Chapter 527: I Protest......

"Protest! On behalf of the Business Alliance, I strongly protest to your Norton family! You have violated your promise to respect private property, plundered the wealth of our Chamber of Commerce family members in disguise, and restricted their freedom......" Earl Kate was furious, his eyes glaring at Fat Smith, his voice a little hoarse because of the excitement. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fat Shi gouged his ears with his fingers, and the old god replied: "Lord Kate, please don't get excited, we accept your protest." Shall we, then, then talk about the transportation of the families whom you have paid the ransom to the plains of Falichu and to the border of the province of Mawaiforin? If you entrust us with the transportation of these people, then the cost of eating, drinking, and carrying the carriage will be two kingfords in total. This is a 50% discount on the face of your old friend, and if someone else comes to contact, the minimum is three Kingford. Not including eating and drinking......"

Earl Kate sat down in his chair in a dejected manner, as if a long-accumulating punch had hit the air, and instead of hitting the enemy, he had dodged himself. He covered his haggard face and lamented in his heart, who is a businessman, doesn't it mean that the nobles want to be face-saving businessmen who pay attention to interests, why is this Norton family coming in reverse, they don't care about any face at all, their eyes are all staring at Kingford, Kingford, Kingford! More like a businessman than a businessman......

At the beginning of the negotiations, Earl Kate felt that it was normal, and the two million golden fords packed up to free all the surrendered Great Swordsmen, Golden Swordsmen, Chamber of Commerce high-ranking and alliance nobles and their families, attendants, and personal escorts. But a bill that was handed over made Earl Kate furious.

"I don't believe that these two thousand people have spent 800,000 kimford on food in more than 50 days! 80,000 is about the same! You bring me the food menu! I want to see what they eat every day!" Earl Kate was very angry.

"I'm sorry, Earl Kate, but you should know the current state of the city of Moriente. In fact, we put a lot of effort into providing the food and beverage of these VIPs and the cost of hosting banquets and dances for them, so the cost of the ingredients and services is a bit expensive, which I believe you should understand. In addition, in addition to this bill, there are more than a dozen IOUs here, all of which are the bills that those great sword masters have paid on credit after they have lost all of them, and there are not many, adding up to more than two million gold fords. If you don't settle the bills, we won't let them go. Anyway, your chamber of commerce has to pay them annuities every year, and you can use their annuities to repay these IOUs first......" Shi Fatzi politely suggested.

Earl Kate was furious: "How can this be justified! Your family still has a casino!"

"Doesn't that seem like a big deal?" replied the fat man disappreciatively, "Lord Kate, you must understand how sad it is for a person to lose his freedom. So many Great Swordsmen and Golden Swordsmen have become captives of our family because of your business alliance, and the loss of freedom will lead to mental decadence, loss of appetite, and loss of physical health. That's why we're trying to make everyone happy even if they're captives, so that they can better serve your business alliance after they are freed. At the same time, a small gamble can better pass the time......"

"Stop! don't talk about it......" Count Kate looked at the IOUs, and soon found something strange: "Baron Schreid, can you tell me why these IOUs belong to the Great Swordsman?

Shi Fat shrugged his shoulders: "It's very simple, we don't allow them to make IOUs." The IOUs made by the great swordsmen, we believe that you will pinch your noses and pay the bill. But those golden swordsmen, the high-ranking members of the Chamber of Commerce, and the nobles of the alliance will definitely ignore them if they lose all their money and want to pay on credit, and maybe they will be left alone with me. That's why we don't allow those who have lost all their money to borrow money to turn over their ......."

Although the big truth is ugly, Earl Kate has to admit that Fat Shi has a point. The Business Alliance is desperate to redeem these captured high-end combat forces and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Chamber of Commerce's armed forces. So Count Kate finally pinched his nose and paid for these great swordsmen. The originally negotiated ransom of two million ended up paying five million gold fords.

Although the negotiation process was full of twists and turns, one thing was finally resolved. Earl Kate wanted to strike while the iron was hot and redeem the more than 100,000 surrendered residents living in the inner city. Most of these residents are the families of the armed and middle-level managers of the Chamber of Commerce, and redeeming them is also conducive to maintaining the morale of the armed legion of the Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time making those middle-level managers of the Chamber of Commerce more loyal to the Chamber, which is also the best way to win hearts and minds.

