On July 20th, Shahaiwan Port, which had already become increasingly depressed in people's eyes, and could not recover until Dane or the merchants had decided the winner, suddenly became flourishing.
Merchant ships clearly flying the flag of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce came in an endless stream from all over the world.
As an agent of a top chamber of commerce, Bickley has come up with very efficient means.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief at Shahaiwan Port, which has flourished again, the most important of which are some local businessmen from Schindler.
These businessmen are actually Dane's real supporters. Although, they are also very unhappy with Dane's new tax bill. This bill, which makes them have to bear more taxes, is of course impossible to please. However, even if it is to bear some more taxes, it is better than no business.
The three major chambers of commerce have capital, and they can give up a large amount of profits in order to force Dane to submit, and they can afford to lose; most of the merchants who do business in sea trade, cross-border, and cross-regions follow the three major chambers of commerce. With the support of the three major chambers of commerce, they have nothing to be afraid of. The worst thing is that they will not be able to do business in Shawan Harbor during this period of time. What's the harm in taking a break
But not the local merchants of Schindler.
At the beginning, they were still cheering for the Ministry of General Affairs under the banner of "fighting for the interests of businessmen, opposing tax increases, and opposing exploitation", but later, when the depression that lasted for almost a month came, These local businessmen were dumbfounded. They found that in this struggle, they were the ones who suffered the most.
But what can they do? Dane would not pay attention to them, and the General Affairs Office would also ignore them.
During this month, many local businessmen who used to be more adventurous in business, or had bad luck just happened to encounter it, or simply had too little capital and had too much shop, directly declared bankruptcy.
Those who are still alive can only be regarded as struggling to support, and pray that they will be able to survive the struggle between the General Affairs Office and the general, which cannot afford to offend anyone above their heads, to end quickly.
Originally, they could not see any hope.
Riots are still happening all over the city, the number of cargo ships on the port is still decreasing, and the whole city is still going further and further away in the constant decline and depression. Both sides of the struggle seem to be so resolute and tough, and they don't seem to be able to end this confrontation in a short time.
However, today's port, which has suddenly become prosperous, has given all local merchants a sigh of relief—the squeezed goods can be shipped out, and the orders that urgently need to be fulfilled are finally available for import.
Soon, the whole port became busy, and the faces of those dock workers who had been unemployed for a while also became full of vigor—if no ships came, who would use them? Who pays them
Of course, if someone is happy, someone will be unhappy.
Accompanied by bodyguards and guards in a hurry, Kincade and Clarice, who came to the port, looked at the prosperous port with extremely poor expressions.
Clarice, who can be considered pretty good in the city, has a cloudy face at this time, let alone Kinkade, who has always been grumpy and revealing.
"Damn, damn, damn! Bastard Bickley! That dwarf who deserves to go to hell! I curse you to die!" He cursed repeatedly, and the foul language in his mouth was like a cannonball.
How can you not be angry? The three chambers of commerce clearly agreed to advance and retreat together in Shawan Harbor, but in the current situation, it is no exaggeration to say that the Shire chamber of commerce has stabbed the other two in the back!
"Let's go to that dwarf for an explanation." Clarice said with a cold face.
"Okay! I want to see if that bastard Bickley can withstand the anger of our two families!"
With their men and horses, the two rushed to the headquarters of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce in Shawan Harbor. However, they were rejected directly in front of the two elf warriors stationed at the gate.
These two elves from Shire were wearing bright silver chain armor and holding enchanted scimitars. They were extremely well equipped, and their personal strength was also quite outstanding. And the indifferent faces on the faces of the two elf guards, as well as the even more indifferent tone, annoyed Kinkade and Clarice, who came here with the attitude of asking questions.
What's even more exasperating is that Bickley seems to have no regard for any face. The elf guards guarding the door didn't even make up something like 'Mr. Bickley is not here', 'Mr. Bickley is busy' Instead of such excuses, he said very bluntly: "Mr. Bickley made it very clear that if people from the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce come to visit, they will all disappear."
This made them both very angry.
Clarice's expression was as cold as ice, as if she wanted to eat the two elf guards in front of her: "See? You Shire are really shameless. After committing an act of betrayal, you are still so confident. not see?"
On the other hand, Kinkade, who was more irritable, didn't even want to talk anymore. He pulled out the long knife that was only used as an ornament on his waist in the past. Looking at it, he even planned to use force to break into the door.
Seeing that they were going to fight, the two elf warriors certainly wouldn't stand here as statues. They also drew out the scimitars in their hands, the shining weapons, which were obviously blessed by enchantment.
However, although these two elf warriors are well-trained and well-equipped, there are only two of them after all. Kinkade and Clarice in front of them even had as many as forty or fifty guards together.
Among the crowd, after only persisting for a moment, the two elves guarding the gate died and the other was seriously injured.
Kinkade, who rushed to his head annoyed, did not intend to hold back at all. He clamored to beat the two elf guards to death, and he wanted to catch that guy, Bickley, and hang him on the Port Avenue to whip him.
He was really dazzled by anger, but next to him, Clarice, who had a calmer personality, faintly felt that something was wrong.
Seeing that Kinkade was about to take the lead in rushing into the Shire United Chamber of Commerce's residence in front of him, the glamorous woman in red grabbed the impulsive guy.
"Why are you dragging me?"
"Things are not right, and Bickley's reaction seems to be deliberately provoking us." (To be continued.)