It took a lot of effort for the spies to get out of the clutches of the merchants, and they were very embarrassed, and they gritted their teeth and cursed these guys who dared to sell their own souls as long as they had profits, and they were all thinking in their hearts about how to go back and slander these merchants so that their leaders would kill these merchants like tenant farmers who vented their wrong words.

It's just that after they had such bad thoughts and reported to their own boss, although the boss immediately scolded those businessmen, the result was just to scold the businessmen in front of their own people, and there was no other punishment at all.

This stunned the spies, the tenant farmer just told the truth and was destroyed, and the merchant looked like he had surrendered to the enemy, but nothing happened?

In the end, it was those seniors who explained: "You guys, don't look at the merchants who don't seem to have any identity, but they are no better than the farmers whose personal freedom and even their ancestors were confined to the land, they ran away with the money, and even lost the money, as long as the people ran away without anything, it was considered a victory, because they had a lot of back!"

The spies were stunned, and after a while, they hesitated and said: "The farmer is unable to get away from the land, so the lord of the land, the lords, can dispose of them at will, but the merchant can run around, our side is ready to deal with him, he can run to your side, and you will also deal with him, and he even dares to go directly to that Zhang Zhongjun! So because of this, we can only turn a blind eye to the merchant's behavior?"

"That's right, and the merchants have a great point, because they have money and control the channels for the circulation of materials, so as long as they dare to sacrifice their roots, they can directly support other nobles to challenge those lords, or even if they don't support them, then it is easy to hire mercenaries to make trouble. ”

"Therefore, the merchant group is a troublesome thing, and the lords and lords of various places also look at the merchants differently, and dare not do it at will, because the merchants are a very sensitive group, as long as one of them is moved, it is likely to attract the collective resistance of the other merchants. Not to mention anything else, not enough to buy food in the territory, not to sell the materials that the territory lacks, and not to fund the enemies of the territory, it can make the territory collapse and chaos. ”

Listening to these reminders from their predecessors, the spies had no choice but to remain silent, but somehow, they couldn't help but have the idea of their own boss bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

Isn't it? Because the farmer can't do without the land, and the land is owned by the lord, the lord can fish and meat the farmer at will. And because of the liquidity, merchants can sneak away to other places at any time. Especially in this world now, there are lords everywhere, and they can run to another lord's territory if they wander around casually, and because the lords are sensitive to the power of the territory, it is impossible to go to other lords' places to arrest people, so merchants are groups that can circulate at will, and the lords around the world really can't help it.

It's not that you can't arrest the merchants by force, but everyone's territory is piece-by-piece, and no one's territory can produce all the materials, and the materials that are lacking must be obtained through the merchants, and the production of their own territories must also be sold through the merchants.

If you bully the merchants, then the merchant gang will make you understand what it means to go back to primitive society. Therefore, if you want to deal with merchants, then you can only deal with the kind of small merchants who can't do without the territory, but the opinions of such small merchants are not important. The businessmen who can express their opinions are all the kind of big businessmen who fight between several regions, and they are super difficult to deal with.

And the merchants are very fierce, they even dare to provoke a few territories to go to war for the sake of profit, and then sell supplies on a large scale. What's even more awesome is the direct control of a one-vote lord, and when other lords block the trade route, dare to drive these lords under control to launch a war of extermination.

It can be said that many times the lord is helpless against these merchants, so because of the taboo, he also firmly controls the threshold for merchants to become nobles, and even has a very tacit understanding, so that merchants can only become fictitious nobles, and will never let merchants become real nobles, which is a tacit understanding common to nobles all over the world.

If you want to avoid the harm of merchants, and want to control merchants like serfs who take over the territory, then unless the world is unified, only then will the merchants not be so bold, because at that time the whole world belongs to one regime, and if you want to take you, you can take you, because you have nowhere to run!

And when the spies thought of this, they couldn't help but suddenly have a sudden sense of enlightenment, I said that those businessmen would be so excited when they heard that Zhang Zhongjun was from another world, thinking that in addition to the reason why they wanted to go to the other world to make money, there was also a dark reason to see if they could open a channel to another world.

In this way, even if this world is unified, they can run to another world, and with such a back road, the merchants will definitely be several times more bold than before.

Because the world is difficult to unify, it's just that it's just difficult, not impossible, if there really is a, the unification of the world is just like that. At that time, the merchants could only live with their tails between their legs, and they could only let the people in power eat and drink.

Will these arrogant businessmen, the most flexible businessmen, not think of the problems that may arise in the future? Will they not think of the possibility that they will have to prevent being abused to death if they have nowhere to escape?

In the past, they could only establish strongholds for various countries and forces, and when something happened, they could be given a few places to escape and take refuge, but now that another world has appeared, wouldn't this other world be a better way out? After the businessmen knew that the other world existed, would they just run frantically to pull relations? Prepare a way back for themselves?

There is no need to think about this, even if there is no hope, they have to run to test it, not to mention that there is still conclusive evidence? Of course, they are more bold to hook up with another world!

Thinking of the situation that was originally false to make up the situation of the world's crusade against Zhang Zhongjun, it was likely to turn into a big ticket super businessman and run to invest in Zhang Zhongjun, the spies' faces couldn't help but turn a little gray and blue.

Just let them report this possibility immediately, thinking about the fact that they were abused by businessmen before, and their boss just scolded the businessmen behind his back and ignored them, he doesn't seem to be so cheap, right?

Seriously, even if Zhang Zhongjun invaded this world from another world? These spies can understand better than others how prosperous and welfare the land under Zhang Zhongjun's rule is, especially Zhang Zhongjun's native world, and the benefits that will be rewarded for meritorious service are even more drooling!

Thinking of this, the spies simply remained silent, especially after some loyal subordinates reported to their superiors, who only continued to scold the merchant angrily, but did nothing, and the rest of the people remained even more silent.

Looking at the crusade alliance that has been recognized by almost the vast majority of nobles, the clear-eyed people secretly sighed, this kind of thing that only the top-level nobles unite because of interests issues, I'm afraid it can't really be implemented, right?

(End of chapter)