When spring comes again, the people of Fandra are watching two things.

The first thing shocked everyone: the Kugit soldiers had recently crossed the Swadia border in a big way, and the Svadians had suffered huge losses unsuspectingly.

The news is not very clear now, and it is only rumored that the fortresses in eastern Svadia are under siege one after another. There was a general attitude of schadenfreude among the Nords over the invasion of Swadia. It is amazing that in the small town of Fendra, where more than forty percent of the Swadian diaspora is concerned: except for a few old people, most of them, although not as happy as the Nords, do not feel too much heartache because of the invasion of their homeland.

Indeed, during the war, the people of Fandra did not have a clear support for Swadia, and now under Nord's rule for more than ten years, the standard of living is gradually recovering, and the already thin emotions are even thinner.

The second thing is close at hand: the port of Fendra has been built.

By the time the docks were built, most of the townspeople weren't ready.

Ordinary residents know that life will be different after the construction of the pier, but they have no idea how it will be different. The vast majority of people feel that life will still be the same as in the past;

A handful of merchants and native tycoons were ambitious, who never showed up when they built the docks, and who had always been able to hide from the taxes and servitude that were apportioned. Now, they are not allowed to appear on the docks, pointing to the location of their respective shops in the future;

The 'king' of Fandra, who was now mediating a conflict with his subordinates in his office: these people suggested that leaving 20 percent of the land for the government on the docks would be enough, while the 'king' suggested that it would be safer to leave 30 percent. The King's followers mildly criticized him for being too serious.

The whole of Fandra was staring at what was under his feet, and the completion of the dock was just a little more room for these people to move around. It's as if they have an extra room in their own house, and all they have to do is how to allocate that room.

It would be wrong to say that no one in the small town of Fandra understood the significance of the construction of the docks.

At least one person understands. After the dock was built, he smiled for the first time in a long time.

Jill stood high up in the dock, his eyes closed and feeling the wind blowing from the sea.

For Jill, the completion of the pier was not an extra house, it was the beginning of an entire house to be torn down and rebuilt!

It's been more than a year, and when Jill first came here, he still had nothing.

At that time, the moonlit sea made Jill sentimental, and the beach at that time was dotted with fires, and Jill was wearing a trench coat and cloak and squinting into the unknown distance.

Now, the sea in the morning sun makes Jill feel emotional, like a mountain climb looking back. Jill was on crutches, and behind him was his caravan captain, Martin, and more than a dozen energetic members of the Exchange.

Since the setback at Fendra, Jill has not been idle, and the White Pigeon Exchange has struggled to grow in the midst of the suppression.

What makes Gil most pleased is that under the training of Martin and Ivan, the White Pigeon Exchange has used the arduous social classroom of running merchants to train a large number of excellent young men, and these fresh forces are not afraid of sleepiness and are extremely loyal to the exchange.

Consciously or unconsciously, Jill instills in these lads the awareness that loyalty to the exchange is not simply loyalty to Jill, but to their own cause.

These people know that only when the exchange is prosperous can they have a good future, and their families can not be afraid of hunger and cold. These young men have been in contact with Jill since they were sixteen or seventeen years old, helping Jill with his work, and their support for Jill has been imperceptibly engraved in his bones at the age when he is most likely to worship the leader.

And now, the sense of mission that Jill has given them makes them willing to tie their fate to Jill's career and destiny.

Jill brought these people to see the sunrise pier, not only for them to see this spectacular project, but also to let them know that behind this pier is the arrival of a whole new era, just like the newborn sun on the sea.

The Ombudsman had been promoted to the capital by this time, and before leaving, the Ombudsman promised to continue to take care of Jill.

When Jill said goodbye to the Ombudsman, he assured the Ombudsman that he would fill the holes left by the Ombudsman, and that if the Ombudsman needed money for political activities, Jill would sponsor him in the future.

The Ombudsman finally hugged Jill and said to him, "I'm sure we'll meet again." Tiny Fandra isn't enough for you. I'll keep an eye on your news. ”

The mayor had spoken to Gilmi several times, and on one occasion several officials from the province of Butterworth had attended the meeting.

