Conquest

    Chapter 482 [Dwarf is very rich]

    "You made a correct and wise decision, Shaar."

    Sophie was carrying a quill pen on the right hand, holding a book in her left hand, a delicate face facing the sky, her hair relaxed in the back of her head, sitting in the office of the military camp that originally belonged to Shaar. The coach big tent.

    In fact, this big tent has already become the site of Sophie. Since the girl was appointed as the "Chief Chief of Staff" by Shaar, Shaar simply threw the place to the young girl.

    Just after he returned from the Dwarf station, he ran here for the first time and talked to Sophie.

    Regarding the deal with Dwarf, Shaar is a whim.

    Originally he just wanted to get the promise of the Dwarf family to sell the beasts, but from the Dwarf station, all the way back, Shaar is more and more thought, this is really not a good idea!

    At present, the biggest problem that restricts the development of this emerging power is the fiscal revenue!

    Money !? If there is no money, then there is no need to say anything about what is growing and developing.

    Both Moore County and Siltan County are grain-producing regions. The most important source of financial revenue in the past is agricultural income. The food that is abundant here is purchased by the Imperial Central Government every year, and some local grain merchants will also Make an acquisition.

    I don't know if God is blessing. Byzantine empire over the years, the political situation can be described as stormy, the warlords everywhere, the centralization of the weak, and even played a few wars with Odin.

    But the strange thing is that within the territory of the Byzantine Empire, the climate is always smooth and rainy, and there is no drought. The food is harvested almost every year. Therefore, although ** is very, there is no natural disaster. I have to say that this is a blessing in misfortune.

    Therefore, even if the political situation is turbulent, or even just experienced the war period, the overall food price in the empire is not as soaring as the real troubled times.

    Although the price of food has risen mainly because of the fact that warlords in various regions are preparing to hoard food, and the effects of war on productivity, etc., food prices have indeed risen somewhat, but they have not reached an excessively high number. In general, it is still stable.

    This is certainly a good thing, but for Shaar, the warlords in his grain-producing area do not expect to rely on selling food to make a fortune.

    At present, it seems that the war has caused great trauma to the area under his administration, and the fiscal revenue is almost exhausted. Now a large amount of land has been sealed to the military's family members, and the army officers who have been divided into land have also begun to summon their relatives to migrate to the north to settle down. It is foreseeable that in the future, Shaar's site will have a large population recovery, and those who migrate will quickly resume productivity.

    In the northern grain-producing region, as long as the climate does not go wrong, this year's grain can be expected to have a bumper harvest.

    Shaar got the promise of Emperor Odin, and he didn't have to worry about the Odin people going south again for at least three years.

    As for the other warlords…Shaar really doesn't look in the eye. At present, there is Adek's preparation for the entire army in Imperial Capital, which directly attracts the attention of most warlords. Shaar, the emerging force in the north, is no one willing to offend him.

    Without the danger of war, Shaar can fully expect a bumper harvest this year.

    But if the price of food is not high, he really does not make much money.

    “In fact, the Dwarf family is very rich.”Sophie put down his pen and books and looked at Shaar. He said slowly: "Almost everyone thought that Dwarf was backward and conservative, and that these Dwarfs are very poor…In fact, everyone is wrong! Dwarf's wealth is even far beyond our imagination! ”

    Shaar nodded. After just making a major decision, he did need to have such a strategist to give himself a good analysis of the prospects and pros and cons.

    "The decree of the Byzantine Empire has always prohibited the trading of food with Dwarf. Dwarf is hostile to mankind, and human beings are not hostile to Dwarf? Non-my family, its heart must be different! This principle is recognized by almost every race. Therefore, the Byzantine Empire has always prohibited the sale of food to Dwarf because food is a strategic reserve. Even ridiculously, in some peaceful times, the Byzantine Empire prefers to export food to the Odin Empire and is reluctant to sell food to Dwarf. And Dwarf is also reluctant to sell the irons they build to humans on a large scale, for the same reason.

