Chapter 640: The Shift of the Maritime Trade Center

By now, Bergson had finally figured out what the other party was trying to do.

Speaking of which, this racial alliance actually doesn't want the merchant fleets coming and going by sea to trade with the Erathian Empire, but wants the merchant fleets to trade with Negan, where the alliance is located.

And the other party also made it very clear where the deal was in Negan, because in the subsequent conversation, the league official named Mogo also mentioned a deep-water port city called Duckhall.

The people who run merchants on the sea have never lacked adventurous spirit, and of course Bergson is the same, and he is really curious about this legendary alliance, so he doesn't mind the other party's request to divert Negan by himself, and he also understands that with the strength of the other party at sea so strong that even the Rigner pirates have to retreat, for a long time in the future, the southern seas of the mainland are afraid that no one will be able to regret their hegemony, and if they don't do what the other party says, this maritime trade will continue smoothly in the future. I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Therefore, after agreeing to the other party's conditions, he cooperated very well and asked the other party to send people to inspect the goods on his own boats, and happily paid the so-called peace tax of 15% estimated by the other party with gold coins, and even he privately prepared a rich gift for Mogo, wanting to befriend the other party, but was sternly rejected by Mogo.

Bergson then immediately ordered a diversion to the Crescent Moon Strait to the city of Negan called Darkhall, and before he left, Mogo had pointed out the specific location of Darkhall on the charts, and gave him several flags representing his tax paid, and let him hang them on the ship, and these flags would be collected by the local officials after his fleet arrived in Negan, along with the tax payment papers issued by Morgo, and it should be noted that these flags also had numbers on them, and these numbers were also recorded on the tax payment papers. This is to prevent someone from faking it.

All this, coupled with the sophistication of those personnel when the other party counted the goods, made Bergson understand that the alliance had obviously planned all this in advance, not improvised, and the alliance's emphasis on the sea and commerce was not comparable to other countries on the continent of Erathia, which made Bergson more and more curious about the Hammondale racial alliance that was said to advocate racial equality, and he even couldn't wait to go to that Negan city to have a look, as for after arriving at Negan, Whether this boat can make money or not, he doesn't mind so much.

There were many maritime merchants who had the same idea as Bergson, so in the following period, more and more merchant ships, including many merchant ships that had just departed from the southern port of the Erathian Empire and were about to trade on the continent of Enroth or Jadamy, turned around and sailed towards the Crescent Strait, because Dakhall, located in the west of Negan, was located in the Crescent Moon Strait, opposite the mainland Bairders.

Only a handful of maritime merchants were willing to pay heavy taxes and continue to trade in the South Harbor of the Erathian Empire or to the continents of Enlos and Jadami, but their caution made them all beat their chests and regret when they learned what had happened to Negan.

When these merchant ships that had passed through Negan began to arrive at the previously unheard of Darkhall after a period of sailing, the small harbor city that had recently been built by Chen Jian began to become bustling.

Because there are countless alliance local merchants, as early as after receiving the official reminder, gathered in Dalhall early to wait to trade with these maritime merchants who came from afar - the great melee before the Negan lords seriously affected Negan's various commercial activities, and the foreign maritime trade was at a standstill, and Negan had no maritime merchants to trade for a long time.

This situation has undoubtedly caused the extreme shortage of all kinds of foreign goods in Negan at the moment, so after the alliance announced that a large number of maritime merchants would arrive in Khor to trade, the shrewd alliance merchants were all moved, and they were keenly aware of the huge business opportunities involved.

In fact, the situation is also clear, the current life of the Negan people is much better because of the good governance of the Alliance, autumn is approaching again, as soon as the harvest in the field is sold, the Negan people have a lot of spare money in their hands, when the time comes, no matter what the merchants sell, they will definitely not be able to sell, not to mention extremely sought-after imported goods, and since the situation has stabilized, those former Negan lords, and now the alliance farmers, have begun their luxurious life again, these imported goods, In particular, those luxury goods that are not necessary for life are very popular with them.

At the same time, the alliance merchants also prepared a large number of Negan specialties to sell to those maritime merchants, all of whom are experts in old business, and most of them know very well what the maritime merchants need.

So when Bergson and the other maritime merchants landed in Dalhol, almost everyone thought they were in the wrong place—they had no idea that what awaited them here would be such a pleasant scene.

