Chapter 241 Undercurrent Is Surging

There is a saying that goes well: after eliminating all impossible situations, no matter how unreasonable the remaining one is, it is also the truth!

But he couldn't figure it out.

What good would that do them?

The market for magic crystal mines is only that big, the consumption capacity of Silver City has never changed, and there is basically no hope of profit...

Why would he want to buy a magic crystal mine?

Charles asked tentatively: "Father? Then we can sell a few magic crystal mines to raise funds?"

"...No! Don't sell it yet! I suspect that Victor's intention may be to want us to sell the magic crystal mine!"

Frank said coldly: "Although this possibility is very small, excluding other factors, this is the best choice we should make under the current situation - and this is probably the choice they want me to make. I prefer Don’t do it!”

When you don’t know what to do, you only need to implement one of the most basic principles: We will not give the enemy anything he wants, and we will not do anything the enemy wants us to do. Although it may not be correct, it will never be done. Something went wrong.

"But in that case..."

Charles frowned slightly: "We will not be able to raise enough funds. Once we fall into the quagmire of war preparations, I am afraid that our Kadir family will also be dragged down with its foundation."

"Compared to us, those talents sent by the royal family are more worried about this situation."

Frank smiled tepidly and said: "The economic lifeline of the entire Illrus Empire is controlled by our aristocratic faction, and less than a tenth of it falls in their hands. Why should they continue to support us? I am happy to see it. In that case - they will collapse first."

"Not only that," Frank continued: "Even if we really can't bear it anymore, don't forget that we and the Spade family are allies with the same interests for the time being. We can lend them some funds and return some benefits to them. I think It shouldn’t be a problem.”

Seeing that his father insisted on this, Charles had no choice but to agree to his plan.

Although it may not be the right choice, it is certainly not wrong, and that is enough for them.

Time is on their side.

Molton looked embarrassed next to him. He couldn't understand what his eldest brother and his father were talking about...

Illus Palace.

"That old guy Frank is standing still?"

Hearing Aubrey's reply, Victor frowned: "Did he see through our intentions?"

"With all due respect, Your Majesty."

Adrian couldn't help but said: "This is really not a conspiracy plan - our goal is very obvious. Frank is not a fool. He will definitely guess what we are thinking."

"So what if you guessed it?"

Aubrey disagreed: "It was never intended to be a conspiracy from the beginning."

"good."

Victor believed deeply: "The plan formulated by Baron Tang En is an outright conspiracy - so what if they know our purpose? We have made it clear that what we want is the magic crystal mine in your hands! Let us go or not? Don't let us go. ?If the proposed interim regulations are implemented, the Qadir family will be severely damaged. Let them go ruthlessly? We will seize the opportunity in the coming era, and they will also be eliminated."

If there are other clauses, Victor and the others will worry that they cannot be implemented because they involve too many interests, but as for the legal clauses related to mining... Haha, there are only two mining giants in the entire Illus Empire, one is Spa The De family, the other one is the Qadir family, and other sporadic small mines cannot bear much impact at all.

As long as new policies are implemented, fools will know that the royal faction has launched an attack on the leader of the aristocratic faction.

Victor really didn't want to do that unless it was absolutely necessary - if it weren't for Tang En's "identity", Victor wouldn't have the courage to accompany him in such chaos. If he wasn't careful, he would be in danger of annihilating the country...

Under the calm water, there is a turbulent undercurrent, and many merchants with sensitive sense of smell have noticed the slightest smell of gunpowder, especially in recent days, the Grand Duke of Aubrey has been uncharacteristically inspecting the First Legion of the Empire every day, and there are several regulations promulgated by His Majesty Victor. The new interim regulations have not yet been implemented, but because of concerns about tax increases, many sensitive businessmen quickly sold off the magic crystals they had hoarded and rushed to sell them. As a result, the price of standard magic crystals on the market fell. A gold coin, and it’s still falling rapidly.

In black market transactions, the price of smuggled standard magic crystals has dropped from ninety gold coins to eighty-five gold coins. However, because no tax has been paid, the profit is still much higher than what is sold on the market.

The market for magic crystals in the Illus Empire is so big. In just a few days, shipments were out of control. The market was oversaturated and magic crystals could no longer be sold at all!

They can't export to the Silver City because export taxes have already been imposed.