Even before the Nord's new policy was announced to the Fandras, Gil was already working out the terms word by word with government officials.

The people of the Nord North Sea Province are also secretly investigating Gil, and they don't know if this Gil is capable of taking over Fandra. So far, though, the assessment of Gil has been good for him: several government officials have promoted him; Gil proved his loyalty to his country on the construction site; And Jill has a large number of craftsmen and business talents at his disposal.

All of this makes it look like Jill is up to the task.

But for the sake of gravity, the Nord government still wants to do its best to cooperate with the indigenous powers.

Jill, Martin, and Ivan are trying their best to reject this policy of the government: if the government has cooperated with the powerful people, the White Pigeon Exchange will have no chance to seek maximum development.

Jill has been holding back for so long, and he won't let the powerful reconcile with the government. Now Jill represents not himself, but the demands of an entire guild.

For this reason, Jill has set various terms extremely harshly.

All extended families no longer have access to tax-exempt land;

The Hao no longer enjoyed the right to carry out lynchings, and the Nord government officials took back all judicial power;

The government will conduct an assessment of the assets of the Haojie family, and the family with large properties will be taxed heavily.

There are many more such clauses, and Jill's approach is to provoke irreconcilable contradictions.

Only contradictions can cause conflicts, only conflicts can cause cracks in the entrenched social classes, and only cracks can make new forces rise.

The old steward of the White Dove Valley told Jill that every many years, a fire would be lit in the Suno Forest, but the people never intervened. Jill was curious, and he asked the old butler if it was a pity to have those trees. The old butler squinted his eyes and said that if the old tree did not fall, the fresh sapling would not have a chance to grow.

Faced with such a clause, the mayor of the town and some Nord officials could see at a glance that Jill was intending. These people actually don't have a good impression of Haoqiang, but Jill's provocation is a bit too much. However, since Jill's backstage looks quite tough, if he wants to stir up a storm, let him go, and then come forward to renegotiate with the Fandra heroes after he smashes the government.

The mayor of the town bluntly informed the Gil government of its intentions: in the event of a change, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, the government will not directly help Gil in the conflict, but will secretly support Gil.

Of course, the government only recognizes the one who wins in the end: if Gil succeeds, then he will be the uncrowned king of Fandra; And if Gil fails, then the government has nothing to lose, it only needs to face a weakened indigenous power.

Jill knew that the final moment was coming.

Jona was picked up and left Fandra.

Along with Ruona, there are also the families of the employees of the White Pigeon Exchange.

These people didn't live in a very concentrated place in the first place, and they didn't attract much attention when they left in batches. The family was sent to a settlement around the pier, a place left by former artisans. They are safe here and are able to avoid the maelstrom that is coming.

These days, the White Pigeon Exchange has been suppressed very miserably, and now with the departure of some staff and employees, the White Pigeon Exchange seems even more deserted.

While the leaders of Fandra's big families were debating how to expand their power, the government's new policy was conveyed by the docks.

These terms are posted on all bulletin boards in the town of Fendra.

The heroes looked at these official documents with a mentality of going through the motions, and in the past, such documents were just some weak calls. But this time, the powerful sensed the government's intentions.

The alarmed heroes soon gathered, and the boss, the leader of Fandra, was also notified as soon as possible: something big happened.

The old man swore and crawled down from the little girl, lifted his trousers and went to the council hall.

The first thing he did was to order a few of the housekeepers to bring the boy from the mayor over for a conversation.

In the past, when the old man summoned the mayor, the mayor would have rushed to listen to the lecture in a panic, but this time, several family members were closed: the mayor did not see the guests.

The powerful people shouted and cursed, and the chaotic situation angered the leader.

The leader let out a low roar to shut up the fools.

"Show me the terms".

Several patriarchs hurriedly brought a proclamation, and the leader began to read it:

"His Majesty King Nord is as bright as the sun!"

