There weren't many options left for Ronitante, or rather, they had no choice now. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

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

To the south of Illuth there are only the emerald forests of the elves, and a few minor principalities, and then there is Ronitant.

If Illus wanted to make a move, Ronitant would not have any room to resist at all, and even Ilrus would not need to do anything, as long as blocking the passage of Ronitant's merchants would be enough to make Ronitant's economy collapse.

Having lost the Silver City, Solant has now returned to the Ilrus Empire, and their only current market is the Ilrus Empire.

What the? Kingdom of Grace? To be reasonable, if you are not a businessman who is brave enough to take risks, you really don't dare to go to Grace to do business, although the benefits are huge, but the risks are also huge, where the people are fierce, there are many robbers along the trade route, and the monsters in the wild are also quite fierce, and if you are not careful, you may go bankrupt.

If given a choice, they would rather choose to do business with the inhabitants of the Ilrus Empire.

Eventually, the matter was settled, and Oscar immediately began to prepare a magic letter to inform Olena, hoping to tell Don about it through Olena.

When Olena approached Don and told him the news, Donn's reaction was subtle.

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

Olena was a little puzzled: "Why? ”

"Mom! You're stupid! ”

Aurelia next to her was speechless: "Think about it, Ronitant is isolated in the south, and Ilrus has always been between Ronitant and Sorant Kingdom, and it used to be because there was a silver city in Ronitante, so my uncle didn't worry that Illuth would block his trade routes, and he has been making a lot of money." ”

"Now that Sorant is back and the Silver City is gone, what is left of Ronitant? There is only the Goblin Star Diamond Bank. ”

"But Ellus is now under the impetus of Donn, and the economy is booming, and seeing that Ellington is about to surpass Nanilla and become the new economic center of Purendall, with the greedy nature of the goblins, they will definitely consider moving their headquarters to Ellington's side, and if things really develop like this, it will be a catastrophe for Ronitant."

"But my uncle is greedy for his current power and doesn't want to return to the Illus Empire, so what should I do?"

Aurelia reminded Olena: "In this case, hostility is impossible, Ronitant has no ability to resist at all, wants to find allies, and cannot cross Ilrus, they are now isolated." ”

Olena hesitated and said, "A delaying plan? ”

"No, to be exact, to quench your thirst."

Aurelia spread her hands: "There is only one way in front of my uncle, Ronitant must eventually return to the Ilrus Empire, but this time can be sooner or later, at least now when he is in power, he does not want to return, then, all he can do is to find a way to coexist." ”

Donn shook his head: "The so-called coexistence is impossible, I need a unified Plandal." ”

"You see, this is Donne's attitude, and Uncle He also knows very well that since Don has already done this, he will definitely not stop there, so if Ronnitant doesn't want to show his attitude, he will be in a very dangerous situation."

Olena nodded: "So my brother just wrote a letter to come over to congratulate him......"

Aurelia smiled: "Daoga is just a stepping stone, and what it really means is that you want to apply for a formal trade relationship." ”

Tang En also smiled: "In the past, when the Ilrus Empire was relatively weak, Ronitant looked down on the Ilrus Empire, but for the sake of stable development, your father will marry you to the Ilrus Empire, to deepen the ties between them through marriage, and also to seek a peaceful trade route for the merchants of the Ronitant Kingdom." ”

"But that's all conventional, not an explicit clause on paper."

"Once a formal contract is signed, it means that the royal family of Ilrus officially recognizes the legitimate independent status of Ronitante, and it will be more difficult to find an excuse to recover that territory in the future."

Don and Aurelia were stunned by one sentence, she really didn't expect that there were so many doors in this simple letter.

"But why?"

Olena was a little puzzled: "Obviously, Ronitant used to be the territory of the Ilrus Empire, and the Ronitant family was only a lord before, and now even if he returns, it is just the same as before, why is he unwilling, brother?" ”

"That's complicated......"

Tang En tugged at the corners of his mouth: "It can be explained from many aspects such as human nature, power, wealth, etc., it is estimated that you don't have the patience to listen, and you can't understand it, all in all, it is not so easy to hand over the power that you have in your hands again." ”

"So what are we going to do?"

