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Chapter 1232 Chapter 154. No Credit
“I’m not just doing this to keep workers employed.”

In the lounge on the third floor of the City Lord's Mansion, Annan and his eldest sister, Olmedo explained.

"Once upon a time there were two island kingdoms. They were sworn enemies, and the first thing a new king would do was always declare war on the other side."

"Because they are an island kingdom, their weapon is their warships. But as wars break out again and again, shipwrecks form new islands in the bays between them, and they have less and less wood to build ships."

"Both kingdoms started planting trees on a large scale at the same time, but then they chose completely opposite paths. The radical kingdom continued to build ships while planting trees, and continued to attack. The moderate kingdom changed its policy to defense and defended against the enemy at the coastline."

"Guess who won in the end?"

Olmedo casually said, "Since you asked, it must be that the Radical Kingdom won unexpectedly."

Annan glared over, and Olmedo looked away from the parchment, pushed up his glasses, and remained unmoved.

"I guess the defending kingdom won?" It was still the gentle elder sister who cooperated with Annan.

"Wrong, the Radical Kingdom won."

"Oh, what a shame," Idilia chuckled and winked.

"You will never guess the reason."

"Yeah, how could I have thought of that?" Olmedo lowered his head and flipped through the pages of parchment.

Ignoring Olmedo's sarcasm, Annan revealed the answer: "On the surface, the radical kingdom is still continuing to build ships for attack, while the defensive kingdom is consuming the opponent's resources at a very low cost, but it takes time for trees to grow, and craftsmen will always grow old..."

Olmedo raised his head and Idelia listened carefully.

They also realized that Annan was indeed on to something.

"The Radical Kingdom consumed resources, but it still mastered the shipbuilding process. The Defensive Kingdom thought it was smart to suspend shipbuilding, but it forgot that its own craftsmen were gradually forgetting how to build ships..."

"And an empire..."

"Hmm?" Olmedo raised his voice.

"I mean the territory... and the real wealth of a territory is the knowledge it holds. Who holds the knowledge? People."

"So you don't cut production or stop working in order to preserve wealth?"

"Yes."

Idilia asked curiously, "What's the end of the story?"

"I have not decided yet."

Annan scratched his head. "It's nothing more than the Radical Kingdom destroying the Moderate Kingdom, and the Radical Kingdom gaining control of the sea by developing new warships..."

Come to think of it, this question is very suitable to be used as a Chinese language question in school...

Very good, there is one more question in the Liberty City School question bank.

Generally speaking, Liberty City's assistance to the Kingdom of Dimon has received more positive comments than negative comments, and there are still some who want to take advantage of it - such as the Principality of Keating.

Merchants from the Zollenses Chamber of Commerce came to seek a meeting with Annan, hoping that the Free City could provide the same assistance to the Principality of Keating.

Annan summoned the president of the Chamber of Commerce, with whom he had dealt before.

Abby, who brought tea, left the lounge. Annan asked him, "President Wario, are you still here for food?"

"No, Lord Annan, you should know that the Principality of Keating is also facing a rat infestation. We need more things...food, minerals, magic items, and the magic muskets, cannons, and golems that only you have."

"Do we also need magic muskets and golems?"

"That's right, the Principality of Keating needs all the help!"

Realizing that this was a large order, Annan quickly asked Abby outside the door to bring the honey-baked gingerbread made by Aunt Susan yesterday for the guests to taste.

"You're very polite." "This is what we should do. Would you like to pay in cash or——"

"Credit."

"Abby, come back."

Annan called Abby back and said tactfully, "Our relationship hasn't reached that point yet." Then he gently drove him out.

Annan thought the matter was over, but he didn't expect that a few days later, Finance Minister Froning would come all the way from Keating Kingdom.

"It's been a long time since we last met..." Froning, a half-elf, performed elven etiquette to Annan.

"I miss you very much too, but if your plan agrees with that of the Zorenseth Chamber of Commerce, please don't speak up and affect our past friendship." Annan responded with the same courtesy and blocked the conversation in advance.

Minister Froning smiled bitterly and said, "Sir Annan, if the principality was not facing a catastrophe, I would not beg you for old friendship... I hope you still remember that I bought 50 Susan spinning machines in Breeze City."

"You're right. I was a poor teenager back then, and you helped me... and my sister always taught me to repay you tenfold." Annan imitated Minister Froning's tone and tilted his head to shout, "Lossi."

"Lord Annan, what is it?"

Luo Xi pushed the door open and walked in.

"You take Finance Minister Froning to the industrial zone and order 500 Susan spinning machines for the Principality of Keating. Credit is allowed."

"Okay." Losey stared at Minister Froning.

Minister Froning's smile froze on his face, and he expressed his hope that Losey would go out first.

Luo Xi looked at Annan, and when he nodded, he stepped out of the door and closed it.

Annan maintained a polite but distant smile.

Minister Froning did buy 50 Susan spinning machines, which helped him make his first pot of gold... but in essence, he used the price of 50 spinning machines to buy out the sales channels of Susan spinning machines in the Principality of Keating.

Judging from the style of the Principality of Keating and Annan, when they came to Middle-earth, they saw people using the Susan spinning machine, and the money they earned was only a hundred times more than their own.

They owe no one anything.

Minister Froning sighed and said, "Mr. Annan, the one who offended you was only Kia Peterson. The Principality has always maintained friendly trade relations with you."

"What about the goods sold to the Kingdom of Rekanel at that time?"

“We are businessmen and we will do business with everyone.”

"You are right. Liberty City is a new territory. It can tolerate some offenses, but it cannot turn around and help those who have offended it."

Minister Froning was about to say something when Annan interrupted him: "For your sake, I am willing to sell all goods to the Principality of Keating, even those that are scarce to us, but I will never buy them on credit."

"After all, you have been doing business for hundreds of years, and your wealth is far beyond our imagination."

……

Dozens of minutes later, Froning walked out of the City Lord's Mansion with a worried look on his face.

Not to the Principality of Keating, but to the Elf King's Court...

He knew that Annan didn't hate the Principality that much, at most he didn't have much good feelings towards it. So after he got the news from Wario, he came here in person to repair the rift between him and the Free City.

In the final analysis, the issue between them was just a matter of face. As more trade was carried out, those minor conflicts would be forgotten - Froning had extensive experience in this.

But Wang Ting really offended him.

Given Annan's vengeance during today's conversation, it would be hard for him to just laugh it off at the Elven King's Court...

(End of this chapter)