Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 373

The seventh prince of the Demon Race, Michael Gosser probably saw the surprise in Mayor Joel's heart, picked up the teacup from the table, and said with a smile:
"The arcane spire defense line of your human empire has been thoroughly investigated recently... To tell you the truth, I was fortunate enough to visit your territory, thanks to Alexios, the president of the 'Yehuo' Chamber of Commerce. Taking the risk to let me hide in their caravan, I passed through the pass by luck..."

Having said that, Michael Goser stretched out his hand with a smile, and gestured to the humble young demon standing behind him.

Katerina nodded and said:
"Mr. Alexios and the 'Fire Chamber of Commerce' are old acquaintances of our Igor family... When our convoy went north, we passed by with Alexios."

Hearing that the eldest lady of Shuangfengling still remembered her little pawn, Alexios was obviously moved.

Prince Michael even smiled with great interest:

"Oh? It turns out that Miss Igor has known President Alexios for a long time! The mainland is really small! Now that everyone is familiar with each other, can I be more confident that you will not follow the 'Claudia blood Oath, let me, a foreigner, splatter the blood on the spot?"

Prince Michael spoke so sharply that Mayor Joel was a little taken aback, while Katerina, after being slightly startled, replied calmly and calmly:
"His Royal Highness Michael was joking... Elliott has always told us that the Land of Broken Soul should be made into a window for harmonious exchanges between brothers and neighbors on the mainland, a paradise for all ethnic groups to live equally, and a place for free trade and cultural exchanges." The Model City... Our Igor family has always hoped that we can provide a consultation platform for all ethnic groups on the mainland to resolve disputes and eliminate hatred, and make our own contribution to the peaceful development of the mainland..."

Prince Michael laughed loudly when he heard the words, and while picking up a piece of glutinous rice dumpling from the maid in Shuangfengling, he said happily:
"Prince Igor is such a wonderful person! I, Michael Goser, boasted that I have seen all the heroes of the demon race, but there is no one who can make such brilliant arguments and have such foresight! I only hate the moon god Ruthless, let me visit your place this time, and I will not have the chance to have a conversation with Duke Eliot Igor..."

Katerina apologized:
"I'm really sorry, Elliott is not in the territory recently..."

"...not in the territory, but in the Glorious Federation across the Dust Mountains, right?" Prince Michael slyly smiled.

Now, Mayor Joel and Katerina Qiqi were stunned.

Prince Michael waved his hand, smiled lightly and said:
"You two don't have to hide this little thing from me, and put effort into unnecessary cover for Duke Igor... You may have always wondered: How did the 'Hammer of Purgatory' division that invaded the empire last year come from? Find the secret path through the mountain of dust?"

Prince Michael dusted off the matcha powder on his hands, smiled and pointed to his chest:

"To tell you the truth, I sold the information on that secret tunnel to those green-skinned idiots in the Glorious Federation... The descendants of the dark elves who dug this tunnel back then couldn't survive in the east of the mountains, so they crossed the Tongge Desert Going south, we arrived at the place where the ancestors of our demon race lived, and brought us the news of the secret passage through the mountain to the royal court of Gaoser... This news has been circulated in our family for thousands of years, and it is almost forgotten, but Who would have thought that it was in my hands and sold for a good price..."

Katerina's pretty face, which was originally maintaining a polite smile, turned a little ugly.

"His Royal Highness Michael Gosser..." Katerina said slowly, "May I think so—so it was you, Your Highness, who betrayed the orcs the news of the secret passage through the mountain? So without you, the federal orcs would 'Hammer of Purgatory', it is impossible to attack the land of the broken soul?"

"Hey, Miss Igor, please don't pout your beautiful cheeks that are enough to make the moon god jealous." Prince Michael said with a cynical smile, "The people in your territory were killed by those brainless green-skinned orcs. Yes, I didn't kill it... It's just a piece of information, everything is just a business, and Duke Igor is also a businessman, if he is here, he will agree with my point of view..."

Katerina took a deep breath, her expression has returned to calm.

"Your Highness, please continue," she said.

Michael looked at Katerina with the eyes of scrutinizing the artwork, and said with a smile:
"All in all, 20 years ago, I took people to the depths of the Tongge Desert to investigate that secret road. It is impossible to leave no trace of the layout... Recently, there were more than 500 cavalry, I knew it well when I crossed the tunnel and emerged from the side of the orcs. But what really surprised me was that Master Igor actually went with the team to risk his life? As a lord, you should have the courage to lead the way, I am not as good as Lord Duke Igor in this regard, I should replace wine with tea and make it clear!"

After Prince Michael finished speaking, he boldly raised his teacup, and drank the tea in the cup with his head raised.

Katerina also accompanied Prince Michael and picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said calmly:

"His Royal Highness Michael is also a brave man, but he praised Elliot a little..."

