Struggle in the Steam Age

The whole hall is now quiet, only the sound of Lawrence writing and drawing on a temporary blackboard and the gentle and firm speech echoing in this hall built in the mountains.

And below the stage, the nobles were all attentively listening to Lawrence's speech, and even a cough was not heard. I can only hear the rustling sound of writing and drawing on paper with a pen.

Through Lawrence's speeches on the court, these people realized many things that they had never realized in the past. One of the most important points is that according to the statistics of Lawrence, it can be seen that the entire island has been changing.

At least compared with hundreds of years ago, there are more people here, and the larger market as a whole has more than ten times the output. The entire island has also changed from a barren area like a desert to a good place with some specialties and wealth.

It's just that in the past because these lords lacked sufficient connections, they would naturally come to the conclusion that this island was as desolate as it was hundreds of years ago when they only looked at the output on their territory.

But after Lawrence took out the statistical report today, they immediately realized the changes of the times. That's why I listened to Lawrence's speech so seriously.

"——So now for everyone on the island, the most important thing is to build a unified price alliance and bring all the forces together to form an economically cooperative whole, so that it can facilitate various economic and trade exchanges with the outside world. ."

In fact, Lawrence was questioned yesterday when he wrote this paragraph in his speech. Because she felt that Lawrence could get the goods from the lords on the island at the lowest price through the various methods of destruction.

But after reading the content of these speeches, those lords will unite and form a price alliance as long as their brains are normal. In that case, Lawrence would not be able to defeat each and lower the price separately.

At the beginning, Lawrence had thought about whether he could buy cheap items by means of lowering prices, but later this idea was abandoned by him.

Because he realizes that the nobles are not idiots, this method may be able to gain some benefits at the beginning, but over time, these nobles will definitely find the hands and feet that Lawrence has done in it and produce some special effects on him. bad impression.

Lawrence considers that the business he is going to do will be a long-term business rather than a short-term business, so this approach that will leave a very bad impression on his trading partners is not a good idea.

According to his previous experience in dealing with many people, ordinary businessmen may not be able to maintain trade for too long because of their interests.

But the nobles are just the opposite. Once the trade partner is identified, as long as the difference between the transaction price and the market price between the two parties is not too large, the trade partner will not be changed.

And it's not only the nobles of humans who have this habit, some nobles of the longevity species are even more exaggerated in this regard. For example, Lawrence had heard stories about elves before.

According to the story, those elves are often willing to abide by the contract between the two families a few generations ago, and bring opportunities for the offspring of the contractor who may have been in distress now.

This is why Lawrence is now willing to share the know-how with these lords.

Compared to short-term one-time benefits, he is more willing to sell a good deal to those present in this way. In order to obtain a large number of long-term, stable trading partners, but also to establish some personal connections here.

More importantly, the price alliance that these people finally formed on the Green Island obviously cannot be aimed at Lawrence alone, but will target all those who come to trade on the island later.

In this way, as the first person to trade here, Lawrence was able to lay some very good foundations in the region in advance through this behavior, and at the same time gain important points in the future competition with those who later traded on the island. The advantages.

But what Lawrence didn't expect was that the benefits he would get after telling the nobles on the island how to establish an economic alliance would come faster than he had previously imagined, and at the same time the gains would be much greater.

Just after he finished the lecture and let the banquet officially begin, Viscount Surrey approached him and told him an incredible piece of good news.

At this time the banquet has already begun. Lawrence and Seifer stayed at the side of the long table to taste roast venison, while drinking a sweet wine made with berries from the local bush.

On the other side of the banquet hall, a form recording all kinds of goods originating in the frigid regions required by the tropics was pasted on a board by Lawrence, and the Briton nobles on the green islands were all surrounded by them. This form is discussed.

"You said everyone wants me to be the representative of this cooperative organization? It's not a joke, right?" Looking at the aristocrats who seemed to have finished the discussion around the form in the distance, Lawrence looked at Viscount Surrey with a surprised look. .

"You know, this organization itself should be set up for outsiders like me. It is obviously not suitable for me to join such an organization. Not to mention that I am neither the lord on the green island nor the Briton noble. It can be said that the identity is incompatible with everyone—"

"But this is also decided after everyone's discussion, and even everyone present, including me, thinks this is a very good approach." Viscount Surrey explained to Lawrence in a low voice.

"Let’s talk about the first one. Although you are a person from outside the island to do business with us, everyone thinks that you are very reliable at this point. At the same time, you have always adhered to a certain mutual benefit and win-win concept, not the kind of profitability. Forgetful profiteers."

"After all, you are willing to tell us the doorway here, and what you say will obviously harm your interests. You can be willing to maintain fairness by reducing your income. From this point of view, you can already be seen very clearly. How on earth is it alone--"

"Actually, I am doing it for the greater benefit in the future. You must know that I can only deceive you into making huge profits in a short period of time, but if you do business with the purpose of mutual benefit, you should be able to establish a long-term relationship with you. Trade."

After Viscount Surrey said this, Lawrence breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that he was so cautious before, and it was obviously not wrong to be kind to others, so he was able to get good results now.

However, in order to avoid being regarded as the kind of Taoist master who is not easy to approach, Lawrence thought for a while and showed the fact that he hoped to be able to benefit from this matter.

"Of course we know this, but it's a pity that too many people now only look at the benefits in front of them. UU read www.ukahnshu.com and don't think about what to do in the future."

Viscount Surrey said with a sigh. "In contrast to those who rely on morality, contracts and other means to restrict, we believe that this common interest can actually restrain everyone from doing something according to certain established rules."

"Well, I am very grateful to everyone for their trust in me." From the words of Viscount Surrey, Lawrence heard the trust of these nobles in themselves.

In addition, through what Viscount Surrey said just now. Lawrence also realized that although these nobles are all Briton nobles, it does not mean that these nobles can trust others without reservation.

Even said that they are basically full of doubts about everyone present except themselves.

After all, this island is so big, and the products produced by these nobles on the island can be said to be similar. And this naturally caused serious involution of the nobles on the island in this regard.

Therefore, they hope to bring in Lawrence, a more reliable outsider, to avoid the occurrence of a situation where everyone is busy producing goods for a long time and then desperately sells them at lower prices, resulting in reduced income and even loss of money.