Chapter 445: Speechless

Zhao Yiming laughed loudly when he heard what Atifan had said. The laugh made everyone feel inexplicable and wondered what went wrong.
He pointed his finger outside the window and said, "I don't know if what you said is powerful is the earthen houses outside. If this is the case, then I really admire it."
Atifan said without changing his color: "I don't know what's wrong with the earthen house. It can be warmed in winter, and it is very cool in summer. I think there are not many people in your starry empire who can live in it!"
Zhao Yiming smiled and shook his head and said, "You reminded me of a story called the Frog at the Bottom of the Well. This means that there is a frog who sits at the bottom of the well every day and can only see the sky with the palm of his hand.
So he thought that the sky was only this big, until he jumped out from the bottom of the well one day, he knew how ignorant he was and how vast the sky was.
Indeed, few people in our Star Empire live in this kind of earthen house, because even our poorest people also live in brick houses. For such earthen houses, we mostly come to raise pigs. "
Atifan flushed with a flushed face and said, "You are simply nonsense. I don't believe that all the people there can live better than this."
Zhao Yiming shrugged and said, "Believe it or not, then it's up to you. Maybe you, a frog, will stay in the well forever and live happierly.
Let’s put aside this, you said that Huijiang wants to be equal with us. I don’t know what kind of equality you want. Can you still build a nation? "
Atifan immediately said: "What you said is really a joke, why can't we build a nation?"
Zhao Yiming thought with a move and said: "In fact, I think the founding of the country is also very good, but I hope you think clearly about where your money comes from after the founding of the country, and how to raise your own army if you don't have money."
Atifan immediately said complacently: "I have considered this for a long time. We can levy heavy taxes like the merchants of your star empire. They make so much money from us every year, so shouldn't they pay a portion of it."
Zhao Yiming made a look of admiration and said: "Your idea is really unique. This is undoubtedly killing chickens and getting eggs. I think you may receive a lot of money in the first year, but you will find that there will be fewer and fewer merchants. In the end you have no taxes to collect."
Attifan said categorically: "The situation you mentioned is simply impossible. The trade for us to return to Xinjiang is very important to your Star Empire."
Zhao Yiming smiled and shook his fingers and said: "I want to make a correction here, although our Starry Empire and you return to Xinjiang have a lot of transactions every year.
For you, this may be all, but for our star empire, this is just a small part at all. Even without these deals, it will not shake our foundation.
Moreover, businessmen are chasing profits. We must know that our businessmen come to you to do business in Xinjiang every year. They actually take great risks. Just like our team this time, the equipment is quite perfect, and they are taken care of by horse bandits. Tossed.
But why they insist on coming here is because there are huge profits here. If you levy heavy taxes, the profit margins will become very scarce.
I don’t think there is a businessman who would pin his head on his waistband to earn that little money. It's better to take a few more steps to do business with the barbarians. "
Atifan didn't know anything about economics. After Zhao Yiming's talk, he felt that the whole person was dizzy. It seems that he can't match him in this respect, and it is better to start from other aspects.
He cleared his throat and said, "Then let your Starry Empire give us a large sum of money each year, otherwise our problems will be solved."
Zhao Yiming spread his hands and said, "Then tell me why, why should we give you a lot of money?"
Atifan triumphantly said: "Because we have the best warriors and can form a powerful army, if you dare not give it, then we will fight you."
Zhao Yiming looked cold and said, "You are naked robber logic, do you still have a little bit of shame?"
Attifan took it for granted and said: "This world is always respected by the strong, and the weak give everything to the strong. I don't think there is anything wrong with it."
Zhao Yiming said softly, "Then I understand what you mean. According to your statement, you should provide us with a lot of supplies every year when you return to Xinjiang.
I didn't care about you before. Starting from this year, you will pay tribute to us every year, with a total value of no less than 500,000 lower-grade spirit crystals. Otherwise, we will cut your life. "
At this time, a guy patted the table and said, "You are so nonsense, don't forget whose place this is!"
Zhao Yiming spread both hands and said: "I just made the most correct answer in accordance with the way of thinking you proposed. Is it possible that you are only allowed to set fires and we are not allowed to light the lights."
Atifan sneered and said, "You are a nonsense. I have carefully studied it. After the defeat of Changling, your Star Empire suffered a great loss of national strength.
And you have to face the two empires of the rising sun and the falling moon at the same time. You have deployed all your military power on the border with the two countries. Why are you better than us? "
Zhao Yiming smiled and shook his head and said: "It seems that I said that you are a frog at the bottom of the well. That is an insult to the frog. Who told you to deal with a force must send a powerful army.
We are separated by the Flowing Fire Desert. It is not easy for anyone who wants to move anyone. As long as I build a fortress in the sky, I can keep you out.
At that time, I will issue a strict order to prohibit any merchant from coming to you, and prevent any item of our Star Empire from entering your borders.
I think at most twenty or thirty years, you can go back at least a hundred years as a whole. Think about your life a hundred years ago. I wonder if you still have this confidence. "
All the people were silent at this time, not to mention that a hundred years ago, even if it was a difficult life decades ago, they don't want to experience it again. If it really returns to that situation, I'm afraid the people will be upset.
Atifan said with red eyes, "Then we have one last resort. We can invite the red robe ancestors to destroy your fortress directly, and then we can drive straight in, and then we can have whatever we want."
Zhao Yiming snorted in his nose and said, "The ancestor of the red robe is indeed capable of profound understanding, and I am impressed by it. However, in our Star Empire, there are not only demon masters, but also unpredictable evil Buddhas."
Everyone took a deep breath, and Atifan was like a that was defeated in a fight, bowed his head and stopped making a sound.