Volume 2: The Mercenary's Revenge Chapter 6: The Caravan of the Sail Family
This is a small country within the Belle Aine Alliance, and in the distance a huge caravan is camping and repairing, and by the stream, a woman with waist-length hair is particularly eye-catching.
"Sister Lun, how many times have you said that you must pay attention when you go out, and tie your hair up quickly. A woman in a black robe said.
"After so many days, I came out to breathe. ”
"I asked Uncle Ser where we were going just now, and he ignored me, he was so angry!"
"He didn't even tell me about that guy's thief, but that's fine, it's a little less dangerous for one less person to know. ”
"That's right, Sister Lun, let's go in, who knows if anyone is watching us anywhere in this wilderness. ”
"Xiaoling, you can't be persecution-paranoid, right? Yuelun said with a smile.
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The Kingdom of Sdel, located in the east of the Bellevin Union, is backed by thousands of miles of ice-capped mountains, with a land area of only 180,000 square kilometers. Due to the harsh surrounding environment, a large number of young and strong people in its country have been lost to other small countries in the surrounding areas, so the economic volume of the Kingdom of Steer is basically at the bottom of the Blein Alliance, and due to the backwardness of the economy and the loss of young and middle-aged people, the kingdom can no longer afford to raise any large-scale army, and can only rely on some local militias to maintain basic order, and in its most important royal capital, there are only nearly a thousand troops, and basically the entire Sterl armament is in a vacuum.
Of course, God is also fair, although Steul's economic and armament data are at the bottom of the Ble Inland Alliance, but there is one thing that is at the forefront of the Alliance, that is, the rich mining industry, and there is also the largest and purest saltpeter mine in the Belle Alliance near the Steer King Capital. Of course, no one ever discovered all this, and it wasn't until the appearance of the Serre caravan that the mine was brought back to light, and the country of Sd'er embarked on the road to becoming a strong country, of course, these are all for later.
After more than half a month of traveling, Srian and his party finally arrived at their destination, Slika, that is, the capital of Sdel, where he had to complete all the licensing agreements for doing business, so that his caravan could develop steadily here.
Si Ruian also calculated, 600 Qingya Army plus himself and Ling, and said unceremoniously that the current strength of the Ser family caravan can definitely fight with the defenders of this royal city, but Si Ruian does not intend to do this, after all, this is someone else's chassis, shouting and shouting and killing is definitely the next strategy, even if you win, it is useless, the Iron Curtain Legion of the Belle Alliance is not a vegetarian, and it will be over if you turn around and serve yourself in a pot.
Before leaving, Yi Tian had discussed with him, he meant that it was best to subdue Sti without using a single soldier, and Srian said that this was impossible, but then Yi Tian's words shocked him. He said that if you want to completely conquer and control a small country, you have to rely on something, of course, it is not a bloody suppression, that will only make the people feel afraid, once they are afraid, it is useless for us to implement any policy, the only means is to control the economy, the strength of the economy is the lifeblood that determines whether a small country can survive, if you let the people eat enough and earn enough money, then they will support you unconditionally, and even if you are not the monarch at that time, they will also elect you to the throne.
If you control Sdel's economy, then you are the king of Sdel.
Srian was amazed by Yi Tian's extraordinary insight and long-term vision, and he was thinking about how to operate it all the way, after all, this is a country, no matter how small it is, it is composed of hundreds of thousands of people, and it is not so easy to control.
Slika Chamber of Commerce, here is the business registration office of the Kingdom of Sdel, all the country's large and small shops must be registered here before they can be opened, generally speaking, the General Chamber of Commerce is the most lively place in the entire national capital, after all, where there are merchants, there will be business, and the place where there is business will naturally not be too deserted. Of course, these are the fixed impressions in Sriyan's mind before he came, when their vast dozens of people arrived in front of the General Chamber of Commerce, they were all stunned, where there was a crowd, where there was noise, everything was empty, and everything in front of them could be completely described.
There was no trace of any caravan at the gate except for a reception person, which was unimaginable in Sriyan's subconscious, you must know that in the former royal capital of Granton, it was not necessarily possible to queue for at least three days and three nights to register a shop, and from this point it can also be seen how far the current economy of Strand has declined.
