Chapter 1028, Dulong City Tributary System and Royal Monopoly Trade

Chapter 1027, Dulong City Tributary System and Royal Monopoly Trade

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The old world, the Norsca mountains, the interior of the Giant Mountains, the luxurious rooms in Dulong City, the balcony, overlooking the mountains.

In late May, the Norsca Mountains are still covered with snow. This is a land surrounded by mountains. The Norsca Dwarves' citadel is located in the east of the Norsca Mountains and the northwest of the Mourning Mountains. The geographical environment here is very superior.

How superior is it?

The Norsca dwarves now have a total of four kingdoms, plus three large dwarf fortresses. A total of seven dwarf castles are roughly distributed in a "big" shape among the Norsca mountains, surrounded by the Norsca mountains. There is a narrow mountain road to the north that leads into the mountains, so as long as this road is held, the army of Chaos and the barbarians will not be able to attack.

Of course, it was not like this before. When Norsca dwarves and Norscan humans coexisted peacefully and could communicate, the Norsca mountains were surrounded by dwarf fortresses. When the dwarves saw this group of blood-drinking humans, they decided to teach them how to make tools and smelt. Metal, the cultures of the two sides influenced each other, and gradually formed the Norsca culture - booze, dry fights, and singing with a rough voice.

However, as mentioned above, Norsca is close to the Chaos Wasteland. As time goes by, the Norsca humans gradually abandoned the famous beliefs of heroic spirits and old gods, and gradually turned to the belief in Chaos amidst the continuous corruption of Chaos However, the Norse human tribes who are unwilling to believe in chaos have basically migrated to the Nord Kingdom, Kislev or even further south.

However, the dwarves are not a group of races that are easily corrupted. They have a complete inheritance from Grungni. The Ska dwarves gradually broke apart, and the dwarf kings at that time ordered all the dwarves in the Norsca mountains to be relocated to the Giant Mountains, re-divided into four kingdoms, and cut off and destroyed all roads leading to the outside world. Huge sandstone statues were erected, each stone carved with a powerful master rune to protect the dwarven realm.

If the barbarians and Chaos army wanted to attack the Norse dwarves, they could only take a narrow mountain road in the north, and there were ten lines of defense arranged by the dwarves.

Knight King Ryan was wearing a king's uniform and a heavy lion cloak. He stood on the balcony and looked down. Since the giant mountain range blocked the snow and cold air, some plateau food could be planted in the dwarf territory. , such as highland barley and a small amount of cash crops, they can barely guarantee self-sufficiency in food, but the dwarves not only have to eat, they also have to drink, which is not enough.

"Ryan, do you think the Norscan dwarves will agree to your 'Great Retreat' proposal?" The facilities in the room are a bit strange,

On the one hand, it is very luxurious, with a lot of gold, silver and precious stones, as well as all kinds of animal skins and furs that are very precious in the old world, and high-quality sandalwood. Facilities, there is not even a wardrobe in the room but only a few hangers, not even a magic lamp, only candles and fire pockets, and they are still very backward flint fire pockets.

The fairy in the lake is wearing a gray diamond-encrusted high-waisted pleated dress today, a crown of eternal brilliance platinum jewels, and a full set of jewelry from the emperor's platinum blessing on her body. Wearing a pair of white fox-patterned cotton slippers, you can see the white ultra-thin stockings wrapped around her delicate and small ankles, shaking back and forth, she stretched lazily, and asked Ryan standing on the window sill: "What are you doing?" Didn’t you say before that the Norsca dwarves are very opposed to returning to the system in the Kingdom of the Mountains? Why do you propose a ‘Great Retreat’ plan now?”

"Why, don't more than 100,000 dwarves smell good?" Ryan continued to stand on the balcony, the King of Knights opened his arms, and let the cold Norsca wind blow the hem of his clothes and his black hair in the middle. Now Ryan Every move is already extremely majestic, and the constant victories and accumulated power over the years have made this knight king one of the most powerful people in the old world. Ryan of Tania is still an excalibur that is exposed in front of people, so now Ryan is a king's blade that is usually kept in the scabbard. He has restrained and restrained his edge, because he no longer needs to prove himself , even so, an occasional breath from the scabbard is enough to deter everything.