Olena wanted to speak and stopped, and after a while, she whispered, "Or, I persuade my brother?" Let the two countries be reunited as peacefully as possible? ”

"You're so ...... Cute. ”

Tang En laughed and said, "Peaceful reunification is a good proposal, but what kind of peaceful reunification law?" Is it mainly Illuth? Or is it dominated by Ronitant? Who takes over as king? Who is Orthodox? ”

"Isn't that a matter of course? It must be Illuth—"

Olena couldn't go on halfway, and she seemed to understand something.

"It seems that you also understand that it is not so easy to make a person who has become a king a courtier again."

Aurelia pondered for a moment and said, "I'm sorry for my uncle, but I suggest that we decline this offer. ”

Don smiled and said, "Why refuse?" Promise him. ”

Aurelia was stunned: "But if you promise him, you will make us very passive in the future, and we will not be able to take the initiative to recover Ronitant......"

"Don't worry, it's just a contract, it's important to say it's important, it's not important to say it's not important, as long as you use some skills, you don't have to worry, not to mention the so-called orthodoxy, of course, it is mainly recognized by the Holy See of Light, as long as the Pope is on our side, we don't have to worry about the issue of righteousness."

Tang En tapped lightly on the table, his mind was spinning, and he said slowly: "What's more, because of the two of you, it is unlikely that Ronnitant will be recovered by force, and I am embarrassed to fight my brother-in-law, it just so happens that his proposal has given me a hint that can allow us to further promote the preparations we have made before." ”

Olenna's face turned red, she didn't expect Don to take into account the thoughts of their mother and daughter, he was so caring, but it made Olena's heart a little warm.

"You mean, as I mentioned earlier, an economic invasion?"

Aurelia raised her eyebrows, Don had said that he had the idea of an economic invasion of Ronitant and Sorant, but he didn't expect that they hadn't launched an offensive yet, but Solan collapsed directly because of the matter of Lothermar, and he didn't even use the means of economic invasion, but he was mistakenly hit by the Rennes Empire, and now he is about to become the puppet regime of the Tang Chamber of Commerce.

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

Tang En smiled and said, "Then let's give him a surprise gift package." ”

Aurelia took out the banknote: "What are you going to do?" ”

"First of all, fully open up several border cities and coastal cities in the south, especially several large cities such as Phila, Preston, Paganis, etc., and turn them into treaty ports, where an ultra-low commercial tax policy will be implemented, and if necessary, even a zero-tariff policy can be considered."

"Zero, zero tariffs!? You are crazy!? ”

Aurelia was dumbfounded, if the treaty ports were fully opened and the zero-tax policy was implemented, it was conceivable what a huge storm it would cause, and those merchants would definitely rush there like crazy, and the daily turnover would be a terrifying amount, and if you give up taxes, you will lose a lot of wealth!

Zero tax! It's a paradise for businessmen! It is even certain that those merchants will settle there and not leave!

Wait a minute? Zero tariff? Settle down?

Aurelia was stunned, feeling that she had faintly grasped some key factor.

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

Don smiled slightly and continued: "And according to the principle of mutual equality, we are exempt from customs duties, and Ronitant must also implement a duty-free policy on our goods......"

"Our goods are duty-free...... Hiss! ”

Aurelia took a breath of cold air and looked at Don in amazement: "Your trick is simply too vicious!" ”

Why is Don said to be poisonous? Because of the Illuth Empire, to be exact, because the product competitiveness of the Datang Chamber of Commerce is too strong! If the tariff protection policy is not implemented, the products of the Datang Chamber of Commerce can be dumped in every corner of Ronitant with a crushing attitude! Similar products produced in their own country will be uncompetitive!

This seems to be a very spicy trick that hurts the enemy by 1,000 and self-damage by 800, but it just looks like it!

Aurelia now knows very well how low the cost of those products of the Datang Chamber of Commerce is, and how terrible the profit margins are! It can be said that the current price of a product, material costs, labor costs, operation and publicity costs, etc., can account for one-tenth of the total, and the most important R & D cost in a product can be completely ignored!

Therefore, the product profit of Datang Chamber of Commerce is too high, even if some profits are lost, the income is still considerable!

But the merchants of Ronitant can't! They can't bear it!

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

By that time......

I'm afraid that if Ronitant wants to break away from the Ilrus Empire, he won't have that chance anymore!