Heart of Empire

Dane didn't go to the execution ground, he was not interested in seeing those who were destined to die. He didn't care about the people below, and walked along the road from Shawan Harbor to the north to the edge of the southern area. He drove three hundred wooden stakes and hung all the hanged corpses one by one to dry.

It was a demonstration against Governor Conley to the north. When both sides had completely torn their faces, Dane had no hesitation.

It's just that it's hard for him to go to find Conley somewhere else now. The military operation is 100% unrealistic. He won't swell in his heart because of the victory of this battle. He feels that he can really fight against a veteran governor like Conley.

However, in this way disgusting the other side, Dane still has no opinion.

Even, Dane also considered a way to fight against Conley-to hold the lifeblood of material transportation.

The land of Hindler is not rich in products. There are many ore resources, and there are also some valuable beasts. The hunters hunted the fur and took various materials on the body that could be used for alchemy, magic, or other materials for sale. However, on unstable land, it is difficult to produce a complete industrial chain, and agricultural production is also suppressed, let alone that the land itself is not very suitable for large-scale planting.

Throughout Hindler, it is difficult to fully produce and self-sufficient grain. After Dane transformed the village around White Wolf Castle into a system-approved 'farm' building, he has only just been able to achieve self-sufficiency, let alone elsewhere.

Schindler has a long tradition of importing agricultural products from elsewhere. These grain imports mainly come from two places. The grain imported from the truly prosperous human society in the west, that is, the Principality of Florence and even the kingdom of Price, reaches 40% of the total imports. And the other 60%, most of them are transported by sea from the Shire mainland.

Grain imports are a big pit, and the lifeblood of such strategic materials is in the hands of others, which is a nuisance. But no matter whether it was Bernie, or now Conley and Ozer, there is no way to solve this problem. Even if they do not want to rely on outside food imports, otherwise, even if they have the resources and money, they will not be able to support tens of thousands of troops.

In addition to food, some high-end production products, such as furniture, high-end clothing, and other luxury goods, still have no ability to produce. Schindler's warlords all harvest specialty products from the local area, such as various raw materials such as ore, and some hunted materials for export in exchange for these things.

Therefore, although Schindler is underdeveloped, commercial trade is still prosperous.

As a port city with good geographical advantages, Shawan Port is naturally the top priority. Perhaps the imported products of the human kingdom in the west can be transported by land and into the Schindler. However, a larger share of commodity transactions from the Shire mainland must be transported through seaports.

If Dane had smashed Governor Conley's import transportation route at the source of Shawan Port, it would inevitably make that Governor uncomfortable. The degree of discomfort is probably not lighter than that of the army that lost two alliances in the south.

However, in the end, Deans thought for a moment and decided not to do so.

Of course, it is a good way to crack down on the import of Governor Kangli's materials, but this is an economic war that hurts the enemy by 1,000 and damages 800.

The reason why Shawan Harbour is so prosperous is because of commerce. Among them, the materials transported to Cinderella, and even to the north of the Lost City, itself occupy a considerable part of the commercial share of Shawan Port. As a trade hub, Shawan Port not only swallows imported goods and distributes them. On the other hand, raw material products transported from all parts of Schindler are also loaded on ships from this seaport city and then shipped to other parts of the world. of.

If this road is broken, the import of resources and the export of original products will be greatly affected, but the business of Shawan Port will inevitably decline.

If this trick could kill Conley's life, then Dane would do it with a loss.

But the problem is not.

Big deal, Conley turned all foreign trade imports and exports into inland transportation. Although this will be more time consuming, and the throughput of inland transportation is simply incomparable to that of sea transportation, the cost will be increased by several times, but it will not die. After the slump in Shawan Port, the impact on Dane was also huge.

Shawan Port started off with commerce. Without commerce, of course, it would not be possible to provide Dane with so much money a month as before. And the Tang Dynasty in a city has a terrifying chain reaction. The transportation center of Rotten Wolf Town, most of the caravans it receives, also come from Shawan Port. Dane's ghost knife port industry on Comilla also needs Shawan Port as the docking point of the mainland.

He won't be much better off than Conley this time. This kind of economic warfare that needs to fight the weight of both sides, the details of the fight, and the one who consumes too much, Dane can't afford to play.

At least I can't play with Conley.

But, although he couldn't do that, it was always possible for Dane to give him a bit of a block.

"Velina, let's do some statistics and tell them that the caravans from Sand Bay Port to the north of Cinderella and to the direction of the Lost City will all increase taxes for me!"

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

"Well, wouldn't he have fought against us if he didn't do this? More than two thousand Infantry Infantry soldiers killed us ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Afraid to give him an excuse? Think too much."

"Um." Verina nodded, and asked, "What's the standard for a tax increase?"

"You can take it for yourself." Dane waved his hand and said, "As far as possible based on not affecting our own business and trade industry, the ultimate goal is to increase the cost of businessmen and make Kangli uncomfortable. The scale of this You take it for yourself. "

"Okay, I see." Verina nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Lord, a businessman wants to see you."

"Oh? Who?"

"Goodell?"

Dean frowned, and said, "What is he going to see me? Is it because of Heijing? Isn't Hull in contact with him in this regard? No!"

Velina advised: "I think it's better to see him. This time, he seems to be more than just Heijing."

"Oh? OK, you can arrange a time." (To be continued.)