"Hahaha..." Fatty Shi sat on the sofa and laughed heartily. When he confirmed from Lorist's mouth that the business alliance's official reply about the peace talks proposal was indeed true, he was overjoyed on the spot. It's ridiculous. I believe this weird reply will leave a glorious mark in history.
In the nearly 2,000 years after the end of the Dharma Era, in the history of the Galintia continent, even in the dark millennium, there have been countless unexpected results in the diplomatic exchanges between the two hostile forces. But in any case it was not as ridiculous as the business alliance replied. You must know that what Lorist proposed was peace talks, but what he replied was a declaration of battle.
Generally speaking, two nobles fight face to face, but they are still polite to each other's messengers and requests. One party proposes peace talks, and the other party will politely refuse even if they disagree, and explain the reasons for doing so. It can also be regarded as a hypocritical manifestation of the traditional etiquette of the nobility. But all the nobles have followed the traditional customs of war for thousands of years. It is really unheard of that the business alliance directly replied to a declaration of battle, because Lorist proposed a peaceful negotiation, not a negotiation with the business alliance. fight.
"A bunch of guys who don't know what to do." Lorist snorted, thinking of the martyr appearance that Vice President Kate, who had finished reciting the official reply, pretended to be a martyr, Lorist felt disgusted. Do you really see yourself as a fool, do you think you will be irritated
"They seem to want to provoke you on purpose." After laughing for a long time, Fatty Shi said seriously.
"I know, so I wasn't fooled by them." Lorist nodded and said, "I just don't understand where the business alliance has the confidence to fight us to the end..."
Fatty Shi pondered and said: "Perhaps the more than one million residents of Morente City are the bargaining chips of the business alliance. They must think that we are helpless against the plight of Morente City, so if you are angered, you will vent your anger on Morente City As long as the resistance of more than a million city residents is aroused, our family's armed forces will fall into this big quagmire and cannot escape. Within two or three years, the vitality of our family's armed forces will be in Morente If the city is exhausted, then is the time for the commercial alliance to launch a massive counterattack."
"Haha, what a beautiful idea they have." Lorist laughed, "Maybe we will make them regret it. By the way, how are the meetings you hosted going?"
"Your Highness, I'm here today to report to you." Fatty Shi said, "It's no problem for the organization to be led by Ledos. After all, they are closely connected with the 24th community in the outer city. Without the various chambers of commerce, there is no problem." The oppression on their heads feels much more relaxed, and they are very happy to be the new generation of managers of Morente City. Even a period of escrow means that they have more benefits, so they are very cooperative .
The response from the Temple District was also good, and the priests of the twenty-seven temples couldn't help but be delighted at the invitation we had handed them. The rationed distribution system of food and living supplies implemented by the Business Alliance in Morente City in the past few years has caused the most damage to these temples. The loss of believers and the reduction in donation income have made these temples full of resentment towards the governance of the Business Alliance, so They are keen to get a big share of the new distribution of power at Morente City.
The coldest response was the two remaining colleges in the college district, one was St. William's Knight College and the other was Santa Molinka Comprehensive College. These two colleges are maintained because of the funding from major chambers of commerce. Thinking back, there were twenty-eight colleges in Morente City, but now there are only two colleges left in the huge college area, which is really sad. Since most of the students of these two colleges are the children of the families of those chambers of commerce, they have a close relationship with the business alliance, so they ignored our invitation and refused to participate in that autonomous committee... "
"Hehe... Since they don't want to give them face, then kick them out. However, there are still places in the college district. Let Tager investigate the heads of the more than 20 closed colleges. Those who are willing to reopen the college. If so, we will open two colleges in the name of the self-governing committee, the same is a knight college, and the other is a comprehensive college. There are at least 1 million students of the right age in Morente City. A few thousand is enough to support the two colleges. As for the tuition fees they need to study, we can loan them, sign an agreement with them, and slowly repay them after they succeed in their studies." Lorist quickly stated The student loan in the previous life came up with countermeasures.