"You're welcome." Prince Michael put down his teacup, smacked his lips, and said, "It's a pity that I came here this time because I had something important to talk to Duke Igor... However, since there is Katerina Igor Miss Er, and His Excellency Johnson Joel are here, so may I think that you two can replace the Duke and make a decision?"

Mayor Joel and Katerina looked at each other.

Katerina pursed her lips and said slowly:
"Your Highness Michael, but it doesn't matter... Even if the two of us can't make up our minds, we will hand over what you said to Elliott, and no outsiders will know it."

"That's the best." Prince Michael nodded with a smile, "That's right, I hope that your territory can... do business with us."

The mayor of Joel was stunned, and asked inexplicably:

"What did you say? But haven't we already allowed demon businessmen to trade in?"

"What I said...was 'us'." Prince Michael stretched out a finger, and tapped the silver hundred-flower badge hanging on the chest of his jet-black dress.

Mayor Joel and Katerina were stunned at first, then horrified, and finally looked solemn.

Because, the "we" in the mouth of Prince Michael Gosser is undoubtedly not referring to the folk traders of the Demon Race, but the most unlikely object——

——Gauther Royal Court, or in other words, the demon royal family.

The existence of the "Claudia Blood Oath" completely blocked the possibility of normal exchanges between the Empire and the Demon Realm, and also made official trade between the two countries impossible.

At present, among all the merchants of the two races walking on the wasteland, one or the other is a private chamber of commerce or simply an individual merchant, and none of them represent the royal families of the two countries. Strict investigation of the two countries to prevent them from having the royal or official background of the enemy country.

Even the "Yehuo" Chamber of Commerce, when its business first started, caused a lot of trouble because of the title of baron of the chairman Alexios. It took a lot of effort to prove that he was not a member of the Gorther Court Customs clearance to enter the Imperial Merchant License.

And at this moment, sitting in the hall of the Horned Eagle Manor, Prince Michael actually proposed openly that he wanted to establish a trade relationship between the royal court of Gorther and the imperial territory of Frost Maple Ridge?

Whether it was Prince Michael himself or Shuangfengling, under the constraints of the "Claudia Blood Oath", if this incident broke out, it would be regarded as a serious crime of smuggling and treason, enough to behead his head!
Frost Maple Ridge has not forgotten the story of Earl Netwan who was labeled a traitor and died tragically on the spot for smuggling arms to the Federation during the Kemal Manor tragedy!
Mayor Joel and Katerina were a little stunned, while Prince Michael seemed to have foreseen such a scene, and waved impatiently:

"Of course, of course, the specific form of trade must be carried out in secret... It is still necessary to give enough respect to the 'Claudia Blood Oath'. The key point is that our Gorse Royal Court controls many factories, but their products It has been unable to sell directly to the empire with huge market demand, but had to resell it to private traders first, and they took away the oil and water for nothing—you two, don’t you think this is a great waste and a challenge to free trade ?"

Prince Michael smiled mockingly, and continued:
"As for you Frost Maple Ridge, since you want to build a 'free trade zone', you might as well do it absolutely... My proposal is very simple: From now on, the products of the official industry of our Gorse Royal Court will be directly handed over to you Frost Maple Ridge , and then you will arrange to sell them to the Imperial Central Plains market—I know very well that you secretly control a chamber of commerce called 'New Boston', which is very suitable for this white glove.

"In this way, our commodity supply will still be sold to the central plains of the empire as usual, but the huge profits will no longer need to be handed over to those greedy demon merchants and the imperial tax department for exploitation. Instead, we will... King Se's court is shared with your territory."

Having said that, Prince Michael took another Tsuta Shanming dumpling, broke it in half, ate half by himself, put the other half on the plate, and pushed it in front of Katerina and Mayor Joel:
"How about it, Miss Katerina and Your Excellency Joel, are you interested in this plan?"

Katerina and Mayor Joel looked at each other again.

Prince Michael's proposal is actually very simple:
It is nothing more than wanting to rely on Frost Maple Ridge, bypassing the constraints of the "Claudia Blood Oath" and the Imperial Tax Department, to realize the direct export of goods from the Gorther Royal Court to the imperial market, thereby reducing the number of middlemen who make the difference.

In the past, the land of cracked souls was a no-man's land, and all trade was under the surveillance of the southern army. This kind of smuggling was tantamount to fantasy—but the establishment of Shuangfengling, the "freest territory of the empire", Definitely changed the situation considerably...

However, the biggest problem with Prince Michael's proposal is that he conspired with the royal family of the Demon Race to do business with the royal family of the Demon Race, and profited from the trade dumping of the Demon Race to the Empire to earn gold coins...

