Chapter 1232 Section 154 No Credit

Chapter 1232 Section 154. No Credit

"I do this not only to keep the workers from losing their jobs."

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 enemies of each other, and the first thing the new king would do was always to declare war on each other."

"Because they were island kingdoms, their weapons were warships. But as wars broke out again and again, shipwrecks formed new islands in the bays between each other, and they had less and less wood for shipbuilding."

"The two kingdoms began to plant 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 enemies in front of the coastline."

"Who do you think won in the end?"

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

Annan glared at him, and Olmedo moved his eyes away from the parchment, pushed his glasses, and remained unmoved.

"I guess the defensive kingdom won?" Or was it the gentle eldest sister who cooperated with Annan.

"Wrong, the Radical Kingdom won."

"Oh, what a pity." Idyliya chuckled and blinked.

"You will never guess the reason."

"Yeah, how could you guess that?" Olmedo lowered his head and flipped the parchment pages.

Ignoring Olmedo's sarcasm, Annan revealed the answer: "On the surface, the Radical Kingdom is still building ships to attack, and the Defending Kingdom consumes the opponent's resources at a very low cost, but it takes time for trees to grow, and craftsmen will always get old..."

Olmedo raised his head, and Idyliya listened carefully.

They realized at the same time that Annan was indeed talking about something.

"The Radical Kingdom consumed resources, but always mastered the shipbuilding process. The Defending Kingdom thought it was smart to suspend shipbuilding, but forgot that its craftsmen were forgetting how to build ships bit by bit..."

"And an empire..."

"Hmm?" Olmedo raised his voice.

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

"So you don't reduce production and stop working in order to preserve wealth?"

"That's right."

Idiliya asked curiously: "What's the end of the story?"

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Annan scratched his head: "It's nothing more than the radical kingdom destroying the moderate kingdom, and the radical kingdom mastering the sea power by developing new warships..."

Speaking of which, this question is very suitable for being used as a Chinese language question in school...

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

In general, Liberty City's assistance to the Kingdom of Dimon is more positive than negative, and there are some who want to take advantage - such as the Principality of Keating.

The merchants of the Zorensais Chamber of Commerce came to Annan to ask for a meeting, hoping that Liberty City could provide the same assistance to the Principality of Keating.

Annan summoned the president of the Chamber of Commerce who had dealt with him 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 plague. We need more things... food, minerals, magic props, and magic muskets, cannons, and golems that only you have."

"Magic muskets and golems are also needed?"

"Yes, 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 are too polite."

"This is what we should do. May I ask if you pay in cash or--"

"On credit."

"Abby, come back."

Annan called Abby back and said tactfully, "Our goodwill has not reached that stage yet." Then he gently drove him out.

Thinking that the matter was over, Annan did not expect that a few days later, Finance Minister Fronning actually came all the way from the Kingdom of Keating.

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

"I miss you very much, but if you agree with the Zoronseth Chamber of Commerce, please don't speak up and affect our past friendship." Annan responded with the same courtesy and blocked the words in advance.

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

"You are right, I was a poor boy at that time, and you lent me a hand... and my sister always taught me to return tenfold." Annan imitated the tone of Minister Froning and tilted his head and shouted, "Lossi."

"Sir Annan, what's the matter?"

Lossi pushed the door and walked in.

"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, indicating that he hoped Losey would go out first.

Losey looked at Annan, and after he nodded, he stepped out of the door and closed it.

Annan kept a polite but distant smile.

Minister Froning did buy 50 Susan spinning machines to help him make his first pot of gold... but that was essentially buying out the sales channels of Susan spinning machines in the Principality of Keating with the price of 50 spinning machines.

Given the style of the Principality of Keating and the fact that Annan saw someone using Susan spinning machines when he came to Middle-earth, they only made a hundred times more money than himself.

They didn't owe each other anything.

Minister Froning sighed and said, "Sir Annan, it was only Kia Peterson who offended you. 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 merchants, and we will do business with everyone."

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

Minister Froning was about to say something, but was interrupted by Annan: "For your sake, I am willing to sell all goods to the Principality of Keating, even if they are scarce, but I will never buy on credit."

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

...

A few dozen minutes later, Froning, who walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, showed a worried look.

Not for the Principality of Keating, but for 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 about it. So after getting the news from Wario, he came here in person to repair the rift between him and Free City.

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

But the royal court really offended him.

Given Annan's grudge during the conversation today, it would be difficult for him to just laugh it off at the Elf Royal Court...