Steel Dynasty - Chapter 392

[Chapter 392 Trade Agreement]

The heat in the teacup slowly rose.

King Wei kept moving his eyes, obviously weighing the purpose of these requests.

After a long time, he hesitated and asked: “This is the only condition?”

“The only condition is this. Of course, not only the Three Emperors Uncle cannot prevent Qingzhou goods from entering Wei, but also no one in Wei can stop it.” Xiao Ming said calmly, this condition The only purpose is to allow Qingzhou goods to flow unimpeded in Wei, and the King of Wei cannot collect taxes from the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce in any name.

The King of Wei nodded. In fact, when Qingzhou goods entered Wei, he set up cards and collected taxes. This resulted in the price of Qingzhou goods that were originally low-priced often rising several times after they arrived at their destination.

However, he was not targeting Xiao Ming specifically. In fact, business taxes were collected in this way in Dayu. After all, businessmen’s money would not be wasted if they did not make it.

Now that Xiao Ming has put forward this condition, it means that he can no longer collect taxes on Qingzhou commodities for any reason. He will lose a lot of money, and the more commodities Xiao Ming imports, the greater his losses will be.

After pondering for a while, King Wei said: “My dear nephew, your move is quite ruthless. Doesn’t it mean that Wei’s money has been made in vain for you?”

“Since it is compensation, is it because I want the emperor to give me money?” No, the emperor uncle should think about it for himself. If he agrees to his nephew, he will draw up an agreement. If the three emperor uncles don’t agree, let’s meet in court.”

King Wei said anxiously: “My dear nephew, can’t this condition be changed? “How about I compensate my nephew three million taels of silver?”

Xiao Ming shook his head.

“Five million taels!” King Wei raised five fingers.

Xiao Ming still shook his head.

Gritting his teeth, King Wei said cruelly: “Ten million taels of supplies!”

Hearing this number, Xiao Ming raised his eyelids, but he still shook his head, but what surprised him was that King Wei actually understood this The agreement was so harmful to his fiefdom that he would rather give him supplies worth ten million taels than sign the agreement.

“Uncle Sanhuang, this is my nephew’s condition. It’s up to you whether you agree or not.” Xiao Ming set the tone.

King Wei was completely discouraged. His expression kept changing, and finally he said: “My dear nephew, can you let me think about it for two days?”

“Of course you can. Uncle Three Emperors, please invite me. My nephew will be sent away not far away.” Xiao Ming looked cold.

King Wei stood up at this time, glanced at Xiao Ming with complex eyes, and then walked out.

Watching King Wei leave, Xiao Ming raised a sneer on his lips.

He had already thought about this matter when he came to Chang’an. This trade agreement was the strategic economic weapon he prepared.

In the past two years, his products have indeed been very popular in Great Chongqing, but one thing that makes him unhappy is that his products will be taxed heavily every time they pass through a fiefdom.

And these heavy taxes have forced the chamber of commerce to raise the prices of goods. After all, not raising prices means losing money.

Therefore, under deliberate targeting, Qingzhou’s foreign trade revenue alone from taxes alone was astonishingly high, and the increase in commodity prices also reduced the number of consumer groups.

When he summed it up, these vassal kings were like mosquitoes lying on his body sucking blood, and the most important thing was that this kind of behavior would seriously inhibit the development of Qingzhou’s local industry.

So after discovering the problem, he formulated this agreement in order to promote this agreement.

Let’s not talk about the vassal kings with different surnames. At least his close neighbors, King Wei and King Yong, must get this agreement. As for the other vassal kings with different surnames, he will slowly toss it.

He admitted that he was even a little happy when he learned that King Wei sent Shanziying, because it was equivalent to King Wei himself sending him to the door. However, his only miscalculation was that Shanziying was really fighting Wu Zha.

“It’s time for King Yong to follow.”

Xiao Ming took out a stack of papers from his arms. These are the trade agreements he drafted. There are dozens of agreements listed on it. Once King Wei signs it, it will become the commodity market of Wei. Being completely unguarded against him, with the high quality and low price of Qingzhou’s goods, Wei’s low-level trade system can be completely destroyed in no time.

In the end, Wei will just become a raw material supply market for him. This is the famous unfair trade of rice for cannons.

Outside the palace, King Wei’s carriage slowly left.

In the carriage, King Wei’s face was frighteningly dark, and he clenched his fists tightly, like a beast about to eat people.

After the carriage ran out for a while, King Wei finally couldn’t help but yelled: “Xiao Ming, you are bullying me too much!”

Then he looked at a young man in the carriage. This young man was Xiao Qi, who had been riding in the carriage. There is no going down.

Seeing that King Wei’s expression was so bad at first, he wisely did not ask about it. Now King Wei finally broke out and sighed, “Uncle Three Emperors, I advised you not to send Shanzi Camp, but We wanted to help Xiao Ming defeat the barbarians with all our strength, but you didn’t listen. Now that this information is in Xiao Ming’s hands, he will naturally take advantage of us.”

King Wei also regretted it. He said: “If I had known this, why should I do it? Xiao Ming was so powerful. We can do no harm, and I just wanted to let Xiao Ming fight to the death with the barbarians while we reap the benefits from behind.”

Xiao Qi sighed. At that time, King Wei had already mobilized 150,000 troops from the fief. Waiting for the barbarians to rush into Qingzhou and capture Xiao Ming, so that he can take the opportunity to send his troops to Qingzhou to defeat the tired army of the barbarians.

At that time, not only was he the credit for defeating the barbarians, but if Xiao Ming was killed by Bei Shan, Qingzhou would also be his, and the Cangzhou City built by Xiao Ming like a steel fortress would also be his.

It’s a pity that all his plans failed again.

“Then what conditions did Xiao Ming put forward this time?” Xiao Qi asked.

At this time, King Wei told him about the agreement. Hearing this, Xiao Qi also showed a surprised look, “Uncle Three Emperors, this agreement is really vicious.”

The King of Wei smiled bitterly and nodded, “Why don’t I know that taxes are levied on local goods in Wei? According to Xiao Ming, he is guaranteed to make a profit without losing anything.”

Xiao Qi sighed again and said: ” “Uncle Sanhuang, what should I do if this is the case?”

“I am also troubled. Although most of Wei’s taxes come from agricultural taxes, this matter is too risky after all. But if you don’t agree, I’m afraid this will be an endless fight. And now that Qingzhou is no longer threatened by Youzhou barbarians, I’m afraid that Xiao Ming will be free to deal with us.”

Xiao Qi rolled his eyes and said, “Three Emperors are now using a sword to raise their heads, and they are also a sword to shrink their heads. I’m afraid we have to make this agreement. Sign, but since it is a negotiation, even if you sign, you can’t lose everything. You can sign, but this time Xiao Ming defeated the muskets and hot air balloons used by the barbarians?”

King Wei immediately reacted. He looked at Xiao Qi with admiration and said: ” Yes, you are thoughtful.”

(End of chapter)