Heart of Empire Chapter 298: The key to breaking the game

Even Verina didn't tell, Dane went to Shawan Port very low-key, and met a dwarf named Bickley in a very ordinary tavern, and then a week later, he went to the ghost again. Daogang entertained him.

The reason why he is so cautious is because this dwarf is a key figure for Dane to break the current situation in Shawan Port. If you can't agree with him, Dane will really have to bow to the merchants like those warlords who once controlled Shahaiwan Port.

Bickley is a businessman. He comes from the Shire continent. He is engaged in the tobacco and food trade business. In addition, he also imports some animal fur from Schindler, and the monsters of the wasteland can be used for alchemy or other manufacturing industries. of special materials.

Of course, what Dane values ​​most about him is not his own business, but his other identity - one of the eleven senior councilors of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce, the General Affairs Office of Shahaiwan Port second speaker.

In other words, Bickley, a dwarf who looks ridiculous and has a small stomach, is the sole agent of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce's interests in Shawan Port.

The three giant chambers of commerce that control the General Affairs Office of Shahaiwan Port have the same interests in Shahaiwan Port, so the cooperation seems to be close.

But Dane didn't think they were completely monolithic.

So this is where the game breaks.

The experience of those warlords who fought against merchants in Shawan Port in the past, but all ended in failure, clearly told Dane that relying on military power alone cannot handle Shawan. Trouble in Gulf Harbor. Then it's better to change the way.

For example, how about hacking from the inside of the General Affairs Office?

With the cooperation of the three giant chambers of commerce, Dane has nothing to do. But what if there is a chamber of commerce that stands on the same front as itself?

This is a line of thought. Dane pursued this idea and thought deeply about it.

Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce was first excluded by him from the cooperation selection. This business organization that deeply controls the wasteland is not so easy to deal with.

Their influence has penetrated into almost every inch of Schindler's land. Dane couldn't think of any reason for them to help him, especially now that Schindler was in such a situation. Before the war was about to start, the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce had bet on the two governors of Conley and Oze, and they took both sides. No-one offends the line.

In this way, in their eyes, how can they put Dane in their eyes?

Of course, Dane seems to be on the same side as Governor Ozer. But precisely because of this, in contrast, the ambiguous attitude adopted by the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce made it even more impossible for them to open the door to Dane, which would easily anger Conley.

As for making Ou Ze angry? That is not enough. After all, it was Dane who made the first move. Compared to Ou Ze who would turn against the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce over this matter, it was more likely that he would help the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce to persuade Dane.

As for the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce, they have little entanglement with Schindler's many warlord forces, which is another situation.

The foundation of the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce is in the Duchy of Florence and the Kingdom of Pudri, which are almost the core areas of human society. For them, Schindler, to a greater extent, can only be regarded as a source of raw materials and a dumping place for commercial products.

The reason why they can become one of the owners of the General Affairs Office of Shawan Port is because their financial resources are really huge, and many of the handicraft products they bring, such as finished clothes, weapons and armaments, etc. It is very much needed by Schindler, and it is difficult to produce it on a large scale except for human societies with developed productivity.

The purpose of the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce has always been to treat Schindler simply as a market, and not to intervene excessively in the warlord struggle here. Moreover, controlling the Shawan Port in the hands of businessmen is also the most beneficial option for the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce. They rely more than the other two chambers of commerce on local business policies to cut costs and boost profits.

So, because of this, enlisting their help is even more difficult than enlisting the help of the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce.

In this way, the Shire United Chamber of Commerce is the only remaining option for Dane.

What's more, Dane felt that he and the Shire United Chamber of Commerce had a natural basis for cooperation.

This chamber of commerce is based on the Shire continent, and its penetration in other countries and regions is very low. At the same time, they really don't have that much power to intervene in the politics and military of other regions.

Different from the other two chambers of commerce, the Shire Chamber of Commerce has a very strong semi-official background. This can be seen from their own purpose of the Chamber of Commerce: to help all Shire merchants outside the Shire continent.

This is also the biggest difference between them and the other two chambers of commerce. This so-called semi-official background makes the Shire Chamber of Commerce's first goal not to survive only for profit like a pure businessman. Most of the time, they shoulder the responsibility of blood transfusion for the development of Shire Continent itself.

All kinds of primary processed raw materials, food, and consumer goods that are abundant in the Shire Continent are loaded onto ships and transported out in fleets. And these things are used in exchange for various mineral resources that are rarely seen in the Shire continent itself, as well as various magical props for finished products.

But to be honest, such a business is not very easy to do.

Mineral resources, magic props, magic equipment~IndoMTL.com~ These can be said to be the things that any force will focus on as strategic materials. It's okay to get some in small quantities, but it's not easy to replace them in large quantities.

Mineral resources are good. Schindler still has a lot of mineral deposits, and lacks the ability to turn minerals into direct products. Many warlords rely on exporting raw ore for their livelihood. But magic items... are scarce no matter where they are.

But in Dane's hands, he has both.

This is the basis of his negotiations with Bickley, using more and more stable shares of mineral resources, using stable orders for alchemy potions and magic equipment, in exchange for the support of the Shire United Chamber of Commerce on Shawan Harbor and fit. Moreover, Dane promised that after pushing the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce and the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce out of Shahaiwan Port, he would guarantee the interests of the Shire Chamber of Commerce in the port to a large extent.

Think about it, sharing the Shawan Port with the other two, or monopolizing the entire port city, which one will be more beneficial? Coupled with Dane's promise to provide the Shire Chamber of Commerce's scarce minerals and magic industry products, as well as the promise to import various semi-finished raw materials from the Shire Continent, Bickley was obviously moved. (To be continued.)