Chapter 102: Chamber of Commerce
Link was anxiously counting the goods that could be traded between the commune and the various tribes, and the Dangerous Rock Fort seemed calm except for the large number of scout sentries sent to explore the rock fields.
Stocked mushrooms, fungus, hazelnuts, pine nuts, jerky, furs, simply dried herbs, defatted cashmere, frog oil for skin care, scarce wood, and magical materials are just some of the things Iwachi can sell.
The Durags sent a roster of all kinds of goods that the smuggling team could send in the past, ranging from large quantities of wheat, coarse cloth, coarse salt, iron pots, ten iron needles, leather gloves, leather boots, ale, honey wine, cough potion, oil lamps, lamp oil, small barrels of fruit preserves, lucky charms made of bones of unknown animals, and even warblers who went to the rocks with the smuggling team to do business.
All the chiefs, seeing the familiar graphics and words on the list, all maintained a state of excitement, the roster sent by Durag was full of pictures and texts, the skills of the painters were exquisite, and all kinds of goods were copied vividly with a few strokes, Link looked at the hot warbler in the atlas, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Misha on the side let out a puff, Link hurriedly looked away, lowered his head and got busy.
The agreed date is approaching, although Cormier is not a vast country, but it is not a small country, the domestic situation is extremely complicated, even if there are magic means to communicate and travel long distances, Link does not think that the next meeting with the Dangerous Rock Fort can achieve substantive results, a large number of nobles, merchants, local mayors and army commanders have either not received the news, or have not made up their minds to rush to the Dangerous Rock Fort, what Link can do now is to integrate the resources of the Rock Land.
After the last rally, Link led two more meetings, persuaded the non-human tribes and hill people to reluctantly reach a trade alliance, and Link was responsible for the trade of the goods of this alliance, as well as negotiations with the Cormiers, under Link's arguments, the chiefs reluctantly agreed not to trade all the goods at once, and agreed that the type and quantity of the traded goods would be traded by Link and the Cormiers, but Link had to ensure that all the goods taken out by the chiefs could be successfully traded, otherwise the goods would be traded to the commune at the highest price。
The current commune, counting the orc mercenaries and a large number of slaves, all the population has exceeded three thousand, counting the upcoming fourth production team, the population will reach three thousand five hundred, this number is even in the rocks before the orc tide went south, it is one of the best giant tribes, and it is also a large town in Komir, and the current tribes in the rocklands, after the rout of the orc tide and the raid of the Ferin Demon Kui, the number of each tribe is generally less than five hundred, and many of them are old and young, even the most powerful orc tribe in the past, the current population is more than a thousand slaves。
Five hundred foreign mercenaries who have experienced a hundred battles, the record of defeating other tribes many times, the powerful mages of Yin Soul City, the huge population, and the rumors that the Commune has seized the salt and iron mines, the faintly visible forces of the Ghost City behind it, if the leader of the Commune is not a human, it can now attract small orc tribes to join the service, but because of Link's existence, the foreign tribes have been hostile to the Commune and vigilant.
Understanding the chiefs' thoughts, Link proposed a system of shareholders' meetings, Link served as the president of the newly established Rock Chamber of Commerce, and the shareholders' meeting composed of all chiefs was the highest authority and decided a series of matters of the Chamber of Commerce, and even the appointment and dismissal of the president of the Chamber of Commerce was also decided by the shareholders' meeting.
Although they are not good at doing business with cunning humans, the chiefs still know the truth that the more people, the greater the power, and the chiefs are secretly laughing at Link, persuading the chiefs who did not participate in the chamber of commerce to attend the meeting, and privately reaching an agreement that once the transaction system is established and the chiefs do not need Link, they will work together to convene a general meeting of shareholders to expel Link.
The chiefs felt that Link had pulled those goblin tribes and kobold tribes into the Chamber of Commerce, that is, they knew that it was difficult for other gnoll, orc, and goblin chieftains to support Link after the trade system was established, and Link was planning to support those goblin and kobold tribes to support him.
"Just let that human cub mix with goblins and kobolds! That guy thinks kobolds and goblins can be trusted! We'll mutiny at the slightest threat!" said an orc chief in a private conspiracy.
"Humans are weak, and if we have the advantage, we have a chance to get him down!" another goblin chief chimed in.
A bear goblin chief said with a twinkle in his eyes: "That human can make things happen because of the support of the Yin Soul People, do we want to contact the Yin Soul People!"
"Let's take a look at the situation first, wait for the trade to start, and after we get the food, let the tribe slow down. The orc chief said with a deep groan.
While the chiefs were plotting, Balusa angrily banged on the table in front of Link: "Are you crazy!
Link pressed his hands down, made a calm gesture, and explained: "Individual alien tribes are not the opponents of the Commune, but the united tribes can tear the Commune apart, and I have given them the means to deal with the Commune without using force, and they will not unite to use force for the sake of cost and risk, but will hold a general meeting of shareholders according to my game." ”
"And you're really going to delinquish power?" asked Niata, unwillingly.
"The president of this chamber of commerce has no power, and the chiefs can't really obey me completely, so I have this general meeting to attract more chiefs to join the trade system, and goblins and kobolds are also precious labor, so of course they must be attracted. ”
"Then what if you are really deposed in the future and the Commune is excluded?" asked Balusahua.
"Of course I have to keep making trouble, so that they can't do without me, and then co-opt and suppress different chiefs, after the commune is strong, they will directly threaten with force, and the chiefs will give up the threat of joint force and let me sit in the position of president of the chamber of commerce, they will already lose. Link said smugly.
"I'm going to get kickbacks in trade, I'm going to drive up prices, I'm going to shear sheep! Finally, I'm going to let the paper work ticket circulate as currency in the rocks and even in Cormier! When that day comes, I'll not be the president of the Rockland Chamber of Commerce, but the king of the rocks. Link said excitedly.