In the office of the city lord of Santa Fe, the city lord Haigl is still working. Some things have happened recently that have made him a little anxious. First the Hammer Legion was wiped out by a monster, and then the economic corrosion. The iron products in the city are almost unsold, and the sales of some spider silk textiles in the city are also in trouble.

Everything had to do with the monster, which had a near monopoly on Elan's weapons industry. The high-quality weapons and armor produced make Santa Fe's weapons completely uncompetitive in comparison. The originally rare spider silk cloth bought from Lobito is now flowing out in large quantities from a place called Thunder Cliff, and the price is so cheap that almost everyone can afford to buy it.

Haigl looked at another blacksmith's complaining letter, and began to reply to the blacksmith who was about to go bankrupt with a sad face. There was very little he could say about it, but to persuade him that the council was trying to find a way to hold out for a while. As long as you persevere through this difficult time, everything will be fine.

Wrote a lot of useless words, and Haigl himself was ashamed. But as the most sensible person, he knew that the council in the city had no idea at all, and could only quarrel blindly or make some completely unreliable suggestions. If you still have an army in your hands, you may be able to make a difference through war. But now there is no way to do it, and the hammer has been destroyed after all.

"Even the last resort has been lost by us. "It hurts to think of the fallen Hammer Haigl, whose younger brother is one of the Hammer's captains.

"Excuse me, is this the City Lord's Hall?" asked as the door to the office opened, and a girl peeked in. To the surprise of Hegel, it was already close to the wee hours of the morning, and how did the girl get into the closed castle?

"May I ask who you are, young lady, it's late at night, how did you get in?" Hagel moved his chair back so that his big belly would not be blocked by the table when he stood up.

"Are you the lord of the city?" the girl did not answer Hagel's words, but asked, "My lord has something to talk to the lord of the castle about, so can you tell me that you are the lord of the city?"

"I am. Puzzled, Haigl asked, "Who is your master?" Hearing Haigel's words, the girl's head retracted from the door, and in a moment a tall figure pushed the door and walked in. The large cloak enveloped him entirely, but judging by the few limbs he had leaked out, the creature in front of him was not human.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Heiger. The man took off the hat of the cloak, revealing a bull's head with two horns and said, "I am the master of Thunder Cliff, Mo Yan." On the other hand, if you want to call the guards, forget it, I've already made them all faint, albeit roughly. ”

"Are you here to kill me? Haigel, who had just stood up excitedly, sat back when he heard Mo Yan's words, and said in a deep voice as he looked at the monster in front of him coldly.

"Kill you?" the minotaur shook his head and said, "I'm not the kind of guy who loves to kill, and killing you won't do me any good, and there will even be a lot of negative effects." ”

"Then what are you here for?" Hearing Mo Yan's words, although Haigel's hand holding the weapon under the table relaxed a little, it was still not completely defenseless against Mo Yan. No matter what the monster in front of him came to do, it couldn't change the essence of being a monster.

"I'm here to talk to you. Mo Yan pulled over a small table in a room, looked inquiring, and after getting the confirmation, Haigl sat down and said, "You rejected my trade proposal, I want to come and talk to you in person to see if there is any room for maneuver." ”

"After you've killed a thousand hammer warriors?" said Haigel with a sneer, "Aside from my personal wishes, do you think the council will agree after I agree? And my brother is also in the hammer, so you think I'll agree?"

"I'm not denying what I've done. Mo Yan smiled and said, "But the destruction of the hammer is entirely your responsibility, if it weren't for you to crusade against me for the benefit of the city-state, such a thing could have been completely avoided." ”

"This is the result of parliamentary discussions. Haigl also showed some regret and said: "We passed that decision by a majority vote, although I think it was a wrong decision, but there is no way to change the parliament. It has happened, and there is no way to undo it. ”

When Cabinda began selling weapons and armor, he was asked to take precautions by the councillor who was a blacksmith in the city. After investigating the source of Cabinda's iron ore, a meeting was held in the city to vote on whether or not to defeat the monsters. Everyone knew that if they did so, they would offend Cabinda and thwart Santa Fe's future proposals in the city of Parliament.

