Take Taobao with you to another world

The spring breeze blows through the wilderness, and the fluffy new greens come out, and the herds swim; The bloody riots in the city gradually subsided, and the gentle wind pushed the embers and smoke out of the urban area, leaving behind the dark skeletons of buildings and uncollected corpses.The street is quiet and empty, there are few pedestrians, the river below the street is full of water, and the light boats are like floating leaves clinging to the shore. The boatmen with their hands hunched over fearfully watched the cavalry passing by, and a crowd of people moved slowly in the distance. , They stretched their heads and took a look, seeing clearly the ropes tied to the nobles and the cold light of the spears being escorted, these nimble boatmen quickly jumped up the riverside and hid in the shadow of the street doorway.

Rumors flowed through the city like running water. A day ago, the citizens were still discussing which side to bet on. A day later, they were so frightened that they had to close their doors and windows before they dared to speak out. It was as if they only knew about Coulson today. Your Excellency is not only the president of the Black Iron Chamber of Commerce, but also the unshakable heir of Grand Duke Ridan.With this understanding, what you did to your competitors before is not called oppression, but tolerance.

But in this world, there is no happiness that can be achieved by one party’s patience. The big bosses of the Grain Chamber of Commerce, the Fur Chamber of Commerce, and the Liquor Chamber of Commerce not only picked the wrong opponents, but also used the wrong means. For countless years in the past, they regarded the general principles of commercial law as the golden rule , using "As long as enough money and people are gathered together, all the rules can be modified" to kill a lot of wishful thinking outsiders. In addition to wisdom and slack and arrogance that have grown over time, they may not escape disaster.

There are only a few people celebrating in the corner, secretly happy that they have speculated well, and eagerly looking forward to the redistribution of benefits after the dust settles.But even they can't figure out why things are the way they are - frustrated businessmen and unemployed tradespeople yelling that the hardworking natives have been cornered by unscrupulous outsiders, but all they want to do is destroy the Things called "machines", or just looting some property to compensate for the money bag, it is true, but why such a massacre?On the night of the incident, the soaring fire smoke lit up half of the city. People nearby wanted to fight the fire, but they were too scared to go out by the terrible sounds of fighting. The sleepless night had just passed, and there was a long and continuous sound from the streets in the morning. The continuous horseshoes galloped, and the sound of armored weapons hitting was clearly discernible.

Neighbors of some aristocrats and businessmen shivered as they watched the strange cavalrymen break open the gate and rush in, ignoring the obstruction and cries of their family members. Pillar.During the period, there were also guards who were loyal to protect the lord, but they were difficult to fight against. They had many people, excellent weapons, and were well-trained. God knows why they were so cruel!The guards and attendants were knocked down, and the miserable decent people were pushed and driven, and marched without dignity through almost half the city, before they were finally packed into carriages and drove to the vast manor outside the city.

All the messages revolve around one center: God, the sky is going to change!

Outside the city, behind the checkerboard-like rice paddies, the gray fortress is located in the green field. It has stood here since the Rift Age, weather-beaten but timeless.In the short three years since Grand Duke Zhidan retired and his son acted on his behalf, many changes have taken place in the castle. The most intuitive ones are the new large buildings inside and outside the castle. A piece of pointed houses, although they are low and rigid, are full of people. There are two groups of unusually large workshops one block away. The chimneys that are as tall as towers billow black smoke day and night, which is what many people hate and secretly curse. Devil's land.No, it's not because of pollution, the soot can't reach their heads and noses, but the things produced from the workshop and flowed into the market are like cutting meat, how much blood of gold flows into the pockets of the Black Iron Chamber of Commerce !If it wasn't really heart-wrenching, how could they have no choice but to unite with each other, hoping to take actions to slightly curb those rampant foreigners?They claim to act on behalf of the emperor, but they are very vicious and vicious towards the local counterparts who act according to the rules. How many traditions have been corrupted because of them, and how many people have changed their lives from having enough food and clothing to being hungry and cold because of them!

The farmers and road builders in the field watched the convoy passing by in amazement, and those undisguised glances made the losers in the carriage even more ashamed and angry, and at the same time fearful.It is precisely because they failed to negotiate that they destroyed the machine in a hurry, and accidentally overturned the kerosene, and even the factory caught fire. Many people did not die, but it attracted such extreme retaliation—not only the guys here And apprentices died more, and even some of them were not directly involved in the matter, and people of considerable status were tied up in such a disgrace——

Only the Grand Duke and his heirs can mobilize the castle's armed forces. Your Excellency Coulson has abandoned business and joined the army in the past two years. He is using troops against a certain place. He rarely shows up except for occasions like New Year's audience. It is very likely that this lord is the one who was attacked by the Knights.When is he coming back and what will he do with them?He shouldn't have put them all to death, that would cause chaos in the world, but more humiliation and more losses are almost inevitable, and that is also unbearable...

They guessed like this, worried, and were sent to the castle and locked in a dark prison.

They were eagerly looking forward to their meeting with Coulson.

Although Coulson himself didn't really want to see them.