"This is a good way, Your Highness." Fatty Shi's eyes lit up. At that time, there were 28 colleges in the college district, and it was because of the openness, inclusiveness and education policy that there was no discrimination that made Morente City a famous holy place for studying in the mainland and the famous capital of colleges. It seems that there are only two colleges left now, but they have almost become the reserve talent training base for various chambers of commerce in the business alliance. Although the children of urban residents who are not family members of the chamber of commerce are also recruited, after almost all economic industries in Morente City are monopolized by those chambers of commerce, the children of urban residents simply have no money to study in the academy.
"I believe that after the economic situation in Morente City gradually improves, the residents of Morente City will pay more attention to the education of their children. I think when we were in Chenxi College, there were 28 colleges in the college area, but they had Nearly 200,000 students. At that time, the total population of Morente City was less than 800,000. Our college area was the busiest area in Morente City at that time, remember? I went with you to patrol and check, and the result In the student dormitory, I found several pairs of veteran students who entered the school six or seven years ago, and even gave birth to children, and they all got married in the dormitory..." Lorist recalled with great emotion.
"That's right. At that time, to study a professional subject, you had to pay six Goldfords, which was a huge sum of money for the average Morente City resident, but there were still many city resident families saving money to provide for their children. College, even if there is no tuition fee, you can still work for a period of time. There are many ways to earn money. Until the glass war broke out between the Business Union and the Kingdom of Trimble, the Business Union and those countries in the south-central part of the world, resulting in most of the foreign students A large-scale suspension of their study careers, and one after another returned to China. Losing this part of the most wealthy students, the 28 colleges in the college district gradually became depressed and deserted, and finally one of them went bankrupt." Fatty Shi explained by the way : "These are all told to me by the old Dean Levins."
"Even if we sponsor 10,000 students to study, it will only cost about one hundred thousand gold points. I will pay for this money from my own pocket, and it can be regarded as a memory of my ten years of study experience, so let's make this decision." Lorist said.
"This time the business alliance has officially given us a reply, ignoring our sincerity in the peace talks, then we don't have to worry about them. Hurry up and set up an autonomous committee to take over all commercial activities and administrative affairs in Morente City Maybe in the future, this self-governing committee can be changed into a parliament, and become the highest authority in Morente City and the Fali Hill Plain, so that they can do their jobs well," Lorist ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness, I believe they will be very happy to hear the news you said about the establishment of a parliament." Fatty Shi said.
"That's how it is. By the way, tell Ledos that other powers can be released and let others have hope, and he only needs to hold on to the two city defense corps we are training and forming. In troubled times, You have strength with soldiers at hand." Lorist added another sentence.
Fatty Shi nodded: "Your Highness, I believe Ledos will understand your painstaking efforts."
Genorio knocked on the door and came in: "Your Highness, Director Speer and Lord Tagle have been ordered to report here."
"Let them in," Lorist said.
Soon Director Speer and Tagle appeared in front of Lorist.
"The main reason for calling the two of you this time is that Earl Kate, the envoy of the Business Alliance, came yesterday. He is the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce. He has dealt with our family several times and has been to Shirowas. Several times on the island, he was responsible for the signing of several purchase transaction agreements between our family and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce. This time the business alliance officially rejected our good intentions and was unwilling to hold peace talks with us. However, Earl Kate also brought another request , They hope to redeem those captives who surrendered, including those more than 100,000 residents living in the inner city. I agree." Lorist very concisely explained the reason for the two of them to come.
"But my lord, each of the more than 100,000 inner city residents has a lot of personal property in their hands. The tavern in the prisoner-of-war camp alone has a daily transaction volume of 50,000 to 60,000 gold dollars in the past ten days. , It’s a pity to let them go.” Director Speer said regretfully.
