Wizard From Afar

The letter paper is full of letters, full of Jr.'s complaints, accusing Weber of "tyranny"-the reason why Byrne was able to recover his vitality and stay prosperous in three years was half It was the priests who relied on Eboden’s funding and the Byrne Church to “take money to flee”; the other half relied on this almost bottomless loan.

Once the united Chamber of Commerce can no longer maintain huge loans, it will be difficult for the united Chamber of Commerce to effectively control the merchants and Chamber of Commerce everywhere. Loren wants to replicate the Centaur War. It will no longer be possible to mobilize the entire duchy resources to launch an expedition or to conquer the Yunling Kingdom with a single command.

Because if Loren doesn’t want his army to quickly degenerate from the disciplined Knight to commiting any imaginable misdeed, the robbers who “request on the spot”, he must provide them with sufficient logistics and salary. All need a lot of money.

Apart from this, Weber’s "new reforms" for Byrne Church also made the Union Chamber of Commerce lose a large source of money; without these church assets that reselled church assets, the church's greedy and indulgent priest, united with Chamber of Commerce means that there is no important "customer", a large number of luxury goods can not be sold, and it is difficult to make a profit for export.

Luxury this thing, it is always “less” to make money. Once the supply exceeds the demand, the profit will decline rapidly, to the point of making ends meet.

The most direct consequence of these situations is the serious imbalance in the revenue and expenditure of the Joint Chamber of Commerce; without loans and borrowing, there is also a lack of an important source of usurped cash.

In the past three years, Loren has implemented the new military system, established the Fiend Hunting Corps, organized the wizard union and the Academy, and the post-production project of the Floating Void City...all from the hands of the Joint Chamber of Commerce. For the huge loans that came, once the Chamber of Commerce could not lend money, it would have to consider the issue of tax increases.

Jordd of gnashing teeth used more than half of the text to warn Loren of the linkage consequences of continuing to let it go like this-the Chamber of Commerce collapses, and Duchy's finances will inevitably collapse; then something will happen. Don't say that he hasn't reminded yourself before.

In short: No money, don't find me, you can figure it out!

Gently put down the letterhead in his hand, Loren didn't know what to say.

Except for the situation of Byrne Church, the remaining content is about the latest progress of some projects-the backbone of the road network connecting the 13th leader of Byrne has been completed, and the branch line finishing work undertaken by each leader count separately ;

The implementation of the new military system has achieved initial results. Charlotte Torino, in the name of "recovering the old system of the'Black Duke'", ordered the Knights gathered from all over to take turns in the Scarlet Blood Castle. The fortresses are stationed.

The abolition of the compulsory system is changed to the "public salary" system. It is expected that Duchy Finance can afford a standing army of two thousand Knights;

Charlotte's idea is to simply restore Knight. The “Knight regiment system” of the King’s Era, but financially due to the recent acceptance of a large number of grassroots bureaucrats from the church, the hands are a bit tight;

wizard trade unions have good accounts and can already operate on their own and bear half of the wizard Academy’s expenses. , Duchy financial expenditure is no longer needed; the condition is that apprentices must be obligated to serve the union, and the union itself must have a place in the round table council; this may cause dissatisfaction with certain counts, such as pious The well-known Gallihes count; but Webber should be able to convince him-that is the only advantage of this "living Saint"-this is the original words of Jr. Yode.

The city-states of the Yunling Kingdom in the south have gradually begun to negotiate with Duchy to discuss "cooperation" (vassal) conditions; the Floating Void City "horn fort" that has been actually used is operating well and can be put into actual combat. go.

Isaac Grantham very much hopes to carry out the "Phase II Project" on top of this, and build a group of simple "airships" to deter the dwarf city-states; the investment is expected to be huge, and Duchy's finances are tight. Can think of a way to turn over from the Chamber of Commerce;

The rest are introductory materials and accounts. In short, Jr. Yod is desperately emphasizing the importance of his "tax officer" to Duchy Sex-at least for now, no one can replace him.

