Shooting the sun from the three-body

Chapter 299 A war must be waged

The five letters were sent to the five city lords by train and courier.

The content of the letter is nothing special, it is just to invite them to the City of Hope, and then to discuss major issues together.

The five city lords were very nervous after reading the letter. They immediately summoned the ministers to discuss the matter.

"Do you think I should go or not?" the city lord asked the minister.

The ministers all dissuaded: "City Lord, you can't go, if you go here, you may not be able to come back!"

Over the years, City of Hope can be said to be a role model for every city. What City of Hope does, other cities will follow suit.

And it is enough to learn the fur.

But this does not mean that the city lord and ministers are all fools.

When Xiao Yi sent the letter, everyone realized that the city lord of City of Hope had made a big move. Going at this time was undoubtedly a self-inflicted trap.

The city lord nodded: "Indeed, it's hard to say that the city lord of City of Hope wants to wipe us all out. Let's see what the city lords of other cities do."

But watching and watching, suddenly the lord of a city chose to go to the City of Hope.

This city is not too prosperous, and it is the worst among the five cities. The city owner is very young, and he has just led the citizens to form a city.

This city is called the City of Exile, and it was gradually developed after a group of exiled refugees came here many years ago.

Immediately after receiving the letter, the city lord went to City of Hope. The ministers dissuaded him, but the city lord said, "You don't understand. In fact, I don't have a choice. The military strength of City of Hope far exceeds ours. He completely If I don't go, he can use this as a reason to get rid of me."

The city lord of the exiled city thought very clearly. He is now the weakest existence in several cities, so he must attach himself to a more powerful city-state.

The city lord of Exiled City took the initiative to leave, and then two more city lords also planned to come to see what the city lord of Hope City had planned, but the other two city lords planned to wait and see what happened.

The three city lords came to the City of Hope, Xiao Yi warmly entertained them, and then Xiao Yi put forward his own point of view: "I plan to build a country, I need your support, the city lord who chooses to support me must surrender his own city Sovereignty, and always obey my orders, obey me as king, but I will also protect you and give you economic and military support."

As soon as Xiao Yi said this, the expressions of the three city lords present suddenly changed.

Except for the city lord of the exiled city, the other two city lords immediately said: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Xiao Yi smiled, and he said: "I will not force any of you, you are free to make choices, those who choose to surrender to me can stay, those who do not want to surrender can leave."

The other two city lords were dubious, they withdrew from the chamber, and then left here, not even daring to take the train.

But Xiao Yi kept his promise and did not hunt them down at all. They returned to their own city safely, and they couldn't understand what Xiao Yi wanted to do more and more.

The only one left was the lord of the exiled city, he thought for a long time, and finally agreed to Xiao Yi's proposal.

"My exiled city is not a very powerful city-state, so instead of letting the exiled city be gradually eliminated, it is better to choose to join you."

Xiao Yi smiled, and said, "A wise choice."

The lord of the exiled city has left, he is still the lord of the exiled city, but he has agreed to join Xiao Yi's kingdom on behalf of the entire exiled city, and all his citizens will become Xiao Yi's subjects.

But the benefits brought to the city of exile are also huge. First of all, Xiao Yi sent many experts to help the city of exile in its construction.

Subsequently, he launched economic and technical assistance to the exiled city.

At the same time, he added a tax called customs duty to businessmen in other cities. People from other cities can only stay in the City of Hope or the City of Exile for a maximum of seven days, and they will be repatriated if they exceed seven days. Tickets cost more.

Xiao Yi directly launched economic sanctions against the other four cities, and indirectly, the economy of the city of exile developed. Their cities developed rapidly, houses were built one by one, the population increased, food increased, and public security increased. get better.

Seeing this situation, the city lords of the other four cities immediately dropped their jaws in shock.

How could it be such a result?
They were almost dumbfounded, and the ministers analyzed it, and then they realized that Xiao Yi was punishing them.

Seeing this, Xiao Tiangou couldn't help but praised: "It doesn't take a single soldier to make other cities feel so uncomfortable, you deserve it!"

Xiao Yi smiled, and then said: "This is only the first step."

Not long after, Xiao Yi asked the courier to send a letter to the other four cities. This time the content of the letter was very direct.

Xiao Yi wants them to surrender directly, or continue to choose to refuse. He will not send troops, but just let them choose. If they choose to submit, then there will be no customs duties. As for the high train tickets, if they refuse, then Xiao Yi will continue to impose economic sanctions .

Where have these cities seen this kind of method? For them, there is only one way to conquer others, and that is war.

As soon as this letter was sent out, two city lords chose to submit. They joined Xiao Yi's command and became a city under the Kingdom of Hope.

Afterwards, they immediately received economic support from the Land of Hope, and within a short period of time, their cities began to flourish.

Only the city lords of the last two cities did not intend to surrender. They continued to insist on their sovereignty, and they did not waver even when businessmen in their own cities signed a letter.

This is too hurtful for the merchants in their two cities. The merchants in other cities pay at most 5% of the tax for transactions, but they have to pay at least 30% of the tax. This makes it impossible for them to compete with other cities. .

Seeing this, the group of businessmen realized that they couldn't stay in these two cities any longer. They immediately left the two cities, smuggled into the City of Hope, and immigrated to the City of Hope.

There was a massive loss of talents in these two cities, and they suddenly panicked, because they were about to be unable to even pay the military salaries and support the army.

Faced with this situation, they had to make a major choice.

That's the fight!
"We have to start a war, otherwise we won't be able to survive. I would rather fight them to the end than lose my sovereignty!"

The lords of these two cities made a decision, and they immediately led the wrong people to go straight to the city of exile, because they thought that the city of exile was the weakest city.

However, their movements have already been detected.

It didn't take long for the train from the City of Hope to the City of Exile to start.

"Besides!"

With the loud noise of the train engine, an army was quietly transported to the exiled city.

The armies of the remaining two cities are still riding on horses for a long journey.

They dare not use the train, because their intentions will be discovered by taking the train.

But in fact, their intentions have long been discovered.

(End of this chapter)