Chapter 1058 1057 Open the Door, Free Trade!

Chapter 1058 1057. Open the door, free trade!

In Syalanna territory, Weston port.

This place is in chaos, or in other words, this city and even this country were already in chaos a long time ago.

The most direct reason is probably that the king, his nobles and ministers were all captured, and the entire central power structure was forcibly moved directly to Aundair. Then the nobles and people in various cities began to have small thoughts.

When the king and nobles were almost wiped out, Siyalanna almost lost all its legitimacy. Since Aundair had not recovered at that time and was unable to conquer Siyalanna, this kind of situation happened in Siyalanna. The situation is almost inevitable.

It can even be said with certainty that the various cities and nobles in Syalanna have been fighting each other for a long time and consuming national power, which itself implies that Aundair is promoting it.

The port of Weston is located on the coast and is in an advantageous position, almost a must-win point for Syalanna in the midst of civil strife.

Here, control may change hands every few months. Every time control changes hands, the people who occupy this place will spend more money to build a defense system to ensure that they can occupy this golden mountain for a long time.

Once this place is occupied, every merchant ship that stops here will be a golden mountain for the wealth brought by shipping routes.

The most recent involuntary transfer of control of Weston Port was taken over by Locke Buck of the Buck family.

After occupying Weston Port, the Buck family did not impose heavy taxes on merchants and people like the previous occupiers, but used another idea.

They directly outsourced part of the defense system at Weston Port.

Because before the Buck family took office, the previous controllers had imposed heavy taxes, and even collected the taxes two hundred years later, greatly squeezing the wealth of Weston Port.

At the same time, the Buck family is also very clear that it is unrealistic to continue to squeeze wealth from the local people. If they continue to operate like previous generations, it is likely that the people will bottom out and it will be more difficult to deal with.

At the same time, after fighting a battle, the Buck family really had no money to re-defend Weston Port, and the only thing they could do was to outsource the defense.

This can also be regarded as a kind of decentralization and sharing of power, which can naturally attract some big businessmen to inject funds for this purpose.

In this way, the merchants also control part of the power, and the Buck family is also a family with a large number of mid-level officers. In a sense, the two parties have reached a certain balance, making the operation of this port more prosperous.

Today, Weston Port is open for business as usual, and a [ship] from Aundair is slowly approaching.

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"Is that Weston Harbor?"

Mo Cheng stood on the deck and looked at the port, "It is indeed a prosperous commercial port."

Even if you are not proficient in business, you only need to see the huge merchant ship throughput of Weston Port to know that this place must be a gold-devouring beast, making money every day.

At this time, what Aundair and the others were riding was not a common wooden ship, but a giant ship made entirely of steel, with a magic circle as the power source, and [10,000 tons] as the basic unit.

Compared with such a steel beast, the wooden merchant ship was like a pitiful and weak baby. The surrounding merchant ships had chosen to get out of the way as early as dozens of miles away to avoid the fate of the ship being destroyed.

The size and weight of this steel behemoth was larger than the steel cruise ships of the day, and the owner of this ship...

"Hmm, it's very prosperous. Maybe I can consider getting some people from [the platform] to open up new businesses."

Lilia looked at the Weston Port in the distance, and she didn't know what she was thinking about.

She was dragged here by Mo Cheng, and of course Lilia herself had her own reasons to follow.

For example, the big ship under your feet is the first steel cruise ship, or warship, built in cooperation with [Platform] and the Thelanis Family Shipyard.

I don’t know if it was because Lilia was so obsessed with the steel cruise ship that she built a steel cruise ship of her own. However, compared to the sea fortress that was intended for vacation and entertainment, this one was It can be called a battleship, a warship, and a maritime fortress-level existence.

There are hundreds of giant gun barrels in total. Not only do they use magic technology from the Khorvaire continent, but Lilia also adds many technologies that Mo Cheng brought back from the mecha world.

Drone armor technology, phase armor technology, and even cold nuclear fusion technology have also been overcome by many mages on the [Platform].

After all, the difference between [Mage] and [Scientist] is only in the energy they control, but in terms of behavior, they both study and use reproducible technologies.

And the mage under Lilia [Platform]...

Mo Cheng was no longer too lazy to calculate how many people were working for the [Platform]. The influence of the [Platform] was no longer limited to the Aundair area, but had even begun to gradually move toward surrounding countries.

Helena frowned slightly, "I know something about the Buck family. They are very repulsive to outsiders. Entering rashly may cause conflicts."

"Conflict? What kind of conflict!" Lilia waved her little fist and said with bright eyes, "We are here to trade. There is no such thing as closing the door and denying trade in this world. Open the door, free trade...ah!"

Before Lilia could finish her words, she swayed and tried to avoid Mo Cheng's knocking knuckles, but no matter how she dodged, and even transformed into dozens of real shadows in an instant, there was no way to avoid this attack. one time.

Even because she was already a demigod, Mo Cheng didn't have to specifically withdraw his strength, and struck fast and hard this time.

For Lilia, this blow was naturally heavy and painful.

"I think if you continue talking, it will involve the evil slave trade and transportation." Mo Cheng lazily stopped Lilia from continuing, and pointed at the steel warship at his feet, "How much does this thing cost?"

"Not much. In addition to its own magic technology, the related technology used is mecha technology. The cost of conquering mecha technology is normal research and development and is not included in the manufacturing cost. Calculated in this way, the cost of this warship is only It’s less than a fifth of the price of riding on that steel cruise ship before.”

Lilia quoted a very astonishing price, so low that it was scary.

At the same time, she stamped her feet to signal something under her feet, "Of course the most important thing is the operating energy problem, which is still being overcome, otherwise what we will develop will be a steel island."

"Big brother, if you are willing to let [the platform] borrow Mr. Stewart, then we can form three aircraft carrier fleets in Aundair in a short period of time."

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