The castle lord's mansion in Kalo Mountain City is where Luo Ming has often stayed for the past year, and now the mansion outside the mountain has been burned by his own hands, and only this place can be called "home".

However, Luo Ming didn't do much emotion, and when the principals in the mountain city gathered here, he didn't talk nonsense and started the meeting directly.

First of all, he added, changed, and adjusted a few orders, and then listened to the state of the mountain city's preparations for war, and while commending the majority of people, he criticized the few who did not do well—to be precise, not the right people—but criticism was not the point, the focus was on guidance, correction, and education.

If there is no return of this clone, although there should not be a big mess, but there may be a lot of small messes, and every small mess is an internal friction, which will reduce the war potential and various resources that are not very sufficient.

Outer Town.

The wooden door with the iron frame slowly opened, and nearly a hundred soldiers walked out of it, heading towards the north of the city.

If you look closely, most of them are wearing gray uniforms of the militia or production and construction corps, wearing paper armor and holding various weapons. Although it is a militia, it has a large number of people and a basic order, which has formed a mighty atmosphere.

The fifteen men at the head were dressed in the red uniforms of the regular army, and one of them was particularly tall, with a machete almost a man tall behind his back, powerful and powerful, and his steel cuirass reflected dazzling light in the sun.

Greene was very satisfied with his body, and also enjoyed the envious and fearful eyes of passers-by along the way.

However, when he reached his destination, he restrained his excess emotions, lowered his face, and began to assign tasks.

Some of the militia dispersed to the periphery to maintain vigilance and surveillance, while some of the militia went to check and count, while the remaining half of the militia and most of the regular army stood in place, standing in three teams and maintaining combat readiness.

The five militiamen walked to a warehouse, and an idler sitting in front of the warehouse immediately stood up and asked in disbelief, "What are you going to do?"

"We were ordered to check for contraband. The tone of the militia led by him was not too impulsive, because Greene was staring not far away, if he was disgraced here, or violated military regulations, although he would not be killed, he would definitely be deducted from his salary, and corporal punishment might also fall on his head.

When you come to be a militiaman, although you can only get Schönbrunn coupons, you can now buy things with Schönbrunn coupons. If you are detained, how much is it worthless? It is even less worthwhile to be beaten, so that being a militia will not only fail to show off, but will even be ridiculed by others.

The idle man who guarded the door muttered a few words, but he did not dare to disobey the order, so he could only hurry to call the owner of the goods to open the door.

The militiamen, led by a regular army, went in circles, inspected and registered every consignment, and then obeyed orders to affix seals to certain goods.

"Oh, ladies and gentlemen, what's the matter?" said Said, secretly handing over two silver coins.

"We're not embarrassed for you. The soldier at the head stuffed the silver coins into his pockets and replied as he walked out, "It is a state of emergency, and according to the orders of the General's Office and the special wartime law, all materials of strategic value are subject to compulsory expropriation. You take this voucher and go to the logistics department to get the money later. ”

As he spoke, he added: "Don't worry, all these goods will be paid according to the market guide price plus one and a half percent, and the General's Mansion will not treat you badly." ”

To be honest, this is basically just memorizing lines, if the other party is pestering endlessly, if he doesn't hit people, then he can only say "you go outside and read the notice yourself" to fool the past.

Saiyi was just a businessman, and because of the majesty of the soldiers, he did not dare to ask any more questions for a while.

To tell the truth, in a state of war, it is not surprising that the lord robbed the merchant's goods even if he did not pay, and now that he is willing to pay, and what he says decently, he will endure it for the time being - even if the other party really robs it, he will not come here at most in the future, and where is the power to resist?

After a while, he muttered, "When was it changed to the General's Mansion?" and ran out to the designated place to watch the notice.

There are many special notice boards in the city of Carlo, and you will be punished for tearing off the notice or sticking things indiscriminately, basically only the official documents will be posted, and the big characters are neatly written on paper, basically there is no need for jerky and difficult words, and words like the logistics department are even followed by the address.

In addition, there are some people around who are a little more knowledgeable and read notices there, and people who are illiterate can basically understand it.

The first brief notice, which stated that the "Northwest Guardian General's Mansion" had been established in response to the invasion of the enemy, seemed to be inconsequential information to the merchants.

When he first saw the definition of the market guide price, he was taken aback - "calculated according to the historical price, it will not cause people to suffer losses, and it will not allow huge profits".

However, when he thought about it carefully, his goods were not considered windfall profits, and the payment would be half higher than the market guide price, and the profit was still very sufficient.

But after reading it again, his face changed.

"In view of the needs of combat readiness, the Logistics Department will use Schönbrunn coupons to pay together with metal currency, and during the war readiness period, the business of exchanging Merbrunn coupons into metal currency will be restricted. ”

Although Schönbrunn coupons are initially creditworthy within the boundaries of Schönbrunn New Area, they are less credible than foreign merchants like them, who see them as nothing more than IOUs, bonds, silver bills, or anything like that.

However, the "Schönbrunn Central Bank" only has a business in and near Schönbrunn New Area, and it is difficult to find a place to cash out if it is a little far away.

Someone may be willing to use it to buy Merbrunn Ling's goods, and they can buy it at a high price, but that must also be based on the premise that Schönbrunn Ling is alive - if this battle cannot be won, where will there be any Merbrunn Central Bank?

Saiyi soon realized the intentions of the General's Mansion, and hated and admired the person who came up with this plan:

As long as they still have a lot of Schönbrunn coupons in their hands, any merchant will have to become a supporter of Schönbrunn - if Schönbrunn is defeated, their money will be lost, and only if Schönbrunn survives and is not seriously damaged, can they be able to exchange these Schönbrunn coupons for the metal currency they need.

With this move, many merchants were tied to Schönbrunn's chariot.

However, he soon realizes that Schönbrunn needs the help of their merchants, but on the other hand, can he only do so unilaterally?

Thinking of this, Sai immediately rushed to the hotel, where he wanted to discuss it with the members of the caravan and a few merchants he knew well.

Merchants don't just buy and sell ordinary goods. Invest in aristocrats, invest in war, and sometimes you can get huge profits far more than ordinary commodities ten times and a hundred times!