The freezing rain in the west was as cold as ever, and the white raindrops hit the streets of the largest city in the Western Union, and the crystal clear water splashed the gravel floor spotlessly, and this was the second rain in the west since June

The wind howled and rolled up the fallen leaves, like a knife across the faces of pedestrians, making everyone tighten their collars, and hurriedly walked through the streets, with a hint of sadness on the red face blown by the wind.

There are few people on the street, and the wooden doors of all the shops are also listless, half-open and half-hidden, and there are almost no people in sight, but the goods are piled up a lot, but unfortunately in addition to the moldy leather goods or leather goods, the whole street seems to be exuding a pungent smell of bad dampness,

The pedestrians on the road have covered their noses and walked, in this case, not to mention doing business, even the merchants themselves have hidden, some businessmen choose to temporarily close their businesses, and a few people are still holding a kind of luck expectation, but every time they look at the few pedestrians on the road, they feel this kind of helpless despair

Damn war! The most that the businessmen said in their mouths and hearts was this: Why did the war go like this? The businessmen did not understand.

Was there anything wrong with Samol's proposal of tariff exemption with the Western Union? Or were wise adults short-sighted enough to do so?

What was supposed to be an excellent development opportunity turned into a dead end, and this sudden war cost the lives of the merchants.

"How long has this been the case?" Maumoravent, who had just returned to Saran City from the Womet Fortress, put down the carriage curtain in his hand with a heavy face, and the scene in front of him made the main fighter of the Mauma family feel embarrassed and desolate,

Is this still the center of the Western Union, Saran City?

The foul smell wafting through the air, the sparse pedestrians on the road, made the scene look like a dying behemoth, and the stench of decay and decay was enveloping the western pearl of 80,000 people

Although Mao Moravent was reluctant to admit it, he knew very well in his heart that he might have really done something wrong this time.

He was too focused on establishing the prestige of his future ruler, and declared war on Samore without authorization at the instigation of the radical southerners, which blocked the trade routes from the entire western region to the hinterland of the kingdom, and the mountains of fur goods became completely "domestic sales", and many urgently needed production and living materials could not be brought in.

This is a real disaster

Fur goods are the most taboo humid weather, and the recent continuous rainy season, is simply the natural enemy of fur goods, merchants gritted their teeth for this damn weather, but helpless, can only guard their goods in a daze with a sad face

June is the best time for fur goods to sell in previous years, and the hot weather in the south is just the right time for fur goods to get an optimal drying period.

Most merchants buy furs at this time. () Then dry the fur products and store them in drying wells full of vents, and then you only have to wait until the cold winter arrives in October, and these cheap and precious furs can make a good profit, and among fur merchants, it is not uncommon to get rich overnight.

But now, these precious skins, which are comparable to gold, are moldy and insected here! The consumption power of the west is limited, and these skins, which were supposed to be shipped to the interior of the kingdom for sale in exchange for gold coins, can now only be piled up in warehouses and turned into a pile of foul-smelling stench.

The depreciation of leather goods directly led to a decrease in the income of mercenaries, and the decrease in the income of mercenaries led to more unsalable leather goods, and this vicious circle was like a nightmare that was difficult to crack, and the economy of the western region was directly regressed by ten years in a month.

At the beginning of June, Samar, who occupied the south, launched a land division order and a business order, and the land south of the original central wilderness was divided into ten areas, and a large amount of empty land in the west became the area with the most development potential.

In order to fill the shortage of population in the west, Samar migrated from the south of the kingdom, and all families who were willing to go to the west were compensated by Samar at Samar's expense, and were given a piece of land with a length of one thousand meters and a width of one thousand meters for free.

As a result, the two newly formed Western Flag Regiments, which were originally worried about not being able to recruit soldiers, quickly completed the replenishment of soldiers. Bitter cold and freezing rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of the migrants. ,

Six medium-sized cities were established in the southern part of the wilderness, and thousands of new villages sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, bringing life to a land that had just woken up from freezing rain. In many months, the sparsely populated wilderness was crowded with 130,000 people.

