Broad World

The demonstration team came rushing like a flood that opened the gates. It took more than an hour to reach the periphery of the administrative area. They did not dare to attack the noble mansion protected by many guards, but directly surrounded the council building. The armies that are waiting in full battle have entered a state of confrontation. Although they are large in number, they are still frightened in the face of powerful state violence.

There is no way, after all, most ordinary people have a natural fear of law enforcement, so both sides will maintain a certain degree of restraint before the real blood is seen, but if a conflict breaks out accidentally and kills someone, then the situation will immediately turn to the worst Either the Mutual Aid Association will be suppressed, or the City Hall will be washed away, and it will be completely reduced to anarchy.

But even so, the building was in a panic, especially the six-member council on the top floor was holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the immediate crisis.

They all know that if it is not a last resort, it is best not to use violence, otherwise even if it can be suppressed, it will cause great harm to Askatla. Once the commercial capital loses these cheap labor forces, it will immediately become second-rate Cities, no matter how superior the geographical location is, it will not be able to prevent the collapse of the economic system.

None of the people who can enter the highest ruling class in Amn is a fool. They all know how severe the situation is, and all of them have gloomy faces, and their eyes almost burst into flames.

After a long silence, a congressman took a deep breath and asked in a low voice: "Let's talk about it, how should we deal with these rioting civilians."

"You don't need to ask! Expel them immediately! Then catch the mastermind behind the scenes! Arrest all the guys who destroyed the shops and put them in the dungeon!"

"Yes! You must publicly hang that bastard! Also, I remember that the Mutual Aid Society was not established by Nalia? Why did she lose control as soon as she left?! Check! Make sure to check!"

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If you don’t open your mouth, you will be angry. When you open your mouth, the congressmen who are suffocating are all in a tough attitude, as if they will not give up until they wipe out the people outside.

Seeing that the people around him were shouting angrily, a person who hadn't spoken all this time sighed slightly. He patted the table hard and roared loudly: "Enough! I know you are all very unwilling, but now is not the time to vent! Look out the window! The number of those rioting people has exceeded 20,000! One-fifth of the entire Askatla Everyone is here! We must come up with a solution immediately!"

With the roar of this life, the room suddenly became quiet again, and these big figures who were usually aloof and tall suddenly became like defeated roosters, covering their faces and hammering and sighing non-stop.

Why didn't they know that what they just said was all nonsense and it was impossible to realize it, but when they thought of bowing their heads to civilians who wouldn't even look at them on weekdays, they all felt as uncomfortable as eating overnight food.

Just when the atmosphere was getting more and more dull, there was a sudden knock on the closed door. Immediately afterwards, a voice stood outside and shouted: "Dear Members! The people who rioted outside sent a representative to send a letter, saying that it stated their conditions."

"Conditions?! They robbed all the shops along the street! How dare they have the face to ask for conditions?!" A congressman stood up and smashed the table angrily, his eyes were bloodshot quickly, and he gritted his teeth.

Another congressman patted him lightly on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be angry, let's get through this crisis first, anyway, the ruling power is still in our hands, and we can slowly settle it in the future. Don't worry, I guarantee that those who provoked No one in trouble can run away."

After speaking, he shouted at the people outside the door: "Bring it in!"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The voice just fell. An officer in full body armor pushed open the door, walked in with his head held high, and put a crumpled piece of parchment on the table with both hands. Then he turned and left. He knew that this was the meeting place for the top decision makers of Amn, so he didn't dare to stay for a second, and he closed the door behind him when he went out.

After watching the outsiders leave, the person with the highest status stood up and spread out the parchment with a disgusted expression on his face, and read the content on it to everyone in a low voice.

"Respected council of six... Hmph, it's beyond my expectation that this group of lowly commoners can still use honorifics."

After making a sarcasm with a sneer, he continued to read: "Dear Council of Six. Our Mutual Aid Association solemnly makes three requests to you on behalf of the hardworking people of Askatla. Please consider carefully before making an answer, otherwise I can't guarantee what people will do when they lose their minds with anger."

"First, cancel or significantly reduce the poll tax. As poor people, we should not pay this high tax like any nobles who are rich, because His Majesty Henry of the Kingdom of West Hartland once said that the poll tax Tax is the most unequal tax in the world. It only makes the poor poorer and the rich richer. If our neighbors can do it, why can't we do it!"

