Urban Sims

Chapter 406 Conditions
Allies are formed based on interests.

Enemies are also caused by interests.

Even under the magical effect of interests, allies may be transformed into enemies.

Enemies may also turn into allies because of interests.

The key to this transformation lies in the distribution, balance and trade-offs of interests.

It is very simple to turn an enemy into an ally. It is very simple to show the interests that make the other party attractive, so as to abandon containment and confrontation and change to cooperation and win-win.

The benefits that Zhou Ming decided to offer this time surprised the 23 city councilors present and opposed them one after another.

So, what benefits does Zhou Ming plan to offer so that Jinyan City, a city that has been secretly fighting against Zhenlin City for these years, will willingly stop fighting against it?
Three benefits.

One, Yaojin Smelting Industry.

All the factory equipment and workers were relocated to Jinyan City, which is closer to the Yaojinshi mine, to smelt Yaojin, increase production, avoid long-distance transportation, and save costs.

In the new Yaojin smelter, the major families of Jinyan City will probably hold 50% of the shares.

Second, agriculture.

Taking advantage of the vast plains and dense rivers around Jinyan City, vigorously develop agriculture, such as grain planting and animal husbandry, teach advanced agricultural technology hand in hand, promote full mechanization, and build Jinyan City into a second agricultural center.

Three, cotton planting and textile industry.

For crops such as cotton, Zhou Ming has been sending people to look for them all these years. Whether it is an expedition team entering the forest or a well-informed businessman, let them help find an excellent cotton-like plant that Zhou Ming has always wanted to obtain on a large scale. After planting, it is used to change the dressing habits of this plane.

From the common animal fur clothes and snow silkworm clothes to more comfortable and light cotton clothes.

Hard work pays off, in recent years, Zhou Ming has obtained more than one kind of cotton-like crop seeds in his mind.

But more than a dozen.

Among them are large cotton trees, cotton bushes two to three meters high, cotton grass half a meter high, and even a kind of cotton ball that can be grown in flower pots.

These types of cotton plants grow a variety of cotton wadding. In terms of color alone, there are more than a dozen colors such as pure white, gray, orange, red, yellow, blue, blue, and purple.

There is also a kind of cotton, the cotton wool that grows is actually beautiful and colorful.

These more than a dozen types of cotton all have great value for promoting planting.

The market prospect of the woven cloth is naturally very broad.

By the way, not only cotton seeds, rubber plant seeds, expeditions and merchants also brought Zhou Ming a lot, even more types than cotton.

But now, Zhou Ming does not intend to develop the hugely profitable cotton planting and textile industry by himself, but wants to share it, and pull his old rival Jinyan City to make that money together.

In this world, is there anyone more stupid than this?

If it wasn't for Zhou Ming being the city leader who was trusted by everyone and elected by a high number of votes, I'm afraid there would be a lot of scolding from below.

Zhou Ming had no choice but to explain them one by one to understand their thinking.

"I decided to put these three industries in Jinyan City after careful consideration."

"The purpose of transferring the Yaojin smelting industry to Jinyan City is to take advantage of the location advantage of being close to the mining area, save smelting costs, increase the output of Yaojin, and increase it to 100 tons, [-] tons, or even [-] million tons per year... Yaojin The bigger the cake of smelting, the more benefits it will bring to us! After all, Yaojin is used in every aspect of our various undertakings."

"In addition, our mineral exploration team has also discovered several Yaojin mines with large reserves in the depths of the forest to the west, as well as red copper, Xuanxing iron, Fengjin stone and other mines. Insufficient, it can only be mined in the future...so don't worry, Jinyan City will block us in this regard."

"In terms of agriculture, to be honest, a border area like Zhenlin City is not suitable for the development of large-scale agriculture. It is too close to the forest, and there are hundreds of incidents of wild animals killing and biting farmers every year. The establishment of patrols is also very effective. It’s not big, only in the cultivated land on the other side of Jinyan City, can we expand agriculture with peace of mind, without worrying too much about the beasts in the forest.”

"As for the cotton planting and textile industry... we can only go to Jinyan City to do it on a large scale. The reason is very simple. One, Zhenlin City doesn't have a lot of mature land that can be used, and two, there is not enough manpower... Regardless of the Both cotton planting and the textile industry are labor-intensive industries, requiring hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people."

"Are there that many of us?"

"No, no matter how much births are encouraged in Zhenlin City, it is impossible to increase by tens of thousands of people a year, and it is impossible to occupy all industries."

"So, we need the joining of Jinyan City, the joining of Wuhe City, the joining of more cities, and the land, population, minerals and other resources of those cities."