    I have to say that this phenomenon is caused by historical reasons.

    However, in fact, this situation has been somewhat loose in recent years, especially the almost overwhelming central government suppressed by the Terma military region. After the warlords have been separated, the fiscal revenue has been reduced continuously, and the size of the Central Army has to be maintained to ensure Deterrence of the warlords. The reduction in fiscal revenue and the huge expenditure on military spending have become an irreconcilable contradiction.

    Our teacher, Caresylver, has actually proposed in the past few years whether the empire can consider lifting the Dwarf family's embargo on food in order to obtain more fiscal revenue.

    This proposal is of great benefit to the Empire Central! Several grain-producing counties in the north are close to Primal Wildfire. If it is a grain transaction with Dwarf, it is very convenient geographically.

    However, it is a pity that this proposal by the teacher has been resolutely opposed by almost everyone!

    It’s not just the opposition of the warlord henchmen who took control of the military, even the aristocrat forces of the royalists are unanimously opposed! The strong voice of opposition, even Kontos Big Imperial Capital can not ignore, can only give up this proposal of Teacher Caresylver. ”

    Why?Shaar is puzzled: "The warlords are opposed. I can understand that they are afraid that the central government's fiscal revenue will increase because of grain trade. But why are the aristocrat groups of the royalists so opposed? The strength of the central government is strengthening. Do they not want to see it? ”

    Sophie smiled, the girl smiled very coldly: "Why? In short, because of a word: greed. ”

    Shaar frowned.

    Sophie looked at Shaar: "Do you really don't understand? General Lord, please think again…"

    Shaar looked at Sophie's deep-eyed eyes, and after a little sinking, he finally sighed.

    "I understand."There was a sneer on his face: "Sure enough, because of greed, stupid greed!"

    This is actually not too difficult to guess.

    You know, although the empire has always imposed a food embargo on the Dwarf family, the official decree is one thing, but in the dark, many Trading Company groups are secretly illegally smuggling the Dwarf family.

    It is precisely because of the decree that embargoed food, but the price of food smuggling is getting higher and higher, and the profits are getting bigger and bigger!

    Which of the big Trading Company merchants of the Empire, which one is not the backstage background of the strong aristocrat giants? It can be said that almost all the large mercants are belonging to some giant aristocrat family industries.

    It is ostensibly prohibited to trade food for the Dwarf family, but these Trading Company merchants can rely on the umbrellas behind them to secretly smuggle food and make a fortune.

    Didn’t the rock just say it all?

    The price of food sold by Shaar to the rock is more than twice the price of the food in the current Byzantine Empire! And the rock itself admits that when the black-hearted mercants and Dwarf trade for food, the price of the deal will be added a zero after Shaar's quote number!

    How terrifying this is profit! !

    This secretly smuggled food business, bundled with the benefits of aristocratic aristocrat?

    If the empire suddenly lifted the grain embargo, then…From then on, Dwarf can openly import food directly from the Byzantine Empire in an open and public manner…Dwarf will naturally no longer buy high-priced food from the Black Heart Trading Company!

    Those aristocrat giants, nature can not tolerate this happening!

    "The old emperor, there is no way for this situation? Those giants aristocrat, you can ask the emperor to have to eat this dumb loss? ”Shaar frowned.

    "In essence, the emperor is the biggest aristocrat, and the stability of the imperial power requires the support of the aristocrat class. It is even more intimidating by the warlords. If the imperial power is to be maintained, the emperor needs the support of the aristocrat class. In this case, the emperor I don't want to be so guilty of killing so many people because of this incident. So

    Sophie said here, and also sighed: "In a way, Teacher Caresylver, after this incident, completely abandoned the original fantasy of the emperor and aristocrat class. In the past, he also hoped to carry out a reform and refreshment through a series of means to bring the empire back on a healthy track. But after this incident, the teacher often sighed: the empire has been rotted from the roots, only the improvement has been unable to save the fate of this empire, if you want to change, only a radical change, a A huge storm washes away! ”

    Shaar is not very interested in any big changes, storms, etc. His current interest is simply in the food trade with Dwarf.

