Chapter 455: Trade-offs
At first, those lords and nobles were still gritting their teeth, unwilling to accept the coercion easily.
But when I saw others making a lot of money, I couldn't sit still, because in this case, the various supplies that needed support for the Broken Blood Fortress were just insignificant little heads, and the only thing they should lose face should be.
But in the face of absolute interests, such a thing as face is worthless.
Suddenly, the lords and nobles of the Byron Alliance changed, one by one more righteous than the other, and it was a matter of course to support the Broken Blood Fort Rongbian, even if they were financially tight, they could not lack a bite of food from the soldiers on the Rongbian side.
They went to the border to trade, not purely to make money, but to better support the Broken Blood Fortress.
In terms of shamelessness, they can be regarded as reaching a new level.
The energy mastered by these lords and nobles is absolutely one by one, and their large-scale entry has expanded the scale of border trade several times at once.
Under their impact, the price fell, and there was no initial profiteering, but overall, there was still some profit.
This is the instinct of the market to self-regulate, and as time goes by, the border trade will become more and more stable, regardless of the way of trading or the price, after all, the Odin orcs are not fools with too many livestock, and most of them are also living tightly.
In the past, the high price was because there were few goods, and there was no choice, but now there are more goods, so I naturally know to shop around, which one is better and which one is cheaper to buy.
It has little impact on the broken blood castle, the transaction price has come down, but the number of transactions has come up, and they, the landlords who sit on the ground to collect money, finally get the total amount of benefits, and they are in a state of continuous rise.
The Broken Blood Fortress, which is bent on money, is not in a hurry to find trouble with the West Odin Empire now, anyway, the territory of the East Odin Empire is large enough, even if they maintain the current speed of advancement, they can't do it if they want to hit the Lion Clan Court for half a year.
As they keep advancing, the later they go, the more difficult it becomes.
Because in the process of attacking, the whole army is also spread out, and the larger the area of the siege, the larger the spread, and the longer the battle line.
On the contrary, the major tribes of the East Odin Empire were forced to retreat by them, and their living space was getting smaller and smaller, and in the end, when they couldn't unite, it would be the moment when they fought back.
At that time, it was the most lively time in the Odin Prairie, and it was also the best time for the Broken Blood Castle to make small moves.
Now the most suitable thing is to keep making money and keep stockpiling all kinds of military strategic materials, which no one is too much.
Another thing worth mentioning is that after Archduke Cedric came out of the Eternal Night Army, he did not return directly to the Broken Blood Castle, but visited the last one, Viscount Philip of the Manyu Army.
The relationship between the two sides is relatively close, when Viscount Philip had invited himself to the side of the Broken Blood Fort for nearly ten years, the golden camel heavy cavalry led by him has been under the orders of the Grand Duke Cedric, and has also created a lot of brilliant achievements, and is a famous young generation in the Broken Blood Castle.
It wasn't until he heard of the assassination of his father, Archduke Borg, that he hurried back to the Manyu Army.
Originally, Archduke Cedric thought that with the ability of Viscount Philip, he could lead the Manyu army to sweep thousands of armies and ascend to the throne of the new Grand Duke, so that the Broken Blood Castle would have a new helper.
Unexpectedly, the situation of the Manyu military leader was more complicated than imagined, the whole thing was a quagmire, and he plunged into it headlong, struggling for almost ten years, and fell deeper and deeper.
Regarding Viscount Philip, Sophia has already passed the anger with Archduke Cedric.
Even if the other party is his own granddaughter, Archduke Cedric has no way to force the other party to support Viscount Philip's accession to the throne, after all, sitting in her position, there are also his own interests.
I can only sigh that Viscount Philip may be a good general, but he is not necessarily a good lord.
Archduke Cedric met with Viscount Philip, not to offer aid and support, but to persuade him to voluntarily renounce the succession to the Manyu military domain.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if the stalemate continues, Viscount Philip's chances of victory are slim, because his biggest supporter, the royal family of Lancelot, has abandoned him, and the thriving Eternal Night Commander will not watch a hostile man ascend to the throne.
Archduke Cedric was unwilling to watch the young general fall into internal friction like this, and provided him with a chance to get out of the way.
