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This is the southernmost point of the Northwest Republic, where Rye Fortress is located. In the past, if you wanted to go from the Gold Coin Federation to the Northwest Republic, you had to pass through this fortress built in the valley. Now the fortress is still there, but the mountain next to it is inexplicably tilted, and a road appears that allows people to bypass the fortress and go to Rye City to the north of the fortress.
As for the fortress, it has been completely surrounded by a circle painted in white. There are many signs inserted randomly in the circle, with words such as "Danger" and "Don't Come Close" in various languages.
Not only that, if someone who is illiterate wants to get close, then every time he takes a step towards this circle, he will feel a little more panicked. The closer he gets, the more panicked he becomes. He can only get better by turning around and leaving.
If it weren't for this method, just with white ash and warning signs, we really wouldn't be able to stop those rude or curious people.
This is of course Sui Xiong's work. Now he is tinkering inside the fortress, planning to build this originally mediocre fortress into a "fortress"-themed tourist attraction. Naturally, others cannot be disturbed.
As for whether it can still function as a fortress after it becomes an attraction... If a knife is beautifully decorated, can it not kill people
Of course, Sui Xiong didn't think this fortress might still be used. Although the population of the Northwest Republic is not large enough, there are many powerful people. If there is a conflict with the Gold Coin Federation, if they do not take the initiative to fight out, the Gold Coin Federation will be thankful. How can they fight back
If there is really an attack on this valley and we need to rely on the fortress for defense, who knows how the situation will deteriorate!
However, as the saying goes, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop." Sui Xiong wanted to make his oversized model toy in peace, but trouble had already occurred in the Gold Coin Federation.
The Great Migration has ended, and today's Gold Coin Federation is still a complete country on the surface, but in fact it has been divided into two parts, north and south. The south is controlled by forces centered on the great nobility, with a large population, and its industry is mainly agricultural production; the north is controlled by the forces centered on large merchants, and although the population is small, it has a large amount of capital due to its developed commerce.
This plan of "merchants moving north and nobles moving south" seemed to be quite successful at first, but problems soon arose.
The nobles in the south began to impose heavy taxes on merchants in their territories.
Ordinarily, this is a natural thing. The nobles have consolidated their rule, and then they should naturally weaken the power of the merchants. It's just that their methods are too rough and their work is too rough, it just feels like they are fishing in a swamp.
Businessmen seek profit, and as long as there is enough profit, it is not a problem even if they cooperate with nobles. But when the nobles did this, the profits of the merchants in their territory suddenly dropped sharply. Many small merchants went bankrupt. Even the large chambers of commerce were seriously affected and their vitality was damaged.
Of course the businessmen did not agree and immediately started arguing. But this time the nobles didn't buy it at all. They said they no longer had to deal with despicable and black-hearted businessmen, and the levy was even more severe.
In some places, noble lords directly led their troops to raid chambers of commerce in order to uproot them.
As a result, the conflict completely intensified.
The big businessmen were very angry and began to recruit mercenaries, assuming that they would use force to protect their own interests. But the nobles did not give in and began to gather troops, as if preparing for a big fight.
Under this circumstance, the border atmosphere between the south and the north is becoming increasingly tense, and soldiers on both sides are on alert and ready for war at any time.
Fortunately, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth has taken action. Seeing that the situation had reached a point where they were almost out of control, they no longer cared about the issue of means, and directly used the toughest method. Legendary powerhouses and divine envoys came forward to forcibly arrest the leaders of the noble faction and the merchant faction. , built a parliament hall on the border and ordered them to negotiate carefully.
"I don't care what conflicts or grudges you have, but I just say, no war!" The goddess of wealth descended in person and said sternly, "Whoever dares to make a move, I will suppress him under this parliament hall forever. No relief!”
Over the years, the Goddess of Wealth has always tended to use gentle means, and her church has always mediated and mediated between the merchant faction and the aristocratic faction. It has never been so tough. At this moment, once His thunder was furious, he immediately suppressed both factions. Even if they had thousands of little calculations in their hearts, they couldn't come up with it and had no choice but to negotiate honestly.
While the two sides were talking, they felt that they were short of manpower, so they each called in talents from behind. All powerful nobles and medium-sized chambers of commerce rushed to this temporarily constructed parliament hall to participate in the grand parliament convened by the goddess of wealth.
Seeing that the Great Council finally got things going, the Goddess of Wealth felt a big stone fall in her heart, and her face that had never seen a smile finally relaxed a little.
It's just that... the price He paid was also very high.
Coercive means are contrary to His teachings. In other words, by forcing the merchant faction and the noble faction to negotiate peace, he is harming himself. Regardless of whether this negotiation can succeed, His divinity has been seriously damaged.
This is thanks to the fact that in recent years, with the help of Sui Xiong, he has improved his godhood a lot, his divinity has grown significantly, and he has some room for independence. Only when I was mentally prepared before could I make such a decision. Otherwise, if he had thought of this method a few decades ago, he would not have been able to implement it. He could only watch the situation deteriorate and eventually become uncontrollable.
Therefore, when the noble faction and the merchant faction finally began to negotiate honestly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then went to thank Sui Xiong.
"Thanks to your help over the years this time!" He said sincerely, "If it weren't for the buffering of my increasing divinity over the years, I would never have been able to use this method this time!"
"This is because you seized the opportunity before and made the accumulation." Sui Xiong did not take the credit and said with a smile, "After all, people still have to help themselves. If you didn't accumulate well before, no one will help you this time." Can’t help you.”
"Well..." The goddess of wealth nodded, but her expression became worried, "I wonder if they can come up with a result this time... This time there are only businessmen and nobles in the parliament, and there are no clergy or civilian representatives. I always I don’t think it’s appropriate.”
"Then why don't you force yourself to join these two parties?" Sui Xiong asked.
"Forcing them to negotiate is already my limit. If there is any more force, I can't do it." The goddess of wealth sighed and shook her head repeatedly.
Sui Xiong smiled: "Don't worry, just leave this matter to me."
"It's nothing more than locking them up and threatening them. I just used this method not long ago, and I'm very skilled at it!"