This sounds reasonable, but in fact it makes no sense.
The circulation of materials during wartime?
If there are a few malicious businessmen, they will try to take away the supplies in your territory in a matter of minutes.
Hardy looked at the other party and smiled: "Are you trying to harm me?"
Vega's expression was slightly startled and said: "Absolutely not that."
Hardy looked at the other party for a while and said: "But your idea of letting me open up business and promote the circulation of materials is indeed harming me."
"In fact, it is better to say that you are harming us. "Vega looked into Hardy's eyes and said in a very relaxed tone: "During the period when you blocked the commercial activities in the territory, you caused us a lot of losses."
This is very true. interesting.
At least Hardy found it interesting.
He raised his eyelids, looked at the other person, and said in a subtle tone: "So are you blaming me?"
"That's not what I meant." Vega's voice had a faint smile: "We are just telling Mr. Hardy a fact."
Hearing this, Hardy finally couldn't help laughing. : "So, what do you want me to do?"
"We have no other intentions. We just hope that you can liberalize business activities and support physical goods." The capital flow will return to the way it was in the past." Vega tapped the table with his right hand, making a moderate sound, which seemed to be a provocation, but also seemed to be just a simple habit: "In return, we will pay a large amount of taxes. More tax than before."
"How much?"
"Four percent"
The commercial tax that Hardy had previously set was less than 20%, and he was already considered a very conscientious lord.
From the perspective of other lords, Hardy is almost doing charity.
Hardy asked again: "What if I don't agree?"
"Our business alliance will withdraw from Ruisian's market, even including all the territories under your command, we will Avoid it, always avoid it.”
“You are not threatening me?”
"No, you misunderstood me, Lord Hardy." Vega tried his best to say in a calm tone: "We are just stating a basic fact. The taxes paid by our business alliance should account for 100% of your entire territory. About fifty, if we leave, your benefits will be greatly reduced."
Hardy asked in a calm tone: "What then?"
"We will. Will go to other places to develop."
"It's up to you." Hardy stood up: "Sophie, see you off."
Vega looked at Hardy in surprise. "I heard that Mr. Hardy is a very calm and sensible man, but I didn't expect that you would be so impulsive. Do you want to suppress poor businessmen like us even if you don't have a lot of money?"
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"Businessmen are pitiful?" Hardy looked at them: "We have already formed an alliance, are you still pitiful? If you don't leave, I will take action."
Vega took a deep breath and stood up He got up and left reluctantly.
After Sophie sent the person outside, she turned back and then came to the study to find Hadi. "Are we really going to drive these people away?" Sophie asked doubtfully: "They have indeed paid close to 50% of the tax. If they really leave, our losses will be even greater."
Hardy smiled: "Actually, it is still relatively small now. Two years ago, they accounted for more than 90% of the tax paid."
"These people are very capable and can indeed bring us enough benefits. It is really a pity that they are gone. Do you want to comfort them?"
Hardy shook his head: "Businessmen are a group that are good at making money. They have various ways to make money, they can do normal business transactions, they can also do abnormal things, make money from war, and make money from dead people. , It's just an instinct. If I let go now, my territory will no longer be able to prepare for war. Even if I issue a wartime security order, they can still make money, just less. Now they will come to force me. I don’t dare to think about what I can do and dare to do.”
“Should we strike first...” Sophie asked.
Hearing what Hardy said, she almost wanted to end this business alliance.
"It's useless, the immortal is not afraid of this." Hardy laughed: "Besides, does he really think that the so-called business alliance is monolithic? Let Tiana come over, now is the time to let the professionals come on board ”
On the other side, Vega returned to the Business Alliance hall angrily.
On the observation deck on the second floor, he sat down angrily. There were more than a dozen people around him, sitting sporadically, chatting and looking at the scenery of the street outside.
When someone saw Vega's appearance, they laughed and said, "Looking at your expression, I guess you didn't succeed."
When other people around him heard this, they laughed.
Someone shouted: "I have said it before, Hardy is also a noble. No matter how enlightened he is, he will not agree with your approach. Now these NPCs are frightened by the monsters in the east. What supplies? They are all hoarding them like hamsters spending the winter. It’s so ridiculous. They have no idea how strong our players are, and those so-called bats can’t get through it. They still have wartime regulations. It’s really funny.”
These words caused a group of people to laugh.
Vega touched his forehead with a headache: "Not to mention things in the east, Hadi now controls the output in his territory and also prohibits a large number of outsiders. With the entry of the caravan, my chamber of commerce has not received white paper for more than ten days, as well as dried fruits and silk from the elves. The goods received are less than one-third of the original ones. How much money will be lost?”
“Me too, Hardy is cutting off our financial path.”
“ Go against him and change him to a lord."
"He has the ability to block titles. Who dares to mess around in front of him?"
One player said angrily: "Those combat-type players are all trash. When the server first opened, they dared to challenge Hardy. Now that they have become so powerful, they don't dare to trouble Hardy anymore."< br>
“What should we do now?” a player asked helplessly Said: "It's just a waste. I think this wartime security order will last for a long time. This is money. Although it is not a loss, it is still a loss if we make less money. We will have to lose money for several years."
Vega snorted: "Actually, I think someone just mentioned It’s a good idea to oppose Hardy.”
“How to oppose!” Someone said with a smile: “He is a high-level professional and a plot character on the BOSS panel, and there are a lot of powerful people around him. Surrounded by enemies, it would be difficult to kill him. We all have to be banned.”
“It’s actually not difficult, we can get rid of ourselves,” Vega said with a smile, “For example, everyone pools a sum of money to hire gold players. , as long as the money is enough, those people are very dedicated.”
"Hardy will definitely suspect us."
"He has no evidence, do you understand?" Vega laughed: "The same thing is said, as long as the money is enough, those gold players will not only He works hard and keeps his mouth shut. An orderly NPC like Hardy is very particular about evidence. Without evidence, he should not act recklessly." (End of Chapter)