The fairy in the lake likes it more and more. She likes this kind of happiness of cultivation. When Teclis, a sick boy, was yellow, thin, weak and depressed, was brushed off by Hess, she saw the potential of Teclis in the same way and chose him After leaving him, the fairy in the lake sat on the hard plank bed covered with white bear skin, straightened her skirt a little, and said softly with her face as smooth as white jade: "How can I convince them?"

"It's actually not difficult to convince them, ma'am." Ryan turned around and said in a gentle voice: "Judging from the fact that the Norsca dwarves spent more than a hundred years building the dark rolling river, these dwarves have long thought about it." If you are surrounded by chaos or even in danger of extinction, how should you find a way out for yourself and your clan, and we also know the previous things, the Norsca High King Aislin once besieged here for a long time, so I can be sure, The Norscan dwarves have actually been prepared to retreat from here, but they never said it out of shame."

"Short Duozi is like this." The fairy in the lake nodded, and she laughed lazily, then kicked off the soft cotton mop, raised a small white silk foot with transparent toes, and the jade toe was still painted. Cyan nail polish, the goddess's silk feet have curved arches, charming radians, rosy, and the skin on the soles of the feet is very delicate. The goddess has been served very well by Ryan during this period, so she is also in a happy mood: "But you didn't actually answer the question , my dear, you still haven't solved the problem of the mountain kingdom and the Norse dwarves."

"Isn't it easy?" Ryan couldn't help staring at the little feet of the fairy in the lake, he shrugged: "There are two reasons why the Norsca dwarves can't let go of this place. Endless mines and wealth, and the second is unwillingness to be governed by the High King of the mountain kingdom."

"Therefore, I have proposed three plans for this." Ryan raised his hand: "The first plan is to retreat to the Kingdom of the Mountains and join the Supreme King Thorgreen. There is no doubt that this plan will definitely be rejected."

"The second plan is a big retreat. After retreating to the south, they will live with humans. The Empire and Britannia have plenty of places to arrange these dwarves." Ryan stretched out his second finger.

"It's impossible. The dwarves are actually not willing to live with humans." The fairy in the lake shook her head and motioned for Ryan to come over.

"So it's the third plan." Ryan sighed: "Great retreat, retreat to our Britannia, you know, we have a lot of spare dwarf strongholds, including Oka Mountain, including Blackstone stronghold, These are ready-made dwarven fortresses with complete facilities, and you can move in with your bags at any time."

"Traditional words and negotiation skills." The fairy in the lake nodded again and again. The goddess understood Ryan's thoughts, and first threw out the most difficult one, which was unacceptable to the Norsca dwarves. She returned to the Kingdom of the Mountains and accepted the rule of the High King. There is no doubt that the Norse dwarves must refuse.

Then it was difficult for the Norscan dwarves to accept the idea of ​​letting them enter human society, but at least it was much more comfortable here than when they recognized their father again.

Finally, a third option is proposed.

"Come here, Ryan, help me rub my feet." The fairy in the lake stretched out her white silk feet to signal Ryan to come over, and the King of Knights really listened to her, walked up to the goddess, and knelt down on one knee to rub her feet Rubbing his little feet in stockings, Ryan enjoyed the smooth and creamy feel in his hands, and said with a happy smile: "Besides, do you know that Bellega built a large dwarf brewery on the Oka Mountain? .”

The fairy in the lake nodded slightly. The goddess looked at Ryan half-kneeling in front of her and rubbed her feet with some pride. What she liked most was the way Ryan knelt in front of her and served her. Every time she felt very proud and proud .

But the fairy in the lake also knows that everything must be controlled to a certain degree. It is a little fun between husband and wife to come once in a while, and Ryan also enjoys it. It would be too much for Ryan to kneel in front of her if she has nothing to do all day long. After rubbing it comfortably, he signaled Ryan to sit beside her: "So, everything is in your plan?"

"Not necessarily." Ryan kissed the toes of the two silk feet of the fairy in the lake, and then sat beside the goddess: "But there are several ready-made fortresses and a ready-made brewery, and the Norsca dwarves will definitely be moved. of."

