"All they really want is gold. We could ask your Treasurer to distribute some gold... If they promise obedienc

"All they really want is gold. We could ask your Treasurer to distribute some gold... If they promise obedience. Or we could send the Warden's guards to stop them, though I wouldn't recommend it. The guards have families, and they too bear a grudge against the merchants. It's best if the Minister sends forth his faithful assassins. If they make a sudden display of force, and drain the lives of the loudest among the mob, then the rest will see this and flee in terror."