PS: I'm going to break out tomorrow, so let's get together today.

Over the past 10 years, V.E has expanded its reach to every corner of Charlemagne.

Needless to say, the absolute monopoly in the field of commerce, taxation, medical care, postal services, logistics, public works - the enterprises and resources that should have been controlled by the state and the aristocracy were also handed over to the V.E company in accordance with the provisions of the Westphalia Loan Treaty, and at the end of the clause it was indicated whether the V.E company could manage it on its behalf and directly determine the amount of the loan.

Regardless of the evil intentions of the foreign government against Charlemagne, this kind of robbery immediately aroused all kinds of murderous hatred, except for the large and small nobles who had strong capital in the V.E company, the middle and lower class knights who could not get any benefit from the exclusive growth of the V.E company were full of disgust and anger, and were cut off from the financial route, not to mention, a group of merchants on an equal footing with themselves, interfering in the abnormal development of national affairs, few knights could maintain a rational attitude.

Since then, this monopoly has appeared on the list of the Knights' most hated objects, and the hatred index has directly caught up with the second-ranked United Duchy of Ross, and has the potential to surpass the champion Albion in one fell swoop. The unbearable knights, in the spirit of "the outside must first be at ease" and "the sacred and glorious tradition must not be defiled", carried out a series of activities, and then collectively wrote to His Majesty the King, demanding the punishment of illegal acts in the operation of V.E Company, proposing to prohibit merchants from meddling in state affairs in the form of a legal inscription, and severely crack down on monopolistic behavior in the commercial field.

With a bit of spicy black comedy, the confrontation between the worried people and the monopoly consortium officially kicked off half a year after the signing of the Westphalian Loan Treaty.

Cracking down on monopolies and ensuring healthy competition in the market is what every government strives for, but only if the government maintains sufficient influence, and the king and prime minister, who are struggling with the annual repayment of loans from other countries, even if they know about the activities of V.E. Company, they adopt an attitude of turning their eyes open, and Li Lin, who understands it, also restrains his subordinates not to use large-caliber howitzers to solve problems like forced demolition.

The knights, who did not appreciate it, or whose emotional intelligence was too low, did not see the delicate balance under the calm, and could not wait for a response from the upper echelons, and they actually connected with each other in their heads, and at the same time launched a mass movement in 7 cities to expel the merchants of V.E Company and loot the company's property. During the incident, the situation got out of control for a while, and the boycott quickly evolved into an aimless smashing and looting in the agitation of the crowd. During this period, there were even several incidents of robbery of horse-drawn carriages transporting tax escorts.

The enthusiasm of the worried people is commendable, but the IQ is really not flattering. His Majesty Charles IV had any more complaints about the misconduct of the V.E company, but the V.E company helped his pockets to really bulge. Eventually, taxes began to pick up somewhat, and it was a big no-no for these hot-headed guys to dare to incite a mob to attack the tax office.

No monarch can endure the power of force against the central government's taxation, let alone incite the people to make mass incidents, this is a naked anti-system act, and it is worth not suppressing it?

Repression, resolute repression!

With the will of His Majesty the King, the bureaucrats, who had the hard-earned money of the V.E Company in their pockets, quickly drafted decrees, mobilized troops to drive away the rioters, and arrested some of the leading evildoers. The low-key V.E, on the other hand, captured a group of die-hards, sent them to the operating table in the real yàn room to be executed with bamboo surgical instruments, and spent three whole days dismembering these stupid people.

Since then, no one has dared to risk a vicious counterattack to instigate anything [Qingjun Side], which has maintained peace and stability for nearly 10 years.

Now it seems that the knights are just stopping for the time being, waiting for the right moment. The events planned in this small manor are obviously not isolated at the moment, and the anti-V.E forces seem to have finally waited for the right time after years of dormancy. (To be continued.) )