Although what I said is correct, it is also true; but while telling me not to find him, I desperately emphasized my importance...

How much is this guy... Tsundere?

"Well...the plan remains the same, but a little change is needed." The black hair wizard sighed: "We may have to return to the Scarlet Blood Castle as soon as possible. We can't even delay a day!"

He seriously suspects that if he is not there, these people can really make Byrne Duchy all split up and in pieces.

"The situation...is it really that serious?" The little wizard was hesitant, looking towards Loren with a very hesitant expression.

"Well, why do you ask?"

"No...Don't get me wrong, I didn't doubt you, just..." Ai Yin stared at him blankly, and stopped talking. "It's just that you might have guessed it, Loren."

The black hair wizard's expression became stiff, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and some lost sighs:

"Really... I can't hide anything from you."

"Huh? Really?!" Even if it had been predicted, the little wizard who was admitted to guess was still surprised.

"Uh...I can't completely say that." Loren gave a wry smile and scratched his head in a jealous manner: "Although I guessed that there will be conflicts between Webber and Jr. Yodd, I didn't expect that. Seriously."

"so that's how it is...but why did the two of them become like this?" The little wizard looked confused: "Byrne Church and United Chamber of Commerce-the two There shouldn’t be any direct contradictions and conflicts, right?"

"It’s not a direct conflict, but a deeper reason-lending business and debt are just an excuse for Jr. Yodd." Loren Shaking his head, he looked at Ai Yin calmly: "He would do this because he felt threatened."

The little wizard who still didn't understand blinked his eyes, very distressed.

Loren slightly smiled, no further explanation.

Actually, the answer is clearly written in the letter. The threat Jr. felt is not from profit, but from status-he faintly perceives that Byrne, who is about to rise strongly in the near future, The church is about to become the new core of Duchy's future.

This powerful, semi-independent organization will give full play to its resources and advantages, and further condense the gradually rich and powerful Duchy under one banner; the next few years and even more than a decade, Byrne will not need the most Then there is wealth, but the human heart.

This means that the Chamber of Commerce, which has become a pivotal joint Chamber of Commerce in Duchy, will have an extremely significant decline in status. After all, there is only one leader in a palace and only one second in command.

With the rise of newcomers, there must be an "old man" who will retreat to the second line; of course, Jr. Yod will not give up the power he has spent so long and resources in exchange for the court of Byrne. Resistance and suppression are inevitable.

Except for the fierce struggle between the two sides, it was basically in Loren's expectation-to some extent, he supported the little priest Weber, and he had the idea of ​​suppressing little Yod in it.

He doesn’t mind if his subordinates are from wild ambition, and he doesn’t care if they have their own dreams. To a certain extent, this is actually better; after all, people who don’t even have ambitions and dreams are mostly. No ability.

As long as they can use it for themselves, or cooperate with themselves, then everything is easy to say.

Regardless of ambition, regardless of character, as long as ability...and then maintain a certain balance between these "bad-hearted" and "big dreams" ministers...

Yes, Just like His Majesty Eckhardt II of the Sky Palace.

The corners of the mouth curled up, a little bit of self-deprecating irony--whether we, Brandon, or Charlotte Torino...

We people... Unconsciously, he became the "disgusting appearance" he used to.

"Na...Loren." The little wizard couldn't help asking, "Do you think, who is right and who is wrong this time?"

"Ayin, you , Who do you think is right or wrong this time?" The smiling black hair wizard threw the question back.

"I don't know... I just think that Jr. Yodd is a bit pitiful." Ayin wrinkled slightly frowned: "Although he did do a lot of bad things, he almost did it for Byrne-now he It would be too much for him to bear all the consequences alone..."

Huh?

Loren opened his eyes wide, then laughed blankly.

"Do you even think about Ai Yin?"

But the little wizard did not answer his question, but curious eyes raised.

"Me too... Is there anyone else who said something similar besides me?"

"Oh, no, no! I just said it casually, subconsciously...you know, Sometimes this happens without thinking."

The vague Loren waved his hand and hid the letter from Charlotte in his sleeve calmly, looking at his expression naturally. Some skeptical little wizard.

