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Among the heads of state, there were some who applauded the new policy of the Northwest Republic, and there were more than one.

For example, the chief governor of the Dhaka Business Union applauded in the conference hall.

"Good! Good! Wonderful! Wonderful! What a great idea!" He laughed, as happy as when he first came to power, "Why didn't I think of this good idea! As expected of His Majesty the Void Mask, he is so wise and profound, beyond imagination!"

Another archon asked in confusion: "Sir, what is the good thing about this policy?"

"Yes, in this case, what is the difference between nobles and civilians?"

"I think this policy has some problems."

"I think so too..."

The chief archon sighed and looked at his colleagues: "Do you really think this policy has problems?"

He looked half-smiled, with a cunning insight into human nature: "We are all family here, and there is no need to pretend. Everyone, speak with conscience, do you really think this policy is not good?"

The archons were silent, they looked at each other, and each of them put away their puzzled, doubtful, or smiling expressions.

"Actually... there's nothing wrong with it."

"Yeah, if I had encountered this kind of thing before I became rich..."

"It's too late!"

These old men who have relied on their own efforts or the course of history to become the highest rulers of a country all sighed like this.

The Dhaka Merchant Alliance is a pure merchant country. It does not have a strong aristocratic force like the Gold Coin Federation, but is almost completely commercial. Because it was defeated by the Secret Tower Federation in the early days of its founding, and even its national defense was destroyed, this country is somewhat deformed and has not been able to develop a traditional lord ruling model. All regions are ruled by small nobles and merchants. As for the great nobles... The Secret Tower Federation itself only has marquises, and those who are canonized to the Dhaka Merchant Alliance are only earls at best.

At first, the noble who became an earl through various means wanted to show his skills, and even learn from the Thunder Duke in the past to take the entire country under his control. But he obviously thought too much. Not long after, he lost his life in a "small accident", and his whole family died, even the illegitimate child with the maid could not escape.

The death of the Earl was naturally a big case, implicating many people. Since then, the Dhaka Merchant Alliance has had several earls, but without exception, all of them died soon after being canonized, and no one could save them.

Even as long as they wanted to consolidate their rule and build their territory into a traditional model of nobles, none of them could survive for a year.

In the end, the nobles of this country gave up the idea of ​​continuous progress and turned to compromise with the merchants.

The nobles did not seek strong rule, and the merchants respected the privileges of the nobles. Everyone had to restrain their impulse to control everything to form a delicate balance.

Yes, balance.

A balance formed based on two powerful external forces.

One external force is naturally the Secret Tower Federation. As the suzerain of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, it is the big backer of all the nobles. Whenever a noble was attacked, the Mystic Tower Federation would come forward to support the nobles.

Another external force came from a certain existence that no one had figured out for hundreds of years - or a certain group of people. They had a deep hatred for the rule of the nobles, or an instinctive aversion, so whether they wanted to become a great noble or to consolidate their rule, they would be brutally attacked by him - or them.

Under the mutual influence of these two forces, the current Dhaka Merchant Alliance was formed.

The country with the weakest aristocratic rule in the world - of course, that was before the establishment of the Northwest Republic.

The establishment of the Northwest Republic made the rulers of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance bright. For the first time, they discovered that the country could be a republic, and the power of the nobles could be completely deprived to establish a thorough merchant country.

However, the nobles of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance were canonized by the Mystic Tower Federation, and no one dared to risk angering the powerful Mystic Tower Federation to do this.

However, the civil strife in the Secret Tower Federation a few years ago allowed the great governors of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance to see a little opportunity, or rather, to smell a hint of "opportunity".

The strength of the Secret Tower Federation comes from three parts.

First, the mysterious pantheon with the Lord of Mystery as the core. In this world, only when there is a big boss covering your head can you talk about being strong. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are in the mortal world, facing those higher-level beings, you are nothing more than a group of ants who overestimate their own abilities.

Secondly, there is a group of legendary mages with the "Supreme Mage" Master Yimia Lamperus as the core. This is almost the most powerful high-end force in the human world, comparable to the Temple of the Orc Empire, one south and one north complement each other, and they also have a dominant position.

Finally, there is the mage organization with the 28 magic towers of the Secret Tower Federation as the core. This organization has strong ruling and mobilization power, and can continuously cultivate a large number of outstanding young mages. Facing it, even if you can temporarily gain the upper hand, you will surely lose slowly over time.

Faced with such a powerful Mystic Tower Federation, the great archons of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance never dared to have the slightest thought of confrontation.

But... the Mystery God System has collapsed, Master Lamperus is dead, and the Mage Organization is also showing signs of disintegration as the legendary mages become increasingly alienated.

Not long ago, even among the 28 Secret Towers, several declared independence, or at least became independent in fact even though they did not declare it.

The Four-City Alliance, located in the border area, is based on the Holy City of the Church of the God of Scholars, the Gray Tower City; the Golden Tower City, located on the main transportation route, is a commercial center in the central and northern part of the Federation; and the Mill City, which has two legendary magic towers and three legendary mages, although the place is nothing special.

Each of these three places is more important than the other, but they have successively separated from the ruling system of the Secret Tower Federation. In response, the Secret Tower Federation either pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not respond, or made a big fuss but failed to achieve results.

The overlord who ruled the southern part of the main plane is indeed weak.

Because the Secret Tower Federation showed obvious signs of decline, its two vassal states, the Thunder Principality and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, both had the idea of ​​independence.

Let’s not talk about the Thunder Principality for now. The Grand Archons of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance have discussed this topic more than once.

But they came to the conclusion that unless the Church of the Goddess of Wealth can move its headquarters from the Gold Coin Federation to the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, it will probably not work.

The Dhaka Merchant Alliance certainly has legendary strongmen, but the number is not large. If it confronts the Secret Tower Federation head-on, it will definitely not win.

... Even if it wins, it can’t fight! Merchants are for wealth, and turning their own countries into ruins, what’s the point of independence?

So even if they are unwilling, they can only put aside the idea of ​​independence for the time being.

But... this time the Northwest Republic gave surnames to civilians, which made the Grand Archons a little excited.

Through this policy, how about testing the support of the Secret Tower Federation for the nobles now?

After some discussion, these cunning business leaders finally reached a consensus.

Wait a little longer, as long as other countries follow suit, they will follow suit immediately.

In short, it is not good to be the first bird to stand out, and it is not good to be the second. The third is very appropriate.

If Professor Cheng, who was here when Sui Xiong was in college, heard their discussion, he would probably sneer and criticize: "Those who are willing to work hard but cherish their lives are just like this!"

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