The unsalable goods they had feared before did not appear at all, on the contrary, their full ship of goods almost docked, and before they could unload the ship, they were already rushed to order by the alliance merchants, and there was no problem with the price, basically the same as when trading in the southern port of the Erathia Empire, that is to say, although they spent some more trips at sea this time, and also paid some safety taxes at sea, but on the whole, they still made a lot of money this trip, It's just that I don't make as much as I imagined.

What surprised the maritime merchants even more was that, as the alliance officials who collected the peace tax on them at sea said, the commercial tax on trading in Darkhall was indeed lower than in Southport, and the local merchants also prepared a large number of Negan specialties for them, and their return trip could also make a lot of money.

This situation made a group of maritime merchants excited and excited.

You know, before the alliance navy took over, the southern seas of the continent have always been the hardest hit area of the Rigner pirates, because there are too many ships on the route, that route has become a golden sea area for pirates to develop their careers, compared to the various seas, although it is close to the land, but it is more dangerous, because the pirates only need to hold a few directions, they can easily intercept those merchant ships who want to enter and leave the South Port, and the merchant ships are unavoidable, unless they don't want to dock in the South Port, As a result, every year, countless merchants who want to pan for gold at sea are looted by these pirates, and their lives are lost.

Now after the alliance army took over this sea area, the Ragner pirates have disappeared here, although the merchant ships have to pay the peace tax, the money is less, but compared to before, there is always a great guarantee of security, and without the extortion of the Elasia Empire and the navy of the Kingdom of Bracada, it has also saved some costs for the merchants, so after the alliance army began to collect the peace tax, after that, although the maritime merchants were painful on the surface, but in the bottom of their hearts, they were quite happy.

After all, everyone came out to seek wealth, and no one wanted to lose their lives in the hands of pirates for no reason, and after making so much money, it must take a life to spend it, right?

Of course, people like Bergson who have a deep friendship with pirates are a different matter, but after all, there are only a very few maritime merchants who can successfully climb the friendship with pirates, and the reputation of Rigner's pirates is not for bluffing.

Then many of the most thoughtful maritime merchants like Bergson noticed that there were some details in Duckhall that were very different from the others.

For example, although it is only a small city, it is clear that the alliance has put a lot of thought into the city, with the brand-new dock with all the facilities, the huge coastal market for merchants to trade, the high-quality roads to the outside world, and many supporting industries related to the port city, all of which show the alliance's determination to make this a free trade port.

All this, combined with the planned actions of the coalition naval fleet at sea, will make anyone who is not too stupid realize what a great significance it is.

Many maritime merchants have decided to reach Quehor more in the future to trade, and these merchants who make a living on the sea are far more aware of the alliance's great influence on the sea than those in power like Kendall, the regent of the Erathian Empire, who knows nothing about the sea, and it is absolutely necessary for the maritime merchants to have a good relationship with such a force, not to mention that it is also profitable.

On the contrary, if you offend such a force, then you will not have a good time at sea in the future, and you can't afford to provoke the Rigna pirates, let alone the alliance navy that even the Rigner pirates have to fear for three points?

And now in the South Port of the Erathia Empire, business is not as good as before, because the current situation on the mainland is too chaotic, there are almost no merchants from all over the mainland, only the merchants in the empire are still trading in the South Port, and as the situation becomes more and more erosive, the money in the hands of the people of the empire is getting less and less, and it is a lot stingy to do business, not at all as bold and generous as the alliance merchants, and Negan under the control of the alliance, because he is not affected by the war, but he is like a paradise like a thriving and prosperous, The potential business opportunities are numerous, all of which make maritime merchants choose to trade in alliances.

In this case, in the following period of time, there were more and more merchant ships in and out of Dakhor, those merchant ships from Enlos and from the Jadami continent took this place as their foothold on the Elassian continent, and even many maritime merchants from the Elassian continent chose to pull the goods from the south port to Darkhall to sell, and the alliance did not make too many restrictions on this, first, the alliance did need all kinds of goods that Negan did not produce from these merchants of the Elassian continent, Second, Chen Jian also hoped to use these businessmen to promote the alliance on the mainland and expand the alliance's influence on the mainland.

As a result, Darkhall became more and more lively, the population was increasing, the size of the city was getting bigger and bigger, Negan's commercial activities were unprecedentedly prosperous, and the alliance's commercial tax revenue was also rising, and the port city of the Erathian Empire, which had been prosperous for many years, began to slowly show signs of decay because it was abandoned by the maritime merchants.

The center of maritime trade on the Erathia continent slowly moved from the southern port of the Erathia Empire to Dakhall in Negan because of a series of measures by Jian Chen.