Heart of Empire Chapter 285: Add tax

Dane didn't go to the execution ground, he wasn't interested in seeing the doomed. He didn't care about the people below, and walked northward from Shawan Port to the edge of the southern region, where he drove 300 wooden stakes, and hung up the hanged corpses one by one to dry.

This is a demonstration against Governor Conley to the north. With the two sides completely tearing their skins apart, Dane has no scruples at all.

It's just that it's hard for him to find trouble for Kangli from other places now. The military action is 100% unrealistic, and he will not feel that he can really wrestle with a veteran governor like Conley just because of the victory in this battle.

However, Dane still has no objection to disgusting the other party in this way.

Even, Dane has considered a way to attack Conley - to strangle the lifeline of material transportation.

The land of Schindler is not rich in products. There are a lot of ore resources, and there are also some rare wild beasts, which are hunted by hunters for their fur, and various materials that can be used for alchemy, magic, or other aspects are sold. However, it is difficult to generate a complete industrial chain on land that is not stable enough, and agricultural production is also suppressed, not to mention that this land itself is not very suitable for large-scale planting.

In the whole of Schindler, it is very difficult to be completely self-sufficient in food production. After Dane transformed the villages around White Wolf Castle into 'farm' buildings recognized by the system, he was only just able to reach the level of self-sufficiency, let alone other places.

Schindler has a long tradition of importing agricultural products from other places. These food imports mainly come from two places. The food imported from the truly prosperous human society in the west, that is, the Duchy of Florence and even further away from the Kingdom of Pris, accounted for 40% of the total imports. The other 60%, most of them were transported by sea from the Shire Continent.

Food imports are a big pit, and the lifeblood of this strategic material is in the hands of others, which is a very **** thing. But neither Bernier in the past, nor Conley and Ouze in the present, can solve this problem perfectly by themselves. Even if they don't want to rely on food imports from the outside world, otherwise, even if they have resources and money, they will not be able to support an army of tens of thousands.

In addition to food, Schindler still does not have the strength to produce some high-end products, such as furniture, high-end clothing, and other luxury goods. Schindler's warlords harvest special products from the local area, such as various ores and other raw materials, as well as some hunted materials, and export them in exchange for these things.

So, although Schindler is not well developed, its commercial trade is still prosperous.

As a port city with a good geographical advantage, Shawan Port is naturally the top priority. Perhaps, the imported products of the human kingdom in the west can be transported by land and sent to Schindler. However, commodity transactions from the Shire continent, which accounted for a larger share, had to be transported through seaports.

If Dane cut off the import route of Governor Conley at the source of Shawan Port, it would definitely make the Governor uncomfortable. The degree of discomfort is probably no less than that of the legion that lost two regiments in the south.

However, in the end, Dane thought about it and decided not to do it.

Of course, cutting off the material input of Governor Kangli is a good way to strike, but this is an economic war that hurts the enemy one thousand and self-damages eight hundred.

The reason why Shawan Port is so prosperous is because of business. Among them, the materials transported to Cinderella and even the confused city in the north occupy a considerable part of the commercial share of Shawan Port. As a trade center, Shawan Port not only swallows imported goods and collects and distributes them for distribution. On the other hand, the raw materials and products shipped from all over Schindler also need to be loaded on ships from this seaport city, and then shipped to all parts of the world. of.

If this trade route is cut off, the import of resources and the export of original products will be greatly affected, but the business of Shawan Port will also be sluggish.

If this trick can kill Conley, then Dane will do it at the risk of losing.

The problem is that you can't.

Big deal, Kangli will convert all foreign trade import and export to inland transportation. Although this will consume more time, and the throughput of inland transportation is not comparable to that of sea transportation, the cost will increase several times, but it will not die anyway. And after the Shahai Bay Port was sluggish, the impact on Dane was also quite huge.

Shahaiwan Port started from business, without business, of course, it is impossible to provide Dane with so much money a month like before. And the chain reaction brought about by the decadence of a city is also terrifying. Rotten Wolf Town, the transportation center, received most of the caravans from Shawan Port. Dane's industry in Ghost Knife Port on Comilla Island also needs Shawan Port as a connection point to the mainland.

Playing like this, he will definitely not feel much better than Conley. Dane really can't afford this kind of economic warfare that needs to fight the size of the two sides, fight the background, and fight who can consume the other.

At least I can't play with Conley.

However, although this cannot be done, it is always possible for Dane to give him some trouble.

"Verina, let's do some statistics and tell them that all the caravans going north from Sandy Bay Port to the direction of Cinderella and the direction of Lost City will increase their taxes!"

"Tax increase?" Verina thought for a while, and then she understood Dane's meaning, "Will this not anger Conley further? I'm afraid they will use this as an excuse to attack us again."

"Tch, wouldn't he attack us if he didn't do this? We killed more than 2,000 infantrymen in Lost City~IndoMTL.com~ and are you afraid of giving him an excuse? Thinking too much. "

"Yeah." Verina nodded, and asked again: "What is the standard for tax increase?"

"You can handle it yourself." Dane waved his hand and said, "Try not to affect our own commercial industry as the basis. The ultimate goal is to increase the cost of merchants and make Conley feel uncomfortable. This The scale is up to you."

"Okay, I understand." Verina nodded, and said again: "By the way, my lord, there is a businessman who wants to see you."

"Oh? Who?"

"Goodell?"

Dyne frowned, and said: "Why does he want to see me? Could it be because of Hei Jing's affairs? Isn't Hull making contact with him in this regard? No see!"

Verina persuaded: "I think it's better to meet him. It seems that his visit this time is not just for Hei Jing's affairs."

"Oh? That's fine, you arrange a time." (To be continued.)