Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 403 PY Transaction
"So, what are your plans? Do you want to pay?" Murphy asked finally.
" Of course I won't pay!" Wudi Shadiao looked indignant. "Do you know how much money Godwin wants? One million gold coins, which is 10 million points. What a joke! Even if five families share it, it will cost 200,000 gold coins. I have already spent tens of millions to establish the South Sea Principality, and I haven't seen any return yet. And you want me to continue spending money? No matter how rich I am, I can't do this."
Being a king is prestigious, but obviously expensive.
Mo Fei thought to himself, it's only ten million. I've invested twenty million in training the Knights, building fleets, and constructing towns...and that's after taking advantage of various favorable conditions and spending less money. If it were someone else, thirty or forty million wouldn't be enough.
Wudi Shashao complained for a while, then noticed Murphy's disapproving expression and suddenly reacted.
"By the way, brother, you haven't chosen a kingdom to join yet, why not join my South Sea Principality? You have built a fleet, so use your fleet as a shareholder. I'll give you 30% of the shares, and we can do maritime trade together and make a lot of money. Don't underestimate the high investment. As long as this fleet is running, the money will definitely come in like a flood."
Murphy thought that this guy probably didn't know that he had discovered a new route. If he knew, he would probably be even more excited.
"Haha, it's such a good thing, can't you run away by yourself? Merchant ships are not expensive anyway."
Wudi Shashao shook his head: "It's not that simple. Godwin has imposed a trade blockade. I can't do this business alone."
Murphy said, "So what if Godwin imposes a trade blockade? You can run other routes and do business with Stormwind Kingdom, Ironforge, Gilneas, Kul Tiras, and even the Night Elf Alliance in Kalimdor."
Invincible Stupid Sculpture (King of the South Sea): "Don't mention it. You know that the Alterac Navy was sold out by those two bastards Victor and Sigrette? Now I have no control over the seas at all. How can I do business? The merchant ships I sent out before always encountered pirates and I lost a lot of money.
Haven't you noticed that there aren't many merchants in the city now? They've all been scared away. I suspect that those pirates are secretly supported by Godwin. They blockade the trade while sending pirates to plunder. The income of Nanhai Town depends entirely on commercial taxes. Now that the merchants have all fled, the continuous agricultural taxes are not enough to even cover the cost of maintaining the army."
After saying this, Wudi Sha Diao lowered his voice and said, "In fact, Godwin also gave me another way, which is to join Lordaeron and become a noble of Lordaeron, but I thought that after all, I am also a royal family of Alterac, a noble son of the mountains, how can I be inferior to others, so I did not agree.
But to be honest, if I really can’t bear it in the future, then I will just have to give in.”
This statement is obviously a cry of poverty.
Murphy sighed: "Have you ever thought that the other people should have received similar invitations?"
What! Wudi Sha Diao's eyes widened immediately. This is really not impossible.
Alterac is a remote and poor mountainous area, but there are also several good plots of land, one of which is near Southsea City and another one is near Dalaran City. On the contrary, the Alterac Mountains do not have much oil and water at this generation, but its geographical location is high and it has certain strategic value.
Godwin doesn't have much other things but a lot of money, and these princes of Alterac are notoriously poor, so they can be bribed with just a little money.
Wudi Shashao and Murphy looked at each other, and they both understood each other's thoughts - is it possible that the historical plot of Lordaeron annexing Alterac is going to be staged again?
Wudi Shadiao is still a little unwilling that his principality is going to be acquired just after it opened.
Murphy was not very happy about this either. After all, the Dragon Knights were now the national knightly order of Alterac. If Alterac was annexed, what would the position of the Dragon Knights be?
"How about this? I'm about to go back to Alterac. Let's discuss this together. Even if we have to sell out our country, we have to sell it together. Otherwise, we will definitely be forced to lower the price."
Three days later - Alterac Palace.
There are only six seats left in the huge conference room, five kings, and Murphy, the leader of the Dragon Knights.
The other princes either sold their territorial armies, took the money and left, or were left with only a small piece of territory and were not eligible to participate in the meeting at all.
The royal meeting that was once lively and bustling now seems a little deserted.
Murphy looked at his brothers with sad faces and actually missed the time when King Aiden was still alive.
There were more than thirty brothers at that time, it was so lively.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "So what do you think about this?"