Let him give up his inheritance and follow him to the edge of the Broken Blood Fortress, with Archduke Cedric as the guarantor, and the pseudo-Grand Duke Patrium will not have a chance to kill them all even if he wants to.
After half a month of ideological struggle.
Viscount Philip eventually accepted Archduke Cedric's offer.
He was afraid that it was not only the above reasons, but also a strategy of retreating.
The Manyu military leader was originally a three-legged leader, and his conflict with Patlem was the main conflict, and Angel Bena, with the support of the eternal night military leader and Sophia, made a fortune in silence.
With his withdrawal, only the two major forces of Patrium and Anji Bena are left, and his territory will become a blank, and the two sides may fight for their vacated territory, but a series of forces standing behind the two sides will not cause them to appear too soon, and they can find a chance to re-enter the market in the future.
He used this trick to evade Archduke Borg in the first place, but now he is just repeating the old trick.
Regardless of the calculations inside, it is a fact that Viscount Philip led his elite troops and followed Archduke Cedric back to Broken Blood Castle.
After a four-year stalemate, the situation in the Manyu military has taken on a new level.
But the next development of the script did not come as Viscount Philip expected at all.
Countess Angie Bena was not at all moved by the territory left by Viscount Philip, and did not send a single soldier from beginning to end, allowing the puppet Grand Duke Patrium to eat in one bite.
Afterwards, Countess Angie Bena even sent a congratulatory letter to Patlem and re-swore allegiance to her, although anyone with a discerning eye knew that this allegiance was only nominal, and that the countess would never pay Archduke Patlem half of her son's taxes, and would not think of calling on a single soldier of her domain.
Nominally, however, after a decade-long split, the Manyok military leadership regained its unity.
Angie Banna's choice seems a bit incredible, but if you carefully study the history of Angie Banna's rise, you will find that this situation is inevitable.
Because she is very proficient in the trade-off, even when she is in control of Solo City and the Grand Duke of Borg, she still chose to join forces with Patlem, asking only a countess, instead of sitting in the position of the Grand Duchess herself, because she knows that this is an extremely difficult road, and if she is not careful, she will lose her bones.
Now too, she knows very well why she can be as stable as Mount Tai, that is, entrenched on the line of the Jacob River, the entire territory is connected, and behind it stands the two major interests of the Princess Regent and the Eternal Night Commander, they can't bear this line to change masters, especially the Eternal Night Commander.
But it doesn't mean that they will support themselves to cross Patlem's territory and fight for Viscount Philip's enclave, on their own, they will definitely be dragged into the quagmire of war by Patlem, causing economic and strength attrition, and the gains outweigh the losses.
It's better to give it directly to Patalem, stick to the existing line, take advantage of the current golden season of trade, crazy money, as long as you have enough money in your hand, what you want, you don't need to go out by yourself, someone will take the initiative to send it to the door.
As it turned out, she was right in her selectivity.
Viscount Philip returned to the Broken Blood Fort with the elite and Archduke Cedric on the front foot, and many lords and nobles in Viscount Philip's domain on the back foot dragged their families and fled to the Jacob River overnight, swimming against the current, and swore allegiance to Angie Bena.
They are not fools either, and they still know in their hearts who has developed better over the years.
Although Patrium is now sitting in the position of the Grand Duke, the problem is that he is too much at peace with the Holy See of St. Aether, and a lot of power is held by the members of the Holy See led by St. George, and the city of Sauron is even more miasma by them, I heard that the lords and nobles below are living in dire straits, and I don't know who to listen to.
On the contrary, in recent years, Anji Bena has relied on the Jacob River to build a series of port cities along the originally empty Jacob River, which are full of flowers, and even the ordinary people here are rich.
Although she is also from the Witch Secret Society, but the Witch Secret Society is beyond the reach of the whip here, and the interference is relatively limited, and the main voice is still in the hands of Angie Bena, if it weren't for the limited background, the position of the new Grand Duke of the Manyu Army would have been hers long ago, what is the matter with Patlem?
I heard that Angel Bena has a lack of basic rulers who can be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, this is a great opportunity for them, why wait if they don't run here?
As for the original territory, if it is lost, it will be lost, and there is nothing to regret, because there is basically only one piece of land left here.