The drizzle is like mist and gauze, dyeing the outer wall of the castle into a deeper black gray, and the garden lawn becomes wet. The rain wipes away the dust accumulated in the winter on the branches of the forest, and the puddles on the stone slabs reflect The figures of the patrolling guards stepped on the water from their leather boots. Coulson and several guards walked through the chute, climbed the stone steps, and entered the castle.Water droplets rolled down along the arc of the armor. The attendant came up to help Coulson remove the equipment that had been improved and was still quite heavy. A guard brought him a towel, and he walked into the room while wiping his hair. The living room, and then enter the bedroom through the half-closed door.

Candlesticks were lit under the high window, a brunette woman in a long skirt sat at the table with a pen in her left hand, and another boy with a face similar to her sat on the right side at an arm’s length away, on the long table in front of them , a seemingly complicated device was placed under the window, and distorted but still clear voices came out from its brass horn.

Both were listening, and Coulson's footsteps made them turn their heads. The boy had just opened his mouth to mouth "Father" when the radio said:

"... Next, it's our math homework for today, everyone, please listen carefully: the first part, the calculation problem, please write down the result of the following equation—"

The two of them turned back in a snap, the dip pen was moving quickly across the stack of papers, and no one cared about him anymore.

Coulson dressed alone and ate dinner alone (what? There were at least twenty other people sitting at the table? Ha, no matter how many men without families or neglected by their families gather, how can they shout I am also lonely), but fortunately when he went back, his family and friends had already gathered in the living room, their whispers were like the rustling raindrops outside the castle, giving people a sense of tranquility in the warm room, for Coulson’s arrival , They showed a more enthusiastic attitude. After all, as the current manager of the territory, there are many things that must go through his hands.

After confirming the scope and main topics of this monthly exam, Mrs. Melis and the maid went to the copying room with the drafts. The only child was going to bed after finishing his homework, and there were only three boring big men left in the living room.

"It's been three days, how long do you plan to lock them up?" Master Yitong asked.

"Why worry about them? The longer the wine gets better, the higher the price." Coulson said, "I'm running around day and night for their crap, at least I want to charge some interest?"

The mage shook his head, "People in the city are already in panic, and you don't listen to those who intercede."

Coulson smiled and said nothing. He looked at the other person present and heard the other person say: "Prices in the city are fairly stable. The staple food has risen by [-]% after we put in the stored food. There has been no looting incident; the factory no longer accepts new orders. , all local orders and most of the foreign orders have been delivered, and the remaining part is picked up in June at the earliest. It is from Karas, and it is from Beiliwan in October at the latest; the warehouse has rescued one-third of the inventory and has selected it for storage; about The reconstruction plan, the first draft is here, the accounts of the reconstruction fund chamber of commerce can be dealt with, the recruitment of workers is not smooth, the main reason is that the stonemasons guild does not support, this problem, the group meeting suggested to use our own construction workers to solve.”

"Since they are unwilling to accept this welfare work, we have to digest it ourselves." Coulson said, "Thank you and your colleagues for their irreplaceable role in this series of events, although we have already asked two The first time, I still can't help but want to ask the third time, do you have to go back?"

"Whether it's the third time, or the fourth, fifth, or tenth time, my answer is the same," said the bereaved man sitting on the sofa.

Coulson sighed.

"Although I am not without nostalgia for the cause here, but recently I feel more and more lack of knowledge, and there are still many puzzles that cannot be resolved, especially when listening to news from home, I feel more and more The gap with my past colleagues. For me, this is very uncomfortable." The other party said, "What's more, now that the workshop has been built and its operation is stable, and it can train a group of capable workers, I don't take the credit for it." How much, most of it is because of your support and leadership, and in many places, I should thank you instead."

"Especially," he looked at Coulson, "you are willing to hand over the two traitors to us."

"As the lord, I am mainly responsible for this riot, which is just a trivial matter." Coulson said, "I feel very sorry for the depravity of those two people. Your colleague and his apprentice Ben The future is bright, but they chose our opposite and ruined their young lives, although they deserved what they deserved for poisoning. Even so, I have to say, I am also sorry for the fact that you have only been corrupted by one person in these three years Surprised that the power of money and power doesn't seem to work much on you."

The man on the opposite side laughed, "That's because your comparison objects are different. For those of us who have placed our hopes on it, even the slightest thought of depravity is shameful, let alone murder?" He collected his face and whispered Said, "I don't even know how to explain to that guy."

"'He' was very lenient," Coulson said, "and very appreciative of your work."

The survivor captain shook his head.

Coulson then dropped the topic and turned in another direction.

"The work of rebuilding the factory is inseparable from you. After this riot, I don't have much trust in the civil servants in the city, although they haven't done a good job before." He said, "In many matters, it is difficult for me to get rid of I also know that you should not force others to rely on your inertia, when will you set off?"

"I will hand over the work in hand before leaving." The captain said, "Actually, my successor is already on the way."

Coulson raised his eyebrows, and after a while, he said, "This is really good news—"

He paused.

"I used to think that you would all withdraw."

The captain asked: "For the past three years, every year the magician will send a team to replace half of the people. Why do you have such an idea?"

