Chapter 15 The Origin of the Special Pass
The Kingdom of Alt was initially optimistic about Byronsburg, simply because Mel was Gray? Son of Byrons. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The politically astute Elt aristocrats know Gray? Byrons' influence among the Ilibians, what do they think of Gray? The power established by the sons of Byron will certainly have something to do with the Ilibi League. Although the relationship between the Elt Kingdom and the Xiaohu family is very poor, even if Byronsburg is protected by the Xiaohu family, they will not stand on the opposite side of the Xiaohu family, because then they will stand on the opposite side of the Ilibi League.
With the passage of time, the potential of Byronsburg was gradually tapped, and in just a few years, the strength of Kung Fu increased dozens of times, and the Kingdom of Byrons was established. Such an enemy was originally to be suppressed in advance, but the Kingdom of Byron was backed by the Ilibi Alliance, and the Kingdom of Elt did not want to be at odds with the Ilibi Alliance, so it wanted to have a good relationship with the Kingdom of Byrons.
The Celts are the second-to-last in terms of population among the eight major ethnic groups, and they occupy a place among the eight major ethnic groups by virtue of their racial cohesion and a truly unified nation, and their international status is relatively high. But in terms of overall strength, the Alts are still relatively weak.
The Ilibi League is in full swing, and there are several Ilibi allies along the long and complex borders of the Elt Kingdom. The Elt Kingdom didn't want the Ilibi League to become bigger, but it didn't dare to be the first bird. Unless the major races of the New World are targeting the Ilibians, just like the current situation where the major races are uniting against the Mingji, and the Elts dare to attack the Ilibians, they will not provoke the Ilibians.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, news about the Kingdom of Byron reached the Kingdom of Elt like snowflakes. This country, with a population of only one hundred thousand and an extremely complex ethnic situation in the country, has received unprecedented attention from the Elt aristocracy.
The Kingdom of Byron was extremely wealthy - this was the message that the first envoys who came to the city of Byron to sign a non-aggression pact with the Kingdom of Byrons brought back information. In the eyes of the Elts, the land occupied by the Kingdom of Byron was nothing special, and the territory other than Liangyue City originally belonged to the three Ira forces, and all three forces were weak. If it weren't for the fact that the territory of these three forces was located at the junction of the spheres of influence of the major powers, they would have disappeared a hundred years ago.
The Elt Kingdom has deployed spies in Kamijin County, Rimi Shrine, Twenty-Nine Village, and Liangyue City, and they know this land very well, and they also know the people of this land very well. After the establishment of Hope City, they also sent spies to Hope City. These areas were not very conspicuous in the eyes of the Elt aristocracy, and the ordinary could not be more ordinary.
But in the midst of these ordinary areas, there is a city so rich that it will amaze its envoys, and most unbelievably it was founded only a few years ago. When the city of Byron was still called Fort Byrens, it was closed to the public, and only envoys who had diplomatic relations with the Lords could enter the city, so the Elts could not get information about the city. To them, the city of Byron seemed to be rich from the beginning, but it was not.
Before hybrid crops were put into use, Byron City was just an ordinary new city. The life of ordinary people is a little hard, but the pressure of life is not great. It was only after the hybrid crops were put into use that the city of Byron really prospered. The lives of the common people are getting better and better, and the variety of delicacies on the table is increasing, as are the foreign goods in the market.
At that time, the city of Byron was opened to outsiders. However, outsiders can only move around the Ximen Market or the Ximen Market District, and at most they can only watch the locals live through the high wooden fence. Only diplomatic envoys who can enter the city, or pass through the city to go to the Bluestone Palace, can get close to the locals and feel their lives.
And the kingdom of Byron suddenly became "rich", just after the opening of the pass system in Byrons City, that is, after the bumper harvest of hybrid crops. In fact, this is a very simple truth, a bumper harvest of grain, grain prices will fall, under the condition that the income remains the same, grain is cheaper, and people have more spare money in their hands. If you have more spare money, you can buy other things, which naturally stimulates the economic development.
However, at present, hybrid crops are still a high secret to the outside world, and foreign forces have not been able to steal the seeds so far.