It was an earthquake of unprecedented scale, from the woks in the south of the kingdom to the east of Dehryyao, where the settlers dragged their wagons along the rivers, and the Samour garrisons along the way formed a temporary convoy to carry these hopeful pioneers to the west.

In order to encourage merchants to go to the west and rapidly expand the power of the Western Business Alliance, Samore declared the west an authorized free zone while promoting the land order.

Whether it is the caravan of the commercial alliance or the caravan of other chambers of commerce, as long as it is in the western Samore territory, all goods are exempt from tax, and for transactions exceeding tens of thousands of gold coins, the commercial alliance also gives five percent compensation.

Although the Samorian army was still entangled with the Northern Stians in Oralgon, the merchants believed that the Samar army was invincible! Although the horse's hooves of war had not yet dispersed, the cold light of the war could make them lose their heads at any time.

However, merchants still began to apply for a trading post on the newly occupied western wall. These are all sharp-eyed big businessmen, most of them are veterans of business warfare, they are powerful, and they have a much better understanding of the west than those small businessmen.

The southern and central parts of the kingdom, under the network of business alliances, have developed to a certain stage, and if they want to develop further, they will touch the bottom line of business alliances

Only the west is still blank, there is no fixed sphere of influence here, there is no too strong chamber of commerce power, countless businessmen of all sizes have all kinds of dreams, like streams rushing to the ocean to the west, business opportunities are unlimited!

In the eyes of these big businessmen, the west is simply a golden river waiting to make money, and Stian's western territory has been opened up, and one leads to the northern Kugit steppe

As long as they have 200 percent of the profits, they will dare to risk cutting off their heads! The 18 major chambers of commerce under the commercial alliance are already actively expanding their northern trade routes, and the passage of the northern trade routes is just around the corner, and whoever can get the first pot of gold will become the upstarts in the business alliance and the masters of this new gold line!

The cold wind outside seemed to have frozen the whole city, and the cold raindrops beat on the roof of the carriage, and the confused rain in front of him made Mau Moravant's heart heavier and heavier

It suddenly became clear that war was not just a battle to the death, and that in many cases, the outcome of the war was predestined before it was initiated

The state of war in front of the whole westerners affected the hearts of the entire westerners, and the Samar army stopped the offensive in front of the strong defense of the Western Alliance, and in order to celebrate this great victory, the lords of the west were in high spirits at the Womit banquet held in the first place, and scolded the Samors for being cowards, and scolding the Duke of Falcon for being just a little kid with a hairy mouth!

But in fact, there is a sense of relief in everyone's hearts,

The prestige of Duke Dustan of Falcon is known throughout Vecchia, and the bones of countless lords and soldiers have made the Samore army a brilliant record, what is the level of the Western Alliance? The lords know very well in their hearts that the elite equipped Kyoto private army has been beaten to the point of fleeing in the fortified thirteen forts, and the miscellaneous cards of these semi-mercenaries are not enough for the Samore army.

In fact, they are watching every day, and whenever the western lords think of the wilderness not far away, the eyes of the king ** god may be staring at themselves and they can't help but feel a chill in their hearts

Of course, except for the lords in the south who have lost their territories, these people who were originally staunch supporters of foreign expansion, but now they have become the most pitiful people, these emotional, "landless" are the source of instability among the western lords,

For the Saran City meeting, the Maumo family and Samor turned their faces to war, which used to make them ecstatic, if it was before, this would definitely be a thing that records the history of the family, this is a. The turning point, but the bitter fruits of the war quickly made them dumbfounded.

