In Hopland, the Helis family is in the wealthy area on the west side, where the aristocracy lived in the early years, and later became a gathering place for the wealthy of the Great Chamber of Commerce after the independence of the business alliance.

The Carites Chamber of Commerce was located on the north side of the central part of the city, because it was a new star later, and there was not much vacant land on the west side, so Angus simply bought a large piece of land in the north of the center as the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.

The Nissos family is in the east, and although it is not a wealthy area, it has a special meaning for the family, because the ancestor of the Nissos family was a fruit seller, and it was here that they bought their first house when they first settled in Hopland, and later did not move away even when the Nissos family became prosperous.

The current distribution of the situation in the city is as follows: the three houses on the west side, the Agnemii, Helis, and Tisiphone, the center of Carites, and the house of Nysos on the east side.

The gates and walls of the city in the west, north, and east directions had been sealed by the families of Aniemi, Tisiphone, and Nyssos, while Helis and Karitas were trapped in the city, and the situation was particularly critical due to the close proximity of the Helis family to the other two.

The once spacious and tidy streets have now completely changed, the blue slate bricks are littered with debris, wooden boxes and fences have been erected in the middle of the street, blocking the space to pass, and people are standing on both sides of the street, holding torches, wearing armor, and holding weapons, facing each other.

The faces under the firelight were so familiar, they were all employees of the Great Chamber of Commerce, they were so close that they could often meet each other, maybe they had drunk together, chatted, and bragged in the tavern two days ago.

If it weren't for this sudden accident, no one would have thought that they would face each other tonight, and I am afraid that only they know the complicated taste in their hearts.

The treatment of the big chamber of commerce is much higher than that of the small chamber of commerce outside, and there are also many benefits, which are relatively stable, so for a long time, it is basically the generation to work for it, such as the grandfather retires and lets the son go to the son, and the son lets the grandson go to the old age, and some positions even form a hereditary.

For example, the gardeners of the Agnemii family, whose ancestors have been gardeners for the Aniemiyi family for three generations, have been dealing with other members of the chamber of commerce since they were young, and their grandparents have worked in the chamber of commerce and are very familiar with each other.

In this era, the accumulation and inheritance of experience is very important, father to son, son to grandson, a craft must be passed on much better than those who change careers halfway, so these old employees and backbones are also the skeleton of the big chamber of commerce, the trusted henchmen of the past generations of family owners.

And the big chamber of commerce is no longer limited to a money-making organization, he is also an interest group, which is why these employees are so loyal, even if they pick up a knife to fight, they will not be excluded, because their own interests are closely related to the chamber of commerce.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, not to mention this kind of thing that directly smashes dishes and destroys the family.

But after all, the people on both sides of the confrontation know each other, and under the inertia of the past, you say that it is still a little difficult to start when you suddenly let them fight for life and death.

The brazier erected by the wooden pole burned vigorously, and from time to time there was the sound of sparks crackling, and the two sides questioned each other and cursed.

A considerable part of the Tisiphone's family went to the city gate and city wall on the north side, so most of the people who confronted the Helis family on the west side were the people of the Aniemiyi family, in fact, the employees at the bottom were also a little confused, why did they suddenly fight with each other.

The Helis family can be said to be protecting themselves, while Anemiyi's side is quite confused.

At this moment several messengers rode through the crowd and walked to the corner of the street where they were opposed, and these messengers each wore the micro-badges of the three families, composed of the three families, and they held the clerical notice in their hands, and then read it aloud:

[Residents of Hopland, instructions from the General Guild of the Velga Business Alliance.] The Helis family and the Karetes Chamber of Commerce colluded to rebel against Zephyr.

The Tisiphone, Agnemii, and Nissos chambers are now granted the right to conduct special operations to assist the Hopland branch in apprehending the traitors of the Helis and Karites.

However, most of the employees of the two chambers of commerce did not know about it, and hereby declared that those who lay down their arms and did not join the defilement can forgive their sins, protect their families, and not investigate the past.

If you are still obsessed and continue to resist, you will be killed! ]

The loud voice spread far into the night, and there was silence in all directions, and only after the reading was finished did it slowly resume the sound of small discussions.

"I say, sure enough, they have a problem, otherwise Lord Noyce would have called us up all of a sudden." One of Anemiyi's guards said.

"I really don't know what the Helis family thinks, they actually hooked up with the rebels in the north, have you forgotten that even now, Verga is still nominally a vassal state of Zephyr?"

"Who knows, I just want to hurry up and go home and sleep, it's too cold this night."

"Alas, I don't know if the Chamber of Commerce will give out more money this time when I stand with a gun overnight, and my wife gave birth to another one."

"You're fierce enough, this is the third one."

"Of course, I'm super fierce."

After hearing this, everyone in the Anemiyi family was relieved, and even had the leisure to start chatting, in their opinion, the general guild of the alliance had ordered, and the three families acted together, and the name of righteousness was pressed down, and it was only a matter of time before the other side surrendered.

And the people of the Helis family on the other side also began to shake as expected, after all, such a thing as treason is too heavy for ordinary people to bear. Even looking at the other side is not as calm and fearless as before.

And some of the Anemi's family began to persuade them to surrender.

"George, don't stand there stupidly, come here, I'll tell the steward about your situation then, make sure you're okay, you still owe me money, if this is gone, who will I go to collect the debt."

"Yes, George, come here, you don't want to think about your mother and sister, who are still relying on you to support the family, if you are gone, what will they do? I still want to be your brother-in-law. ”

A young man with a bow from the Helis family stood under the brazier, a little hesitant, and the person next to him looked at it and wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he sighed and didn't speak. It's hard to protect themselves, what qualifications do they have to persuade the people next to them, aren't they themselves hesitating.

If the Helis family is really finished, what will they do in the future, who doesn't care, who doesn't want to live.

George turned his back and leaned under the big wooden box, his heart tumbling with emotion. His grandfather was a long-time employee of the Helis family, and his father didn't work in the Chamber of Commerce because he went out to fool around when he was young, and later got married and had children, until he died on the street a few years ago because he was drunk and fighting with others.

And last year, before his grandfather retired before he died, he asked the housekeeper to let him take his place, work in the Chamber of Commerce, and read the old love, the housekeeper agreed, and he lived a superior life than his peers, which once made him very grateful and proud.

After entering the Chamber of Commerce, the housekeeper took good care of him, and he was fortunate to meet Miss Meilu once, and the eldest lady praised him for his good bow and arrows, which made him excited and proud for a long time. But now he said that he would make him a traitor and leave the Helis family, and he really couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.

Just as he closed his eyes and hesitated, a hurried sound of horses' hooves sounded from the other side of the street, also a small group of horseback messengers, with the tiny medallions of lacquered night flowers and camellia flowers on their chests, and they held aloft the documents in their hands, on which the proclamation was clearly written in black pen, and below which were bright red seals.

[The people of the Verga Alliance, now that the time has reached the time of critical survival, the three chambers of commerce of Tisiphone, Aniemi, and Nissos collude with the Verdant Empire, intending to use Hopland as a springboard to lead the imperial army to land and invade and destroy the Seven Kingdoms of Snowwar.

In order to break this evil and crazy plot, please ask the people of the Seven Kingdoms in the city to assist us Helis and Karitas to eliminate the evil and defeat these evil people who have rebelled against the city.

Following the ancient covenant between the Seven Kingdoms, long live the Snowward Union! ]