On June 4th, Lorist arrived at Hilovas Island.
"I salute you, Lord Norton. I am Thurliham of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce. I am here to show the Chickard Chamber of Commerce to the Norton family." Wearing the new regulations of the Ford Chamber of Commerce Theliham, who was dressed in aristocratic attire, respectfully bowed half-bowed to Lorist who was sitting at the head, and then presented the gift list.
Schwader stepped forward to take the gift list and put it on the small table next to Lorist. Lorist cast a glance and saw a long list of gift names on the gift list, including jewellery, fashion, swords and armour, fine wine and supplements, and four famous Zeno horses, all of which are estimated to be worth twenty to thirty thousand. Kimford is gone. Thinking back to when I worked hard for one year in Morente City, I only earned 1,800 gold coins, and one gift from the Chickard Chamber of Commerce was enough for a silver swordsman to work hard for 20 or 30 years.
"Sit down, please," Lorist waved his hand, "As the young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, Your Excellency Theriham has come to Hirovas Island, what is your business?"
Seliham smiled wryly: "Lord Earl, you should know why I'm here. Let's be honest, because my third brother's misbehavior has offended Lord Earl and the Norton family, so that you regard our chamber of commerce as an enemy. And because our chamber of commerce suffers from The war between the Business Alliance and the Trimble Kingdom failed to make up the relationship with the noble family in time, so the misunderstanding between us deepened, and our chamber of commerce suffered immeasurable losses...
This time I came to see the Earl, hoping to dissolve the hostile relationship between the two sides and restore friendly exchanges. And ask the Earl to forgive the members of our Northern Merchant Fleet who fell into the hands of your family, and our Chickard Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay a ransom to redeem them. Lord Earl, please don’t refuse my request. Your Norton family perished and liberated more than 400,000 slaves in the kingdom of Haneyabad. This is a very kind way, so please don’t embarrass those who are in the fleet to make a living at sea for their families. The sailors and crew of…
For them, joining the fleet is just a job, a job to feed and clothe their families, and they still have family members looking forward to their return and reunion. Lord Earl, if you have any dissatisfaction, please tell me, our Chicod Chamber of Commerce will do our best to compensate, and the biggest purpose of my coming here is to ask you to grant them freedom and let me take them back to meet their relatives... "
Lorist looked with great interest at this young master of the chamber of commerce who was not a few years older than him, standing in front of him and talking. He was very frank and sincere, and it was easy to make people feel friendly and fond of him. .
"Please sit down, Your Excellency Seliham." Lorist invited the young master Seliham to sit down again: "I think the young master should understand why I am targeting your Chamber of Commerce. In fact, you also know that our Norton family and your The chamber of commerce is in a state of war, but neither of us has declared war, and this war was initiated by your chamber of commerce."
"My lord, you should still call me by my name. I am ashamed to be your lord and your lord." Seliham cupped his hands: "I understand that besides redeeming the sailors and crew members of the Northern Fleet, I also One purpose is to dissolve the hostile relationship between us. The Chickard Chamber of Commerce does not want to have a war with the Norton family...
I believe the Earl is also aware that our Chicod Chamber of Commerce’s idea of setting up Hilowas Island was to obtain the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, but now that our Chamber of Commerce has acquired the Ulu Baha Mountains as the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, it will cause hostility between us. The main reason has disappeared. I came here to ask the Earl to forgive our Chamber of Commerce for offending your family, so that the two of us can live in peace again, and stop letting the blood of innocent people spill over the sea. "
"Serliham, you said that you don't want the blood of innocent people to be spilled on the sea, but do you know that the blood of the innocent citizens of the Norton family on Hilowas Island has already stained the entire Hilowas Island? You know that our Norton family Why did you send troops to destroy the Kingdom of Haneyabad?" Lorist asked with an extremely serious expression.
"My lord, I understand that it was my third brother who leaked the information about your family's territory in the Kingdom of Haneyabada because of his drunkenness and depression, but it was indeed an unintentional mistake. My second brother and I have been Oppose the northern strategy led by the third brother. For our chamber of commerce, Hilowas Island is too far away from the southern sea area traditionally controlled by our chamber of commerce. Apart from being an island, it is not suitable for our chamber of commerce's territory.
Besides, we were engaged in the glass war at that time, so we put the northern strategy on hold indefinitely. This made my third brother feel depressed, so he went to the sea to relax, and then he got drunk and vomited bitterness at the banquet welcoming him in the Kingdom of Haneyabad, and unconsciously revealed the truth and falsehood of Hilovas Island. As a result, Haneyabada Those slave traders and slave catchers in the kingdom have taken up the idea of the refugees on Hilovas Island, which is something we didn't expect...
This is not that we are shirking our responsibilities. At the end of last year, the Northern Fleet of our Chamber of Commerce did not return, which made us panic. It was only in March today that we got the news that your family destroyed the Kingdom of Haneyabad, and the Northern Fleet of our Chamber of Commerce was also lost. In the hands of the noble family. My father specifically asked my third brother, but my third brother didn't have any memory at that time, but the servant who served him still remembered that the third brother was drunk at the banquet and complained that the chamber of commerce did not implement the northern strategy.
