atbaatba "I understand."
Aiwass took a deep breath and held the little crow huddled in his arms with both hands.
He lowered his head, stretched out his index finger to tease the crow's head, and said casually, "You have given the Star Antimony people a large number of orders. But the alchemists have never seen such a battle. They think it is a big business." After his arrival, he continued to increase the number of apprentices and expand production.
“The king of Xing Antimony’s generation, Valentine VII, was not aware of the problem at first. He blindly increased the country's sponsorship of alchemists and trained a large number of extraordinary people to become alchemists.
"Soon, the alchemists will be overloaded. Because the market is quickly saturated, or in other words, the orders you give them are already saturated.
"There is also a steady stream of alchemists. When alchemists graduate from the academy, the country must continuously provide large amounts of sponsorship funds to these young alchemists. A third-level alchemist can receive an allocation of two hundred gold coins a month. However, the market has become saturated, resulting in a surplus of alchemical products within Star Antimony.
“The experimentation and development of alchemical products requires a lot of investment, but if there are enough colleagues with similar research progress, it is very likely that half of the research will be completed by a rival. So their The research is either directly scrapped or forced to be pushed to the market with insufficient perfection. I guess that's right."
"You are indeed extremely wise, Minister."
Grandet admitted it gently, and even took the initiative to add, "There are too many goods and the quality has declined. We must lower the purchase price. You should also understand that this is not our fault. It was the fault of His Majesty the King who was too impatient." It’s not our turn to compensate for the mistake you made.”
“Yes, so you reduced the size of the order.”
Aiwass touched the crow and said softly. And this is the trigger of everything.
“As long as you are not at the top of the market in the alchemist business, you will basically lose money. More and more young alchemists took a fancy to the huge profits in this industry and actively or passively invested in it, which soon put pressure on Xing Antimony's finances.
“The Wangli Alchemy Association has greatly enhanced its status and influence through huge profits in the past few decades. King Xing Antimony does not have the power of the authoritarian path, so he cannot forcibly control the situation. This makes Star Antimony It was difficult to cancel the sponsorship system or reduce funding, so they chose to increase taxes, which directly led to an increase in taxes.
“But even so, too many alchemists have caused the cost of materials to continue to rise; a large number of them. Low-level alchemists squeezed each other's market, causing everyone's income to drop. The bankrupt alchemy workshop and the unemployed alchemists gradually became irritable. The way they try to reduce the pressure within the industry is to rely on their own power to transfer the pressure to the botanists who work on the materials. "
That's why the "King" is constantly being forced to lower prices by the Alchemy Association. It has even been suppressed to the point where it can't make any money at all, and even sells materials at a loss..
And they can only sell goods to channels other than designated suppliers. The "King" who chose to bring goods from the promotion ceremony must not be the only one, and he is not the only one trying to smuggle them overseas. There are many people like this. This will further increase the cost price of alchemical products.
It is precisely because of this that Star Antimony continues to smuggle large quantities of alchemical products into Avalon through its relationship with Lloyds and Minister Drost.
Because their goods have been hoarded to the point of going crazy.
The Goblin Chamber of Commerce basically monopolizes the trade ports. Even if it can seize routes, it will be difficult to reopen the market in other countries. Moreover, they know basically nothing about those unfamiliar markets, and they may only lose money if they enter the industry rashly.
Even in this situation, Xing Antimony still decided to start from Avalon and open the western route.
This shows that they have been pushed to the limit.
Star Antimony seems to be extremely powerful, but they are already on the verge of disintegration.
They couldn't afford even the slightest defeat, so they never dared to really fight Iris. Instead, they used all the strength of the country to make a sudden attack and captured Avalon. After getting Avalon, they completely ignored this land
One of the main reasons was to get the "claim" of the Silver Dragon Familiar.
With this name and the guarantee of the Pillar God, they can contact other countries and conduct trade.
After all, it is difficult for news across the ocean to circulate in time, but the apostles can transmit it at will within the temple.
The Star Antimony people must obtain the protection and recognition of the apostles before they can actively carry out trade; and they chose to take the protection of the Pillar God, probably in order not to be targeted and interfered by the elves. In addition, they probably realized that the Crown Master was dissatisfied with Avalon and realized that this was a good enough opportunity to NTR.
