Chapter 65: Preparing for Commercial Wars
One wave has not yet settled and another wave has started again.
Arthur originally hoped to gradually resolve the hatred between the two tribes through his wedding with Lingyu, win the recognition of orcs in the territory, and lay the foundation for the formation of an orc legion.
Unexpectedly, this incident had just made some progress and caused the assassination of Yunxiao Trading Company.
Qingluan didn't say a word after all, but the forbidden dark magic "Dead Secret Word" of the old Zach clan leader still asked a lot of news from Qingluan's soul. As the personal guard of King Yunxiao, Qingluan knew too many secrets. Although these news were fragmentary or even incomplete, it still shocked Arthur.
Yunxiao Trading Company is actually the agent of the Demon Clan on the mainland! The Demon Clan promised King Yunxiao to live a lifespan of one thousand years.
In addition to this biggest secret, there are many secret transactions and secrets between Yunxiao Trading and royal families and nobles in various countries. Arthur felt the most incredible was that there were transactions with Strach.
Arthur is very glad that his position as the Grand Duke was too timely, otherwise if he started a war with Yunxiao Trading Company, Strach would probably sacrifice himself because of that transaction.
With the death of Qingluan and the secrets of the demon clan were exposed, there was no room for reconciliation between Arthur and Yunxiao Trading Company. Even if Yunxiao Trading Company did not initiate subsequent revenge first, Arthur would sooner or later eradicate it.
Another huge, terrifying opponent officially stood opposite Arthur. Even on the wedding night, Arthur had to give up the joy of the fish and water and set out to deal with the next situation.
Arthur immediately summoned the core personnel to his room for an interim meeting.
When Grie, Joan, Arnold, Aretha, Spencer and others rushed over one after another, Arthur's wine had almost sobered up.
Geli brought the news that Beji and Xiaoyu were rescued. The people who came to Yunxiao Trading Company this time were under the secret surveillance of Geli. As soon as Qingluan was arrested, Geli took action at the same time, and captured all the people from Yunxiao Trading Company.
Qiong still has the heart to joke with Arthur, "Are you planning to ask for a wedding chamber?"
"My bridal chamber has been quarrel, but it's a bit big." Arthur thrust into the yard. At this time, Qingluan and another assassin who were killed on the spot had not yet been transported away.
Qiong smiled wickedly: "It is only when you meet some blood on the wedding night that the groom feels comfortable. The bride doesn't have it, so you can only use other blood to get it together."
"Rogue!" "Vulgar!" "Shameless!" "Shameless!"
Several women in the room started to curse almost at the same time.
"If you don't have some seriousness, you will probably have to use yours for the next blood."
After Qiong's nonsense came to an end, everyone began to return to the crisis in front of them.
According to Yunxiao Trading's style of conduct, except for subsequent secret assassination, they will not launch an attack on a grand duke on the side of the country. They will only use transactions to allow third parties to deal with Arthur and the newly formed military forces in the Northwest region.
"Inside, Strezi is counting on me to provide him with an orc army, and he should not turn against him in the short term; outside, the orcs' sacred lion and the blood-flame wolf are fighting to the death, and the sky-green eagle is far away." Arthur did not expect that there was a military force around him that posed a threat to the northwest region.
Moral in the corner suddenly spoke, "They may have a business war with us. Yunxiao Commercial Bank has recently acquired a lot of new businesses in Synalol and some big cities."
Arthur's heart was tight. The mall was a battlefield without gunpowder, and the defeated party would lose all his money.
The worst thing is that Arthur can't afford to lose at all now. The current output in the northwest region cannot support millions of orcs and the people who are constantly relocating. From grain to salt, iron, cloth and other essential daily necessities rely on trade with inland areas to make up for the gap. Once Yunxiao Trading Company is tied to the neck and the supply of grain salt and iron is cut off, and no external war is needed, the orc tribes will immediately become in chaos.
Thinking that Arthur had already sweated down his cold sweat, the wine was completely awake.
Arthur stared at Moral's eyes, "If you really fight a business war with Yunxiao Commercial Bank, how much chance of winning do you have?"
Moral gritted his teeth, "30%."
It is logical that 30% is already a lot. After all, the rival of Moral Trading Company is the number one business in the mainland.
Arthur shook his head, "Not enough, we can't afford to lose."
"Isaac is our home court. If you can guarantee that most of the great nobles are on our side, then I will have half the chance of winning."
"I will solve the political matter, but half of it is still not enough."
Moral was silent. It was his best effort to be able to have half the chance of winning with Yunxiao Trading Company.
"The Ross family has been operating in the southwest region for many years, and the commodity trade in the southwest region and here will never be affected by Yunxiao Trading Company." Geli stood up.
"If this happens, we can have a chance of winning!" Moral gritted his teeth and said halfway.
"Isn't that guy McKin is still there? Products from the inland areas of the empire can be transported in using the black market channels of the Clay family, just to add more shipping fees. You also collected a lot of good things for this wedding, and you can cash them through McKin's channels and use these funds to reserve important materials such as grain in advance."
In doing business, Qiong, born in the Imperial Family, is more knowledgeable than others.
Moral's eyes were narrowed at this time, "If this is the case, our chances of winning are 80%!"
"What about 20% left?" Arthur was still unsatisfied.
"The remaining two percent cannot be achieved by commercial means. Since Yunxiao Business Company is the agent of the demon clan, we cannot bear this pressure from our family. The Church of Light and the Guardian of Xingyue must be interested in them. Next, it depends on how we gradually transfer the conflict?" Qiong smiled proudly.
It turns out that there are many people and great power. Arthur breathed a sigh of relief at this time, "It seems that you are still useful. Next, we will prepare to compete with Yunxiao Trading Company."
"One more thing." Moral stood up again.
Just when Arthur thought it was related to Yunxiao Trading Company, Moral took out the wedding banquet list and a box, "This was discovered when counting the gift list in the evening."
Arthur took the box and found that there were black dragon scales with blood inside. Arthur thought of Ashu in an instant, because the black dragons in history were too rare.
"Who sent it?" Arthur asked with a frown.
"The one registered on the gift list is Earl Fan Deng from Singalor. But I checked it and there is absolutely no Earl named Fan Deng in the royal city. This is obviously a fake identity."
Arthur couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Was this sent by the Church of Light? What does the other party mean to provoke him? Or did the other party have set up a trap and force him to rescue Ashu as soon as possible.
But this is not like the style of the Holy See. As the Holy See, this method is too naive. If someone wants to pretend to be the Church of Light, how did the dragon scales get it and what is the purpose?
Arthur couldn't figure it out.
Chapter completed!