Warhammer Throne

When Talleyrand personally rushed to Marienburg by land with Ryan's letter, even a fool knew the seriousness of the problem.

As a foreign minister who was very afraid of death, the lame Gao Jing was simply unwilling when he was asked to deliver the letter, but he couldn't escape. He could only smash his face. He was even a little angry and told Ryan: "Your Majesty, When you need a lamp, the next person will not move to the sofa."

"But I need you. I firmly believe that when I need you, Talleyrand, you can be a lamp or a sofa." This is Su Liya's answer.

Talleyrand stopped talking and agreed to send letters and investigate requests. For convenience and as fast as possible, he only took a few attendants. It happened that Lingard was dangling behind Bohemond, and Ryan asked Lingard escorted Talleyrand to Marienburg.

Arriving at Le-Angoulang by boat, in Curona, one person and three horses galloped fast. After six days of driving, Talleyrand and others finally arrived at the outskirts of Marienburg.

At this time, Marimburg seemed to be covered with a very gloomy light and shadow. Since the last time it was looted by Bretons, Marimburg has been in depression a lot. Now there is news that there seems to be a chaotic fleet in the Talon Sea. As it is approaching, Marienburg is even more panicked, but whenever the people of Marienburg see the tens of meters high city wall, the spires of wizard towers, the hundreds of warships anchored in the harbor and the legendary servants The soldiers immediately felt relieved.

Let them come!

When he got off the horse, Talleyrand was still crying secretly. The high-quality lame really didn’t want to go through this drudgery. He just made up his mind to run away after sending the letter to figure out the situation, but Lingard on the other side was quite unhappy. Looking at the walls of Marienburg and the dozens of artillery on it with interest, the 28-year-old Knight of the Holy Grail said with interest: "It's not easy to have a chance. Great-grandfather never allowed us to come here."

"Here? Marienburg?" Talleyrand looked at this young holy grail knight. Of course he knew that this holy grail knight nicknamed "The Emperor of the Forest" was both a celebrity and proved his ability. He was still so young. Winning the Holy Grail naturally means having the brightest future, so the **** is also happy to talk to him a few more words: "In fact, that's what happened. Generally, it is more prosperous than Polder, and more treacherous than those big merchants. Just be richer."

"Really?" As soon as he entered the city, Lingard was shocked by the world in front of him. Oncoming him were two rows of tall houses and extremely crowded streets, an endless flow of people and dozens of opened shops. The vitality that cannot be felt in Bastogne, human beings are hawking, discussing, trading, and there are a large number of convoys and fleets moving back and forth in the roads and waterways of the city. What makes Lingard more interesting is the street. There are many beautifully dressed women standing in the doorways of many alleys. When they see the presence of Talleyrand, they can't help but wave their hands. The point is that they are wearing a set of crimson Breton nobles. Talleyrand in the dress, and Lingard, wearing a full set of chain mail and breastplate, with a red dragon statue and golden cross helmet on his waist, and the robe and cloak with the holy grail pattern.

There were also young girls on the street who took the initiative to send flowers, with various addresses and their names mixed in the flowers.

A whole street was strung together with ropes, and people with wooden signs behind them were advancing under the lashes of patrols and guards, men and women, old and young, crying, numb, dazed, Those who are too hungry to walk, the more chaotic the era, the more profitable profiteers will make.

"I heard that since the death of Kislev, a large number of Kislev beauties have been living among the people. They are very willing to marry Bretons." Lingard and Talleyrand took all the small notes. In closing, the Knights of the Holy Grail made a witty remark very lively: "We in Bastogne folks always say that there are a large number of big blonde girls crying and crying to marry Brittany, and they are afraid of Brittany. The Niants look down on them."

"I want to marry a Breton (×)."

"I want to marry a Breton noble, at least a freeman who is a sergeant or above, especially the Holy Grail knight and old guard (√) born from the Red Dragon Duke family like you."

Talleyrand corrected Lingard's words with a smile, and the high-precision lame laughed:

"The beauty of the subjugated Kislev hates to marry and admires the charm of Bretons and chivalry culture (×)."

"The rural serf who has no homes and land and feels good about herself wants to pick up a young and beautiful blonde wife with a big waist and long legs and hairy girl (√)."

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Lingard and Talleyrand looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Lingard told Talleyrand that his great-grandfather Bohemond recently bought about seven or eight young and beautiful Kislev beauties in Bastogne’s private estate, and Bohemond asked them to wear them. Dressed as a bunny waiter, dressed up as a bunny waiter, danced for himself and then served the wine in turn. The old duke liked this tune the most. After Lingard came back, Bohemond also let him enjoy it. Of course, only a small number of beauties could stay. Become a member of the old duke's backyard, most of which are changed after three to five years of service.

Talleyrand told Lingard that there was an entire team of maids in his manor, 80% of which were Kislev beauties. He always enjoyed these beauties at will. They were almost 25 years old, and Talleyrand would Paying a severance payment to let them pack up and leave, these hairy girls often find a free citizen to marry honestly in Musilon's local area.