Another reason is because all they want is the western port of Avalon.
That is not the Glass Island. The Glass Island is in the southeast corner of Avalon.
That’s why Glass Island was abandoned and became so desolate. Aiwass initially thought it was because of the influence of Ying Tiansi. But now it seems that may not be entirely the case.
Because the Star Antimony people are not looking at the Glass Island at all
Their fundamental purpose is to solve their own domestic pressure.
They can cooperate with Avalon, just like Emma mentioned.
In this world line, Avalon is now vaguely prosperous. Aiwass's influence was so strong that Meg, the Grand Arbiter, was not killed by the Red Phase. The Star Antimonians did not dare to wage war directly against Avalon, so they chose to cooperate.
In the original world line, they could also have such a supply of star antimony, and Avalon was responsible for digesting it; Avalon, relying on its good relationship with the elves, could also take the initiative to form a route to the west, It can even open up trade channels with the Theocracy for the Star Antimony people.
But Xing Antimony wants toInstead of being backstabbed by Avalon in the future, he chose to bulldoze Avalon directly.
There is certainly a direct reason why Avalon is weak enough for Star Antimony people to feel confident in winning quickly, but the fundamental reason is that the pressure within Star Antimony is about to explode. That's why they had to take the risk of offending the crown master and choose this dangerous path.
Because if you don’t do it, you will also die.
"The gryphon countermeasures they prepared," Aiwass suddenly said, "is the gargoyle army."
Hearing this, Grandet revealed himself for the first time He showed a surprised expression, "Do you even know this?"
With his deep mind, that expression might be intentional. After all, he could completely hide his surprise. And he chose to show it, which is also a form of flattery.
Flattery for the arrogant.
Aiwass can naturally see all this clearly. But he chose to follow Grandet and smiled arrogantly, "I know everything."
"For example, I know that you are also in trouble. Your three plantations in the southern continent have all encountered resistance from local armed groups, and they must have suffered a lot recently. ”
Grandet was really shocked when he heard what Aiwas said.
Because he had not told anyone about the matter and even asked his employees to keep it secret. The secret is that Aiwass's spy can even reach the southern continent.
In fact, this is Grandet's reputation-opening mission.
A group of people are said to be "from." "Escaped from the laboratory and thus became civilized", the relatively smart trolls tried to save their ignorant compatriots from the plantation. In fact, this group of trolls who seemed to be pursuing freedom were made up of those from the ancient Anxi kingdom. A force sponsored by "good people".
But Aiwass would definitely not hand over this information to Grandet.
He just smiled and raised his hand slightly. Crow.
The crow's ruby eyes stared at Grandet, making him suddenly feel terrified.
The gray-green man was too weak to even realize the abnormality of this crow. /p>
But Grandet, who has reached the fifth energy level on the path of wisdom, can realize that the "crow" is the deep darkness like an abyss and a whirlpool.
"I don't know. As I said, I know everything. "
Aiwass raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and whispered Grandet's real name in a low voice, "Grandet's dead eyes, or in other words, the one hidden in the belly of the horse." ”
Hearing this, Grandet’s pupils shrank suddenly.
He raised his head in astonishment and looked at the shadow cast by Aiwass, as well as the flowing fluid in Aiwass’s pupils. He looked at the slightly reddish purple light and looked at the "crow" that he couldn't see through at all, and only felt fear.
Grandet felt the cold sweat after a long time.
Did this "crow" tell him?
But to be honest, that's all Aiwass knew.
Although.I have vaguely heard some background stories from the forum, such as the story about why he hid in the belly of a horse as a child and was cured of the plague, but it made him extremely ugly. But Aiwass wasn't sure the details were absolutely correct, nor did he know the cause and effect. In order not to be exposed, I chose not to say anything at all, and only told those fragments that I knew and were absolutely accurate.
No need to say more. The more you say, the more mistakes you make.
Smart people will figure out the rest.
"Now, let's start this topic again."
Aiwass leaned back, with a vague smile on his face, and said calmly, "Let's get straight to the point. What are the demands?"
Exactly the same question as before.