For this reason, my third brother received two big mouths from my father and was ordered to go to the Ulu Baha Mountains to reclaim wasteland. My father said that because my third brother inadvertently caused damage to your family, all the ships of our Northern Fleet that were left behind in your family were given to your family, as long as the crew of the fleet were brought back.
Earl, in fact, no matter whether it is my third brother who leaked the information about the territory of Hilovas Island, in fact, no one can deny that the slave owners of the Kingdom of Haneyabada are attacking more than 200,000 refugees in the two southwestern provinces of the Kingdom of Antinac The idea, and your family has recruited 50,000 to 60,000 refugees to go to the island for development and construction, and sooner or later it will attract the attention of those slave traders and slave hunting groups. My third brother just said something at an inappropriate time and inappropriate place It's just inappropriate words, he's just expressing the depression in his heart, it's not intended to target your family. "
"You're very good at talking..." Lorist looked at the round-faced Theriham and shook his head: "It's been a year since the incident, and we can't find out whether the third young master of your Chickard Chamber of Commerce did it on purpose or not. .Slave traders and slave catchers from the Kingdom of Haneyabada attacked Hilovas Island and turned it into hell. And our Norton family also sent troops to destroy this evil kingdom and wiped out all the kingdoms. The citizens of the country all cut off their heads and built Jingguan, thinking that the latecomers should be warned...
The northern fleet of your Chickard Chamber of Commerce was captured, on the one hand, because our Norton family and your Chickard Chamber of Commerce are in a state of hostility. It is the third young master of your Chamber of Commerce who has always been hostile to our family and coveted our family's Hilo Gas Island wants to turn it into the territory of your Chamber of Commerce and realize your so-called Northern Raiders. The second aspect is that the Northern Fleet of your Chamber of Commerce just happened to arrive at Nubit Port just after we occupied the Haneyabad Islands. They are considered sensible, put down their weapons and surrendered, and did not carry out unnecessary resistance, so I am only going to make them three years of hard labor.
Our Norton family is not unreasonable, and we will not bully the weak with the strong. We love peace and do not fear war. Your Chicod Chamber of Commerce wants to end the hostility and war between us. I agree with your Chamber of Commerce’s ideas, but you must let us see your sincerity in apologizing. You started the war, but it is not your decision to end it. Now I am curious to know what kind of price your Chicod Chamber of Commerce is going to pay for this? "
Serikamp sighed, and stood up. At the beginning of March this year, more than a dozen requisitioned medium-sized sea ships released by the Norton family arrived at Tibetan Gold Bay. Nearly a thousand freed slaves alighted from the ships. They brought A shocking news: The Kingdom of Haneyabada was destroyed by the Norton family, and the young Earl of the Norton family ordered to cut off the heads of all the people in the kingdom, from commoners to nobles, and used 170,000 heads in Nubit Hong Kong built a huge pyramid of human heads...
The news shook the Merchant Federation and spread in all directions as more and more requisitioned ships and freed slaves arrived. All of a sudden, the reputation of the Norton family went up and down. Of course, it wasn't all a good name, but famous for its ferocity and cruelty.
In the war history of the Galintia continent, massacres of cities and captives are not uncommon, but there has never been a case of massacring a kingdom. The massacre of the Norton family this time can be described as appalling and brutal. Even the scholars and experts who compiled the history of the continental war and the reporters of the major newspapers in Morente City did not dare to go to the Haneyabad Islands to find out what happened, for fear that they would be beheaded by the murderous Norton family. Pyramid on…
However, as an old student of Dawn College revealed that the head of the Norton family, Earl Norton, was the legendary figure of the former college, Black Iron Locke. In the end, the old fox had an idea and wrote a letter of introduction to all the reporters who came to harass him. He vowed that as long as he had this letter of introduction, the Norton family would not be in trouble. This made the reporters think about going to Hanea Check out the famous Pyramid of Human Heads in the Bada Islands.
So those reporters organized a group to find a few requisitioned sea ships and went to the Kingdom of Haneyabada. They went back and forth for a month and a half, and wrote a lot of correspondence when they came back in May. The newspapers were full of how the Norton family and Ha The kingdom of Neyabada turned against each other, sent troops to fight, how to land, how to capture the royal city. These reporters, scholars and experts wandered around the Haneyabad Islands, and received warm welcome and care from the current governor of the islands, Hiked, and said some good things for the Norton family.
It's just that in the end all the newspapers published the sketch pattern of the giant head pyramid, describing the formation and structure of the head pyramid from various angles. Of course, the article strongly praised Governor Hickerd for kneeling in front of Earl Norton's tent for seven hours and finally The moving deeds of the Earl pardoning more than 12,000 young women proved Earl Norton's hard-hearted and cruel character from another angle.
All these newspapers were sent to Lorist by the disgruntled Norton family knight and spy Lummold who opened a pediatric and gynecological clinic in Morente City. After reading these newspapers, Lorist didn't take it seriously. In fact, when I first gave the order, I expected to have such a reputation. Sometimes the more brutal it is, the more it will shock the enemy and create fear. Lorist really wants to know if there will be any enemies who will face the Norton family armed forces with courage and confidence in the future. Bingfeng...
