Chapter 836 An Unexpected Offer

The mineral resources of the Renne Empire are not poor, on the contrary, they are relatively rich. Although it is not as good as the Kingdom of Grace, which has the most abundant mineral resources, it is almost on par with the Kingdom of Solant and the Empire of Illus, and even in The total reserves of iron ore far exceed these two countries, and are far behind those small principalities.

However, due to the relatively backward metallurgical technology in the Rennes Empire, the utilization rate of mineral resources is very low. Although the mining efficiency is very low, a lot of mineral resources have been accumulated over time.

They can obviously obtain development resources and wealth by exporting ores like the Grace Kingdom, but because magic metals are precious strategic resources, ministers have never agreed to export these resources, so the Renne Empire has been hoarding mineral resources but Not exported.

Sitting on the treasure mountain, Kong stared.

Testero suddenly stood up: "It turns out that your ultimate goal is for our magic metal mine!"

Fiona spread her hands: "Otherwise, is there anything else in the Renian Empire that can be used as property mortgage? Huh?"

Oh, if I could have guessed it, would it have gone in so many circles?

Magic metal mine?

Although that kind of thing is important, it is really not of high value to Ellington, who has already developed a universal alloy.

Of course it's good to have it, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

Testero sat down slumped: "No, no..."

Fiona deliberately provoked him: "Speaking of which, the women of your second-class sub-tribe are all beautiful. If you are willing to do the slave business, it is not impossible -"

"shut up!"

Testero's eyes widened: "I will never let my people become slaves!"

"I don't want to do this, and I don't want to do that. Could it be that you want our Datang Chamber of Commerce to do charity?"

Testero was silent for a moment, sighed and said: "... Let's change the conditions."

What does magic metal mean to Purandhar?

It means equipment advantage in war!

That's the future!

The significance of magic metal is too great. It is related to the future strategic position of a country. It is absolutely impossible to transfer it so easily. That is not a transaction, it is betraying the country by capitalizing on the enemy.

It would be strange if Testero could agree.

It's just that Testero still underestimated Tang En's tactics.

Because their purpose was not the magic metal mine from the beginning...

"Don't want to use the magic metal mine as collateral?"

Fiona frowned: "With all due respect, Your Majesty Testero, as far as we know, there should be very rich reserves of magic iron and fine gold in the Renne Empire. I am afraid that the only ones you have that are really valuable are These magical metal mines."

"Impossible! I won't agree to it. You don't have to think about magic metal mines anymore!"

Testero shook his head. It was impossible to transfer the magic metal mines. Those mines were the lifeblood of the Renne Empire.

"Then what can you come up with for mortgage replacement?"

"...five...no! Ten years of tax holiday!"

Testero calmed down and said: "Ten years of tax exemption! This is an almost unimaginable preferential policy!"

"Ask yourself, how much business scale can the Renne Empire develop in ten years, and how much money can our Datang Chamber of Commerce make here."

Fiona said very calmly: "To tell you frankly, even if you give us a twenty-year tax holiday, considering the development of the economy, we can only agree to replace the debt of one billion gold coins at most."

"Then forty -"

Halfway through his words, Testero suddenly closed his mouth.

A forty-year tax holiday is impossible to agree to even now. This kind of discount is too exaggerated.

Property mortgage...what else can be used as collateral?

Mine...mine?

Testero suddenly said: "By the way! In addition to the magic metal mine, we also have a magic crystal mine! I am willing to use the magic crystal mine as collateral!"

There are six small magic crystal mines, six medium-sized magic crystal mines, and three large-scale magic crystal mines in the Renne Empire - these are all mines that have been explored and even mined for a period of time.

It's just that the situation of the Ren Empire is worse than that of the Illus Empire. The magic crystals mined by the Illus Empire can be sold to the Silver City through Ronitante's trade route, or supplied to the great nobles for consumption. , but the Ren Empire side is completely out of control. There is no market for the magic crystals they dug out. Therefore, after discovering the magic crystal veins and carrying out a short period of mining work, these mines were completely put on hold. .

After all, the Ren Empire's own demand for magic crystals is basically zero.

The magic crystal mine in the Renne Empire is also one of Tang En's goals.

"The magic crystal mine is certainly possible, but you also know that the main market for magic crystal is basically the City of Silver. With the consumption capacity of the Silver City, the magic crystal mine produced by our Illus Empire is enough. The market demand is there, and if we continue to expand production capacity here, it will only make this already saturated market even cheaper."

