Chapter 887 (1/2)
The letter was full of little Joad's complaints about Weber's ”tyranny” -- half of the reason why Byrne could recover and maintain prosperity in three years was due to the support of eboden and the priests who ”fled with money” of Byrne church; The other half is relying on this almost bottomless loan.
Once the United Chamber of commerce can no longer maintain huge loans, it will be difficult for the United Chamber of Commerce to effectively control local businessmen and chambers of Commerce - it will no longer be possible for Loren to copy the order to mobilize the resources of the whole principality to launch an expedition or re conquer the Yunling Kingdom during the Centaur war.
Because if Loren doesn't want his army to quickly degenerate from a knight with strict discipline into a robber who does all kinds of evil, he must provide them with sufficient logistics and salaries, which all need a lot of money.
In addition, Weber's ”new reform” of Byrne church also made the United Chamber of Commerce lose a lot of money; Without these church priests who resell church assets and indulge in pleasure, the United Chamber of Commerce has lost a number of important ”regular customers”, a large number of luxury goods can not be sold, and it is difficult to make profits from exports.
Luxury goods are always ”less” to make money. Once the supply exceeds the demand, the profit will decline rapidly to the point of making ends meet.
The most direct consequence of these circumstances is the serious imbalance between the revenues and expenditures of the United Chamber of Commerce; Without loans and loans, there is a lack of an important source of usurped cash.
In the past three years, whether Loren has implemented the new military system, established the demon hunter corps, organized the wizard trade union and college, or the later project of floating city... All of them have obtained huge loans from the United Chamber of Commerce. Once the United Chamber of commerce can't borrow money, it has to consider raising taxes.
Little Joad, gnashing his teeth, used more than half a page to warn Lauren of the consequences of continuing to indulge - the collapse of the chamber of Commerce and the collapse of the principality's finance; When something happens, don't say he didn't remind himself.
In a word: no money, don't look for me. You can do it yourself!
Gently put down the letter in his hand. Loren didn't know what to say.
In addition to the situation of Bain church, the rest is about the latest progress of some projects - the trunk of the road network connecting Bain's thirteen collars has been completed, and the branch lines undertaken by the Earls of each collar have been completed;
The implementation of the new military system has achieved initial results. Charlotte Turin, in the name of ”restoring the old system of the 'black Duke', ordered Knights gathered from all over the world to station in the fortresses of red blood castle in turn.
The compulsory system was abolished and changed to the ”public pension” system. It is expected that the finance of the principality can bear a standing army of 2000 knights;
Charlotte's idea is to simply restore the ”Knights' order system” in the knight King era, but financially, she is a little tight because she has recently received a large number of grass-roots bureaucrats from the church;
The wizarding trade union has good accounts, can operate alone and bear half of the expenses of the wizarding college, and no longer needs the financial expenditure of the principality; The condition is that the apprentice must be obliged to serve the trade union, and the trade union itself must have a place in the round table parliament;
This may lead to the dissatisfaction of some earls, such as the count of gallihess, who is famous for his piety; But Weber should be able to convince him - the only advantage of the ”living saint” - that's what little Joad said.
The city states of Yunling kingdom in the South have gradually begun to negotiate with the principality to discuss the conditions of ”cooperation” (vassal); After practical use, the floating city ”horn fort” is in good operation and can be put into actual combat.
Isaac Grantham is looking forward to carrying out the ”phase II project” and building a number of simple ”floating airships” to deter dwarf city states; It is estimated that the investment is huge, and the principality is financially tight, so we can only find ways to turn from the chamber of Commerce;
The rest are introductory materials and accounts. In short, little Joad is desperately emphasizing the importance of his ”tax official” to the principality - at least for now, no one can replace him.
Although they are right, they are also the truth; But while saying not to find him, he tried to emphasize his importance
How proud is this guy?
”Well... The plan remains the same, but it needs to be changed a little.” the black haired wizard sighed heavily: ”we may have to return to the red blood castle as soon as possible. We can't delay a day!”
He seriously doubted that if he were not there, these people could really tear up the Principality of Byrne.
”Is the situation... Really that serious?” the little wizard hesitated to look at Loren.
”Well, why do you ask?”
”No... don't get me wrong. I don't doubt you, just...” Ai Yin looked at him in a daze and stopped talking: ”I just think you might have guessed this situation long ago, Loren.”
The black haired wizard's expression was stiff, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and some sighed with loss:
”Really... I can't hide anything from you.”
”Oh? Really?!” even if it had been expected, the little wizard who was admitted to have guessed was still surprised.
”Er... I can't say that completely.” Lauren smiled bitterly and scratched his head. ”Although I guessed that there would be a contradiction between Webber and little Joad, I didn't expect it to be so serious.”
”I see... But why did they both become like this?” the little wizard was puzzled: ”there should be no direct contradiction and conflict between the Byrne church and the United Chamber of Commerce?”
”It's not a direct conflict, but a deeper reason - lending business and debt are just little Joad's excuses.” Loren shook his head and looked at Ayn calmly. ”He would do it because he felt threatened.”
The little wizard who still didn't understand blinked and was very distressed.
Lauren smiled and didn't go on explaining.
In fact, the answer has been clearly written in the letter. The threat felt by little yode does not come from interests, but from status - he vaguely realized that the Byrne church, which is about to rise strongly in the near future, will become the new core of the principality in the future.
This powerful and semi independent organization will give full play to its resources and advantages and further unite the gradually rich and powerful principality under one banner; In the coming years or even decades, what Bain needs most is no longer wealth, but people's hearts.
This means that the status of the United Chamber of Commerce, which has become an important member of the principality, will decline significantly. After all, there is only one leader in a court and only one second leader.
With the rise of new people, there must be ”old people” who want to retreat to the second line; Of course, little Joad would not give up. It took him so long and resources to gain power in the Byrne court. Resistance and suppression are inevitable.
Except that the struggle between the two sides was too fierce, it was basically expected by Loren - to some extent, he supported little priest Weber and had the idea of suppressing little Joad.
He doesn't care whether his subordinates are ambitious or whether they have their own dreams. To a certain extent, this is actually better; After all, most people who don't even have ambitions and dreams don't have much ability.
As long as they can use it for themselves or cooperate with themselves, it's easy to say.
Regardless of ambition, regardless of morality, as long as ability... And then maintain a certain balance between these ministers with ”bad intentions” and ”great dreams”
Yes, just like his majesty Eckhart II of the vault of heaven.