Chapter 438: Delia’s Hintings (1/2)
GDK 438 – Delia’s Hintings
Everyone at the party happily chatted with each other, with Dorcas and Jack presenting the current situation of Brettel City in detail. Naturally, Dorcas and Jack would reveal certain issues which wasn’t public knowledge to Han Shuo, hence they told him the whole truth.
Gilbert must have had frequented Brettel City often in these last three years, as he seemed very familiar with the people here. He was talking cheerfully and wittily with Dick and the others, while putting a straightforward smile on his face, which seemed very calm.
From the words of Dorcas and Jack, Han Shuo became even more aware of the difficulties met by Brettel City. He realize that beneath the unbounded grandeur exterior, crisis secretly awaited Brettel City as well.
The Lancelot Empire had achieved stable internal politics. With Lawrence weiding the power, and after some purging, sounds of the rebels could no longer be heard in the Lancelot Empire. Therefore, it wasn’t domestic problems that the Lancelot Empire was confronted with, but it was threats from the few surrounding nations.
Brettel City, being the easternmost major city, also faced threats from foreign cities and empires similar to the Lancelot Empire. As Brettel City grew stronger and stronger in their ability to threaten the seven grand duchies, with exception of the two duchies of Helen Tina and Burt Zili, the other five duchies made more and more frequent contacts with each other. Their fighting against each other also quieten down.
Other than the seven grand duchies’ menace, the Brut Merchant Alliance, geographically separated from Brettel by the seven grand duchies, was also eying Brettel City covetously. On one hand it was because Han Shuo had killed Celt, the commander of Brut Merchant Alliance’s Redbud Knights. On the other hand, Brettel City’s existence severely threatened Brut Merchant Alliance’s interests.
Prior to Brettel City growing so prosperous, overwhelming majority of supplies which the seven grand duchies needed were bought from the Brut Merchant Alliance. Certain specialties of the seven grand duchies was exclusively traded to the Alliance. The huge profit margin which Brut Merchant Alliance obtained from the seven grand duchies made a lot of merchants become filthy rich.
However, thanks to Brettel City’s rapid development, those merchants from the seven grand duchies, who put profit before everything else, began to make frequent contacts with Brettel City. On top of that, most of the goods from Brettel City were far cheaper than those from Brut Merchant Alliance. More and more merchants from the seven grand duchies renounced their collaboration with the Brut Merchant Alliance, and began establishing cooperative connections with merchants within Brettel City.
Hence, Brut Merchant Alliance’s interests had surely suffered damage. Brut Merchant Alliance is a country jointly controlled by big merchant guilds, and it goes without saying that the merchants in that country treasure gold coins above all else. Thus, Brut Merchant Alliance viewed Brettel City as an enemy, and started to secretly back those five grand duchies, with the intention to assist them in eradicating the menace that is Brettel City.
Unlike the seven grand duchies, the Brut Merchant Alliance, administered by multiple big merchant guilds, is one of the wealthiest nations on the Profound Continent. Not only that they have a mightily strong army, they also hold plentiful war equipments. Their strength was not in the least inferior to that of the Lancelot Empire. With the backing from this country made of united merchant guilds, Brettel City would obviously be met with a lot of trouble.
“Brut Merchant Alliance, Brut Merchant Alliance, hehe. That filthy rich country. I have yet to have make any moves against them, but unexpectedly, they are getting ready to take care of me. Interesting, very interesting!” Han Shuo laughed coldly after listening to Dorcas and Jack’s presentation.
“Bryan, we need to be careful with this Brut Merchant Alliance. They are very much like the Lancelot Empire – a very powerful nation. With merely just our forces in the newly established Brettel City, we are absolutely no match against them,” Jack advised Han Shuo when he saw the exuberant ambition on his face.
“Alright. You big fatty. Just take good care of your administrative tasks. The lord’s ambitions are beyond what you could imagine,” Dorcas gently groaned after shooting a glance at Jack.
“I’m very clear about Brut Merchant Alliance’s real strength. Hehe, but Brut Merchant Alliance too are facing powerful enemies all around them, and so they won’t put all their attention on our side. Now, all we gotta do is figure out how to take care of the seven grand duchies. For the time being, no need to worry about Brut Merchant Alliance,” Han Shuo said with a faint smile.
“Lord Marquis, you’ve grown stronger and stronger!” While Han Shuo was conversing with Jack and Dorcas, Delia praised Han Shuo with a lovable smile while approaching him with a glass of dark red fine wine in her hand. She had an exotic gloss on her beautiful face. This beauty from the mountainous region had become a military officer who is brave and good at fighting.
Delia, who had a long and slender figure, wore a light-purple long skirt tailored to be skin-tight with a girdle. The mermaid-tail-like long skirt made her slender and perfectly straight legs give off a sense of beauty. The moving curves made the chiefs from the mountains linger a little longer in the hall, with their saliva threatening to burst forth out from their mouth.
With a faint smile, Han Shuo held up high the glass in his hand towards Delia, and courteously replied, “You are overpraising me.”
“Haha, Delia oh Delia. There are so many talented and handsome mountainous men pursuing you, but you had been aloof to them all this time. Could it be that you have been waiting for this guy all along?” Jack teasingly said to Delia as he chuckled. It seemed that Jack had grew close to them during the past three years.