"Spirit coins can't be earned, and they can't be earned by one person. If Zhenlin City really earns all of them, no one will be willing to join us, but it may be blocked and boycotted by all forces."

"There are still people who advocate fighting, conquering by force, and strengthening our power by force... This method is good, but most of us are just mortals, or slightly stronger mortals. What if the immortals make a move? What if Zong What will the door do against us?"

"Chixing Mountain will not allow it. We will wipe out all those families who have made offerings to them every year."

Speaking of offering to the Immortal Mountain, in fact, in the past ten years or so, among the dozens of cities within the radius of Chixing Mountain, Zhenlin City has performed the most eye-catching. Not only are there many, but also the quality is good and the style is novel, which left a deep impression on the immortals.

Zhou Ming even adopted a policy of infiltration, sending more than 20 students with outstanding talents to Chixing Mountain, and paid great attention to the growth of these students... The purpose is naturally to reduce Chixing Mountain's attention to Zhenlin City, not to Zhenlincheng is regarded as a threat that needs to be wiped out.

What kind of people are easy to be targeted and regarded as threats?
People who are noble and glamorous, high-profile and arrogant, who put on airs all day long and can't lose face, are the easiest to be targeted and suppressed... And this kind of people often can't see these shortcomings in themselves, but instead anger the whole world Targeting him, and then going against the sky and destroying the earth, the result is often sad.

In Zhou Ming's philosophy, all enemies that may be turned into friends should be turned into friends as much as possible, and before their own strength is still weak, try not to offend those large forces.

Even if this requires taking out a small part of the benefits, it needs to endure a momentary dispute.

This is not the so-called counseling, but the secret of survival and the secret of success.

Because nothing can be bigger than your own life.

Of course, when the wings are full and the strength begins to emerge, stretch your body and open your fangs to surprise your opponents and teammates... This moment will eventually come.

This is the so-called "keep a low profile and wait for the time to rise".

Wu Bao and the others were moved by Zhou Ming's reasons and the vision he described, and they all nodded and stopped objecting.

……

soon.

Zhenlin City sent two heavyweight representatives to arrive at Jinyan City on the eagle and vulture beast, and the two cities began negotiations that lasted for several days.

The negotiators of Zhenlin City spoke tough words, neither humble nor overbearing, but they still brought up the three major cooperation projects proposed by their own side to the patriarchs of the various families in Jinyan City, and described the money and scene of the three projects.

It can be summed up in these three sentences:

How many spiritual coins are worth one million tons of Yaojin every year?
How much are tens of millions of tons of grain and millions of tons of meat, eggs, and milk worth each year?

How much money can you earn from countless pieces of clothing, shoes, bags and other clothing products that can be worn by hundreds of millions of people every year?

plop~
plop~
This is the sound of the heart beating faster, the breathing becomes thicker, the blood flow speeds up, the face turns red, and the eyes are round and bright. The interest representatives of all the families in Jinyan City are all moved.

Very excited.

Almost wanted to nod immediately in agreement.

The negotiator of Zhenlin City said again:
"It's okay to continue the blockade, but at worst we can build another road, and we don't need to go through Jinyan City in the future. The Yaojin Mine is not unique to Jinyan City, and can be bought in other cities... But give up the opportunity to continue cooperation with Zhenlin City. Then it will be tightly blocked by Zhenlin City, then we want to see, which city can't hold on first? First completely cross?"

"Think about it, live a good life or live a hard life, it depends on how you choose!"

As soon as the words fell, a voice sounded from below.

"My Yang family is willing to continue to cooperate with Zhenlin City to become prosperous together!" The position of the head of the Yang family has changed. In the face of huge interests, he has forgotten the consensus reached by the families a few days ago and took the lead in rebelling.

This seemed to have a chain reaction. As soon as the Yang family let go, the heads of other families panicked, fearing that they would fall behind others, and expressed their opinions one after another, "My X family is willing to cooperate sincerely with Zhenlin City to seek prosperity..." Such words abound.

Jinyancheng said that they gave up the blockade and were willing to cooperate, accounting for more than 90%.

The situation gradually became clear.

However, what the Patriarch of the Gao family below suddenly said was a surprise.

The head of the Gao family raised a condition. Only by agreeing to this condition can the two cities continue to cooperate.

The other patriarchs didn't understand, and the negotiators of Zhenlin City were also very annoyed. Zhenlin City had given up such a huge benefit, so what else does Jinyan City want?
However, after the head of the Gao family made this request, the negotiator's anger disappeared a lot, and he said that he could consider it.

After hearing this, the patriarchs of other families who were present agreed with each other, saying that this condition must be included in the agreement, so that the two cities can continue to cooperate!

What are the conditions that are so important to the cooperation between the two cities?

(End of this chapter)