Rumble!

The little worker who tried to sneak up on Luke covered his neck with his hands and fell in a pool of blood, his body and limbs convulsed, obviously unable to live. Luke was armed with two short swords, covered in blood and murderous.

Jingling!

The short knife in the boss's hand fell to the ground.

The four shop helpers were all stupefied.

The old man was so shocked that he couldn't turn his eyes, and he was as stunned as a wooden chicken!

This poor boy is Lady Jenny's personal bodyguard, Luke?Lady Jane, the wife of the Duke of Magic Mountain, this kid is Madame's bodyguard?!

In the early hours of yesterday morning, Laufer came to line up in front of the bank, and this poor boy soon came, dressed in the same shabby and old clothes as him, and looked like a poor man, how could he be Madame Jenny's personal guard?!

Lady Jenny has two personal female generals, the West is famous, brave and invincible, one is General Brienne from Tars, and the other is Zeligerda, who is known as the bull, the two female generals are taller and stronger than the average knight, and they are not inferior to the strongest male knights, this Luke, is a warrior under these two female generals?!

It's just that Lady Jenny's guards, with such a noble status, how could they dress like a poor sour boy and wander around the streets?!

Old Man Lawfell didn't know how he got out of the flour shop, and he felt like he was in a dream. When he walked to the seed store to buy seeds, he felt like he was stepping on a pile of cotton with every step.

The flour boss sold him a bag of flour for no money, but Luke wanted the boss to buy and sell at the market price, so the boss accepted a piece of flower paper from the old man and chose the best bag of fine white flour for the old man.

Four shop helpers dragged their colleague's body into the backyard and quickly fetched water to wash the ground clean without saying a word.

Luke was killing people in the street shop, people were coming and going outside the street, someone witnessed the bloodshed here, and immediately reported the Cregan soldiers patrolling the street, and two Cregan soldiers arrived, but they couldn't see their expressions and didn't know Luke.

It turned out that Luke had put makeup on his face, which changed his appearance. This ability to change one's appearance made Old Man Laufer feel like a wizard's dark magic.

Luke identified himself to the two Clegon soldiers, who instructed them to guard the gate and lower the curtains so that outsiders could not enter.

Luke took off his bloody clothes at the counter and changed into the clean clothes of the servant, and then asked the boss to do his eyeliner and report to him any merchant owners on the street who refused to accept paper money transactions, and the flour boss kept nodding in agreement, eager to stick the knife in his heart and swear to Luke's guards to prove his absolute loyalty to Lady Jenny and absolute obedience to Luke's guards.

Luke scares the flour boss's guts!

The old man didn't know when Luke broke up with him, and he didn't know what Luke and the flour boss said later, in short, the boss and Luke were behind the counter, and the boss nodded desperately when Luke spoke, and his face was bloodless. Luke's eyes changed and his tone was raised, and the boss was frightened, and his body was trembling slightly.

*

A few days later, Lanniport City, the hall of the castle of the Count of Ode.

The acting lord of the city, Scholar Bancrof, sat in a high position, and on the right side of the hall stood several wealthy merchants. They were all powerful merchants in the city, who had lived here for generations, had many children and grandchildren, and owned many properties in the city of Lanniport, and their business covered spices, beer, flour, millet, silk, glass, wrought iron, rouge gouache, medicinal cloth, and many other things.

"Scholar, the manager of my spice shop was killed yesterday by a man named Luke. Milne Erwin, the spice merchant at the head, was the first to speak. He was calm and calm, and was not angry at the killing of one of his spice shop managers.

"Luke, who is he?mercenary?" said Bancrov when he heard the name for the first time.

"Lord Bachelor, Luke is one of Lady Jenny's personal guards. He disguised himself as a poor sour boy, armed with a sharp weapon, went in and out of the market, and killed people when he didn't agree with him, cruel and ruthless. ”

Bancrov was stunned, as far as he knew, Lady Jenny's personal guard did not have the name of Luke. But Madame's personal guard now numbered two hundred, and many of the new guards he did not recognize.

"Why did Luke kill the manager of the spice shop?" Bancroft slowed down as he sat upright.