But the councillors didn't expect Hammer to be defeated by a monster, and no survivor even escaped back. Santa Fe, who was originally just planning to lose one vote, fell a big heel in Mo Yan's place. After the inhabitants of the city received the news of the destruction of the hammer, the parliament was even besieged for four or five days, and the people shouted for the council to give an explanation to the people.

Why was the Hammer Legion sent so far away, and why was it all wiped out in just a few days? Whether it was the disadvantage of the command or the mistake of the parliamentary resolution. In order to cover up the failure of his resolution, the parliament of Santa Fe decided to propose the Karasu (all-Elamite resolution) to the city of Parliament.

It shows that the monster is a catastrophe that is rare in a thousand years, and it needs the power of all Elam to destroy it. The Council of Santa Fe even used a summoning order, which can only be used once a year, to allow the representatives of all Elamite to gather in the city of Parliament for a short time to discuss the handling of the matter. As expected, Cabinda held a grudge against him, and his proposal to thwart parliament ended in failure.

After finally appeasing the people who lost their loved ones, they then faced economic corruption from Thunder Cliff. Santa Fe City, which had just paid a large amount of pensions, was unable to face such an economic attack, and because of the people's reasons, it could not trade with Thunder Cliff, and it was already difficult for Santa Fe to be completely trapped in a passive situation. The merchants had also made several proposals in Parliament, but they were all rejected.

"Actually, there are still solutions. Mo Yan thought for a while and said: "This only needs the guidance of public opinion, most of the people don't know much about what happened, and they are just hearsay." Now that there is a monster that can destroy the hammer, it is good to hand over the corpse of a monster. ”

"Want to deceive the people?" said Haigl after listening to Mo Yan's words: "This will not work! Sooner or later, the lie will be exposed, and it will only attract greater anger from the people." Covering it up will make things worse, and I will not allow such a scandal to occur during my tenure!"

"You don't have to hide it for long. Mo Yan continued to say temptingly: "When the people taste the sweetness, they will automatically ignore this fact." And I'll help spread the word so that the whole of Elam knows that the monster has been killed by Santa Fe. It's been so long, some of the details must have been forgotten by the people, right?"

Hearing Mo Yan's words, Haigl fell into a tangle. As a city lord, he hopes to solve his financial difficulties, but as an older brother, he hates the monsters in front of him. If it weren't for his long-term self-consciousness as a politician, which made him barely calm down and listen to Mo Yan's words, then he would have taken out the weapon in his hand by now and fought to the death with the monster in front of him.

"But we get too little benefit. Haigl thought for a moment and said, "You have almost completely monopolized the market for weapons, and we can't sell spider cloth at all. We get too little profit just by selling your agricultural products. The blacksmiths in our city will not agree, even if we have no grudges. ”

"Blacksmith, I can hire them to do the work for me. Mo Yan heard Haigel's words and said: "I will pay more than they usually get, of course, the method I teach is also used, and I have to sign a confidentiality agreement." And you're not without the slightest advantage, Santa Fe has a mineral that I need, and I think you know the kind of ore that attracts iron. ”

"Magnets?" said Hagel, "that kind of thing is of no use at all, and it can damage our pickaxes." Although some merchants made the ore into knick-knacks, the sales were very small. ”

"I'll pay a reasonable price for it. Mo Yan looked at Haiger, who was gradually negotiating, and said, "You don't need to worry about the price, I can also solve the matter of blacksmiths and weavers." You see, now that the obstacles are gone, we can win and benefit each other. ”

"Yes. Haigl nodded and stood up, began to unbutton his collar, and said, "Now that the official business has been settled, let's take care of the personal matter." As he spoke, Hagel took out his hand holding the dagger under the table, his angry eyes turning scarlet, now that he had finished talking about official business. Then you have to calculate the hatred of your brother's killing!

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