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After careful observation, Zhang Cheng and the Durrant Imperial Craftsmen's Union finally discovered a problem, that is, Fang Ruitao's steel factory, even if they sell steel products at such a low price, they still have a lot of profit margins. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now that the warehouses of both companies have been filled and most of their working capital is occupied, they can't let their smelting workshops shut down and everyone closes. In desperation, they had no choice but to sell the products at a loss, but with the price reduction of the Shouyang Chamber of Commerce and the Lund Chamber of Commerce, the products they purchased could not even be sold at the original price. What's more, the quality of their own products is not as good as that produced in Dwarf City, unless they sell at a lower price, no one wants them at all, and in the end they have to grit their teeth and sell at a loss.

This time the trade war Fang Ruitao came prepared, he relied on more advanced smelting technology and lower transportation costs, greatly reduced the price, so that the two originally thriving smelting workshops instantly lost their money. Zhang Chengqi's teeth itched but there was nothing he could do, his funds were already tight, most of the money for opening the workshop was borrowed, and a large amount of profits earned in the early stage were invested in the expansion by him, and now looking at this piece of family business, he actually has a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.

With the continuous loss of products, coupled with the high freight cost of land transportation, Zhang Cheng's smelting workshop now produces more and more losses, and in the end he has to choose to stop production. However, after the suspension of production, those blacksmiths did not have to work just for their wages, and Zhang Cheng was still losing money, and this kind of loss was a loss with no hope, and there was no hope of turning over the book at all. After holding out for a month, Zhang Cheng had to choose to dismiss the blacksmith and let the smelting workshop close its doors.

The closure of Zhang Cheng's smelting workshop caused panic among the magnates in the capital, and the nobles who lent money to Zhang Cheng because of the smelting workshop began to come to the door to ask for accounts, which made Zhang Cheng so annoyed that he did not dare to stay at home. Unexpectedly, once the prime minister, there was a day when he was blocked by someone to ask for accounts, but fortunately, there were still a lot of other industries under Zhang Cheng, so he could only tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and borrow money from everywhere to repay the debt. Because of the failure of this business, the amount of property in Zhang Cheng's family plummeted, and in the end, it was difficult to maintain even the pomp and circumstance of the prime minister.

Compared with the miserable Zhang Cheng, the Durrant Imperial Craftsman Guild is better. While Master Augustus lamented that Fang Ruitao was really an invincible genius, they could only reduce their output and minimize their losses. The Craftsman's Guild is the foundation of the Durrant Empire, and if they do anything wrong, the entire empire will be devastated. In order to protect the interests of the Craftsmen's Union, Emperor Warant had to issue an edict declaring that the Durant Empire would prohibit the entry of steel products from other countries.

The Durrant Empire, which was once proud of the mainland with its steel products, actually issued an edict prohibiting the entry of steel products from other countries, which kept the living water of domestic consumers, but also cut off its own foreign trade channels. After the announcement of this edict by Warnet the Great, the Fengyun Empire joined forces with the Longxiao Empire and issued an edict banning the steel products of the Durant Empire from entering the country almost simultaneously as a response to his policy, and the vassal states of the two empires also issued the same decree. In fact, these decrees are just a gesture, and even if they don't issue them, no one will buy the high-quality products of the craftsmen's union.

On the face of it, although the Durrant Empire relied on trade protection decrees to keep the interests of the artisans' unions, the disparity in steel prices between domestic and foreign countries produced extremely high profits. With a profit of 300 percent, the merchants could risk their heads to fight for it, not to mention that this edict did not impose such a strict punishment.

Soon after the decree was issued, smuggling began to rise in the border areas of the Durrant Empire, smuggling not only steel but also other products with large price differences, with the result that the sales of the craftsmen's union remained sluggish, and the domestic tax revenue fell sharply with the rampant smuggling, and the national power of the Durrant Empire began to decline as a result.

What does cultivating a master rely on Fang Ruitao's metamorphosis, and the bug-like existence of the god-making space, he can cultivate a large number of masters without spending much, and in other forces, the birth of a master is not only something that can be achieved by diligent practice, it also requires the supply of a large number of genius earth treasures, and various elixirs are used to stimulate the body's potential and achieve the purpose of rapid improvement, and these require a lot of funds.

After Fang Ruitao almost swallowed nearly half of the Durrant Empire's income with this trick, the Durrant Empire's funds began to be tight, and their funds for the genius treasures of the masters were affected, which slowed down the speed of the masters' ascension, and even the transcendent temple was greatly implicated.

There is not much impact to be seen now, but the Great Warnet sees a bleak future. Prepared for a rainy day, he made a difficult decision. In order to make up for the speed of the master's ascension, Emperor Warnet had no choice but to start from the bloodline, let the masters match each other, and use the method of excellent bloodline fusion to produce children with higher potential in order to cultivate stronger masters, but this way finally angered the commander of the third corps of the Earth Dragon Legion, Mevis.

"Let me marry that old fellow of Babet, it's impossible. At this time, Mavis's face was full of anger, and under the red jade neck, the peaks and peaks that rose and fell because of emotion gave people infinite temptation.

Sitting across from Mavis was her teacher, Miria, the Emperor of the Seven Ranks, who was also full of sorrow. "Don't be so excited about Mavis, Your Majesty is doing this for the future of the Empire. The country's finances are beginning to be tight, and the various materials that supply our cultivation are decreasing, and it is also a helpless move of the empire to make up for the lack of materials with excellent bloodlines, and the Emperor Huanette has foreseen the emergencies that may arise in the future, which is a last resort. ”

"Even so, why should I marry Babet, who is more than a hundred years older than me, and is too old to be my grandfather. Mavis said indignantly.

Miria shook her head: "Your level has risen very quickly, and now that you are already a six-rank battle emperor, Babante Master and Apprentice are naturally willing to seize the opportunity in this bloodline improvement plan and snatch the number one master among the younger generation into his own hands." It is also said that the master is too incompetent and has never been able to break through to the sage level, otherwise how could they be so arrogant. ”

Mavis's eyes flashed: "The teacher and I go back to the Earth Dragon Legion How can there be my subordinates, even if they want to do it, they have to weigh it, even if Babet's teacher is already a second-grade sage, he doesn't dare to fight against the Earth Dragon Knight of a legion." ”

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