Some people may wonder if foreign spies can get some grain that can be used as seeds and go back to grow it. Of course, foreign spies can think of this, and what foreign spies can think of, the Kingdom of Byron can also think of.
There were only two areas where hybrid crop seeds were originally used, one was a subordinate village of Hope City, and the other was the state-owned land of Baicunbao (i.e., Twenty-Nine Villages). After Welling's death, all his land in the village of Twenty-Nine came under the name of Maier, and the grain harvested here was directly stored in the warehouse as a strategic reserve.
The farmers in the affiliated villages of Hope City can be trusted, and the land in the 29 villages is also cultivated by trustworthy people. Before sowing the seeds, the people from the scientific research department repeatedly told the farmers that they must take good care of the fields and never let people steal the grain. The peasants did not know why, but they did so.
The harvested grain is purchased by the royal family and sold only after special treatment to ensure that the grain cannot be used as seeds after it is sold. Profits from the sale of grain are not transferred to the Ministry of Finance, but to the Ministry of Administration. The administration would try to acquire land from yeoman farmers and landlords, and then incorporate the acquired land into "state farms" and then give it to trustworthy people to cultivate as well.
For the administration department, there are only three kinds of people who can be trusted. The first is a devout follower of the great god of enlightenment who is attributed to the new shrine, the second is a devout follower of the god of light who is attributed to the theological research society, and the third is an Ilibian recommended by a reliable person. These men are absolutely loyal to the Kingdom and are able to carry out its commands.
In this way, the peasants loyal to the royal family owned more and more land, the royal family harvested more and more grain, the price of grain became lower and lower, and the life of the landlords and yeoman farmers became more and more difficult. Landlords and yeoman farmers know that the harvest on the state-owned farms is good because the state-owned farms use new grains. They also wanted to use the new grain, but the royal family would not sell it to them at all.
After the hybrid crops had taken effect, Maier did order the use of new varieties throughout the country, but he did not want to give landlords and yeoman farmers access to new varieties from the outset. He asked the people in the administration to negotiate with the landlords and yeoman farmers, saying that the royal family would buy their land at a high price. The high price here is not the so-called high price given when taking advantage of the fire, but the real high price.
If the actual value of a piece of land is 30 tai, the royal family will pay the seller 60 tai, which is twice the actual value. If the seller does not agree, the royal family can increase the price to 90 yuan, which is three times the actual value of the land. In addition to this, the royal family also guarantees to find new places and jobs for sellers, which is high enough, right?
But even so, the royal family is not at a loss. As long as there is land, grain will be produced every year, and it will definitely return to its original cost after ten years, and it will be earned in vain in the future. This news was secretly spread by those who opposed the royal family, and many landlords and yeoman farmers did not sell their land. Some people who pretend to be clever even tried to steal grain seeds, but they were caught by people on state-owned farms and punished for the crime of stealing state property, and their real estate and land were directly confiscated.
After that, the yeoman farmers all confessed, obediently took the money and left. People who have small farms and small businesses may have a more nourishing life when they work in the city, and some landlords with small families have made the same choice. But the big landlords are different, they have a big business, they could have enjoyed the success, but now they have to move to the city to live, and may even have to support themselves, how can they bear it? Therefore, most of the big landlords chose to oppose the royal family and not sell their land, and as a result, because the quality and output of their grain were inferior to those produced on state-owned farms, they did not sell at a loss or even no one bought them, and their lives were getting worse day by day.
It was said before that the landlord class of the Kingdom of Byron was suppressed, and this is what I was talking about. The situation is similar for the other repressed classes, with the merchant class being the most severely suppressed. Over time, the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce grew in size. They no longer have to make the same profits as the goods runners did in the beginning, and every town in the kingdom has a store of the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce.
The Kingdom Chamber of Commerce also acquired a large number of handicraft workshops, putting on a posture of monopolizing the supply of goods. Workshops purchased by the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce are shipped at two prices, one is the internal price for the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, and the other is the external price for other merchant groups, and sometimes the external price is even more than three times the internal price.
