rise of empire total war

Chapter 262 The Encirclement Network——The Flames of War Rekindled

In a blink of an eye, it’s December.

It has been several months since the religious violence in the Mengba area. During these months, the Arrest Silver Mine and Sukenya Silver Mine worked overtime day and night, mining a large amount of high-quality silver ore. Shipped to the smelter and the Royal Mint, and the silver marks of high quality were minted out.

These large quantities of minted new silver coins are stored in the treasury of the Hippolito Palace, guarded by three companies of foot imperial knights, not to mention the impossibility of thieves, not even a mouse can enter.

This is indeed the case. Under the guardianship of the elite walking imperial knights, this large number of silver marks were successfully issued on December 25th, the day of Jesus' birthday.

The total number of the first batch of silver marks was about [-]. After the release, they were frantically exchanged by the nobles and merchants in Nord City. A large number of silver tyra and coos coins were recovered, and the newer and more important silver marks flowed into them. fanny pack.These silver marks will be spread to the outside through various channels and will be widely used, and Richard's profile will eventually spread all over the country along with the silver marks.

And the exchange rate of Silver Mark, Silver Tyra, and Coos Coin was finally decided. After the discussion of the chief financial officers of the two countries, it was finally decided to exchange at a ratio of one to one. It is also a helpless decision to make this kind of decision. The common people Intra and Coos coins are used for transactions all year round. Once the silver coins with higher value than the two are used for transactions (the high value refers to the exchange ratio), it will inevitably cause price rises and affect the current economy.

This also drove Richard to promote a new currency. He thought of the silver and gold used in ancient China, and wanted to follow suit, but the current financial situation is not sufficient so he had to give up this idea.What's more, in this world, gold is just a simple decoration, and has no history of being used for casting into currency transactions. If it is promoted rashly, it may backfire, and the bamboo basket will be empty.

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After a month of observation, the Silver Mark (later called the Imperial Mark) issued on the birthday of Jesus received a good response and became the first choice of many nobles when they traded with large chambers of commerce.And because of the circulation of commercial trade, the silver mark only gradually spread from the original Nord City to all parts of the country (referring to the Kingdom of Winster). Because of its fineness and silver content, more and more nobles and chambers of commerce There was even a petition signed by the nobles and sent to Richard's desk in the Ippolito Palace.

This was unexpected by Richard. Although he expected that the silver mark with higher silver content would be popular, he did not expect such a big impact, so he eased his vigilance and ordered the Royal Mint to carry out In the second batch of processing, the recovered batch of Yintera and Kuscoin will be returned to the furnace for remaking, trying to see if they can be fused into a new coin of the same quality as the Silver Mark.

However, this is not a simple matter, because silver Tyra and other metal materials in Coos coins are too much mixed, and the silver content is too little, the craftsmen of the mint need to go through many attempts to make barely suitable new coins , this is actually a relatively large amount of work.

Turning back to the topic, under Richard's order, all the silver that had been hoarded was sent to the Royal Mint, and was minted into silver marks after days of hard work by the craftsmen. Compared with the finished products of the second batch of silver marks The first batch was more exquisite, which is also the result of experience.

The second batch of silver marks left the factory in a few months. This batch is larger than the previous batch, with a total of 20 pieces. In order to test the effect in the Ravana Kingdom, Richard will This batch was divided into two batches, one was released in Nord City and the other in Ravana City.However, Richard is destined to fail to accept the second batch of silver marks, because after the end of the spring plowing, the alliance headed by the Kingdom of Pravia officially submitted to the Winster-Ravana alliance dominated by Richard. The kingdom declares war.

War, come again!
A few days after the document declaring war was delivered to Richard by the Pravia envoy, several neighboring countries that had entered a state of war crossed the border and launched an attack with their already mobilized armies. However, their army concentration had already been mobilized. Richard's spymaster Leonardo reported it, so Richard had already responded. However, he did not expect that the Kingdom of Ramirez, which had been defeated several times in a row, would be bold enough to declare war on him, so he neglected to respond. Defense of the Kingdom of Ramirez.

As a result, the disaster happened. Fort Winster, located less than [-] kilometers north of Aquique City, was immediately besieged. Out of contempt for the garrison inside, Croft did not waste his army on besieging this small town. On the fortress, part of the army was left to continue the siege, so they marched westward and invaded the territory of Abadran.Facing the menacing army of the old country, the lord of Abadran, Pabala, repeated his old tricks, just like when Richard attacked a few years ago, he surrendered the city, but this time his luck was not so good. At the banquet that night, Pabala was arrested and imprisoned for treason. His title and family property were all usurped, and he could only rot in the prison with his eldest son who was imprisoned by him.

After re-entering Abadran, Croft retaliated by ordering the leveling of the chanting house under construction in the city, arresting the missionary sent by Cardinal Peter, and taking him to the square to be burned in public.

As the flames burned, shrill screams came from the preacher's mouth, echoing over the entire square. His eyes were full of resentment, staring at King Ramirez Croft who was standing on the high platform. He used his last strength to issue the most vicious curse to him, cursing that he and his kingdom would turn into dust in the wrath of God!
The recovery of the Abadran Territory gave King Croft an additional source of troops. Since Richard did not interfere with Pabala's governance of the area, the local civilians had nothing to do with the Winster-Ravana United Kingdom. Instead of a sense of belonging, he believes that he should be ruled by his homeland, the Kingdom of Ramirez.When Croft led the army to enter the country, he also received welcome and help from the local civilians. In the subsequent conscription, the citizens of Abadran also actively participated, allowing Croft to obtain More than a thousand new troops and many noble knights were added.

However, despite the smooth sailing of Croft and his army, after leaving Abadran and marching westward, they encountered the most tenacious sniping in Luwen.Croft wanted to avoid his father's old way of going out (attacking Sauron first and then Luwen), and directly attacked Luwen, but he didn't expect that changing the tactics would not work, and he was still defeated by Earl Maximilian of Luwen. Lian blocked it stubbornly——At the same time, Maximilian also sent many messengers, not only asking for help from Sauron in the south, but also reporting the matter to Nord City.

　Thanks to lancelot_all for the reward, and I wish you a happy new year again

　　
　
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