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"Lord Link should also know that the Sakara Empire has always been pretty good on the mainland. For so many generations, even if it is not as good as your country, the difference should not be big."
The head of the family took a sip of the wine in the cup and continued to say to Link: "It's just that in the past hundred years, His Majesty the Emperor of your country has wholeheartedly developed commerce and trade. Now your country is far ahead of us in terms of economic prosperity.
The Saqqara Empire is left behind!”
"Master, you are so humble!" Link didn't have much idea about these things, so he could only say politely, indicating that he hadn't been nagged to sleep yet.
In fact, this is just because Link is not clear about the situation on these continents. In fact, when the Lord God divided the territory of the major empires, he still had a certain preference for the Sakala Empire.
The land is not only rich in minerals, but also has large tracts of land that are most suitable for farming. The system of the Saqqara Empire also allows the untouchables, who make up the vast majority of the population, to only get rations that can barely sustain their lives, which makes it difficult for them to survive.
Most of the resources can be consumed by the noble class. Therefore, in the countless generations after the Autonomous God re-established the order of the continent, the economic situation of the Sakala Empire, at least on the surface, is definitely the leading empire on the continent. Bavaria
The Er Empire originally pursued almost the same system as the Sakala Empire, but the quality of its land was still much worse than that of the Sakala Empire. Therefore, although it could be regarded as the first-class empire on the continent,
During the long period of time in the past, there was still a long way to go compared to the Sakala Empire.
It was not until these years that the king of the Bavarian Empire suddenly changed his mind and began to reform the entire country's political and economic system from top to bottom, improve the status of merchants, and encourage the development of business.
Relying on the original status of the first-class empire on the mainland, using the whole country to run commerce, it has become the most prosperous commercial country on the continent. Especially in recent years, business development has begun to show its effects.
, the current Bavarian Empire is far behind the Saqqara Empire in terms of economic development and material abundance.
"Regarding what is happening in your country, we in the Sakara Empire are not all old guys who only know how to be old-fashioned." The family head sighed: "Lord Link should also know that as early as that day
When the Prince of Sri Lanka acted as government official, he had already discussed the corresponding reform issues, but later His Majesty Norton III came to the throne, and many things just ended like this!"
"But it's not like our Sakara Empire has done nothing over the years." Seeing Link's brows furrowed again, the head of the family also sped up his words: "Over the years, I have watched your country prosper.
, we have also tried to cultivate our own business group in the Sakara Empire on a small scale!"
"Uh... the business group... the business group in the Sakala Empire..." Link, who had always had no reaction to the patriarch's words, seemed to vaguely remember something when he heard the patriarch say this.
, but after thinking about it carefully, I couldn't say it for a moment, so I couldn't help but utter a few words slightly.
"That's right." When the family leader saw the reaction of Link, the only audience, he became energetic and continued to explain: "Although our Sakala Empire is rich in materials, it has always been inevitable to compete with other countries on the mainland.
The great empires exchanged some special products and customs, so there were originally some merchant groups!"
The Sakala Empire implemented a strict hierarchical system. The untouchables, who accounted for the vast majority of the population, could only receive the minimum food and clothing rations to maintain their survival. Therefore, there was not much foundation in the country to support the existence of business groups.
But in the past generations, although the commercial exchanges on the mainland were not as prosperous as they are now, the upper-class nobles of the major empires were still very picky about what they wanted to enjoy, even the first-class empire like the Sakala Empire
The empire cannot be self-sufficient, especially since the Sakala Empire itself also produces many specialties and customs that are needed by the aristocratic classes of other empires on the continent. Therefore, naturally there are lively urban civilians who start to build relationships between empires.
Business dealings.
In the Sakala Empire, urban civilians only belong to a slightly higher level than the untouchables. They are generally servants who have made meritorious service to the middle and lower nobles. However, due to their master's status, they do not have the ability to grant them the title of "untouchable".
This is how the lower nobles were born. They did not have to bear too much labor, and they also had much more freedom than the untouchables. So some of the smart people among them started running caravans.
, after countless generations of savings, one of the few business groups of a certain scale has gradually been formed.
