"Haizhou City belongs to me. I have given you a lot of face by not leaving too many troops in Haizhou City these years. Your merchant alliance should not go too far." Grand Duke Swordfish looked at him coldly.
Karl, Grand Duke Swordfish also has an army in his hands, and he also has an army of three hundred steel puppets, so if there really is a fight, he really is not afraid of the Merchant Alliance's army.
Karl looked at Grand Duke Swordfish and said in a deep voice: "What the Grand Duke said is right. Haizhou City belongs to you, and we didn't say otherwise. Over the years, we have been doing business dutifully in Haizhou City.
Grand Duke, your taxes don’t seem to be less, right? If it weren’t for us, would Haizhou City be so prosperous? Would it bring so much tax to the Grand Duke? But how did the Grand Duke treat us? It seems that I don’t need to do this.
Have you said more? I know that recently the Church of the Mother Goddess is uniting with all the princes to suppress our business alliance. Our business alliance has been tolerant. Why? Because we are businessmen, and businessmen pay attention to harmony and making money. We don’t want to compete with you and others.
We argue, because there is no need. We are seeking wealth, not power, or fighting spirit. But what do people in the Mother Goddess Church do now? I am one of the eight members of the Merchant Alliance, and their ninja monk is
Dare to attack my manor, they even blocked my manor that night, and sent troops directly into my manor the next morning, and they went directly for my business secrets, what did they want to do?
?Do you think that your life will be easier without my business alliance? You seem to have forgotten how the steel world came out of the dark age? It’s us, if it weren’t for our business alliance
, I am afraid that the mainland is still in the dark age, right? But now you have all forgotten that you are helping the Mother Goddess Church to deal with us. What kind of organization is the Mother Goddess Church? I don’t believe you don’t know, don’t you?
Have you discovered that the Church of the Mother Goddess is secretly making plans? How many churches of the Church of the Mother Goddess are there in Haizhou City alone? How many churches of the Church of the Mother Goddess are there in other small towns? My Grand Duke, have you never had one?
Did you pay attention to these, but only saw the money we made?”
When he said this, Karl's eyes were always looking at the Grand Duke Swordfish coldly. When the Grand Duke Swordfish heard what Karl said, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then his expression changed. What Karl said,
He really hasn't paid attention to it. It's been a long time since they came out of the Dark Ages, so he really hasn't paid attention to the expansion of the Mother Goddess Church.
The Dark Ages seemed to be far away from them, but Archduke Swordfish still knew about some records of the Dark Ages. In fact, the so-called Dark Ages was a name given to that era by later generations, and in the Mother Goddess Church, people were
They don't call it the Dark Age, they call it the Glory Age. In the eyes of the Mother Goddess Church, it was at that time that the glory of the Mother Goddess shone throughout the entire steel world.
The Dark Age refers to the nearly three hundred years when the entire steel world was completely suppressed by the Mother Goddess Church. During that period, the Mother Goddess Church was extremely powerful. All the Grand Dukes were personally instigated by them. Without them,
Cefen, then the Grand Duke is illegal, and the Mother Goddess Church can overthrow it directly if it wants to.
At that time, the Church of the Mother Goddess was extremely powerful. They could kill anyone they wanted. If they didn't like anyone, they could call them a heretic and send them to the stake. The darkness
The era was also the most terrifying era. At that time, people had almost no freedom at all, and each of these great princes lived a life worse than death.
Of course, the dark age has passed and now only exists in some documents. That’s why Grand Duke Swordfish and others cooperated with the Mother Goddess Church and have been suppressing the Merchant Alliance. Rather than fearing the influence of the Merchant Alliance, it is better to say that they see
In their opinion, if they get money from the merchant alliance, they can get endless wealth by eliminating the merchant alliance, and then they can strengthen their army and expand their territory.
Karl looked at Grand Duke Swordfish and said in a deep voice: "Our merchant alliance is rich and has made money, but we haven't paid a penny less in taxes. Although we have an army in our hands, we still have to pay such taxes."
For many years, our army has not taken the initiative to attack. Why do we maintain so many troops? It is not to ensure our safety, but even so, the people of the Mother Goddess Church still won’t let us go, and you will not let us go either.
Don’t let us go, I really don’t understand, why is this? My Grand Duke, don’t fix your eyes on us, you should also look at the people around you, look at the influence of the Mother Goddess Church
How old are you? Look at how many people in your army are the most loyal believers of the Mother Goddess Church. If the Mother Goddess Church turns against you one day, look at how many people in your army are still loyal to you.
Yes, my Grand Duke, that’s it. I won’t say more. The Haizhou City army will not retreat for the time being unless the Mother Goddess Church gives us a satisfactory explanation. This is also the responsibility of all members of our Merchant Alliance.
