Text] Chapter 104: Laying out the Northern Islands——
In the afternoon of the second day, the sun in the sky had begun to set. Li Jiawang had already settled everything and was preparing to leave. A guard came to report that there were two people from the northern archipelago asking to see him.
Looking at the sun that had moved westward, Li Jiawang wanted to ignore it, but when he thought about the fact that the other party was from the Northern Islands and his future strategy, he said to the guard: "Bring them in!"
Looking at the two people who came to his office with the Guards, Li Jiawang immediately opened his eyes wide, stared at one of them closely, and became stunned. Seeing Li Jiawang looking at him so glumly, Ke Xi didn't understand why he was there.
In the eyes of the residents of Maple Leaf City, the extremely calm Lord would be so rude in front of him. However, although he did not understand, he still asked curiously: "Lord, have we met before? Why do you look at me with such a look?
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Li Jiawang, who was woken up by Ke Xi, shook his head hard, slowly regained his former energy, and explained: "You look too much like a friend of mine, and that friend of mine cannot appear here, so that's why
Please forgive me for being so rude when I see you. I don’t know what you want from me.”
Hearing Li Jiawang's gentle tone, Ke Xi knew that the other party was so polite because he looked like his friend, but Ke Xi didn't care and said directly: "We are from an island in the northern archipelago.
We are a big family on behalf of the family, and we hope to make a deal with you." The reason why Kexi spoke so directly was because he found out that Li Jiawang prefers people who are bold and honest, and hates those who speak in roundabout ways.
After thinking for a while, Li Jiawang looked at Kexi and said, "Your family is making a deal with me. What kind of deal do you want to do with me? What do you need me to do and what can you give me?"
Kexi seemed to be well prepared and said confidently: "We want to establish a cooperative relationship with the lord on behalf of the family. If you can provide us with a liquor quota, we will provide you with some shipwrights and shipbuilding skills. At the same time, we also hope that Kexi will open a business relationship between the two parties."
Roads are connected to each other."
Li Jiawang, who seemed to be very interested, said: "I can consider your idea. Can you tell me the specific cooperation method now?"
Seeing that Li Jiawang was very interested, Kexi breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Li Jiawang would not be interested and would reject him without listening to his explanation. In that case, his trip would be in vain and the situation of his family would not be improved. Now since
If Li Jiawang is interested, then he will be confident that Li Jiawang will agree to his suggestion.
"My suggestion is that the lord builds a large navy to be responsible for protecting the maritime security of the Haisen Territory. At the same time, he builds several large docks to open trade with the northern archipelago. He uses liquor, weapons and other items to exchange with the people of the northern archipelago.
Pearls, agate and other marine treasures." Kesi said calmly.
Li Jiawang heard Kexi's concise words and asked with some doubts: "What you said seems to have no connection with our cooperation!"
"Don't worry, Lord. What I've said is the basis for our cooperation. If you don't have a navy and don't open a dock to trade with the Northern Islands, then our cooperation will be impossible. Our cooperation is our responsibility for the Northern Islands.
The pier, as well as the safety of the merchants there, the lord is responsible for the safety of Haishen Territory's offshore waters and the provision of more supplies." Kesi replied calmly.
Li Jiawang, who heard what Kexi meant, stopped Kexi's next words with his hand, and said directly: "I understand what you mean, that is, as the sole agent of our Haishen Territory in the Northern Islands, you are responsible for our Haishen Territory's operations in the Northern Islands.
All the trade there, isn’t it?”
Kexi hesitated for a while and said: "It's almost the same, but it's also very similar."
Seeing that Ke Xi seemed to continue speaking, Li Jiawang quickly stopped him and said, "Why does your family become the sole agent of our Haisen Territory in the Northern Islands? You must know that the liquor and weapons of our Haisen Territory can be sold well in the mainland. Just rely on
With these two things, this sole agent can earn a lot of profits. What can your family do to make me grant you this qualification?"
