What kind of country is the Kingdom of Saxony in the eyes of the top giants of the Free Cities?

If you look at it according to Yalin's thinking, there are quite a few like the Middle East tyrants and oil-producing countries in the original world, poor and war-torn, but there are countless treasures buried under the earth. However, it is even more tragic than those oil-producing countries in the original world, the Kingdom of Saxony, at least the oil-producing countries in the original world of Yalin are willing to listen to the dispatch of the big countries and lose some national dignity and diplomatic independence, and these countries live a good life with oil income. Of course, there are also a few thorns, and under the interference of a certain lighthouse power that writes as a policeman and reads as a hooligan, the country explodes every day!

However, the Kingdom of Saxony has not even been able to live the life of these local tyrants and oil-producing countries, because they are restrained by the Oge barbarians, not only have no technology, but also lack of manpower, and even the most basic manual mining cannot be formed, and the whole country has been trapped in a vicious circle, even if the kings of the past have never improved in terms of how hard they work to achieve national strength.

At least in Lawrence's eyes, this country in the far north is too weak, if it weren't for watching them stand in the way of the Oger barbarians, the wealth of this country would have become a meal on the plate of the triumvirate of the free city, and now all he has to do is cut the largest piece of the cake and become his own belonging.

However, the ideal is always full, and the reality is always the backbone, and Lawrence ate a closed door in the Kingdom of Saxony under this meeting

In the large conference room of the royal palace, the main members of the Saxon royal family, including the king, are gathered here, and the chairman of the most powerful chamber of commerce in the free city is engaged in a cooperation negotiation that will determine the future of the country.

"I don't understand what you mean, Your Majesty, do you think that every year the free cities and countries provide less material support to your country?" Lawrence asked in a surprised tone as he faced the king with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

"Mr. Lawrence, you have misunderstood what I meant, after our country reached a transport agreement with the Kingdom of Bellama. Material reserves are no longer as tight as before, and what our country needs now is to revive the national economy as much as possible and restore the national strength as much as possible. ”

The old king of Rodland sat at the top of the long table and said with a tepid expression, but Lawrence frowned and kept thinking about the meaning of His Majesty. Just now, Lawrence has tentatively proposed more than once that he hopes to obtain the mineral mining rights of the Kingdom of Saxony, but the old king has played the delay card for Lawrence, deaf to Lawrence's hints, and even has no interest in Lawrence's proposal to increase support for the Kingdom of Saxony and open up more advanced weapons to the export of the Kingdom of Saxony.

Lawrence didn't think the old man in front of him hadn't grasped what he meant. Obviously, the other party does not want to sell the mining rights, and is not even interested in learning about his own offer. It's so strange that these savages living in the snow intend to continue starving with a mountain of gold?

The old king cleared his throat and watched Lawrence's face change several times, and soon the king opened his mouth and said in a solemn tone: "Do you know? Mr. Lawrence! Sometimes as a king, I can't just look at the immediate interests, I have to look far ahead and leave enough resources for the future generations of our Saxons, we need 'fish' but we need 'fish' even more! There will be times when we can't support much, we don't care about future generations not only because we are satisfied with the present, so ┉┉ Mr. Lawrence, I can't promise ~you~~Article~Piece~!"

Lawrence's eyes became fierce for a moment, and the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the Free City had already heard the meaning of the king's words

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In the accommodation where the mission stayed. Lawrence, who was at an impasse in today's negotiations, sat quietly and rested with an unkind expression, and the maids standing in the room under the strange aura did not dare to come out, and everyone was trying to shrink their bodies to avoid being seen by Lawrence. Obviously, the maids know very well that Mr. Lawrence is in a very bad mood today!

After a while, Lawrence instructed the female assistant Keyman Suzanne on the side: "Let people check what are the chambers of commerce and countries that have had large-scale transactions with the Kingdom of Saxony recently!"

"I understand, sir┉┉ Do you think that there is another candidate in the Kingdom of Saxony for ore mining?"

"I'm sure!" Lawrence nodded and summoned a maid to pour himself a glass of wine: "Someone must have won the mining rights of the Kingdom of Saxony before us, I need to know who did it!"

The middle-aged mage standing behind Lawrence thought for a moment, although the mage was not a businessman, he still knew some things in the business circle: "Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce! Crossside recently bought a lot of slaves to send to the Kingdom of Saxony, and it is very likely that he has reached a cooperation agreement with the Kingdom of Saxony. ”

"I know!"

Lawrence nodded, and drank the wine from his glass. Now, Lawrence can't imagine anyone other than the Ring of Blackstone that will openly oppose him, but there is one more thing for Lawrence to figure out.

"Except for the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce. There are other chambers or organizations that are trading with the Kingdom of Saxony on a large scale!"

