Chapter 662 In Horn’s explanation
During Horn's explanation, everyone in the secret party in the hall was flipping through or listening to others explaining the contents of the document.
What started out as mosquito-like whispers soon turned into a noisy torrent.
"Sir Horn, I find it difficult to accept this." In the end, a drunken secret party leader stood up bravely, "We are all secret parties that have been passed down for hundreds of years, and the church has not eliminated us, so why do you open your mouth? Are you going to ban us?”
"Yes!" Another representative of the small secret party echoed, "Isn't it clear that we are forced to hand over the territory we fight to the death to those big secret parties?"
"Yes, the church has not eliminated you, because it doesn't need to do so at all!" Holding the wine glass in his hand, Horn's tone was calm, but there was an intimidating power. "It only needs to divide you from each other, and then reap the benefits. Just make the most of it”
Lulesi blew out a smoke ring and cursed angrily: "You only think about defending the territory to the death, and don't think about the benefits brought by the federation and unity. You are really thinking about yourself."
"But..."
The man still wanted to argue, but was coldly interrupted by Solan: "The territory you defended? If you really defended it, how could the church just kidnap your people and make them slaves?"
The two secret party leaders, including several people around them, were mostly sober from their wine. They suddenly discovered a problem.
That is, from the perspective of strength, they are completely at a disadvantage.
These small secret parties are different from the big secret parties like the Joan Party, which controls seven or eight large and small towns and hundreds of village communities, manors and alchemy workshops. Small secret parties often only have three or five villages to support them.
In many cases, small secret parties do not have their own base, and are more like wandering merchants or even living in towns controlled by the big secret party.
Originally, they could still resist the annexation of large secret parties by moving around, relying on fortresses, and even cooperating with the church.
However, with the support of the Northern Salvation Army, the two large secret parties, the Joan Party and the Shadow Society, as well as several medium-sized secret parties, can join forces to deal with these small secret parties.
Look at the piles of cracks on Fraser's Fortress. Is their fort taller and stronger than the walls of Fraser's Fortress?
If you want to continue wandering or sneak into the church territory to lead the way, you can either go north to the Thousand River Valley through the Red Copper Fortress, or go south through the Fraser Fortress underneath your butt!
No wonder, no wonder the Ruan party tried their best to remove the outer strongholds of Fraser Fortress and attack Fraser Fortress. It turned out to be waiting for them here.
The two secret party leaders who had stood up felt embarrassed for a moment. They were neither standing nor sitting, and they didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, at this time, Horn walked up to the two secret party leaders with a wine glass: "I know that you are afraid of being annexed for the sake of your secret party members, so you can also form a secret party alliance.
By cooperating with other secret parties, you will be able to jointly control the decision-making power in the county council. You can even make your own suggestions through the council and influence the policies of the entire Black Snake Bay. Isn't this greater than your previous power? ”
The two secret party leaders slowly sat down, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
"Sir Horn, I have another question." As soon as he turned around, Horn heard a deep voice coming from behind him.
Seeing the fat middle-aged man in front of him, Horn quickly went through the information Lulesi had previously provided in his mind.
"You must be the Esteban wizard of the Ramirez family, right?" Looking at the wizard up and down, Horn raised his glass to him.
After arriving at Black Snake Bay, it was the first time that Horn met a representative of the Secret Party wizard family.
This kind of wizard family belongs to the landlord class in Black Snake Bay. They often own estates with tens of thousands of acres of land and are engaged in various trades and alchemy industries.
Generally speaking, any secret party of medium size or above will usually consist of one to several secret parties, and they will be combined with each other through marriage and blood. A secret party like the John Party, which is based on the fanatical worship of John and has a political program, is a non-mainstream minority in Black Snake Bay.
Wearing a wizard's straw hat and a thick mustache, Esteban made a standard bow to Horn: "Exactly, I am truly lucky to be recognized by you."
"If you have any questions, you can ask them."
"My question is very simple. You said that as long as you submit a population register under your name, you can get a parliamentary seat. What does it mean to be 'in your name'?"
Horn suddenly understood.
There is an important issue involved here, and that is the question of who should own it if two secret parties claim to have control over the population of a certain area at the same time.
In Black Snake Bay, there are not only co-administration areas, but also dual-end worship areas, that is, worship to two or even multiple secret parties at the same time, or complete autonomy without worship at all.
So how to deal with these villages or regions is a big problem that cannot be avoided.
"It's very simple. Based on the current situation and documents, whoever controls this area now, even if it belongs to someone else, and whoever can provide more detailed and authoritative management records will have priority.
These documents may include tax records, trade transactions, or evidence of direct administration of land and people.
If the dispute still cannot be resolved, how about letting the Sacred Axis form an arbitration committee to rule and see who is more recognized by the actual local population? ”
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Esteban bowed again and said, "I couldn't agree more."
Horn's eyes swept across several large wizard families and toasted to them from a distance, and these wizards stood up and responded in return.
Holding the wine glass and under the gaze of everyone, Horn slowly walked back to the stage, his smiling face illuminated by the candlelight: "Everyone has shown sincerity, it seems not good for me to do nothing, so be it.
The Sacred Axis provided 20,000 bolts of woolen cloth, 30,000 tons of grain, and 10,000 iron farm tools to Black Snake Bay for free to build sweet branch plantations, smelting herb plantations, and slime farms.
Our Holy Scythe Monastery will provide you with planting techniques and herbal seeds, and provide agricultural consultants to help you establish plantations. ”
Needless to say, the sweet branch plantation was prepared for the future sugar and grain trade, while the smelting herb plantation was for the north
The northern county of Black Snake Bay is not as hot and humid as the central and southern counties, and there are still many wastelands and wetlands, which are perfect for growing and making dissolution and softening potions for smelting metals.
Extracting stagnant water through a clockwork machine can greatly increase the mine's iron ore output, but with so much ore, it must be refined.
Horn's current lightning furnace has not yet been successfully developed. Even if it is successfully developed, it will take a long time to completely replace wet iron smelting.
The slime farm needs no further explanation. Slime is a treasure and can almost replace rubber as an industrial raw material.
Both the mortar and sugar industries have a huge demand for slime juice. The local slimes in Daze Township are almost all hunted down, and they have to rely on breeding to supply them.
For Horn, Black Snake Bay itself is a huge market and raw material production area.
Lulesi stood on the chair and poured a glass of fruit wine into the copper cup: "I propose that everyone raise their glasses again and let us celebrate the passage of the bill."
"Cheers!"
(End of chapter)