Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 367

2021-11-15

Chapter 367 Trade embargo
Although Hornfort [Hornford] is the capital of the Republic of Monta , but Steel Castle [Solingen] is the most prosperous city in the Land of the Mountains.

Benefiting from the mineral resources of blessed by heaven and the skilled craftsmen who settled here, Steel Castle was the great and famous blacksmith town of Monta King for many years - but only in Monta.

Being trapped in the mountains, no matter how good the ironware of Steel Castle is, it cannot be shipped out.

Even if it can be shipped out, the lords and municipalities outside are reluctant to buy Monta goods, they prefer to protect the local subway products that can contribute tax.

Until thirty years ago, two major events took place.

The first thing: the completion of the Wupper Canal, the waterway between the Rose River and the Ember River has since been opened.

It took the Steelcastle Blacksmiths' Guild just forty years to raise funds to dig this short canal.

When the first altar of gold coin that was buried was rediscovered, the leader who advocated the matter had long since passed away, and the ignorant teenagers in the audience had already turned gray.

After that, it took another fifteen years to build the canal, a total of fifty-five years and three generations.

The second thing: The Duke of Arlean led his troops into the front of the mountain, and the Sovereign War broke out.

War is like a rare beast starving mad, always asking for more steel and blood.

The iron production area in the piedmont was scorched to the ground by the brutal tug-of-war, but the steel fort, far away from the military disaster, was able to make a fortune.

Two sovereign wars and eight years of war. By the time the Mad King Richard retired, Steel Castle had become the largest ironware manufacturing center in the Land of Two Mountains.

After the war, the arms business was no longer good.

But instead of declining, Fort Steel grew more freely because it was freed from the shackles of the empire.

The need for iron products in the decrepit Alliance is insatiable.

With the reduction of tariffs within the Alliance, the bar iron produced by Steel Castle is no longer trapped in the mountains. They were loaded onto ships and flowed down the river, and were exported to republics, empires, and overseas.

The decade of the Sovereign War was a tragic decade for many ordinary persons, but a golden decade for Steelcastle.

Even twenty years after the war ended, it was two decades of rapid development for Steelcastle.

Steel Castle has not only developed from a small reputation blacksmith town to a steel capital with a reputation in the alliance, but has also grown from a remote valley by the Rose Lake to a transportation hub where trade routes gather today.

Therefore, if the foreign trading companies want to do business in the Monta Republic, they will focus their efforts on Steel Fort, not the capital, Horn Fort.

Most of the Trading Company's Chief-In-Charge in Steel Castle is actually its Chief-In-Charge in the Republic of Monta - Navarre Trading Company is exactly that.

 …

The Nava Lei Family’s agent in Steelcastle is an Old Mister with a Veneta beard named [Carlo Ed] .

The so-called Veneta beard means no beard.

Mr. Ed is tall and lanky and reserved. If it weren't for his bald jaw and upper lip, and just based on his clothing and temperament, many people would probably mistake him for a clergyman.

Mr. Ed was talking to Winters about the gold exchange when Anna came back with a dewy body and sketching.

"...Although Steel Castle won't be able to eat half a ton of gold, if it is exchanged for Ducats at one time, the price will definitely be forcibly lowered." Mr. Ed dipped his fingertips in water and wrote on the desktop. The next number: "The goldsmiths in Steel Castle are all guilds. If they find out the truth and join hands to lower the price, the exchange rate will be even lower."

Winters gently moussed the bone whistle, looked thoughtful nodded. The two wolfhounds sat obediently beside Winters' boots, peeking at him expectantly.

Also sitting at the small table, there is the expressionless Father Kaman.

Compared to Ed Old Mister and Father Carman, whose beards and hair are neatly groomed, Winters is a little scruffy.

Although Winters is reasonably well-dressed - to Anna's credit, but not so lucky with his beard and hair - also to Anna.

Seeing Ana Navarre returning to the camp, Mr. Ed took the initiative to stand up and greet: "It's a pleasure to meet you, my lady. You are healthier and healthier now than you were in Hailan two years ago. I'm more energetic."

"Mr. Ed, I'm happier to see you look good." Anna smiled in return and put down her drawing board: "However, 'more vitality' and 'healthier' are not It should be used on ladies."

"Health is more important than anything for someone my age."

"Mr. Ed is right." Winters sternly Agreed: "Health is beauty!"

The two people who get along day and night are often hard to notice the changes in each other. Winters can't tell exactly where Anna has changed, but it seems that everything has changed: the tip of the nose and the cheeks are more beautiful , The waist line is more attractive, the thighs are firmer, and the spirit is more energetic...

If you say Ms. Navarre, who has just arrived in Iron Peak, she also has a little pampered baby fat.

So after the long and arduous journey, Anna's squeamishness has disappeared completely, replaced by exuberant life force, like those idealized and realistic ancient Goddess statues walking into the world.

This vibrant beauty is so frustrating for Winters that as long as Anna uses the "comparative" recently, Winters doesn't hesitate to sing the praises.

Except for skin problems - that's a forbidden zone, whoever mentions it will die.

Anna, who had returned from sketching, walked into the tent, took off her sword, washed her face with a handful of clean water, and wiped it dry. He walked out of the tent again and sat down at the table generously.

There are now four people at the table: Winters, Kaman, Ed, and Anna.

Ed Old Mister glanced at Winters calmly, and then at Anna, and found that the two looked natural, without any strangeness or pretence.

"What's the matter? Mr. Ed?" Winters asked softly. "I'm still waiting for you to go on."

"Nothing." Ed Mister's serious face With a sip of a smile: "I think, maybe only a strange woman can be worthy of a great husband."

