Chapter 1042 "Vicious" Conspiracy

There are not many options left for Ronitante, or in other words, they have no choice now.

Because they don't even have allies - Illros spans the continent and is connected to the Ambris Mountains.

To the south of Illrus there are only the emerald forests of the elves, a few small principalities, and then Ronitant.

If Illrus wants to take action, Ronitant will have no room for resistance at all. Even Ilrus does not need to take action. As long as it blocks Ronitant's merchants from crossing the border, it will be enough to collapse Ronitant's economy. .

Having lost the City of Silver, Solant has now returned to the Illrus Empire. Their only market currently is the Illrus Empire.

What? Kingdom of Grace? To be honest, if you are not a businessman who is bold enough to take risks, you really would not dare to do business in Grace. Although the benefits are huge, the risks are also huge. The people there are fierce, there are many robbers along the trade routes, and there are monsters in the wild. It is also quite ferocious and can cause you to lose everything if you are not careful.

If they had a choice, they would rather choose to do business with the residents of the Illus Empire.

In the end, the matter was settled like this, and Oscar immediately began to prepare a magic letter to inform Olina, hoping to convey this matter to Tang En through Olina.

When Olina found Tang En and told him the news, Tang En's reaction was very subtle.

"I thought he would react faster, but I didn't expect it to take so long."

Olena was a little confused: "Why?"

"Mom! You are stupid!"

Alleria next to her was speechless: "Think about it, Ronitant is isolated in the south, and Illrus has always been between Ronitant and the Solant Kingdom. In the past, it was because of the City of Silver. Sitting in Ronitant, my uncle is not worried that Illrus will block his trade route, and he has been happily making a lot of money."

"Now that Solant has returned and the Silver City is gone, what is left of Ronitant? There is only the Goblin Star Diamond Bank."

"But Illrus is now experiencing rapid economic development under the promotion of Tang En. Seeing that Ellington is about to surpass Nanila and become the new economic center of Plandar, with the greedy character of the goblins, they are sure We will consider moving the headquarters to Ellington. If things really develop like this, it will be a disaster for Ronitant."

"But my uncle is greedy for his current power and doesn't want to return to the Illrus Empire. What should we do?"

Alleria reminded Olina: "In this case, hostility is impossible. Ronitant has no ability to resist at all. If he wants to find allies, he cannot cross Illrus. They are now isolated." ”

Olina hesitated and said: "A delaying strategy?"

"No, to be precise, drinking poison to quench thirst."

Alleria spread her hands: "There is only one way before my uncle. Ronitant will eventually return to the Illrus Empire, but this time may be sooner or later. At least when he is in power now, He doesn’t want to return, so all he can do is find ways to coexist.”

Tang En shook his head: "The so-called coexistence is impossible. I need a unified Purandar."

"You see, this is Tang En's attitude. My uncle also knows very well that since Tang En has reached this step, he will definitely not give up. So if Ronitant doesn't find a way to express his attitude, the situation will be very dangerous."

Olina nodded: "So brother, he wrote a special letter to express his congratulations..."

Alleria smiled: "The congratulations are just a stepping stone. The real meaning is actually to apply for the establishment of formal trade relations."

Tang En also smiled: "In the past, when the Illrus Empire was relatively weak, Ronitant even looked down on the Illrus Empire, but for the sake of stable development, that's why your father married you to the Illrus Empire. The Russ Empire came to deepen the relationship between them through marriage, and also to seek a peaceful trade route for the merchants of the Ronitant Kingdom."

"But those are all agreed-upon things, and there are no express terms in writing."

"Once a formal contract is signed, it means that the Illus royal family has officially recognized Ronitant's legal and independent status. It will be more difficult to find excuses to regain that territory in the future."

Tang En and Alleria each made Olena faint with their words. She really didn't expect that there were so many details in this simple letter.

"But why?"

Olina was a little puzzled: "Obviously Ronitant used to be the territory of the Illus Empire, and the Ronitant family used to be just a lord. Now even if it returns, it will be the same as before. Why doesn't he want to Woolen cloth?"

"This is complicated..."

Tang En twitched his lips: "It can be explained from many aspects such as human nature, power, wealth, etc. I guess you don't have the patience to listen, and you can't understand it. In short, it is not possible to re-hand over the power that is already in your hands. Such an easy thing.”

"Then what should we do?"

Olina hesitated to speak. After a moment, she whispered: "How about I advise my brother? Let the two countries be reunited as peacefully as possible?"

"You're so...cute."