Even if some speculative businessmen want to take the opportunity to hoard some magic crystals, they can't take much of the huge amount on the market. They can't make any waves at all, but make those businessmen who are eager to sell out even more violent selling.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that His Majesty Victor is unleashing his long-held anger, and the target is the Kadir family. As for the Spader family, if he launches a war against these two families at once, I am afraid that the entire Illrus Empire The economy will completely collapse, and Victor does not dare to take this risk, so the Spade family is temporarily sitting on the Diaoyutai - they are not in the magic crystal business, so they are just watching the show.

The most unlucky thing is the business alliance.

As a closed circle, they can't find a new home even if they want to get rid of it.

"President Neander, good afternoon. I have a batch of high-quality and low-priced magic crystals here. Do you want to take a look? Large quantities will give you priority."

"President Ryan, you are really joking. I also have a batch of magic crystals that I plan to dispose of. Are you interested?"

"..."

"..."

"How about we go find Leander?"

"Yes, he should be interested..."

The large chambers of commerce that make up the Ilrus Business Alliance are basically the best chambers of commerce in the Ilrus Empire. They have a lot of goods in hand. In addition to their internal chambers of commerce, there are really no other external chambers of commerce. I can take over their resources.

This has also led to a gloomy situation within the business alliance at this moment. Each of them has more or less hoarded some magic crystals on hand. After all, this thing is expensive or cheap. Buy it at a low price, together with other goods. If you transport it to the City of Silver and resell it, you can make a lot of money, so they are happy to hoard magic crystals.

But now that the policy has come down, they are all panicking.

The consumption tax on luxury goods is as high as 50%!

A standard magic crystal originally purchased for 70 gold coins and sold for 100 gold coins will be taxed at 50 gold coins! Even without counting the storage cost, there is a net loss of twenty gold coins!

Unless the price rises to one hundred and fifty gold coins, then each standard magic crystal can only earn five gold coins - not to mention that the big consumers of magic crystals, those mages, simply cannot tolerate such a price increase.

what to do?

"The top priority now is to find a way to get rid of the accumulated magic crystals."

Since losing the Deep Sea Magic Pearl, Sidney has not been in a good mood: "Secondly, I want to find a way to launch a joint protest and ask His Majesty Victor to take back this idea."

"Viscount Sidney, don't forget that His Majesty Victor no longer represents the interests of the nobles. He is on the opposite side of us."

A person next to him reminded: "It can make us lose a lot of wealth and allow him to impose huge taxes. Of course he is willing to do it. How can he change it?"

It’s strange to say that the bottom businessmen and the aristocrats are two classes that are incompatible with each other, but the merchants in the Business Alliance, who are disguised as aristocrats, have joined the aristocratic faction to fight against the royal faction. This may be the conflict between the vested interests and the reformists. contradiction.

"Now we can only place our hope on Grand Duke Frank. Victor is cutting his flesh by doing this. How long can he endure it..."

Sidney murmured to himself: "Besides, if you want to get rid of the magic crystal, I'm afraid..."

"By the way! Where is the Datang Chamber of Commerce?"

A person suddenly said: "If you remember correctly, the products sold by the Datang Chamber of Commerce require magic crystals, right? At this time, they should take advantage of the low price to absorb the magic crystals. Other chambers of commerce are unable to do so. The Datang Chamber of Commerce You should be able to absorb some of it.”

Everyone in the Business Alliance knows how powerful the Datang Chamber of Commerce created by Tang En is in attracting money. Even though the Business Alliance launched a joint blockade against them, the embarrassing thing is that the Datang Chamber of Commerce does not need any supply of raw materials at all. No sales channels are needed - its goods are produced in Ellington, and its sales are direct sales.

It completely ignored the business alliance’s blockade and continued to sell what it should. I’m afraid the only trouble this so-called blockade caused to the Datang Chamber of Commerce was that its employees would have a little trouble eating out because of the nearby restaurant that sells food. The tavern is a business alliance property.

This makes the business alliance's blockade and sanctions a joke.

"That's right!"

The man's eyes lit up: "I heard that the Datang Chamber of Commerce is absorbing magic crystals in the market recently. Although the price is very low, I can at least break even if I sell now! I have nearly 100,000 magic crystals piled in my warehouse. If If I don’t get rid of it as soon as possible before the tax increases, I will lose money this time.”

"But we are now blocking the Datang Chamber of Commerce. If we sell things to them, wouldn't we be slapping ourselves in the face..."

As soon as this person finished speaking, a group of people all changed their expressions, feeling embarrassed and embarrassed.

Especially the president, Sidney, whose face turned red and white in turns, simply didn't know how to face the gazes of the members.

I never expected that the sanctions against the Datang Chamber of Commerce would eventually turn into sanctions against themselves...