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Chapter 340 The Twin Cities (5)

Just as Danica was chatting with Philis, Emily, who turned into a black cat, ran over and jumped into her master's arms.

Danica said while helping Emily comb her hair, “How is it, is the action going smoothly?”

Emily narrowed her eyes enjoyingly and said, "There was some minor problem, but overall it went smoothly."

"What's wrong?" Danica asked casually.

Emily said: "When cleaning up those nobles, Catherine was subjected to fierce resistance. Everyone seemed to be fighting to the death, which caused quite a lot of trouble for Catherine."

Danica paused for Emily's hand, and two cold lights shot out from her eyes: "When those awakened people came here, they didn't see them fighting so hard."

"Faced with guys who are not familiar with and look fierce, most people are always afraid." Phyllis said. Many people are particularly tough when bullying their own people, and they shrink back when facing outsiders. This is also a common phenomenon. Those awakened people have intermediate strength and look like they don't plan to reason. The nobles naturally have no confidence in their hearts, but if they face a group of big-headed soldiers from mercenaries, their nobles will all be proud and even have the courage to sacrifice themselves.

Danica said: "I will let them understand what they should be afraid of. I will let them face a human-eating tiger than dare to disobey the orders of the Gemini Queen. Tell Catherine to be tough."

"Oh, OK." Emily responded, jumped out of Danica's arms, turned into a crow, and flew out.

After Emily flew away, Ai Xue came over, holding a plate of snacks and two cups of tea in her hand, and said, "Master, it's a little cold. Do you want to have a cup of hot tea?"

Danica gestured and said, "Let it go there! The merchant doesn't need you to watch it?"

"No," Ai Xue said, "as the master said, merchants have natural weakness when facing regimes, and they dare not face any power head-on."

"But it doesn't mean they are not dangerous." Danica reminded, "There are too many things that can be bought in the central war-torn areas, including mercenaries, arms, food, and even the support of nobles. Even if they dare not come forward on their own, they must be careful to keep an eye on them."

“Yes, master.”

After taking a sip of tea, Danica asked, "How are the things I asked you to do?"

Ai Xue said hesitantly: "It's okay to talk about food, but it will take some time for weapons."

A few months ago, Danica gave Aixe an order to integrate all the food and weapons transactions in the entire Gemini Kingdom. No matter what method is used, the goal is to ensure that every grain of food and every arrow flows to Aixe Chamber of Commerce can be controlled and that the circulation can be cut off at any time.

The food aspect is relatively easy to solve. During the Kenster trial, Aishi Chamber of Commerce conducted several snipers on the grain market. There was a large supply of food from the Druids. The Aishi Chamber of Commerce's control over the grain market could barely meet the standards. However, the weapons aspect was more troublesome...

"It's mainly the Dwarves, which is not easy to deal with." Ai Xue said. Now in Twin Cities, there are two ways to buy high-quality weapons. One is to go to the store under the Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce, and the other is to find the Dwarves' blacksmith workshop.

"Can't solve it by commercial means?" Danica leaned on the chair and picked up a piece of snack.

"It's not very effective." Ai Xue said helplessly. Dwarf craftsmen are not like those pure merchants in the southern coastal areas. Their pursuit of commercial interests is not that extreme. They just want to make a living by relying on their own craftsmanship. However, their craftsmanship is quite good. No matter how they can make a living, the effects that Ai Xue's commercial methods can have are very limited.

Phyllis sitting next to her was already prepared that Danica would issue another bloody order - if commercial means cannot be achieved, then she could only use some non-commercial means, such as "handling". However, what she did not expect was that Danica rubbed her eyebrows and said helplessly: "Can you buy those dwarf blacksmiths?"

Seeing Philis's surprised expression, Danica explained: "The craftsmanship of the dwarf blacksmith is famous and it is indeed worthy of its reputation. There are several dwarf blacksmiths in the Aishi Chamber of Commerce. In my opinion, they are much more useful than those nobles. If they are not absolutely necessary, they are really reluctant to kill them." With superb skills, but they will not cause trouble, what rights and interests are needed, and there are better people than this? Danica doesn't know what the rulers of the dwarfs did.

Ai Xue said: "I have been trying, but so far there has not been any particularly good results."

Danica asked, "What's wrong? Do they have any special appeals? Or do they still maintain their loyalty to the Dwarf royal family?"

"No, many of the dwarves in Twin Cities have lived here for three or four generations. They don't feel much about the distant dwarf kingdom."

"It shouldn't be difficult to convince them to be loyal to the Queen of Gemini Kingdom." Danica said, her tone not very intense, but this kind of reproach still made Aishi a little scared.

"Yes...yes..." Ai Xue said quickly.

"Maybe they just like a little free life." Phyllis said to Aishi, "Danika, your desire to control will make many people feel uncomfortable."

"Is that true?" Danica said, falling into thinking.

At that moment, Phyllis really thought that her friend had realized that it was not a good thing to control too much, but then Danica's words shattered her innocent thoughts.

Danica said: "Aishi, you can establish an unofficial, non-profit guild to integrate the weapons trading in the entire Twin Cities. For reasons... In order to avoid vicious competition, everyone can sit down and discuss the prices of weapons trading and the purchase price of iron ore. Stores and workshops supervised by the guild can be protected by the guild, as well as some preferential conditions. For example, the arms procurement of the Gemini Kingdom is limited to shops and workshops supervised by the guild, which will be a big order."