"Second, we believe that the city hall needs to provide more jobs and higher wages. We are really poor, doing the hardest and most tiring work every day, and bringing prosperous business to this city. But it's not fair that I can't get enough of the cheapest black bread."

"Third. You must eliminate the part of the law that protects merchants and nobles. We require everyone to be equal, and we must publicly promise that we will never settle what happened today in the future, otherwise we will be punished by the gods."

"The above are our requirements. You have half an hour to think about it. As soon as the time is up, we will launch a charge and drive you vampires away. Amn is the Amn of the people, not nobles or merchants. Since it does not represent our interests, then we will overthrow it. Maybe it is a good idea to let His Majesty Henry Angomey be the king of Amn in the future. After all, he has a powerful force to protect the security of the country and let the common people Have a full stomach. Remember, you only have thirty minutes, don't delay in any way, we don't eat that."

Just after reading the last word, a congressman stood up abruptly and snatched the parchment, tore it to pieces without saying a word, and roared angrily, "Dream! These untouchables are dreaming! They thought Who are you?! Suppress! Let the army kill them all! At worst, we will recruit people from other places in the future! This precedent must not be set!"

In his eyes, this is not a negotiation at all, but a blatant threat. If the council compromises, there will be a second, third, and fourth time in the future, not to mention the history of Amn, and even the entire history of Amn. No second case can be found in the continent of Faerun, and everyone who is doing this in this house will become the laughing stock of other countries.

For a ruler, there is nothing more terrifying than losing the awe of the people, because if the people of a country start to have the courage to resist violent institutions on a large scale, then the country is not far from collapse, and the next challengers of rights will inevitably The previous rulers were exterminated, so no one but a fool would agree to such a humiliating clause.

An older congressman shook his head helplessly and reminded in a low voice: "We all understand what you said, and the army is also capable of suppressing this riot, but the problem now is that they mentioned Henry Angomey."

"Yes, this is indeed a big trouble. He owns the only floating city in the entire Faerun Continent, and more than 100,000 primitive tribal coalition forces from the wild world were defeated in just a few minutes, and he also arrested several people. Tens of thousands of strong slaves, we are completely unable to resist, so the top priority is to figure out his attitude first." Another congressman said in a heavy tone.

Floating city!

One of the highest masterpieces of the Netheril era, possessing unimaginable power, especially after learning about the spectacular scene of the duel between Olympus and the City of Shadows some time ago, except for the elves of Evermeeting Island, no one Any country that thinks it has the ability to withstand that level of attack has sent envoys to make friends with the new West Hartland Kingdom, and some countries that are under threat even want to form alliances in order to deter enemies who are about to move.

Of course, due to Henry's absence, it was either Queen Shikodi or Prime Minister Hawke who were in charge of receiving them. Neither of them had the right to make any decisions. They could only arrange for the envoys to stay and wait for the king to come back.

Askatra, who is the closest to Baldur's Gate, naturally sent an envoy, and was the first one to send out, so he got a lot of information and knew how powerful his northern neighbor was, let alone the floating city. Even if tens of thousands of captive slaves were reorganized and went south, Amn could drink a pot.

After thinking for a while and unable to find a solution, the councilor slammed his feet and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! We spend a lot of taxes every year for the Guild of Masked Mages, can't they come up with some solution? Chara What did Ms. Nona say? Is she just going to watch the whole city fall into turmoil?"

"Hey...Ms. Charanola didn't come forward, but the answer given by the senior mages after a meeting was that the civilian riots had nothing to do with magic, nor were they invaded by foreign enemies, and the masked mages had no right to interfere. We have to solve it ourselves, so hurry up and think of a way to stop Henry Angomey's appetite, even if he doesn't help us, let him remain neutral, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." After speaking, the congressman scratched his hair vigorously, showing A dejected look on his face.

But he probably will never know that Charanora is just a character created by Sean VII. The undead emperor is busy recovering his strength, so he has no time to care about other business, let alone his enemies. , if you don't continue to keep a low profile, then you basically don't want to have a clean life.

In addition, the original agreement between the Council of Six and the Guild of Masked Mages did not include the suppression of civilian riots. As the so-called matter has nothing to do with themselves, they don't care about things like power struggles. Anyway, no matter who rules the security Hum, you have to confess this spellcaster organization, otherwise, with so many mages, you will be overwhelmed if you find any trouble... (to be continued~^~)