Happy people from Blue Star

This sounds reasonable, but in fact it makes no sense.

The flow of supplies during war?
If there are a few merchants with bad intentions, they can find a way to take away the supplies in your territory in a matter of minutes.

Hadi looked at the other person and smiled, "Are you trying to hurt me?"

Vega was slightly stunned and said, "That's absolutely not what I meant."

Hadi looked at the other party for a while and said, "But your idea of ​​asking me to open up business and promote the circulation of goods is really harming me."

"In fact, it is better to say that it is you who is harming us." Vega looked into Hardy's eyes and said in a relaxed tone: "During the time when you blocked the commercial activities in the territory, we suffered great losses."

This is a very interesting statement.

At least Hardy found it entertaining.

He raised his eyelids, looked at the other person, and said in a delicate tone: "So you are blaming me?"

"That's not what I meant." Vega's voice was filled with a faint smile: "We are just telling Sir Hardy a fact."

Hearing this, Hadi finally couldn't help laughing: "So, what do you want me to do?"

"We don't mean anything else. We just hope you can open up business activities, support the circulation of goods, and return to the way things were before." Vega tapped the table with his right hand, making a loud sound that seemed to be a provocation, but also seemed to be just a habit. "In return, we will pay a lot of taxes. More taxes than before."

"How much?"

"Four percent."

The commercial tax set by Hardy before was less than 20%, which was considered a very conscientious lord.

From the perspective of other lords, Hardy was almost doing charity.

Hardy then asked, "What if I don't agree?"

"Our business alliance will withdraw from the Louisian market, and we will even avoid all the territories under your command. We will avoid them forever."

"And you're not threatening me?"

"No, you misunderstood me, Lord Hardy." Vega tried to speak in a calm tone, "We are just stating a basic fact. The taxes paid by our business alliance should account for about 50% of your entire territory. If we leave, the benefits you gain will be greatly reduced."

Hadi asked calmly, "And then?"

“We will go somewhere else to grow.”

"It's up to you then." Hadi stood up and said, "Sophie, show us around."

Vega looked at Hadi in surprise. "I heard that Mr. Hadi is a very calm and reasonable man, but I didn't expect that you would be so impulsive. You want to suppress us poor businessmen even though you have a lot of money to spare?"

"The merchants are pitiful?" Hadi looked at them. "We have already formed an alliance, and you still think they are pitiful? If you don't leave, I will take action."

Vega took a deep breath, stood up, and walked away reluctantly.

After Sophie sent the people outside, she returned and went to the study to find Hadi. "Do we really want to drive these people away?" Sophie asked doubtfully, "They did pay nearly 50% of the taxes. If they really leave, our losses will be even greater."

Hadi smiled and said, "It's actually still relatively low now. Two years ago, they paid more than 90% of the taxes."

"These people are very capable and can indeed bring us enough benefits. It is indeed a pity that they are gone. Do you want to appease them?"

Hardy shook his head. "Merchants are good at making money. They have various ways to make money. They can do normal business transactions, and they also do abnormal ones. For them, making money from war and dead bodies is just an instinct. If I give in now, my territory will not be able to prepare for war in the future. Even if I issue a wartime security decree now, they can still make money, just less. Now they are forcing me to abdicate. I dare not imagine what they will do and dare to do in the future."

"Should we take the initiative..." Sophie asked.

After hearing what Hardy said, she wanted to shut down this business alliance.

"It's useless. A living person is not afraid of this." Hadi laughed. "Besides, does he really think that the so-called business alliance is solid? Let Tiana come over. It's time to let the professionals take the field."

On the other side, Vega returned to the Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters angrily.

He sat down angrily on the observation deck on the second floor. There were a dozen people sitting around him, chatting and looking at the street scenery outside.

Someone saw Vega's appearance and laughed, "Judging from your expression, it must have failed."

When the other people around heard this, they started laughing.

Someone shouted, "I've said it before, Hardy is also a noble, no matter how open-minded he is, he won't agree with your approach. Now these NPCs are scared by the monsters in the east, and they are hoarding all kinds of supplies like hamsters for the winter. It's ridiculous. They don't know how strong we players are. Those so-called bat people can't get through at all. They are still making wartime regulations. It's really funny."

This caused a group of people to laugh.

Vega touched his forehead with a headache. "Let's not talk about the things in the east. Now Hardy controls the output of his territory and prohibits a large number of foreign caravans from entering. My Chamber of Commerce has not received any white paper for more than ten days. The dried fruits and silk from the elves are less than one-third of what they used to get. How much money must this cost?"

"Me too, Hardy is cutting off our source of income."

"Rebellion against him, and give him a new lord."

"He has the ability to seal titles, who dares to mess around in front of him."

One player said unhappily, "Those combat players are trash. When the server was first launched, they dared to challenge Hardy. Now that they have become so powerful, they dare not bother Hardy."

"What should we do now?" A player said helplessly, "If we just wait like this, I think the wartime law and order will have to be maintained for quite a long time. These are all money. Although we are not losing money, it is still a loss if we make less money. We will lose money for several years."

Vega snorted, "Actually, I think someone's suggestion just now is a good one, it's against Hardy."

"How can we fight back?" Someone said with a smile, "He is a high-level professional and a plot character on the BOSS panel. He is also surrounded by a large number of strong people. It will be very difficult to kill him. If we fail, we will all be banned."

"It's not that difficult actually. We can get ourselves out of this." Vega said with a smile, "For example, we can pool together some money and hire those gold-making players. As long as the money is enough, those people are very dedicated."

"Hadi will definitely suspect us."

"He has no evidence, do you understand?" Vega laughed. "As I said before, as long as there is enough money, those gold-farming players will not only work hard, but also keep their mouths shut. Order-oriented NPCs like Hardy are very particular about evidence when doing things. Without evidence, he probably won't do anything rash." (End of this chapter)