The Norton family did not object to letting the more than 100,000 residents of the inner city be free, and Shi Fatzi made a long time of asking for a price, such as one gold ford for children and the elderly, two for women, and three gold fords for young men......

"Don't bother, I'll pack all the 1,000,000 goldfords for you, and it won't save you any time. At this moment, Earl Kate showed the wealth of the business alliance, and he was very happy to see the expression of Fat Man being slapped in the face by Kingford.

"Deal!" Shi Fatzi was also elated, he didn't care about being slapped in the face by Kingford or something.

It's just that when Earl Kate saw the so-called first batch of more than 3,000 residents of the inner city outside the east gate, it felt as if he had been suddenly struck by lightning, and the whole person was dizzy. This is not so much the residents of the inner city as the refugees, with no clothes, no long things, bare hands and bare feet, the only difference from the refugees is that their flesh is very white and tender, the skin is delicate, you can see that they used to live a good life of pampering.

After a little inquiry about Earl Kate, he learned everything that was happening in the prisoner of war camp, and the 3,000 released residents of the inner city rushed to Count Kate as if they had seen his own parents, and began to sue him. There are those who accuse the Norton family of deliberately selling food at high prices, there are those who demand that Earl Kate return his belongings that were looted by his companions in the prisoner of war camp, and there are those who ask Earl Kate to pay for a good meal for everyone first......

Earl Kate was dizzy and managed to squeeze out of the crowd with the help of the guards, and then found that his clothes and pants had been torn apart, not only the gold and silver coins on his body were gone, but even the wedding ring on his finger was not taken away by anyone. Earl Kate couldn't care less about being angry, and his whole body was almost numb. However, Earl Kate still remembered his duty, and he immediately asked the Norton family guards who were guarding him to meet Lorlist.

It must be explained here that after Count Kate arrived in the city of Morente, in addition to the first visit to Lorist, he was then placed in the original grain warehouse base outside the east gate, where there is a two-entry bluestone courtyard, the courtyard wall is higher than the house inside, it is estimated that it should be the original grain warehouse steward Jin Wu hidden Jiaojiao. The courtyard thus became the residence for the Earl of Kate and his eight bodyguards. Shi Fatzi arranged for a hundred guards to use tents to surround this bluestone courtyard, effectively cutting off the connection between Earl Kate and Moriente City.

The first time Count Kate protested to the Norton family was because he felt as if he was under house arrest in this bluestone courtyard, and the guards at the door did not allow him and his guards to step out of the door, and they could ask for anything, even women could be satisfied, anyway, there were many brothels in Morient City, and it was a big deal to summon dozens of meat sellers to put meat screens for Count Kate, and he could pay the bills himself.

Anyway, Count Kate was not allowed to step out of the courtyard, and the reason given by Shi Fat Man was for the safety of Count Kate, so every time the negotiation was carried out by Shi Fat Man in this bluestone courtyard. From the news revealed by the sad face of the fat man and the brain supplement of Baron Kate, he easily concluded that the people of Moriente City were in turmoil, and the Norton family forces were busy suppressing the riotous people of Moriente City, and the main reason why they were reluctant to let him enter the city was that they were afraid of revealing the bottom.

Even those released swordsmen, high-ranking members of the Chamber of Commerce, and those alliance nobles said that they often saw fires burning in the city of Morenette on the slipway in the middle of the Zangjin Bay, and the Norton family organized a lot of fishing boats to go out to fish some time ago, and it was obvious that the food supply in the city of Moldon was insufficient. And there seems to be a problem with the security, for example, this time they were freed and did not land in the dock area, but took a boat along the White Milky Way to a large circle to arrive at the grain warehouse base outside the East City Gate, along the way they also saw that the Norton family was heavily armed, there were still a lot of blood stains left on the riverbank, and many wounded Norton family soldiers were sitting on the ground, and their bodies had just been bandaged......

According to these descriptions, Earl Kate was very proud to learn that although the Norton family occupied the city of Morente, they did not get any benefit, and as expected by the higher-ups of the business alliance, they fell into the big hole of the city of Morent. This can be seen from the fact that they took the initiative to prepare carriages, arrange food and lodging, and send the two thousand people including the high-level of the Great Sword Master Chamber of Commerce who have been freed to Maweifulin Province, although the Norton family has the blood sword saint Lorist, they are also very worried that the high-end combat power of these free business alliances and the riotous people in the city will unite to cause greater damage and losses to the Norton family forces.