Victor (King of Crowstern): "Godwin offered me eight million to buy my Crowstern Principality and asked me to swear allegiance to him."
Only eight million, this price is really a bit cheap.
Darkseid (King Dicey): "I was offered 12 million and asked to merge Daeronshire and the surrounding territories into the Kingdom of Lordaeron. I will still serve as the lord of Daeron City, but I must be loyal to Lordaeron."
Kiss the French Fries (King of Winter): "Ten million, a package deal, including my status as lord."
Zhuagenbao (King of Alterac): "20 million. I will cancel the name of Alterac and merge it into Lordaeron. The army will be under the control of Lordaeron. I will be given the title of High Lord of Alterac. If you are willing to give me everything, I can increase it to 30 million."
It can be seen that Godwin's acquisition prices and acquisition methods for different countries are completely different.
Some are acquired as a whole, like Nanhai Town, a large port city. Once you take it over, you can make a lot of money, so of course you have to take it over as a whole.
Some were acquired cheaply, like the Principality of Stern Crow, whose territory is entirely barren and produces nothing. It doesn't even have a profitable industry, and it doesn't have any resources, and it's still experiencing a rebellion.
After the annexation, there is really no economic benefit except that the map looks good. The rebellion was also caused by the players themselves, because the territory of the mountain nobles was forcibly seized. The previous lord Earl Adalian now raised the banner of rebellion and became a rebel. Since Earl Adalian has a very high reputation, the rebels of the Kingdom of Stern Crow are almost catching up with the strength of the royal army. They are barely suppressed by sending tasks to adventurers.
The same goes for the Kingdom of Winter, and the Kiss Fries also robbed the territory of the mountain nobles. Speaking of it, these nobles in Alterac are really unlucky. The plains nobles were treated as rebels and attacked, and then the mountain nobles were also robbed by other villains. It can only be said that if the players really want to be unhuman, they have no bottom line at all.
Now the five kingdoms have been divided, causing unrest in the hearts of the people of Alterac and a sharp drop in the reputation of the Perenolde family.
Godwin also saw this point clearly, and he didn't mind spending more money. He just spent a little money to invite you to join. Anyway, you are a noble under my command, and you just have to listen to me in the future.
As for the Kingdom of Alterac, because of its legitimacy, it would of course cost a lot of money.
The game Skyworld is set in the Western background, so the design of kings, lords, allegiance, ruling power, claiming power and the like is very important. As long as there is justice, many things can be easily handled. For example, the king can deprive the lord of his territory, and as long as he is shameless, he can eat it up.
Of course the consequences will be very serious, and here they come.
The most important thing now is to capture Genbao. After all, he is the orthodox king of Alterac and is recognized by all the countries in the Alliance. If Alterac kneels, the remaining small principalities will really be scraps. Even if Godwin forcibly annexs them at that time, no one will question it.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Are you planning to sell out your country, Zhuaganbao?"
Zhuagenbao (King of Alterac): "Selling shit, my family owns a mine, you think I'll be defeated for 30 million, what a joke, isn't Godwin rich? I'm the orthodox king of Alterac, at least 100 million should be enough."
Mo Fei thought to himself that it would be fine if he didn't sell it. As long as Zhuo Genbao didn't give up, there would still be fun.
Kiss the French Fries suggested: "Why don't we just form the Alterac Alliance? We have five countries, and our momentum is no worse than the Alliance of Lordaeron."
Darkseid said: "We can't do it alone, our population is too small - how about calling the dwarves as well?"
"Stormwind City relies on Lordaeron to restore its country, so it must support Lordaeron. The dwarves have a good relationship with Stormwind City, and the relationship with Lordaeron is not bad either..."
"The dwarves supported Arthas. Now that Arthas is missing, Ironforge's attitude is the same."
Murphy said: "In fact, the key is to find common demands among all countries. It is easy for everyone to form an alliance when they share the same hatred and enemies. The establishment of the orc shelter is an opportunity. Historically, it was because of this that the old alliance disintegrated.
So we must stand firm and refuse to build orc internment camps, and then Kul Tiras and Quel'Thalas will definitely support us. Even though Gilneas has no money, it should be able to support us."
Darkseid shook his head. "It's useless. Gilneas is a die-hard supporter of Godwin. The king of Gilneas is that brat Blayney. Godwin has the leverage over him, so he will definitely support Godwin."
