Chapter 279: Catalena is going to blow up
After securing Bright Moon City, Lynn did not return to Catalena and continued to wait and see the situation of the war.
The civil war in Laiyin was very anxious, but it is still in the initial stage of the war, and basically only the soldiers are fighting bayonets, and the real combat power has not yet appeared.
This is a magical world, with magicians and all sorts of other extraordinary abilities, and when war comes, their combat effectiveness is far superior to that of ordinary soldiers, who are the key to the final decision, and the soldiers can only act as a tool to maintain order at best.
The reason why there has not yet been a large-scale high-level transcendent conflict is that both sides can't figure out how many hole cards the other party has, and whether they can quickly destroy the opponent's instant combat power if they are caught, everyone's losses are unbearable.
It is too difficult to cultivate a second-order transcendent, and it takes a lot of time and money, money is fine for a kingdom, but time cannot be replenished.
What's more, it depends on the person's talent.
Therefore, the war has been fought for two months, and although the number of casualties on both sides continues to increase, greater results have not yet appeared.
So far, the Laiyin royal legion has lost more than 50,000 people, including soldiers and civilians, while the rebel side has lost even fewer soldiers, about 30,000 - but compared to the royal family, the rebel side has lost more soldiers and a smaller proportion of civilians.
After all, not everyone wants to treat people as human beings.
Judging from the current situation, although the front is still very anxious, it seems that the victory of the royal family is a matter of time, but sooner or later, how early should it be?
Half a year, a year, or more?
For the royal family, they must hope to shorten the time of the war, because the more they fight, the more they will hurt the civilians, and the civilians are the basis of their rule, and who will they rule after they are consumed?
The longer they fight, the shorter their lifespan will be, even ........
There is an accident.
In the third month of the war, Catalena suddenly fell into chaos.
The reason for the chaos, to be honest, no one could have imagined.
Because it's actually because of Christine.
And this, in turn, has to be "credited" to Lynn.
It wasn't that long ago that Christine suddenly became rich, which was an anomaly, but they didn't get to the bottom of it to find out what it was that made them never have to be a poor nobleman again.
Knowing now, they know that their money is all from loans.
First, a large amount of start-up capital is used to buy assets, and then the assets are put in the hands of merchants to be pledged for money, and then a new cycle begins.
The advantage of this approach is that they do get a lot of cash flow, but the disadvantage is that sooner or later it will lead to the depletion of cash flow and the fact that it can no longer be recycled, which affects the whole process.
If nothing else, the explosion would have been measured in years, but when war broke out, the livelihood of all the people in the kingdom could not be spared. ….
And the businessman who borrowed their money was also one of them.
The merchants, desperate that they would have a lot of cash to make war money at the moment, asked Christine to repay the money, but these things were hidden from Lynn, and Christine did not know.
After a check, I found that where I am a rich aristocrat now, I am completely a "negative aristocracy".
Under Lynn's forcible kidnapping, all Christines who joined the "Christine Charity Society" were forced to take on the debts he had caused, while he himself stayed out of the matter because of Christine's "xenophobia".
Christine was furious and threatened to clear the scum and give an account to the merchants.
But the merchants disagreed.
The note is clearly written, it is you Christine who borrowed the money, you have to give an explanation, and you have to pay back the money!
But at this time
How can Christine have money, all the cash from the loan is invested in the shops, and a large part of these shops are not in operation and cannot generate money, it is a house, how much can the house sell for in times of war?
Christine thinks we can't afford to pay back the money, so why don't you take the house.
The businessmen then pointed to one of the terms of the contract.
[In case of default, 15% of the original loan will be paid (Kingdom notary seal)]
This regulation is also one of the reasons why Lynn was able to get a larger loan amount than ordinary people in the first place.
Christine looked at the ordinance and was dumbfounded.
They wanted to delay the time before the contract expired, but he had already exposed the fact that he could not pay the money, how could the businessmen still agree.
All the merchants who were borrowed money banded together and demanded that Christine pay back the money - in fact, everyone knew that Christine could not pay back, but it was a little bit to reduce the loss a little, depending on who was faster.
This matter is getting bigger and bigger, and even the royal family knows about it, and even gets implicated in it.
The reason for being implicated is simple.
When these merchants saw the outbreak of war, they were anxious to make money out of it, and invested a large sum of money in the necessities of war and other things that would make them rich, and it was at a time when they were short of money, otherwise it would not have been possible to ask for money at this time.
If they can't afford it, then a large number of these merchants will go bankrupt over the course of the war.
It doesn't matter if it's just a merchant who goes bankrupt, these unprofitable people have always been hated by the royal family and nobles.
However, the number of these businessmen is really a bit too much.
If they go bankrupt, a large number of civilians will lose their jobs and become refugees.
What do refugees do in times of war?
The royal family couldn't even think of it, not to mention that this group of people was also spread throughout the kingdom because of the mobility of merchants.
In order to prevent the order from collapsing, the royal family had to ask Christine how much money she had borrowed, to see if she could pay them back a little for the time being, and when the matter was settled, if you couldn't raise the money, you would directly remove your title.
However, after hearing the astronomical number that rolled up, the royal family was dumbfounded.
That's almost equal to the total income of the entire kingdom for several years!
Now should I complain about how much money these businessmen can make, or scold Christine for being a group? ….
No one knows, but this money must not be able to help pay it back, otherwise this battle will not be fought, and the people on the front line will drink the northwest wind.
At this point, things suddenly fell into trouble.
Soon, though, Christine found a solution.
Drag it out.
