, the price of grain fell by half, and the price of cloth fell by 60%. Many large trench merchants broke the capital chain and burst into bleeding.

At the same time, Bretons are still selling food, and the goods on the market are simply not available!

And on this day on the 16th, two major events happened.

The fairy in the lake officially agreed with the sea **** Mannan and the goddess of justice, Valenna, at the request of Ryan. Under the protection of the interests of the gods of the old world, the **** agreed not to participate in this war without gunpowder.

At the same time, Schultz suddenly, as the Grand Duke of Marienburg, together with the Ocean Church and the High Elf Enclave, announced that during internal inspections, Marienburg found traces of the Chaos Sect and vampire activities and must "suppress counter-revolutionaries." , All banks were temporarily closed for inspection, and Schultz and Casanova worked together to urge debts, tighten money, and freeze loans.

At the same time, Ryan, who was outside the city, immediately announced the issuance of a new Breton war national debt with an interest rate of 9% and a denomination of 2 million gold crowns. Lang ordered the blockade of Marienburg, and the supplies were not allowed to come in!

The big trench merchants headed by the Bacher Chamber of Commerce could no longer withstand the pressure and began to sell grain and cloth, losing money and carrying extremely heavy debts!

Within three days, the price of food was cut again. More than 40% of the big trench merchants in the upper and lower houses of Marienburg declared bankruptcy. Schultz sent troops to take care of warehouses and banks, but still could not stop many big trench merchants from trying to carry them. There was also the secret destruction of the Chaos sect. When the city was approaching chaos, Schultz pretended to be helpless. He responded to the call of the citizens of Marienburg and nodded under several major churches headed by the Poseidon Church. Brittany outside the city The runner-up was allowed to enter the city to quell the rebellion and maintain order.

On March 20th, the Royal Division of Breton officially entered Marienburg.

Marienburg officially entered military control. Before entering the city, Ryan repeatedly emphasized discipline. The Kings of Breton entered Marienburg without committing a crime and maintained the strictest military discipline. There was no looting and killing.

At the same time, among the baskets of criminal evidence and stacks of debt documents, the Bretons delivered these things fairly, justly, and openly to the hands of the Grand Duke of Marienburg Schultz. The Sun King Ryan expressed respect for the horses. Limburg’s autonomous laws respect the laws of the empire. Schultz is invited to the justice system to execute those related to chaos and vampires, and the guilty to try and confiscate all property.

Schultz's "guilty" stamp was sour that day.

Holding Schultz’s verdict, the Breton knight masters began to check warehouses, seized accounts, and collected loans from house to house. At the same time, the old guards and the Holy Grail knights executed those who were afflicted with Chaos one by one, and eliminated the concealment. More than half of the thousands of dock warehouses in Marienburg have been seized to pay off debts.

The wharf porters, workers, helpers, refugees, and farmers who have been suffering from these big vampires are very excited. These people spontaneously lead the way and tell the knight masters of the atrocities of these capitalists and how they sucked blood and exploited us. our!

no problem! The knight master and the old guards patted their chests, we will call you the shots!

Marienburg, your grandpa knight is here!

On March 25th, the streets of Marienburg were covered with the corpses of speculators and large trench merchants. The most famous of them was Clinder, the former chairman of the Bacher Chamber of Commerce, the largest grain merchant in the old world. Hundreds of thousands of gold marks in debt tried to flee and were convicted of treason.

Behind Klind, the corpses of more than one hundred trench merchants were hung under the street lights in the Shield Block and Amber Avenue.

The number was shocking, and Marienburg, which was once extremely prosperous, began to fall into depression.

The corpse under the street light swayed back and forth. Under the auspices of Ryan and Schultz, a new order was established. The original 15-hour work system was abolished by Ryan’s proposal and passed through Schultz’s House of Commons and changed to a maximum of 12 hours per day. Working system, the minimum wage has increased from 3 copper coins per day to 5 copper coins per day. At the same time, Ryan announced that every year except for the Mannan Day, the Lake Fairy Girl Day and the Holy Grail Day are officially set as legal holidays in Marienburg, the former is a holiday. 3 days, the latter 2 days, any employment must be followed.

At the same time, the X+1 work-related injury compensation system was officially established. The employer must compensate for work-related injuries. The Marienburg branch of the Lake Fairy Church announced that it will accept work-related injury labor arbitration. 10% arbitration fee.

After 29 months, the price of food finally fell back to the level of 130% in 2522. The price of cloth fell on a large scale, and everyone was finally able to eat and wear warmth. Ryan even took out 1 million kilograms of food to make cookies and dessert wine. , Directly distributed on the street in the name of the fairy in the lake for three days free of charge.

The whole city rejoiced, and people spontaneously took to the streets to express their gratitude to the knight masters through parades.

The chivalry culture of Brittany began to become the mainstream culture of Marienburg.

On March 30, an edict with the emperor's ordination was issued before Laing’s case. After looking at it, Laing ordered the withdrawal of 50,000 Bretons from Marienburg in three batches within two weeks.

"After we leave, they will give you holidays and reduce working hours, which will increase your wages. This is not because of their conscience, nor because they have become good people, but because we have been here."

——Brittania Feudal Knights

Before leaving, the citizens of Marienburg were reluctant to give up on the knight masters, many of them wept bitterly, and more citizens wondered if Marienburg would be ruled by Brittany. Fair and better times?

And those who slip through the net in Marienburg's upper and lower houses watched with humiliation and hatred as the knight masters returned home with more than half of their seats empty.

I beg you demons, please don't come again!

Attached:

On April 15th, when the last batch of Breton troops withdrew from Marienburg, the list of materials seized and transported by the Bretons from the warehouses and accounts of the merchants in Marienburg was as follows:

A total of more than 400,000 gold crowns, gold marks, a small number of dwarf gold coins and more than 1 million silver coins of various colors.

120 artillery of various colors and more than 1,000 carriages.

3,200 gunpowders, 260,000 bullets, more than 1,400 barrels of gunpowder.

4800 sets of imperial standard equipment and 21,000 sets of imperial soldier uniforms (made by major provinces and Marienburg).

There are more than 37,000 pairs of shoes and boots of varying quality.

There are more than 3,800 kilograms of grain and 200 tons of meat.

More than 730 boxes of luxury goods.

More than 50,000 barrels of Empire beer and 1,000 barrels of rum, more than 500 crates of wine, mead, whiskey and vodka.

It is roughly estimated that the total value of the materials looted by the Bretons from Marienburg is more than 4 million kronor.