Chapter 51: The Stage Is Already Set
The news of the Norwington Family breaking ties with the House Stormsong and the Ashvane Family spread like wildfire, quickly causing a massive sensation throughout Boralus.
For the ordinary citizens, the rupture of the three great houses brought fresh fodder for their after-meal conversations. But for the major merchants' guilds of Kul Tiras, especially those with long-standing trade relations with the Norwington Family, this was an absolute earthquake.
Now, all the major merchants' guilds were pinning their hopes on the First Fleet extending a helping hand to the Norwington Family; otherwise, the goods and orders piled up in their hands would be completely ruined.
As soon as the news broke, the family's mines, mills, and textile mills were forced to suspend production, and orders from the major merchants' guilds were likewise forced to be shelved. With the outer sea route losing the protection of warships, no merchants' guild dared to brave the threat of pirates to put out to sea for trade.
This was within expectations and counted as force majeure, leaving Rowan with no real remedy.
However, the troubles Rowan faced went far beyond these, as the family's interior was now in complete chaos.
With the two great families suppressing them from the outside and the situation being extremely grim, the family was actually conducting an internal purge for corruption.
All industries and merchants' guilds under the Norwington banner were thrown into a state of panic, and quite a few merchants' guilds had to halt operations because their persons in charge were removed from office.
In a mere single day, the Norwington Family's trade system was paralyzed to the brink.
Looking at the overwhelming pile of reports on the desk, Rowan nearly lost his mind. If the above news wasn't enough to