Chapter 434: The Best Gift
Sean gave a thumbs up to the five chamber of commerce presidents and said, "This consciousness of yours has far surpassed most of the lords and nobles of the Byron Alliance. ”
"It's not that our consciousness is high, but that the lord's teachings are good, and before following the lord, we didn't have such a high vision and consciousness. President Simon took the opportunity to compliment.
"Alright, don't slap me on the back here. Sean smiled and shook his head, "Pack up and come with me to meet His Excellency Archduke Cedric, as long as you can continue to maintain this consciousness, this matter is all right." ”
"With the lord helping us steer, naturally there is no problem. ”
"Your Excellency, please. ”
Sean was very satisfied with the performance of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce, these people did not inflate themselves and get carried away by the rapid development of the Chamber of Commerce, on the contrary, they seemed to have become more humble.
Not only in front of Sean, but also in front of everyone else.
There are all kinds of words that slander the Valesta Chamber of Commerce outside, but there are very few that target their character.
Because when most of them do business, they are in line with many rules such as reaching out and not smiling people, genuine goods, large quantities, and good quality and low prices.
For such a businessman, even if he is unreasonable, it is difficult to find fault.
They can have this kind of atmosphere, the advocacy of the Eternal Night Army Leader is only one aspect, and the simplicity of the people also accounts for a small part of the reason.
The real reason is that most of them started from the end of the day, and have long been smoothed out by life, and in the previous business process, they have already developed similar habits, and they have not been lost because they have become bigger.
The development and growth of anything is not contributed by a single element, and there are many seemingly inconspicuous small factors in it, which also play an indispensable role.
The growth of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce is no exception.
If they are like those unscrupulous businessmen who have the support of lords and nobles behind them, if they have a little ability, they will bully and dominate the market.
Without anyone else's intervention, Sean was the first to take action to dismantle them, because it would ruin the reputation of the Eternal Night Leader.
The kind of unscrupulous businessman who abducts and cheats everything for the sake of temporary interests is the most stupid guy, his business is destined to last long, and the real profits he can earn are limited.
The kind of businessman who seems to be suffering on the surface is the one who makes a lot of money in a muffled voice, and inadvertently becomes stronger and bigger.
This is the basic quality of all the business personnel under the leadership of the Eternal Night Army, sometimes Sean values credibility, and it is still above interests, and the brand needs to be carefully maintained.
The Eternal Night Commander is now an out-and-out golden signboard, and whoever dares to smash his signboard will be in a hurry.
The Valesta Chamber of Commerce made a generous move, not to mention that Archduke Cedric was surprised, and even Sean was sideways, the total value is not comparable to the nearly 10 million royal gold coin military gift package sent by Sean last night, but more than two million gold coin materials are not something that can be taken out by a random force, in recent years, those Grand Duke families have supported the Broken Blood Castle alone, and they don't even have half of them.
This also reflects from the side how rich the Valesta Chamber of Commerce has accumulated in the past two years, and has quietly become an underwater predator.
This greatly changed the impression of Archduke Cedric of the mercenary nature of merchants, whose conscience was sometimes higher than that of the lords and nobles.
The meaning of this military supply is also different from that of the Eternal Night Military Leader, who has its own interests and demands, and things will never be given in vain, but will be retrieved from other aspects.
The Valesta Chamber of Commerce also represents their recognition and gratitude for what the Broken Blood Keep and the Streich family have done.
Just look at their goods, this is obviously the result of fundraising, there is very little money in it, most of it is physical goods, and there are all kinds of them.
From military supplies such as weapons, armor, and military rations, to daily necessities such as needlework and condiments, it can be said that there are everything, especially the latter, just by looking at the list, you can know that they are put together bit by bit, and there are not only the contributions of those Valesta Chamber of Commerce merchants, but also the hearts of ordinary employees.
There are very few things in this world that can move Archduke Cedric, and this gift list is definitely one of them.
This is a recognition of what they have done, and it is the true meaning of their holding on to the defense line of the Broken Blood Fortress, and it is the best gift he has received on this trip.
With this, even if he didn't get anything from the other Grand Duke Families, he was still satisfied.
Not to mention, the Eternal Night Army Leader has prepared enough big surprises for him.
When it comes to the issue of border markets, the attitude of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce is even more generous and incredible, thinking about Archduke Cedric and the Broken Blood Fort everywhere, and the interests have taken the initiative to give up the majority.
The proportional figures involved in it made the parties concerned, Archduke Cedric, feel embarrassed, let alone take the initiative to increase the price.
Where is this a business meeting, it is simply a concession meeting.
In this case, where is there a business that cannot be negotiated.
The reason for this special situation is not surprising if you think about it carefully.
