Since the recapture of Eight Peaks Mountain, the dwarves of the Angland clan have returned to the Eight Peaks Mountain Fortress one after another.
The original Blackstone Stronghold and Orka Mountain Stronghold gradually became vacant, leaving only Dugan. Tiehan, his brotherhood, and the Ironbreaker Warriors of Novigrad, but only four to five hundred dwarves remained in the Shire and Iros.
The dwarves who did not believe in the giants' mountains were not moved.
"Hmm." Fiona leaned on Iros's shoulder silently, and she thought for a while: "This is very likely to be negotiated."
"Where is Ekaterina?" Iros asked casually.
"Ekaterina is taking care of herself in the bathroom." Fiona also replied casually: "Routine body care to keep it pink, moisturized and fragrant."
Although Fiona said she was jealous of Ekaterina, she was actually very nice to her best friend.
There was some water sound coming from the bathroom. Ekaterina, who was taking a medicated bath in a large wooden barrel for maintenance, thought Fiona was urging her, so she could only say embarrassedly:
"Fiona, I'm sorry, it will take a while. I have to wash everything inside and out. It will be convenient after dinner... Why don't you wait for a while?"
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"Oh, it's okay, take your time, Ekaterina, we have nothing to do here."
Fiona said towards the inside. She thought for a while and asked Ilos: "Then, we will keep the exclusive trade agreement with Dulong City for ourselves and not share it?"
"I will definitely share a little bit of it." Iros smiled and nodded: "But you are right, Fiona, our Shire should keep most of the profits alone. The profits from the trade with Dulong City are too rich.
We won’t share a piece of fat with others.”
"Am I worried that the people below will say that we are competing for the interests of the people?" Fiona smiled half-heartedly. She stretched out her hand and intertwined her fingers with Iros: "What is this, royal trade?"
"This is called tribute trade."
Iros laughed heartily: "Fiona, don't you think the trade of the dwarves in Dulong City is very similar to the tributary trade of the Elf Empire? The two sides only trade at the official level, and the price has been negotiated."
"What does it look like? It doesn't look like it at all." Fiona intended to attack Ilos' arrogance: "Also, you actually want to treat the dwarves as vassals? You should let the Crimson King know about it and be the first to fall out with us!"
"In short, trade with Dulong City is the focus of Shire's foreign trade, and you must keep it firmly in your hands."
Iros naturally knew that the dwarves would not be vassals, but the nature was similar. The most important thing was that Ciel could firmly control the pricing power and the only designated trade franchise, which was an endless source of wealth.
The tribute system of the Celestial Dynasty has always been negatively evaluated by most people. Generally speaking, there are two reasons. The first is that it is an unequal relationship between countries and does not conform to the "threat" principle.
The Staphalian system” principle of equal exchanges.
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The second is "little comes but thick goes". The Chinese government always gives too generous rewards to some cheap goods, so they are taken advantage of and suffer the consequences.
But in fact, if you think about these two items carefully, you will understand what is going on.
First of all, the first article is just one sentence. Will equality between countries really be achieved if tribute is cancelled?
Has the war in Europe, which most believes in equality, freedom and democracy, ever stopped?
As for the second point, the problem is actually very simple, that is, China is willing to be the "biggest victim".
What is the most important aspect of tribute trade in the economic account?
This is what Iros values very much - pricing power and the only designated trading franchise!
To put it simply, as the sovereign state of China, China has the right to price all tributes from all vassal states. This is what I say the value of this thing is, and I will trade it for how much it is worth!
It is the most powerful "official pricing" in the legend, and you can only trade between limited areas and objects!
Because of this, the huge profits actually brought by the tribute trade are terrifying and unbelievable. Maybe they did suffer a small loss from the tributes paid by official envoys and rewards from the court, but in fact, the Chinese dynasty could easily recover the cost dozens of times through the tribute trade.
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And you can set a price standard. My stuff is expensive, and your stuff is cheap. Do you want to exchange it?
Add money!