"My manager, my manager is unaware of Lady Jane's introduction of bank notes. Someone took bank notes to buy spices, which he refused. This man was accompanied by a poor sour boy, who everyone thought was the client's little follower, who knew that he was Lady Jenny's personal bodyguard, Luke. When my manager scolded Luke for being nosy, he drew his dagger and killed my manager in one fell swoop. His sword stabbed through my manager's mouth, Bachelor. Now that my spice shop is closed, the helpers are too scared to do anything anymore. ”

Bancrov pondered for a moment, "Lord Milne, I remember that you came to Lady Jane's bank banknote meeting, why did the manager of your spice shop not know about Madame's orders?"

"My lord, after the meeting, I went to the port of Xicheng to inspect the goods, and this inspection was several days, and I forgot to inform the spice manager about the banknotes. ”

"Lord Milne, it's been a week since Madame had a meeting, and you should have called a meeting of the managers of your store as soon as you got back. ”

"Yes, Master, that was an oversight and mistake in my business, but Lady Jenny's guards can't just kill my spice manager. In the West, murder is against the law, and even if he is Lady Jenny's personal bodyguard, he should be arrested. ”

Bancrov shrugged, "Lord Milne, are you really planning on me to send troops to arrest Luke's guards?"

Milne Erwin's face was suddenly embarrassed, and his tone was helpless: "My lord, of course I know that it is not appropriate for you not to send troops to arrest Luke's guards, but what I want to say is that the Clegane Bank issued paper money in place of the golden dragon and silver deer and the bronze star, which is actually grabbing the wealth of all the people in the West, and Lord Gregor is not harming my interests alone, but the interests of everyone in the entire Westlands, including the interests of my lord's Lannisport." ”

Another wealthy merchant walked out of the queue and spoke fiercely: "Lord of the city, the magic mountain can print some simple paper in exchange for our gold, silver and brass, this is a blatant robbery, he is robbing the wealth of all the nobles, merchants, farmers, hunters, fishermen, women's courtyards and other people in the western realm, we can't let the magic mountain grab it like this." ”

Another wealthy merchant also came out and said in a loud voice: "My lord, if we can't stop the issuance of bank notes in Magic Mountain, then, as long as Magic Mountain is happy, we can print a large pile of banknotes tomorrow and buy the whole of Lannisport." ”

"The Lannisters of Lannisport are also the owners of the bank, and I won't let Magic Mountain do that. Bancrov said in a slump of salt.

*

This is indeed a problem, as long as the magic mountain is happy, you can print as many banknotes as you want, and then come and buy everything on the market. But who can stop the Magic Mountain from doing this?

Since the news of the Demon Mountain's beheading of Kaivon reached the West, the entire Westside was shaken, and the Lannister family had almost no influence in the West, and the ancient nobles who had been loyal to the Lannisters for hundreds of years also defected, and took the initiative to go to Clegane Village to get close to Lady Jane, send gold, silver and jewelry, and deliberately show favor to the Magic Mountain, so they almost knelt down and swore to surrender.

Soon, news of the conquest of the Iron Islands reached the West, and everyone in the West was excited, and the sound of Mount Moa shone like the noon sun in the sky. From ancient times to the present, the Iron Islands have not been conquered by the Westerners once, and the Magic Mountain has created miracles.

In the West, who can stop the Magic Mountain from carrying out the bank banknote program in the West? Bancrov believes that there is only one person who can stop it, and that is the Magic Mountain itself!

*

"Your Excellency, you can't stop the Magic Mountain's banknote program. Another wealthy businessman said. At first glance, Bancrov was Mae Humphrey, the nobleman of the city. May Humphrey was the baron of Lannisport, and his family had long relied on the port for business, and he was the richest man in Lannishavn.

May Humphrey said slowly: "My lord, I have learned that when the Magic Mountain announced that it would lend money to the poor for free, your Excellency quietly withdrew most of the Lannister family's funds, leaving only a small part of the money in the bank. “

May Humphrey was well-connected, and was common among merchants and nobles, so it was not surprising that he could know such secret information.