    "I hope that these Dwarf transactions will bring us some financial revenue."

    "I just said, General Lord, these Dwarfs, but richer than you think!"When Sophie said this, the tone was somewhat smug.

    WealthShaar didn't believe the first one.

    The rocky guy is wearing a ragged, dirty look, and it’s not like a big gold master.

    “Dwarf people are engaged in mining for generations. They have excellent keen exploration capabilities for metal minerals, and the ability to excavate is first-class, and the smelting technology is far more than ours. I said that Dwarf is rich, there is a specific point! You must know that if you talk about other aspects, eating and wearing, even if it is the king of Dwarf, you can't catch a man's ordinary aristocrat! Because of the ethnic barriers, Dwarf couldn't get a lot of human-made luxury goods. They might wear poor clothes, eat very poorly, live in caves, and might even reserve less food than an ordinary human farmer. But…If you talk about the storage of metal minerals, I am afraid it will be an astronomical number that you can't dream of! ”

    Shaar immediately opened his eyes!

    “The mountains on Primal Wildfire are rich in various metal minerals, iron ore, copper mines and even gold mines! The Dwarf family has been doing one thing for generations, and they are trying to dig out these things. But they can't trade on a large scale with other races, so even the excavated metal minerals can only be stored in their huge mountain caves after refining. You can imagine how much wealth they have accumulated over generations! ”

    Shaar started to turn red.

    "The Dwarf family, the value of food can be much more expensive than metal. For Dwarf, metal is not worth it. But I think, for General Shaar, metal is something you need. To expand your strength, you need a lot of iron, copper, gold, silver! ”

    "Oh, I think I made a huge mistake."Shaar bowed his head and sighed: "I should talk to you first, then go to Dwarf to trade!" Now that you have said this, I found that the price I opened was too low. In this case, the profit is too small…"

    "The long stream of water."Sophie said faintly: "If you want to make huge profits, then you will not be able to get the trust of Dwarf like the black-hearted Trading Company. The transaction will be profitable for a while, but in the long run, they will turn your face sooner or later. At that time, you don't want to buy anything you need from Dwarf. Of courseYour offer price is indeed lower. Although we are not as black as those of the Trading Company, you can break the imperial embargo and openly sell food to Dwarf. It is also a lot of pressure. These sacrifices are always exchanged for some. The price. So, I have a way to add some more to your profits. ”

    "Do you have a way?"Shaar's eyes are bright.

    "It's very simple. The price you promised to them doesn't have to be changed, but when it comes to trading, we can sort out different price grades for various types of food. Black beans, green beans, green beans, the price is naturally different, the lowest black beans, you can sell at the low price you said, but the soybean green beans, naturally add some price, huh, huh…There are also wheat, barley, wheat, rye, and wheat, which are not always sold at a price. Oh, I mean, you must be able to understand. At that time, it is always very profitable. ”

    Suddenly, Sophie said in a very cold tone: "Don't forget, Dwarf also has aristocrat and civilian class distinction. Those Dwarf civilians will have ordinary black beans and coarse wheat to satisfy, but those Dwarf's aristocrat? The tribe aristocrats of the Dwarf family, and even their Dwarf royal family, are not satisfied with the inferior food, and you know that aristocrats of any race are often a group that is willing to pay a big price. . By the way, in the Dwarf family's site, I heard that a good bottle of good human brewed wine can be exchanged for the same amount of gold! ! Of course, this kind of transaction is naturally carried out with Dwarf aristocrat. The details are not needed to teach you. ”

    Shaar laughed, and hillbilly was full of confidence!

    Nothing else, pit people like this, but our hillbilly old line!