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"I still know something about your previous merchant alliance, but this is the first time I've heard of this business mutual aid association. Can Director Locke explain to me what this business mutual aid association is about?"

Ryan asked.

"No problem. In fact, there is essentially no difference between the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchant Alliance. They are all meant to help each other and concentrate scattered forces."

"I don't need to say much about the achievements of the Merchant Alliance. It is no exaggeration to say that the influence of our Merchant Alliance in the southeast region is greater than that of Poseidon. Lord Ryan must agree with this."

Locke's tone was full of confidence.

Ryan didn't refute. Locke was indeed telling the truth. Not to mention Poseidon Temple, the Merchant Alliance's influence in the southeast region was greater than that of their nobles.

But Locke was very smart. When facing Baron Lane, he did not compare the merchant alliance with the noble class. Instead, he found another force, the Poseidon Temple, to avoid causing Lane's displeasure.

After seeing Ryan nod, Locke continued:

"Of course, I don't say these things to boast or show off. On the contrary, we are very self-aware of ourselves."

"After so many years of development, we have realized a truth. The alliance will never be able to get out of this southeast corner only by relying on the power of businessmen. Only by uniting the power of more people can we break through this cage."

"The Merchant Alliance is just an alliance between merchants, and the results are so remarkable. If we add nobles like you, our alliance will undoubtedly be stronger!"

Locke's voice became louder and louder, and his expression became more and more excited.

"So we will change the Merchant Alliance into a Business Mutual Aid Association. In addition to you nobles, we will also contact the Poseidon Temple to gather everyone's strength, and then..."

"And then, like thirteen years ago, the Earl led his army to beat him outside Guanhai City?"

Ryan directly interrupted Locke's speech-like speech.

"Forehead"

Locke's voice suddenly stopped, and he didn't know what to say for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

How could this Baron Lane expose their shortcomings without saving any face?

Being beaten out of the city by the count and his army was something they, the members of the merchant alliance, had always avoided talking about, but these nobles, on the other hand, kept talking about it and mocking them all day long.

The key is that they can't refute it because it's the truth.

Thirteen years ago, their merchant alliance thought that it was developing very well. They were not satisfied with occupying only Guanhai City. Seeing other territories fighting each other, they were unwilling to be alone and started to develop surrounding territories.

They first promised a lot of benefits to the surrounding lords, took a financial offensive, and wanted to occupy the surrounding towns by evading the lords of Guanhai City.

But he was rejected directly by the lords. The fate of the lords of Guanhai City was clearly visible in his mind. How could other lords be fooled?

Seeing that they were weak, the merchant alliance was ready to take tough measures. They spent money to hire a large number of Warcraft envoys, and then led them to launch an attack on the surrounding territories.

Since Yinghuo Town was relatively close to them, it naturally became their target.

While preparing for war, Ryan's father sent people to find the earl for help, as did other lords.

The Merchant Alliance didn't know whether they were overconfident in their own strength, or they really didn't have commanding talents. They actually divided their forces to attack various territories, hoping to swallow up all the surrounding towns in one go.

Originally, the strength of those mercenaries was not as good as that of the knights in the territory. With their large numbers, they still had the strength to fight. As a result, the merchant alliance directly cut off one of its arms.

This made Ryan's father very happy. He led the knights to attack and beat the mercenaries so that they were stunned and unable to fight back. This battle also established Ryan's father's reputation.

The people in the Merchant Alliance were not stupid either. They quickly realized their mistake and quickly gathered all the mercenaries. They also spent money to find some Warcraft envoys, preparing to gather all their strength to take down Yinghuo Town first. .

Faced with a large number of Warcraft users, Ryan's father could only retreat to Firefly Town, and at the same time he was prepared for a deadly battle.

Fortunately, Count Cross from the Southeast Province arrived in time with his army, and reinforcements from other territories also arrived one after another.

The mercenaries of the Merchant Alliance were naturally no match for the knights. They were defeated as soon as they met. Count Cross led his army directly to the outside of Guanhai City.

This frightened the merchant alliance and made them feel aggrieved at the same time.

Why are you nobles fighting so fiercely and no one cares about it? We didn't even capture a small town, and you just invaded the border with a large army. This is unfair!

The nobles said that no matter how hard we fight, it is still an internal matter of the nobles. When will it be the turn of despicable businessmen like you to step in and just pay the taxes honestly? Do you really take yourself seriously?

If the lord of Guanhai City hadn't surrendered and openly recognized the legitimacy of your merchant alliance in Guanhai City, we would have fought here long ago.

After being beaten violently by the nobles, the merchant alliance finally recognized its own strength, apologized obediently, paid a large amount of compensation to the nobles, and made a promise that it would never use force to invade other territories again.

For the sake of gold coins, the nobles didn't bother them. After all, they had to rely on these businessmen to pay taxes, so they couldn't kill them all with one blow.

So after receiving compensation, the nobles withdrew their troops one after another, and the merchant alliance also escaped and became particularly honest from then on.

Even if the kingdom promulgates laws that are not conducive to businessmen, they will accept them silently, not even daring to say a few words of complaint.

However, this humiliating war was not without benefits. At least it made businessmen realize the importance of cultivating their own armed forces. Mercenaries are really unreliable.

Not only were their combat power very weak, but they were also just grassroots. Seeing that the merchant alliance lost power, they immediately turned around and robbed them. They smashed, looted and burned the shops, which was quite similar to the behavior of black people from a certain country in their previous lives.

Therefore, they have recruited many Warcraft envoys in the past few years and established a so-called escort team. In name, it is to protect their safety when they go out to buy and sell goods. In fact, it is their private armed force.

After having its own armed forces, the Merchant Alliance has also become more rigid. Although they still dare not show shame to the nobles, they are not polite to civilians and Warcraft envoys.

A few years ago, because there were several Warcraft envoys who failed to pay their tolls, they launched all their might to hunt them down. Their purpose was to show off their strength and regain their lost face.

But in the eyes of the nobles, the behavior of these merchants was as funny as the long-tailed monsters in the circus, and they would laugh at them from time to time by mentioning the fact that the merchant alliance was beaten to the city gate.

Until the royal family's power declined in recent years, and the nobles were busy fighting with each other, this matter was not mentioned much.

Unexpectedly, Baron Lane was so young but knew so much about this matter, which made Locke very embarrassed.

In fact, Ryan didn't know much about this matter, but some people knew about it. White personally participated in the war against the Merchant Alliance and followed Ryan's father and Count Cross all the way to Guanhai City. He knew this matter very well. But that's it.

A few days ago, White saw Ryan searching for information on various forces, so he told Ryan the glorious history of him and Ryan's father in a vivid and vivid way.