Facing the eyes of the two marquis and the earls, Earl House was silent for a while, and said: "Actually, I am not a person who likes to cause trouble, since there is a risk of implicating the Northwest Republic, then I admit that I will withdraw the army." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Thank you!" Marquis Yuke nodded with a smile, "I will compensate you for your losses." ”

"It's not 'me', it's 'we'. "The Marquis of Gordon said, "House has indeed suffered a loss in this matter. Since he chose to back down for the sake of the overall interests of our aristocratic faction, it is natural that all of us should compensate for his loss. House, I'll send you twenty sets of standard slatted armor later. ”

Hearing this, more than one count frowned slightly.

Slatted armor is an armor made of wide iron bars inlaid on leather armor, although it is slightly bulky, but it has good protection, and it is an excellent full-body armor for soldiers at the grassroots level. As long as you put on a piece of slatted armor, you usually don't have to worry about a bow or sword, and if you put on a shield, it will look like a piece of iron that can walk.

Although the price of slatted armor has also decreased with the introduction of a large number of simplified full-body armor in the Northwest Republic, a standard slatted armor is still worth at least about two hundred gold coins, and twenty sets are four thousand gold coins.

This is not a lot of money, but since the marquis has given four thousand gold coins, the counts must also give at least two thousand gold coins. The frowning earls did not have a good relationship with the "good horse" earl, and they were really unwilling to subsidize him so much.

However, the Marquis of Yuke immediately followed up, saying that he could produce ten sets of simplified full-body armor of the Northwest Republic on his side, and it came with a large shield covered with iron skin.

Counting the price, this is about nearly six thousand gold coins.

As a result, the counts who had a bad relationship with Earl House couldn't help but look even more gloomy.

But the two bigwigs both expressed their attitudes, adding up to tens of thousands of gold coins worth of materials, how could they be stingy?

So you give a little, I give a little, and finally the counts scraped together the equivalent of almost 22,000 gold coins.

Earl House smiled happily, of course he had a loss this time, but the materials of more than 30,000 gold coins were enough to make up for his loss, and it could also make him a lot of money.

In this way, the things he was afraid of being assassinated before can be revealed.

A few days later, the supplies were successively transported to the county of Count House - of course, these supplies could not be transferred from the capital or the territories of the counts, but were prepared directly near the territory of the Earl of House, and it was the Chamber of Commerce under the Marquis of Gordon who was responsible for preparing the supplies.

The aristocratic faction is not without merchants, for example, the two marquis have a large chamber of commerce under their names, the chamber of commerce of the Marquis of Gordon happens to have a shop near the county of Earldom House, with the help of the logistics of the chamber of commerce, all kinds of materials are advanced and sent over, and then settle the account when the materials supported by everyone actually arrive.

After receiving this batch of supplies, Earl House naturally hurriedly withdrew his troops. The aristocratic faction once again sent an envoy to discuss the peaceful settlement of the problem with the merchant faction.

The Chambers of Commerce that were confronting Earl House did not understand what was going on at first, and did not dare to pursue them. Although they took the initiative to attack because of anger, anger could not make up for the difference in strength between them. In the past few skirmishes, the merchant army, which was mainly composed of mercenaries, not only did not take advantage, but suffered repeated losses. In this case, when they saw Earl House retreating, their first thought was that there might be a trap, so instead of pursuing, they hurriedly strengthened their positions to ensure safety.

A few days later, an emissary from the nobles arrived, and they understood.

Some of the more intense people naturally feel that they have missed the opportunity and regret it. But others, who are more mature, secretly rejoicing, rejoicing that the border war can finally be resolved peacefully.

What good can a merchant do in a war if he only seeks money? Even if he can make a little money, it may not be enough to pay the mercenary!

Based on this idea, the peace talks went well.

In fact, the merchant faction did not have very conclusive evidence, which could prove that it was the soldiers of the aristocratic faction who attacked the caravan and the civilians, and the envoy in charge of the negotiation directly took out the weapon of mass destruction, saying that the priest of the Church of the Lord of Justice (God of Law) could come forward and preside over the examination of the soldiers of the noble faction in various nearby territories, and once anyone was found to be involved in the crime of attacking the merchant caravan and civilians, he would immediately take it down and be executed on the spot.

In this way, even those businessmen with a more fierce attitude are much more comfortable, and the rest is nothing more than a matter of money.

Money is not an issue.

In other words, for the negotiators who have been jointly authorized by the leaders of the aristocratic faction, the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem.

He stated that although it was not clear who attacked the caravan and civilians, the aristocratic faction was willing to subsidize half of the losses for the sake of peace. If, after investigation, it is proved that the attack was indeed committed by the soldiers of the noble faction, then in addition to the other half, the compensation will be doubled.

This price is really full of sincerity, and all the stewards of the merchant faction are very satisfied. Although there are some insatiable people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to open their mouths, they are stopped by their companions.

The aristocratic faction is not a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch, although I don't know why they are willing to give in this time, but if they are too greedy and provoke them, they will not only be beaten with chickens and eggs, but I am afraid that they will steal chickens and rice.

If the fight really starts again, the merchant faction will not have much chance of winning.

If those black sheep are restrained, the next negotiations will naturally go smoothly. The two sides negotiated in detail on how to track down the killer, and finally signed some terms and completed an agreement.

The agreement was generally fair and did not particularly harm the interests of either side. In particular, at the end of the agreement, the envoy of the aristocratic faction insisted on adding a clause that "if it is found that the harassment and attack are committed by foreign hostile forces, the two sides must unite with the outside world", which made several leaders of the merchant faction even more thoughtful.

There is no wind and no waves, if it were not for the clues, the aristocratic faction would not have made such a big concession, let alone insist on adding this article to the agreement.

Therefore, after the peace talks, they immediately contacted the core of the merchant faction and told several large chambers of commerce this information.

The major chambers of commerce attached great importance to this matter and quickly convened a meeting. After repeated discussions, the great businessmen of the rich country finally decided to unite with the aristocratic faction to track down, and they must track down the guys who are making trouble behind the scenes.

Merchants only focus on making money and don't like to cause trouble. But if someone secretly calculates them and wants to provoke them to war with the aristocratic faction, then they will definitely not swallow their anger.

You know, fighting a war will cost a lot of money and kill a lot of people!

Spending money makes the merchants feel distressed, and the dead make the merchants afraid. The thought of almost falling into the trap made the merchants all furious.

No matter who he is, if he wants to cause trouble, then be prepared to face everyone's anger!

After another half a month, the joint investigation team of the merchant faction and the aristocratic faction finally set off and began to carefully investigate the attack that occurred on the border between the two sides. (To be continued.) )