"In fact, it’s not wrong to understand this way—yes, everything that Jr. Yode does is my instruction, or at least my tacit approval; Byrne three years ago, although he won half The war between the horses and the horses, but the finances are on the verge of collapse, and the tax revenue is not making ends meet; if you don’t think of something as soon as possible, it will only be a matter of time before the split again."

The shocked Ai Yin looked stagnant and didn’t expect everything was going well at the time. The situation is actually so dangerous.

"At that time, we had a hostile relationship with the Yunling Kingdom, and we were hostile to the Sky Palace and the church. There were actually very few alternatives. Therefore, we could only authorize little Yod and let the Chamber of Commerce unite almost rely on strength of oneself, by borrowing, asking for bribes, and embezzling to get enough financial resources to fill the tax gap."

"From this perspective, I am indeed a little sorry for Jade." Sneered, Loren lifted the letterhead again: "But if you really believe him'selling pitiful', then it is really wrong."

"You mean, he is now Are they just disguising their weakness and low voice?" The little wizard reacted very quickly: "Supporting Duchy's finances is equivalent to controlling all Duchy's financial rights. Younger... he took the opportunity to save himself a lot of benefits?"

In one sentence, the expression of the black hair wizard was a little stiff.

How did Ai Yin feel a little different today?

How to say...should be more confident? no no no, the way she just analyzed the problem is almost the same as Charlotte.

By the way, Charlotte seems to be not as strong as it used to be, and has become a little gentler...

What happened in the past six months?

He bury his astonishment in the bottom of his heart, Loren cautiously nodded: "Yes, it can be said that the current joint Chamber of Commerce is no longer completely controlled by me; on the contrary, it is the joint Chamber of Commerce. With the help of financial power, he is extending his tentacles to all aspects of Duchy."

"If you no longer want to contain Jr. Yodd, the Chamber of Commerce will sooner or later vacate the round table council and control all Duchy's affairs—because Whether it’s the round table council or the counts of the thirteen collars, Jr. Yod has their IOUs in his hands."

Using debts and monopoly trade, it ultimately empties a country and government. The world of black hair wizard happened in the previous life;

At that time, he was just a bystander, and he could calmly say, “This is the inevitable development of society. The rise of "This is a matter of no concern to oneself."

But this does not mean that he can sit back and watch the rise of a new power, and when he is about to threaten his status, he can be calm, without any means of containment...just like Eckhardt II Treat like the wizard class.

Well, we must think of a good way to balance the contradiction between Webber and Jr. Yod, so that they can go down (opposite) and watch each other. The other party can stabilize in this dynamic in Duchy.

"Actually...you don't need to go back in such a hurry, right?"

The indifferent Ai Yin opened the mouth and said abruptly.

"Ai, why?" Loren eyebrows raised with a strange expression.

"Because Loren, you are not nervous at all and feel at ease." With a chuckle, the little wizard's expression is very flat: "You believe her, I believe she can calmly handle these Disputes, so that everything looks safe when you go back, and there will never be any trouble."

"Uh...probably." Loren frowned slightly, faintly feeling Ai Yin's emotions. Some depression: "Because I am a friend, just like I absolutely trust Ain you, I trust Isaac-we can come all the way to this day, it is because of the absolute trust between each other that we have overcome so many difficulties and obstacles. Byrne has a foothold."

"Only in these three years can I build a strong ducky, continue to grow himself, and wait for the arrival of the'Black Cross' Serio."

"Just friends?"

Huh?

The black hair wizard expression startled.

"Ayin, what are you..."

"We will leave tomorrow, early morning." The little wizard slightly smiled, got up and left: "Don't forget to say goodbye to Liya. , She has been waiting for you for a long, long time."

After finishing speaking, Ai Yin, who was clenching her fist with her hands on her back, turned and left, leaving only a back for Loren.

The black hair wizard who was stunned sat on the spot, holding the letter paper in his hand and sleeve.

Charlotte...Leah...

What does she want to say?