After a pause, Ed Old Mister continued to talk about the exchange of gold bars for gold coins.

……

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Half a month ago, after recasting the golden sacrificial people into four carts of gold bars, the Tiefeng County embassy was divided two way.

One route was escorted by Lieutenant Colonel Moritz, carrying three-quarters of the gold back to Iron Peak County. The Iron Peak County government urgently needed this batch of hard currency to ease the financial crisis
The other route was led by Winters himself , secretly northward into the Monta Republic.

However, Winters, who has returned to the "civilized world", is faced with the dilemma that the money cannot be used: gold bars cannot be used directly, even if someone is willing to collect them, it is too conspicuous and must be replaced with common gold coins.

Luckily, the Navarre Trading Company also has a presence in the Land of the Mountains, so Winters is not at a loss.

Winters first found a branch of the Navarre Trading Company in the border city of the Republic of Monta [Lucerne], exchanged a small amount of gold bars, and at the same time passed the channel of the Navarre Trading Company to the Navarre Trading Company. An expedited letter was sent from Trading Company headquarters.

Then he took the rest of the gold bars and hurried to Steel Castle.

Then, he waited for Mr. Eddard outside a small village on the outskirts of Steel Castle.

"All in all." Ed Old Mister resumed his reserved appearance: "It is very uneconomical to exchange all your gold for Ducat, Interprovincial Gold Shield or Monta gold coin at one time. business practices.”

“So what is your suggestion?” Winters asked.

"My suggestion is - mortgage. First use this batch of gold to mortgage gold coins, and then slowly digest them to maintain a stable exchange ratio. Of course, it is best to bring the gold back to Vene. Reforging the tower into a ducat would be the best deal."

Winters wondered, "Pledge gold with gold?"

"Yes. But not with a goldsmith, but with a mortgage. Mortgage to other Trading Companies.” Ed Old Mister said eloquently: “Dividing the gold bars into several equal parts and mortgaging them to different Trading Companies can bypass the Steel Castle Goldsmiths. And during the mortgage period, the collateral cannot be taken away. Recasting will not impact the exchange ratio of gold and gold coins in the market.”

Winters saw Anna gently nod to herself, so she stood up with confidence and thanked Old Mister: “Everything is Thank you, Mr. Ed."

"It is my pleasure to help." Ed Old Mister nodded: "Your Excellency Montagne."

Confirmed how to exchange gold bars for gold coin , there is a series of more important puzzles to solve.

Mr. Ed took out the urgent letter in Anna's handwriting from his arms: "You said in the letter that you hope to be introduced to the decision-making level of Steel Castle. It is not difficult. Mr. Bolso is in Steelcastle and he is a close friend of Mayor Wupper. I can introduce you to Mr. [Boulso da Este] and ask him to introduce you to the city of [Paul Wupper] Long."

In the ears of Veneta with a little common sense, Da Este is a very prominent surname.

Although Winters doesn't know who "Bolso da Este" is, if there is a "White Eagle" willing to lend a helping hand, it should not be difficult to meet the mayor of Steel Castle.

[Note: The symbol of the Esther family is the white eagle]
"As for your other requirement - buying weapons." Mr. Ed slightly frowned: "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

"What?" Winters didn't seem surprised, and jokingly said: "Is the Blacksmith making money?"

Ed Old Mister took out another stack from his arms. Papyrus: "The behavior of the Monta people is indeed different from ours. Life in the country of mountains is difficult, so the Monta people are more united and loyal. Once they pass the collegiate agreement, they will never regret or go against it."

Winters took the straw paper and unfolded it, and the freshly printed ink on the paper still gave off a faint smell.

There is a huge seal on the bottom of the straw paper, and the first sentence is: "The only Sovereign and the senior representatives of Solingen, who are loved by the free people, voted together to approve the following collegiate..."

Ed Old Mister said solemnly: "Steelcastle City Council has just passed an executive order. Any individual or guild is prohibited from selling weapons, ammunition, and any resources that may be used in warfare to the Republic of Palatu. However, this order is only an executive order, and it has to be debated and voted by the head office before it becomes an official decree."

Winters read the contents of the notice in ten lines, and then handed the straw paper to Anna.

"Steel Castle is about to impose a trade embargo on the Republic of Palatu." Ed Old Mister looked grim: "And Steel Castle may be just the beginning."

[For a while Zhang, it's too late, sorry]
[Ideal realism, refers to the art style of "pursuing an idealization of realism". The most typical example is the ancient Greek Divine Idol, all of which are "human", but they are all "ideal appearances that defective humans cannot achieve", making the cold marble both divine and human.

Inheriting the art style of ancient Greece, the Romans also pursued idealized realism, and even applied this style to human beings.

For example, in the "Augustus image", Octavian was not actually tall, nor strong, or even sickly. But the sculptor sculpted Octavian into a burly general like Demi-God, which is similar to the portraits of later kings and princes]
[And, idealized realism not only flourished in the place of origin, but even affected the celestial dynasty ]
[Please readers guess what is the most classic example? Answer: Bodhisattva image]
[Alexander established a series of Greek cultural countries in today's India, and introduced the idealized and realistic artistic style to Indian religion, and then this artistic style was introduced to the celestial dynasty with Buddhism]
[If you look at the stone carvings before the introduction of Buddhism, you will find that they are generally more "abstract", such as "Horse Treading the Huns". If you don't say that it is a horse treading on the Huns, it is difficult to see what it is at first sight; another example "Rap Figures", do not pursue realism]
[So the world is very big, but it is actually very small. The cultural exchange between the East and the West actually started very early in an imperceptible way]
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