Since the recovery of Eight Peaks Mountain, the dwarves of the Angrund clan have returned to the Eight Peaks Mountain Fortress one after another. The original Blackstone stronghold and Oka Mountain stronghold have gradually become vacant, leaving only Dugan-Tiehan and his black powder The Brotherhood and Novigrad's iron warriors add up to only four or five hundred dwarves still in Britannia, and Ryan doesn't believe that the Norsca dwarves are not tempted.

"Well." The fairy in the lake leaned on Ryan's shoulder silently, and the goddess thought for a while: "This is very likely to be negotiated."

"Where's Morgiana?" Ryan asked casually.

"Mogiana is doing maintenance in the bathroom." The fairy in the lake also replied casually: "Routine body maintenance to keep the body tender, moist and fragrant."

Although the fairy of the lake is very strict with Morgiana, she is actually very good to her first choice. As long as there are members of Ryan's backyard who participate in the turkey feast, the fairy of the lake will give her divine power The high elf ointment and essential oils made from various wood elf flowers and secret medicines, and taught a whole set of secret recipes for body maintenance. Morgiana is no exception. As long as the lake god witch has leisure, she will spend at least half a day every week Use it to maintain your body to ensure your attractiveness to Ryan.

The goddess said quite interestingly that although everyone is given a quota, Teresa uses it very quickly. Every time they have a chance to meet, the sorceress will be embarrassed to ask for more.

Ryan thought that Teresa had shared all these things with Aurora.

There was some sound of water in the bathroom, and Morgiana, who was soaking in the medicinal bath of the big wooden barrel for maintenance, thought that the fairy in the lake was urging her, so she could only say embarrassingly: "Ma'am, I’m sorry, it will take a while. Wash everything inside and out, and it will be convenient after dinner..."

"...It's okay, take your time, Morgiana, we have nothing to do here." The fairy in the lake said towards the inside, the goddess thought for a while, and asked Ryan: "Then, the exclusive trade agreement with Dulong City , you just swallowed it yourself, so you don’t want to share it?”

"Sharing will definitely share a little bit." Ryan nodded with a smile: "But you are right, ma'am, I plan to take most of it for myself. The trade profits with Dulong City are too lucrative, so I will not take this piece of fat." gave it to someone else."

"Don't you take pictures of the people below and say that you are fighting for profit with the people?" The goddess smiled, she stretched out her hand and clasped Ryan's fingers: "What is this, royal trade?"

"This is called tribute trade." Ryan laughed straight: "Ma'am, don't you think that the trade of the dwarves in Dulong City is very similar to the tribute trade of the Elf Empire? The two sides only trade at the official level, and the price has already been negotiated."

"What a resemblance, nothing at all." The fairy in the lake deliberately hit Ryan's arrogance: "Also, you actually want to treat the dwarf as a vassal? Or let the Scarlet Lord know, and be the first to turn against you!"

"In short, the trade with Dulong City is the royal sea trade, and I must hold it firmly in the palm of my hand." Ryan naturally knew that dwarves would not be vassals, but the nature was similar. Most importantly, Ryan could firmly grasp the pricing rights and the only designated trade franchise, which is an endless source of money.

Ryan recalled the tribute system of the Celestial Dynasty in the previous life. For a long time, most people have shown negative comments on the tribute system. There are basically two reasons. The first is that it is an unequal relationship between countries. It does not conform to the principle of equal exchanges in the "Westphalia System". The second is "thin exchange and generous exchanges". The Celestial Dynasty always rewards some cheap goods too generously.

But in fact, if you think about these two things carefully, you will know what's going on.

First of all, the first sentence is just one sentence. Will the abolition of tribute really achieve equality between countries? Has the European war that most believes in equality, freedom and democracy stopped?

As for the second point, the problem is actually very simple, that is, the Celestial Dynasty is willing to be "taken advantage of".

What is the most important aspect of tribute trade in economic accounts?

It is what Ryan values ​​very much - pricing power and the only designated trade franchise!

To put it simply, as the kingdom of the Celestial Dynasty, the Celestial Dynasty has the right to set prices for all the tributes of all the vassal states. I say how much this thing is worth, and it is how much it is worth to trade! That is the most powerful "official pricing" in the legend, and you can only trade between limited areas and objects!

