C445 Speechless

Hearing Ativan's words, Zhao Yiming started laughing out loud, to the point that everyone was confused, they did not know what went wrong.

He pointed outside the window and said, "I don't know if the 'powerful' you speak of is the same as those mud houses outside. If it's like this, then I really admire it greatly."

Ativan said without changing his expression, "I don't know what's so bad about this mud house. It can be warm in the winter and extremely cool in the summer, so I guess not many people can live in this Stellar Empire either!"

Zhao Yiming smiled as he shook his head and said, "You reminded me of a story called Frog at the bottom of the well. This meant that there was a frog. Every day, he would sit at the bottom of the well, only able to see a palm-sized piece of sky.

Therefore, he believed that the sky was only this big. It was only when he jumped out from the bottom of the well that he realized how ignorant he was and how vast the sky was.

Our Stellar Empire truly does not have many people living in this kind of mud house, because even the poorest of us would live in brick houses.

Ativan's face flushed red: "You are simply speaking nonsense, I do not believe that everyone here can live better than this."

Zhao Yiming shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Maybe your frog will be able to live happier life in the well forever.

Let's put this aside. You said that you want to return to the border to be equal with us. I wonder what kind of equality you wish for?

Ativan immediately said: "What you are saying is a joke, why can't we build a country?"

Zhao Yiming thought for a while, then said: "Actually, I think founding a country is pretty good, but I want you to think carefully about where all your money comes from, and how can you support your own army if you don't have the money."

Ativan immediately said complacently: "I have already considered this for a long time, we can collect taxes just like the merchants of the Stellar Empire. They earn so much money from us every year, shouldn't they pay a portion of it?"

Zhao Yiming put on an expression of admiration and said: "Your idea is really unique, this is undoubtedly killing the chicken to get the egg. I think that in your first year, you will receive a lot of money, but you will find that the number of merchants will decrease, and finally you will have no taxes to collect."

Ativan said resolutely and decisively: "What you said is simply impossible, the transaction of returning to the borders is extremely important to your Stellar Empire."

Zhao Yiming smiled and shook his finger: "I have to correct this here, although our Stellar Empire has a huge transaction with you guys every year when you return to the borders.

To you guys, this might be all, but to our Stellar Empire, this is just a small part of it. Even if we don't have these transactions, it won't affect our fundamentals.

Furthermore, the merchants are after each other. One must know that every year, our merchants would come back to the border to do business with you, but in reality, we have taken a huge risk. For example, our team this time is already quite well-equipped.

However, why did they insist on coming here? It was because there were huge profits here.

I don't think any merchant would put his head on his belt to earn that little bit of money. Rather than that, it would be better to take a few more steps forward and head towards Barbarian Clan to do business. "

How could Ativan know about economics? Being mocked by Zhao Yiming made his feel dizzy, it seemed that he could not compare to him in this area, and it would be better to start from other aspects.

He cleared his throat and said, "Then I'll let your Stellar Empire give us a huge sum of money every year. Wouldn't that solve our problem?"

Zhao Yiming spread his hands wide as he said, "Then tell me why, why do we need to give you guys a large amount of money?"

Ativan said complacently: "Because we have the best warriors, we can build a strong army. If you don't give it to us, we'll beat you up."

Zhao Yiming's face turned cold as he said, "This is plain bandit logic, do you still have any shame?"

Ativan acted as if it was a matter of course: "This world respects the strong, the weak give their all to the strong, I don't feel that there's anything wrong with that."

Zhao Yiming said softly, "Then I understand your meaning, according to what you said, each year upon your return, you should provide us with a large amount of resources.

From today onwards, you will have to pay tribute to us every year, and the total value of the goods will not be less than five hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystal. Otherwise, we will have to cut off your path of survival. "

At this moment, someone slapped the table and said, "You are simply spouting nonsense. Don't forget whose place this is!"

Zhao Yiming spread out his hands and said: "I am just following the method of thinking you have proposed, and gave the correct answer. Could it be that you are only allowed to light fires, and not us?"

Ativan sneered and said: "This is just nonsense, I have already studied it carefully, your Stellar Empire has been defeated by Changling, and the loss of entire nation's power is extremely severe.

Furthermore, you have to face the two empires, the Rising Sun and the Falling Moon, at the same time, you have already deployed all of your military power on the border with the two empires, so what right do you have to be stronger than us? "

Zhao Yiming laughed and shook his head, "Looks like calling you a frog at the bottom of a well is an insult to a frog. Who told you that to deal with a force, you have to send out a powerful army?

It's not easy for anyone to touch anyone. As long as I build a fortress inside the One Line Sky, I can put all of you outside.

At that time, I will issue another strict order prohibiting any merchant from coming here and not allowing any item from our Stellar Empire to enter your territory.

I think that it will at most take twenty to thirty years, and push your entire clan back a hundred years, thinking back to the life you had a hundred years ago, I wonder if you still have the confidence to do so. "

No one made a sound. They didn't want to go back to their miserable lives like they did a hundred years ago. They were afraid that if they went back to that situation, the citizens would rebel against them.

Ativan said with bloodshot eyes: "Then we still have one last move, we can ask the Red Robed Ancestor to immediately destroy your fortress, and then we can go straight ahead, and do whatever you want when the time comes."

Zhao Yiming snorted and said: "Red Robed Ancestor is indeed capable of opening the profound, I am truly impressed. However, not only our Stellar Empire has Lord Devil Master, we also have the unfathomable Evil Buddha. "

Everyone gasped, Ativan was like a rooster who lost in battle, as he drooped his head and no longer spoke.