Chapter 48
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The long procession walked on the not very wide avenue, like a long dragon, with no head in front and no tail behind, from the eastern horizon to the western horizon.
This is a migration party sent by the merchants of the Gold Federation.
In order to avoid war, the goddess of wealth eventually came up with the idea of "merchants to the north and nobles to the south", dividing the vast federation of gold coins in two.
Although the middle and lower class petty merchants and petty nobles had a strong opinion on this, the upper class of the big merchants and the big nobles accepted the proposal after negotiations.
Anyway, it's always better than fighting.
Although they both wanted to kill each other and snatch all the wealth of the other party, even the aristocratic faction with the upper hand did not really have a great chance of winning.
In other words, even if the entire aristocratic faction has a chance of winning, as for a certain nobleman himself, he may not be sure that his family will be able to compensate for the losses he gains in the future war that will sweep the entire Gold Coin Federation.
In this case, it would be better not to lose.
So despite the opposition of the nobles of the north and the merchants of the south, the matter was finally settled.
Once settled, it's a long migration.
Merchants to the north, nobles to the south.
This is probably the largest migration that has taken place since the Great Migration. The total population involved on both sides may be close to one million.
Originally, the merchants advised that they should only move their possessions and families, and not the people of their realms - they even said that they could buy the nobles with money. However, after some discussion, the nobles of the north finally said that they should leave the land and not leave enough people for the merchants.
On the one hand, this was to avoid making the merchants strong, and on the other hand, it was to have enough strength to fight for territory after arriving in the south.
The merchants of the south migrated, leaving behind many areas where they had been operating for many years. In order to occupy these areas, of course, a large number of people were needed - the aristocracy chose to agrarian mode, which required far more people than merchants, and if the population from the north was not migrated, it would be difficult for the nobles who changed their territories to have enough people to farm.
And more importantly, these people were the foundation of their rule. Their armies are also from it. If they are left behind, it means that their army will lose its roots. Even if they can't see it for a short time, after a long time, they will find that their army is getting smaller and smaller.
The central government of the Gold Coin Federation is not strong, and the noble lords have a lot of private battles and fights, which can be called the feeling of troubled times. If there is no reliable army, even in the south, it will be nothing more than a herd of pigs and sheep to be slaughtered.
The southern merchants found that the nobles in the north were actually migrating the population, so they naturally refused to do it. They protested angrily, so much so that even the nobles felt the pressure.
However, in front of the Northern Noble Alliance, which had already made up its mind and reached an agreement, the face and authority of the big nobles were not easy to use.
In the face of the persuasion and threats of the great nobles, the representatives of the Northern Noble Alliance did not have the slightest intention of backing down, and bluntly expressed that they did not trust each other, and wanted to ensure that the nobles who moved south had enough strength to protect themselves.
These words are completely torn apart, but the big nobles really can't refute it.
In fact...... Their original plan was to devour and eat up these southward nobles.
Of course, these plans can't see the light of day, if they can keep it secret, it's fine, but now that they have been clearly exposed, no matter how thick-skinned they are, they can't help but be a little embarrassed.
In addition to embarrassment, there is more anger.
Seeing that a large piece of fat was about to fall into their mouths, and now they were actually running away with long legs, how could they not be angry?
However, the attitude of the nobles who moved south was very fierce, and they even put on the attitude of "it's a big deal that everyone will break up, and the civil war of the Gold Coin Federation will be a civil war", and they refused to give in even the slightest.
For them, it has been very hard to leave their homeland where they have been in business for many years and go to the south to start anew. It is impossible for them to give in even a little more.
In fact, many of the nobles who moved south had already been contacted privately, and when they arrived in the south, the first thing they did was to jointly send troops, first knock the nearby southern nobles again, first stabilize their rule, and then strive to expand their territory.
Several powerful factions among the nobles who moved south had even set their sights on the two marquis of the Gold Coin Federation, wanting to knock them down from the high throne.
A group of jackals migrate, to determine their status, of course, can be done by bullying the rabbits and goats in the migration place, but the most appropriate way is to bite the local wolf king.
Even the netizens of the earth know and ridicule "I am a national treasure if I kill the panda", how can these ruthless aristocrats not know?
...... Hehe, if it weren't for the possibility of snatching benefits, how could it be so easy to want these nobles to give up their territories in the north and migrate to the south!
Seeing that the aristocratic faction moved south with a large number of people, the merchant faction that originally planned to travel north lightly naturally changed their minds. They threw money wildly, prepared a lot of food, recruited a lot of people, formed a huge pioneer team, and marched towards the north.
Naturally, the nobles of the south were reluctant to lead the people away - the people were the basis of the lord's rule, and when the lords were gone, the lord was the commander of the bare pole. In the frequented Gold Coin Federation, the nobles of the bare-rod commander are not as good as a dog!
At least the dog would not stay in his den, so he jumped down a Galen from the sky and turned it into dog meat.
So they immediately took action to stop it, but this time the merchant faction took an extremely resolute attitude, and even issued a threat of war.
Who doesn't understand the importance of population? What is the use of the past if you go to the north and don't have enough population!
Faced with the threat of war from the merchant faction, the great nobles had to do the work of those small and medium-sized nobles, and even used force to forcibly suppress the two lords who wanted to prevent the lords from being hired to leave.
Of course, they also set the rule that merchants could only hire no more than 30% of the population from the same territory.
As a result, this 30% has almost become 30% of the entire south.
In general, the South is a bit richer than the North and has a higher population density. Thirty percent of the population of the entire southern region has exceeded more than sixty percent of the total population of the northern region.
Such a number of people can almost meet the needs of merchants, and even if there are still some vacancies, there will still be a lot of population left in the north.
After all...... There are not only aristocratic factions in the north, but also many merchants.
Thus, the merchants to the north, the nobles to the south, and the long dragon of countless migrants wandered across the land, slowly moving in their respective directions. (To be continued.) )