The sound of ping-pong was endless, and pedestrians cautiously bypassed the "no entry" danger zone marked with white ash, and did not dare to approach after a large circle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is the southernmost point of the North-Western Republic, where the rye fortress is located. In the past, anyone who wanted to travel from the Gold Federation to the Northwest Republic had to pass through this fortress built in the valley. Now the fortress is still there, but the mountain next to it is inexplicably crooked, and a large road has appeared, allowing people to bypass the fortress and go to Rye City to the north of the fortress.

As for the fortress, it is completely surrounded by a white-and-gray circle with many signs and words such as "danger" and "do not approach" in various languages.

Not only that, if there is an illiterate person who wants to get closer, then every time he takes a step towards this circle, he will feel a little panicked in his heart, and the closer he goes, the more panicked he becomes, and he can only get better by turning away.

If it weren't for this means, the white ash and warning signs alone would really not stop those who are rude or curious.

Of course, this is Sui Xiong's handiwork, and now he is tossing in the fortress, planning to build this originally ordinary fortress into a tourist attraction with the theme of "fortress", and naturally he can't let others disturb him.

As for whether it can still function as a fortress after becoming a scenic spot...... If a knife is beautifully decorated, can't it kill people?

Of course, Sui Xiong didn't think that this fortress might still be used. Although the population of the Northwest Republic is not large enough, there are many strong people, if there is a conflict with the Gold Coin Federation, if they don't take the initiative to fight out, the Gold Coin Federation should be thankful, how can it be possible to fight back?

If there is a day when this valley is attacked and needs to rely on the fortress for defense, I don't know what the situation will become!

However, as the saying goes, "the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop", Sui Xiong wanted to be his oversized model toy in peace, but there was already an incident on the side of the Gold Coin Federation.

The Great Migration has ended, and the current Gold Federation is still a complete country on the surface, but in fact it has been divided into two parts. The south was controlled by the great aristocracy as the core, with a large population and mainly agricultural production, while the north was controlled by the big merchants, although the population was small, but with a large amount of capital by virtue of developed commerce.

This plan of "merchants to the north and nobles to the south" originally seemed to be quite successful, but the problem soon came.

The nobles of the south began to levy heavy taxes on the merchants in their domains.

It was only natural that the nobles had consolidated their rule, and that the next step was to weaken the merchants. It's just that their methods are too rough and they do things too roughly, and they feel like they are fishing in the water.

Merchants seek profits, as long as there is enough profit, even if they cooperate with the nobles. But as soon as the nobles did this, the profits of the merchants in their territory suddenly plummeted, and many small merchants went bankrupt directly, and even the big chambers of commerce were seriously affected, hurting their vitality.

Of course, the merchants did not agree, and immediately quarreled. But this time the nobles did not buy it at all, saying that they no longer had to deal with the lowly and black-hearted merchants, and that they were levied more harshly.

In some places, the noble lords directly led the army to raid the chamber of commerce to uproot them.

In this way, the contradiction is completely intensified.

The big merchants were very angry and began to gather mercenaries, assuming a posture of using force to protect their own interests. But the nobles did not budge, and began to gather troops, as if preparing for a big fight.

Under these circumstances, the atmosphere on the border between the South and the North is becoming increasingly tense, and soldiers on both sides are ready to fight.

Fortunately, the Church of the Goddess of Fortune has taken action. Seeing that the situation had reached the point where it was almost out of control, they could no longer care about the problem of means, so they directly used the most forceful methods, and the legendary powerhouses and divine envoys came forward to forcibly arrest the leaders of the aristocratic faction and the merchant faction, and made a council hall on the border, ordering them to negotiate well.

"I don't care what contradictions you have, what grudges you have, but I just say a word, don't fight!" the goddess of wealth herself descended and said in a fierce voice, "Whoever dares to do it, I will press him under this council hall, and he will never be freed!"

Over the years, the goddess of fortune has always tended to use moderate means, and her church has always mediated and mediated between the merchant and the aristocracy, and has never been more forceful. At this moment, once he thundered and became angry, he immediately suppressed all the two factions, even if he had thousands of small calculations in his heart, he couldn't fight, so he had to negotiate honestly.

The two sides talked and talked, but they felt that there were not enough people, so they each called talents from the rear. Powerful nobles and middle-class chambers of commerce rushed to this makeshift council hall to participate in the grand council forced by the goddess of wealth.

Seeing that the Great Council was finally engaged, a big stone in the heart of the goddess of wealth fell to the ground, and her face, which had never seen a smile, finally relaxed a little.

It's just that...... The price he paid was also great.

Coercion is contrary to His teachings, in other words, by forcing the merchants and nobles to negotiate and negotiate, he is hurting himself. Whether or not this negotiation succeeds, His divinity has been seriously wounded.

This is also thanks to the fact that in recent years, with the help of Sui Xiong, his godhead has improved a lot, his divinity has increased significantly, and he has a little room for autonomy. I was mentally prepared to make such a decision. Otherwise, if it had been decades ago, even if he had thought of this solution, he would not have been able to implement it, and he would have watched the situation deteriorate and eventually become out of control.

Therefore, when the aristocratic faction and the merchant faction finally began to negotiate honestly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then went to thank Sui Xiong.

"This time it's really thanks to your help over the years!" He said sincerely, "If it weren't for the increased divinity over the years as a buffer, I would never have been able to use this method this time!"

"This is also the opportunity you have seized before, and you have accumulated. Sui Xiong didn't take credit, and said with a smile, "After all, people still have to help themselves, if you don't accumulate well before, no one can help you this time." ”

"Hmm......" the goddess of wealth nodded, her expression worried again, "I wonder if they can negotiate a result this time...... This council consisted only of the merchants and the nobility, and there were no clergy and plebeian representatives, which I always felt was inappropriate. ”

"Then why don't you force these two parties?" Sui Xiong asked.

"Forcing them to negotiate is already my limit. I can't do it if I force it any more. The goddess of wealth sighed and shook her head.

Sui Xiong smiled: "Don't worry, just leave this matter to me." ”

"It's nothing more than locking them up and threatening them, I used this method not long ago, and I'm very skilled!" (To be continued.) )