Banner of the Evil God
Chapter 741
Facing the gazes of the two marquises and the earls, Earl House was silent for a while and said, "Actually, I am not a person who likes to cause trouble. Since there is a risk of involving the Northwest Republic, I will admit defeat and withdraw my troops."
"Thank you!" Marquis Yuk smiled and nodded, "I will compensate you for your losses."
"Not 'I', but 'we'." Marquis Gordon said, "House did suffer a loss this time. Since he chose to give in for the overall interests of our noble faction, it is natural that all of us should compensate for his losses. House, I will send someone to send you 20 sets of standard lath armor later."
Hearing this, more than one earl frowned slightly.
Lath armor is armor made by inlaying wide iron bars on leather armor. Although it is a little bulky, it has good protection. For grassroots soldiers, it is an excellent full-body armor. As long as you wear a set of lath armor, you generally don't have to worry about bows and arrows or swords. If you carry a shield, you will be like a walking iron block.
Although the price of lath armor has dropped as the simplified full body armor of the Northwest Republic has been launched in large quantities, a standard lath armor is still worth at least 200 gold coins, and 20 sets are 4,000 gold coins.
This money is not much, but since the marquis has paid 4,000 gold coins, the earls must at least pay 2,000 gold coins. The frowning earls did not have a good relationship with the "good horse" earl, and they were really unwilling to subsidize him so much.
However, Marquis Yuk immediately followed up and said that he could provide ten sets of simplified full body armor of the Northwest Republic, and it would come with a large shield covered with iron.
Calculating the price, this is about 6,000 gold coins.
So the faces of the earls who had a bad relationship with Earl House became more gloomy.
But the two big guys have expressed their opinions, and together they have paid materials worth tens of thousands of gold coins. How can they be stingy?
So you pay a little, I pay a little, and finally the earls have gathered materials equivalent to about 22,000 gold coins.
Earl House smiled happily. Of course, he suffered losses this time, but the supplies worth more than 30,000 gold coins were enough to make up for his losses and make him a lot of money.
In this way, the fear of being assassinated before could be put aside.
A few days later, the supplies were transported to Earl House's territory one after another. Of course, these supplies could not be transferred from the capital or the territories of the earls, but were prepared directly near Earl House's territory. The Chamber of Commerce under Marquis Gordon was responsible for preparing the supplies.
The noble faction was not without merchants. For example, the two marquises had a large-scale chamber of commerce under their names. Marquis Gordon's chamber of commerce happened to have a store near Earl House's territory. With the help of the logistics of the chamber of commerce, various supplies were prepaid and sent there, and the accounts would be settled when the supplies supported by everyone actually arrived.
After receiving this batch of supplies, Earl House naturally withdrew his troops in a hurry. The noble faction sent envoys again to discuss the peaceful solution of the problem with the merchant faction.
The several chambers of commerce that were confronting Earl Haus did not understand what was going on at first, and did not dare to pursue. Although they took the initiative to attack because of anger, anger could not make up for the gap in strength between each other. In the past few small-scale confrontations, the merchant army, which was mainly composed of mercenaries, not only did not gain an advantage, but suffered losses repeatedly. In this case, when they saw Earl Haus retreat, the first thing they thought of was that there might be a trap, so they not only did not pursue him, but hurriedly reinforced their positions to ensure safety.
A few days later, the envoys sent by the nobles came, and they understood what was going on.
Some of the more intense people naturally felt that they had missed a good opportunity and regretted it. But some of the more mature ones were secretly happy and happy that this border war could finally be resolved peacefully.
Merchants only seek wealth, what good can war do? Even if they can get a little, it may not be enough to pay the mercenaries!
Based on this idea, the peace talks went smoothly.
In fact, the Merchants did not have very conclusive evidence to prove that it was the soldiers of the Nobles who attacked the caravans and civilians. The envoy in charge of the negotiations directly took out a big killer, saying that the clergy of the Lord of Justice (God of Law) Church could come forward to preside over the review of the soldiers of the Nobles in the nearby territories. Once anyone was found to have participated in the crime of attacking the merchant caravans and civilians, they would be immediately arrested and executed on the spot.
With this, even those merchants with more aggressive attitudes felt much more comfortable. The rest was nothing more than a matter of money.
Money is not a problem.
In other words, for the negotiating envoys who were jointly authorized by the leaders of the Nobles, problems that could be solved with money were not a problem.
He said that although it was unclear who attacked the caravans and civilians, for the sake of peace, the Nobles were willing to subsidize half of the other party's losses. If after investigation, it was proved that the attack was indeed committed by the soldiers of the Nobles, then in addition to subsidizing the other half, they would also double the compensation.
This price was really full of sincerity, and the managers of the Merchants were very satisfied. Although some were greedy and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to ask for a big price, they were stopped by their companions.
The nobles were not easy to pick on. Although I didn't know why they were willing to give in this time, if they were too greedy and angered them, not only would they lose everything, but they would also lose more than they gained.
If they really fought again, the merchants would not have much chance of winning.
After keeping those bad apples in check, the subsequent negotiations went smoothly. The two sides discussed in detail how to track down the murderer, and finally signed some clauses and completed an agreement.
Overall, this agreement is relatively fair and does not particularly harm the interests of either party. Especially at the end of the agreement, the envoy of the noble faction insisted on adding the clause "If it is found that the harassment and attack are caused by external hostile forces, both parties must unite to deal with it", which made the leaders of the merchant faction think about it.
There is no smoke without fire. If they had not noticed any clues, the noble faction would not have made such a big concession, let alone insisted on adding this clause to the agreement.
So after the peace talks, they immediately contacted the core of the merchant faction and told the intelligence to several major chambers of commerce.
The major chambers of commerce attached great importance to this matter and quickly held a meeting. After repeated discussions, the wealthy merchants finally decided to join the noble faction to track down the guy who was making trouble behind the scenes.
Merchants only care about making money and don't like to cause trouble. But if someone plots against them secretly and wants to instigate them to go to war with the nobles, they will never swallow their anger.
You know, war costs a lot of money and many people die!
Spending money makes the merchants feel distressed; dying makes the merchants fearful. Thinking that they almost fell into a trap, the merchants couldn't help but be furious.
No matter who he is, if he wants to cause trouble, he should be prepared to face everyone's anger!
About half a month later, the joint investigation team of the merchant faction and the noble faction finally set out and began to carefully investigate the attack on the border between the two sides.
Chapter 1, the next chapter will be around five or six o'clock...
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