Conquest

"You made a right and wise decision, Xia. (See novel)"

Sophie held a quill pen in her right hand, and a book in her left hand, a beautiful face that faced the sky, her hair easily tied a knot behind her head, and she sat in the barracks's office that originally belonged to Xia Ya. Big head of the coach.

In fact, this big account has already become the domain of Sophie. Since the girl was appointed as the "Chief Chief of Staff" by Xia, Xia has simply left the place to the young girl.

After he returned from the dwarf's residence just now, the Throne of the Seal of God ran here for the first time to talk to Sophie.

As for the deal with the dwarves, Charlie had a whimsy.

Originally he just wanted to get the promise of the Dwarf to sell the beasts of the land, but from the dwarf's residence, walking back and forth all the way, Xia ’s thoughts and feelings were more and more, this is not a good idea

At present, the biggest problem restricting the development of this emerging force is fiscal revenue.

If there is no money, then there is no need to say anything about growth and development.

Both County Moore and Siertan are grain-producing regions. In the past, the main source of financial revenue was agricultural income. The grain produced here is purchased every year by the Empire's central financial appropriation. Acquisitions will take place.

I do n’t know if it ’s a **** blessing. In the Byzantine Empire these years, the political situation has been turbulent, warlords from various regions have broken down, centralization has weakened to the extreme, and they have even fought several wars with Odin.

However, it is strange that within the territory of the Byzantine Empire, the climate is smooth every year, there is no drought or waterlogging, and grain is harvested almost every year. Therefore, although it is very much, but 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 after the war period, the overall food price in the empire is not as high as the real chaos.

Although the price of food has risen-mainly because warlords in various parts of the country have begun to hoard food and the impact of war on productivity and other factors, food prices have indeed risen, but they have not reached an excessive number. Overall, it is fairly stable.

Such a situation is certainly a good thing, but for Xia Ya, his warlord in the grain-producing area, don't expect to make a fortune by selling food.

It now appears that the war has caused great trauma to the area under his administration, and fiscal revenue is almost exhausted. A large amount of land is now sealed up to the military's family members, and the sergeant-in-chief who has obtained the sealed-up land has also begun to call their relatives to migrate to settle in the north. It is foreseeable that in the next period of time, in the throne of the Seal of God, the population of Xia ’s territory will be greatly restored, and the migrants will soon recover their productivity.

As far as the northern region of grain production is concerned, as long as the climate is not a problem, this year's grain harvest can be expected to be bumper.

Xia got the promise of Emperor Odin. For at least three years, he didn't have to worry about the Odins going to invade south again.

As for the other warlords ... Charya really didn't look at it. At present, Adrik is preparing for war in the Imperial Capital, which has directly attracted the attention of most warlords. No one wants to offend him at this moment.

Without the danger of war, Xia can fully expect a bumper crop this year.

But if the price of food is not high, he won't make much money.

"Actually, the dwarves are rich." Sophie put down her pen and account book and looked at Xia, slowly said: "Almost everyone thinks that dwarves are backward and conservative, and thinks that these dwarves are very poor. ...... Everyone is wrong that the dwarf is richer than we even imagine "

Xia Ya nodded, and just after making a major decision, he really needed such a think tank to analyze the prospects, pros and cons of himself.

"The statutes of the Byzantine Empire have forbidden the trading of food with dwarves. Dwarves are hostile to humans, and why are humans not hostile to dwarves? Non-My races must have a different mind. Almost every race is recognized. So The Byzantine Empire always banned the sale of food to dwarves, because food is a strategic reserve. It is even ridiculous that in some peaceful times, the Byzantine Empire would rather export food to the Odin Empire than sell food to dwarves. Dwarves It is also unwilling to sell the ironware they build to humans on a large scale, for the same reason.

It must be said that this phenomenon has historical reasons.

In fact, this situation has been loosened in recent years, especially the almost breathless central government that was suppressed by the Tema military region. After the warlords in various places separated, the fiscal revenue continued to decrease, while maintaining the size of the central army to ensure that Deterrence to warlords. The decrease in fiscal revenue and the huge military expenditure have become an irreconcilable contradiction.

Our teacher Cavill Hill, in fact, has suggested in previous years whether the empire can consider lifting the embargo on food for the dwarves in order to obtain more financial income.

This proposal is beneficial to several large grain-producing counties in the north, which are of great benefit to the central empire, and are close to the wildfire field. It is very convenient geographically to trade food with dwarves.

However, unfortunately, this proposal of the teacher has been firmly opposed by almost everyone

Not only the opposition of the warlords who control the Ministry of War, but even the aristocratic aristocratic groups, have also strongly opposed the opposition. Even the Emperor Cantos could not ignore it and gave up. Carvey Hill's proposal. "

"Why is this?" Charya puzzled: "Those warlords are opposed. I can understand that they are afraid that the central fiscal revenue will increase because of the food trade. But why are the royal aristocratic groups so opposed? The central government has strengthened its strength. Don't they want to see it? "

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

Charlie frowned.

Sophie looked at Xia: "Don't you really understand? Master, please think again ..."

After looking at Sophie's deep eyes, Xia Ya finally sighed after groaning slightly.

"I see." He sneered on his face: "It's because of greed, stupid greed"

This is not too difficult to guess.

You know, although the empire has always adopted a food embargo on dwarves, the official decree is the same thing, but secretly, many business associations are secretly conducting illegal food smuggling operations on dwarves.

