Chapter 1253, Marienburg Economic Warfare
The latest website: In mid-February, Courona, the capital of Brittania.
Members of the Britannia High Command gathered in front of the Courona Palace, the streets were crowded with people, hundreds of flags were raised high, and white snow fell from the sky.
A grand state funeral was being held, and the three portraits were held by the Regent of the Kingdom, Lawn, Marshal Berhemond, and Callard, and on both sides were the guard of honor composed of the Holy Grail Knights and the Old Guards.
The defense of Courona is over. The Britannian army withstood the pressure. As the Queen of Knights, Suria personally led the army and defeated 50,000 people with 15,000 people. Prince Sigwald was killed in battle, and he lost more than 5,800 people. The epic victory of more than 40,000 people declared the success of the defense of Korona.
This battle made Suria famous, and the nickname of the Flower of Britannia spread in the old world. People were proud of the wise rule of the Sun King and his queen, and at the same time, they were fighting for Britannia in the end. I am deeply proud that I am still standing and maintaining a stable environment in such a terrible environment at this moment.
After Ryan came to Korona, he made a series of decisions for Suria, including recruiting the nobles' private army and distributing all the money from the Korona royal treasury. But Ryan didn't say much, but They fulfilled their promises one by one.
As long as the nobles of Courona sent private troops and family children to participate in the war and made military exploits, they were rewarded in unity. Ryan rewarded more than 70% of the fiefs and family properties of the escaped knights and nobles. , Among them, 400 people were selected from the noble private army and the young children of the knight nobles to form the "Youth Guards", and a full 100 people were awarded the title of knight of the kingdom. The knight nobles were quite satisfied. After the war ended , this group of people began to focus on receiving fiefdoms and industries, competing for vacant market shares and rebuilding those abandoned manors outside the city.
The 4,000 veterans and temporarily retired veterans suffered huge losses. By the end of the battle, there were only less than 2,200 left. In this regard, Ryan treated them separately. A total of 550 people were added to serve in the Old Guard, and another 450 people were added to serve in the Mousillon Coldstream Guards, and the remaining 1,300 people were awarded the title of Honorary Freeman Ryan sent Beria to arrange all these duties and duties, transfer from the army, pensions for the war dead, and family members to take over the duties.
Suria defended 70% of the Korona Plain, but 30% of the area was still occupied. A total of nearly 60,000 people died in this catastrophe, and 350,000 people were displaced. It is a huge trouble to settle the victims. Ryan comes Immediately after arriving in Korona, I dealt with everything non-stop.
At the same time, Ryan announced that the three marshals who died in the battle, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Davout and Marshal Roland, would hold a state funeral.
The deaths of the three marshals were mourned by all walks of life in Brittany,
Many people discovered that, unknowingly, four of the top ten marshals enshrined by Ryan had died in battle, leaving their motherland and the people they guarded forever.
Suria took advantage of the situation and proposed a "war donation" initiative to knight nobles and merchants, which received enthusiastic responses.
The first big businessman who took the initiative to donate was the president of the Estalia Merchants Union, Amancio Perez. This big businessman relied on his very good relationship with Ryan and Forgan. As soon as Estalia encountered danger, he transferred most of his property to Britannia, and Amancio's business focus has since been placed in Britannia.
But Amancio soon encountered difficulties. Although the Estalia Merchant Alliance headed by him cannot be said to have no foundation in the Knight Kingdom, it is also difficult to compete with these local merchants, and Britannia Knights and nobles have a natural disdain for the Estalians. After all, you bastards can't even keep their homes, so you still have the face to do business?
Therefore, in order to open up the relationship and gain the recognition of the knight nobles, Amancio fought hard, and the Estalia Merchants Alliance gritted their teeth and took out 20,000 gold crowns + 120,000 Exelant (Ace Thalia gold coins, the exchange rate to gold krona is about 3:1) plus hundreds of tons of supplies, the first to stand up and donate to the Knight Kingdom, expressing his determination to stand firmly with the Knight Kingdom, Amancio will Zhang even made an impassioned speech, expressing that to build a community with a shared future for mankind in the old world, I can only trust His Majesties the Sun King and Queen.
The second place is Oliver, the royal businessman of Ryan and Suria. Oliver is over 70 years old this year, and he is considered an old man among human beings, but he looks like he is in his forties. Over the years, the Oliver Chamber of Commerce has almost become one of the best super chambers of commerce in the old world relying on the power of Ryan and Suria and the monopoly of the wood elves trade franchise, and he is quite trusted by the wood elves. Oliver was in his sixties. The old merchant once came to the end of his life. After getting the news, Queen Allaire took a bud from the Oak of Time and parasitized it on Oliver's body.
