Rabbits bite when they are in a hurry, let alone people!

Thinking of this, Francis immediately saluted Philip respectfully, "Lord Philip is really a young talent, adults can win more with less in Lobit, can be powerful in the bloody battlefield, can quell the riots in Galia, and is really extraordinary, it turns out that I am still a little unconvinced by the deeds of others to spread the adult, and today it seems that the adults are far better than them." ”

Being able to become the most influential nobleman in Bithynia and be in charge of the largest economic organization here, the Mining Association, this Marquis of Francis really still has some ability, and with this open-minded state of mind that can be corrected, it is worth learning from those nobles who want to save face.

Francis said this, and Philip could not continue to pretend to be superior, and said to Francis with a smile: "You are too high-spirited." ”

After speaking, Philip said with a wry smile: "Lord Marquis, let's think about how to convince the other mine owners in the Mining Association, the miners made such a fuss just now, there must be many nobles who have lost their temper and don't want to talk about it anymore." ”

Francis patted his chest and said with some confidence: "My lord, leave this job to me, it is in everyone's interests to talk about it, if anyone is brainless and does not support my work, I Francis is not so easy to talk to." ”

After saying that, Francis smiled fiercely, the teeth at the corners of his mouth seemed to be like the fangs of a wolf, and his gaze seemed to be aimed at his colleagues in the mining association.

As it turned out, Francis's words were true. I don't know what he said to the other noble mine owners in the mining association, at first, those nobles shouted and jumped, Francis talked with a smiling face, and then there were nobles who pointed at Francis and roared, Francis seemed to say something like "lord, raise taxes, terminate marriages" and so on, and the originally arrogant nobleman immediately pulled his head like a frosted eggplant. A sick look. Never talk again.

Afterwards, Philip learned that Francis, who was related to five lords in Bithynia, was more effective than the governor in Bithynia.

Of course. The Doge was Francis's son-in-law. Looks like no matter where it is. The father-in-law is indeed more effective than the son-in-law.

Originally, Philip had planned to ask the central government to remove the governor of Bithynia from his post on charges of insecurity, and a marquis' palace was besieged. The local garrison did not come, and the governor of Bithynia was really unqualified.

In order to win over Francis, Philip had to give up his plan to remove the governor of Bithynia, and now, the most powerful nobleman in Bithynia was needed to help him stabilize the noble mine owners, Taizu said, we must grasp the main contradiction.

But Philip did not hesitate to take over the transfer of troops in Ankud, the capital of Bithynia, and the capital of a province is the most important place, and this place can not be messed up.

The day after the miners besieged the Marquis' Palace, the atmosphere in the city of Ankud became visibly tense, and the soldiers, who had only lazily played soy sauce in the barracks, put on their armor and were whipped by the commanders and ran into the city, patrolling the main streets with knives and guns.

What's even more amazing is that these soldiers did not force the watermelons of the east family, nor did they rob the flower cloth of the west family, as long as someone had irregular hands and feet, a soldier wearing heavy armor immediately knocked over with a military staff.

"Who are these people? They don't look like the ruffians. "On the street, many pedestrians stopped and pointed at the heavily armored soldiers.

"I heard that it was the Central Envoy who brought the Guards. ”

"Envoy?"

"It is the special envoy plenipotentiary who has come to deal with this miners' strike, and I heard that it was this envoy who facilitated the negotiations between the miners and the nobles. ”

"So powerful?"

"Have you seen that the ore has been brought into the city from the mountains recently, and it was the envoy who mediated and the miners started production again. ”

"I hope that the goddess is above, if she can really end this strike, it will be a great merit! My youngest son is in the mine, and I am so worried that I am foaming at the mouth after the strike. ”

"But it's not, my wife and brother are also in the mine, and my family is talking about this matter every day, and I'm almost annoyed to death, now it's okay, if the envoy can calm this matter, I can be quiet. ”

......

The envoy of the citizens of Ankud, who had great merit in his mouth, was not in the capital of Bithynia at this time.

"Bang dang...... Bang dang ......"

"Give way, give way! The team carrying the ore is coming!"

The gray-faced man shouted loudly, and passed in front of Philip with a carriage of mines, as spectacular as the train Philip had seen in his previous life, and the black ore dangled and crashed into each other in the open carriage.

"This is the third column we've seen, right?" asked Carolyn in a coquettish voice.