"Announcing the citizens of Fendra: King Nord has been thinking about the livelihood of the people since he pacified the North Sea. The port of Fendra, which was built at great expense, was built to improve people's livelihood and develop the town. ”

"The state is to the people, and the people have to give back to the country. However, for more than ten years, Fandra's decrees have not worked, and every time the state orders are like child's play! Tax evasion and evasion by large wealthy families are serious, and the gentry collude with bandits to suppress decent businessmen and affect the normal life of the people. ”

"But King Nord is as merciful as the sun. From now on, if Haojie abides by the following terms''", after that, Jill came up with a rope to put around Haojie's neck.

This strange-looking official document seems very irregular, not like an official document at all, but more like a mockery and provocation.

Looking at the last few extremely harsh clauses of the official document, the leader was furious.

"Bastard!"

The surrounding patriarchs of the Hao clan supported and fueled the anger of the leader.

When the leader was completely engulfed by his anger, these people asked what to do.

The leader thought for a moment, "Huh! Those clerks in the provincial capital actually wanted to meddle in the old man's business! Let them know who has the final say in Fandra! From tomorrow onwards, all of Fandra's shops will be closed, supplies to the port will be stopped, and no food will be allowed to be brought into the city by the peasants. If there are hungry people in the city, carry them to the center of the town! Let those people see what happens to their New Deal! ”

The next day came, and the town, which had been bustling yesterday, was suddenly plunged into a haze, and all the shops were closed, but one was open as usual.

White Pigeon Exchange.

The leader's messenger approached Jill, "Why don't you join in the strike!" Do you want to stand across from us? If my lord hadn't allowed you to stay here, you would have gone to the construction site to eat mud! ”

Hearing the rebuke of this boy who did not know the height of the sky, Jill politely said: "Friend, tell your master, I will be the president of the Fandra business community in the future." If he is willing to come and work for me, I will not blame him, and if he continues to strike, I will remove him from the Chamber of Commerce. Tell all the powerful people that what I say applies to them as well. ”

Jill's public rupture caused great turmoil between the powers of Fandra.

Every day, after traveling around the town, the business travelers who entered the city found that only the White Pigeon Exchange was open for business. Originally, the merchants thought that the White Pigeon Exchange was the only one, and it might raise the price, but to people's surprise, the White Pigeon Exchange purchased all the goods at the normal price, which made all the surrounding merchants run to Gil to do business.

Jill showed his potential: in front of the White Pigeon Exchange, Jill set up an entire street of makeshift stalls in one day, selling all kinds of goods.

The merchants, clerks, accountants, and dispatchers who had been trained in the past few months all poured out of the White Pigeon Exchange, and these people supported the entire Fendra trade after the merchant's resources or the strike.

Captain Martin is constantly importing goods into the exchange from all over the world. The goods have been in the works for months, and several large warehouses around Fandra are full enough to keep Gil afloat until the situation improves--- even if Gil runs out, the hard-liners on the docks will not sit idly by and watch Gil fail.

Soon, the leaders' strikes began to loosen. Seeing that the strike was invalid, the merchants had to start gradually resuming business.

Soon, what Jill was expecting happened: the trading street of the White Pigeon Exchange was smashed, goods were looted, and stalls were destroyed. For a moment, it seemed that Fandra had fallen into dead silence again.

But Jill magically quickly recovered the market.

After several back-and-forth clashes, the conflict between the two sides intensified to a climax.

Gradually, a large number of people gathered by the leader began to waver, and now these people are unconsciously standing in a wait-and-see position.

The pragmatism of the Fandras is once again evident: they can follow whoever they follow, as long as that person is the victor.

Finally, Jill received an invitation from the leader to talk about peace.

The leader of this invitation was originally sent directly to the mayor of the town, bypassing Jill, and the mayor said that it was inconvenient for the government to interfere in business dealings, so he should talk to Jill directly.

Faced with this invitation, Martin and Ivan felt that they should not come forward easily, otherwise it would be too easy to get into trouble. Anyway, after a while, the old system will collapse, and it will not be difficult to attract a group of people to come over at that time.

Jill was as determined as she was.

Finally, Jill said to himself, "The boys should be ready."

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