Knightly jousting tournaments, as well as other extravagant events, such as circus or gypsy performances, were carried out with such vigor that the whole of Limerick was plunged into a sea of joy for a short time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, when we peel away these flashy appearances and look at the essence through the phenomenon, we can find that behind these events are all serving the same goal. Even if we can't see it, we should be able to understand how much of a person the little Tang Grand Duke is, how can he just just have a grand event.

"Your Excellency, in the week leading up to the event, the business of the inns, taverns, and blacksmiths we opened has more than doubled, and the most prosperous business is the tavern, followed by the blacksmith shop, but even the worst inns are no longer available, and the prices are at an all-time high, in fact, I am considering whether to build a few more sheds to rent out, and I believe that this will also make a lot of money."

"In addition, those places that we deliberately set aside, such as fruits, ornaments, and knick-knacks, the business done by ordinary farmers and ordinary businessmen, according to market observation, has also been very good, almost everyone has made a lot of money, and I can even say that our plan is half completed!"

Dukala Castle, in the study of the Duke of Little Tang, Klein reported excitedly, as a businessman, this may be the most satisfying business he has done so far in his life, the investment is small, the return is high, even if the cost of the iron tree honeysuckle gold leaves is counted, it has all been paid back to today, and the rest is pure profit.

However, these are just side effects.

"No, Klein, you're too excited, we've achieved this little bit of a huge project, it's not even the first step to complete it, there's nothing to be proud of."

Klein's laughter suddenly froze at the original point, and the bucket of cold water splashed by the little Tang Dagong was really thorough, and it woke Klein up at once.

"Yes...... According to our budget, because of the extraordinarily generous prizes, especially after the first winner to get the gold leaf, almost all the knights used real skills, and the scene was very exciting, attracting countless people to visit every day. And, we've already let out the news......"

The wind was released, what wind was released? No. 1 in the world, at least the rumors of Ireland's No. 1 Knight Tournament.

The prize of the knight's jousting conference is gold leaf, as the winner's reward is rich enough, there are more than 300 knights participating in the jousting conference, even if all the knights in Ireland are added up, it is estimated that there are not so many, coupled with the generosity of the little Tang Grand Duke, all the bards are singing, and half of Western Europe is well known. Therefore, it can indeed be said that this knightly jousting tournament is the first knightly jousting tournament in Ireland.

So is the final winner of Ireland's No. 1 Knight Tournament the No. 1 Knight in Ireland?

Whether it was or not, in the hearts of ordinary nobles and peasants, he was the number one knight in Ireland.

As the so-called Wen Wu Wu Wu Second, the title of the first knight of Ireland, whether it is said or taken out, is quite a face-saving thing, if there is one or two real skills in the hand, any lord can be reused - by the way, now the vast majority of knights want to vote for the Duke of Xiao Tang, after all, such a fair and benevolent, and such a generous lord, can not be found with a lantern!

The reputation of the Duke of Xiao Tang's painstaking management for three years has now come to fruition.

"It's not enough to be the first in Ireland, how big is Ireland, how many knights there are in Ireland, and even this British Isles is how many times the size of Ireland, if I want to be the first in Ireland, there is no need to hold such a grand event."

Xiao Tang spoke openly, and his tone was very arrogant, so that Klein around him felt two tremors - this was because of excitement, no matter how many times he heard it, he would tremble with excitement to the point of trembling.

"What I want to hold is the first knight tournament in Western Europe, and what I want to build is the first knight city in Western Europe! I want the whole of Europa to know that the city of Limerick is the city that can overwhelm France, the flower of knights! The winner of the Limerick tournament is the number one warrior in all of Western Europe! I want every knight to believe from the heart, from the head, from the soul, that they can only be considered a true knight if they have participated in the knightly jousting in Limerick! ”

That's a little bit bigger......

So, the little Tang Grand Duke lowered his voice and said, "Of course, it is not easy to do this, but you are still young, I am still young, and we can spend half our lives just to complete it." When the time comes, we will have the trading city of Cork on our left hand and the knightly city of Limerick on our right hand, with money and soldiers, and what else to be afraid of! ”

Sound...... It is indeed very tempting, especially when these words came out of the mouth of the Duke of Xiao Tang, which is both ideal and realistic, both enthusiastic and cold, such a completely different contrast between the two sides, not only does not make people retreat, but makes people have more motivation to move forward.

"Yes, I will do my best, my whole life, to help the Grand Duke fulfill this wish!"

Crane, who was trembling with excitement, immediately knelt down on one knee and made a statement in an unsteady voice, made a military order, and vowed to dedicate his life to the Duke of Little Tang. This spirit is certainly commendable and commendable, but after all, we live in a material world, and we still have to speak with actions.

"If you want to do this thing, the most important thing is publicity, you must publicize, the smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, we want to be the first knight city in Western Europe, first of all, we must let the whole of Western Europe know the name of Limerick."

Grand Duke Xiao Tang said, and Klein nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "By the way, haven't you been negotiating with that Veneto recently?" Now I can add one more condition, I want all his caravans, wherever they go, no matter where they are in the world, to give me the name of Limerick! ”

"Actually, I was about to discuss with you about this Veneto......," Klein hesitated, and opened the document in his hand: "What he asks for is a joint venture - half of our property is given to him, and half of his property is given to us, and the disadvantage of this is that our trade may be controlled by him, but the advantage is that our capital can be doubled in an instant......"

"It's impossible to refuse him."

Without hesitation, the Duke of Xiao Tang said bluntly: "Even if he doesn't play tricks-I can think of countless ways for him to play tricks now-even if he doesn't play tricks, I can't tolerate any outsiders coming in." ”

This is undoubtedly the right thing to do, just like modern enterprises, which can be public-private partnerships, private enterprises, but the most important things, steel, oil, electricity, heavy industry, must be in the hands of the state.

If even these state-owned enterprises cannot be maintained, then the result will undoubtedly be the same as in the Soviet Union, a group of people starve to death, and then feed a few oligarchs, and that's it.

"You go and tell him that after the event, I will talk to him about cooperation. But before that, he must come up with enough sincerity to do so, and if he doesn't even have sincerity, then ask him to go back, and there is no need to talk about this business. ”

After pondering for a while, Grand Duke Xiao Tang made such an instruction, Klein nodded and complied, in fact, he also thought that this condition was inappropriate, but how inappropriate he couldn't say, he was born in an ordinary traveling businessman, and his vision was still not enough for the geniuses carefully cultivated by these big families, and he still needed to learn.

"Forget it, let's talk about some happy topics, for example, how is the warrior who represented our Grand Duke of Munster in the knightly jousting tournament now......"