In the early morning of the seventieth day when he was stationed in Talburg, Lawrence returned to Talburg with a detachment sent by the army's caravan. This caravan carried three carriages: two carriages of fresh meat, vegetables and other food supplies,

A cart of arrows, kerosene and other defensive equipment. Thanks to the looting after the capture of Biltenburg, the food reserves in Talburg were relatively sufficient, but fresh fruits and vegetables were in short supply.

These goods that were not easy to preserve were simply ignored, and the fresh fruit and vegetable vendors in Gelaru County did not dare to bring these fresh goods to Talburg for trade, so the few carts of supplies brought by the military caravan this time were guarded by Talburg.

The army was very happy.

Also returning with the detachment were seventeen young men recruited by the caravan to garrison Talburg and a private letter from Bishop Olof to Art.

The food supplies were stored in the warehouse in Talburg, and the young man was handed over to Odo and Angus for training. At this time, Art was reading Bishop Olof's private message.

In the letter, Bishop Olof praised Art for his heroic fighting while stationed at the border, and promised to ask the court to commend Art. In the letter, Bishop Orlov also emphasized that Art’s army must maintain the fear of God.

The first thing is not to invade the holy place of the church, and the second thing is not to kill innocent civilians indiscriminately...

Lawrence was sitting on the wooden bench opposite to report to Art about the caravan accompanying the army.

"Sir, the old steward and Steward Salt are currently in Zurich. This time the caravan has encountered big trouble in its southern goods trade."

Art's heart tightened when he heard this, and he quickly asked: "What's the big trouble??"

"Because we brought too much southern goods this time, the southern goods trading guilds in Zurich made things difficult for us. They said that the southern goods we brought into Zurich were priced too low and seriously disrupted the southern goods market in Zurich. They ordered

The prices of the goods we carry must increase and we require that all southern goods shipped into Zurich in the future must pay a tax of 15% to the guild or pay a dues of 10,000 pfennigs to the guild and then join the guild and become the Zurich Trade Guild.

or they will seize all our goods."

"Sir, those dozen or so cars of Chinese goods are worth nearly 50,000 pfennigs!!!" Lawrence said with uncontrollable anxiety.

After hearing this, Art tried his best to calm down and asked: "Didn't you show them the lacquered document issued by Tyniec County for transporting military supplies?"

"I showed it to them from the beginning. They said that most of the southern goods were not military supplies, so they refused to admit it. They even threatened that we were misappropriating military supplies to carry private supplies, and that they would send us to the palace for severe punishment." Lawrence said with a look on his face.

of anger.

"Then have you tried to find a way to get in touch with the guild?"

"It's no use. The old steward and Steward Salt went to several guild leaders afterwards and tried to send them some property to settle the matter, but they didn't accept it at all. Now the caravan is being targeted by guild armed forces, and our

The goods cannot leave Zurich at all, and if we follow the goods prices set by the guilds, there is no way we can compete with the local southern goods trading houses."

"The old housekeeper and Manager Salt are now trying to contact the southern goods stores in the city to see if they can sell the southern goods after the price increase..."

"Sart once told me that when the caravan expands in size, it will definitely encounter the crowding out of big merchants and guilds from all over the world. But now it is still in the war, the north-south trade is basically cut off, and Zurich really needs goods from the south.

Why did the guild suddenly stand up to make things difficult for the southern goods caravan at this time?" Art recalled what Salt once said about the power of the guild.

"Lawrence, have you ever encountered difficulties in other places?" Art asked Lawrence.

"No, the prices of the goods we brought from Talburg were also very low, but no one cared about them at all. Everything went smoothly in other places. Not long after we returned to Zurich after purchasing southern goods from the south, we just found a place to stay.

The people from the guild found us somewhere." Lawrence recalled carefully.

"That's weird~ Why? It doesn't make sense~" Art lowered his head and thought for a long time but couldn't think of the end of the problem.

After a while, Lawrence asked tentatively: "Sir, can you write a letter to ask the Vice Prime Minister to see if he can help us."

Art shook his head and said: "Now Count Baldwin is very busy with the war in the east. He can't pay attention to our trivial matters. Besides, based on our relationship with Lord Baldwin, he may not be willing to help."

Art thought for a moment and said: "You reminded me that Bishop Olof is now the Bishop of the Lucese Diocese. He must know some high-ranking officials in Zurich and may have some influence in the guild. Now

We can only ask the Bishop for help."

After saying that, Art turned around and pulled out the wooden box placed under the bed, took out a set of quill pens and carbon ink letter paper and began to write a letter to Bishop Olof. In the letter, Art explained the purpose of the caravan.

He talked about the huge expenses of supporting the troops garrisoned in Talburg, and talked about the current difficulties encountered by the caravan. Finally, he hoped that Bishop Olof could come forward to help coordinate, and all the expenses incurred during the period would be borne by the caravan itself.

"Lawrence, I have to be stationed in Talburg now and cannot go to see the Bishop in person. You will take the caravan and this private message back to Zurich tomorrow and go to Lucesal with Kuper Salter to look for Austria.

Lord Bishop Love, please help us get through this difficulty."

"Tell Cooper and Salt to hold on to me. Those guys in the guild always bully the weak and shy away from the strong. We will definitely deal with these people in the future. If we are soft now, we will not be able to be tough later." Art ordered.

Lawrence took the private message covered with fire paint and blew it dry before carefully putting it into the pouch on his waist. He raised his head and replied to Art: "Sir, there is no need to wait for tomorrow. I will take the convoy and set off after lunch.

If the matter is resolved earlier, the caravan will suffer less losses."

