Chapter 400 - Opening of Trade
Sawin saw that several elven councilors had pointed their ears up, and it was obvious that he was extremely concerned about the conditions he proposed, lest the conditions he proposed would not be met by the elves.
Savining paused and said, "First of all, I hope to open a trade channel with the elves, so that both sides can get what they need. ”
The councillors exchanged views with each other, but asked, "I wonder what you want to buy from us?" but we elves don't have a demand for human goods, so it doesn't seem to make much sense to open up trade. ”
Savan had already taken a countermeasure to this, and he smiled: "I know that the elves have high requirements for everything, and you may not need anything produced by humans. But there are some raw materials I don't think the elves should have, such as the things in the ocean, the ocean is so huge, and there are a lot of good things in it. ”
This immediately hit the pain point of the elves, although the elves do not look down on human products, but they actually need some precious materials from the ocean, but they have nowhere to get them, and now Sawan brought it up, which immediately made the councillors excited.
There are a lot of good things in the ocean, pearls, corals, shells, and some special marine animals, which were not available before, and if Sawan could provide them, it would be difficult for the elves to refuse.
The councillors whispered for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, we can agree to this article, and we will send someone to negotiate with you on the specific trade details, and we agree in principle." ”
Sawan slapped his face and smiled: "Very good, this can make everyone profit from it, and it will also be very beneficial for future exchanges!" The elven councillors smiled reluctantly, they agreed with the profits, exchanges, then take a step at a time.
Sawan continued: "Now that the councillors have agreed to open trade, then I have the courage to put forward the first order, I hope that the elves will sell me the obsolete bows, and as for what to exchange, you can mention this as you like, and I will try my best to meet it." ”
"This ......" The councillors suddenly ran out of ideas, Sawan was beating snakes with sticks, and so quickly proposed to buy unqualified elven bows.
The elves are not very familiar with trade, and even if there is a part of the trade in the past, it is mainly with the dwarves, and the products traded are often ores, jewelry, and other things, and they have not heard of buying unqualified elven bows, which makes the councilors a little undecided for a while, and they don't know whether they have lost or earned in this transaction.
Seeing that they were silent, Sawin continued to persuade: "Actually, these eliminated inferior bows are not of much use to the elves, instead of lying in the treasury like this, it is better to exchange them for useful things, anyway, we can't steal the technology of the elf bow, what do you have to worry about." Wouldn't it be a good thing to replace what you don't use with something useful?"
With Savan's analysis, the elven councillors also understood that there was really nothing to lose from such a trading elf, not to mention that Sawin agreed to exchange anything for it, as long as the elves could take a fancy to it.
"This ...... Well, we've agreed to the deal. The elven councillors hesitated slightly, but agreed to Savan's request.
"You are all wise and wise men. Sawan patted the councillors on a horse, and then said, "My second request is that I hope the Elven Alliance will re-admit the tribe of Exewin. After Sawan finished speaking, he stared at everyone's reactions, and it can be said that this is the most difficult thing to pass in this negotiation.
The lawmakers were stunned, apparently no one expected Savin to bring this up, which was really out of touch with the content of the negotiations.
Seeing that none of the councillors were talking, Sawin said, "You may think this is a strange request, but Exewin is an old friend of mine, and she has always wanted to return to the arms of the elves, although she has done some things in the past that people don't agree with, but I think that's understandable.
What's more, these are extraordinary times, and we should strive for all the forces that can be united, and I don't think you should want Axevin to be cornered and finally go to the Dark Devil Society. At present, the dark forces and we are on the same page, and either side will have to choose its own side, although it is not obvious at the moment, but this day will come sooner or later.
I don't think the elves want an elven tribe to become an enemy, because it will not only pose a great threat to the elves at that time, but also lose the face of the elves. ”
The councillors deliberated in whispers, and one of them asked, "Why didn't Lord Sam Sam let her join the Holy Cult if he cared so much about Exevan?
Savin's face became a little gloomy, and he said, "Yes, I can do this, but aren't you worried? What if one day Exevin's tribe grows stronger again, and she brings someone back to take revenge?"
"This ...... If she dares to do so, then we are not afraid of her, let her come!" said one of the councillors with a grunt.
However, the other parliamentarians did not agree with this, and there was obvious threat in Savan's words, but there was some truth in it, and it was not a question of whether it was feared or not, but whether it was worth it. Re-admitting Exewin doesn't cost anything to the Elven Alliance, and it can also make Sawin owe a favor, if he refuses, he will not only offend Sawin but also set up an enemy for himself, no matter how he calculates, it will not be worth it.
But it would be difficult for them to accept Exewin because of Savan's words, and there had to be a step down, otherwise what would the elves say about the council. Savan had not thought of this before, and now the reaction of the councillors did not seem to be unified on the matter, so he thought of the key to it.
"I can have Exewin come to the Elven Capital in person to confess and apologize in front of everyone, I think that should be enough to wake her up, right?"
"This seems good, but it's too cheap for her, it's a felony to provoke a civil war between elves, and forgiving her so easily would seriously affect order within the elves!" said several councillors.
"I think that in this way, Exewin must agree that she cannot have an army of more than three hundred men for a thousand years, and that her territory must not be expanded on the basis of what is already there. "One councillor put forward a more practical plan, and everyone else thought it was feasible.
Sawin nodded: "Very good, I think she will agree, in fact, even if her territory is a little smaller, it doesn't hurt to teach her a lesson." ”
The councillors didn't expect Savin to be more ruthless, since he said so, the councillors naturally agreed, Exewin's territory has shrunk, which means that the territory of other tribes can be expanded, and the councillors will naturally not object. So Exewin's return to the Elven Alliance was finally finalized.
Savin put forward such a condition for his own considerations, and Exsewin's brain was so good that even he didn't dare to say that he could control her. Confined Exewin's territory to a very small area, so that her tribe would inevitably be difficult to develop, and coupled with the exclusion of other tribes, Exewin would eventually have to rely on the Holy Army.
Savin now needed someone who could bridge the gap between elves and humans, and Exewin was undoubtedly the most suitable person, and this person had to be someone he could control, so Savin made such a request.
Several major principles were discussed, and then Sawin and the councillors discussed some future cooperation, the most important of which was to erect a teleportation shaft for communication. The elves have some resistance to this matter, they don't want outsiders to enter the elven territory anytime and anywhere, what if someone snoops on the wealth of the elves?
Therefore, in the end, the result of the discussion was that the teleportation shaft was erected in a fortress that the elves could monitor at any time, so that whenever humans wanted to enter the elven territory, they had to be inspected and approved by the elves. Sawan knew that it would not be easy to change the concept of the elves, so he had to agree to this compromise.
(End of chapter)