In the midst of all these turmoil, the Chicod Chamber of Commerce has been silent, watching the evolution of the situation silently. At the end of last year, the Northern Fleet did not return as scheduled, which made the Chamber of Commerce feel a little bad, and sent several ships to search for it. It's all gone. In fact, these search ships flying the flag of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce encountered the Flying Fish and the Storm of the Dawn on patrol in the Haneyabad Islands, and three were captured and two were sunk, so that none of them could go back to report …
The Chicod Chamber of Commerce originally planned to bring back the armed fleet in the southern waters after the spring to search for the whereabouts of the northern fleet, but they did not expect that the arrival of the requisitioned ships and freed slaves in March made them understand what was going on. What happened? The matter of the Norton family's capture of the Northern Fleet was not kept secret in the Haneyabad Islands. Many captains or sailors and crew members on the requisitioned ships were very clear about it, and they got detailed information when they asked.
The only thing that made the Chickard Chamber of Commerce fortunate was that the members of the Northern Fleet had no losses. They fell into a trap and were forced to surrender. Later, it was said that they were transported to Shirowas Island for hard labor. Now no one in the chamber of commerce dares to mention the northern strategy, even the third young master Murrayback, who was the first pupae, didn't make a sound. If he had known that the Norton family had such strength, he would not have dared to claim the Xirowas Island if he was killed. The Kingdom of Haneyabada is a kingdom. Among other things, there are fourteen great sword masters, but they were flattened by the Norton family without any effort. The entire kingdom's 170,000 citizens were beheaded and built. It became a pyramid of human heads. This news has always made the third young master feel chills.
When the chairman of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce knew that it was his precious third son, Murray Buck, who leaked the news behind Hilovas Island’s recruitment of refugees for development and construction, and lured the slave owners of the Kingdom of Haneyabada to jointly attack Hilowas Island, he ruthlessly He slapped Muribake twice, and then ordered him to go to the territory of the Ulu Baha Chamber of Commerce and not to leave. Afterwards, a high-level meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to discuss how to end the hostility with the Norton family, redeem the members of the Northern Fleet, and find a way to befriend the Norton family. This is how the young master Theriham's trip to Shirowas Island came about...
"Master Norton, the Chickard Chamber of Commerce is willing to spend 200,000 goldfords to redeem all members of our Chamber of Commerce's Northern Fleet as an apology to the Norton Family. In addition, we are willing to purchase 56,000 sets of standard equipment from the Norton Family , the serial number is Jingtie 107, and the transaction will be done at your price of 89 Jinford, without any discount, and the transaction will be completed in three years, and the payment will be paid in person each time, what do you think?"
Seliham sighed in his heart, if it hadn't been for the discovery of the treasury of the former Grand Duke of Ulu Baha in Uru Baha Principality and the seizure of six million gold dollars, even if the Chikde Chamber of Commerce got the territory, it would feel like it was at the end of its rope. Among other things, the more than 60 sea-going ships in the Northern Fleet alone are worth nearly a million gold dollars, as well as the spices carried on board, the purchase price for grain, and other goods. Being captured by the Norton family is equivalent to the loss of the Chamber of Commerce. More than 1.5 million gold coins, and now they have to pay a large price to redeem the personnel. If I knew today, why bother...
Lorist tapped his fingers on the small table next to him, thinking...
"Have you seen the draft of the standard equipment in the Petersen Chamber of Commerce?" Lorist asked.
"Yes, Lord Earl, we also know that these standard equipment are produced by your family, both in style and defensive ability are better than those produced by the Vicia Chamber of Commerce. We have obtained the former Duchy of Urubah as the territory of the Chamber of Commerce , and we plan to reorganize the two mercenary corps of the Principality into a regular garrison corps of 48,000 people to defend against land enemies, so we are willing to hand over this armament business to your family to show that our chamber of commerce kindness."
"In addition, Lord Earl, our chamber of commerce is still willing to give up the maritime spice trade route of the Shaysia Kingdom and hand it over to the Norton family. If our chamber of commerce needs spices in the future, we will come to Shirowas Island to buy from your family. That's right. , and this, this is my third brother's reliance when preparing to implement the northern strategy, with this pontoon dock, I believe the cursed coast of the North will no longer be an obstacle for boats to dock."
Thurliham produced a document and handed it up. Schwader took it and inspected it a little before handing it to Lorist.
Lorist opened it up and saw that it was a long movable pier made of various pontoons across the shallow sea and submerged reefs. It was really like what Seliham said, with this, the Cursed Coast of the Northland would indeed not become a Merchant ships are hindered from docking. Even on days with strong winds and waves, these movable floating boxes can be gathered to the shore to avoid wind and waves. These floating boxes can even be fixed on hidden reefs, and then filled with soil to form a fixed dock...
Lorist finally showed a smile: "Okay, I agree to reconcile with the Chickard Chamber of Commerce and lift the hostility and state of war. From today onwards, the two of us will treat each other peacefully."
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