Ultimate Weapon of Magic and Science

The forest on the lakeside covered with night rustled, and the three moons and stars on the lake wavered.

The night in the high-end dormitory area is also very beautiful, coupled with the aroma of Roland's personal coffee and the violin performance of the calamus, which makes people relax.

"You can't go to the coffee shop, can you?"

Diana didn't touch the coffee, but it wasn't until now that she refused to give her alms. Before she decided on Roland's purpose, she preferred to let the coffee cool a little.

"Nid Hogg went to check the accounts today and helped manage it by the way. How to say that he is also a major shareholder of the capital, and occasionally have to feel the business status by means other than written text."

A reasonable explanation is also an obvious excuse.

V.e company does have the habit of inspecting and investigating from the lower level, but there is no reason for a vice president to help others manage the store.

The upper class of Niederhogg... Needless to say who he is, he will arrange this, I am afraid he would like to convey any message through the mouth of Roland.

caveat?

comfort?

Negotiation?

freed?

Or...sealing?

"Sister Diana... can I call you Miss Diana?"

Luo Lan scratched his head apologetically. This requirement is bold and rude in the premise of a secretary nun. However, he is not a devout believer after all. If he wants to make the following conversation go smoothly, it is necessary to omit the nickname. An indispensable step.

If you want the negotiation to be established, you must first ensure a certain advantage as a support. Even if there is no such advantage, at least we should ensure that both parties are on an equal footing-Li Lin taught him this way.

Diana nodded readily. After having contact with Li Lin and Roland, she knew how weak their faith was. Since the decision to listen to what they want to say, this concession is still within the allowable range.

"Miss Diana, did you know that this lakeside dormitory area was originally more lively than it is now?"

Unexpectedly, Diana nodded before thinking too much. The National Academy of Magic is also a view of Rudes. The elegant scenery of the lakeside area makes it one of the options for outings and picnics of the great nobles of Rudes. It is not difficult to imagine that this place was originally surrounded by servants. .

"But now the occupancy rate here is only about 40% of its peak period."

Roland set his sights on the edge of the forest outlined by the moon, and explained to Diana:

"Students of the original Earl class can also stay in this lakeside area... 5 years ago. This lakeside area is as hustle and bustle as the arcade street. There are dances, outdoor dinners, fireworks meetings every night, and sometimes it is until dawn. . At that time, students of the Viscount family lived on the tower of today’s Baron class students, but now..."

Roland's face facing the window did not move at all, and the dark forest outside spoke the second half of his speech for him.

Why do you think this happened?

The subtext that children could hear fermented in the air, and Diana stared at Roland calmly. After looking at the pair of purple pupils for 2 or 3 seconds, I spit out my feelings:

"Is it because of decline?"

The accommodation area of ​​the college directly shows the gap between the noble classes. It is only money and strength that can ignore the stubborn thinking of the nobility and nobility of the nobility and upset the normal ranking of the knighthood. And those who can interfere with the order within the entire class, except the king. There is only one company.

Ten years ago, after the toxic wheat crisis, v.e developed rapidly. During that period of rapid expansion, it was hit by a monopoly consortium. Most of them have fallen sharply in the status of nobles at the level of Viscount and Earl.

The reason is very simple. The subordinate nobles—the knights and barons in the country—because of lack of money, either changed jobs to farmers early, or embraced the thighs of the consortium and became retail shareholders. The nobles of the higher ranks—Marquis and Dukes have certain strengths, and they are somewhat related to the royal family, and the consortium is not interested in moving them. Except for churches that do not intend to conflict with them for similar reasons. The remaining Viscount and Earl classes are not only the backbone oppositions against the rise of emerging monopoly capital, they also have enough assets to share one point, and finally, and most unfortunately, they are relatively weak. Based on the above conclusions, they are "lucky" as the main targets of the consortium's merger frenzy.

Li Lin's tactics are simple-"unify all forces that can be united and fight against major enemies."

The lower-level nobles hated always thinking of merging their big nobles, but they lacked the strength and means to fight back. The nobles always cast a distrustful view on potential threaters, always worried that the latter intended to replace themselves. Coupled with some company shares and the temptation to split the money afterwards, the lords quickly abandoned the restraint and jumped onto the consortium’s clippers. .

The income of the nobility comes from farmland and transit commercial tax, and Li Lin started from these two points.

After the poison wheat incident, v.e established a "safety quality rating system" to conduct spot checks on the safety and quality of Charlieman's agricultural products and cash crops throughout the country, and regularly publish the results of the spot checks to the people, which won unanimous praise from all over the country. This set of "just" quality inspection system quickly checked the quality of agricultural products in the target territory after the offensive started. Due to the irreproachable evidence provided and the strong credibility, the agricultural products in the target area soon became unsalable, hundreds of vegetables and fruits were rotten in the farmland and warehouses, and the unsellable poultry animals were driven by the farmers. Drowned in the river, before that, the river has been dyed white with milk...

Scenes that can only be seen during the economic crisis on Earth are being staged throughout Charlemagne. The viscounts and counts began to realize that something was wrong and wanted to save. A heavier second blow came, and this time they directly saw the terrible view of the earth breaking under their feet, and the door of the abyss opened for them.

The horrible memory of the poisonous wheat incident has not faded from people's minds. Based on the strong demands of the panic people, the dukes and marquises around the areas with food problems quickly announced the closure of the commercial road, strictly forbidden to put an onion and a cotton into their own Territory. This action quickly received positive responses from knights and barons everywhere, and they quickly closed the boundaries of their territory.

For the lords in deep crisis, this is no less than a death sentence, not to mention the main business path, and even the country roads are blocked. This not only means that the sales of slow-moving products are completely blocked, but also that the cut off of transit tax and commercial tax, the lords are completely forced to the corner.

The next thing ~ www.readwn.com ~ anyone can think of. The out-of-capture lord borrowed money from a large company. Because the adjustment of living standards did not keep up with the changes in the situation, coupled with the lack of repayment ability and high interest rates, the 0 behind the debt number continued to increase. The ancestral family property is continuously mortgaged, first of all jewelry, art, then land, shops, and finally in order to leave the castle and mansion, even the right to tax has become the interest paid. The Viscounts and Earls became toothless beasts, and the attack came to an end.

Wealth itself is a force, but taxation is not only to maintain the financial resources of the lord’s family, but also to help them exert their lord’s political authority. The management of public security organizations, the construction of major arterial roads and municipal projects-these actually fall under the control of the consortium together with the taxing power. At the same time, because of tight market supply and rising prices of agricultural products and commodities, other participants seized the opportunity and made a big profit, plus the final share. It should be said that everyone is happy except those bad luck.

"What do you mean by saying this?"

Diana listened to the Detox Harmony version and asked coldly.

"...People who can't keep up with changes in the trend will eventually be abandoned."

Leaving this sigh, Roland propped his elbows on the table. (To be continued...)