God Emperor of Sword Domain

Chapter 524 Conflict of Interests ([-])

The city lord's mansion, the meeting hall.

Ye Xuan, Fang Qiangxiao, and the twelve city lords of Donglu Prefecture sat at the long table, examining each other's expressions, each with their own thoughts.

After knowing that Floating Cloud City had the Longyuan Army as its backer, Han Chengxin and the others just wanted to prevent the canal from being dug, and they didn't want to become enemies with Floating Cloud City.

Only Jiang Juedian's eyes were full of resentment, but it was not easy to explode at this time.

Han Chengxin glanced around the crowd, and said, "Our twelve city lords came here for one thing only. As long as Liuyun City stops the canal project, I will leave immediately, and I will never embarrass Liuyun City."

Another city lord said, "That's true. As long as we stop digging the canal, we will not embarrass Floating Cloud City. In the future, we can also help Floating Cloud City in some ways."

Ye Xuan didn't wait for them to continue talking, and directly stated his attitude: "In your eyes, this canal is just competing for your interests, but to me, it has more important meanings, so no one can stop me from digging the canal .”

"Young man, don't speak too aggressively!" Han Chengxin snorted coldly, and said, "See clearly, there are twelve city lords here, and each of them is a city lord of a fourth-level city. Offending us, you have no good fruit to eat."

Fang Qiangxiao saw that the two sides were about to quarrel again, so he quickly calmed down the atmosphere: "Everyone, everyone! Don't worry, you want to stop us from digging the canal, why don't you explain the reason first."

Han Chengxin snorted: "What reason do you need? I don't hide it either. The canal was built, the trade routes of all races were diverted, and Jinluo City lost its trade routes. Go drink the northwest wind in the future!"

He paused, then continued to sneer: "In the final analysis, you are using this canal to compete for the interests of my Jinluo City and Hongbo City. Take all the interests away. Since it is a conflict of interests, don't blame us for making a move." Fierce!"

Fang Qiangxiao didn't say anything to refute, but looked at Ye Xuan. He felt that Ye Xuan should be the one to talk about this issue.

Ye Xuan stood up, turned around and glanced at the map on the wall, and asked, "Do you think this canal is only used to compete for interests with you?"

"Otherwise?" Han Chengxin and the others asked with a sneer.

Ye Xuan reached out and tapped on the map, and said: "Look clearly! Let's talk about the trade routes of the Ten Thousand Races first. If the trade routes remain the same, we will take a detour from Longyuan Prefecture to Southern Barren Prefecture, and then go north to Donglu Prefecture. I would like to ask, is this For an ordinary caravan, how many days will it take to travel this section of the road?"

The twelve city lords looked at each other, not understanding what Ye Xuan wanted to say.

Han Chengxin thought about it, and replied: "One month, it will arrive."

If the Wanzu trade route takes a detour from Longyuanzhou to Nanhuangzhou, although the road is smooth and easy to travel, but it takes at least a month to go around a long way. If it is a caravan transporting a lot of goods, it may even take Go for two months.

Ye Xuan twitched his lips, and said, "City Master Han, it seems that you don't know much about caravans. Caravans are not your escorts. Caravans with a large amount of goods are going to go to Nanhuangzhou. Let's go." Stop, stop, sometimes it takes two months to walk!"

Ye Xuan then pointed to the location of the canal with his finger, and said: "Then you know, if the canal is built, how long will it take for the caravan to travel northward by boat from Longyuan Prefecture to Floating Cloud City?"

Han Chengxin and other city lords did not answer, because they did not calculate carefully, but they knew that the time taken must be very short.

"Don't know the answer? Then let me tell you, if you use birds and spirit beasts to pull the boat, you can get there in one day!"

Ye Xuan glanced around these city lords, and asked loudly: "The difference between one day and two months, you tell me now, I am just competing with you for profit?"

It only takes one day for the caravan to reach Floating Cloud City from Longyuan State, which is very different from taking a detour to the Southern Barren State.

Taking a detour to the southern barren state, the caravan also needs to consider the monsters that infeste the southern barren state, so they need to be very careful, and there are often caravans attacked by monsters in the southern barren state.

Therefore, once the canal is built, it will not only be as simple as competing for interests, but will change the pattern of the entire trade route and make the trade route more prosperous.

Liu Fei, the lord of Feifeng City, slapped the table and shouted: "Don't say such beautiful words! I don't care how many days his caravan will travel. You dig a canal and change the trade route. You are fighting for our interests. You know as a result of!"

Han Chengxin also took the case and said: "That's right, once the canal is built, all our interests will be swallowed up by you, and you have a good idea!"

"Benefits, interests, are all interests. In your eyes, you can only see interests!" Ye Xuan glanced at the group of people coldly, with a chill in his eyes.

"Boy, don't pretend to be here! You built this canal because you wanted to compete for profit. It's all for profit, so you can take fifty steps less and laugh at one hundred steps!" Feifeng City Lord Liu Feijin shouted softly.

Ye Xuan's expression gradually hardened, and he raised his head and said, "In your short-sighted eyes, it's all about benefits, but to me, the meaning of this canal is far more than that!"

"We are short-sighted, kid..." Han Chengxin and the others were furious immediately.

Ye Xuan didn't give them a chance to quarrel, raised his voice, pointed to the location of Longyuan Prefecture's Tufang City on the map, and shouted at the twelve city lords: "See clearly! This is Tufang City, and the Longyuan Army has stationed a branch here. A strong army, but here is indeed the rear of the Longyuan Army, and it is almost impossible to touch the army of the Sky Monster Clan. You say that you are not short-sighted, so come and tell me, then why does the Longyuan Army station a strong army here? "

Han Chengxin and the others were stunned by the yelling, Liu Fei was lost in thought, and Jiang Juedian's face was still full of resentment.

Jiang Juedian saw that the crowd did not refute, so he immediately stood up and snorted coldly: "Where is the Longyuan Army stationed? It's none of our business? Maybe it's to guard against your ruined city!"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan twitched the corners of his mouth and sneered: "You can say this, I don't know that the twelve city lords here all think so?"

Han Chengxin, Liu Feijin and other eleven city lords immediately showed disgusted expressions on their faces, glanced at Jiang Juedian, and cursed in their hearts: "Pig teammate! The Longyuan Army is stationed in Tufang City to prevent Liuyun City. This kind of words can be said, this brain is really hopeless."

Liu Fei thought for a long time before saying: "It should be to guard against the Tianyao army passing through the Yuelong Canyon and attacking the Longyuan army from behind."

When Ye Xuan heard this answer, he immediately turned his head and looked over, thinking that not all of this group of people were idiots blindfolded by interests.

"Very good! Then let me ask again, if Liuyun City and Tufang City are connected by a canal, and then Liuyun City strengthens its defenses, so what?"

The twelve city lords present were actually very shrewd. After explaining, they immediately understood the key points.

Liu Fei took a deep breath, and had to admit: "If the canal is completed, and Liuyun City develops into a powerful city, and orderly resists the army of the Sky Monster Clan for a day, the Longyuan Army will be able to attack from the canal. Eliminate the prestige of Liuyun City. This method can protect the rear of the Longyuan army, and there is no need for a strong army to garrison the Tufang City. The Longyuan army can put all the main force into the frontal battlefield and confront the army of the Sky Monster Clan."

(End of this chapter)