I didn't finish writing it today, so I'm sorry for changing it tomorrow morning.

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It's also a small extravaganza of the Sage

Because some readers think that if the children of the executed councillors in the Castle are only exiled, then it is very likely that they will still have the power to fight back and revenge, and when I was about to explain and reply, I found that it could be written as a short story.

First of all, I can't say that the plane I'm describing is in a medieval period that is close to the original plane, and it can be said to be a high-magic medieval society - but it is still a wild land of orcs, thieves, warlocks, devils, and evil dragons...... Not everything can be governed by law and morality.

Well, we can imagine it now.

Among the councillors of Castle Bidi was a guy with a connection to Grenada—a son who was not a useless fool, who also had a hidden asset from his father, and several loyal subordinates.

So let's think about it in the same way.

First of all, how much was the asset? Needless to say, it would not be more than his father had in his own hands, unless his father had wisely foreseen that Harvey would not play any political game with them but would simply turn the table, but if so, the merchant would have been in the safe third of the one-third.

By the way, Cape Fortress is a free city, but this does not mean that the people who have the right to speak in the city are the merchant commoners and small craftsmen, in a society with monopoly rights and commercial guilds, only those on the pyramid can change the city, but compared to other places ruled by kings and grand dukes, the merchant-born councillors at least have some room to mediate with them, plus the consuls and mages who belong to the good camp and are resolute by nature, in the past twenty or thirty years, the people of Cape Fortress are indeed more peaceful and prosperous than the people in other places- But that's all, the little people don't have the right to speak.

So, in our world, infidelity and something worse can even lead to the end of a councilor's political life, or at the very least, affect his current position - but in this book, prostitutes are open, Flo's priests are outright godlikes, men and women, as long as you are strong enough to have fun as you please, and as for corruption and bribery...... The inner treasury of the fortress was in the possession of the consuls, and the source was taxes, and bribery, in a sense, was also open, and a merchant who wanted a monopoly on something would give expensive gifts to the lord who could sign the monopoly warrant— Therefore, in order to accommodate the knights and soldiers who were expelled by the Normans, Cremar also deliberately opened the monopoly of sugar cane sugar and beet sugar (originally only the merchants of the Dragonfire Islands could get sugar, at least most of them), so that the councillors who chattered about it at the Pillland Fortress quieted down.

The merchants of the Dragonfire Islands did not always give her so many exquisite gifts because of the fact that Mei Mi had fallen into the country and the city.

Or we can exaggerate that a businessman went to steal, became strong, and killed someone...... The problem is that if that were the case, there would be no need to use it as a lever at all, just arrest and try it.

Even if there is an unbelievable scandal, the little people have no right to question the important people or even the leaders of a guild, they are not qualified to do so.

In addition, Harvey and Alva only had a month, Alex was suddenly attacked, and the results of the citizens' meeting were also seen by everyone. Please don't overestimate the moral standards of the merchants, and only the Pictomont, which has existed as a free city for hundreds of years, can have a third of the councillors, which is very good.

And how do you want Harvey to make them abandon their original plan, only higher profits can make a merchant give up profits, and Grenada is now in vicious competition, even Alva mages can't cast such a powerful spell to reverse their minds......

Grenada's techniques are simple and crude, but you have to admit that they are extremely effective. I can't spoil it, but the reason why Harvey thundered was to clean up the filth of the Cape Fortress - it's like a blank piece of paper stained with ink, and you have to tear off the contaminated area before the ink spreads to the whole paper, but no one can guarantee that the corner of the torn off is not a little white, right?

His actions are not entirely correct, but the consequences of being hurt are not limited to our books.

Well...... It seems a little far, come back back.

Banks in the Middle Ages - Banks are in fact something that has existed for a long time, where did the first banks appear? Transcription: "The ancient Babylonian temples in 2000 and the ancient Greek temples in 500 B.C. began to exchange money for the custody of gold and silver, the granting of loans, and the collection and payment of interest. From the 5th century B.C. to the 3rd century B.C., in ancient Greece and Rome, silver merchants and bank-like commercial institutions appeared, not only engaged in currency exchange, but also engaged in lending, trust and other businesses, and there were clear legal provisions for the supervision and management of these financial institutions. ”

Earlier than most people think of the Knights Templar.

Then we can say that although Harvey has left the most important tokens, it is possible that some cunning merchants may also hide their possessions elsewhere.

Yes, indeed.

But we can take a chestnut to look at - a merchant, when he started, had a principal of 1,000 gold coins, and he could get a net profit of 1,000 gold coins every year with his goods and caravan, and now he has two choices, one is to hide 500 gold coins, and then put the other 500 gold coins into the caravan, and the other is to hide 100 gold coins and put 900 gold coins into the caravan, we calculate the net profit by doubling the net profit in the simplest way, and the final result of the former method is 3,500 gold coins. The end result of the latter is 3,900 gold coins – and the gap will widen over time to the point that no one can afford to ignore it.

A merchant can of course choose to be conservative and go about his business in a regular manner, but unless he is so close to the lord that the lord can ignore gifts and donations from other people, he must sign a monopoly on a certain business to him...... This, of course, certainly can—but that won't be the majority, and it's a free city, a port city that produces little of its own except fishing, and the consuls don't have the power to sign monopoly rights—and it's up to these ambitious merchants.

Therefore, most merchants will still bet most of their money in their caravans.

Or we can speculate that after years of accumulation, the merchants should also have an extremely rich hidden wealth.

The point is, why did they give this token to their sons instead of holding it themselves? As I said at the beginning, the reason why Harvey was able to succeed in the military was because these short-sighted guys thought that they could force him out of power with the laws and rules of Cape Fort, but Harvey (╯"□′)╯(┻━┻...... To put it simply, the tiger doesn't threaten you treat me as Y, if someone can guess what will happen to him and give the token to his son in advance, why doesn't he simply follow Hawei (serious face)?