The moment they finished speaking, Talleyrand and Lingard suddenly had a kind of unspeakable tacit understanding and the telepathy that belonged to the man alone, and both could not help reaching out and squeezing tightly.

Starting today, we are comrades!

"Let me guess, is there a market for this kind of speech among the people, especially among serfs?" Talleyrand said with a smile: "Because everyone is especially willing to believe in this kind of things that are good for them and can be earned without work, people always Is inclined"

"Yes." Lingard made a grimace. He twisted his body directly on the street and picked out a "breton dance": "Is this kind of me full of charm?"

"You? Your Emperor Lin is full of charm even if you stand upside down in front of the beautiful Kislov girls." Talleyrand twitched his lips: "Holy Grail Knight, Red Dragon Bloodline, Evilland Touring the Pope, unlimited furious."

"What about you?" Lingard smiled.

"I am an elf, a high elf." Talleyrand smiled very sincerely: "This one is enough."

Lin Huang suddenly smashed his face, and he had already seen how much superiority and charm bonus high-precision single had to humans in terms of race.

Talleyrand has made great achievements in diplomacy since he worked for His Majesty the Sun King. One of the big advantages is that he is a high-precision elf, and it is said that he is also a member of the Bennister family. The nobles who crushed him would regard him as a high-precision celebrity and a close minister to the Sun King and give him enough respect.

This topic can no longer be discussed.

The famous Shield Block does not seem to be as prosperous as it used to be. This is where the major chambers, guilds, and churches of Marienburg gather. When Talleyrand and Lingard came to the Shield Block, the streets were full of chambers of commerce. The private army and mercenaries are maintaining order, and the number is three times as many as before. When they saw Talleyrand and his party appear, the faces of these private soldiers could not help showing disgust, but they immediately became jealous. , I hurriedly checked the document and let it go.

When we arrived at the Marienburg City Council Hall, which was unable to enter during a meeting, Schultz’s deputy Muller came out to receive Talleyrand and Lingard, took them to the reception room and waited and told them the latest news.

Soon, Talleyrand and Lingard learned two important news.

First, the Marienburg City Council received an emergency document from the Imperial Court. The Imperial Court requested the Marienburg City Council to immediately subscribe for "war bonds" worth approximately 3.8 million gold marks in the name of Karl-Franz, and at the same time requested a temporary Requisition all the supplies of Marienburg and all the gold in the bank.

This rule was rejected unanimously by Marienburg's upper and lower houses.

"Our defense is our duty, and your defense is your duty." This is the official answer of the upper and lower houses of Marienburg.

The second is that because the plan to ask for help from the Empire or the Knight Kingdom has never been passed, Grand Duke Schultz chose to resign. Marienburg is now preparing to elect a new Grand Duke. After all, Schultz is determined and intends to be within five days. Leave office.

After saying this, Muller temporarily left, leaving Talleyrand and Lingard to help themselves.

"Your Majesty asked us to deliver the letter, and we need to figure out whether Marienburg is going to stay forever." Lingard said to Talleyrand, he was a little anxious: "But what should I do now?"

"Don't worry." Talleyrand picked up the famous tea Dahongpao that Schultz imported from Aurora Minzhou across thousands of rivers and mountains. The high-precision lame can be described as calm and relaxed: "Although Schultz failed to pass the proposal, but Obviously, the big trench merchants of Marienburg did not pass another proposal!"

"Huh?" Lingard didn't understand what Talleyrand was saying.

"I'll tell you a joke about Osuan." Talleyrand tasted Aurora’s best red robe, and the high-precision lame knew that this tea was more expensive than gold of equal weight in the old world: "There used to be Calledo. Someone asked on the streets of Lothern, what was his biggest failure after so many years in the reign of Sea King Finnuba?"

"Someone immediately replied: He did nothing!"

"Then it was replaced by a Safri and asked on the streets of Lothern, saying, what is his greatest accomplishment after the King of Sailing Finnuba has been in power for so many years?"

"Almost all Lothern shouted happily now: He did nothing!"

After saying this, Talleyrand couldn’t help but smile. He put down his teacup: “Marinburg is Lothern, a business-led society, a capital-led society, big capitalists and dignitaries always have an idea, they Always expect things to get better on their own, always expect everything to be better in the future, always expect less input and more output."

"I still don't understand." Lingard continued to express confusion.

Talleyrand suddenly felt boring. Talking to Lingard is not as interesting as talking to Ryan. Generally speaking to Ryan, when the classic Osuan joke is over, Ryan has fully understood, but the Holy Grail knight in front of him is indeed too tender.

Talleyrand really hates to say something. The high-precision lame thought for a while, and changed another metaphor: "Let me tell you another example. My predecessor and teacher Arcena once went to Nipeng and served as a military officer in Nipeng for a period of time. Advisor, do you know how the famous retainers and merchants over there faced problems and mistakes?"

"It's actually very simple, a classic three-piece suit, apologizing, bowing, and sitting down." Talleyrand continued: "Then it's all right, they don't need to do anything, everything hasn't changed in essence, and I will dare next time."

