Section 132 Secret Letter 2

Dear General:

At this moment, I wrote this second letter to you in Eagle City. Like the previous one, this letter should be delivered to you under absolute sealing conditions, rather than through magical communication.

First, let me introduce you to what I have seen and heard from Fornoros to Eagle Falcon City. From what I have seen on this road, Groney’s country is much calmer than I expected. In fact, if I hadn’t been so familiar with the situation in this country, I wouldn’t have even believed that I am in a country where civil war is happening now.

The roads were very smooth, and the basic order in various places was well maintained. Caravans of all sizes were constantly on the road. According to what I learned on the road, not only in this area, but also in the country, there seemed to be no such inevitable changes and chaos. On the contrary, at the earliest, the trend of people hoarding food and daily necessities was reduced.

General, I have to explain to you in particular. This civil war, this coup and all the things that happened are like a farce, one that happened at the top and could be regarded as a legend by ordinary people. After delaying for so long and without taking any action in all aspects, the tensions of ordinary people in China, ordinary farmers, merchants, craftsmen, etc. have calmed down. Many of them believe that this change will eventually be resolved through negotiation. As mentioned before, there is indeed such possibility (although this possibility only exists in theory), and the Little Queen and Byron can reconcile. A marriage can end everything perfectly.

Of course, I personally do not agree with this view at all. Judging from the situation I have mastered, this situation is a brief calm before the storm. As you said before, if our little queen inherited the brave and warlike bloodline of the Markremiz family, she would never be able to compromise with these traitors. This struggle must be completely collapsed and completely eliminated.

Of course, on the other hand, the same is true for Byron. What he wants is not to merge his bloodline and royal family into a family, but to become king by himself.

In my opinion, the reason for this calmness is that all parties take different actions according to their own strength - this action eventually leads to such an accident at the moment. Byron hopes to drag it down, and he will win if he drags it down. The little queen should want to act but cannot. As you expected before, I'm afraid she will find it difficult to solve the huge financial difficulties. The last Rafa still maintains the previous confusing silence. What is he waiting for?

I don't know if there is an answer there now, at least I didn't find it on Byron's side. Even if Byron knows, he hides it very well.

By the way, I followed Byron's eldest son, Byerheim (everyone calls him Baier). The reason for this is that Byron asked his son to go to Eagle City to do a dangerous and important job. And I don't mind having more travel companions, especially on the one hand, they can protect my safety, and on the other hand, they can let me find more information. I may not have found out enough from Byron, but this does not prevent me from trying again from his son.

From this point of view, perhaps the General's evaluation of Byron was not so accurate. At least he had the courage to let his eldest son take a risk in the Hawk City. Well, maybe this was not courageous, but at least it showed that he would still spend some money when he needed it.

However, neither of my goals was actually achieved. Because on the one hand, the journey was safe, and on the other hand, there was no special news about Bayer. If you insist on it, that is, Duke Byron, the former Regent, was also confused about the financial situation in Eagle City at this time. The only possibility is that there was some kind of force that no one expected to intervene, or that Garunas was truly powerful a hundred years ago, leaving a considerable amount of wealth for future generations.

As I mentioned to you last time, this time I went to Eagle City without intending to expose my actual identity, but instead observed everything here from the perspective of an ordinary traveler. Although I have made the worst plan, the situation is actually much better than I expected. I will report the general situation as follows.

The Eagle City is indeed our little queen in charge. After that incident, the little queen did not let the second person regent, but chose to take charge of herself. She once handed over the power to the Ashu Rufate (due to her performance in the previous incident, this Ashu Rufate had become an earl), but she quickly took back the power. I still remember your previous comment, which is indeed a shocking thing, especially since she is only twelve years old now.

I believe some people will understand this as the whimsical idea of ​​a child who holds power but does not know how to operate correctly. Indeed, on the surface, what can a twelve-year-old girl do? But in fact, based on the results of my inquiry in Eagle City, things seem to be completely reversed. The fact is that this little queen may still be in trouble, but at least she must not be treated as an ordinary little girl. According to Eagle City rumors, this little queen is wise and resolute, and is very strict in her subordinates, which is feared. She is still relatively immature in some aspects, but in other aspects, even the most experienced politicians must be admired. I would like to make it particularly clear that this thing itself is regarded as a miracle and has been circulating in Eagle City, becoming a topic of relish.

According to you, this little queen made surprising results when no one expected her at all.

