Section 218 Support (14)
In Bofeng City, it is a building designated as a temporary concession.
A magic array has been set up in the building, which can be used as a temporary source of power after the portal is opened, and the required loss is also a small amount of magic crystals that Kehorin and others unceremoniously obtained from the Quartermaster Depot of Bofeng City and the Treasury of the Governor's Palace.
Solomon slowly walked to the center of the magic array, and then raised his hand, a ball of light lit up in his hand, and in an instant, it turned into an energy portal, and continued to expand, until it became majestic, and it happened to be filled with the blank space in the center of the magic array, and it was in contact with the various source points to be connected in the magic array.
With a bang, the magic array was connected to the temporary portal that Solomon pulled out.
Solomon withdrew his hand, this portal was derived from the location of Bofeng City, and the connected teleportation channel was to the mainland of Asturias, in the teleportation hall of St. Quentin.
When he passed through the teleportation passage and arrived at the teleportation hall of St. Quentin, the mages who had already prepared it immediately opened the spare source magic array to connect to another portal behind him.
At this point, a new teleportation channel between the two planes was temporarily established.
Four hours later.
Asturian proper, Imperial Cabinet meeting.
The current Prime Minister is Ludendorff of the Spin family, who presides over the Imperial Council.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the last thing we need to discuss is that there is a company that has asked permission to set up a dedicated two-way teleportation channel in the teleportation hall, and they are willing to bear all the costs of that channel. ”
"What's the name of this company, and what kind of new teleportation channel are they going to open?" said Kraussa with a frown. He is now the new Duke of Bourbon. The position in the Cabinet is the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The old duke has abdicated and handed over the family power to him, and he has become the only member of the cabinet among the three major ducal families, of course, this does not mean that the ducal family only has this influence, they still have a lot of influence in the parliament, for example, the current speaker of the upper parliament still belongs to the Medici family, and the Byron family has reached into the lower parliament.
The others frowned as well, and in their impressions, the Alien Plane occupied by Asturias already had a fixed teleportation channel.
"It's called Chuangshen Co., Ltd. Benjamin replied. He glanced at Queen Stephanie sitting above the cabinet members, intentionally or unintentionally, although her face remained unchanged, only maintaining a listening demeanor, but everyone in the cabinet immediately understood that this should have something to do with the royal family, and it was very likely that this request of this company was the intention of Her Royal Highness the Queen or the Duke Solomon, who was no longer in the cabinet but still had great influence.
"There shouldn't be any need for our Alien Territory to open a second teleportation channel, as everyone can understand, each additional channel means a high maintenance cost and needs to be guarded. Klausa said lightly.
"The plane that this company proposes to build a new teleportation channel is a new plane. Cologne is multifaceted, you should remember. We've talked about this plane before. Benjamin said.
"Corondo, I remember, is this the new plane that the Aurora are conquering? I heard that the natives there are fierce and not so easy to conquer. I remember our final decision not to intervene in that plane, as the alien planes and native defenses we already had had drained most of our strength. Moreover, the Last Time the High Elves had already claimed that we were destroying the environment of the Kaos plane by building too many teleportation channels, but we were carrying out dimensional trade under the accusations and pressure of the High Elves. Austin tapped his fingers on the table a few times, he was now the Foreign Secretary, and he had the authority to decide some of the affairs of the Alien Plane, so he happened to remember the previous decision about the many planes of Cologne.
"Yes, it's that plane, we don't plan to interfere, at least not in the name of Asturias, that will only cause us to confront Aurora and Titania, it's not too necessary. But this company, this company, to put it simply, they caught up with some of the indigenous people there, and those indigenous people actively wanted to have a stable and intimate relationship with this company, and of course allowed this company to monopolize trade with them. The condition is that the natives are preparing for war, preparing for independence, breaking away from their empire, and facing a crusade, so they need weapons. ”
"What weapon, firebolt?" asked Kraussa.
"Yes, you need a firecracker, and of course you can do anything else. The company promised to provide a batch of weapons for free in exchange for a piece of land in the cities of the aborigines, establish a concession, and then teleport a stable teleportation channel, of course, it was necessary to maintain this passage in the teleportation hall of Asturias at the same time, so as to facilitate trade. However, the company also proposed that although they have the exclusive right to trade, they are willing to sell the trade power separately or choose to cooperate with enterprises, in other words, our merchants and enterprises can share it. ”
"If so, you can consider it. Klausa nodded, he was now the Minister of Commerce and Industry, and he didn't really want this company, which might have something to do with the royal family or Solomon, to monopolize the trade rights of a certain plane, but if it was to be shared with everyone, then he would not object.