The attack of the Samorian army was too strong, and they thought they were a strong lord army. It was simply vulnerable in front of the Samorian army, and the low castle was like a toy piled with sand in front of the Samorian army, which was good at siege,

The rain of arrows that obscured the sun was still the most terrible nightmare in their hearts. ,

The tactics of the lords are too old, and they are still using the previous methods to deal with the king, and they want to use the small castles connected one by one to kill the attack momentum of the Samor army, who knows that the Samorish army can't get these small lumps at all, and the castle and the lord will be sent away with two fuel bombs

These lords who have lost their land are now the laughing stock of the banquet, and their pitiful demeanor makes people howl, they are like a group of losers who have been driven out of the family, and they only dare to gather in the corner of the banquet like dark rats,

At the banquet it was offered to drive the Samors out. But no one paid attention to them, and all the lords knew that the Western Coalition army that left the fortress of Wumit was nothing, except that it was torn to pieces by the vicious Samar army, there would be no second possibility,

The strong Stien family in the north is a proof of this, the powerful army was cut into several pieces by the Samor army, and the just-concluded fortress of Latour was succumbed to the mountain, which made the Stien family lose the brave general Atlas, who is known as the northern longbow,

In this battle, the Samor army fought so that the Stians lost their armor, and the lords of the west were also frightened, and the will of the west was shaking.

Mao Molavent's military talent is very average, but he perfectly inherited his father's superhuman grasp ability.

Mao Mo Dain knew that it was the strength and high prestige of the family that made these lords dare not speak out, but the dissatisfaction with nowhere to vent would be like a gathering volcano, which could burn the absolute authority of the Mao Mo family to ashes at any time, according to the latent eyeline, these lords who lost their territory were secretly colluding, and the shame of losing their land made these crazy people no longer pay attention to the consequences and methods

Three days ago, a lord in the western snowy mountains region was assassinated, which made all the lords feel that everyone was in danger, and the original unity was being lost, and feelings of disappointment, pessimism and distrust were spreading

This was just the beginning, and Mau Moravant had tried to persuade his former supporters, but in exchange for a cold face of grief and agitation

"What we lost! You will never realize it!" "The Hutak patriarch, who had worked closely with him, now had a hideous and terrifying face, his blood-red eyes no longer looked like a human, and he pushed Mao Moravant out of the door of the conference room with strong hands

The foundation of the Mamo family is being eroded! Looking at the door that was slamming shut in front of him, Maumorevent's face turned pale, and his last efforts were shattered!

The presumptuous war and inaction in the back had brought the prestige of the Maumo family to a freezing point in history, and he now needed an ally who could be trusted and able to make a final decision at a critical moment, and Maumoravent first thought of the upcoming tribal meeting on the outskirts of Saran City. tribe

"Squeak!" the wheels of the carriage stopped in Maummodain's contemplation, "My lord, the tribal chamber is ahead!" the attendant reminded in a low voice, the council of the Snow Mountain Tribe was set up in the Wieraj Snow Mountain at the eastern end of Saran City,

This perennial snow-capped, towering snow-capped mountain, in the hearts of the snow-capped mountain tribes have a god-like status, the snow-capped mountain tribes who pursued the Kugit people to the west, it was in front of this majestic snow-capped mountain that stopped on tiptoe, to escape the Kujit ambush.

"En" Mao Modain nodded, and along the rolling shutter of the carriage, he saw several snow-capped mountain axe warriors wearing heavy armor and two meters tall pushing the door of a high hall with a white rock mass in unison, and a bright and dazzling light shot out from the gap in the gate,

In the hazy light, a graceful snow-capped mountain girl walked out slowly. A strand of long black hair hung down from the pure white snow fox fur hat, and under the eyebrows of the two pretty silkworm moths, a pair of beautiful eyes as pure as water made people stunned, as if the spirituality of the entire snow-capped mountain was gathered on her.

"Second brother". The girl saw Mao Moravent who got out of the carriage, her pretty eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, the war between the west and Samor, she also heard about it, although this had little impact on the tribe with their backs to Xuerang, but thinking of the peaceful situation in the west for decades, it was cut off because of a few reckless words, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful!