The strongest thunder weapon that conquered Konoha

Although the Third Hokage refused, his attitude was not tough. In other words, if Todoroki's eloquence was good enough, he could still persuade the Third Hokage to invest some funds.

Of course, Hong Lei is not very keen on this matter. Anyway, he has money, and the railway he laid in the Land of Fire is also for his own development.

However, he cannot hand over his bottom line so easily. For example, if an item sells for yuan and it takes an hour of hard bargaining to finally reach yuan, then the buyer I will feel a sense of accomplishment in my heart and feel that my bargaining ability is pretty good.

But if the other party asks for yuan, and you ask whether you can sell it for yuan, the other party will give it to you.

Then

Nine out of ten buyers will wonder whether this thing is fake, or whether the other party has some ulterior motives.

So in this regard, even though Honglei really wanted to lay the railway for the Land of Fire at his own expense, he couldn't make it obvious.

"In this case," Honglei pretended to think for a moment, and then said, "the seafood in the Country of Waves has too big a time limit, and if there is no stable channel for a large amount of food and ore, it will not be possible at all. There is no benefit at all.”

Honglei raised his head to look at the third Hokage, and said, "Master Hokage, can you see if this works? The funds for laying the railway will all be paid by us Avalon, but relatively, I hope that in the next ten years Uchiba’s tariffs can give us a certain degree of relief.”

The foreign trade of goods needs to pay tariffs. The function of this tariff is actually to protect the corresponding industries in one's own country.

For example, the Land of Waves, the land of the Land of Waves is not suitable for food production, but this does not mean that there are no farmers in the Land of Waves. In fact, there are still a large number of farmers growing various crops in the Land of Waves. The yield is not high because of poor land.

If the output does not increase, the price will naturally be too high if the demand does not decrease.

But unlike the Country of Waves, the land of the Country of Fire is extremely fertile. The price of rice of the same weight in the Country of Fire may be several times lower. If the Country of Waves does not set tariffs, then the price of rice from the Country of Fire will be He will use very low prices to monopolize the market in the Country of Waves. After all, the people don't care about anything else. The most important thing is to keep themselves full and not starve to death.

But in this way, there is no room for the survival of high-priced local grains. The market is cruel, and it will naturally eliminate those things that have been abandoned by the people.

The common people are eating low-priced food, but this is not a good thing, because it not only means that local farmers will lose their families, but it also means that once Konoha stops delivering food to the Country of Waves, it will lose its homeland. After the grain is harvested, the entire country of Wave will fall into a situation where there is no food to eat, and then there will be starvation, famine, and riots, and the foundation of Avalon will naturally no longer exist.

Therefore, the existence of tariffs has this effect. Things worth only one yuan need to pay a tariff of ten yuan. In this case, if a businessman wants to make money, he must sell it for twelve yuan. Foreign goods have no price advantage. , you can compete fairly with local products. This will not only protect your local industry and prevent your lifeline from being handed over to others, but it will also bring a lot of tariff benefits to the village.

So Honglei asked the third generation to give him some tariff relief, which is just asking for money in disguise.

However, because this is an installment payment and it is paid with the extra money earned in the future, this method makes the Third Hokage and the others not have much resistance.

Of course, ten years is too long, they will not agree, and the amount of reduction or exemption will not be too high, and the third Hokage cannot allow Avalon to impact Konoha's own industry.

However, isn't this just a negotiation? One party asks for a lot of money, and the other party pays back the money when it lands.

The three generations of Hokage and the three elders basically agreed to Honglei's request to a certain extent, but the two sides had a fierce debate on the amount and time limit of the reduction. In the end, Konoha agreed that Avalon would get a time limit of Three-year commercial agreement.

So far, what Honglei can do on the side of the third generation of Hokage has basically been done.

The commercial agreement between the two parties and the laying of the railway, if these two aspects are completed, it may double Avalon's current annual income again, and this is not counting the capacity revolution brought about by the development of steam technology. effect.

"Then, I wish us happy cooperation. Avalon and Konoha will be inseparable allies. After I go back, I will send an envoy to discuss specific matters." Todoroki stood up and shook hands with the Third Hokage. Now that we have started, this level of business cooperation cannot be decided with just words. Formal cooperation documents and more detailed binding regulations will definitely require people under our command to spend a lot of time to discuss. After all, Hong Lei and The third generation of Hokages are all big figures in the ninja world, and they cannot be ashamed of themselves just for a few cents of profit.

"Hehe, of course, I also hope that Konoha and Avalon can become the most solid allies forever." Third Hokage also smiled very happily.

However, whether it is the words of the third generation or the words of Honglei, the purpose is actually just to reassure the hearts of both parties.

Who can tell the future situation clearly? Not to mention the mere verbal friendship between brothers, even Sunagakure, who signed a peace treaty with Konoha, unilaterally tore up the treaty and launched a war against Konoha.

And it was a full two times

Once such a situation is reached, driven by interests, no agreement will have any effect.

what

Thinking of this, Hong Lei couldn't help wondering whether the downfall of the Uzumaki clan was because Konoha had accepted the benefits of other gods, so he chose to turn a blind eye.

Of course, this is just a thought, and he has no evidence anyway.

After a day of friendly talks, Honglei and Xianglin were immediately arranged to rest in a mansion.

This time they stayed in a local luxury hotel in Konoha instead of a public hotel like before. After reaching a business agreement, Avalon suddenly became the most valuable hotel in Konoha. After all, apart from Avalon, there is no village with such great development potential that can bring benefits to Konoha.