Decided, I'll take my leave first." After saying that, Karl saluted the Archduke Swordfish, then turned and left.
Grand Duke Swordfish watched Karl leave, but he did not speak for a long time. After a while, he finally said: "Here comes someone!" Following his voice, a person walked in from outside, and the person walked towards Grand Duke Swordfish.
He bowed and said: "Master, please give me your instructions." This is an old man, the most loyal butler under Grand Duke Swordfish.
Grand Duke Swordfish looked at the old man and said in a deep voice: "Go and check right away to see how many churches of the Mother Goddess Church are in our territory. At the same time, you must also check secretly to see how many churches we have in our army.
How many people here are the most loyal believers of the Mother Goddess Church, and how many people and their family members are the most loyal believers of the Mother Goddess Church, go ahead."
The old butler responded and then withdrew. Grand Duke Swordfish stood up. He walked to the window, glanced at Karl who had left the castle, and murmured: "Your best is true."
, if what you said is not true, then don’t blame me for being rude." Then there was no sound.
After Karl returned to Haizhou City, the troops here in Haizhou City no longer patrolled the streets, but those troops still stayed in several military camps in Haizhou City. Although Haizhou City began to do business again,
The market is much sluggish than before.
Wallace also listened to the bishop's report at this time. After listening to what Archduke Swordfish said, Wallace couldn't help but snorted: "He actually said that. It seems like he is not stupid enough."
He is in a hopeless state and can still see some things, but what can he do even if he sees it? They, the Grand Dukes, have no way to change the world now, but the reaction of the Merchant Alliance this time, to
We should pay attention, let's go ahead and inform our people not to take action for the time being. Now is not the time to fall out with the Merchant Alliance, so we will lower our attitude this time and count them as a winner."
The bishop responded, then saluted to Wallace, then turned and left. At this time, Wallace also stood up, walked to the window, and took a look at the street that was once again lively, although the street was now busy.
There were a lot fewer people than before, but they were much stronger than when the army first entered the city. He couldn't help but snorted coldly and murmured: "Business Alliance, don't be anxious. Sooner or later, we have to clean up."
about you."
At this time, Karl had already arrived at the guild hall, and eight councilors sat together at one time. Roger glanced at everyone and said: "Now the market has recovered the trading volume of the previous six levels, but I want to fully recover.
It will take some time to come here, but Haizhou City is already under our complete control. If we want, we can completely wipe out the churches of the Mother Goddess Church."
Karl said solemnly: "I have also warned Grand Duke Swordfish, but I don't know whether he will investigate or not, and what kind of reaction he will have after finding out. But in any case, we have already reminded him, and he should also
There will be some vigilance. If he is still not vigilant, then no one can really blame him."
Everyone else nodded, and Wood said: "The relocation is almost ready, and it can be done within three days. Just in time, when everyone's eyes are focused on Haizhou City, we will
Our relocation can be completed." This is their real goal and the most important thing.
Everyone nodded, Karl thought for a while, and then said: "I think so, should we tell Mr. Zhao Hai and ask him to leave with the fleet this time? Is the island suitable?"
Cooperation, whether it can become our base, it doesn’t matter what others say, Mr. Zhao Hai said it is the last word, I don’t let Mr. Zhao Hai go and take a look, I really don’t feel at ease, what do you think?” Karl
After saying that, I looked at those people and waited for their decision.
Those people were stunned for a moment, and then after thinking about it, Wood said: "It's feasible, I think it's feasible, how about this, Karl, you'd better contact Mr. Zhao Hai and tell Mr. Zhao Hai our decision.
Now everyone's attention is all here in Haizhou City, so divert Mr. Zhao Hai away. When the limelight passes, they will find that Mr. Zhao Hai has disappeared, which may be more beneficial to us."
Everyone else nodded, and Frank said in a deep voice: "There will definitely be no problems on that island, and the living facilities on the island are also very complete. Mr. Zhao Hai will never suffer any injustice when he goes to the island.
, even if Mr. Zhao Hai really doesn't like that island, we will just look for another island when the time comes. His safety on that island is absolutely guaranteed."
Everyone nodded, and Karl said in a deep voice: "I'm going to talk to Mr. Zhao Hai about this matter and see what Mr. Zhao Hai's opinion is. Now Mr. Zhao Hai is no longer studying too big things, and is working hard to study the accelerator.
There are also machine guns in the ballast tanks. The machine guns should not be difficult to research, and the pressurized tanks are the basis of everything. I believe Mr. Zhao Hai will agree to leave. In short, we must be prepared for Mr. Zhao Hai to leave. Will he want to leave?