"It's an interesting idea, but not everyone is going to profit from this league."

Earl Karen immediately discovered the drawbacks of the alliance that Xia Lin had constructed, and if the internal members wanted to get cheap raw materials, it meant that someone else had to give up a certain amount of profit.

In this case, there will inevitably be people whose interests are not willing to join the alliance, and this means that the strength of the enlightened faction will decline after the alliance is formed.

"In the short term, that's true, but if we take a long-term view, we will be able to occupy a larger market with the backing of the alliance, and we will be able to gain more benefits even if the profit margins are compressed.

And even ten branches are not as lethal as a long sword, and in the face of the conservative sword, what we have to do is not to find one branch to occupy the numerical advantage, but to forge our strength into steel, and then give it a strike.

If we want to gain an advantage over the more powerful conservatives, we in the Enlightened will have to work more closely within ourselves, and we will not hesitate to abandon some short-sighted people. ”

After speaking, Xia Lin added another sentence meaningfully:

"The most important thing is that the industrial park is willing to contribute to the alliance, so in this alliance, I think most of us can get what we want!"

This sentence has been made clear by Chiluoluo, Xinglan Industrial Park needs a lot of raw materials, but also can provide a large number of products, as long as the industrial park is willing to support the alliance, there are many people in the enlightened faction can get additional profits from the development of the industrial park.

In this way, although Xia Lin was not forced to give up more equity, he also shared a larger share of the big cake of the industrial park in this way, and these big nobles could also be slightly satisfied.

On the other hand, the aristocrats who failed to profit from the industrial park in this way will also have a check and balance on these aristocrats because of their equity in the industrial park, preventing them from cutting too much of the industrial park and greatly reducing their dividends. On the scene, it is no longer Xia Lin who is alone in the face of these greedy nobles.

"Sir Charlin has a point, if there is a business alliance to provide cheap raw materials and orders, I am confident that I can beat the Bould family in the textile, dye, and leather industries and occupy a larger market.

In other industries, I also have a lot of places where I can help other chambers of commerce. ”

A stocky viscount agreed thoughtfully with the ruby ring on his finger, as if he had figured out the benefits of forming a business alliance.

The moment the business alliance was established, it meant that the power of the enlightened faction was integrated and unified, and with the support of the alliance as a whole, under the continuous supply of cheap raw materials and orders, the members of the business alliance had an absolute advantage over the conservatives who were dispersed.

In fact, their profits will not drop too much, because they have improved the competitiveness of their goods through this mutually beneficial means, so that their products can occupy a larger market share.

"But...... Wouldn't that be too conspicuous? ”

When the other nobles heard these words and realized the benefits, and were a little nervous, Her Royal Highness Dorothea, who theoretically benefited the most, frowned and said with some hesitation.

The formation of this business alliance would mean that the interests of the conservatives would be greatly damaged, and the enlightened would inevitably have a violent friction and even struggle with the conservatives, which the intelligent Queen Dorothea would not fail to understand.

"Your Royal Highness, I would like to remind you that Your Majesty's illness will not be delayed for too long, and if the Enlightened Sect continues to be so indifferent, I believe that many people will soon fall to His Royal Highness.

After all, according to the information I have received from the chief chamberlain, it seems that His Majesty Pulit has considered appointing His Royal Highness Fairmod as crown prince. ”

However, Viscount Hart, who was sitting next to the princess, suddenly dropped a bombshell at this time, and seeing his solemn expression, he was obviously not alarmist, but received the exact news.

"What? Establishing His Royal Highness Fermode as Crown Prince? That will affect our business greatly! I have long heard that the Minister of Agriculture, the Earl of Hutt, has threatened to increase the commercial tax and reduce the agricultural and land taxes! ”

"The palace minister has rejected his proposal!"

"The Minister of Fosk is a vacillating man, if His Royal Highness Fermod is made the crown prince, and Count Hurt proposes again, he will definitely acquiesce in the passage of this decree!"

Upon hearing this terrible news, chaos immediately erupted in the conference room.

The biggest difference between the enlightened aristocracy and the conservative aristocracy is the main source of income for the family, the former mainly relying on the business run by the family chamber of commerce to make profits, and the latter relying on the traditional land estate to make a profit.

For the enlightened aristocracy, with the size of the industries they operated, even a one-percentage point increase in commercial taxes would have suffered huge losses.

"Your Majesty is not in good health, and his mind must be inclined to be stable, and I think it is very likely that he has considered His Highness Fairmode.

Your Highness Dorothea, if you don't stand up, it will be difficult for us enlightened to stand up to the more powerful conservatives, and in the end the throne will surely be your brother.

