Banner of the Evil God

The opportunity that the great governors of the Dhaka Merchant Alliance had been waiting for soon arrived.

After discussion, the Gold Coin Federation businessmen decided to partially follow the example of the Northwest Republic and implement the civilian surname policy to a limited extent.

The specific method is as follows:

First: At least three generations have settled in the Gold Coin Federation in the past; no criminal record in the past twenty years; have participated in the military or multiple times; participated in the Great Migration - those who meet three of the above four conditions can obtain a surname

Second: A retired adventurer who has settled down; has been paying taxes for the past twenty years; has made achievements in battle; has medical, clerical, accounting, etc. skills; has a formal residence in the Gold Coin Federation and has lived here for at least the past ten years—— If the above two conditions are met, you can obtain a surname.

Third: The family has fought for the Gold Coin Federation for more than 20 years; has been officially commended for meritorious service in the past 20 years; is a disabled soldier and their family member who died in the line of duty; owns an independent business officially registered with the Merchant Alliance - if one of the above is met, it is enough Get the last name.

In addition, the Gold Coin Federation does not care about the problem of repeated surnames. As long as you want to, you can have any surname. Even if there are a thousand people with the surname Sriwu (silver) and ten thousand people with the surname "Gordon" (gold), it is totally fine.

After this decree was promulgated, others were fine, but the gold coin federation started to stir up trouble.

Naturally, the aristocrats were furious and cursed each and every one of them. To put it mildly, scolding the merchants for breaking the rules and corrupting the country's morals is an act of depravity and corruption. To be harsher, just call the businessman a sick person, with bad morals, and despicable behavior. It is definitely because of the disharmony in family life that has led to excessive accumulation of stress. Some people even claimed that the leaders of the merchant faction did such perverse things because they believed in the devil of the abyss, in order to destroy the order of the world and cause turmoil and disaster... and so on.

But despite the scolding, there was nothing they could do against the merchant faction. It's easy to start a quarrel, but if it develops into a war, even the two leaders of the noble faction, the Marquis of Gemstones and the Marquis of Gold, are not willing to pay such a high price.

In fact, Golden Marquis Gordon is the most depressed. The Gordon family is one of the most noble families in the Gold Coin Federation. Before this year, no one in the main plane, let alone the Gold Coin Federation, dared to have the surname Gordon - those in the past Anyone with this surname was either incorporated into a branch of the Gordon family, or changed their surname, or... there is no "or".

But this time, the Northwest Republic and the Gold Coin Federation Businessmen Faction will have at least tens of thousands of people with the surname "Gordon". No matter how strong and powerful the Gordon family is, there is no way to kill them all.

Of course, they can try to work harder, but... neither the Merchant Faction nor the Northwest Republic is within the Gordon family's sphere of influence. Probably we can only hire adventurers who are engaged in black business to do the work. Whether it can be done is still a question mark.

But there is no doubt about one thing, it costs money, a lot of money.

The Marquess of Gordon was certainly rich, and very rich. But unlike Sui Xiong, who always wanted to spend his money to promote social and economic circulation, he didn't want to spend money. If possible, he would rather not spend a single copper penny!

"Sir Gordon, I heard that there are many people in the north who want to be named Gordon. It seems that they all admire you and your family's reputation!"

The most annoying thing is that there is a shameless old man who is causing trouble for him!

Marquis Gordon clenched his fists, but with a smile on his face, he said nonchalantly: "Marquis Youke, I heard that there are many people who want to be named Youke..."

"This is a good thing. It shows that our Uke family has a good image." Marquis Uke didn't care at all and said with a smile, "I have always felt that our family is a little thin. It would be better to have more relatives and friends." of."

The population is thin? !

Marquis Gordon was so angry that his nose almost twisted.

The Uke family has always been famous for its long line of descendants. In Marquis Uke's generation alone, there are more than 20 direct and close relatives in total. Marquis Guangyouk himself gave birth to four sons and three daughters, and currently has five...oh, now there are six grandchildren.

In contrast, the Marquess of Gordon only had two sons and one grandson.

That bastard Youke, in front of him, talked nonsense about "the population is thin"? !

Marquis Gordon really wanted to jump over from the magic image and hit the old man with a fist with dragon leather gloves, but he couldn't do it.

Not only could he not do it, he had to continue to put on a smile.

It was really not easy, so much so that his smile became a little stiff.

If there were only two marquises at this meeting, there would probably be nothing to say about this. Fortunately, the earls were also present at the meeting, especially the vassals of Marquis Gordon.

An earl, one of his vassals, immediately said: "Lord Youke, what do you think of the large-scale granting of surnames to civilians by the merchants? Is this a trampling on the honor of our nobles?"

Marquis Youke smiled slightly and said, "What do you think the honor of a nobleman lies in?"

"It lies in the glorious bloodline!"

"It lies in the merits of our ancestors!"

"It lies in the reputation that the family has maintained from generation to generation!"

After everyone finished talking, Marquis Youke shook his head and said calmly: "We are all our own people here, let alone those who are vain. What does the honor of the nobility lie in? It is that we can kill those who do not believe that we have honor. people.”

He spoke in an understatement, but there was a ferocious murderous intent in his words.

Everyone was stunned, and then they remembered that he was a well-known hardliner among the nobles, with the toughest and most courageous character.

"So... you mean, we have to fight?" Marquis Gordon asked in a deep voice.

Marquis Yuke shook his head again: "Fight? Who to fight? How to fight? Are you sure we can beat the merchant faction now? Even if we beat the merchant faction, can we still defeat the Northwest Republic? I said it in advance, I can help to fight the merchant faction. Don't look for me to fight the Northwest Republic, I don't want to die."

The nobles were silent, and Marquis Yuke pointed out the key to the problem directly - the key to this civilian surname movement lies in the Northwest Republic that launched it. Since there is no way to deal with the Northwest Republic, even if the merchant faction is defeated, it doesn't mean much.

Anyway, the honor that has long been enjoyed by the nobles has been divided among the common people.

"But we can't just let it go. At least we have to stop the merchants from doing this." Marquis Gordon said, "Otherwise, we will have conflicts among ourselves."

"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think this matter can be resolved through war." Marquis Yuke sighed, "In my opinion, we can only strengthen management in our own ruling areas and crack down on those who want to promote the movement of civilian surnames - we must be ruthless and heavy-handed, and let them know that this matter is not negotiable!"

The nobles nodded one after another, and each of them showed a murderous intent in their eyes...

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