Beidi ushered in the lingering rainy season. The sky was covered with dark clouds. The rain fell from the sky and splashed on the corridor and windowsill, making a crackling sound.


    Normally, even in the rainy season, the rainfall in Beidi over the years is very few. People can only rely on rivers to irrigate their fields. However, since the war of divine punishment, Beidi has ushered in a rainy season at this time, and the climate has become warm and humid.


    "Your Majesty, the merchants from the trading city have arrived and are waiting for you outside the king''s court."


    Merchants of trading city states?


    Caesar thought about it and remembered it. In order to carry out trade with the central city states and promote the elegy card to the mainland market, he did agree to an audience with a businessman. After all, the trading city states are quite suitable for commercial development. Because of the nature of the country, people everywhere are also willing to accept new things, and Caesar''s needs are met.


    When the black dragon twisted his body into the reception hall, the central businessman was just led into the room by the war lizard. He took off his wet cloak and hat and bowed to the Dragon monarch: "I''m sotana Tillman from the trading city-state. I salute you, your Majesty the great tangrian."


    "Sit down."


    Caesar shook his tail, retracted his body into the exaggerated iron chair and lowered his head: "you''ve dealt with dragons, haven''t you?"


    "Why do you ask?" sotana lowered his head.


    "You are not afraid of me, human."


    "Your eyes see everything. I did come and go with golden dragons and silver dragons. Real dragons like trading city states. In my hometown, many big businessmen have had contact with dragons."


    He paused and then said, "but this is the first time I have seen such a powerful and dignified real dragon. I am very honored to be summoned by you."


    Sure enough, successful businessmen are always good at talking. Although they know that the other party is flattering and flirting, black dragon still feels very useful and emits humming laughter.


    "Well, merchant, next we should discuss business." Caesar cut to the point.


    "Of course, your majesty, that''s why I''m here."


    Sotana nodded: "craid business group hopes to get your support and help you promote elegy cards in trading city states. Please feel free to speak if you need anything."


    "Before that, you have to tell me."


    The black dragon adjusted his position, stared at him and said, "as a merchant of the trading city-state, what is your main business in the middle?"


    "Many, your majesty tangrian."


    With a formulaic smile on his face, sotana seemed to mention inadvertently: "from gemstones to cloth, from casinos to pubs, including weapons, armor, food and vegetables, are among the industries of the kreid business group."


    Caesar thought about it. He not only sold all kinds of commodities, but also engaged in service industry and ordnance industry. If human beings tell the truth, it proves that this guy has a long history. You know, the bulk trade of grain and ordnance is equivalent to half of the lifeline of a country, and it can not be done only with money.


    The black dragon shook his tail, and his tail claws gently knocked on the armrest of the black iron seat. He had seen the information about the central trading city-state. In the era when the trading city-state was just established, some businessmen from the South immigrated here. They were full of adventure spirit and keen sense of smell. They were good at capturing business opportunities and expanding their business. The wealth accumulated in the end was unimaginable.


    After becoming rich, many people were sheared as wool by local rulers, while a few succeeded in gaining a firm foothold after going through difficulties and dangers, bought off local relations, formed relatively stable interest groups, and even formed factions and families,


    Considering the possible energy behind each other, Caesar decided to make a direct request: "I need copper, iron and saltpeter. The more, the better."


    Are you sure it''s not gold and silver?


    Sotana doubted a little. Normal dragons are not interested in those things, but since the black dragon has put forward conditions, he can only go on according to the other party''s meaning: "the kreid business group can fully meet your conditions, your majesty tangrian, we are willing to deliver copper and iron ore to the Empire at 80% of the market price."


    "- as for saltpeter, the central part is not hot, so the market demand is not high. We only have six saltpeter factories, which is enough to supply all the nobles of the city-state with ice in summer."


    Caesar was a little surprised. He didn''t expect to catch a big fish. Behind the ugly businessman stood a big guy hidden in the dark. The Black Dragon nodded quietly: "very good. The elegy card business can cooperate with you, but I want all these things."


    "Now that you say so."


    Sotana smiled and said, "we can organize a caravan for you. We are only responsible for the black wing empire. We will transport all the things you need to the north, and only charge 80% of your market price. We have goods at any time as long as you want, but..."


    "But what?"


    "I stayed in Beidi for a period of time, understood your operation mode of elegy card, and was fascinated by it. I have to say that you are simply a model in the commercial sense."


    The merchant said, "if you can, the craid business group hopes to obtain your exclusive authorization in the central region, including sales, pricing and other operation rights around. We are willing to buy the elegy card itself in batches from the king''s court at the market price."


    Regional monopoly.


    Reasonably speaking, such a concept should not appear in the world. Sotana should be inspired by the operation mode and profit means of elegy card to put forward such a new business model.


    It can be seen that these merchants have their own uniqueness. Although these authorizations seem to be only verbal guarantees, they are actually of great significance. They represent that there is only one trading city-state that will operate elegy business from now on, and there is no semicolon. Even the black wing court itself cannot intervene.


    ——Having pricing power means having everything.


    "It''s a little interesting."


    Caesar smiled and asked curiously, "I want to know that even with the authorization of the king''s court, the Empire itself does not enter the development of trading city states. How can you ensure that no competitors appear and no other caravans buy cards from the north to sell in the middle?"


    "You don''t have to worry about that."


    Sotana smiled: "as long as you agree to our request, within the city-state, the kreid business group has the ability to protect our own rights and interests."


    Obviously, the other party is very interested in elegy cards and full of confidence.


    Caesar knew how amazing the profits of elegy cards were. In particular, the price of this ace product, the collection version, could not be too much. As long as it could meet the demand for clothing, the nobles would flock to it.


    However, due to regional differences, Caesar could not finely control the development of elegy cards in other regions, and if he wanted to do so, the investment of personnel, capital and energy in the early stage would not be small. In contrast, it would be more cost-effective to directly authorize local local local snakes.


    "Wang Ting agrees to your request, but the exclusive authorization has a fixed period of time. You need to pay a fee to buy from the empire before signing the contract. Its one-year agreement price is..."


    Caesar thought, "one hundred thousand gold."


    This price is a little exaggerated, almost equivalent to the income of the whole kaki city for half a year. It is unimaginable for others to spend such a price just to sign a buyout agreement, but the sale needs bargaining.


    "Then it''s settled! Please prepare a ten-year agreement for us!"


    “……”


    Caesar was stunned. In ten years, it was one million gold coins, which was almost equivalent to all the net income of the imperial assembly line industry in recent years. He didn''t even bargain. Did these businessmen do business like this?


    Black dragon cleared his throat: "the selling price of elegy card will be adjusted at any time with the market."


    "We know that very well."


    "Wang Ting will send a working group to central China to guide and supervise your operation of elegy project."


    "No problem."


    "You can''t interfere with the release time of elegy card core rules, card data and expansion package. You must cooperate with the holding of Beidi large-scale events."


    "Deal!"


    Shit, it''s good to have money.