Seeing Li Jiawang's contempt for his family, Conan immediately blushed and said: "We are one of the largest families in the northern archipelago, why are we not qualified to be the sole agent of your Haisen Territory?"
Hearing Conan's words, Li Jiawang was stunned. He couldn't help but think that he was really a fool. He didn't even understand the meaning of my words. I was asking you what benefits you can bring to me, not what your family has.
What a great origin.
Kesi, who understood what Li Jiawang meant, stopped his brother and said to Li Jiawang: "My brother just said that our family has a certain amount of power in the northern archipelago. It can help the lord and open up the market there. It can also help
My lord, expand your power there."
Just when Conan said that his family had huge rights in the Northern Islands, Li Jiawang had the idea of taking advantage of them, because the Northern Islands have important strategic and economic value, which is located in the north of the Haisen Territory and the south of the Mingyue Empire.
It is an important transfer station for the sea passage between Haisen Territory and the Mingyue Empire, and is also the frontier for Li Jiawang to enter the Mingyue Empire in the future. At the same time, it is rich in pearls and is known as the Pearl Islands. The fishery resources there are also very rich, and there are a large number of fish every year.
The species were sold to the Mingyue Empire, bringing a lot of income to local fishermen.
Although the northern archipelago is very important, Li Jiawang cannot attack it now, not only because it is the territory of the local indigenous people and the Mingyue Empire, but also because the Haishen Territory is still in a period of rapid development and he does not have the time and energy to attack it. Originally, Li Jiawang wanted to
After the territories are unified, they will slowly infiltrate the power. But today, since someone has sent m-n by himself, it is unreasonable not to go. However, in order to obtain the maximum benefit, although Li Jiawang has agreed in his heart, there is a smile on his face.
He looked hesitant and thoughtful.
Seeing that Li Jiawang didn't care much, Kexi increased his chips and said: "I know that the lord has not yet established a navy and has not built large warships. If the lord agrees to open a trade route and give us access to the north,
As the sole agent of the archipelago, our family is willing to provide the lord with a method of manufacturing warships, provide shipwrights to help you build warships, and at the same time share part of the nautical chart with you, what do you think?"
After seeing that it was almost done, Li Jiawang nodded with satisfaction and said: "For the sake of your sincerity, I agree with your suggestion and hand over all the items sold by the Lord's Mansion to the Northern Islands to your family, but you must give them to me.
Build a large dock there. Also, when you provide the warship drawings and the craftsmen who will build the warships, I will formally sign an agreement with you."
Hearing that Li Jiawang agreed, Kexi was also happy. His family was saved. Only he could get the exclusive sales rights of liquor in the northern islands, and his family's reputation would be greatly enhanced. At the same time, as long as he could get the right to sell liquor from the lord's house
, purchasing some sharp weapons will ensure the strength of your family, and you can even regain the throne of the first family.
So Kexi asked Li Jiawang: "I wonder if the lord can sell some weapons to our family to strengthen our family's strength. This will also be conducive to our cooperation."
After thinking for a while, Li Jiawang asked: "What weapon do you want."
"I want a thousand steel lances, a thousand steel swords, a thousand hardwood longbows, and five hundred crossbow arrows for the military parade." Kesi said, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
Hearing the weapons that Kexi asked for, Li Jiawang was silent for a while, and then said: "Other weapons are fine, but I can only sell you fifty of those crossbows, and the money cannot be less."
Hearing that Li Jiawang agreed to his request, although he couldn't get 500 of the divine crossbows that he coveted, but it would be good to get 50. He didn't have the extravagant hope of getting n-ng divine crossbows.
, so he asked excitedly: "For those who don't know, you can collect pearls, agate and other ocean treasures."
"Of course I'll take it. I'll take as much as I want." Li Jiawang said grandly. If these resources are sold to the central region of the mainland, they can be multiplied several times.
In this way, a clue was laid for the great changes in the northern archipelago in the future, and the Mingyue Empire's power there suffered a huge impact.
After Kexi left, Li Jiawang muttered to himself: "It really looks like my best friend, are you okay?" dd