Tang En burst out laughing and said: "Peaceful reunification is a good proposal, but what kind of peaceful reunification law? Is it based on Illrus? Or is it based on Ronitant? Who will take over as the king? Who is the orthodoxy?"

"Isn't this natural? It must be Illus——"

Olina stopped talking mid-sentence, and she seemed to understand something.

"It seems that you also understand that it is not that easy to turn a person who has become a king into a minister again."

After Alleria pondered for a moment, she said, "Although I'm very sorry for my uncle, I suggest that it would be better for us to reject this proposal."

Tang En smiled and said, "Why refuse? Promise him."

Alleria was startled: "But if we agree to him, we will become very passive in the future, and we will not be able to take the initiative to recover Ronitant morally..."

"Don't worry, it's just a contract. It's important to say it's important, and it's not important to say it's not important. As long as you use some skills, you don't have to worry. What's more, the so-called orthodoxy is of course based on the approval of the Holy See of Light. As long as the Pope With us on our side, we don’t have to worry about justice.”

Tang En knocked on the table lightly, his mind spinning rapidly, and he said slowly: "What's more, because of the two of you, it is unlikely that Ronitante will be recovered by force, and I am too embarrassed to fight my brother-in-law. Fortunately, his proposal gave me a hint that allows us to further promote the preparations we have made before."

Olina's face turned red. She didn't expect that Tang En would actually consider the thoughts of mother and daughter. He was so considerate, which made Olina feel a little warm in her heart.

"You mean, as mentioned before, economic invasion?"

Alleria raised her eyebrows. At first, Tang En had mentioned the idea of ​​​​economically invading Ronitant and Solant, but she didn't expect that before they launched the offensive, Solant collapsed directly because of Lor'themar's incident. Even the means of economic invasion were not used. Instead, it was an accidental attack by the Renne Empire, and now it has almost become a puppet regime of the Datang Chamber of Commerce.

"Yes, for countries that like trade, an open economic environment is undoubtedly their favorite. I think my brother-in-law must be anxiously waiting for our answer now."

Tang En chuckled and said, "Then let us give him a surprise gift bag."

Alleria took out the banknotes: "What are you going to do?"

“First, fully open up several border cities and coastal cities in the south, especially several large cities such as Fira, Preston, and Paganis, and turn them into treaty ports, where ultra-low commercial tax policies will be implemented. If necessary, we can even consider a zero-tariff policy."

"Zero, zero tariffs!? Are you crazy!?"

Alleria was dumbfounded. If the treaty ports were fully opened and the zero-tax policy was implemented, one could imagine what a huge storm it would cause. The merchants would rush there like crazy, and the daily turnover would be terrifying. The amount, giving up taxes, will drain away a lot of wealth!

Zero tax! It’s a paradise for businessmen! It is even certain that those businessmen will settle there and never leave!

etc? Zero tariff? settle down?

Alleria was startled, feeling that she had grasped some key factor.

"I only said that tariffs would be reduced or reduced, but I didn't say that nothing else would be collected. Service fees, value-added tax, personal income tax, etc. will still be collected as usual."

Tang En smiled slightly and continued: "And based on the principle of mutual equality, we are exempted from tariffs, and Ronitant must also implement a tax-free policy for our goods..."

"Our products are tax-free...hiss!"

Alleria took a breath of air and looked at Tang En dumbfounded: "This move of yours is simply too sinister!"

Why is Tang En said to be sinister? Because of the Illus Empire, to be precise, because the products of the Datang Chamber of Commerce are too competitive! If the tariff protection policy is not implemented, the products of Datang Chamber of Commerce can be dumped to every corner of Ronitante with a crushing attitude! Similar products produced in their own country will have no competitiveness!

This seems to be a very spicy move that can damage the enemy by one thousand and damage itself by eight hundred, but it only looks like it!

Alleria now knows very well how low the cost of Datang Chamber of Commerce products is and how terrifying the profit margin is! It can be said that in the current selling price of a product, the cost of materials, labor costs, operation and publicity costs, etc. together can account for one-tenth, which is too much. The most important research and development cost of a product can be completely ignored!

Therefore, the profits of Datang Chamber of Commerce's products are too high. Even if some profits are lost, the income is still considerable!

But the merchants of Ronitante can’t do that! They can't bear it!

If the zero-tariff policy is really implemented, Ronitante's related industries may completely collapse! A large number of people will be unemployed and become homeless at home!

By that time...

I'm afraid Ronitant has no chance to break away from the Illrus Empire!