In the second month of autumn, the town of Balan is still sunny and mild, but the occasional sea breeze is not as comfortable as half a month ago, with a hint of heart-wrenching chill.

Balan Town Stock Exchange, located in the middle of the east main street on the right side of the city center square, is the most prosperous area of the whole town.

Today is the second day of November, November 2nd.

Today is a special day for the speculative capital merchants of Balan Town.

Half a month ago, the Xilu Mining Joint Operators Association, which was approved by the Prime Minister's Government, will be listed on the stock exchange when the market opens today.

This industrial chamber of commerce, which was established under the leadership of the Prime Minister's government and the Imperial Central Bank, has attracted the attention of imperial merchants since the day it was announced, especially when it was reported that the chamber of commerce would be listed on the Balan Town Exchange to sell shares, and countless speculative merchants rushed to Balan Town to prepare to buy on the opening day of the market.

However, three days before the listing, the management of the Chamber of Commerce announced that the shares of the Chamber of Commerce were limited to 100 shares per person. The next day, the Chamber's management announced that Chambers shares were allowed to be purchased by all legal citizens of the Empire.

The anxious speculators sprang into action after their inquiry, and they used whatever power at their disposal to show the value of the Chamber of Commerce's shares by the means of propaganda they were best at, and offered to buy the shares of the West Road United Operators Association at a price of twenty percent above the opening price.

Under the spontaneous 'propaganda' of speculative businessmen, the day before the Chamber of Commerce was listed, almost all middle- and lower-income families in Balan Town knew that there would be a chance to make a fortune on November 2. Many far-sighted citizens began to scrape together money, and a few even began to exchange cash for the new mortgage services introduced by local banks.

According to the official statistics of Balan Town, on November 1, the day of Balan, more than 1 million kroner was circulated in the market except for the port trade!

At half past seven in the morning, a small team of guards with muskets sent by the town's police department appeared outside the gate of the exchange as usual to maintain basic law and order, and when they saw that the street outside the building was full of people, they specially sent a small team of armed police officers to the scene.

At 7:55 a.m., the clock at the top of the building, which was accurate to the minute and second, was slowly approaching the street corner in the direction of the central square, and the number of horse-drawn carriages escorted by the city garrison slowly approached.

"It's Sir Bipp's carriage!"

"And the mayor's carriage, Baron Ernest!"

"And the Marquis of Daniel Clyde, Governor of the Central Bank of the Reich!"

"How come there isn't the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Derick's carriage?"

"Why is there a carriage for the Chancellor of the Exchequer?"

"Don't you know that the West Road Miners' Guild was proposed by Sir Derick?"

"But this is a chamber of commerce, not a bill!" the voice said with obvious mockery.

"Haha!" burst into laughter from the people around who understood the words.

At this time, the police officers who had received the order and the city garrison who had arrived began to carefully comb through the crowd and make way for the approaching carriage.

However, Sir Bipp's carriage, which was at the forefront, stopped at the outskirts of the crowd, and Sir Bipp himself stepped out of the carriage in full anticipation, and when the police officers came up to persuade him to return to the carriage, he replied half-jokingly: "If I return to the carriage now, the report of your police station will definitely be written: Prime Minister Bipp drove through the passage opened in the crowd in his sumptuous carriage, escorted by a group of garrison soldiers, and the citizens around him were full of resentment and curses. ”

Ernest and Daniel, who had just stepped forward after getting off the carriage, couldn't help but break out in a little cold sweat on their palms when they heard Bipp's words, they both knew that His Majesty the Emperor hated officials who swaggered through the city the most.

Under the vicious gaze of the three Imperial Ministers, the security officer grinned and led them towards the door of the exchange.

...

The garrison combat headquarters of the fortress at the mouth of the Manwis Canyon is more lively today than the stock exchange in Barantown. Officers at the rank of Allied group commander, except for those on patrol, gathered in the school yard outside the operational headquarters early in the morning.

And in the operational headquarters, the generals all looked at Andy Barrett under the giant military map, who was now vigorously talking about the battle plan he and his regiment had planned.

"King Novat and King Shikan Khan have promised us that we will intensify our offensive against Fort Zekora and Fort Vincent under the Karen Command in the winter, and strive to completely capture these two areas by the beginning of next spring, and send troops to the city of Karen!" Andy Barrett said loudly, "and what we need to do now is not to attack Fort Tillmanor or the western hills, but to wait quietly for a more opportune moment." ”

Lundin-Reagan shook his head, "By next spring, the undead army may have taken over Felder Territory on all fronts, and their forces will soon penetrate the sea and affect our coastal cities along the sea route, at which point they will be fully capable of fighting on two fronts." ”

"The Empire has a powerful combined fleet, the Kingdom of Misha, the Kingdom of the Elves, the Mage Tower, and the Clarkly Islands all have large fleets, and the fleet of the Undead Legion has not built a single warship so far. Andy Barrett sharply refuted Lunding Reagan's theory.