It's just that although the urban civilians are one level higher than the untouchables, they still belong to the enslaved level after all, and their status is still extremely low in the Sakara Empire. Over the years, as the noble family has been passed down from generation to generation
With reproduction, many children of lower-class nobles and even middle-class nobles have gone bankrupt, unable to receive fiefdoms and official positions, and live in extremely difficult circumstances. On the contrary, there are those urban civilians who participate in caravans, especially those who organize caravans.
Those who have established their own business groups all have big businesses, and their lives are much better than those of the dilapidated nobles. But even at this point, no one wants to live in those dilapidated nobles.
As a businessman, I felt that this was lowering my status.
What the head of the family said is that as the Bavarian Empire's power has skyrocketed with the development of commerce over the years, some knowledgeable people in the Sakara Empire have begun to realize that
The huge role of commerce. It turns out that if no accidents occur, in the hands of the Sri Lankan prince, the Sakara Empire will be ready to start a reform that learns from the Bavarian Empire.
Later, although there was a temporary accident, Norton III succeeded to the throne of the Sakara Empire. However, His Majesty Norton III never seemed to be too interested in major national affairs. Therefore, under the auspices of some enlightened ministers, Sakara has been
The Kara Empire has made some attempts. One of the most important measures is to select a few trustworthy business groups and give them the title of nobility for the first time, so that these business groups can essentially become the nature of national management and let them run the business.
There are several specialties in the Sakala Empire that are most marketable on the mainland, and among these specialties, the ones that are most valued by everyone in the Sakala Empire are, of course, the items that the Sakala Empire has exchanged with foreign countries for almost many generations.
The most important ones are the products made from glowing sunstone.
"Originally, we were just very curious about the method used by your country and the results obtained from it, so we also wanted to explore the mystery behind it." The head of the family looked at Link and said:
"As a result, once this plan was implemented, we were really shocked."
The aristocrats of the Sakala Empire have always been aloof and have never paid much attention to the business transactions. Although they know that there are already business groups, in their view, the things that the common people in these cities have toiled.
After all, they are just things that cannot be put on the table. The significance of these business groups to them is whether they can pay some taxes to them during the year.
It was not until this time that the Sakara Empire decided to imitate the Bavarian Empire and get involved in the development and management of these business groups, and used the power of the state to understand the details of these business groups, that they were shocked to discover that these business groups had actually developed.
To the point where they are beyond their imagination.
The operation of commerce directly stimulates the deepest desire to pursue profits in people's hearts. These urban civilians may have been just doing small things at first, but once they reach a certain scale, the strength of the business groups will increase in a way.
The terrifying multiples began to grow, and it was not until this time that the nobles and senior officials of the Sakala Empire finally focused their attention on these business groups that were originally insignificant in their minds, that they realized that these business groups had actually grown.
It has penetrated into the economic system of the entire Sakala Empire to a large extent, and it can even be said that it has the power to influence the economy of the entire Sakala Empire to a large extent.
For example, the entire process of production, processing and sales of the Sakkara Empire's most important glowing sunstone products to other empires on the mainland has been completely annexed and integrated after countless annexations.
A family business group has a complete monopoly.
"Well, even something as important as the Fire Sun Stone has been monopolized? It has been monopolized for a while? And then from His Majesty Norton III to all the adults, you still don't know?!" Even Link
For these guys who basically had no idea about economic operations, this time he felt something was wrong. He looked at the head of the family with an incredible expression on his face: "Isn't this a little impossible?!"
Although he was a little absent-minded just now, under the Patriarch's tireless explanation, he finally understood what this glowing sun stone was, and it could basically be regarded as the best way for the Sakara Empire to trade with other countries on the continent.
important stuff.
Although judging from the tone of the family head, the Issakara Empire has an indifferent attitude towards the lives of those untouchables, and they need to use products made from glowing sunstones in exchange, most of them should only be used by nobles.
They are luxuries for their enjoyment rather than necessities related to food and clothing for most people. However, under the system of the Saqqara Empire, these luxuries specially provided to the nobles should originally be better than those related to food and clothing.
The necessities of food and clothing for the untouchables, who make up the vast majority of the empire's population, are many times more important.
After all, in the Sakala Empire, a country that still adheres to a strict hierarchical system, the lives of untouchables are the cheapest consumables. Even if there are some natural disasters and man-made disasters that kill thousands of untouchables, I am afraid Norton III will still be there.