It is precisely because of the embargo on food that the price of food smuggling is getting higher and higher, and the profits are getting bigger and bigger.

Which of the large business associations and empires of the Empire did not have a strong background in the nobility? It can be said that almost all large-scale business groups belong to some noble families.

On the surface, it is forbidden to trade grain to the dwarves, but these business associations can rely on the umbrellas behind them to secretly smuggle grain and make a fortune.

Didn't Rock say everything himself?

The price of the food sold by Shay to Rock is more than twice the current price of grain in the Byzantine Empire and Rock acknowledged that when the unscrupulous merchant groups and dwarves traded grain, the price was still quoted by Shay Add a zero after the number

What a terrible profit

How many wealthy nobles are tied to this secretly smuggled food business?

If the empire abruptly lifts the food embargo, then ... dwarves will be able to import food directly from the Byzantine Empire in an open and formal manner ... naturally the dwarves will no longer buy high-priced food from those black-hearted business associations.

Those noble giants, of course, can never tolerate this situation

"Old emperor, there is no way to deal with this situation? Those wealthy nobles, can the emperor have to eat this dumb loss?" Xia frowned.

"In essence, the emperor is the largest aristocracy, and the stability of the imperial power requires the support of the aristocratic class, and the coercion of the warlords. If the imperial power is to be maintained, the emperor needs the support of the noble class. Not willing to offend so many giants because of this matter. So ... "

Sophie said here and sighed: "In a way, after this incident, Teacher Cavill Hill completely gave up the original fantasy of the emperor and the aristocracy. He also hoped to pass A series of methods to improve and refresh, so that this empire regained a healthy track. But after this incident, the teacher often sighed: this empire has rotted from the roots, and only the improvement can no longer save this empire. Destiny, if you want to change, only a radical change, a huge storm to clean up "

What a huge change, such as storm storms, Charya is not very interested, his current interest is only in the food trade with dwarves.

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

"I said just now, Lord General, these dwarves are richer than you think," Sophie said with a little smug tone.

"Rich?" Xia didn't believe it first.

The guy in the rock was shabby and dirty, and it didn't look like a big goldsmith.

"Dwarves have been engaged in mining for generations. They are inherently keen to explore the minerals of metals, and their ability to excavate is first-rate. The smelting technology is far beyond our human beings. The dwarves I say are rich, It is particularly important to know that if it comes to other aspects, food, clothing and housing, even the dwarven king, the horse can't catch up with an ordinary human nobleman. Because of the racial barriers, the dwarf cannot get a lot of luxury goods made by humans. They may be poorly dressed, eat poorly, live in caves, and may even store less grain than an ordinary human farmer. But ... if it comes to the storage of metal minerals, I am afraid it will be one of your dreams Unexpected astronomical figures "

Charlie's eyes widened immediately

"The mountains on the wildfire are rich in various metal minerals, iron ore, copper ore, and even gold ore and silver ore. The dwarven people have been doing one thing for generations, but they are desperately digging out these things. But They cannot conduct large-scale transactions 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 they have accumulated for generations. wealth"

Charya began to have red eyes.

"The food of the dwarves is much more expensive than the metal. For the dwarves, metal is not valuable. But I think for you, General Xia, metal is something you need very much. To expand Your strength, you need a lot of iron, copper, and gold and silver. "

"Well, I think I made a huge mistake." Charlie lowered her head and sighed, "I should talk to you first, and then go to trade with the dwarf. Now that you have said this, I find that the price I'm offering is really It's too low, so the profit is too small ... "

"Fine water flows." Sophie said lightly: "If you want to make a huge profit, then you will be the same as those unscrupulous business associations. You ca n’t get the trust of the dwarves. Even if the transaction is profitable, in the long run, they will come to you sooner or later. Turn your face. At that time, you don't want to buy what you need from the dwarf again. Of course ... Your asking price is indeed lower. Although we are not as unscrupulous as those business associations, you can break the empire. The embargo and the blatant sale of food to the dwarves also have to bear a lot of pressure. These sacrifices always come at a price. So I have a way to increase your profits a little bit. "

"Are you sure?" Charya's eyes lit up.

"It's very simple. You promised that their prices don't need to be changed, but when we really trade, we can assign different price grades to various types of food. Black beans, yellow beans and green beans, the price is naturally different, the lowest Black beans can be sold at the low price you said ~ www.readwn.com ~ But soy beans and green beans will naturally have to add some price tags, haha ​​... and wheat, barley wheat rye semolina wheat, it is impossible to follow all Sell ​​it at a price. Hehe, I mean, you must be able to understand. By then, it will still be very profitable. "

After a pause, Sophie said in a very cold tone: "Don't forget, the dwarves are also distinguished by aristocracy and civilians. Those dwarven civilians can be satisfied with ordinary black beans and coarse wheat, but What about those dwarven aristocrats? The tribal aristocrats among the dwarven tribes, and even their dwarven royals, will not be satisfied with inferior food, and you know that nobles of any race are often a group willing to enjoy People who spend a lot of money. By the way, at the dwarven site, I heard that a barrel of good wine made by humans can be exchanged for an equal amount of gold. Of course, this kind of transaction can only be carried out with dwarven nobles. Yes, I don't need to teach you the details. "

Xia Haha smiled, and Tutu was full of confidence.

Nothing else, such things as pit people, but our old business

(Special notice: tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, a day off, so there is no update tomorrow, huh, huh.

In addition, I wish everyone a happy holiday ~ eat more dumplings ~)