Because of this, the huge profits brought about by the tribute trade are inconceivably terrifying. Maybe the official envoys paid tribute and court rebates did suffer a small loss, but in fact, the Celestial Dynasty can easily recover the cost dozens of times through the tribute trade. , and can set the price standard, my things are expensive, your things are cheap, want to change? Add money! Not enough, add more money!

This is one of the core reasons why Dai Ming is so keen on collecting dogs! The tributary system and the royal monopoly maritime trade system established by Zhu Di have earned an astonishing amount of wealth, which is also an important reason to ensure that he has done so many things in his reign and has not ruined the country's finances.

Of course, there are two reasons why the tributary system gradually collapsed later. The first reason is that the system itself must be strong enough. After the civil fort change, the military deterrence was gone, and the "sovereign" could not sit still.

The second reason is just like what the fairy in the lake said, "compete with the people for profit". The people here do not refer to the ass and the common people, but the officials and gentry. Said it was "competing for profit with the people", Cheng Zu could not fool his son Renzong, and Emperor Xuanzong called him "Emperor Cricket" if he couldn't fool him, and wrote down a small book to smear him and continued to fool his son, Chenghua Emperor couldn't fool everyone Let's work hard together, and quickly put the hat of "Oedipus Too Much Monitoring and Faint Lord" on him.

In the end, he was fooled by Emperor Xiaozong of Hongzhi. This is a cowardly, benevolent and mediocre monarch with perfect personal morality. The scholar-bureaucrats always nodded their heads. Since then, Zhu Di made five expeditions to Mongolia and went to Nanyang Nanping seven times. The tribute trade and the tribute system were immediately hollowed out by the scholar-bureaucrats and turned into a real loss-making business.

By the way, this kind of emperor is the favorite emperor of literati, public intellectuals, and scholar-bureaucrats. Hurry up and blow up the title of holy king!

In other words, why did Ryan come to Dulong City personally? One is for the consideration of the future of the dwarves. It would be a pity if the 110,000 dwarves were wiped out in a place like Norsca. The second is to establish This trade route is similar to the tribute trade. The Knight Kingdom can exchange the most urgently needed mineral resources and priceless rune weapons, rune equipment, and technical talents from the Norsca dwarves at a very cheap price. Not too much money.

Once the Britannia royal monopoly on sea trade is completed, the King of Knights seems to be able to see endless financial resources rolling in.

Even Ryan even thought of the name of this trade route, and it's called Azur Lane.

"Oh, my dear, it's okay to wait for the results to come out, it's so boring," the fairy in the lake pouted and acted coquettishly at Ryan, with an expression of attachment on her sacred and noble face: "How about giving me the whole job?" ?”

“How about I do a mid-air split and then play the captain of the Hyperion cleaning decks and toilets?” Lane quipped.

"No, it's boring." The fairy in the lake looked disgusted: "What is the split in the air? Cleaner? You do this as a captain? And what is the Hyperion? A new battleship?"

"Then what do you want me to do?" Ryan suddenly had a bad feeling.

"How about, how about we exercise before dinner?" The fairy in the lake said in Ryan's ear, "It will also give you a good appetite."

"No! Lilith, not now! Dinner will be served soon! The dwarves have always served meals on time!" Ryan quickly came up with the words he had thought up before.

"Oh? What a disappointment! Then, go out with me for a stroll!"

"That's about the same."

As a result, when Ryan and the Fairy of the Lake just came out, the Maharaja Torgard and his King Star Iron Guard were oncoming.

"Your Majesty the Knight King, there is good news. In principle, we convened an emergency ancestor meeting and voted to pass the resolution. We agreed to sign an exclusive trade agreement and start preparations for the 'Great Retreat' plan! We choose to consider your third plan, Soon the four kingdoms will gather a 3,000-strong dwarf expeditionary force to follow you. First, go to your knight kingdom to inspect and take over the large dwarf brewery in Belgar. What other strongholds are Black Rock City and Orka Mountain? Look at the situation first and do an assessment."

"Very good!" Ryan clenched his fists.

High King, I have done what you have failed to do.

How can you thank me?

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