The head of the family and other important people who preside over the government affairs of the Sakala Empire will not take it seriously. The luxury goods exchanged for the Yinghuo Sunstone are for the large and small nobles in the empire.
It is necessary that these nobles, large and small, have existed since the founding of the country, especially those upper-class nobles who occupy vast fiefdoms and have strong strength. They themselves have an absolutely huge influence on the political situation of the empire.
, whether they support the king of the Sakala Empire and the people in power may directly cause a political uproar in the Sakala Empire, so how to ensure the supply of luxury goods to these nobles, and how to ensure the supply of these nobles
Their living standards are probably the true meaning of the country’s financial situation as mentioned by the head of the family.
The glowing sun stone itself is the most important thing for the Sakara Empire to exchange the luxuries necessary for these nobles. If it is the source of these luxuries, as told to the head of the family, such a source is actually...
A certain business group has complete monopoly control. If this business group intends to cause trouble in the Sakala Empire, as long as it sharply reduces the number of luxury goods supplied to the nobles in any year, I am afraid that in Sakala
A big storm is about to break out in the empire.
The people Link has come into contact with these days can be regarded as either rich or noble. He has now understood that those luxuries that cannot be eaten or worn and are completely useless to ordinary civilians, among these people
From the perspective of noble men, it is already a part of their lives, and even a symbol of their status. It is an indispensable thing. If one day they no longer get these things they think they should enjoy for granted.
, then I am afraid that all the nobles in the entire Sakala Empire will become angry immediately. If this situation really happens, I am afraid that His Majesty Norton III will not know how to deal with it.
Therefore, Link really couldn't understand how something like the Fire Sunstone, which was simply related to the foundation of the country's rule, fell into the hands of a business group, and judging from the tone of the family leader, he had already been
This business group has had a monopoly for several generations, but the people in power in the Saqqara Empire still don't know anything about it. That's really quite insensitive.
Link felt that he had been distracted by this family head for a long time, and finally understood the whole story. What the family head in front of him said was that the financial situation of the Sakala Empire had deteriorated.
Shi's business group is not without connections.
But Link couldn't figure it out, why did the old fox just say that this matter had something to do with him?!
"Well... we have never paid too much attention to these private transactions, so..." The head of the family also rarely blushed at Link's question. He explained, but hurriedly added:
"But this is also because the city commoners used to be the servants of the nobles. They have always been loyal and loyal, and there have never been any accidents in these years."
The head of the family explained for a long time, and then Link realized that he had guessed wrong again.
The urban commoners who formed the business groups were originally old servants in the families of various small and medium-sized nobles. Because of their loyalty to their masters or due to some achievements, they were given the opportunity to escape from the status of untouchables and become urban commoners. Therefore.
I don’t know if it’s because the families of these urban civilians have received countless brainwashing educations for generations, so that even after becoming urban civilians for an unknown period of time, the families of these urban civilians are all
It still possesses a unique quality, which in the words of the head of the family is called "loyalty". Of course, in the eyes of the great Knight Link, this should actually be regarded as a crime.
The purpose of establishing business groups is of course to pursue profits, so these business groups are driven by interests, just like normal business groups, but they continue to unite, annex, and seek absolute control over the goods on hand.
The powerful one should be the business group that the head of the family mentioned just now has a monopoly on Yinghuo Sunstone.
But what makes Link amused is that from their establishment to the present, during the entire development process, these business groups only dare to make money from other empires, but do not dare to make money from the nobles of the Sakala Empire.
A penny. The wealth they have accumulated is earned by lowering the cost in the production process and raising prices when doing transactions with other empires on the continent, but in Saqqara
In the empire, the bosses of these business groups, even when they finally had enough strength to control the rise and fall of commodity prices in the Sakala Empire, they still spontaneously and consciously followed the original channels and regulations.
price, transporting those luxury goods into the hands of the nobles. It is no wonder that the leaders of the Sakara Empire are actually concerned that the business groups in their own country have developed to monopolize important products such as glowing sunstones.
I still don't know anything about the situation.
What made Link even more speechless was that the bosses of these business groups told them in the empire that they could be given a lowest-level noble title, and then turn their own business into one they were running for the country.
When they were in the business group, all the business group bosses were so grateful that they just handed over their family property that they had accumulated through generations of hard work without saying a word. It is said that some of it included
Some are so excited that they feel that they can use all their wealth to join the ranks of the nobility, which is truly a matter of honor for their ancestors.
