"I have discussed this matter with the Secretary of Commerce and have reached two consensuses.
"First of all, although the current international price of grain has soared to 40 gold thaleers per ton, we do not engage in robbing while the fire is in business, we can provide 500,000 tons of grain for Hailan and Feizhen respectively at a preferential price of 35 gold thalers per ton, and we are responsible for sending the grain to the Golden Horn, and Hailan and Feizhen themselves send a fleet to load the ships, and the escort problem is also solved by themselves.
Second, we do not require the governments of the two countries to pay cash, and we can use the magic crystal ore to offset the purchase of grain. ” Kun Tiliang nodded frequently when he heard this, "This is a good idea, take what you need." ” Others may be puzzled by Roland's practice of exporting grain at low prices, but Quintiliang, as a diplomat, is certainly not so short-sighted.
The Yashan Empire is the biggest threat to the Kolas government in the Far East, Hailan and Feizhen went to war with it, objectively helping the Far Easterners, at least before the end of the war in the New World, the imperial military had no time to crusade eastward, and won valuable development opportunities for the Kolas government On the other hand, Roland's offer of "grain for magic crystals" was in the hands of the ruling authorities of Hailan and Fijgen, and the colonial companies of the two countries occupied large areas of mines rich in magic crystals in the New World, and their own industries could not absorb them, so they had to export large quantities to Baoshihua and Canaan every year.
Now that the Grand Duchy of Baoshiwa has clearly supported the hegemony of the Yashan Empire in the Jotunheim region, the Hailan people and the Fijen people hate them to the core, and they no longer want to do business with the Baoshi Chinese who are brave, unconscious, and in civil strife, and the share of the magic crystals originally used to export to Baoshihua can be resold to the Far East, which can be used in exchange for the country's scarce grain, and at the same time help the Kolas government solve the problem of industrial energy shortage.
A kingdom with more powerful industrial capacity would obviously pose a greater threat to its former suzerain, the Asshan Empire, and Hailan and Fijin would certainly be happy to see the Assanian Empire pinned down on the eastern border, which would help ease the military pressure on the two countries in the New World.
After careful consideration, Kun Tiliang expressed his attitude to Roland: "I completely agree with His Highness's idea, and I believe that Your Majesty and the ministers of the cabinet will not object, and I will communicate with the diplomatic departments of Hailan and Feizhen as soon as possible to try to complete this business as soon as possible." ” Roland nodded, "How to trade, you can discuss with Lady Yevgenia, she is more experienced in the field of trade, and now there is another problem, it is none of our business to transport grain by sea, but transporting magic crystal ore is an unavoidable trouble." ” After a moment's thought, Kun Tiliang realized what Roland was worried about.
There are not many magic crystal deposits in Hailan and Feizhen, and the magic crystal resources are mainly concentrated in the New World colonies, and now the colonial authorities of the two countries are involved in the war, and the freighters transporting magic crystal ore from the New World to the mainland are also frequently attacked by the imperial navy.
In this situation, if you hire a shipping company from Hailan or Feizhen to transport the magic crystal, you will have to take a big risk, although the Imperial Navy does not want to see the magic crystal imported into the two enemy countries that are involved in the colonial hegemony, and it also does not want to see the Far Easterners profit from it, so of course it will not show mercy.
"Your Highness, do you want to consider directly importing refining magic crystals," Kun Tiliang asked tentatively.
The terms "magic crystal ore" and "magic crystal" are easily confused, but they are actually two different things.
"Magic crystal ore" refers to the mineral dug directly from the mine without any processing, although it contains trace amounts of magic crystals, but the surface looks no different from ordinary rocks, while "magic crystals" refers to a series of complex alchemy process treatment, refining and purification of "industrial magic crystals", the purity is usually not less than 10 The taste of magic crystal ore in the New World is acceptable, and an average of 10,000 tons of ore can be refined into 100 pounds of industrial magic crystal.
This comparison is obvious, 10,000 tons of ore needs to be transported by large freighters, and 100 pounds of magic crystals only need to be packed into a suitcase, and a "teleportation technique" will be taken away, which is much more convenient than transporting ore.
However, convenience means a higher price, based on the current market, the FOB price of 10,000 tons of magic crystal ore is only 450,000 imperial dukah is equivalent to 300,000 gold talers, while the asking price of 100 pounds of industrial magic crystal is as high as 1 million gold duga about 660,000 gold talers, more than double the price difference "It's really easy to import industrial magic crystals directly, but I don't want to pay this unjust money."
Roland said lightly, "I acquired a magic crystal refinery in Baiou Port, and the smelting cost plus freight is much cheaper than directly importing refined magic crystals. ” "But take some risks."
Kun Tiliang issued a timely warning.
"I've added insurance premiums when calculating the cost, the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, Lighthouse Bank, and Fogel Family Bank have promised to provide co-insurance services for my fleet, and the North Sea Fleet has been training on Koras Island for so long, it's time to pull it out for actual combat testing, the Yashan Empire's broken fleet adheres to the tactical principle of long-distance attack and one-hit separation, and the tonnage of the participating ships is not large, usually with a cruiser as the flagship, with six to eight destroyers, similar to the configuration of the North Sea Fleet, it is a good opponent for naval training."
Roland's bland words revealed murderous aura.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Kun Tiliang did not persuade him much, but instead thought about how to negotiate with Hailan and Feizhen on trade issues.
Roland pondered for a moment and spoke again: "I plan to create a North Sea trading company on Koras Island to carry the magic crystal ore imported from the New World, there is still a lack of a competent manager, it is best to have rich experience in maritime trade, Mr.
Kun Tiliang is from the North Bay, can there be a suitable person to recommend to me" Kun Tiliang thought about it for a few seconds, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Your Highness, I think of a person, do you remember Alfred Ossin?"
"Of course I remember, this person was originally a sailor instructor of the Pirate Regiment of the Giant Demon Island, and he led the sailors to revolt in the naval battle, and the captain of the Sawa Fishman who killed the battleship was subordinate to me, and I saw him when I visited Koras Island last time, according to Helena, this person is very capable, especially skilled in swordsmanship, and currently serves as the chief swordsman instructor of the North Sea Fleet."
Roland still remembered that Osin was a high-level wandering swordsman, and in the entire North Sea Fleet, the only person with better swordsmanship than him, Admiral and Storm Singer Helena Drake
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