Viscount Philip may be a good general, but he is by no means a good lord who is proficient in construction, and has been in a military confrontation with Patlaim all these years, and the people under his rule are not having a good time, if it weren't for the return of the Jacob River, the entire Manyu army has become suitable for farming again, and the output is barely enough to make a living, this place would have become a ghost for many years, because the support from the royal family of Lancelot has long been cut off.
In recent years, the people under Viscount Philip have still fled so much that they have to resort to forced sittings to barely stop them.
There are many reasons why Viscount Philip can accept Archduke Cedric's suggestion, if it had been two years earlier, there was still a glimmer of hope, and he definitely did not let go so easily.
Angel Bena did not refuse to accept them, and even gave them incentives to encourage them to mobilize all the people in their territory.
For her, what is lacking now is not the territory, but the manpower, compared to her own territory to raise and raise, how can it be more refreshing to attract adult manpower, since the secret meeting with Sean a year ago, Anji Bena has launched a series of preferential policies, trying to attract the people of other territories to come and join.
Some results have been achieved, but they are far from what was expected.
Because several of her neighbors are not good at stubble.
Needless to say, the Eternal Night Commander in the upper reaches has always been the one who has absorbed the population from other territories, and those who want to absorb them are basically dreams, but fortunately they are built by the Andes, if they are replaced by Byron people of the same color, Anjibena's life will not be able to live at all, and the population will have been sucked dry long ago.
Downstream is the regent princess Sophia, Angel Bena has the advantages, there are basically all here, it is not only she who vigorously develops ports and commerce, Sophia's princess territory is not worse than her.
Angela is self-made, and many things are earned by her own movement.
Sophia has been operating here for many years, and has already laid a good foundation, after the Jacob River reopened, the grain ships led by the Eternal Night Army have never stopped, and the annual transaction volume is definitely a huge number, most of which she injected into the territory construction.
It has been stable and rich for many years, and has the pride peculiar to the plains of Asia Minor, in their eyes, except for the plains of Asia Minor, the rest of the place is poor and remote, only others run to their side, and there is no such thing as them running to other territories, and they want to attract people here, basically wishful thinking.
The Kingsley family is a very good target, they have a large number of miners in their territory, and even if they don't have outside suction, they want to escape.
However, the military management here is very strong, and Angie Bena can't come blatantly, and the number of mine slaves who can escape privately is very limited.
In the past six months, the main personnel recruited by Angie Bena were still under the rule of Patrium and Viscount Philip, but they quickly sensed this threat and took harsh countermeasures.
Now that Viscount Philip has withdrawn and Patlaim has taken over, there is a gap in between, which is naturally a great opportunity for Angie Bena to get her hands on it.
She gave up Viscount Philip's territory, but not his people.
After Patalem took over Viscount Philip's territory, he found that ten rooms and nine were empty, nearly two-thirds of the population was swept away by Viscount Philip and Angel Bena, and the rest were all old, weak, sick and disabled who couldn't walk.
The angry Grand Duke of Patalem had little to do except send a letter of strong condemnation to Angie Bena, and he couldn't go to war with Angie Bena for this?
He is not a fool, and the result of doing so will only make his territory more dilapidated and give the Holy Aether Holy See more opportunities to advance.
Although the people ran to Angie Bena's side, at least they were still under their own rule, and the nominal oath of allegiance was also an oath of allegiance, at least the pseudo-word of the pseudo-grand duke's name could be removed, and Viscount Philip announced that he had renounced the right of inheritance, and he was the rightful first heir in line.
Now instead of fighting with Anjibena's little slut, it is better for An An to develop his own territory and restore the economy, and now the Manyu military territory can be regarded as smooth, and two-thirds of the territory is in his own hands, so he doesn't believe that he is still being compared to a mongrel?
As long as the territory is restored to prosperity, he does not believe that the people will not run back, after all, he is the true ruler of the Manyu military territory.
The Eternal Night Warlord paid some attention to the changes in the political pattern of his neighbors, and after finding that the other party did not move the Angelbena or Jacob River, he ignored them, they were even more sparsely populated, and there was a large and desperate swamp, and there were not so many manpower and material resources to develop, let alone expand new territory.
The Eternal Night Leader's main move this year is still around racial integration, not only the continuation of the new power plan for the Desperate Swamp Crocodile, but now there is another Andys East Mountain Kentana Barbarian.