Arcane Lord

"As far as the understanding of the elven society is concerned, I am not as good as Patriarch Orips. I still agree with his judgment. However, regarding the purpose of the Tove investigation, I don't think it is too conspiracy theory.

"Regardless of the other party's in-depth purpose, as long as there is no mistake in spice smuggling, which we can relatively control, for us, there is not much difference."

Having said this, Chateau looked to the north again, his gaze seemed to penetrate the wall, and saw the wizard mage who was being arranged in Mrs. Patty’s manor, and then continued:

"Since we have done smuggling, it doesn't matter what the consequences are. As long as the other party can bring tangible benefits, it doesn't matter what his purpose is!"

What Xia Duo said was a statement of his own position. Lord Collins nodded after hearing this. He had the idea of ​​continuing to expand smuggling, and Xia Duo's remarks could be regarded as his heart.

Before coming, he also tried to inquire about it. The Mooncrown Family is very famous in Comanso, and there is usually no inspiration to come out of them. Even if they pretend to be, it also shows that the other party's power is not weaker than the Mooncrown Family.

Is there any reason for such a partner to refuse?

Collins even thought that if Lord Chateau played an impediment to this cooperation, he would simply throw away the opponent and cooperate with the new elf collaborator alone.

In his opinion, the benefits of high-grade spices are not lost to the friendship of a senior arcanist.

Of course, if Lord Shaduo agrees, then he doesn't have to risk offending a senior arcanist to gain an interest that is currently uncertain.

…

In the restaurant temporarily arranged by the town hall, two humans and one elves quickly reached an agreement on whether to further cooperate with the Mooncrown Family, and the silver leaf family was still responsible for the connection with the Mooncrown Family.

Although the two humans, Collins and Chateau, are doing smuggling work, especially Collins, the source of the goods comes from him, but they also need an elf white glove for another layer of insurance.

When the smuggling was exposed and Comanso officials found out, the Silver Leaf Family was the best shield.

Of course, since the Silver Leaf family had been evacuated from the territory of Comanso during the Comanso drow war, even if this incident is discovered, it will not be a painful one. At best, it will be difficult to publicly appear in Comanso in the future. That's it.

With the appearance of elves, maybe they are more suitable for smuggling in the future.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Xia Duo's mind.

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After lunch, Orips went to discuss the details of the high-level spice smuggling with the Elf Mage of the Mooncrown Family. Chateau and Collins stayed at the town hall and continued to discuss the future development prospects of international trade.

"At present, the Northland Alliance has been established. Although there is no change in a short period of time, the changes will come sooner or later! Lord Collins, presumably Roddit, after returning home, told you that the King of Comansor was in Evris. All kinds of Ka's remarks, right?"

"Lord Chateau refers to the'equality and common prosperity of the five elves'?"

"Yes, but it's not just these."

Chateau sighed, and then explained: "This change in the attitude of the King of Comanso also means that the overall attitude of Comanso is about to change. Netheril is very likely to usher in a relationship with Comanso. Relatively easing trade environment."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"It's a good thing, but there are also hidden risks. Take spices as an example. If the two countries' trade normalizes and Comanso agrees to import spices from Netheril, how do you think the price compares to their domestic prices? What is the difference between the price of Manso's export and the price of Netheril domestically?"

What Xia Duo wanted to talk about was actually the issue of trade deficit. Komanso had very little import demand for Netheril products, mostly in the resource sector.

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

Correspondingly, the added value of Comanço’s products exported to Netheril is simply ridiculously high, and even many Nine traders go to Connefera City in order to "wash out the local production areas of Netherier." "Become Comanso, so as to obtain a higher selling premium.

A color-resistant merchant can make a lot of money in a single transfer, not to mention real products from Comanço. Any mithril jewelry, said to be made by a master, can increase the price of normal jewelry by a dozen or even hundreds of times. .

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

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

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Under Chateau's explanation, Collins gradually realized that even normal trade might lurk a crisis, which made him feel a little stranger to the world he was originally familiar with.

"So, Lord Chateau, what can we do to prevent this from happening?"

"It is difficult, unless we develop substitutes for all the commodities that Comanso may export before the other side notices the special weapon of ‘trade’, but it is almost impossible to do so."

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 putting himself on the Komanso blacklist.

"There is another point that is very fatal. Elf culture has long been deeply rooted in Netheril. Even if there are alternatives, people are still willing to pay for elven goods to a large extent! For elves, not just'trade' can be used As a weapon,'culture' can also be used as a weapon, and its lethality is even more amazing!"

This is the first time Xia Duo talked about the invasion of elves in front of people other than Niya. UU Reading www.uukanshu. Com is not how much he trusts Collins, but this kind of thinking and worry are not uncommon in Netheril.

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

Otherwise, he would not mention it.

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In the reception room, Collins was silent, and Xia Duo did not urge, but quietly pondered what he could do to deal with this situation.

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

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

Or no one had ever talked about "situation issues" in front of him, Lord Collins fell silent again, and Chateau still did not urge him, giving him time to think slowly.

Chateau was very tolerant of a future ally that he could fight for.