Well, maybe he will give a part to the heir on whom he has high hopes.

But what is part of it, let's also take a chestnut, a successful businessman in the prime of life, with 10 million reserves, he has a son, very good but still in the study stage (middle school student, college student?), so how likely do you think he will give all this 10 million to his son?

And so on, but it is also possible that his son is a business genius, so he gave his son all the ten million.

Now his son is going to take out the money and selflessly prepare to avenge his father and overthrow the dictator - the problem is that although there is a Woking temple in Cape Embankment, Grand Duke Harvey has said that all the property will be confiscated...... It doesn't matter, any Woking temple can take out gold coins with a seal.

Let's launch this game.

You'll have to go to the Woking Temple in your city and claim this considerable wealth.

But until then, keep yourself and your family safe - yes, your father has gone to mourn the wasteland, but don't you have any other relatives?your mother, your grandparents, your siblings, and maybe your wife and son (if you marry early), and what is beyond Cape Fortress? outcasts, beasts, thieves, pirates, orcs...... Or else, that, that's okay, don't you have a hundred gold coins per family? you can put it together and use this money to hire mercenaries to send you to the nearest city to Task Force Zero.

Some people disagree - the number of families is different, you are all descendants of merchants, and you will not trade at a loss.

Fees are charged on a pro-rata basis – every family wants to go differently.

convince them, but not every businessman is willing to give his last fortune to his son.

With your incorruptible tongue and the vastly high interest rate that is close to falsehood, you have borrowed enough gold to hire an unknown mercenary group - not every prestigious mercenary group will be stationed outside of Cape Fortress for long.

Encountering a tricky enemy, the mercenary group fled.

There were no tricky enemies, but the mercenaries thought it would be more cost-effective to sell all of you to the lords of the Dragonfire Islands.

Convince the mercenary leader to get them to continue the mission with the lure that they can get more rewards in the future.

Or abandon everyone and flee alone.

- I didn't encounter outcasts, beasts, thieves, pirates, or orcs on the way...... Or something else.

Arrive at your destination - take out the gold coins and start preparing to hire the red, gray, assassins and thieves.

You are the son of a merchant, not a thief - do not know how to hire.

Knowing how to hire, or find his father's original connections—but the connections, the red-robed, gray-robed, and thieves' guilds felt there was a quicker way to get this hefty pay.

Luckily, you've found a loyal friend, as well as a thief's guild that keeps its promises.

There isn't enough money - you're going to assassinate an archduke surrounded by an army, and possibly two powerful mages and disciples to add to it - if one-fiftieth of the castle can come up with a sum of gold enough to buy an archduke, what the castle should do is dominate the entire main material plane.

Or be preempted by the dragon.

Fold back to the front.

You try to convince the others, if any, to pull out the stash of gold coins to accomplish this feat.

You find yourself asking for the consent of about thirty or one hundred and fifty people, some of whom are women and old people – it's a long process.

The hired mercenaries are unhappy that you've stayed where you are - wait, we can go back a little longer, yes, as soon as you leave Cape Fortress you were lucky enough to meet a reputable mercenary group.

Prestige also comes with high costs.

No, the leader of the mercenary group is sympathetic to your plight and willing to reduce your fee, which is good, but in the process of convincing the others to come up with the gold coins, you are out of ammunition.

A hundred gold coins may seem like a lot, but it seems like it's hard to get everyone to find extra fun between potatoes and peas overnight.

There are also mercenary groups that are also hungry.

You decide to go looking for foreign aid that doesn't need gold.

White Tower, or Grenada, or both.

The mercenary group refused—mercy could not be sold for that much for the time being.

But you still got to the White Tower or Grenada, and you didn't encounter outcasts, beasts, thieves, pirates, or orcs along the way...... Or something else.

Do you have anything else but tokens?

Grenada has its own merchant, the prince, who comes to the door to ask for a sticker.

But slaves and experimenters are never enough.

- You should probably take the side route?

You have met your father's caravan.

The owner of the caravan refuses to recognize you.

He acknowledges you, and he is greatly favored by your father—yes, your father has promoted him from the position of a young apprentice here, and has given him a beautiful wife, and has taken good care of his family while he is gone.

But he can't help you because his wife and the rest of his family are still at Cape Beach......

No, he has no concerns, and he knows the grace of a drop of water, and he should repay it with a spring.

But he's also just a businessman.

No, he decided to hand over the entire caravan to you, including the caravan's horses, vehicles, and cargo.

Others in the caravan disagreed.

Your charm conquers everyone, but that's just a caravan.

It's a drop in the bucket compared to what you're going to do.

No, caravans are worth more than you think.

You are ecstatic.

The question is......

Thief......

Dragon......

And maybe your companions.

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No, you were lucky enough to keep your caravan and find the many connections your father left you. (Maybe you can get rid of the previous one)

They're mean, short-sighted bastards, just like your father.

No, there seem to be one or two heretics in it that value love over money.

However, it seems that for the time being, he has not paid more attention to his family and himself.

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You decide to continue your father's business with these connections and accumulate more gold.

An unexpected calamity has ruined your caravan.

No, you're doing well, but the consul or the lord's trusted merchant can easily take it away.

Uh, no, he didn't, he congratulated you and decided to marry his daughter to you.

You get a beautiful wife with a rich dowry, you have a son, and your wealth is enviable.

You think it's nice to have a peaceful life right now.

No, it's absolutely impossible, and you decide to hire the red-robed, gray-robed, and assassins, and maybe get a little extra reward for your revenge.

For example, an entire Cape Embankment.

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You find out that you are the ultimate protagonist of the book.