"No, it's the fifth column, and you passed two columns while you were napping in the carriage. Philip shrugged, a little helpless, "It's only been less than a day since Ankud!"

"Yes, there are so many mines in Bithynia, we come across convoys of mines almost every mountain we pass. According to the information I saw in the Executive Yuan, more than 50 percent of the province's economy is related to mining, and the mining workers, smelting workers, workers' families, and merchants who come and go to buy ore live in the mines of Bithynia. ”

"Yes, yes, but there are too many mountains. ”

Philip reluctantly walked to the edge of the mountain road, looking at the mountain peak in front of him with some worry from a gap in the bush.

Infinitely beautiful!

The sky is as blue as a sapphire, the green mountains are like a green ocean, and the mountain stream flows happily to the foot of the mountain.

It's so beautiful, so beautiful that Philip wants to cry.

When did this mountain become a head?

The place where Philip stood was also relatively high, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of mining workers and transport convoys, and their destination, the second largest city in Bithynia, Tomeh, could not be seen, but there were many large and small mines.

Taking advantage of the fact that Francis and Eggbot were in their respective camps to ease the conflict and defuse the anger of their allies, Philip and Caroline took some of their subordinates to other cities in Bithynia to do some investigations.

In addition to the provincial capital Ankud, there are many other cities in Bithynia, and since the economy of the entire province is almost entirely based on mining, there are also many mines in other cities, and almost all the miners are involved in this strike.

Philip felt the need to visit other cities outside of Ankud to learn more about the situation, which might also be beneficial to mediate between the two sides of the strike.

It's just that the envoy never expected that there are so many mountains here, and he has been walking for a long time, except for the mountains that are still mountains, either the mountains that are being mined, or the mountains that have been hollowed out, or the mountains that have not yet been dug but are ready to be dug up.

Luckily, there are still small towns between Tomei and Ankud that serve as stopovers for the mine's workers to replenish their food and necessities, otherwise Philip would have taken Caroline, a charming woman, to live in the dusty mines.

Naturally, the lodgings were arranged by the guards, and Philip took Caroline on a stroll through the evening sunset in a somewhat western-style town, the tallest building was no more than a two-story inn, and men and women in cheap linen clothes walked busily around the town.

Horse-drawn carriages carrying goods pass in front of people with rolling wheels, pedestrians consciously give way to the sidelines, no adult will cross the road and block the progress of the wagons, occasionally naughty children will run to the middle of the road to play, and immediately adults will run to take them away, and after a meal of fried meat with bamboo shoots, they will tell their children loudly that everyone in the town lives on the things in these carriages, and if they block the carriages, maybe they will not have bread tomorrow.

"These people at the bottom of the society, although they have not gone to school much, but they have the most primitive sense of smell, they know that if this town can't be a transit station for ore, there will be no merchants and miners, and without merchants and miners, the taverns, hotels, and grocery stores in the town will have no business, and if these shops have no business, they will have no livelihood, so they will do their best to maintain the status of the town as a transit point. ”

Caroline said with a smile that looking through the phenomenon to see the essence is the basic quality of a politician.

It seems that none of their own women is simple.

Just as he was about to praise his fiancée, he found that the princess of the empire gave Philip the back of his head and turned her head in another direction.

"Huh?"

Caroline said in a puzzled tone.

'What's wrong?' Philip walked over to Caroline, confused.

"It's not ore on this truck. ”

Caroline pointed to a wagon in front of her, and said that the rectangular carts were carrying either golden wheat or white rice, one after the other, from outside the town.

"Here comes the food!"

There were children who were bouncing up to the wagons parked in the open space in the center of the town, and looked happily at the grains of wheat on the wagons.

The chubby baker smiled and took out a bag and threw it to the driver who was driving the car, and when he saw the struggling appearance of the driver after taking the money bag, he knew that there must be a lot of coins in it.

The housewife walked to another carriage with a large bag, and after some conversation, handed a small money bag, then took a large spoon from the carriage and filled it with rice in her own pocket.

It wasn't long before the townspeople seemed to pour out of their homes and walked to the open space in the middle of the town, around the grain convoy parked there, carefully taking coins from their own close-fitting clothes and counting them to the coachman.

"The food ...... here"

PS: Thank you again, thank you to my editor-in-charge, thank you to my book friends, and recommend again...... (To be continued......)