The Earl of Ashu Rufat (I will describe the details about him carefully below), can now be confirmed that he does not control the political situation of the Falcon City. His current identity is the Minister of Finance, which is an important, prominent, but not a decisive position. From this point, it can be seen that the Falcon City is indeed in the hands of the little queen (although I think it is incredible).

The financial problems of the Falcon City - this is the fatal weakness of the little queen that you mentioned to me many times, and it is also the puzzle that Duke Byron is puzzled by it - it is indeed quite serious. The reason I say this is entirely because even ordinary residents of the Falcon City know this now. You know, when Duke Byron borrowed huge debts before, he had never considered the ability to pay. Whenever a loan expires, Duke Byron will adopt an effective method - convert it with principal and interest into a loan. I think at that time, our Duke made up his mind to change the dynasty rather than marrying.

Because if he asked his son to marry the little queen, then he would probably have to find a way to pay the terrible debt himself.

However, before that failed coup, things were completely different. When Byron was the Regent, when the country seemed stable and normal on the surface, merchants would be happy to borrow money, at least not in a hurry to collect debts. However, after the coup, this possibility was completely gone. Every creditor tried his best to recover the loan and protect himself. In the eyes of many people, it was completely incredible that our little queen had been able to support it. In order to reduce the expenses of the palace, the little queen even temporarily closed the palace and turned to work in the regent's mansion.

Despite this, when a debt expires, the creditors can still get real money from the little queen's bank. It seems that the little queen is very clear-headed. She knows that it is difficult to impose a commercial blockade on a country, but it is easy for a city, so she has no intention of betraying the debt.

According to the information I have learned from all aspects, the young queen now looks very tightly at her wallet. Even when she holds a meeting, she does not discuss finance issues. According to a very reliable channel: when a minister proposes a certain expense, the young queen will turn to look at her Chancellor of Finance (that is, Ash Rufate), who never explains the situation of the treasury, just nods or shakes her head.

So, it is now a secret to how much money the little queen has on hand. The only people who know this secret should be the little queen herself and his Chancellor of the Finance Department. Many people are asking about this secret, but the little queen is very good at defending this aspect. I heard that if someone inquires too much about this secret, they will be noticed and arrested.

However, the fact that such a thing becomes a secret is itself a very obvious evidence. I think the financial situation of our little queen is not optimistic, and it is not optimistic. But I don’t know how long Duke Byron will have to wait.

In addition, I want to mention two strange things. The first is that someone auctioned and trade licenses for the Elf tribe in the Elf City. You have also heard of related things. I still remember you mentioned this to me and envied the Turan people for getting a golden river. But now, there is an emerging small chamber of commerce in Ereb, which is actually auctioning a trade license signed by the Elf Prince Ash Rufate, the ruler of Ereb, allowing the purchase and sale of all goods. The number of trade licenses is unknown, but many large chambers of commerce actively participated in the auction.

I heard that the permit was only one year, but as long as there was enough funds, it would be not too difficult to make a net profit of millions of gold within a year. Not to mention anything else, just purchase a few hundred elves war horses and ship them to the Seven Kingdoms for sale.

I really don’t know if the mysterious person was so powerful that he actually got this thing. I was a little curious about the final transaction price, but it would definitely be no problem to auction a million gold Olympus with a license.

Another thing is that the Eagle City built a new large foundry in a place on the outskirts of the city. This was nothing strange (I mentioned this last time), but the one responsible for the construction was actually the dwarves. It is said that our little queen hired a large number of dwarves to help her build the factory for a large price. It was surprising, but unfortunately the guards were very strict and no idle people were allowed to approach. So although I saw some dwarf craftsmen working from afar, I couldn't learn more.

The last thing is about the new count named Ashu Rufate. I don’t know if this is luck. I accidentally saw him when I was on the street.

General, I swear I'm not wrong. What I saw was the man we met in Mir City, the vampire Ashu Rufate. His appearance had almost no change, but he was wearing the clothes of a nobleman. In the middle of his face, that is, the bridge of his nose, there was a conspicuous scar. But I believe this was a disguise.

He either forgot me or as I got older, he could no longer recognize me. In short, he just glanced at me, but passed without any reaction.

Lord General, this matter may match your initial inference! The vampire is trying to control Groone, and in order to achieve this goal, he has come here in person. With his intervention, all the mysteries and all the puzzles will have the best answers. It is natural for the little queen to be able to support it until now.

Fortunately, it seems that he has not been able to control the little queen yet. Although you decided before you set out that you must not intervene now, I really think... maybe this is not a good idea. If a vampire controls the overall situation, things may be out of control.
Chapter completed!