Chapter 712

The sound of ping-pong was endless, and pedestrians carefully bypassed the "no entry" dangerous area marked with white ash, and they did not dare to approach it even after making a big circle.

This is the southernmost tip of the Northwest Republic, where the Rye Fortress is located. In the past, if you wanted to go to the Northwest Republic from the Gold Coin Federation, you had to pass through this fortress built in the valley. Now the fortress is still there, but the mountain next to it has inexplicably tilted, and a road has appeared, allowing people to bypass the fortress and go to Rye City to the north of the fortress.

As for the fortress, it has been completely surrounded by the circle drawn by white ash. There are many signs inserted in the circle, with words such as "danger" and "don't approach" in various languages.

Not only that, if an illiterate person wants to approach, then every step he takes towards this circle will make him feel a little panic in his heart, and the closer he gets, the more panic he will feel, and he can only turn around and leave to get better.

If it weren't for this method, the white ash and warning signs alone would really not be able to stop those rude or curious people.

This is of course Sui Xiong's work. Now he is tossing around in the fortress, planning to build this originally ordinary fortress into a tourist attraction with the theme of "fortress", so naturally he cannot let others disturb it.

As for whether it can still serve as a fortress after becoming a tourist attraction... A knife is decorated beautifully, can it not kill people?

Of course, Sui Xiong does not think that this fortress may still be used. Although the population of the Northwest Republic is not large enough now, there are many strong people. If they really conflict with the Gold Coin Federation, they don't take the initiative to fight, and the Gold Coin Federation should be thankful. How can they fight back?

If there is really an attack on this valley, and the day comes when they need to rely on the fortress for defense, I don't know how the situation will deteriorate!

However, as the saying goes, "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop", Sui Xiong wants to make his super-sized model toys safely, but something has happened on the Gold Coin Federation side.

The Great Migration has ended. Today, the Gold Coin Federation is still a complete country on the surface, but in fact it has been divided into two parts, north and south. The south was controlled by the forces centered on the great nobles, with a large population and agricultural production as the main industry; the north was controlled by the forces centered on the great merchants, with a small population but a large amount of capital thanks to the developed commerce.

This plan of "merchants to the north and nobles to the south" seemed to be quite successful, but problems soon arose.

The nobles in the south began to impose heavy taxes on the merchants in their territories.

It was logical that the nobles had consolidated their rule, and then they should naturally weaken the power of the merchants. It's just that they used too rough means and did things too roughly, which was like fishing in a dry pond.

Merchants seek profits, and as long as there is enough profit, it is not a problem to cooperate with the nobles. But the nobles did this, and the profits of the merchants in their territories suddenly dropped sharply. Many small merchants went bankrupt directly, and even the big chambers of commerce were seriously affected and damaged.

The merchants, of course, did not agree and immediately started arguing. But this time the nobles did not buy it at all. They said that they no longer needed to deal with the humble and black-hearted merchants, and they levied more harshly.

In some places, noble lords even led their troops to raid the chambers of commerce, trying to uproot them.

As a result, the conflict was completely intensified.

The big merchants were very angry and began to recruit mercenaries, showing the intention of using force to protect their own interests. But the nobles did not give in and began to recruit troops, as if preparing for a big fight.

Under such circumstances, the border atmosphere between the south and the north became increasingly tense, and the soldiers on both sides were ready to fight at any time.

Fortunately, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth took action. Seeing that the situation had reached a point where it was almost impossible to handle, they no longer cared about the means and directly used the toughest method. The legendary strongmen and the gods came forward to forcibly capture the leaders of the noble faction and the merchant faction, set up a parliament hall on the border, and ordered them to negotiate properly.

"I don't care what conflicts or hatreds you have, but I have only one thing to say: no fighting!" The goddess of wealth personally descended and said sternly, "Whoever dares to start, I will press him under this parliament hall and he will never be free!"

Over the years, the goddess of wealth has always tended to use gentle means, and her church has always mediated and mediated between the merchant faction and the noble faction, and has never been so tough. At this moment, once she was furious, she immediately suppressed both factions. Even if they had thousands of small calculations in their hearts, they couldn't make them, so they had to negotiate honestly.

As the two sides talked, they felt that they were short of manpower, so they each called for talents from the rear. All kinds of powerful nobles and medium-sized chambers of commerce rushed to this temporary parliament hall to participate in the grand council convened by the goddess of wealth.

Seeing that the grand council was finally held, the goddess of wealth finally felt relieved, and her face, which had never smiled, finally relaxed a little.

But... the price he paid was also very high.

Coercive means are contrary to His teachings. In other words, if He forces the merchants and nobles to negotiate, He is hurting Himself. Regardless of whether this negotiation is successful or not, His divinity has been seriously damaged.

This is thanks to the fact that in recent years, with the help of Sui Xiong, his godhood has been greatly improved, and his divinity has grown significantly, giving him some autonomy. He was mentally prepared before, so he could make such a decision. Otherwise, if it were decades ago, even if he thought of this method, he would not be able to implement it, and could only watch the situation deteriorate and eventually get out of control.

Therefore, when the nobles and merchants finally started to negotiate honestly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and went to thank Sui Xiong.

"This time, I really thank you for your help over the years!" He said sincerely, "If it weren't for the increased divinity over the years as a buffer, I would definitely not be able to use this method this time!"

"This is also because you seized the opportunity before and accumulated it." Sui Xiong did not take credit for it, and said with a smile, "After all, people still have to help themselves. If you don't accumulate well before, no one can help you this time."

"Well..." The goddess of wealth nodded, but her expression became worried again, "I don't know if they can negotiate a result this time... This time the parliament only has merchants and nobles, without clergy and civilian representatives. I always feel that it is not appropriate."

"Then why don't you force them to join these two parties?" Sui Xiong asked.

"Forcing them to negotiate is already my limit. If I force them more, I can't do it." The goddess of wealth sighed and shook her head repeatedly.

Sui Xiong smiled: "Don't worry, just leave it to me."

"It's nothing more than locking them up and threatening them. I used this method not long ago and I am very skilled!"

As usual, the red is added.