Chapter 1056 Trouble

Chapter 1056 Trouble

"What are you doing right now? Do you know that the price has plummeted?" Earl Canmond roared, glaring at the three nobles before him.

"Do you think we don't know that? No. Do you think we're not facing the same problem?" Count Yatcher shouted back.

"Kh!" Count Lesen bit his lips, not knowing what to do in this situation. "The price has decreased so much in just two weeks. Some of the nobles have stopped buying our products because the price doesn't increase."

"Aren't those nobles under their faction buying it to help the Ardagan family?"

"Yeah. They should have done that. In the long run, we should be able to win. No, as long as the trade ban lasts until winter, we can win."

"But we don't have enough money to even maintain a stable government." Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

"What are we going to do?"

The four nobles looked at each other.

Earl Canmond gritted his teeth. He couldn't help but remember what he saw when coming to meet them.

He was inside his carriage, looking at his own city. The atmosphere inside the city was without hope.

There were not many soldiers patrolling around the city, causing several thugs to appear. In fact, the Earl could see several of them waiting for him to pass so that they could begin robbing the people.

Due to the severe lack of money, he had to cut back on some costs, including the soldiers and even the production of the wool itself.

It meant that a lot of people had become unemployed, which halted the economy of this city.

The royal family and Matthew had given him some money to keep the city afloat, but it wouldn't last long. He could give the people a lot of things, but he had to sell the wool if he wanted his territory to survive.

The problem was that this was only a single city. He had a lot of cities in his territory. Even the royal family couldn't send out that much money, let alone the fact that they had to send some to the other three nobles.

If they kept subsidizing everything for these four nobles, there would be inflation in the kingdom, which other kingdoms would definitely take advantage of.

In other words, Earl Canmond and the three nobles had to find a way to solve this problem themselves.

After remembering the scene, Earl Canmond shouted, "This is because of all of you. You should know that the Ardagan family will point their blades at all of you once I'm gone."

"Calm down, Earl Canmond."

"That's right."

"We should discuss it first and see if there is another countermeasure."

The three nobles saw the desperation Earl Canmond had in his eyes. The trade ban was definitely a powerful sword for a noble. And it was even more ridiculous when four essential items were banned.

If they had to think about the stability of their territory, they couldn't make any rash decisions.

In addition, they had a hard time providing for their basic needs because of the lack of funds. The water was hard to get. While they had wells, they didn't have the rune technology to pump those wells to make it easier for the people.

In addition, Lounstein was next to demon territory. Meat would be abundant. How about them?

Earl Canmond had a lot of sheep since he focused on wool production. But if he killed those sheep, even if he could escape from this predicament, he wouldn't produce enough wool to sustain the entire territory.

What about the food? Most of the demons had been cleared up. While they had some farmlands, it wasn't enough to sustain the city. The only way to get money was to either increase the tax, which ended up squeezing every little thing the citizens had. In addition to the fact that they had cut some budget for their army, it wouldn't be weird if rebellions occurred.

In other words, if they couldn't get money, their territory would be destroyed from the inside.

"Not good. We have to do everything we can in order to gain additional funds."

There was one big miscalculation in their plan. It was the morale of the people. Laivaen City's circumstances were special. So, it wasn't that hard to maintain their morale.

The main city was even easier. Since they were disconnected from the outside world, they wouldn't know anything about the ban. In addition, Noel was staying there personally, suffering together with his subjects.

For an outstanding Marquis who led his people in battle, maintaining their morale was an easy task.

That was why, the moment Earl Canmond read the letter, he immediately took his leave.

There was only one option left to avoid the worst-case scenario. If the royal family couldn't help them anymore, he had no other choice but to do it himself.

The other nobles also realized that option and immediately dispersed. Instead of returning to their territory, they headed to another territory.

Yes, the solution was what Matthew suggested. They had no other choice but to bow to another noble.

However, traveling from their territory to meet the other nobles took several days, and it took another few days to go from the meeting point to the respective nobles.

By that time, the price had dropped even further.

While Matthew wanted to crush Noel, he still had to keep his company afloat. That was why he was unreliable in his support for these nobles as he wouldn't spend all that money to actually support them.

In fact, that greed was enhanced even further after Maxwell, Theressa, and Zephyr cooperated with Theo. Because of that cooperation, Maxwell's company had taken a hit, allowing Matthew to actually surpass him as the number one merchant in the kingdom.

There was no way he would abandon that position. Noel knew this fact from the first time he met him, specifically saw his affection.

Hence, the four nobles had no choice but to actually lower their heads to other nobles, pleading with them to buy their products.

Finally, Earl Canmond had arrived at one of the nobles in the neutral faction, Count Siegfried.

He was currently sitting before him with a dark expression, feeling humiliated that he needed to beg him.