They were greeted by an old man, who was at least in his sixties, and brought Srian and his party into the hall tremblingly.
"Old man, is this the place where the shop is registered?" asked Srian politely.
"Yes, I'm the receptionist here. ”
"Then why didn't I see a caravan?"
"Alas, let alone today, I haven't seen a caravan register here this month. The old man didn't look weird.
"Old man, how long do you live?"
"Old man, I'm sixty-six. ”
"Then why are you still doing it here!" Srian was a little surprised, if he had been at home in Granton, he would have been at home for a long time.
"Alas, the young and middle-aged people have gone to neighboring countries, and I don't do it here, who will do it. The old man said helplessly.
"Excuse me, help me register a shop. ”
The old man asked with some surprise, "Are you sure?"
"Old man, do you think I'm joking?" said Srian with a smile.
"Well, what about the scope of business?"
"Just write about daily necessities, home woodwork. ”
The old man looked at Srian with an idiot look, this person is not a fool, the people here are almost hungry, who has spare money to buy home woodwork?
Srian was very happy after receiving the certificate of permission with Steven's official seal, he didn't expect it to go so smoothly in the early days, it seems that there is a tough battle to be fought next, and it is time to give this mediocre country a shot in the arm.
A few days later, in the center of the city, a two-storey building was grandly opened, the second floor hung four big characters for daily use, the two sides of the building were full of welcome flower baskets, the ground was covered with a red carpet seven or eight meters long, the noise of firecrackers broke the usual desertion of the royal city, and the bored people gathered around, looking inside and outside the three floors, after all, the royal city has not been so lively for a long time.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the shopkeeper of this daily shop, Serge, from Henassas. I have always heard that the people of Sdel are hospitable, and now I see that it is really the case, in order to express the gratitude of our Searle Chamber of Commerce, from today all the things used in Searle Day will be sold at a 50% discount, unlimited quantity, unlimited time, I hope everyone will actively participate, and also help us promote more, thank you!"
After Sriyan's enthusiastic speech, Sergeyong officially opened its doors.
The people of Wangcheng have never seen such an open business, all of them are fifty fold, this is not the same as giving it away for nothing! One by one, they all shouted excitedly, and frantically poured into Serri, whether they used it or not, as long as they saw that there were goods, they all grabbed their own baskets, basically most of the goods on the first floor were sold out within a few hours of opening, which made Srian a little surprised, but fortunately, he still had a large number of stocks, enough to cope with the wave of panic buying frenzy in front of him.
In the opposite corner of Serge, a whitewashed small building is also in business, look at the glossy paint to know that this is also newly opened, but compared with the opposite Serge, this is really deserted, and what is even more unpredictable is that this store does not have any name, and there is no signboard hanging under the eaves, which is really incredible.
At this moment, on the second floor of the small building, three middle-aged people dressed in aristocratic costumes were sipping tea while watching the scene of Serri's crazy shopping opposite.
"I'm sorry, I'm late. The dusty Srian apologized.
"Boss Searle is in good luck!" said a middle-aged man at the table.
"The president is really a prize, this is mainly to occupy His Majesty's light!"
"Or do you speak. As the president of the Stehl Chamber of Commerce, Delier is also secretly glad, after all, it is rare to have such a large chamber of commerce, which should ease the current tense situation in the lower royal capital.
"Boss Searle's from!" said the King of Steel, who was sitting in the middle.
"Your Majesty, the villain is from Henassas, his hometown is Mocha Town, our Sel's family was originally a famous family in the town, who knew that he offended a viscount there, and under his oppression, our Sel's family had to move out of the whole family, but Your Majesty, you also know, those nobles of Henassas will definitely not let us go, so I decided to move the whole family directly to Bellein, I heard that here will not be so harsh on us businessmen. Srian said with a sad expression.
Apparently Stier II believed in these nonsense experiences of Srian, and in his opinion, a large family born and raised in Henassas could never have moved to Belle without a special reason, so what were the special reasons, nothing more than money and emotion, and he did not intend to delve into this matter. Because since the large-scale illness of the kingdom a few years ago, the number of young adults in the country has decreased significantly, and the whole kingdom has been in a gloomy atmosphere.
"Don't worry, everyone is equal here, no one will bully you Serre family, and I officially welcome you as the king of Sdel. ”