If it’s not enough, add more money!
This is one of the core reasons why Dai Ming is so keen on collecting dogs!
The tribute system and royal monopoly maritime trade system established by Zhu Di earned an astonishing amount of wealth. This is also an important reason why he has done so many things during his reign without destroying the country's finances.
Of course, the tribute system gradually collapsed later for two reasons. The first reason is that this system itself must be strong enough. After the Tumubao Incident, the military deterrence was gone, and the "sect leader" was no longer stable.
The second reason is, as Fiona said, "competing with the people for profit." The people here do not refer to the common people, but to the officials and gentry.
The bureaucrats were jealous of the horrific profits from the tribute trade, and repeatedly deceived the emperor, saying that it was "competing with the people for profit." Chengzu deceived his son Renzong if he could not do so.
Emperor Xuanzong couldn't deceive him, so he called him the "Cricket Emperor" and kept writing down notebooks to smear him and continue to deceive his son.
Emperor Chenghua was fooled into not letting everyone work together, so he quickly labeled him as an "Oedipal super-monitoring and stupid king".
In the end, the deception came to Emperor Xiaozong of Hongzhi. He was a cowardly, benevolent and mediocre monarch with perfect personal ethics. The scholar-bureaucrats just nodded their heads at everything they said.
Since then, Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mongolia and seven expeditions to the South Seas, Nanping, and Jiaozhi have finally established the tributary trade and tribute system, which was immediately hollowed out by the scholar-bureaucrats and turned into a real loss-making business.
By the way, this kind of emperor is the kind of emperor who is the favorite of literati, well-known, and scholar-bureaucrats. The title of holy king should be blown up quickly!
In other words, why did Fiona and Iros go to Dulong City in person? One reason is to consider the future of the dwarves. It would be a pity if the 110,000 dwarves perished in this ghost place like Giant Mountain.
The second is to establish this trade route similar to the tribute trade. The Principality of the Shire can exchange the most urgently needed mineral resources and priceless rune weapons and rune equipment from the dwarves in the Giant Mountains at a very cheap price.
There are also technical talents, and no one will think that money is too much.ωωw..net
Once the Duchy of Shire's maritime trade monopoly is established, Iros seems to be able to see endless financial resources rolling in.
Iros even thought of a name for this trade route, and it was called Azur Lane.
"Oh, dear, it will be fine waiting for the results to come out. It's so boring."
Fiona pouted and acted coquettishly at Iros, with an expression of attachment on her sacred and noble face:
"How about giving me the whole life?"
"How about I do an aerial split and then play the role of a Hyperion captain who cleans decks and toilets?" Iros joked.
"No, it's boring." Fiona looked disgusted: "What's the air split? And a cleaner? That's what you do as a captain? And what is the Hyperion? A new battleship?"
"Then what do you want me to do?" Iros suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Why don't we do some exercise before dinner?" Fiona said mysteriously in Iros's ear: "It will also give you a good appetite."
"No! Fiona, not now! Dinner will be served soon! Dwarves always serve meals on time!" Iros quickly came up with the excuse he had thought of before.
"Huh? It's really disappointing! Then, come and go for a walk with me!"
"That's pretty much it."
As a result, when Iros and Fiona just came out, they were met by Lord Thorgard and his King Star Iron Guard.
"Your Excellency the Grand Duke, Your Excellency Iros, we have good news.
In principle, we convened an emergency ancestor meeting and voted to pass the resolution. We agreed to sign an exclusive trade agreement and start preparations for the 'Great Retreat' plan!
We choose to consider the third plan you proposed. Soon the four kingdoms will gather a dwarf expeditionary force of three thousand people to follow you. They will first go to your Principality of Shire to inspect and take over Belega's large dwarf brewery.
What about Black Rock City and Oka Mountain Stronghold? We need to take a look at the situation and make an assessment first."
"very good!"
At this moment, Fiona on the side clenched her fists.
High King Kalida, what you have not been able to do, we, the charr, have done it.