But this time, Grandet gave an honest answer.
"I originally planned to persuade you to establish the Goblin Chamber of Commerce in Avalon."
Grandet made a deep voice and took out a handkerchief that was extremely expensive based on its craftsmanship. Wiped his sweat "But now it seems that you must have your own ideas.
"I still hope that Avalon can open a treaty port. Summer County on the west side of Avalon has a good port and is very suitable for transformation into a commercial city.
"As long as you are willing, as long as the Shengxia County port is expanded, I can allocate three business groups to import and export at least eight million tons of goods every year. Of course, if it is inconvenient for you, this port can also I can send someone to fix it."
"What about the cost?"
Aiwass asked with a smile, seemingly worried about "Avalon's recent finances. Not very good. Xingzhi promised to help us build the port and railway."
"Since you are talking about it, it is our responsibility."
Grandet wiped his sweat again and said with a polite and elegant smile, "As long as you sign the project documents, I will send people to start the work. In addition to the ports in Shengxia County, Lloyd Port and Queen's Port We can also help with the expansion. I will send my engineering team, half of them are extraordinary people, and it can be completed in two months at most.”
“But we are in Avalon from east to west. Is it still quite long and the goods in the middle will occupy the old railway?"
Aiwass asked casually.
Hearing Aiwass ask this, Grandet was finally able to confirm that Aiwass also wanted to found a country.
As long as you want to.
Losing some money or whatever is not a problem. As long as Avalon can negotiate, the Star Antimony people will have to pay back the money they lost.
"Three new railways," Grandet held out three fingers, "from west to east, running through all major cities. As long as there are more than three bishops garrisoned, all cities will be connected. I will fund it, I will Find someone to repair it. It will be completed next summer. We can also use the most advanced locomotives and sell ten locomotives to Avalon at cost price."
"Twenty locomotives," Aiwass advised. Said, "Maybe twenty-five will do. Our steam train is actuallyIt's too slow and the goods are not good. ”
“Only ten, only ten. "
Grandet shook his head and said firmly, "Minister, you can also ask an alchemist to analyze the technology. "
"Can I pay in installments?"
Aiwass said with a smile, "As you know, Avalon's financial situation is not very good. If we allocate too much money at once, I will It may not be possible to negotiate. Our decisions in Avalon must be made through the Round Table Hall, and it is not a matter of words between His Majesty and I. ”
“This is easy to say, you can just find someone to talk to me later. Just come to the gray-green lady directly. "
Grandet smiled and put this topic aside for now, "After all, I don't dare to get too close to Countess Emma. Maybe as soon as you close your eyes or open them, those cute little gold coins will disappear.
"But in order to allow our construction team to come in, you have to pass a law that allows foreigners to enter Avalon. There are still many trolls in my construction team."
"Ah, of course."
Aiwass nodded, knowing that this would happen sooner or later.
But he still said reservedly, "But I have to talk to His Majesty personally about this. After all, it violates the tradition of Avalon."
"Oh, by the way, Minister. I heard that the Moriarty family has also been in business for generations," Grandet said with a respectful and polite smile, "The economy in Avalon is not very good now, so it must be tight."
"Well, I I don’t know. After all, I don’t really care about the family business.”
Aiwass smiled.
This is a rare truth.
But Grandet is hard to believe.
He lowered his voice and made a sign with a "six", "I can use my personal name to provide an interest-free loan of six million star antimony gold coins for the Moriarty Consortium for twenty years"
How many
Aiwass was startled.
This is almost half of Avalon's annual military expenditure
Looking at Grandet's intention, this seems to be a personal kickback to Aiwass.
It was only then that Aiwass finally realized what his status meant.
He is indeed not very interested in money, but if you don’t accept the money, it will be free. It can also help Isabel replenish the treasury.
So Aiwass nodded and promised, "I will give you an answer before the funeral of Queen Sophia is over."
Hearing this, Grandet stood up from his seat.
This fifth-level man, who is very well-known in the world, was extremely polite and respectful to Aiwass, who was only at the third level, and set an incomparable standard. Because of this An extremely funny knightly salute
"Yes, minister."
It is not a salute to strength.
But a salute to power.
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