Now Lingard understands a bit. He used a dwarf's most classic saying: "If things are not broken, don't fix them?"

"That's not enough." Talleyrand thought that Lingard finally understood a little bit of what he meant. He played with his extravagant cane: "I think we will know the answer soon."

"The answer is...nothing has changed. I won't ask for help, won't agree to the empire's request for aid, and won't run away. Everything is going on as it is." Schultz strode in from the outside, and Grand Duke Marienburg's face was obvious. Very angry and deeply chilled, he sat down on the sofa and cursed: "88% of the citizens of Marienburg with a net worth of more than 1,000 gold coins think that they should immediately seek help from the empire or at least be strengthened on a large scale. City defense, but that 12% of the people think it is unnecessary. Those things are "unnecessary costs." Unfortunately, Mr. Talleyrand, and the Lord of the Holy Grail, the 12% of the people in the upper and lower houses account for Into the mainstream."

"My Grand Duke..."

"I'm almost not the Grand Duke."

"You still." Talleylang paused, then said: "It's normal, isn't it? The 28th law, 20% of people hold 80% of their wealth."

"In Marienburg, 13% of the people hold 86% of the wealth." Schultz corrected Talleyrand’s estimate. He took the letter from Talleyrand. Ryan’s letter was obviously not much in content. He saw After a few glances, he nodded slightly and sighed: "It's okay."

"Alright?" Talleyrand asked.

"In the House of Commons, it can be said that most people are reluctant to cut meat." Schultz sighed: "Marinburg's real valuables have never been gold, weapons, jewellery, or rare in banks and chambers of commerce. Strange things are fixed assets and channel resources, such as real estate, purchase channels, trade channels, and fixed commercial contracts. If they are to be withdrawn, most of their net worth will be greatly reduced. Now the refusal to ask for help is a foregone conclusion. I will ask Which members are willing to leave."

"So, Marienburg is going to defend it forever?" Talleyrand asked the most central and important question.

"Yes." Schultz nodded: "Most people don't intend to change anything. They don't ask for help, don't withdraw, and they won't recruit and form new troops on a large scale, but they don't want to do nothing, Marienburg. Aren’t there dozens of legendary mercenary regiments, pirate privateer regiments, sailor militias, city defense forces, and three land cruisers ordered from Noor? The council intends to mobilize them all."

"Only these can resist the Chaos Army?" Lingard said puzzledly.

"In addition, the city walls tens of meters high, countless artillery, six spire wizard towers, and hundreds of warships moored in the dock." Schultz added: "Everyone thinks that the city is not unbearable. The council believes that if necessary, they can hire them to defend the city. Marienburg has the ability to protect itself at any time. ."

"This has also greatly affected the perception of most businessmen and citizens. You must know that since the great jihad, Marienburg has never fought a battle for the city."

"Then my prince, do you plan to go with us?" Talleyrand asked.

There is also a large number of Breton Chambers of Commerce and other personnel in the Marienburg branch of the Lake Fairy Church who will withdraw from Marienburg along with Talleyrand.

"Give me five days." Schultz nodded: "I and Blackbeard Titch's Mannan's Blade and those big trench merchants who are willing to leave with us will sell all their real estate within four days. , And withdraw to Bretania with you."

"Withdraw to Bretania, not an empire?" Lingard asked nonchalantly.

"Everyone generally thinks that Brittany is safer now." Schultz smiled: "From top to bottom, it is generally believed that, furthermore, withdraw to the empire... Probably their huge wealth was either expropriated or directly confiscated. "

"Then if you are eager to dispose of the real estate now, the loss is certainly not small, right?" Lingard still asked endlessly.

"It has shrunk a lot, but... at least there will be tomorrow." Schultz nodded heavily: "Well, that's it!"

At the end of April 2525 of the imperial calendar, Grand Duke Schultz of Marienburg resigned and the new Grand Duke Valverde took over. The first thing Valverde did when he took office was to initiate a "war fundraiser", and at the same time told everyone not to panic and to invade chaos. "Preventable and controllable."

Valverde once again refused the Empire’s request for assistance, and did not intend to seek assistance from the Empire or the Knight Kingdom, but the new Grand Duke and the Upper and Lower Houses also tried to hire and convene all the mercenary regiments near Marienburg.

"Didi~ Meituan Field Service has a new order, Marienburg real-time order!"

The mercenaries were called.

At the same time, Grand Duke Schultz of Marienburg, Viscount Casanova, President of the Gentlemen's Union, Bernard Arnott, Chairman of the Louis-Vuitton Chamber of Commerce, and six major merchants in the House of Commons decided to abandon their positions as members. Sell ​​all the real estate in Marienburg and withdraw to Brittania.

When entering the border of Curona, Viscount Casanova also made a joke. He was deliberately low-key, poorly dressed and not talkative. He also wore a classic dockworker cap on his head, which caused the border officer to think he was. It was a worker, so he stopped him and asked, "Excuse me, do you have any special craftsmanship? Don't just work hard here."

"Me?" Viscount Casanova stunned.

"Yes, it's you, do you have any special skills?"

"I am rich."