In the year 1215 of the continental calendar, it was half past seven in the morning on December 20, 335 years of the imperial calendar.

The knights of the Lion Castle Royal Honor Guard, dressed in elaborate standard armor and wrapped in thick fluff capes, slowly walked out of the Lion Castle military camp against the backdrop of the first heavy snow of winter in the imperial capital.

At the head of the guard of honor was Count Stu Gara, the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had just returned to Suk City, riding a maroon horse with armor and a smile on his fat face.

On the left and right sides of Count Stu there was a middle-aged man in a gray robe, both of whom were not skilled in riding, and when they talked to Count Stu, they held the reins of the horse tightly with both hands, and at the same time bowed subconsciously, with a kind of simple restraint on their faces.

The two men were not very conspicuous in their outfit in the honor guard, and there were no patterns or family crest marks on the neckline, chest, and cuffs of their clothes.

These are two civilians.

But today, these two are the protagonists!

In Victory Square outside the Lion Castle, young nobles and idle ladies who had already been informed watched the guard of honor coldly, occasionally laughing at the lame riding of two commoners.

"Sim-Erke, Prie Zano, there is no need for you to be ashamed. Count Stu whispered to the left and right, "They are jealous of you, and the louder their laughter is, the more jealous they are." ”

Count Stu called the two of them their new surnames, so that the two of them did not react for a moment.

It wasn't until after another burst of laughter that Sim-Erke, who was burly and dark-skinned on the left, was the first to react, and he subconsciously showed a flattering smile that he usually used when he was a businessman: "Dear Earl Stu, you know, when we face these people, the two of us are like ants, I..."

His smile was filled with annoyance and fear, and more with excitement and anticipation.

Hearing this, the smile on Earl Stu's face became even brighter, "You are now a distinguished guest of His Royal Highness Prince Sinda, and soon, people will call you Sir Sim, and you will have your own private soldiers, estates, and knights of the guards who will serve you, and if they dare to act against you, you can let your guards exercise your rights, and the laws of the empire will protect you." ”

"Sir!oh, what a wonderful name. The fat hands of Prije Zano on the right were trembling slightly, and he was a little excited, because soon he would become a nobleman of the empire, although, the title of nobility he received did not have the right to govern, but it was enough.

"Yes, a wonderful appellation, but we'll pay some price. Although Sim-Erke was excited, he maintained a certain rationality, "The people of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance will not let us go, and the nobles of the empire are even more eager to tear us apart." ”

"Haha, my friend. Count Stu looked up and smiled, "It's a business, isn't it?

"Sim, you can't be scared, are you?" Ple-Zano grinned, leaned over and said to his old friend on the other side: "You own nearly thirty percent of the handicraft workshops in the imperial capital, as long as you want, in a few days, most of the nobles in the imperial capital will not even have candles at night, after a month, they will find that they can't even afford a piece of clothing, and after two months, the nobles will find that their food does not even have salt and sugar!"

"We can't do this alone, we have to unite more people..."

At this time, Count Stu controlled the war horse to take two quick steps forward to block the vision of the two of them, and he prevented the two from continuing to talk, "Both, let's talk about these issues later, now that we are done with business, soon, a large number of allies will gather around you." ”

"But what I'm worried about is that the Chamber of Commerce allies will co-opt them. Sim frowned, "You should know that if they cooperate with the people of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, they can even control the trade market of the entire empire. ”

"So, will you cooperate with them?" said Count Stu, still smiling.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" asked Sim rhetorically.

"But there must be someone who wants to be this fool. Pleje couldn't help but say, "When ten times the profit is in front of you, few people can resist the temptation. ”

"The messengers of hell will favor these people. Count Stu grinned, and then said, "Alright, let's have some pleasant conversations... It's not a good day to talk about these mood-busting topics. ”

The Cabinet and Lion Castle have long had a solution to these problems, after all, neither Duke Nick nor Prince Sinda could cultivate enemies for themselves.

But Count Stu wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the two around him about such a thing.

...

The guard of honor soon drove to the outer city.

In the outer city,

Sim-Erke and Prie-Zano were treated in a very different way than in the inner city, and the trade union workers and craftsmen on both sides of the street burst into earth-shattering cheers as soon as the procession appeared.

They are celebrating their boss and rejoicing in their future because from now on, their future will be filled with countless possibilities!

The two people in front of the honor guard are the goal of their struggle!

Sim and Purley's riding skills suddenly became much better, their hands casually resting on the reins of their horses, their waists straight, and their faces changed to confident smiles.

Although the two of them were dressed plainly, at this moment, the linen robes on their bodies were more dazzling than the mighty armor under the brocade robes and cloaks of the knights of the honor guard behind them, and even the Count of Stu-Gara could only be reduced to a foil in this earth-shattering cheer.

Keeping one last shred of his composure, he turned his head slightly to Count Stu and asked Count Stu amid cheers, "Did you leak the news in advance?"

