Vol 4 Chapter 841 Unprecedented undercurrent

Just when Charles and Diana were hiding on the island and enjoying themselves, in the city of Qiqiu, the capital of Bischberg Kingdom, an undercurrent affected the hearts of many people.

Outside the side door of Linda’s house, many people were staring at the door, waiting for the “informant” inside to come out.

It’s just that the side doors that used to have many servants entering and leaving are now tightly closed, and have not been opened since the sun rose.

There was not a trace of news in the mansion, which made the people in charge of inquiring about the news seem particularly irritable.

By noon, there had been four or five fights nearby due to bumping into each other while walking, looking at each other more, and so on.

Don’t be irritable. If you can’t report the progress of the brother-sister meeting inside to your master in time, they won’t have any good fruit to eat.

Until the middle of the moon, someone suddenly heard news from the front door that the carriage of the second prince Abner had left Linda’s mansion, and the carriage of the eldest prince Abner followed closely.

The Golden Palace on the side is still brightly lit, and King Antoine II is sitting in a room in the basement, playing with a revolver in the dim light.

Since the “Battle of the Full Moon”, Antoine II has rarely appeared in front of the world, and his sons and daughters have taken turns doing almost all public activities.

Compared with those nobles and big businessmen who were anxiously waiting, the king’s news was naturally better than them.

When the intelligence chief entered the room, he was still wearing the same black robe. He reported to Antoine II: “Your Majesty, the negotiation between His Royal Highness Abbott and His Highness Linda has broken down.”

“His Highness Abner and His Highness Abner left one after another. At the first intersection, His Highness Abner’s carriage turned and did not go with His Highness Abner.”

Antoine II just nodded slightly and continued to study the rifling in the barrel of the revolver.

After a while, he asked, “Where’s the third one?”

The intelligence chief replied: “His Royal Highness Avis is still in the territory, and he is playing with his little highnesses every day.”

Antoine II had a slight smile on his face, the only good news he had heard.

Allen was killed by Charles before he had offspring, Linda was not married to Charles, and his three other sons already had children.

It’s just that the eldest and the second child are busy with “career” every day. Only the third child, Elvis, spends most of the year in the territory playing with the children after having twin daughters three years ago.

The intelligence chief returned after a short absence with the latest news.

“Report to Your Majesty.” The intelligence chief seemed a little hesitant this time, “Not long ago, three carriages drove out of His Royal Highness Linda’s house at the same time. Just now, all these carriages were attacked and all the vehicles were damaged. Qiucheng.”

Antoine II’s face suddenly darkened, and he asked, “Is there any news from Charles yet?”

The intelligence chief replied: “Ever since Earl McGarden was kidnapped by the Demon God that day, there has been no news of his return so far.”

The true identity of Charles Medivh was no secret to those who knew him well, and it was easy for the spies of the Bischberg kingdom to find out.

The knowledge city just stopped shipping, but the magic communication bureau there is still maintaining normal work, and the news of the island will soon be spread.

Antoine II signaled the intelligence chief to leave. After there was no one in the room, he threw the revolver on the table, leaned back on the chair and sighed deeply.

He never imagined that his country had undergone tremendous changes in just a few years.

In recent years, many iron chain bridges and ziplines have been built in the mountainous Bischberg Kingdom, which has greatly improved the efficiency of material transportation.

For those places where woollen mills were built, the convenience also meant lower transportation costs.

It’s just the thriving wool mill that makes some people jealous.

Some nobles are unwilling to change their original way of life, and they still live an idyllic life.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t make a profit from the emerging textile industry. The lords who built iron bridges and ziplines in their territories have charged high tolls to the caravans transporting wool products. The lords who don’t have these two new things They have opened their minds to collect taxes in different ways, and some even pioneered the “horse dung tax” from caravans.

In a short period of time, the merchants selling wool products suffered heavy losses, and then they raised their prices on the one hand and lowered their purchase prices from the textile mills on the other.

Mills are also struggling, as buyers drive down prices while the McGarden family’s wool has raised prices a little because of increased taxes on transit.

The price difference between raw materials and products has decreased, and the bosses of textile mills have taken measures such as extending workers’ working hours, increasing labor intensity, reducing or even canceling workers’ benefits and benefits, and even employing child labor to reduce production costs.

From the point of view of the poor commoners, even so, working in a factory is more attractive than shaving food on barren land.

Especially those textile mills that own 5% of the shares of Earl McGarden, the representatives sent to the factories by the Earl often argue with other shareholders for the minimum wages and working hours of the workers, and even threaten to purchase raw materials, which eventually makes those The workers in the factory are treated a little higher than other factories.

In the past two years, more and more mountain people have fled their villages and entered the expanding factories.

As a result, the village lacked labor, and its products decreased, and the landlords found in horror that their families were running out of food.

As a result, the contradiction between the two sides began to be officially put on the table on this day.

The second prince Abt, who represents the interests of the broad landlord class, and the fifth princess, Linda, who represents the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie, were entrusted by the forces behind them and held closed-door talks in the presence of the eldest prince Abner.

On behalf of the landlords, Abner demanded that the factories repatriate the fleeing peasants.

Linda, on behalf of the capitalists, asked the landlords to drastically reduce tolls.

In the end ~www.readmtl.com~ The negotiation ends with Linda’s carriage pretending to be leaving Seven Hills attacked.

Antoine II leaned back in his chair and thought for a long time with his eyes closed.

As a king, he could see that the two major domestic forces had reached the point where the contradictions could not be reconciled.

In other words, he finally waited for this day.

Four years ago, Allen mentioned in a private conversation with him that the rise of woollen mills would bring great change to the country, but also fraught with danger.

It’s just that Allen didn’t have time to talk about what the danger was, because the time for the appointment had come, and he thought he could come back alive, so he planned to go back and talk about it in detail.

Antoine II sighed deeply again, and there was a vague feeling in his heart that he was afraid that the country would fall into an unprecedented civil strife.

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