The Kingdom Chamber of Commerce has the support of the royal family and the continuous financial support of the Royal Bank, and the merchant groups in various places are not their opponents at all. By October of the 139th year of the new calendar, the sphere of influence of the merchant groups in various places had been reduced by the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce to the towns where they were located, and they were already dying.
In fact, the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce has long sent people to talk to merchant groups in various places, hoping that they will abandon their previous business models and serve the royal family and the people. This kind of thinking is contrary to the principle of merchants, who value profit and self-interest, while the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce can only do the former, and merchants will naturally stand in opposition to them.
Before Dan Yunhe decided to rebel, many people in the country had already rebelled. In the face of the powerful royal forces, they wisely chose to taoguang and maintain obscurity, avoid their edge, preserve their strength, and wait for the opportunity to move. For them, the Byronic royal family was still too strong, they could get a sufficient number of mercenaries from abroad, but they lacked military talent, and the most important thing for an armed rebellion was military talent.
Therefore, the appearance of Danyun River is undoubtedly a timely rain for them. And the role of Danyunhe in the rebel forces is far more than just leading troops in future armed rebellions.
After the end of the border battle, Dan Yunhe got his wish and became the director of the defense bureau of Limi City, leading the city defense army with the rank of major general. After Wei Xu returned to the central government, Limicheng was deprived of its military independence. The Overseer has always believed that the rebel forces in Rimi City are at odds with the Elt Kingdom, and have deployed a large number of manpower here. But no one could have imagined that Dan Yunha was one of the rebel forces, and with his help, the Inspectorate suffered heavy losses in the investigation of the rebel forces.
As a high-ranking official, Tan Yun-ha was issued a special pass. He knew about the special pass, and he also learned about the fact that each member of the Supervisory Committee had a special pass through clichés and other means. For the rebel forces, the value of the special pass is self-evident. Everyone knows that the city of Byron is the core of the royal family, and as long as the city of Byron is destroyed, their rebellion will be half successful.
Dan Yoon-ha has always thought that he is the leader of the rebel forces, but in the eyes of the merchant group that supports him, he is the leader of the rebel forces. The merchant community knew the value of the special pass, but they thought it would be more cost-effective to sell it to foreign spies. They want to use their strength to make a lot of money by the way, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
However, Dan Yunhe did not approve of their approach, he stubbornly believed that all the captured special passes should be kept in his hands, and after the incident, he would lead an elite commando team to infiltrate Byron City, directly enter the Bluestone Palace, and kill Maier. The reason why he has this self-confidence is because he once defeated the army of Riya Shrine in this way. But he forgot that he was able to defeat the army of Rimi Shrine not because he was brave and fearless, but because of Wei Xu's clever layout.
According to Dan Yunha's plan, he needed a team of five hundred people. The Inspectorate suffered heavy losses and many deaths, but the total number of Inspectors killed by the rebels did not exceed 300, and the rebels only managed to obtain more than 100 special passes.
Of the more than 100 passes, less than 50 were given to Dan Yunhe, and the remaining nearly 80 were withheld by the merchant group. The black marketeer at the Ximen Trading Post who sold special passes was originally from Danyunha, but he was bought by the merchant group to do things for them.
This man has a military position, and he can freely enter and exit the West Gate Trading Post, and will not arouse suspicion. If someone came to investigate, he said that he was ordered by the director of the defense bureau of Limi City to investigate an important case in the black market at the Ximen Trading Post, and that he was selling special passes just to attract targets. The police station at the Ximen Trading Post sent someone to Limi City to inquire about the situation, and he received a positive answer, because Dan Yunhe had sent him here to do things. However, Dan Yunhe did not send him to investigate the case, but to connect him with the underground forces of the Ximen Trading Post and pull them into the camp of the rebel forces.
Dan Yunhe trusted this subordinate very much, he thought that the talk of selling special passes was just used by his subordinates to fool the police station of Ximen Trading Post, and he did not suspect him at all.
On 9 November, the Ximen Exchange Post police station sent someone to inform Dan Yunhe that his men had been killed in the suburbs and that they had been brutally tortured before they died. Dan Yunhe was furious when he learned about this, and he immediately led several cronies to the Ximen Trading Post to investigate the case with the police department of the Ximen Trading Post.