... This kind of behavior that is close to treason and seeking glory can no longer be described as "court death"!
Before, with the "Claudia Blood Oath", the products of the demon royal industry had to be sold to the empire through private resale. After layers of price increases and tariff exploitation, the prices of these demon products have been raised very high , and will not disturb the imperial market;

But if it is directly dumped, then the low-priced demon handicrafts will be the first to drive the human handicraftsmen in the Central Plains to bankruptcy-the demon's manufacturing industry has already achieved large-scale production, and its level and efficiency far exceed that of the empire. It is almost an indisputable fact in the mainland.

On the other hand, the demons with relatively poor land can not only make a lot of money, but even have the opportunity to import bulk resources produced by the empire through Shuangfengling, so as to make up for their own resource disadvantages and make the country rich and strong!
At that time, what ambitions will the demons who have been coveting the defense line of the arcane spire have? I am afraid that only the Supreme Holy God will know!

In an instant, Mayor Joel had thought of a series of consequences of accepting Prince Michael's proposal, and his lips were trembling with intense tension.

However, what made the old mayor even more astonished was that Miss Katerina, who was sitting next to him, after listening to Prince Michaelie's statement, actually...

... nodded? !

"His Royal Highness Michael..." Katerina bit her lip and said with a wry smile, "Your proposal, we... probably can accept it. To tell you the truth, because not long before departure, Elliot... just Talked about the same idea as I did.”

This time, Mayor Joel and Prince Michael were dumbfounded.

Katerina shook her head annoyedly, gritted her teeth and said:

"Your Highness Michael, if it were me, Katerina Igor would never accept your plan, it is too dangerous, too greedy, too...radical. But since this is what Elliott meant, then everything Everything should be done according to the ideas of the owner of Frost Maple Ridge. Just like Elliott said before, "We want to build a real free trade zone where freedom is no longer just a slogan." We Frost Maple Ridge can cooperate with nobles—— To establish a trade relationship with the royal court of Gorther, but... there are three things that must be agreed in advance."

"All ears." Prince Michael hurriedly bowed his head.

Katerina pinched her eyebrows and said slowly:

"First...everything must be done in secret. No one can afford the price of blatantly violating the 'Claudia Blood Oath' and violating the interests of the empire."

"Maintaining this trade route is also in the interests of our Gorther Court, and we will certainly ensure safety." Prince Michael said in a deep voice, "Please rest assured, the Fire Chamber of the President Alexios, It has been secretly incorporated by the Gorse Royal Court, and all cargo transportation will be carried out by the Yehuo Chamber of Commerce and several other Demon Chambers of Commerce on our behalf. No one will be able to see that there is a figure of the Gorse Royal Court behind these trades——As for How to bypass the investigation of the Imperial Tax Department when the goods are in transit, since Duke Igor and my hero have the same opinion, I think you, Shuangfengling, have your own way."

"Second... It's okay to bypass the Imperial Tax Department, but we in Frost Maple Ridge need to extract taxes from it." Katerina frowned and said, "Our territory has very strict requirements for tax collection. The artist deliberately evaded taxes and was hanged on the city wall by Igor's pioneering army..."

"Benefits are shared, as it should be." Prince Michael nodded quickly, "All the benefits obtained by bypassing the private chamber of commerce and the Imperial Taxation Department will be shared proportionally between your territory and our Gorther court."

"Third..." Katerina said with a wry smile, "Nowadays, the central plains of the empire are precarious and precarious. Maybe in a few months, the central plains market you are looking forward to will fall under the iron hooves of the orcs...Michael Why does His Highness think that the trade matters we discussed today can really be realized in the future?"

Hearing this, Prince Michael laughed:

"No, no, I don't think the human empire will lose this war... Otherwise, I wouldn't have worked so hard to visit you, Shuangfengling!"

"Why?" Katerina asked, "The orcs are dominant in the eastern battlefield now?"

"Because of your human empire, there is Lord Elliott Igor." Prince Michael succinctly said, "I know exactly where the 'Hammer of Purgatory' died-to achieve trade with your territory In addition to making money, commerce is not a political investment with considerable returns, isn't it?"

Katerina took a deep breath, then nodded.

Prince Michael stood up and said with satisfaction:
"Since I have your approval, I am relieved. This year's peak trade season is too late. As for the specific trade matters after next year, I will let President Alexios stay here and wait for Duke Igor to return in triumph. Let's talk about it. But before I go, I have something to ask."

Katerina stood up and said, "Speak."

Prince Michael laughed and said:
"My old acquaintance, the Duke of Sinomas in Autumn Moon City, asked me to ask about this—I heard that Duke Igor is going to marry Miss Karen Lepergue as his wife. I wonder if the matter has been settled? When will the wedding be chosen?"

Mayor Joel clearly saw that Katerina's pretty face suddenly turned into the color of Tsuta Shanming.

(End of this chapter)