Urban Sims

Chapter 61 Expansion
In a flash, three years later.

The Free Trade Alliance initiated and established by Grandland has become a behemoth.

Members are located in several kingdoms such as Voorhis, Iron Castle, Chulin, and Arino, and the total number of member collars exceeds 300.

Among these member territories, the one with the fastest average growth rate is the economic circle centered on Granland and radiating to more than a dozen surrounding territories. It has become the most prosperous core area in the Free Business Alliance. Dozens of these territories This industrial chain produces economic benefits that exceed millions of gold coins every year.

Nathanland produces a lot of grain, and there are many shallow coal resources buried underground, so grain processing and coal mining industries have been developed. In the Free Trade Union, it is very popular. Coupled with the ever-increasing demand for coal, the annual income of Baron Sean's territory exceeds 10 gold coins.

There are many highlands in the Yorkland, which are rich in cattle and sheep and a special product of nuts. In the eastern hills of the Yorkland, there is also a medium-sized silver mine with a reserve of over 15 tons, so canned food processing, nut snacks and silver mining industries have developed. , Canned cattle and sheep and nut snacks, the specialty products of Yocanland, are in short supply every year. Coupled with the production of silver mines, the annual income of Baron Howard's territory exceeds [-] gold coins.

Parton Territory is always cold and cold, and only a small number of alpine horses are produced. However, it also took advantage of the dense forests and abundant prey in the territory to develop logging and fur processing industries. In addition, there is a depression in the west of Parton Territory. There is a reserve of more than one billion Ton of clay mines, under the guidance of experts, took advantage of the development of the ceramics industry, and the fired "Paton Porcelain" quickly swept the upper echelons of all kingdoms, allowing Paton to lead the originally lucrative logging and fur processing industries. It's a tasteless industry that occupies people's hands... The annual income of Baron Romond's territory exceeds 30 gold coins. The poor and poor Baron Romond has become a super rich man among the "Yankees".

In addition, the northern territories around Parton Territory have also exerted their own resource advantages. Some are engaged in forestry mining and fur processing, some choose mineral development with greater profit margins, and some extreme northern territories close to the ice sheet , although there are a large number of underground mines that cannot be mined (permafrost, small population, ice age six months a year), after discovering that it is very profitable to capture savages and sell them to the southern mines, these savage tribes are out of luck. They didn't mess with anyone, they just sat at home, and they were taken away by nests... The evil slave trade started from these poor savages.

And the Grand Collar, which is at the core of the Free Trade Union, is a place where countless adventurers and gold diggers dream of "an inch of land and an inch of gold". The collar manufactures furniture, clothing, paper, agricultural machinery, cement lime, steel, etc. More than a dozen industries have sprung up like mushrooms after rain in the past few years, and quickly formed a large-scale effect in a short period of time. The furniture, fur clothing, paper, advanced agricultural machinery, cement lime, ironware and other products produced in each workshop Every year, it is the first choice of shopping for the lords of the members of the business alliance, occupying the vast majority of the market share of these commodities.

In less than four years, Zhou Ming, who took at least ten years in his previous life to develop into such a situation, realized at this time that he is different from those peasants who live on a budget and have the habit of saving. In this world, the lords who hold more than 90% of the surplus resources in a territory, once their potential consumption power is stimulated, the economic vitality that will explode is simply unimaginable.

Especially after enjoying the infinite convenience brought by a developed commodity economy, the probability of getting rid of this convenience is almost zero.

Of course, the development of the Free Trade Union has not been smooth sailing in recent years. Among the more than 200 members who have joined in recent years, more than a dozen have imposed tolls, directly confiscated goods from other territories, or Arbitrary taxation and other territories that do not abide by the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, these territories that violate the provisions of the Chamber of Commerce, after being judged by the Chamber of Commerce Tribunal, these dozens of territories will either bear huge fines, be expelled from the Chamber of Commerce, or be punished. Collective blockade...Under all kinds of miserable punishment measures, these territories have to obediently admit their mistakes, compensate for the losses, and guarantee that they will never repeat the crime again.

For example, Baron Garcia of Bodo Territory is such a guy who suffered a bit. When he was told by Zhou Ming that there was a huge gold mine in Bodo Territory, he didn't really want to join the Free Trade Union. He, in order to know the specific location of the gold mine, joined the business alliance desperately. He originally focused on hunting, but he stopped hunting his prey and took people to dig the mine all day long.

Later, according to Zhou Ming's instructions, Baron Garcia, who successfully dug the gold mine, has an income of 10 gold coins every year, and Baron Garcia, who has no worries about eating and drinking, unexpectedly hit a large number of lords passing by Boduoling every day. On the caravan, looking at the fat sheep passing by his mouth every day, he felt itchy and couldn't help but ordered him to impose a 20% transit fee on every passing caravan. It directly violated the second article of the Free Trade Union's regulations: belonging to the lord's caravan, the principle of mutual tax exemption prevails.

Zhou Ming sent people to persuade, warn, and seriously warned three times, but he still refused to change after repeated admonitions. Seeing its nature was so bad, the Tribunal of the Chamber of Commerce passed a show of hands and issued a total blockade order: that is, all members leading caravans stopped from Bodo. After the passage, the surrounding territories are prohibited from providing all goods to Boduoling, and all merchants who want to enter the Boduoling merchants will be charged a huge business tax of up to 80%.

After all kinds of sanctions were implemented, Baron Garcia found that no caravan passed through his territory in the originally very lively Bodolling, and there were very few tourist merchants. In short supply of salt, the price started to rise wildly, and then came soft Nathan collar baguettes, delicious Yorkine collar cans, beloved Patton porcelain, exquisite furniture from gran collars, fashionable leather clothes, butt wipes Soft paper, convenient and easy-to-use farm implements and ironware...all these things are no longer available.

Even, when he saw the bulletin board of the business alliance business station in Boduo territory, which would have been updated once a week, and there was no information released for more than two months in a row, Baron Garcia began to feel a little panicked. Now, a fear of being in an isolated island in the world occupied his heart.

Especially when he asked his servants to take tens of thousands of gold coins to the surrounding territories or further territories to purchase some necessities for life, they all returned empty-handed—under the strict seal of the surrounding territories, not to mention those He can't buy the products of the business alliance that he can't get rid of, even the cheapest apple.

"Boduoling is willing to accept all the punishments imposed by the Chamber of Commerce Tribunal, and is willing to double compensate the losses of the transit caravan, and to make a deep reflection and apology for violating the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce! I promise that I will not make similar mistakes in the future, and I will return Please ask the Chamber of Commerce Tribunal to cancel all the sanctions and give Boduo a chance to correct his mistakes..."

In this way, the Baron Garcia, who had never surrendered and compromised once on the battlefield, and who had never apologized for his mistakes in his life, was willing to be beaten and punished, and became a leader in the Free Trade Union who educated all members. Be sure to follow the negative case of the rule.

But it is also because of this that the Granville Free Trade Alliance, which has been expanding wildly over the years, its scope of influence has continued to expand, and has become increasingly powerful, has developed into a power in the eyes of some high-level forces. The "number one target" to suppress and contain.

(End of this chapter)