Link certainly knows that in a country like the Sakala Empire that treats people who have not entered the ranks of the nobility with an indifferent attitude, although these merchants have huge wealth, they have no guarantee. In the words of the head of the family just now
It has also been revealed that when they are preparing to turn these private business groups into state-run businesses this time, if the business group bosses do not cooperate, the armed forces of the Sakala Empire may take some "necessary" actions.
The meaning is that Link originally thought that the performance of these business group bosses was just pretending to protect themselves, but after listening to the family head’s comments about the size of the business group, especially the control
After describing the size of the trading group with the glowing sun stone, Link completely gave up on such an idea.
In the Sakala Empire, such an important resource as glowing sunstone would not be completely ignored. The exploration and mining of glowing sunstone, including post-processing and production, have a unique set of processes, especially
It is not easy to mine this stuff. It requires a lot of manpower, and the resources are distributed in the fiefdoms of several of the largest nobles. Therefore, from a very early time, it has been managed by the state, unified by the state.
Exploration, and then driving a large number of untouchables to mine, including processing and manufacturing, are also carried out by the unified manpower of the state. Those nobles who own this precious resource in their fiefdoms are just sitting back and enjoying the results, waiting to get a certain percentage of profits from it.
It's just that since the founding of the Sakala Empire in distant times, there has never been any special situation in this matter. Therefore, for a long time, the exploration, mining, and processing of this thing have been a series of tasks.
The process operates in this conventional way, and nothing has ever changed.
As for the merchant family that monopolizes the glowing sunstone, its ancestors were once among the untouchables who participated in the production of glowing sunstone products. Later, by chance, they became common people and formed a merchant group. At first, they only did some selling.
He worked, transported glowing sunstone products back and forth, and earned some profit by raising prices to merchants from other empires. But after his business group developed to a certain scale, this guy saw the terrible profits.
, so I started thinking about it and spent a lot of gold coins to open up the joints. The officials of the empire didn't understand much about the way this kind of business operation was done. They just looked at what they needed to do anyway.
If someone else does it for them, the things that should be handed over to the country will not be less at all. Not only do they not have to bear any responsibilities, but they can also get an additional considerable amount of wealth, so of course they agreed.
If the matter ends here, then the boss of this business group is just a shrewd businessman. He is very powerful. Since he took over the entire operation of Yinghuo Sunshi, he has consciously arranged for his own family members.
Go to learn all the key technical aspects, and then replace the personnel who originally handled these matters. After countless generations of hard work, the Sakala Empire finally began to prepare to nationalize the merchant group, and
It was only then that I discovered that the Yinghuo Sunstone had actually been monopolized by the business group. The entire key technology of the Yinghuo Sunstone from exploration, mining to post-processing and production had been firmly controlled by this group.
In the hands of the family members of the business group, and except for this family, no one in the entire Sakala Empire understands these things.
In Link's view, if the previous business groups did not dare to make money from the nobles of the Sakala Empire, or they had to lower their profile to please them because they lacked strength, then in the later stages, especially when the country wants to
When everything they had worked hard for was taken away and returned to the state, the bosses of these business groups still had the confidence to struggle.
After all, even if it is just the business group that monopolizes the glowing sunstone, if it really wants to get tough, then I am afraid that the Sakara Empire really does not dare to do anything to his family. How can we talk about the current mining and manufacturing of glowing sunstone?
The technology is completely in their hands. Even if the Sakara Empire arrests all their family members and tortures them to extract confessions, they may not be able to extract everything.
If someone with a certain key technology accidentally dies, it will be an unbearable disaster for the entire Sakara Empire.
In Link's view, with such capital, he can bargain with the high-ranking nobles of the Sakala Empire. At least it is not something that can be done with just a low-level noble. However, these businessmen
However, the bosses of the group all handed over their businesses without any struggle. It can only be said that they have been brainwashed thoroughly after staying in a hierarchical country like the Sakara Empire for a long time.
"But, Mr. Patriarch, if you say so, wouldn't the return of the business group to the state go smoothly this time?" Link felt that he was a little bit confused by this old fox again. He looked at the
A family head asked: "That should be of great help to the economy of the Sakala Empire, right? How could the output of glowing sunstone be affected? How could the country's financial situation be like this?