"I think that's going to be good news. Benjamin said, "For example, they need weapons, firearms, and our domestic weapons manufacturers have another market." ”
"If we just agree to allow domestic companies to trade in Cologne in many areas, our cabinet can decide. "But we must be cautious about getting involved in Cologne, and we are not suitable to have too much contact with the rebellious aborigines before we have enough interests, so it may be appropriate to allow this company to act as an intermediary." ”
Austin nodded in agreement, if it was just trade, it was true that the cabinet could decide, and if it was involved in Cologne, it would lead to the outbreak of large-scale war, according to the current law, it would have to be passed by Parliament, and then the Queen's authorization for the cabinet to declare war.
At the end of the meeting, Prime Minister Ludendorff took the Clerk's record of the Imperial Council and read it to Her Majesty. In order to seek her opinion-
When a multi-faceted teleportation channel between Asturian and Cologne is established. The good news also quickly spread in the business circles of Saint-Quentin. In particular, to the great excitement of the manufacturers involved in the military industry, there is a Tron God company that has set up a trade line with a new heterotop, which is facing the threat of war, and needs a large number of weapons, and the first batch will need firearms.
As soon as more people became aware of the news the next day, the military stock on the Saint-Quentin stock exchange immediately rose by two percent.
The merchants, especially the military manufacturers, were crazy to ask for people or news about the company, because according to the information they had received. The company does not intend to monopolize the trade and act as its own general agent, but intends to cooperate or auction off the transactions with the indigenous people there.
Cooperation means that an interested company can establish a joint venture with Chuangshen to operate a joint stock limited company to operate some kind of trade, and an auction means that Chuangshen agrees to sign an agreement to sell the power of a certain trade exclusively to a certain company, so that although Chuangshen is still ostensibly the general agent of the indigenous people there, the company that gets the power can at least monopolize the channel in Asturias.
The reason why this company is so generous is said to be because although it has built up many trade routes in Cologne, but to be honest, this line is not very good, because the aborigines who can trade there are in a bad situation, like a seedling in need of sunlight. Irrigation is required.
Knowing this, the merchants were a little discouraged. However, the first batch of military industry and firearms needed, Chuangshen Company took out its own money to buy, which is at least real, regardless of whether this trade line can be stable or grow in the future, but the current demand that Chuangshen Company has taken out is at least a lot of business, enough for every slightly larger military manufacturer to compete for-
While the merchants of Asturias were stirring up the news, the Aurora people were also fighting for the interests of Falmalik.
The northern nobles of Aurora, who were originally dismissive of Cologne's faces, gave up their reserve and continued to ask to enter the Cologne facets, under the banner of helping General Leona conquer Falmalik as soon as possible.
The southerners ridiculed each other, saying that they were not needed, and of course they refused verbally, but the northern magnates in Aurora controlled most of the political power and resources, and it was actually difficult for the southerners to prevent them from interfering.
At the same time, the Church of Light issued a rare warning to the Aurora people, saying that the faith of the Matthew Church was the same origin as the Church of Light, and demanded that the Aurora people cease hostilities against the Apuro Empire.
Of course, this will certainly not be accepted by the Aurora, and with the increasing benefits of the city of Fenian and the newly subdued Republic of Yaman, large-scale trade, and unilateral trade in favor of the Aurora, is beginting.
To what extent does this trade benefit the Aurora, in the words of the Southerners, even orcs can make money.
So on this issue, the Aurora people have a rare unity of position, demanding that the Church of Light not interfere in their internal affairs.
And this position was supported by Titania, who jumped out in solidarity with the Aurora, which made the relationship between the two countries seem a little closer.
The Titanians also did not have an obvious hand to Cologne for the time being, because first, they were also like Asturias, and the existing occupation plane and native defense consumed too many of their resources and strength, such as Thai Fadel, where the security has always been worse than that of Albanian Fadel;
It was caused by the trade between the Duke of Alvarez and the High Elves because of a new commodity.
Although the product called ambergris cream was obtained from Asturias, the only channel that could be sold to the Emerald Continent was Alvarez.
This commodity was unexpectedly appreciated by the High Elves, and even because of this commodity, the High Elves rarely increased their orders for other goods, which made the Duke of Alvarez overjoyed, and he had to order more domestic merchants, forming a trade surplus.
Of course, this is largely due to the popularity of ambergris, which may have broken the arrogance in the hearts of the High Elves, who began to think that the Terrans could sometimes offer something very good, so they were willing to increase their trade.
Therefore, the Duke of Alvarez naturally wanted to get the secret of refining ambergris cream, so that he could get rid of the supply of Asturias, without worrying about being strangled and cut off at any time, and produce and sell it himself, which would be more profitable.
But how to get the secret of ambergris cream is a nerve-wracking matter. (To be continued......)