Phyllis gave Danica a blank look and said, "Unofficial, non-profit? Are you sure this kind of rhetoric can fool others?"

Danica said confidently: "Of course, don't make everyone as smart as you, especially those dwarves who are famous for their straightforward and simpleness, Aishi, try to make these things more complicated."

"Also..." Danica looked at the fire in the distance and said, "Aixue, tell me the truth. Is it too much for the Aixue Chamber of Commerce to completely control the transaction of food and weapons?"

"This..." Ai Xue hesitated.

Phyllis said: "You just tell the truth. If there is any problem, we can discuss and solve it together. If you conceal the problem, Danica will not let you go if something happens in the future."

After hearing Philis say this, Ai Xue gritted her teeth and said, "Although the progress of weapons trading is not ideal now, I think this matter is easier to deal with. I may not have any effective solutions for the dwarf's blacksmith workshop, but the bulk trading of iron ore is much easier to control. On the contrary, although Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce has controlled the grain trading in the Twin Cities, as our jurisdiction becomes wider, we have no way to strictly control the grain in rural areas and towns."

Danica nodded and said, "Then do you think there are any other necessities for daily life that are easy to control?"

Phyllis couldn't help asking, "Danika, why do you have to control your people so persistently?"

"I'm afraid they will rebel!" Danica said with a smile.

Phyllis shook his head and said, "Danika, rebelling in this world is extremely difficult. I really can't understand why you have such concerns. Not everyone can get food from the Druids. The beast tribe sets out a large grassland to raise war horses. A country sitting on a mine cart provides iron ore and steel. There is also a chamber of commerce that can be called a large number of people to help with material circulation even in the southern coastal areas. Not to mention that I, a princess from the Elf Royal Court, allocates two hundred intermediate professions to you. You should know that you can take out two hundred intermediate professions in this world.

Both the power of the genius and the country can count. Your country and your queen's position have so many strong guarantees, why are you still worried about someone's rebellion? I can say that, Catherine, Lemil, and Aishue, the three of them are responsible for the three important aspects of the Gemini Kingdom Army, politics and business. Even if the three of them unite, they cannot take off your position. I know that your desire for control is relatively strong, which is a need for security, which I can understand, but I wonder why you have such a strong desire for control in this regard, because you obviously don't need any worries."

Danica's smile froze, and the atmosphere on the balcony became solemn. Ai Xue glanced at Danica and Philis with some anxiety. Their conversation was no longer suitable for her to listen to, but she didn't dare to leave without orders.

I don’t know how Danica and Philis feel. Anyway, Ai Xue is extremely nervous now. Although the conversation has nothing to do with her, Ai Xue always thinks that knowing what she shouldn’t know will bring disaster, and it is likely to be a catastrophe.

After a while, cold sweat broke out on Ai Xue's forehead, and Danica waved her to leave first.

After Ai Xue fled a little, Danica said: "You are right. I shouldn't be so worried about my rule, but I'm so uneasy. I always feel that the power of civilians in this world is constantly increasing."

Phyllis took a sip of tea and said, "I remember we talked about this topic before. You are the one I know who pays the most attention to the power of civilians, but I have never understood that the power gap between professionals and ordinary people is too big. This huge gap cannot be made up by the number of people, and it cannot be achieved by the pile of people. Ordinary people can confront professionals."

"You are right. The power gap between professionals and ordinary people in this world is too big, but ordinary people and professionals are just two types of identities. Is there any special trend in the transformation of this identity?"

Phyllis paused the teacup beside her mouth and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Danica looked at the battlefield in the distance and said, "I think many ordinary people in this world have professional talents and can be transformed into professionals."

Phyllis drank the tea and said, "Because the relevant knowledge of professionals is often monopolized in the hands of nobles, some talented civilians really cannot become professionals. If you open up your knowledge, the number of low-level professionals will indeed increase."

"I'm not talking about this." Danica waved her hand, hesitated for a while, took out a document and placed it on the table, and said, "Look at this."

"What is this?" Phyllis picked up the document, and when she saw the first page, she couldn't help but say, "What a cruel experiment."

Danica said: "I know, but that's not the point, look at the experiment conclusion."

Phyllis looked at it briefly and turned to the last page.

With a snap, Phyllis closed the experimental report and frowned and said, "Is this experiment... this experiment reliable?"

Danica said: "The experiment content is credible, but now it depends on how we view the experimental conclusion."

"The samples are too few..." Phyllis stopped halfway through her speech. She felt that it was not convincing. Thousands of experimental samples could not be said to be missing.

Danica said: "As you said, there are people in this world who have professional talents but have abandoned this talent because they do not have channels to obtain relevant knowledge. But are these people really only a minority? How is this 'minor' determined? It's just based on personal feelings? This experimental report shows that this situation is not a 'minority', but a lot of people."

"Where did this experiment?" Philis asked. Although the experimental report was simple, it can still be seen that this was a super-large experiment that took several years and required a large experimental site. Many experimental equipment were super large experiments. With her understanding of Danica, she had no time and energy to complete the experiment. So where was the experiment completed?

"This..." Danica hesitated a little.

Phyllis immediately realized that this problem was a little embarrassed. She changed her words and asked, "Or can anyone else see this experimental report?" Such large and cruel experiments are absolutely shameless. The forces behind it who can provide shelter and support for such experiments may not be able to talk about it casually.
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