Chapter 372: Discovered in the 16th Century (2) Ups and Downs
In the year 1630 of the Great Calendar, Laventica, a country on the east coast of Middle-earth, was stunned to break into the cause of the Bourbon Sea Kingdoms.
Just think about how much money the family that first ran the Maisca trade made, and when you think about how much money the family that first ran the Edonan trade made, and how much money the Ingona trade also made, you can understand why it was shocking.
Thinking that Bourbon was the well-deserved overlord of the Bourbon Sea, such a huge country, Ulch trade actually accounted for a large proportion of the profits, you can understand the benefits brought by the emergence of a new cultural circle to commerce.
Although the Urchi trade has cooled down now, the Blaazon trade that followed is also very profitable, and now there is a Laventica, what does it mean? It means business opportunities! Moreover, this is the first to appear in Middle-earth, in the north of the Edonan Peninsula, what does it mean? It means that Polly can have a monopoly!
However, this is only a sketch of the idea, and it is not so easy. Bourbon can make a lot of money on the Ulch trade because it controls the Bourbon Sea, and to put it mildly, Polly can't do this, so if he doesn't cooperate with other countries and endure the exploitation of other countries, Polly can't maximize the Laventica trade.
It stands to reason that Poli's best partner is Boris, not to mention that the two countries also worked together in the Second and Third Edonan Wars a few years ago, swallowed Edonan together, and called each other our brothers, so it is said that Boris is the strongest naval country today and should be the best partner to work with.
But Polly didn't want to do this, Polly was unwilling to be Boris's subordinate all the time, and Polly also wanted to be able to talk to Boris on an equal footing, so it was the loudest to swallow the Laventica trade alone.
So, Polly got rid of Boris and tried to create his own trade network, and now the Bourbon Sea is full of people who don't like Boris, not to mention that Boris has the "Epos Ban" on him, and he can't wage war against the Tenglong Continent, which is even simpler.
Polly caught up with Bourbon and asked Bourbon to contact Portlou, who sent a caravan to sell Laventica's trade goods to the Dragon Continent, and for Laventica's sale of Bourbon sea goods, it was enough to have Polly's family. And the Edonan Peninsula is even simpler, the north is Poli's sphere of influence, just go there and dump it, and by the way, enter Boris's sphere of influence.
Boris is a real country, saying that he is very particular about brotherhood, and Boris said that he understands very well that Polly does not play with him, but the sea is far away, and some pirates appear on the road, which is also within the understandable range, right?
In addition, Boris began to woo the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard again, don't forget that the closest to Laventica is the internal autonomous region of Polly, and the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard, which was originally inclined to Boris, has become a smuggling node, constantly smuggling goods to Boris.
In addition to these two responses, Boris actually had no other revenge, which surprised Polly inexplicably, and although I don't know why Boris was so ambiguous this time, it is a fine tradition of businessmen to beat snakes and sticks.
Since Boris was so weak this time, Polly simply institutionalized the Laventica trade, and as for the smuggling in the woods, it was a window that Polly opened for Boris.
First, he was frightened by the "Epos Incident", and secondly, because Boris's nobles discovered that if the Laventica trade was carried out in a smuggling mode, the trade could be reduced to only the great nobles.
After all, the road is so far away, and there is Polly's anti-smuggling ship, without the background of the great nobles of Boris, it is impossible to establish a smuggling node and settle Polly, and this is a good way to exclude that group of citizens from this high-profit business, and the best thing is that after doing so, the target of the citizens' resentment is Polly instead of the great nobles of Boris.
Because of the above reasons, Boris chose a weak response in this trade conflict, if Hades and the others were still in Boris, they would definitely be angry at the group of nobles, but unfortunately it is the intermission now, Hades can only watch the stupid drama staged and shake his head and sigh.
Leaving aside the impact of the Laventica trade on the future, let's focus on the experience of the discoverer of Laventica, Lul Schats.
After discovering Laventica and reporting it back to China, it aroused Polly's attention, and even Lul was greatly praised, and was praised by the honorary consul of Polly at the time as "quite the style of the navigator of the same name a thousand years ago".
After that, Lul was faced with a troublesome battle, and both the Colonial Guard of Middle-earth and the Central Poli sent envoys to inquire about Lull's inclinations. Lin Jianwei said that his family's small business could only bring glory to Lul's family, and Polly said that if Lul was willing to go to Polly, he could become the head of the new family.
After weighing his catties, Luer decided to stand on the side of the forest guard, after all, his family was here. Lull's choice made Lin Jianwei very happy, and he immediately awarded Lull a chief substitute councillor as a reward.
