Chapter Eighteen Differentiation
"How else can I punish it? Tararo steals oxen, provokes disputes, and slaughter warriors. They should be killed under the sacred tree. Although Alami is the king, he cannot uphold justice. He shelters prisoners for his own selfish interests, causes war, kills hundreds of warriors, and should abolish the throne and execute them together!" Chel was the first to shout. At this time, he already knew how he and his village community stood in line.
"Yes, they should be executed!"
"Not killing is not enough to calm public anger!"
All the people present nodded, but Mira didn't know what to say. Everyone had already tested Alami's body, Tararo had escaped and could not be punished for the time being.
Mira stood up and said, "Tell me, Alami is dead, Tararo escapes. What we need to do now is how to clean up the situation, not to ask for guilt."
As she said that, she turned her head and looked at Li Mingxun and asked, "Shopkeeper Li, you won't want our kingdom to be in a state of war forever, right?"
Li Mingxun focused on his head. His purpose had been achieved. He killed Alami, drove Tararo away, and destroyed the two pillars of the kingdom. He said, "Of course, Saint Mira, everyone, let's end this war together."
Mira said, "There is one thing that everyone needs to know. Alami had already passed the throne to Marlowe before his death."
Chel shouted, "No, Marlow is Talaro's son, maybe it's also involved. How can we be our king?"
"Yes, the throne should be supported by all leaders. We do not recognize Marlow as the king!"
Mira was drowned by the voices of these people. For her, it would be more beneficial to her to choose a new king as soon as possible, end the war with Tenglong Trading Company, and maintaining the previous order. However, after this battle, the reputation of the king and the temple was suspected, and she was not sure to put these leaders together, not to mention that there was a Tenglong Trading Company staring at her.
There was a mess under the sacred tree, but Li Mingxun sat there watching coldly, as if everything had nothing to do with him, until Mira asked, "Shopkeeper Li, what is your attitude? Can you accept Marlow as our new king?"
Lee Mingxun laughed and said, "Saint Mira, everyone, you must be clear. I am just here to punish the murderer. Alami is dead. My goal is Tararo. I don't want to participate in the affairs of the kingdom, nor can I participate in it. If there is anything I really want to discuss with you, it is about trade issues. You all need goods from the trading company, and we also need your deer skin and golden sand. If you are willing, I am willing to talk to you openly."
Ah Hai also interrupted and said, "Didn't you always be dissatisfied with the price of our trading company's goods? Now the people who can make decisions are here, why don't you seize the opportunity?"
Chel clapped his hands and said, "That's true. Everyone, let's put the problem of the next king for the time being. This will definitely not be solved in a day or two. While Manager Li is here, we might as well talk about the transaction. In the past, Tararo always restricted the transaction between us and sought personal gain. Now Tararo is gone, and we can finally trade fairly."
Everyone agreed, and Li Mingxun said, "Okay, since I have this intention, I will make the request from the trading company first."
"We asked to establish a business hall and warehouse on the heart of the stream, and trade every ten days. Our tribute was handed over to the Saint Mira of the temple and no longer handled others. But I see that the villages and communities in your kingdom are scattered in huge areas, and many villages are inconvenient to travel. Some people even need to walk to the heart of the stream, which is really troublesome. I hope to open up three more trade locations, namely in Jinlan Valley, Tianlushi and Shalushi. These three locations are brought by the trade agencies every month. How about it?"
Chel was the first to stand up and applaud. The village where he was located was located in the Jinlan Valley, which was extremely inconvenient to travel to the heart of the stream. There were several Hongya villages around him, which were set up on his own, which was not only convenient but also brought prestige to himself.
The group of leaders also praised, but Mira's face changed drastically. The choice of Li Mingxun's three locations was very particular. The Big Belly King was united by four different ethnic groups. Now the Babras have become independent under the leadership of Tararo. Li Mingxun set up a trade point on the territory of the other three ethnic groups, which will naturally cause a significant increase in the centrifugal force of the kingdom. However, under the premise that many leaders oppose it, she is not good to have any objections. After all, the temple never participates in common affairs.
Li Mingxun easily gained a foothold in the heart of the Big Belly Kingdom, and even entered three wedges. He felt happy and did not worry too much about the requirements of other villages and communities, and those who could be satisfied were satisfied.
Seeing Li Mingxun’s cheerfulness, Chel said: “In fact, the type of goods and trade frequency are not important. The key is the price. The price of your goods is too unreasonable.”
Li Mingxun smiled: "Cheerling, you should know that the prices of our trading company and the surrounding villages and communities are unified, but no one said I am unfair. You should also be with the former sea owner Yan Siqi and the sea merchants and trading countries that I have come and go. I have not done a bag of golden sand for an axe."
Chel quickly said, "Don't blame Mr. Li, I don't mean that. I mean, according to the current situation, we will soon have no goods to trade with you. You know, all we can provide is golden sand, deer skin, deer jelly and rice grain. Recently, you have not short of rice grain, and Jinsha is going to go to the river to pave the deer, and the number of deer is deer is decreasing. Perhaps one or two years later, we will not be able to provide what you want."
"Yes, we used to have a lot of deer skin in our hands. It's nothing to take out two pieces to exchange for your five kilograms of salt, but the deer skin at home is gone, and there are fewer and fewer deer around us. Sooner or later, we will become paupers."
Li Mingxun naturally understood what these guys meant and asked: "What do you want me to do?"
"Of course it's a price cut." Chel whispered, without any confidence in his words. He knew in his heart that the price given by Tenglong Trading Company was already very reasonable, and Li Mingxun has the strength, so he had to bite the bullet and buy it if he didn't lower the price.
Lee Myung-hoon said: "It is impossible to reduce the price, because the price I set is very reasonable, but you have made one mistake. What you can provide is not the only ones you just mentioned."
"Everyone, you are different from the high mountain barbarians who only know how to fish and hunt in the forest. You have fertile land by the river, strong oxen and hardworking people, and can grow rice and cassava. In contrast to the vast land you occupy, your extremely small planting area. Why not cultivate all the land and plant sugarcane? Sugarcane can not only be practical, but also squeeze sugar. It is a commodity that our trading company always likes." Li Mingxun asked.
Chel frowned: "We can't plant and we don't have seeds?"
Li Mingxun said: "I can teach you, or each of your villages and communities will send people to us to learn. Those experienced farmers will learn quickly, and growing sugarcane is easier than growing rice."
"Really?" Chel asked.
Li Mingxun said: "Of course it is true. Actually, I wanted to do this a long time ago, but Tararo disagrees. In addition to teaching you to grow sugarcane, we can also open up other ways of cooperation, such as we provide you with axes and saws, you cut trees for us, Wuxi, Dadu, Zhuoshui, etc. There are original forests upstream of these places. We need teak, red cypress, cypress, and fir for shipbuilding. They grow there. You cut down and drift down through the river. The wooden workshops can be exchanged for various commodities. Of course, there are also people. Our trading company has many workshops, planting sugarcane, brewing wine, and pressing sugar. You can let the people work there. They will get the same treatment as my people. These are good ways to make money, as long as you are willing."
Chapter completed!