As the war progressed, many merchants had gone bankrupt, so since you were all bankrupt, our debt treaty was nullified, right?
Christine's shameless logic shocked everyone, but they didn't care anymore, anyway, we didn't have the face to keep the title, and the future history would be written by us the winners.
It's just that they don't seem to think about it, can they really be the winners?
After a series of bankruptcies, Catalena was the first to be affected.
Catalena has some high benefits, such as the fact that every Catalina who does not have a job can receive a monthly Weibo benefit.
These benefits are nothing in normal times, because there are still a few people who have no dreams and just want to lie down and rot, but when the number of people receiving money increases, and it is in times of war, then Catalina's life is a little difficult.
At first, the royal family could still grit their teeth, but at this time, something happened again.
This time, it's because of Christine's mess.
As mentioned before, it was only the store that was needed to buy the store, and the people in it were all dismissed, and now, these people, too, have mixed in with the people who ordered the benefits, and cheated the royal family out of money on the grounds that they were unemployed and had to support their families.
Although they get a lot of money when they sell their shops, it's human nature that mosquitoes are smaller
It's also meat, it's cheap, it's not a bastard!
In an instant, the pressure on the royal family doubled.
They found that the battle was obviously okay, and they could even start reworking, so why was the rear about to explode?
At this time, the royal family is all itching with their hateful teeth.
So what is Christine doing now?
They're looking for Lynn.
Everything and all the good things were destroyed by Lynn, the messenger of the Lord.
If it weren't for him, he and the others would still be immersed in a dream and fantasize about the future, but now, they have all become lost dogs, although they have a once glorious title, but no one dares to say their surnames completely in public.
Christine, really, can't wait to find Lynn with a thousand cuts.
Unfortunately, they couldn't find Lynn.
As early as the initial thunderstorm, Lynn had already disappeared from Bright Moon City, even with Corina and Charlotte.
Even if Christine searched for it, they couldn't find anyone to come out.
So they set their sights on the Blazer house again.
But when they came to the Brilliant Avenue, they found that it was already empty.
Upon investigation, it became known that the Blazer family had already been taken away.
And who was the one who took them?
It's Miss Erin Karan.
At this time, Christine suddenly remembered that Lynn, the little cub, and the Karan family still have a marriage contract!
Christine was angry, but there was nothing she could do.
Karan is different from Christine, the years they have been rooted in the land of Laiyin are longer than the history of Christine's genealogy, and the consolidation of their territory is even deeper, in their territory, Karan is the real king, compared to the chaotic Bright Moon City, it is simply a world of difference. ….
It's as if all parts of the kingdom are in tatters because of the war right now, but what about the territory of the Kahlan family?
There was a lot of singing and dancing, and even prices didn't rise much.
What is the difference?
That's the difference!
As the war dragged on, the situation in Catalena became more and more chaotic, and there was always news that the royal family was going to take action against Christine and subsidize the merchants to stabilize the situation.
At last the Duke could not sit still, for he did not think it was a joke.
Now the front line is advancing frantically because of the relationship between the rear, and the rear can't explode because of the advance of the front line, so they have to find a way to improve stability.
Taking the complaining Christine is obviously a good way to relieve the pressure on the people.
So the duke gritted his teeth, and we also turned back!
Unfortunately, the last party seemed to have good momentum, but that was built while Christine's prestige was still there, and now Christine is a stinky dog that anyone can step on, who cares about you........
- Well, there are still a few fools who ignore him.
After all, Christine is also a somewhat old aristocratic family, and she has cultivated a few die-hard forces, plus the duke's kung fu of painting pies, and has somewhat fooled a few people to join her.
It's just that the forces he has pulled up, whether compared to the rebels or the royal family, are not half a star, and even the hometown where the flag is raised is placed in the territory of the nobles under him.
It's a bit of a shame.
But no matter what, he can still be regarded as stirring up a handful of muddy waters for this chaotic world, making the already dangerous royal family more distressed.
[The problem of slow update of new chapters is in the can.]
Affair.
The royal army's army is now somewhat inseparable.
If they were going to deal with Christine, they had to find some help.
So, who to turn to?
People outside this country will definitely not be able to do it, because if they are not careful, they will be taken over by the birds, and there are few countries around that can participate in this chaos except for the blue land.
But if you don't look for people from outside the kingdom, do you look for people from the kingdom?
Who hasn't been burned in this war now.......
- Really!
As a traditional aristocrat with a long history, Kahlan has a wealth of experience in facing civil wars.
They seemed to be helping the royal family on the one hand, and even sent some soldiers to the front line, but everyone knew that this was only the tip of the iceberg that Kahlan had.
They have more hole cards that they haven't revealed.
Not to mention anything else, let's take the only three in the kingdom who has a title and a third-order transcendent old duke with the surname Karan.
He didn't breathe, and Karan's biggest trump card was still there.
After much deliberation, the royal envoy finally set out from Catalena and headed for the Kahlan family's territory.
But they don't have much hope that they will succeed.
Harmony with the mud is a necessary ability for every nobleman, but it is not a simple matter to reconcile the mud, and Kahlan is one of the few families that can do it.
They have enough examples to prove that they have the ability to extricate themselves from the quagmire of chaos and even seek greater benefits.
If you want them to help, you need the royal family to give up more.
But Kalan is now at the peak of his title and everything else, and the royal family doesn't seem to have anything to ask them for help.
Could it be that they want to fool each other with a somewhat retarded excuse such as "we all believe in the same goddess, so we have to stand aside"?
You are not a three-year-old child, how can you agree.......
"Report, Kahlan told us."
"They, yes."
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