"The war has left the citizens with a lot of resentment, and they need good news... Don't you realize that most of the people around cheering are actually your employees. "Earl Stu quipped, in a joking tone, "you should probably consider raising their wages." ”

"If your commitment works... When I was able to start my own shop, their wages could increase by more than 20%. Sim promised.

"If you can ensure the legitimacy of the labor agency, the workers' union will be completely at your service and that of the empire." ”

"I can assure you. Count Stu straightened his back.

"We'll see. Sim replied cautiously.

Plete squinted and nodded.

The team's destination is the largest morning market square in the outer city, where the Count of Stu-Gara will announce the latest decree signed by the Cabinet and the Lion Castle.

Today, in this unknown square, all the common merchants of the imperial capital gather here.

In the morning market, the once chaotic market is now in order, the muddy roads are paved with gravel, the foul-smelling garbage is piled with flowers, and the excrement is cleaned up.

In the middle of the square, a red carpeted pedestal stands out.

On the high platform, several court representatives in black robes, as well as several scholars from Youen University in gray bachelor's robes, stood quietly on either side.

At the bottom of the high platform, heavily armed guards and soldiers of the city defense battalion held hands in all directions, and no one was allowed to climb it.

Outside the cordon of guards and soldiers of the city defense battalion, a dense crowd of people blocked the entire square, and the entrances of shops and the roofs of houses farther away were crowded with people.

There are too many people coming,

There were a lot of surprises.

The deputy commander of the city defense battalion, Jarvis, and the acting head of the guard department, Malek, personally arrived at the scene and instructed the guards and soldiers of the city defense battalion to maintain order at the scene...

The two rulers of the violent apparatus of the imperial capital are now nervous.

Because the assassination of the Marquis of O'Briton has only just happened, if the same problem is encountered today, the two are likely to be prosecuted by the court for dereliction of duty.

Nine o'clock in the morning,

The Lion Castle Guard of Honour, led by the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, Count Stu Gara, arrived punctually at the corner outside the square.

In an instant, countless eyes focused on the honor guard,

In particular, in front of the guard of honour, the two men who were dressed simply, Sim-Erke and Ple-Zano, attracted the attention of most of the people in the square.

At this moment, the noisy discussion in the market came to an abrupt end...

At this moment, the sound in the square was very simple, only the sound of heavy breathing driven by the cold wind and the neat footsteps of the honor guard moving forward.

At this moment, the judges and scholars who were sleeping on the high platform opened their eyes at the same time, and they stared at the two civilians who appeared at the corner of the street, and then almost at the same time, the two groups of people picked up the thick paper they carried with them and began to write.

The guards of the guard office and the officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion immediately strengthened the deployment of the human wall, and Malek and Yalvis personally led their most capable subordinates to quickly walk towards the street entrance, although the jealousy in their hearts was almost every cell in their bodies, but now, they needed to personally ensure the safety of these two civilians.

"Hey, our hero!" shouted the young man on a rooftop near the guard of honor as he took off his coat and waved it, his gray eyes full of Sim and Prie.

"Wow"

After a brief silence, the entire market was inflamed by the young man's shout.

A few seconds later, a huge cheer resounded throughout the market.

Brilliant petals began to flutter in the air, which the civilian merchants of the outer city had organized their employees to search for in the yellow weeds outside the city yesterday, for which they mobilized nearly two thousand men and paid a full hundred gold coins.

The nobles would have turned their noses up if they heard this, after all, it was just a knighthood with or without a fief, but the common merchants cheered for it.

I saw that under the colorful color, Sim-Erke and Ple-Zano were like imperial generals returning triumphantly under the escort of knights, and their confident smiles were frozen into beautiful pictures under the pen of the scholars.

In just about 100 meters, the honor guard walked for almost ten minutes.

When Count Stu-Gara ascended the platform, the crowd was still cheering, and he did not stop such cheers.

Today's ritual is just a formality,

A ceremony to express the resolution of the Cabinet to the people.

The Count opened the huge parchment roll with cheers...

At this moment, the noisy and cheerful sound stopped abruptly again, and the excitement of the really rich businessmen and bosses at the front of the high stage was inexplicable.

"On December 20, 335 in the imperial calendar,

In recognition of the contribution of the Imperial merchants to the war, the Imperial Cabinet, by the vote of Duke Nick and other members of the Cabinet, issued the following decree,

First ,......"

The 'edict' had many contents, but most of them were glorifying the battlefield and the merchants' support for the war.

However, the commoners liked it, and whenever Count Stu praised the citizens for their contribution to the war, the crowd in there burst into cheers.

Of course, this effect is also related to the advance arrangement of Count Stu and the merchants.

Half an hour later,

Count Stu's subdued voice suddenly stopped,

When the crowd cheered again, he took a deep breath and shouted, "This decree will come into force at two o'clock in the afternoon of December 20, 335 A.D." (https:)

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