"I know, don't worry, I won't let these more than 100,000 residents leave with their belongings so easily." Lorist said confidently, "In order to prevent Earl Kate from discovering the changes in the city, I Arrange them all in the military camp outside the east city gate, and prohibit them from contacting the residents of Morente City. Baron Shredder, you are in charge of negotiating the ransom with Baron Kate, and start with the big swords on the big ship berth in the Golden Bay. Let’s talk about the ransom of the business master, the golden swordsman, the top executives of the chamber of commerce, and the nobles of the alliance. By the way, make a list of their expenses during this period and multiply it by ten, so that the business alliance can settle the accounts before proceeding with the ransom negotiation. "
"Alright, Your Highness, I will do my best." Fatty Shi said with a sigh.
"It's not about doing our best, but for sure. The business alliance is very aware of the situation in Morente City, so if we do this, they will not doubt it, but will think that we are in danger. After all, they know that we have to be responsible for more than a million cities in Morente City. The living consumption of the residents, and the enjoyment of life provided to these captives who surrendered means that we have done our best, and the high price is a matter of course, and they will not be surprised."
After Lorist finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Tager: "Tager, tell me about the situation of the prisoner-of-war camp in the dock area."
"Yes, Your Highness." Tager stood at attention: "Seventeen incidents of fights and robberies have occurred in the prisoner-of-war camp in the past few days. Often a few people form a group to rob other or hostile chamber of commerce personnel’s property for them to eat and drink. As long as no one is killed, and we don’t make trouble in front of our patrols, we usually just turn a blind eye and pretend I didn't see it, and even encouraged them to do so. After all, the property will be spent when it is in their hands, not like those misers who starve to death and hold on to gold coins.
During this period of time, the transaction volume of taverns in the POW camp increased because of this reason. Although two bowls of porridge a day could not starve people to death, they could starve people weak and weak, so in order to keep their private property from being robbed, more people had to take out gold coins to buy bread to fill their stomachs. I believe that in a few days, the transaction volume of the tavern will increase to more than 100,000 Goldford... "
Lorist shook his head: "It's too slow. I don't know how long it will take to obtain the private property of those 100,000 captives just by relying on a tavern. How about it, Tager, you are on the four sides of the prisoner-of-war camp. Jiao opened a few more taverns, as well as a gambling hall and a brothel, and opened two more pledge shops. The prisoners brought into the prisoner-of-war camp were not only Jinford, but also many valuable gadgets and treasures, exotic animal furs, etc. We You have to give them a place to exchange these things into gold coins, and then let them spend the gold coins... "
Tagle praised with admiration: "Your Highness, you are a genius, you can think of such a way."
Lorist gave him a blank stare: "Go away, don't let people know that I came up with these ideas. I just want the 100,000 prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp to regard this leisurely time as a good memory of vacation, so Only then did they think of providing them with thoughtful and caring services. Although it is a bit expensive to recover, they also need to be considerate. The supply of materials in Morente City is currently tight, and our family has tried various methods to provide them with this level of high-quality service.
By the way, Tagle, let Pachiko set up another camp in the dock area after returning. This camp is for those prisoners who have no money around them to live, and the food is also normally supplied. The captives in this camp can negotiate with Earl Kate and allow them to be redeemed. As for the captives in the camp with gold coins, their disposal is very simple. When the money is gone, they can go to the next camp and wait for repatriation to be redeemed by the business alliance. .
Tager, do you understand what I mean? No matter what method is used, those prisoners must be cleared out of the prisoner-of-war camp, but the method used cannot be at the cost of losing the order of the prisoner-of-war camp. Some things can be done secretly, but on the bright side, the promise I made when I promised them to surrender must be fulfilled. Do you understand? "
Tagle raised his chest: "Your Highness, I understand. It is to let the people in the prisoner-of-war camps leave all their belongings empty-handed and then be redeemed by the Business Alliance. Please rest assured, I know what to do."
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