Cars rattled, horses rustled, and pedestrians carried bows and arrows at their waists.
The long procession walked on the not very wide avenue, like a long dragon, with no end in front and no end in sight, meandering from the eastern horizon to the western horizon.
This is a migration team sent by Gold Coin Federation merchants.
In order to avoid war, the goddess of wealth finally proposed the idea of "merchants going north and nobles going south" and split the huge gold coin federation into two.
Although the small businessmen and nobles of the middle and lower classes had strong objections to this, the big businessmen and nobles of the upper class accepted this suggestion after negotiations.
No matter what, it's always better than fighting.
Although they both wanted to kill each other and rob each other of all their wealth, even the dominant aristocratic faction did not really have a great chance of winning.
In other words, even if the entire noble faction has a chance of winning, as for a certain great noble, he is not necessarily sure that the benefits his family will gain in the future war that sweeps the entire Gold Coin Federation will make up for the losses. loss.
In this case, it would be better if you don't lose it.
So despite the objections of the northern nobles and southern merchants, the matter was finally settled.
After settling down, it is a long migration.
Merchants went north, nobles went south.
This is probably the largest migration that has occurred since the Great Migration. The total population involved on both sides may be close to one million.
Originally, the merchants suggested that everyone move only their property and families, not the people in the territory - they even said that they could use money to redeem the noble people. But after some discussion, the nobles in the north finally expressed that they wanted people to leave and stay, not leaving enough population for the merchants.
On the one hand, this is to prevent the merchants from becoming powerful, and on the other hand, it is to have enough strength to compete for territory after arriving in the south.
The businessmen from the south migrated away, leaving behind many areas where they had been operating for many years. In order to occupy these areas, of course a large population is needed - the farming model chosen by the nobles requires far more people than merchants. If the population from the north is not moved over, it will be difficult for the nobles who have changed their territories. There are enough people for farming.
And more importantly, these territorial people are the foundation of their rule. Their army also comes from it. If they were left behind, it would mean that their army would lose its roots. Even if you can't see it in the short term, as time goes by, you will find that their army is getting smaller and smaller.
The central government of the Gold Coin Federation is not strong, and there are many private battles and killings among the noble lords, which can be called a chaotic time. Without a reliable army, even if we reach the south, we will be nothing more than a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
When the southern merchants discovered that the northern nobles were actually trying to relocate their population, they naturally refused to do so. They protested so angrily that even the great nobles felt the pressure.
However, in front of the Northern Noble Alliance, which had made up its mind and reached an agreement, the face and authority of the great nobles were not easy to use.
Faced with the persuasion and threats from the great nobles, the representatives of the Northern Nobles Alliance had no intention of giving in. They bluntly stated that they did not believe in the other party and wanted to ensure that the nobles who moved south had enough power to protect themselves.
These words were completely embarrassing, but the nobles really couldn't refute them.
In fact... their original plan was to eat up these nobles who moved south.
Of course, these plans should not be exposed to the public. It would be better if they could keep it a secret. Now that they have been exposed clearly, no matter how thick-skinned they are, they can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
In addition to being embarrassed, I was more angry.
How could they not be angry when they saw that a large piece of fat meat was about to fall into their mouths, but now it was about to run away with long legs
However, the attitude of the nobles who moved south was very fierce. They even adopted the attitude of "at worst, if everyone breaks up, the civil war in the Gold Coin Federation will become a civil war", and they refused to give in even the slightest bit.
For them, it is already very difficult to leave their homeland where they have been operating for many years and go to the south to re-open. It is impossible for them to give in even a little bit more.
In fact, many nobles who moved south have already contacted each other privately. When they arrived in the south, the first thing they did was to jointly send troops to defeat the nearby southern nobles, first to stabilize their rule, and then to strive to expand their territory.
Several powerful factions among the nobles who moved south have even set their sights on the two marquises of the Gold Coin Federation, hoping to knock them down from their lofty thrones.
When a group of jackals migrate, they can certainly determine their status by bullying the rabbits and goats in the migration area, but the most appropriate way is to kill the local wolf king.
Even netizens on Earth know how to joke, "If I kill a panda, I will be a national treasure." How could these ruthless nobles not know this
... Haha, if it weren't for the possibility of grabbing benefits, it wouldn't be so easy to want these nobles to give up their northern territories and move to the south!
Seeing the aristocratic faction moving south with a large number of people, the merchant faction who originally planned to go north lightly also changed their minds. They spent money like crazy, prepared a lot of food, recruited a large number of people, formed a huge pioneering team, and headed north.
The nobles in the south were naturally unwilling to lead their people away—the people were the basis of the lord's rule. Without the people, the lord would become a mere commander. In the Gold Coin Federation, where there are frequent battles, the nobles who are polished commanders are worse than dogs!
At least the dog will not stay in its own kennel, so a Galen jumps out of the sky and turns it into dog meat.
So they immediately took action to stop it, but this time the merchant faction took an extremely determined attitude and even issued a threat of war.
Who doesn’t understand the importance of population? If there is not enough population in the north, what is the use of the past!
Faced with the threat of war from the merchant faction, the big nobles had to do the work of the small and medium nobles, and even used force to suppress two lords who wanted to prevent their people from being hired to leave.
Of course, they also set a rule that merchants could only hire no more than 30% of the population from the same territory.
As a result, this 30% almost became 30% of the entire South.
Gold Coin Federation Generally speaking, the south is richer and has a higher population density than the north. Thirty percent of the population in the entire southern region has exceeded approximately 60% of the total population in the northern region.
This number of people can almost meet the needs of merchants. Even if there are still some vacancies, there will still be a lot of population left in the north.
After all... there are not only aristocrats in the north, there are also many businessmen.
As a result, the merchants headed north, the nobles headed south, and the long dragon composed of countless migrants meandered across the land, slowly moving in their respective directions.