The army of the Broken Blood Fort is all the guarantee of the border trade market, only if they are strong enough, the border trade market can continue, otherwise they and these merchants will run to the border, and they will be fat sheep sent to the door.
Especially when they heard that the Odin steppe was about to fall into a state of war, they insisted on this, and the defenders of the Broken Blood Fort were strong, which was beneficial and harmless to them.
What's more, the Valesta Chamber of Commerce has a bigger goal, to form a mercenary chamber of commerce with retired soldiers from the Broken Blood Castle, as long as there are enough mercenaries who can be trusted, the Valesta Chamber of Commerce is no longer a simple Valesta Chamber of Commerce, and the entire Byron Alliance can become their market.
The interests involved in this are much bigger than a border trade market, after all, prosperity is the basis of commerce, and the Byron Alliance is many times stronger than the Odin orcs.
The small abacus of the five presidents is crackling.
In anything, the help is greater than the resistance, and it can basically be implemented, and the larger the ratio of the two, the faster the execution.
This is the case with the border trade market.
The night before, Sean hastily threw out the idea in order to relieve himself.
The next day, Archduke Cedric finalized a cooperation agreement with the presidents of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce.
On the third day, the Valesta Chamber of Commerce began to get busy, and countless goods were ready to be loaded into trucks for the Broken Blood Castle.
Some of these goods are the materials that the Valesta Chamber of Commerce is preparing to give to the Broken Blood Fortress, and some of them are goods that have been taken to the border to test the waters.
These goods, they prepared with both hands, and could sell them to the Odin orcs for huge profits, and that would be the best.
If it can't be sold, it will be given to the Broken Blood Castle, and it will not be a loss to gain favors, even if the border trade can't be opened, the mercenary mode of the Valesta Chamber of Commerce will be carried out smoothly, which is a certainty.
This is a mutually beneficial thing with the Broken Blood Fortress, and Archduke Cedric has no reason to stop it.
The whole process will be escorted by the broken blood cavalry brought by Archduke Cedric, even the most fierce bandits, they have to retreat, otherwise those killing gods don't mind destroying them.
As soon as this side was finalized, Sean returned to the Eternal Night Commander as soon as possible.
This matter can be left to the Valesta Chamber of Commerce, once the border is opened, the Eternal Night Warlord can sit back and enjoy the success, and directly send the goods in the territory down the river.
After all, they are taking the route of commodity export, and they have no plans to get involved in commodity transportation for the time being.
As soon as Sean landed, he immediately asked Ralph, who came to greet him, "What did you do to investigate thoroughly?"
He was talking about nothing else, it was General Arnold's matter, after getting the news from the Grand Duke Cedric, Sean was loose on the outside and tightened on the inside, and immediately sent a message to Ralph to ask them to conduct a thorough investigation of the Eternal Night Commanders, especially those key departments.
Ralph's face was obviously a little ugly, and he replied truthfully: " The thorough investigation is still ongoing, and there are indeed a lot of rats sneaking in, one by one is not only cunning, but also not weak in personal strength, and four suspicious targets have been found, but they have infiltrated secondary departments, so I didn't move them, see if there is a chance in the future, borrow their hands to release false news, but there is no General Arnold in it, but one thing is certain, he did enter our territory, he was in the Twin Cities, accidentally showed up, and then there was no trace of him, I will continue to follow up on this matter, I need to review this matter, it was my negligence......”
"Okay, I'm not here to listen to your nonsense, it's useless to say this, it's better to find a way to put an end to this. Sean interrupted Ralph's self-examination with a wave of his hand.
Ralph opened his mouth, but could only nod and say, "I'll figure it out." ”
There is no way to put an end to this kind of thing, and this sentence is swallowed back into the stomach.
There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves.
The Eternal Night Leaders now have a big business, and the number of people staring at them will only increase.
As a high-level Ralph, he knows very well how many good things they have in their hands, a black powder has already made all the forces with heads and faces red-eyed, and when the cannon at the end of the development stage sounds, they must not go crazy one by one, and the big knight does not want to throw it out like money.
At that time, it was the time when the biggest test of their intelligence defense system came.
There are two sides to everything.
Andes Crater is a huge natural barrier to ordinary people, but it is also an excellent place to hide dirt and dirt.
The Eternal Night Commanders controlled it mainly around the Jacob River, the Samdong River, the Andes Basin, and the Andes Inland Lake, which were low, habitable areas.
If viewed from the air, these areas make up less than one-fifth of the entire Andes Crater.
Not to mention those towering mountains and deep mountains and old forests, even some small ravines and ravines they can't take care of.
No way, the land is vast and sparsely populated.
Up to now, the Andes Basin, which is the most suitable for cultivation under the Eternal Night Army, has only been developed and utilized at 50%, so how can they have the energy to develop the mountains that are more difficult to use?