"Okay, let Spencer prepare some delicious food for you." Art admired Lawrence's enthusiasm...

After Lawrence left, Art was still sitting at the wooden table thinking about how to solve the problems encountered by the caravan. For future development, the caravan will continue to expand. In the process, there will definitely be many such problems. If

If you cannot think about how to solve them in advance, it will be more difficult to deal with these problems after the war is over.

While Art was still deep in thought, Angus walked in. Seeing that Art didn't respond at all, he lightly knocked on the edge of the table in front of Art.

"Master Art, if you are so fascinated, you must be missing your Miss Lottie, right?"

Art came back to his senses, smiled at Angus, and said with a serious face: "How can I have the mind to think about these things now? Sergeant Major, our caravan with the army is in trouble in Zurich, Zurich Trading

The guild has seized our goods..." Art told Angus in detail about the difficulties that the army caravan encountered in Zurich.

Angus scratched his hair and said: "This is going to be difficult. I grew up in Zurich and I am used to the guilds being so helpful, especially the trade guilds. Their members are all quite powerful.

The big businessmen with money and power are not only closely intertwined with the dignitaries of the palace, but also have a well-equipped guild guard under the trade guild, and many local ruffians in Zurich are also working for the guild. This gang is ruthless and evil, for their own gain.

It’s hard to deal with them by any means necessary.”

Art covered his face with his hands and wiped it, "I didn't expect that the people from the guild would come so soon. I have asked Lawrence to bring a letter to Bishop Olof of Lucesien, asking the bishop to come forward.

Help solve it.”

"Well, right now, only the people in the church can make those guys in the guild have some scruples. Master Art, you are quite good at finding a backer." Angus said with a smile.

"I can't get away now. The caravan's difficulties can only be solved by Cooper and Salta themselves with the help of Bishop Olof."

"By the way, Sergeant Major, what was the result of your sentinel inspection over Bierten?" Art simply ignored the caravan for the time being and focused his energy around Talburg.

Angus straightened his body and replied seriously: "I'm just here to tell you this. Yesterday I took Ron to scout around Bilten. There are now dozens of people around the walls of Bilten."

Elite soldiers guarded and patrolled, and the defense was very tight. The surrounding villages, manors, and settlements were all closed, and the roads everywhere were cut off. Everyone in the entire Bilten area was in danger. It seemed that Jeffrey was scared out of his wits.

He is also worried that we will take advantage of the situation to capture Bielten again or lead troops to plunder surrounding villages and estates."

????"Baron Jeffery will not go out again for the time being, but he still needs to be on guard against the enemy forces on the other side of Teblon City. You ask Ron's sentry team to continue to monitor the dynamics of the border and report immediately if there is any abnormality.

"

????Art swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued: "The army has been fighting continuously for two months. Taking advantage of the calm during this period, I plan to let the army also repair and train. Some time ago, the soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, and each squadron

There are all vacancies. This time Lawrence has brought another group of young men, and together with those prisoners of war who have regained their free status, they have been incorporated into the new recruits. You and Odo seize the time to conduct basic training for the new recruits, and then

Reorganize into the soldier squad. Odo is in charge of the training of new recruits, and you will assist. Also, see if any of the soldiers in Tarburg are suitable to be cavalry. If there are such soldiers, you can select them and let them join the Sentinels.

Trained by you alone."

"By the way, what's going on with those territories where Earl Baldwin is subject to peasant and military labor?"

"Odo is trying to keep some peasant soldiers with potential as soldiers. Currently, four single men have confirmed that they want to join us. It's hard to say about the others," Angus replied.

"Well, all those who are willing to be soldiers will stay. As long as there are not too many of them, I will report death in battle to Count Baldwin. If the others are determined to leave, just give them some food and coins to go home. After all, they are overdue.

After serving for so long, there is not much pressure from the war in Tarburg now, and most of them have families and fields, so it is not easy for us to force them to stay."

After Angus took the order and left, Art sat quietly for a while, then thought of the difficulties the caravan encountered, and couldn't help but mutter: "The trade route is difficult~"

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In the official room of Zurich's trade guild, Dean, a trainee knight in rich attire, was exchanging glasses of wine with the leader of the guild, John George.

"Uncle John, I offer this glass of wine to you on behalf of my father. Thank you for upholding justice for our family." Dean picked up the silver wine glass and touched the guild leader's wine glass gently, then drank it all.

The leader of the guild also took a big sip, patted his belly and replied: "Your father is a good friend of mine. We have been doing business together for many years. How could I just sit back and watch his affairs? Besides, the southern goods from Tyniec to Zurich are

Your family has always controlled the trade routes. That pariah had just been lucky enough to be promoted to a trainee knight, and he began to want to take advantage of the war to intervene in the north-south trade. He really thought that he was the master of this world, and he was a little naive. Go back and tell your father, let him

Don’t worry, I will definitely let those untouchables who are snatching food from the tiger’s mouth know what it means to have difficult trade routes!!!”

The leader of the guild said a few harsh words, then touched the bulging money bag on the table and laughed loudly, and Dean also laughed a few times.

After laughing for a while, the guild leader remembered another thing and asked Dean in a low voice: "Dean, you are now responsible for escorting military supplies by the side of the Deputy Prime Minister. How did you do what I told you last time?

Already?"

Dean looked around with a sly look, and after confirming that no one was around, he whispered in the ear of the guild leader: "I have replaced the newly recruited military rations with the old rations in your warehouse and transported them to the Eastern Front. That batch

The military rations will be delivered to your ration store tomorrow. According to the old rules, I will get three cents of the money I make."
Chapter completed!