"We have the strength to fight back now, why wait until tomorrow spring?" Dean Selter, the commander of the Mage Tower, frowned, he wanted to end everything here and return to the Mage Tower as soon as possible.

"We don't have an absolute chance of winning..."

"There are no absolutes in war!" Rendin-Reagan wanted to regain the defeat of the previous conversation, "You can't guarantee that your plan will be absolutely successful, can you?"

"It's too dangerous to attack Fort Tillmann or the western mountains now, it's a trap!" Andy Barrett looked at Lundin Reagan as if he was looking at a fool, "If we attack now, the happiest person should be the commander of the undead army on the opposite side." ”

"I agree with the Duke of Barrett. Hades' voice was abrupt, and as the first senior commander to support Duke Barrett, he attracted the attention of everyone present, including His Majesty the Emperor.

Facing the emperor's gaze, Hades bowed his head slightly and continued: "The million undead legions opposite us are well-equipped, with thousands of war fortresses, giant alien beasts that choose the sky to cover the sun, countless plague beasts, more than 500,000 elite armored ghouls, more than 100,000 necromancers of the Iron Guard, Talent Iron Guard, and Middle, High and High rank, and elemental puppets are all over the mountains. ”

"What's heavier—" he looked around, "it's all gathered together now!"

"The strength in our hands is not weak!" General Amos, who had not performed meritorious service in several previous battles, was eager to start a decisive battle as soon as possible to establish his merits," We have tens of thousands of magic golems, and the National Experimental Factory in Elok City is being built at a rate of dozens of them per day, the magic airship has now taken to the air, the air superiority of the undead legion is about to be broken, as for those ghouls and plague beasts, our heavily armed soldiers can easily kill them, the undead legion has hundreds of thousands of necromancers, we also have two entire armies of mage troops, and we have a whole paladin legion!"

"What's more," Amos pointed to General Etiah across from him, "we also have the elven army of the Naren Forest, and their army will flank the undead from the eastern flank of the fortress of Bandara when we attack Tillmanburg and the northern forests. ”

"We're the attackers now, the undead are the defenders, and they have an absolute advantage in geography and numbers!" Andy Barrett slammed his fist on the table of the conference table near him, he hadn't been opposed for a long time, and he didn't like to be questioned all the time.

"General Aetia, what is your opinion?" Peddy tapped his finger on the table as his cousin's voice landed, preventing the others from continuing to express their opinions, as he looked at the elven general.

"My task is to reconcile relationships, so... I have no intention of meddling in the Confederate battle plans. Aetia calmly faced the countless pairs of eyes that fell on her, looked at the first human emperor and said, "In principle, the Elven Kingdom will unconditionally agree to any battle plan against the undead legions. ”

"Even if I choose to attack Tillmanburg at this moment, will you support me?"

"Yes, but we need to know what you want to do. ”

"Your Majesty!" Andy Barrett walked to the Emperor's side, "You promised..."

"Everyone," Pedy interrupted his cousin and looked at everyone present, "you guys retreat to the school field outside, and in half an hour I'll have Chief of Staff Andy deliver orders from the command." With that, he stood up, and all the generals stood up at the same time, and Pedi ignored the generals who saluted him, and looked at Aetia and Andy, "You come in with me." With that, he walked straight to his private office.

"Bang" Pedi just walked into the office with his front foot, and Andy, who was behind him, slammed the door behind after waiting for Aetiyah to come in, and walked to the emperor's side, "You promised me that as long as I said that King Nuvat and King Shikan Khan should be moved, you would postpone the attack plan until the beginning of spring next year." ”

"I just said let you try. Pedi shrugged and pulled out a box of cigars and looked at General Etiah, "You don't mind. When General Aetia shook his head, he handed one to his cousin and took out one himself, pruning it himself, and said, "You have also seen that whether it is the generals, the middle and low-level officers, or the low-level soldiers, they all want to fight the undead army as soon as possible, and not waste it here. ”

"How can your decisions be influenced by them, they don't know anything. Andy Barrett looked at his cousin in disbelief, "Generals only care about their merits, soldiers only care about when they can end the war and go home." ”

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