The so-called chief substitute member is different from the ordinary substitute member, the ordinary substitute member, nominally if any member dies suddenly, the substitute member will be replaced, but in actual operation, the death of the existing member is always the same family member, and rarely the substitute member is replaced, and the substitute member is to spend money to buy a glory and can take back the empty office to brag about.
However, the Chief Substitute Member is different, which means that as soon as a Member withdraws, the Principal Substitute Member can immediately fill the vacancy of the other member, which is a real position.
After Lul accepted the chief substitute, he became the elder of the Schats family, which can be described as a glory, and Polly didn't react much, after all, his relationship with Lin Jianwei has always been a thing. So Polly just coldly took back most of the glory given to Lull, and gave Lull a shout out of Lull's contribution in the academy.
Luhl's heirs were not prosperous, and he had two daughters in a row, and only when he was 30 years old did he give birth to a son, and at that time, Lul gave his son the name "Solit".
The Bourbon people were never called "Solit", so some do-gooders went around looking for the origin of the allusion to "Solet". Lul originally thought that he couldn't find it, after all, it was a word that suddenly came to his mind, but it turned out to be found, which surprised Lul for a while.
"Brother Lur, Solit is the name of Ingona, and he got the nickname 'Scourge Star', it was he who killed the 'Incompetent' in a coup d'état during the war, which led to the rapid defeat of Ingona, and then its demise, what do you mean by this name for your son?"
Hearing the historical information provided by the other party, Luer choked for a while, but still insisted that his son use this name, no matter how others persuaded him.
In fact, Lul also felt that this name was evil, and his career was not smooth, so it couldn't be because of this name, right? It couldn't be because he was not capable, right? But there was a voice in his heart that made Lul not want to change his name, so he let the child grow up under the name of Solit Sauds.
Luer's business ability can only be said to be average, and sometimes he will be led by the nose by cunning subordinates to make himself ugly, and the family is not a strong family, and sometimes he has to use Luer's reputation to support the tiger's skin, which makes Luer extremely embarrassed.
Discovering that Laventica's aura quickly faded from Lul's body, the Forest Guard began to treat Lul with a normal attitude, and Lul entered the council at one point, but was brushed down during the change.
Luhr, who lost his parliamentarians, got the post of diplomatic representative, and Luer first went to Pokang as the representative of the Poli Forest Guard in Pokang, where he served for five years, and then returned to the Forest Guard as a clerk. After staying in China for a few years, he went north and went to Laventica to serve as the representative of the Forest Guard in Laventica.
As a highly autonomous regional diplomatic representative within a sovereign state, this position is not a beauty difference, and you have to be careful of the capital's gaze at all times. In particular, the representative did not have an embassy, so he could only be attached to the Polly embassy, and he bowed his head and did not look up with the Polly envoy, which was very embarrassing.
Poly's embassy was not located in the capital of the other country, as in the case of the Bourbon Sea States, but in a city called Gatuja, south of La Ventica. In 1644, Laventica arrogantly signed the Ghaturia Trade Agreement with Polly, making Gatuya a port for trade with the Bourbon maritime states, and the northern part of Gatua was forbidden to the Bourbon maritime states.
According to the information obtained by Polly, Laventica is a huge empire with a vast territory and a large population, almost comparable to Bourbon back then.
After Lul arrived in Gatuya, he found that the diplomatic representative of the Forest Guard was just a rubber stamp, because Poli only allowed the Forest Guard to import a pitiful amount of trade goods, so the real bulk transactions of the Forest Guard were completed through smuggling with the Laventica merchants, and the smuggling was not operated by Lull, and Lul only needed to cover and facilitate the smuggling.
Although this can be done to sit and collect money, this work is the same as that of Luhr, which means that Lull will spend a few years here doing nothing, and Luer feels very hurt.
At this time, Lul was no longer the young man who discovered Laventica, he had already begun to think about his name, but he didn't want to be so simple in the history books thousands of years later. So Lull wanted to do something, but unfortunately he still didn't get anything.
One day, while drinking in the courtyard, Lul heard an unfamiliar voice, and although it was not known who made it, the accent was clearly that of a Laventica who had forcibly learned Bourbon.
"Old friend, who do you think is coming?"
Lu Er squinted and raised his head to observe the other party, fortunately Lu Er hadn't drunk too much wine at this time, so he could still stay awake: "Sorry, I don't recognize you." ”
"Hahaha, old friend, I'm Finsu La Lebiburg, it was you and I who recognized each other at the boundary marker back then, and today you and I can meet here!"