Coulson smiled and said, "Although those two people are already lying in the grave, when they were still alive, they tried to use some so-called secrets to keep their lives alive."

The survivor captain nodded. He looked at Coulson, "If possible, I hope you can tell me what they said."

After the captain of the bereaved family left, Master Yitong said to Coulson, "I'm a little surprised."

"What?" Coulson asked.

"I thought," said Master Different Eyes, "that you'd be happier letting them go."

"Dear friend, why do you have such an illusion?" Coulson asked.

Master Yitong said: "How can this be called an illusion? We were their prisoners, and they followed us all the way. Originally, they just looked around, and then they became clerks and accountants, and then some people were assigned to build Stove. Three years later, they have become the backbone of the chamber of commerce and the actual managers of the workshop. The black iron chamber of commerce is called the industry of outsiders. Farmers, workers, or citizens of the city may not recognize Colson Mora in person. Yev Kotin, I don’t know what he’s doing, but he knows that ‘if you have trouble, you should turn to a stranger’. As the future Grand Duke, are you really indifferent?”

"If even you have the same opinion, you can understand why those guys in the dark cell are full of confidence. I thought they were all cursed or drugged, and they dared to attack me." "It's true, my friend, that we do so much more than we do with so-called 'outsiders' that it's hard not to wonder what their purpose is, after all, as the saying goes, 'Good things come at a price'. They said that they came with the purpose of exploring, communicating and disseminating, and it can be said that their words and deeds are consistent, but their words and deeds have always been contrary to our cognition, and they have always refused to follow the Romans and love the nobles in the city. Although It can also be considered that they are expressing a completely neutral position to me by putting themselves in such an isolated situation, but when it comes to pursuing it, it is difficult for us to provide benefits to that magician under the barrier of distance, and they may not necessarily need us. A little bit of wealth, so why can't you be so devoted to me, a defeated general? In this foreign country far away from the mainland, these aiders sent over have such strict self-discipline and dedication, so what kind of reason? Faith as a support? Compared with their past identities and experiences, the various abilities they have shown, if it is not that the most outstanding person is a bereaved family, instead of looking for other explanations, it is better to think that "that one" imprinted them with spiritual imprints or something like that spell."

"I'm also more willing to believe that the sorcerer can change the physique of forbidden demons of the bereaved family, and then affect their will form." The different pupil mage said.

"You and Sergey have been observing them for three full years." Coulson said, "Sergey has accepted the fact that you are still looking for an entrance that can intersect with your spiritual world, I think, Is that probably one of the reasons why you stood by during this riot?"

Master Yitong defended: "Sergey also didn't do anything."

"He's not a positive guy, not to mention he's a sinner who can't do anything without my consent," Coulson said. "No, my friend, I don't mean to blame you. , I will stop you too."

The different pupil mage breathed a sigh of relief, and Coulson looked at him with interest, "I can't let you ruin their plan."

"what's the plan?"

"They haven't operated the chamber of commerce for a long time, but they can expand to the current scale. How can they be unaware of the opponent's secret plan? They have taken a tough stance, and they will not give in to the joint threats of various chambers of commerce. One of them is naturally their own ability. They are outstanding and have sufficient financial resources, and secondly, they are also using this to identify and select truly reliable followers." Coulson said, "They have done many things here, such as building a union hospital, helping the street children in the city, and recruiting the most workers, and paid them very high wages, etc., many people depended on them like money. But this is not enough, they want to repeat the deeds of that magician in the north, just this is not enough. The cause they want to accomplish will be They are placed on the opposite side of nobles and guilds. This contradiction is difficult to reconcile. They are unwilling to compromise, and their opponents are even less likely to give up wealth and power. However, those who are attached to them may not be able to agree with them, so the struggle is just They need it."

"What arrogance!" the mage blurted out.

"Please call this an ideal." Coulson said, "Even imaginings can make a waste do amazing things, not to mention a group of young people who have knowledge and power, and have a shining example? So far, their achievements are amazing. People are amazed, but also encountered many setbacks and obstacles. Many people have changed their destiny because of them. These words are too humble, but in fact, they believe that it is because of their lack of ability that they cannot change the economic and political appearance of a place or a country as quickly as that magician did. "

Master Yitong was a little speechless, and after a long time, he said: "They are like this...can you tolerate it?"

Coulson clasped his hands in front of his stomach, "Why can't I tolerate it?"

He looked at his friend and said, "They create wealth, gather people's hearts, and attack dissidents. Aren't I the beneficiaries of all this? It's not because of my name and force that they can go so smoothly. Is it?"

"But they are not loyal to you, nor are they seeking your interests!" Master Yitong couldn't help but said, "Can't you hear it from their broadcast? They already call themselves order changers, and obedience is their disguise , Power is their step, and their ultimate goal is - to overthrow!"

The mage closed his eyes, "No, the word 'overthrow' is not right, they want to destroy more thoroughly, more extreme, and more unacceptable, what they really want is..."

"geming." Coulson helped him pronounce the unfamiliar word.

"you know too!"

Coulson laughed, "Of course, my friend, I don't just listen to the radio, I also take notes."

"Then how can you—"

"Why not?" Coulson said. "I like destruction too."