Bancrov looked at this pile of rich merchants, there were actually few nobles among the merchants, but the relationship between the merchants and the major nobles was very good. Like May Humphrey is a noble family in its own right. These wealthy merchants gathered together, and the number of private mercenaries in each of them was dozens or hundreds, and all of them also had a military force of thousands of people, many of whom were from the other side of the Narrow Sea, and some wealthy merchants who owned many trading ships also hired some knights with good swordsmanship as personal guards.

"Your message is not accurate, Lord May Humphrey, the Lannisters of Lannistershaven are still one of the bosses of Westside Bank. Banks do not issue banknotes, I can assure you. ”

"That would be the best, my lord, we may not oppose the paper money plan of Lord Magic Mountain, but we cannot accept the bank paper money project that Madame Jenny has forcibly promoted. Luke's guards killed not only one of Lord Milne Erwin's spice managers in the marketplace, but several shopkeepers who refused to accept paper money transactions. My lord, Luke's guards are undermining the authority of the law in Lannisport. ”

"Who do you think would be able to go to war with Lady Jenny, Lord May Humphrey?" said Bancroft slowly, slowly, "If it weren't for the Magic Mountain and the Clegane Army, our Lannisport would have been ransacked by the Raven-Eye Army, and your shops, wealth, and family members would have been looted. Ladies and gentlemen, think of who held you back from the raiding and killing of the Iron and the pirates not so long ago, who conquered the Iron Islands just a few days ago, and who made the Iron Men submit! Since then, your trading ships have been rampant in the Sea of the Sunset, and you will no longer have to worry about the robbery and raids of the Iron Seeds. “

Bancrov couldn't deal with the magic mountain and Janie, so he could only try to appease the merchants and nobles.

"We have not forgotten the kindness and merits of Lord Magic Mountain, and we do not dare to go to war against Lady Jenny. "But if Madame Jeanne enforces the paper money trade, we fear that the newly peaceful Westland will be in turmoil, and in the end, all the nobles and common people will rise up against the Magic Mountain and Madame Jane, and the result will be unfavorable to the Lord and Madame Jane." We hope that the Bachelor will express our views tactfully, and we are willing to select a few delegates to speak to Lady Jenny and find a solution that is satisfactory to both parties. ”

Bancrov found himself underestimating the will and determination of the merchants!

The interests of the merchants were offended, and the extraordinary courage of the merchants shook Bancrof's heart.

Talk to Lady Jenny, it takes a lot of courage and guts, and maybe even killing. But looking at the looks of these wealthy businessmen, they really wanted to give it a try.

Milne Erwin, a great spice merchant, said: "My lord, if Lady Jane forcibly pushes the paper money trade, I am afraid that the Westlands will soon be in chaos, and I think that in the end, all the people of the Westlands will rise up against Lord Magic Mountain, and this is probably not the situation that Lord Magic Mountain wants to see." Lord Magic Mountain is the guardian of the Western Realm, and he is responsible for protecting the people of the Western Realm, but if he loses the love of the people of the Western Realm, his prestige and power will be irreparably harmed. ”

"We want Lord Magic Mountain, the people of the Westlands and us merchants to be better together, not the other way around. Baron May Humphrey said.

Scholar Bancrove thoroughly understood the good intentions of these rich businessmen + nobles, they didn't really want to stop the Magic Mountain from making money, and they didn't want to be enemies of the Magic Mountain, but they hoped that the Magic Mountain could not make money in this way: they only needed to print a few banknotes to exchange all their wealth.

The wealth of the merchants is the life of the merchants!

Bancrov stood up and walked slowly on the high platform, and the rich businessmen closed their mouths and followed Bancrof's figure with their eyes moving. Crucially, if Lord Bancrove was not willing to talk to Lady Jeanne, the wealthy merchants prepared for the worst: to evacuate Lannisport, to leave the place where their ancestors had lived, and to leave the land where their ancestors lived.

"Well, don't make any impulsive moves, I'll go talk to Lady Jenny first, and you wait for my news. ”

The rich businessmen are all relieved!

Baron May Humphrey took two steps, put his right hand into a fist on his left chest, and bowed slightly: "When are you going to see Lady Jeanne, Master?"

"Now!" said Bancrof, "change your clothes, Lord May Humphrey, and come with my personal retinue." ”

"Yes, my lord!"