Fiona started to stare and tell lies.

Although the City of Silver was indeed the main consumer of magic crystals in the past, Ellington's magic industry has begun to develop and gradually covers the entire Illrus Empire. The larger the scale, the greater the demand for magic crystals. , this market will only get bigger and bigger - of course, as the demand side, she will definitely not disclose the information she possesses to Testero.

So Testero was completely fooled by Fiona's tricks.

"The estimated mining value of our magic crystal mine is billions of gold coins——"

"That's just the mining value, it doesn't mean the market value. I don't want to tell you the difference between the mining value and the market value."

Fiona waved her hand, interrupted him, and said calmly: "It is a good idea to use mines to replace debts, but just the magic crystal mine is not enough. If you are not willing to use the magic metal mine as a mortgage to replace it, you can Use normal metal mines, such as iron ore and copper."

Iron ore and copper ore?

Testero hesitated for a moment. Magic metal is related to the country's high-end combat equipment, while iron ore is related to the equipment of low-level soldiers. It is a bit painful to sell it like this...

"Okay, just iron ore and copper ore!"

Testero gritted his teeth and didn't want to delay it any longer. In fact, he had no choice. He only had these cards in his hand. He could either hold them in his hands and wait for death, or play them out to still have a chance of survival.

Testero originally wanted to take out the map and let Tang En choose from the iron ore and copper mines that had been explored before, but when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

The mines are all marked on the map of the Rennes Empire. To display them means that the maps of the Rennes Empire and the branches of various cities are all exposed under his nose!

Although he and Tang En were getting along quite happily now, and the two sides had no intention of starting a war, Testero didn't know whether Tang En's purpose was the map, so he decisively gave up the idea.

What a cunning and insidious human being! Don't dare to be careless at all!

Testero took Sharptooth and several orc ministers out to discuss for a while. When he came back, Testero's face was very calm.

He said: "Now the mines that have been well explored by the Renne Empire already have owners, so they cannot be allocated to you. Let's do this. I can give His Majesty Tang En an unlimited mining certificate. As long as you have this permission, you can mine without restrictions. Exploration for minerals in areas outside the military restricted area of ​​the Rennes Empire, and after exploration, you only need to report it before you can mine it yourself. We only collect 30% of the minerals as tax, and the remaining 70% belongs to you. how?"

Unlimited mining proof! ?

Tang En was shocked, this guy was going to bleed profusely!

Although there is a 30% tax, don't underestimate such a proof, it means that the holder only used 30% of the price to buy all the mineral resources of the Renne Empire! If a mining tycoon got this certificate, he would probably have a cerebral hemorrhage from excitement!

You must know that in Purandar, the mining industry generally requires heavy taxes. After you explore the veins, you can only start mining after you have obtained the king's mining license. However, this mining license generally levies half of the mining volume. for taxes.

In other words, if you dig out ten kilograms of ore, five kilograms will be turned over to the national treasury, but the remaining five kilograms are not all yours. In addition to the mining tax levied by the king, there is also a 30% tax from the lord, which means , in the end only two kilograms belong to you.

Looks cruel, right? But this is the reality under extremely backward productivity.

Testero gave a certificate of unlimited mining with a 30% tax. Based on the resource reserves in the Renne Empire, this certificate is now worth more than one billion gold coins. If it is a few years later, I am afraid that it will still have to be Turn it over several times!

Promise him!

Tang En hinted to Fiona that this condition was already quite good.

but……

"Your Majesty, the 30% tax is too high."

Fiona secretly waved her hand to Tang En and continued: "You just did nothing, just used a piece of paper and a few words, and got 30% of the mineral income in vain, but we have to run around looking for ore and opening it. , the cost is extremely high, I think the tax rate should be reduced to 20%."

"Twenty percent!? Too low!"

Testero shook his head decisively: "This is a proof of unlimited mining! His Majesty Tang En is so strong and has such a long lifespan. If you continue to mine as long as he is alive, how much mineral resources will our Renian Empire lose? The 30% tax has already been collected. Very low! And this certificate can only be used by you and cannot be transferred or sold!"

Fiona was shocked. She realized that she seemed to have understood something wrong...

The "unlimited" in Testero's certificate of unlimited mining refers to unlimited mining for life!