The Ottoman Tiger and the Purple Room did not budge, and it was clear that it was harvest time, but the peasants did not laugh.

But the invisible clouds hung over Asia Minor.

The Illuminati or Orthodox lords in other regions were not idle, and the increasingly powerful nomadic kingdom of the Ottomans, who controlled many overland freight routes from the east, kept prices high, and these people chose to support Byzantium.

War was a good opportunity to make a fortune, and many merchants, including Mrs. Meghan, also used her network to transport several ships into Byzantium to provide supplies, and even wanted to become a royal merchant of war.

Becoming a war merchant has great privileges, and you can even get exclusive rights to goods, but if you lose the bet, everything will be lost.

Such a major event, it is not the turn of Bran, a young man, to be "cannon fodder", this year, Bran is still in the monastery without wind and waves, writing classics or sending letters.

His Latin calligraphy became more and more beautiful, and he even innovated the ligatures of some fonts because of his long-term copying, which made the fonts look thin and straight, which was highly praised.

In his spare time, Bran also practiced martial arts diligently, of course, it was impossible to fight ten against one, he didn't have the martial arts talent of Carol or Iron Mountain, more for self-preservation, and for the purpose of exercising.

Finding ways to make the family richer is also something to think about.

Wool, wool, spices, salt, wine, glass and other goods are all large quantities of the peninsula, but they all have their own guilds and interests......

At the beginning of September, more than 500 mercenaries, who were preparing to go to war to get oil and water, sailed through Florosa from the port city of Mees.

As a result, the inn opened by the Charman family was very prosperous.

Bran also tried to develop a few dishes from his past life, such as hot pot, but switched to the popular cheese as the soup base, and the food was paired with ingredients and sauces common in the peninsula.

This way of eating is very fresh, but the mixture of flavors is not very popular, but some merchants and mercenaries wrote down the practice, and when they were later taken captive to the Ottomans, they used to guide this kind of cuisine, and it was loved by the oriental countries, and it was passed all the way to Tianzhu to make various curries and hot pot, but this is a story for another time.

The Great War in the East is bleeding, but Bran is more concerned about the upcoming "Guild of Guilds" round.

The passes and harbor cities on the mountains were trodden by the footprints of profit-seeking merchants, and over time, the merchants began to form closer organizations, and guilds came into being.

If you want to pursue any kind of career in a major city, you can't avoid it.

Merchants who traded wool in Meath were required to join the city's wool guilds, or pay high taxes on a single transaction, and were not allowed to do business here if they did not comply.

Each guild also set up various internal rules, they helped each other, borrowed money, established an apprenticeship system, and those who wanted to open a business were first invigilated by the examiner sent by the guild, and then given a business certificate.

Guilds were helped in times of need, and there were a large number of guilds on the European continent, including the Italian peninsula, the southern part of the Franks, the area around the North Sea, the southern part of England, and the island of Venice.

The most powerful and most numerous are Florence and surrounding cities in central Italy.

Half a year ago, according to the census of the city's household registration, the long-term population of Meate has exceeded 116,000, and the city is still booming.

Because more and more serfs from the northern estates smuggled south.

At this time, there is an unclear rule in the city, and if you cannot prove your identity, you will be given a new status by the city hall if you stay in the city for one year.

Therefore, the help to settle down is the result of the city's urgent shortage of labor, and the result of the protagonist's strength, but during this period, the lord can enter the city to find people, and can show a slave certificate and allow him to bring it back.

There are currently fourteen guilds in Florence.

The wool industry is the leader, the food industry is the second, and the innkeeper's guild is the tenth.

In the city of Meath and the eight surrounding towns, there are a total of 39 large and small hotels, employing 423 people.

Among them, the 19 hotels with the largest number of people were selected first, given voting rights, and filled in case of vacancies.

This is done in the singular to avoid ties.

These nineteen people are elected once every three years, and then the leading members of the guild, one president, one vice president, one convener, fixed into four, a total of seven fixed members, guild leadership members, will also make identification marks on the coat, when the peers see it, they will take off their hats to show respect, which is equivalent to the social status of knights.

The main rights of the fixed members of the hotel guild in this city are that they can negotiate the opening time of the 39 hotels, the closing days, the price of accommodation, the purchase of food, etc., and the fixed royalty to be paid for each hotel is also a considerable amount.

The leading members of the previous inn guild were jointly controlled by the Pavi family and the Bansilin family.

Both families are old families that have been inherited for more than 100 years.

In the past few years, the Bansilin family lost the investment war, and the money could not be recovered, so they completely turned to the Pavi family to obtain financial assistance, and the two families also intermarried.

So when Simon's subordinate wanted to squeeze into the vote, Mrs. Meghan spent a lot of effort to get the seat.

The election of the leadership was scheduled for October 14, two weeks after Bran had returned to Goode Hotel on a holiday outing, while a noblewoman and an elder were already sitting in the upstairs room.

The inn was closed that day, but there were sixteen mercenary guards on the first floor wearing wide sleeves and short swords, only half of them wore chain mail, and the rest were replaced by cloth armor, led by Carol and Iron Mountain, who drank on the first floor.

Bran took two glances and walked up into his grandfather Howard's room, where Lady Meghan was in addition to his grandfather.

Look at the beads of sweat between the necks of the two, maybe they ...... just now!

The strange thought that existed for a few seconds faded as Bran took off his hat and pulled out a chair and sat down.

Mrs. Meghan wore a red gown with wide sleeves, blue beads on her shoes, and an emerald and gemstone necklace on her chest.

As she gets older, she loves the bright colors and companions she gets, and the attention she attracts makes her feel younger.

In fact, according to her status, even if she is very old, there is no shortage of male nobles to pursue, and any man with a little status, regardless of age or age, pursues a woman whose status is higher than herself, which is considered a kind of romance (regardless of whether you are married or not, whether it conflicts with the knightly precepts).