Chapter 392: Trade Agreement
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Steam slowly rose from the teacup.
Prince Wei’s eyes kept darting around — clearly, he was calculating the purpose behind these demands.
After a long pause, he hesitantly asked, “Is that the only condition?”
“Yes, only that. But not just you, Third Uncle — no one in Wei Region may block Qingzhou goods,” Xiao Ming said calmly. His only goal was to make sure Qingzhou goods could enter Wei Region freely and that Prince Wei couldn’t collect any taxes from the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce.
Prince Wei nodded. The truth was, he had been placing tax checkpoints all along the route of Qingzhou goods, which made cheap products become very expensive by the time they reached their destination.
But this wasn’t something he did only to Xiao Ming — throughout the Great Yu Empire, taxing merchants like this was standard. After all, why not grab money from businessmen if you could?
Now that Xiao Ming had proposed this condition, it meant Prince Wei could no longer charge any tax on Qingzhou goods. He would lose a huge amount of silver, and the more goods Xiao Ming sent, the bigger the loss.
After thinking for a while, Prince Wei said, “Dear nephew, you’re really ruthless with this. Isn’t this just letting you earn all the money in Wei Region?”
“Since this is compensation, do you expect me to pay you instead, Uncle? Think it over. If you agree, we’ll draft the agreement. If not, we’ll settle it in court,” Xiao Ming replied.
Prince Wei grew anxious. “Nephew, can’t the condition be changed? I’ll pay you three million taels of silver — how about that?”