Niaoya and Oliver lived together, and relying on the elixir of wood essence, Oliver lived a second life. He still has at least 40 or 50 years to live.
Oliver also donated 100,000 gold crowns + hundreds of tons of supplies, and he was even allowed to sit next to the Holy Grail Knights, which is the highest status symbol for a businessman.
The third is President Hadrian of the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce. This is also an old friend of Ryan. Olika was bought by him through shopping and given to Ryan. Over the years, Hadrian has made money from Lustria trade This year, the big trench merchant in his fifties went to Lustria to assist Fulgrim many times, but this time the Hadrian Chamber of Commerce also suffered losses during the destruction of Tyrell, so he only donated 5 Ten thousand gold crowns, but Hadrian donated all 60,000 sheep rescued from Tyrell to Lane.
The fourth place to stand out is the Agnew family, a local big trench merchant in Brittany. This family has a history of hundreds of years of operation. In recent years, it has been squeezed by the two major chambers of commerce, Oliver and Hadrian, and its share has shrunk. Naturally, they were not to be outdone, and they also took out a lot of real money. At the same time, they also sent 6,000 war horses, 10,000 mules, and 8,000 boxes of wine to show their loyalty.
With these four big merchants taking the lead, all walks of life donate money and materials enthusiastically, especially the emerging freeman class. These people have begun to be proud of their donations. They think that the kingdom needs their donations and taxes, which is their identity and status symbol.
In this way, all the money Suria spent and all the funds Ryan spent on the aftermath returned to Ryan after a circle, and it was doubled.
Devonhill stared straight in the eyes.
It turns out that the economy is so simple!
"It's very simple, but the premise is that you must be able to win. You must convince everyone, including nobles, businessmen, and civilians, that you have the ability to clean up the mess, you have the ability to protect them, and you have the ability to maintain order. " Ryan pressed his son's shoulder lightly, and said slowly: "Naturally, everyone is willing to contribute money and effort, businessmen, they need the most basic order, but they also expect a certain amount of chaos."
"Ryan, what about Marienburg?" Suria watched with satisfaction as her husband and son were biting their ears. The Queen of Knights was a little proud of her victory. This battle brought her prestige to its peak, but Queen of Knights still For the hatred of 60,000 dead and 350,000 displaced by Slaanesh's army, she put it on Marienburg.
The first time Sigwald landed on the Korona Road, the big trench merchants in Marienburg were not only unprepared for the battle, but also reached an agreement with Sigwald privately, using dozens of money purchased from the slums Babies and toddlers and fifty cartloads of offerings in return for Sigwald's promise not to come close to Marienburg.
Although those who believe in Slaanesh basically follow their own preferences for keeping their promises, Sigwald originally came for Britannia. He accepted the gift with a smile and turned his head towards Britannia. .
This hatred must be liquidated.
"Don't worry." Ryan shook his head: "Talleyrand is already on his way back. Marienburg is the territory of the Empire no matter what. We must be famous."
"Isn't that enough?" Veronica, the chief female courtier behind Ryan, was equally aggrieved.
"As long as the master gives an order, I will directly let Julian and the others go to level Marienburg." Orika licked her lips, and the Dark Spirit Goddess obviously didn't like Ryan's conservative style: "Let me handle it."
"If we just want Marienburg to spit out a sum of money and throw out a few scapegoats, we can go directly." Ryan said slowly: "But if you want to take advantage of this opportunity It’s not enough to settle the bill and let something be added under the streetlights in Fort Marien, moreover, we are a kingdom of orderly knights, and we must uphold justice.”
"Justice? Cut." Olika yelled dissatisfied: "Sometimes the master is too conservative and too disciplined. When is the time, the army rushed in directly. How could those people in Marienburg be our opponents? "Scratch, grab, grab!" Veronica also waved her small fist, and the female speaker couldn't help drooling at the thought of Marienburg's amazing wealth.
"Don't worry, be patient." Ryan shook his head: "Marienburg is a piece of fat, but how to eat it into the stomach, you have to talk about the method, otherwise the big moat merchants are forced to die or there is a war, then we At most a small part of it will be seized, and it will also mess up the relationship with the empire and the gods of the old world."
Everyone was silent.
At the end of the grand state funeral, Talleyrand, who was out of breath, rode a horse and came to Ryan: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have arrived, and I have brought the latest news."
"What news?" Ryan took the letter, opened it and glanced at it, his eyes lit up.
"Hey, isn't the opportunity here?"
"It seems that our Kingdom of Knights is about to engage in an exciting economic war with the merchants in Fort Marien."
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