At the beginning, due to the limited manpower, the Pure Mountain of the Eternal Night Army Leader could not be called very thorough, and every year there would be wild Andes who didn't know what year it was, coming out of the deep mountains and old forests and becoming the additional population of the Eternal Night Army Leader.
If those spies drilled into this, the Eternal Night Commander would be powerless.
Sean didn't keep an eye on this matter, what Ralph could think of, he basically thought of it, in this matter, they were a passive party, relying only on personnel, there was no way to think about it, and when the black technology of their own territory magic came up in the future, see if they could start from this aspect.
"It's an impossible task to dig up a champion knight who is bent on stealing with ordinary people, but we can't let such a big rat stay in our own house all the time, and since we can't dig him out, we can lure him away. Sean threw a method that he had been thinking all the way to Ralph, "Let the wind go out in the territory, and say that the West Odin Empire is preparing for an all-out war against the East Odin Empire." ”
"Got it!" Ralph's eyes lit up.
He had just made up the information about Arnold, and knew that this wanderer had a strong two-sided side, both irresponsible and responsible.
In one way, he is quite similar to Archduke Cedric, that is, he sees the Streich family and the fight against the Orcs as a part of his responsibility.
Usually he can play tricks with Archduke Cedric without any scruples, but now that he has entered the war, he is only afraid of being more anxious than anyone else.
"Do you need me to add a little bit of material to it to describe the current situation of the Broken Blood Castle as miserable?" Ralph asked.
"Don't mess around, you are facing an old fox who has been in battle for a long time this time, and his sense of smell is beyond imagination, if you exaggerate, it is easy for him to detect something, in fact, our large-scale retrieval has already startled the snake, and the other party will only hide deeper. Sean shook his head and vetoed Ralph's proposal, "Don't be too deliberate about the news, just do it through the newspapers and the bulletin boards of grassroots units." ”
"What if the other party can't see it?" Ralph asked, a little worried.
"Can't see it, if you can't see it, the other party is not worthy of being called the spear of the god of war, one person's one or two victories can be attributed to luck, if it is like this every time, it is not as simple as luck. Sean wasn't worried about that, "As long as he's dormant in our territory, he'll be able to see it." ”
"Understood, I know what to do. Ralph commanded.
"How are the Odin Grassland materials I asked you to compile, how are you preparing?" Sean took his eyes off Arnold, although this matter is likely to cause a serious leak of secrets by the Eternal Night Commander, but compared to the entire future layout of the Eternal Night Commander, it is a trivial matter.
Regarding the news on the Odin savannah, it is impossible for Sean to listen to the words of Archduke Cedric, after all, there are many things involved, and it must be verified in many ways, and it is impossible to be too careful.
The layout of the Eternal Night Army Leader on the Odin Steppe cannot be compared with the Broken Blood Fortress, but it is not a blank slate, and it is still no problem to carefully verify it according to the information that has been obtained.
"The information we have collected in the past few years about the two major Odin Empires is all here. Ralph pulled out a thick stack of materials from his briefcase, "The news is no problem, all traces show that the West Odin Empire is preparing for war in full force, and the East Odin Empire was chaotic enough last year, and the possibility of a full-scale invasion is more than ninety and a half." ”
"Hmm!" Sean nodded to indicate that he already knew, "what about the caravan?"
"The five branches that are preparing have been stopped, the three that have not been sent out for a long time have issued recall orders, and the other six have gone deep into the prairie, although a recall order has been issued to them, but it is still unknown whether they can return before the war. Ralph replied.
"Send them a new recall order, let them adopt the principle of proximity, return to the territory close to the territory, and go directly to the Byron Alliance, as long as their identity is revealed, someone will pick them up, and if necessary, discard the goods, and protect the people. Sean added.
For the sake of tens of millions of military supplies, this little favor, Archduke Cedric should not mind helping.
"Understood. Ralph nodded, taking notes.
"The generals have arrived. ”
"It's all here. ”
"Including General Dicron and the Hebrew Chief of Staff of Ben?"
"Not only General Dicron and the chief of staff of Ben Hebrew, but also the two leaders of the Cliff Clan, Locke and Yale, have also come along. ”
"Then inform them to attend the next military meeting together. Sean said directly.
Although the Cliff Clan did not swear allegiance to the Eternal Night Army Leader like the Crocodile Clan, the subordination between the two sides had already appeared from the moment the Cliff Clan received military assistance from the Eternal Night Army Leader.
This situation is becoming more and more evident as the pressure brought by the barbarians of Kentana continues to increase.
Because once the Eternal Night Warlords are withdrawn, they are swallowed up by the Kentana barbarians, and it is a matter of minutes.