The Kingdom of Saxony is located in the far north and has always been plagued by food shortages, although the Kingdom of Saxony receives food from neighboring Belrama every year, but it can only meet part of its needs, and the remaining food shortfall requires material aid from the countries of the continent or purchase from the free cities every year. Grain has also become a heavyweight bargaining chip for merchants in the free cities to negotiate deals with the Kingdom of Saxony, but this year there has been an anomaly. The reason for this is that the incessant blizzard saved the Kingdom of Saxony from two wars, and the recent purchase of slaves has caused the country's population to skyrocket a lot!

With the increase in population but not the amount of food purchased by the Kingdom of Saxony in the Free Cities, it is clear that the Kingdom of Saxony has found a new source of food supply. And every possible channel that Lawrence could think of to supply Saxony with food would not have been possible if he had thought about it. Because he has been desperate to get the mining rights of the Kingdom of Saxony worth nearly a trillion lien, Lawrence has been using grain as a bargaining chip to gradually put pressure on the Kingdom of Saxony, and at the same time, he has strictly monitored the amount of grain flowing into this country to avoid ruining his own plans. Although the Kingdom of Saxony imports a part of the grain to Belrama every year, the total grain production of the Kingdom of Berrama cannot cover the needs of the entire Kingdom of Saxony, and it is impossible for a few large merchants in the free city who can supply food to the Kingdom of Saxony without permission. This will not make much profit, and it will offend yourself as the chairman of the chamber of commerce.

It is true that Crossside used the small chambers of commerce and shell chambers under the Ring of Blackstone Chamber of Commerce to buy a large number of slaves, but there was no large-scale purchase of grain. The Holy Capital and the Holy See are also the objects of serious suspicion, especially the Western Continent under the control of the Holy Capital, and recently the countries of the Western Continent have been preparing to build new commercial cities to clearly oppose the Free City, and now it is possible to win over the Kingdom of Saxony as a bridgehead to enter the east. It's just that the cost of transporting grain from the western part of the continent is too high, and the ground transportation also bears a huge risk, and Lawrence doesn't think that the Holy Capital and the countries of the western continent can be generous enough to make such a journey!

Lawrence pondered for a long time but finally rejected it, the Holy See wanted to expand its faith in the Kingdom of Saxony and squeeze out the Holy Capital, and the recent transport cooperation agreement with Saxony and Bellama was also completed with the assistance of the Holy See. But if the Holy See wants to further use grain to win over the Kingdom of Saxony, and as long as the Holy See shows its own signboard in the purchase of grain, not to mention other businessmen, even Lawrence himself has to weigh whether it is cost-effective to deal with this behemoth. However, although it is impossible to stop the Holy See's purchase of grain, it should at least be able to get information about the Holy See's large-scale purchase of food, and the problem is that Lawrence has not received any relevant information at all!

Moreover, food is not used for other commodities, whether it is humans or elves as long as they are living creatures, they need food, and the amount of food has always been regarded as a measure of the stability of the continental situation. Lawrence pays special attention to the fluctuations in food prices that occur each year depending on the quality of the harvest, and market prices have not changed significantly this year.

"I really can't figure out who else can supply food to the royal palace of Saxony on such a large scale in such a secret way, considering that the supply of food for a city and the supply of food for an entire country are two different concepts, and this is by no means something that any small country or small merchant can do. Lawrence covered his forehead and thought for a long time, but he frowned and found any valuable clues, and all the channels he could think of were denied.

"Mr. Lawrence, perhaps we can investigate the transportation situation in recent years, and the transportation of so much grain should be more or less with the help of the transportation team of the Chamber of Commerce, and we may be able to find some clues. ”

Keyman Suzanne proposed a proposal, Lawrence nodded in agreement, his chamber of commerce mainly monopolized the transportation industry in the eastern continent, so much grain for transportation, in the criss-crossed network of relationships will leave some clues on the other side. But the speed must be fast, and the other party must dare to deal with the other party before the Kingdom of Saxony can solve the food problem, otherwise he will lose a huge bargaining chip to put pressure on Saxony, and more than ten years of hard work may be in vain, which is by no means the outcome that Lawrence wants to see.

What if you can't find the origin of the problem?

A hint of gloom flashed in Lawrence's eyes, I'm afraid it's too late to support the opposition now, the Kingdom of Saxony has been at war with the Oger barbarians all year round, and under the threat of war and survival, this country maintains a high degree of unity both for nobles and commoners, even if the ministers in the palace are extremely loyal to the royal family, it is impossible to support the opposition for more than ten years!

If it was another way, even Lawrence, who was the chairman of the Free City Chamber of Commerce, couldn't think of a better way for a while. (To be continued......)