Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1381 Trade War Position Issue
"In terms of understanding of the elven society, I am not as good as Patriarch Orepus. I agree with his judgment, but I don't think there is any need to be too conspiratorial about the purpose of that Tove's investigation.

"No matter what the other party's deep-seated purpose is, as long as we don't make mistakes in spice smuggling, which we can relatively control, it doesn't make much difference to us."

Speaking of this, Xia Duo looked to the north again, his eyes seemed to penetrate the wall, and he saw the elf mage who was being arranged in Mrs. Patty's manor, and then continued:

"As for smuggling, since we have already done it, it doesn't matter what the consequences are. As long as the other party can bring tangible benefits, it doesn't matter what purpose he has!"

When Xia Duo said this, he also expressed his position. Lord Collins kept nodding after hearing this. He originally had the idea of ​​continuing to expand smuggling, and Xia Duo's words were considered to be in his heart.

Before coming, he also tried to inquire about it. The Yueguan family has a great reputation in Cormanthor, and generally no elves will catch them.

What reason is there to refuse such a partner!

Collins even thought that if Lord Xiaduo hindered this cooperation, he would simply leave the other party alone and cooperate with the new elf collaborator.

In his opinion, the interests of a high spice are no less than the friendship of a senior arcanist.

Of course, if Lord Xiaduo agrees, then he doesn't have to take the risk of offending a senior arcanist to win a benefit that is still uncertain.

……

In the restaurant temporarily arranged by the town hall, two humans and one elf quickly reached an agreement on whether to further cooperate with the Yueguan family, and the relationship with the Yueguan family is still in charge of the Silver Leaf family.

Although Collins and Xia Duo are two humans who do smuggling, especially Collins, the source of goods comes from him, but they also need an elf white glove as another layer of insurance.

When the smuggling was exposed and discovered by Comanso officials, the Yinye family was the best shield.

Of course, since the Silver Leaf family had already evacuated from the territory of Comanso during the Comanso drow war, even if this matter was discovered, it would not be a serious injury. At most, it would be difficult to publicly appear in Comanso That's all.

With the appearance of elves, maybe they are more suitable for smuggling in the future!
Various thoughts flashed through Xia Duo's mind.

……

After lunch, Orepus went to discuss the details of the smuggling of high-grade spices with the elf mage of the Mooncrown family, while Xia Duo and Collins stayed in the town hall and continued to discuss the development prospects of future international trade.

"At present, the Northland Alliance has been established. Although there is no change in a short period of time, the change will come sooner or later! Lord Collins, presumably Rodit told you about Cormanthor's crowned king in Everest after returning. Ka's remarks, right?"

"Lord Xiaduo is referring to 'Equality and Co-prosperity of the Five Elves'?"

"Yes, but it's more than that."

Xia Duo let out a long sigh, and then explained: "The change in attitude of the Crown King of Cormanthor also means that the overall external attitude of Cormanthor is about to change. Relatively relaxed trade environment."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"It's a good thing, but there are also hidden risks. Take spices as an example. If the trade between the two countries is normalized, and Komanthor agrees to import spices from Netheril, how do you think the price is compared to their domestic prices? Another example is magic items, Komanthor How much is the price difference between Manso's export and Netheril's domestic price?"

What Xia Duo wants to talk about is actually the issue of trade deficit. Comanthor has very little import demand for Netherese goods, and most of them are concentrated in the resource field.

Including but not limited to all kinds of ores, metals, precious stones, rare woods, and even special commodities such as spices that could be exported as luxury goods, the added value of commodities is extremely low.

Correspondingly, the added value of Comanthor's products exported to Netheril is simply too high, and even many Nether merchants went to Conifera City, just to "cleanse" the origin of Netheril's locally produced goods. "Into Comanso, so as to obtain a higher sale premium.

Nether merchants can make a lot of money by transshipment, not to mention the products that really come from Cormanthor. Any piece of mithril jewelry, said to be from the hands of a master, can increase the price of normal jewelry by ten or even hundreds of times .

However, in the past, the relationship between the two countries was sensitive, and trade could only be carried out in a small area, and the types of goods were very limited. Even if it was smuggled, it would not actually smuggle much.

But once the trade is normalized under the framework of the Northland Alliance, it will simply lead the wolf into the house and hand over a lot of wealth to Comanso.

……

Under Xia Duo's explanation, Collins gradually realized that even in normal trade, there may be hidden crises, which made him suddenly feel a little strange to the world he was familiar with.

"So, Lord Xiaduo, what can we do to avoid this from happening?"

"It's difficult, unless we develop substitutes for all the commodities that Cormanthor may export before the other party notices the special weapon of 'trade', but this is almost impossible."

In fact, Xia Duo can do it, but the problem is that he can't mention other people to bear these for no reason, let alone doing so, it is simply sending himself to Cormanthor's blacklist.

"Another point is very fatal. Elf culture has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Netheril. Even if there are substitutes, people are still willing to pay for elf goods to a large extent! For elves, not only 'trade' can be used to As a weapon, 'culture' can also be used as a weapon, and the lethality is even more astonishing!"

This was the first time that Xia Duo talked about the invasion of elf culture in front of people other than Niya. It was not because he trusted Collins so much, but this kind of thinking and worry was not uncommon in Netheril.

And based on his understanding of Collins, although the other party is not as wary of elves as he is, he is definitely not a spiritual (spiritual) elf (spirit) member.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even mention it.

……

In the reception room, Collins was silent, and Xia Duo didn't urge him, but just quietly thinking about how he could deal with the current situation.

After a long time, Collins suddenly asked Xia Duo a strange question: "Lord Xia Duo doesn't like elves and elf culture?"

"No, on the contrary, I like the race of elves and the culture of elves very much, but this is a matter of position, and I will not relax my vigilance against them because of personal emotions."

Or no one had ever talked about the "position issue" in front of him. Lord Collins fell silent again, and Xia Duo still didn't urge him, giving him time to think slowly.

For a future ally that can be won, Xia Duo is very tolerant.

(End of this chapter)