Victor said, "That may not be the case. This is a different time now. This guy became king to make money. How could he be willing to spend a million gold coins? Anyway, the matter has passed, and there is no direct evidence."
Wudi Shashao: "The key is that we in Alterac have no say. At the last meeting, all of us could only listen in."
Murphy looked at Zhuaganbao, "You don't have a say either?"
Zhuagenbao helplessly spread his hands and said, "I did speak, but those people didn't listen."
Murphy sighed, "Okay, I'll go with you to the next meeting. I think my words should still have some effect, but I need to have a reputation first - our parliament hasn't been dissolved yet, right?"
It was indeed not disbanded, mainly because everyone was busy managing their own territories, and there was no harm in having the title of councillor anyway, so they stayed on.
"Well, let's just form an Alterac Federation. You can give me the title of Protector of the Nation, and then I'll go talk to the Alliance. Since everyone is not planning to sell out their country, I'll try to win a few allies and reject Godwin's orc internment camp plan. If that doesn't work, then we can just withdraw from the Alliance, or we can form a new alliance ourselves.
The next meeting will be in five days. Take this time to change the national system. From now on, it will be called the Alterac Federation, and all your countries will become affiliated city-states."
"What about you? What are you going to do?"
"Of course I have my business to attend to."
What to deal with - of course it's a PY transaction. Although the formal negotiations are decided at the conference table, the private transaction is the key. Otherwise, if there is no tacit understanding, it will be all over.
After Murphy returned to Dragonsong Castle, he started writing letters to his old friends.
The first one was to Prince Muradin Bronzebeard of Ironforge. In addition to reminiscing about the past, it also contained one sentence: "Your prince is here with me. Do you want me to send him to you?"
By looking up information during this
At that time, the three major clans of dwarves lived together in Ironforge. Modimus Anvilmar was the king of the dwarves. His death led to the division between the three major tribes of Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron, and the famous "War of the Three Hammers" in history.
Later, the Bronzebeard dwarves occupied Ironforge, the Wildhammer dwarves fled to Grim Batol, and the Dark Iron dwarves went to Blackrock Mountain to build a city.
In other words, the dwarf prince in his hand has the right to claim Ironforge. Even though this thing has been around for thousands of years, in the world of the sky, the authority of bloodline is still very important.
If Murphy really sends the dwarf prince back, would you, the Bronzebeard family, swear allegiance?
To be disloyal is to violate the oath of ancient ancestors and lose honor.
If I swear allegiance, I won't be able to give away the huge fortune of the Bronzebeard family .
So this dwarf prince is a big trouble. If it were a wicked master, such as King Terenas, he might have hired assassins to get rid of him.
But based on Murphy's understanding of the three Bronzebeard brothers, they would never do such a thing. The best way is to find a way for Murphy to stabilize the dwarf prince and never send him back.
In this way, Ironforge's proposal to support Alterac becomes very feasible.
The second letter was to Lothar, the regent of Stormwind Kingdom. It first talked about some things about Prince Varian, and then said, "I have come such a long way for you, shouldn't you support me? The orcs killed both of our kings, so there is no way we can keep them well fed and well clothed, right?"
Murphy was quite confident about these two letters. He appealed to their emotions, reasoned with them, and lured them with benefits. He was not afraid that they would not comply.
The third letter was to King Blaney of Gilneas. This old guy sold his father to the orcs, but thanks to his good team standing, he got away with nothing and even became king in the end. However, it was said that several of his brothers and sisters were rebelling, and someone had even created a werewolf plague in advance, so he probably couldn't come up with the money.
Plus, the previous king was also killed by orcs, so you must be outraged, right?
The fourth letter was to the Elf King, and the content of this letter was more obscure - I know you have rebellious intentions, and I also dislike Lordaeron, so why don't we all join forces to attack him, but in short, the money cannot be paid.
The fifth letter is to Prince Trollbane of Stromgarde. I know you in Stromgarde have no money, and we in Alterac have no money either. So why don’t we all refuse to pay when the time comes?
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, just connect them together first, at least give the other party a chance to choose.
As for whether it can be accomplished, it depends on your performance on the spot.
After writing the letter, Murphy had something more important to do - to complete the second stage of the Dragon Feast Ceremony.
