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Chapter 839 - 440 The Difference Between Belisarius and the Prestigious Noble Commercial Republic_2

Chapter 839: Chapter 440 The Difference Between Belisarius and the Prestigious Noble Commercial Republic_2

This was the advantage of a new regime, many things that couldn’t be done before could be done after flipping the table.

However, this meant that the generals in the drawing room found that they could no longer ask the Compulsion Viscount for money.

Because the Compulsion Viscount’s lands had been partially redistributed, he was essentially re-ennobled.

The leaders of the three great kingdoms understood the bigger picture and would not take the initiative to ask, so it was the general from the Bavaria Duchy under their signal, who suddenly said to Ivita, "Your Highness Ivita, are you not afraid of provoking the nations?"

The smile on Ivita’s face suddenly vanished as she stared at him coldly. "Aren’t you afraid of provoking me?"

The general from the Bavaria Duchy suddenly felt his whole body trembling, a primal warning that Ivita, if she so wished, could kill him in a very short period.

The general from the Bavaria Duchy originally thought that the leaders of the three great kingdoms and other nations would speak up for him. With their support, he had hoped to overwhelm Ivita.

But at this moment, he discovered that he had become cannon fodder.

Not a single person there was willing to speak up for him.

Now, the general from Bavaria realized that they were not facing a weak puppet but a sovereign with real power and formidable military strength.

Even if Ivita’s country was smaller compared to the other kingdoms, it was not something he could afford to provoke lightly.

The nations would not go to war with Ivita over the current matter.

This was why the leaders of those nations were now silent.

The general from Bavaria quickly put on a smile and tried to appease Ivita, "Of course, that’s not what I meant. You are right, Your Highness, you do not owe us any money."

The envoys in the drawing room all had heavy thoughts. If Ivita could not reimburse them for their losses, these losses would become their responsibility.

But there was nothing they could do at this point.

Because now they were in Ivita’s territory, and in the past few days, to maintain the stability of Ambros City, she had called in a considerable number of troops from other regions, with five thousand reinforcements arriving just yesterday.

The military forces in Ambros City numbered at least fifty thousand.

These troops could suppress the remaining nobles and guild leaders with divergent loyalties, as well as the military forces from various countries still lingering in Ambros, hoping to get some benefits.

Seeing that all of them remained silent, Ivita took the initiative, "Gentlemen, since you value your losses so much, when are you leaving?"

Having a large military presence within the country was never a good thing.

For an army that could not sustain itself, staying within a city could very easily lead to looting and pillaging.

In the Magic Black Forest, it wasn’t unusual for armies to ransack the cities of their allied nations.

Hearing Ivita’s urging, the envoys did not dare take it as a joke, understanding it was their final ultimatum; if they continued to overstay, they couldn’t predict what Ivita would do.

Therefore, they expressed to Ivita one after another that they would leave within a week through the routes she had arranged for them.

Ivita said, "Take the river route. Although there are many of you, the Ice Witch governs the Snow Mountain Law, blessing the rivers within Ambros Territory, allowing all ships to travel swiftly."

The group was somewhat surprised.

The Ice Witches of the past usually had little to do with the Grand Viscount of Ambros, so Ambros could never fully utilize the waterborne advantages bestowed by the Snow Mountain Law.

But they did not expect that Ivita would have such a deep connection with the Ice Witch.

The Governor Sarhu of the Aristocratic Commercial Republic suddenly realized that if this was the case, they could divert some of their trade routes for overland goods to Ambros, reducing a lot of loss.

As such, perhaps the investment they had previously lost in Ambros was a small amount after all.

Thinking this, Governor Sarhu could only accept inwardly that he had made a mistake in his decision-making. Now, perhaps with this discovery, he could reduce his homeland’s blame towards him.

Governor Sarhu casually said to Ivita, "Your Highness Ivita, can you now control the situation on the Bohr River at will?"

Ivita nodded to him.

Governor Sarhu smiled and said, "That’s pretty good. When I return to my country, I can tell our merchants to go through your territory for business to the peninsula and northern countries."

Ivita knew that the merchants of the Aristocratic Commercial Republic were national merchants with relatively few private deals.

In contrast, the business of the Belisarius Business Republic was monopolized by family enterprises.

The Aristocratic Commercial Republic and the Belisarius Business Republic, as if in opposition, followed two different approaches.

The Aristocratic Commercial Republic could hardly tolerate monopolistic magnates; they often operated certain business collectively through single committees or used committees to restrict someone whose wealth was exceedingly high.

Whereas the Belisarius Business Republic turned a blind eye to monopolistic practices, allowing monolithic tycoons to squeeze out competitors and dominate markets.

In Ivita’s view, this had its advantages and disadvantages.