After succeeding to the throne, in order to stabilize the empire, I think he will definitely agree to the marriage contract proposed by your maternal grandfather, the Grand Duke of Rand, and then you will have no means of countermeasures. ”

Hearing these discussions, Count Karen frowned tightly, and spoke to the Empress Dorothea with great solemnity.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please give me a moment to think about it."

Hearing the words of Viscount Hart and Count Karen, the goddess Dorothea turned slightly dark, frowned and began to think about whether the current situation was necessary to confront the conservatives.

Princess Dorothea felt a little dissatisfied with Xia Lin's behavior of suddenly proposing this business alliance plan at the meeting without consulting her in advance and roasting her on the fire.

But reason told her that if it hadn't been for Charlene who had proposed this business alliance, Viscount Hart probably wouldn't have told her this secret news at all, and she knew all too well what that meant.

Without the support of the captain of the palace guard, she would have no chance of winning the battle for the throne.

Wait a minute! Lose the support of the captain of the palace guard!?

Thinking of this, she suddenly realized that she had almost lost the support of the captain of the palace guard, and the princess Dorothea was suddenly startled, and then realized how dangerous her situation was.

She looked back at the changes that had taken place in the Enlightened during this time, and found that the third member of the Enlightened Faction, Earl Stuart Lawrence, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, seemed to have become more and more detached from herself, and had not noticed it before, and now thought that she was obviously considering leaving the camp of the Enlightened Faction.

No way! It can't go on like this!

Noticing this huge change, Dorothea, who was shocked by a cold sweat on her back, almost immediately made up her mind, looked around at the long table and said:

"I understand, since everyone is supportive, let's establish a business alliance as soon as possible! I believe this business alliance has brought us closer together!

As the most orthodox successor of the Empire, I will never give up your loyal courtiers, and I hope you will not try to compromise with the conservatives, we all know that their interests will never be at odds with ours! ”

By agreeing to establish this alliance in her own name, Empress Dorothea will be able to unite the forces of the Enlightened, but it will also intensify the struggle between her and her brother, and the political scene of the imperial capital will definitely change dramatically.

But Dorothea would rather have a bloody battle with the conservatives than just sit idly by.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will always stand behind you!"

"Her Royal Highness has bestowed upon us the honor of standing by your side, and we will naturally follow you forever!"

Seeing that Her Royal Highness was willing to set up a business alliance in her name to strengthen the power of the enlightened faction and confront the conservatives head-on, everyone's minds finally settled down.

After a few words of loyalty, the meeting room began to return to the main line of the board of directors, discussing the composition of the board of directors and the details of the business alliance.

After a heated discussion, it was finally confirmed that there are five permanent directors of the industrial park, namely Her Royal Highness Queen Dorothea, Count Karen Hozia, Viscount Hart Colin, President of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce, Charlem Carr, and Viscount Gladstone Eugene.

Among them, the lead director is Her Royal Highness Dorothea, who has the right to initiate the board of directors and review the agenda. The board of directors may also be initiated if any two other permanent directors are jointly named.

The executive director, Charin Carr, is responsible for developing managers and employing employees to run the seven factories in the park, while the other four directors are financial personnel who are responsible for auditing the factories to ensure that the factory's profits are not misappropriated.

This suggests that the Enlightened have officially accepted Charin as their own.

In terms of business alliances, we have formed an alliance that closely communicates with each other in accordance with Xia Lin's suggestion, shares raw materials, technologies and services, and handles and negotiates all aspects of affairs through regular alliance meetings.

Each chamber of commerce has one seat in the meeting, and the bills are discussed and passed according to the principle of minority obeying the majority.

Each member of parliament has the power to propose bills, but the power to approve them is decided by the Chairmen of Her Royal Highness Queen Dorothea, Count Karen Hozia, Count Stuart Lawrence, Viscount Hart Collin, and Viscount Gladstone Eugene.

The review power is independent, which means that as long as the bill is reviewed by any speaker, it can be submitted to the meeting for discussion and voting.

As soon as this alliance was established, Xia Lin initiated a proposal to set up patent rights within the business alliance.

Naturally, Dorothea quickly passed his motion, and all the members present voted in favor of Dorothea's promise that all the technologies in the industrial park would be included in the scope of patent rights in a year's time.

All that remained was the vote of one of the Counts, two Viscounts, and other Baroness, and ordinary merchants of the Enlightened faction who were not present at the Alliance.

However, with the consent of so many liberal high-level leaders, they naturally have no way to oppose it.