It's just that what Earl Kate didn't expect was that the Norton family would start to play tricks when they released the more than 100,000 residents of the inner city, and they had the idea of the belongings that those residents carried with them. You must know that these residents of the inner city can each carry more than thirty catties of property, and 100,000 people add up to a huge amount, and Earl Kate will never allow this huge wealth to fall into the hands of the Norton family.

As soon as he heard that the Nortons had opened taverns, brothels, casinos, and pledge shops in the prisoner of war camp, Earl Kate knew what the Nortons were up to, but his request to see Lorist was denied by the guards who were watching them. And Shi Fatzi, who usually comes over once a day, was late after three days.

Earl Kate vented his anger on Fat Smith, but Fat Smith argued that the Norton family had not broken Lorlist's promise to open taverns, brothels, casinos, and pledge shops to better serve the 100,000 inner-city residents. The Norton armed forces fully respected the private property rights of these captives, did not take them captive, and provided them with the safety of their lives. And they have been provided with free food. As for their dislike of the high prices of goods they buy and sell, the Norton family also fully respects their choice, and they can not buy them if they are too expensive......

"Hehe, are two bowls of clear water rice porridge also considered free food?" Count Kate sneered.

"Of course it is!" Shi Fat replied without blushing: "Lord Kate, you must not know how happy it is to be able to drink two bowls of clear water rice porridge now, you must know that the city dwellers in the outer city have almost stripped off the bark of their trees...... Oops, sorry, I almost forgot the most important thing, but I came to discuss with the adults about the transportation of these freed innercity residents. If they continue to stay here, we are not going to feed them for free, because they have been freed. This requires adults to pay for their own food, and the current price of food is 100 catties of potatoes and a Jinford, so adults hurry up and make an idea whether we will help you transport it or you pay the toll to transport it yourself?"

Earl Kate took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the renewed anger in his heart: "May I ask? Lord Baron Schreed, why did you take the initiative to help us deliver it for free for the first time......?"

The first time Count Kate said it was that the Norton family took the initiative to transport the free Great Swordsman, the Golden Swordsman, the high-ranking members of the Chamber of Commerce and the nobles of the Alliance, their families, guards, attendants, and personal retinues to the border of the Falcan Hill Plain and the Province of Mawefulim.

Shi Fatzi looked at Earl Kate with disdain: "You think I'm stupid, the first time it was only 2,000 people, and then it was 100,000 people, if we let us transport them for free, then we will lose money, it is better not to release them." ”

"But I've already paid a million ransom ......"

"One yard to one yard, you also said that it was a ransom, and you paid it voluntarily. And now we're talking about the cost of transporting the 100,000 people, not the ransom. ”

"You, you are so shameless, I, I protest ......"

"I accept your protest and I'm sorry. Okay, now have you made up your mind, are you going to entrust us to help you transport it, or will your business alliance send a carriage to pick it up?" said Shi Fatzi impatiently.

"......" Earl Kate was no longer able to get angry.

"I, I want to see your Grand Duke, I want to protest to him, is this what your Norton family says is sincere in hoping for peace? I don't see it, all the bad consequences caused by this will be borne by your Norton family!" Count Kate roared, blushing and thick-necked.

Shi Fatzi shrugged helplessly and spread his hands: "You're welcome, Lord Earl Kate, the last time Your Highness met you was because we had dealt with you Peterson before, which gave you a little face to say hello to meet you." Don't forget that you are only a small earl, and you are not qualified to ask to meet our Highness, remember that our Highness is not just a Duke, he is also the Sword Saint of the Kingdom of Antinac. So, you might as well discuss with me to solve these troublesome problems.

As for the consequences, you can send troops, our family has long said that we will return the city of Moriente to you, to be honest, we don't want to occupy the city of Moriente, this city is too paralyzing trouble, people die every day, I sometimes want to burn the city. Oh, crooked again. Master Kate, why don't you write a letter back and ask the Business Alliance to send troops to fight with our Norton clan forces, as long as you defeat our clan forces, then you can recover the Plains of Mana Hill and the city of Moronte......"

After speaking, the fat man found that Earl Kate was shaking his head with his mouth closed......

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