Urban Sims

Alliances are formed based on interests.

Enemies are also caused by interests.

Even under the magical influence of interests, allies may turn into enemies.

Enemies may also turn into allies because of interests.

The key to this conversion lies in the distribution, balance and trade-off of interests.

It is very simple to turn enemies into allies. Offer interests that interest the other party, so as to give up containment and confrontation and switch to cooperation and win-win.

The 23 city councilors present were shocked by the benefits Zhou Ming decided to take out this time, and they all opposed it.

So, what benefit does Zhou Ming plan to use to make Jinyan City, a city that has been secretly opposing Zhenlin City these years, willingly stop opposing it?

Three benefits.

One, Yaojin smelting industry.

Relocate all factory equipment and workers to Jinyan City, close to the Yaojin Stone Mine, to smelt Yaojin, increase production, avoid long-distance transportation, and save costs.

In the new Yaojin Smelting Plant, the major families in Jinyan City will probably hold 50% of the shares.

Second, agriculture.

Take advantage of the vast plains and dense rivers around Jinyan City to vigorously develop agriculture, such as grain planting and animal husbandry, teach advanced agricultural technology step by step, promote full mechanization, and build Jinyan City into a second agricultural center.

Three, cotton cultivation and textile industry.

Over the years, Zhou Ming has been sending people to search for crops like cotton. Whether it is an expedition team entering the forest or a well-informed businessman, asking them to help find an excellent cotton-like plant that Zhou Ming has always wanted to obtain on a large scale. After planting, it is used to change the dressing habits of this plane.

From common animal skin clothing and snow silkworm clothing to more comfortable and lightweight cotton clothing.

Hard work pays off. In recent years, Zhou Ming has obtained more than one kind of cotton-like crop seeds in his mind.

But more than a dozen.

Among them are large cotton trees, cotton shrubs two to three meters high, cotton grass about half a meter high, and even a kind of cotton ball that can be grown in a flower pot.

These cotton-like plants grow cotton wool in a variety of colors, including pure white, grey, orange, red, yellow, green, blue, purple and more than a dozen colors.

There is also a kind of cotton, and the cotton wadding that grows is actually beautiful and colorful.

These dozen types of cotton all have great value in promoting their cultivation.

The market prospects for woven cloth are naturally very broad.

By the way, not only cotton seeds, but also rubber plant seeds, expedition teams and merchants also brought a lot to Zhou Ming, and there were even more types than cotton.

But now, Zhou Ming does not plan to develop the cotton planting and textile industries, which are hugely profitable, on his own. He actually wants to share them and bring his old enemy Jinyan City together to make money.

Is there anyone more stupid than this in this world?

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Ming was the city leader who was trusted by everyone and elected with high votes, I'm afraid there would be a lot of scolding from below.

Zhou Ming had no choice but to explain them one by one to clear their minds.

"I decided to put these three industries in Jinyan City after careful consideration."

“The purpose of transferring Yaojin smelting industry to Jinyan City is to take advantage of the location close to the mining area, save smelting costs, and increase Yaojin’s output to 50,000 tons, 100,000 tons, or even one million tons per year... Yaojin As the pie of Jin Ye Lian gets bigger, the benefits it brings to us will also increase! After all, Yao Jin will be used in all aspects of our various undertakings."

"In addition, our mineral exploration team also discovered several Yao gold mines with considerable reserves in the deep forests to the west, as well as red copper, Xuanxing iron, Fengjin stone and other mines, all of which are valuable for mining, but only with human hands. If it’s not enough, it can only be mined in the future… So don’t worry, Golden Rock City will hinder us in this regard.”

"In terms of agriculture, to be honest, border areas like Zhenlin City are not suitable for the development of large-scale agriculture. It is too close to the forest. There are hundreds of incidents of wild beasts killing and injuring farmers every year. The establishment of a patrol team is not useful. It’s not big. Only on the mature land near Jinyan City can we expand agriculture without worrying too much about the intrusion of beasts in the forest.”

"As for the cotton planting and textile industry... we can only do it on a large scale in Jinyan City. The reasons are very simple. One, Zhenlin City does not have a large amount of available cultivated land, and two, there is not enough manpower... regardless of Cotton cultivation and textile industry are both labor-intensive industries, requiring hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of manpower."

"Are there that many of us?"

"No, no matter how much fertility is encouraged in Zhenlin City, it will not be possible to increase the number of hundreds of thousands of people a year, nor will it be able to occupy all the industries."

"So, we need Jinyan City to join, we need Wuhe City to join, we need more cities to join, and we need the land, population, minerals and other resources of those cities."

"You can't earn all the spirit coins, and they can't be earned by one person. If Zhenlin City really earns them all, no one will be willing to join us, and it may be blocked and boycotted by all forces."

"There are still people who advocate fighting, using force to conquer, and using force to strengthen our power... This method is good, but most of us are just mortals, or slightly stronger mortals. What if the immortals take action? What if the sect What will the door do to us?”

"Chixing Mountain will not allow us to wipe out all the families who have made offerings to them every year."

Speaking of offering offerings to the Immortal Mountain, in fact, in the past ten years or so, among the dozens of cities within a radius of thousands of miles of Chixing Mountain, Zhenlin City has performed the most eye-catchingly. In order to leave a good impression on the immortals, Zhenlin City has offered offerings to the Immortals. Not only were there many, but they were also of good quality and novel style, which left a deep impression on the immortals.

Zhou Ming even adopted an infiltration policy and sent more than 20 talented students to Chixing Mountain, and paid special attention to the growth of these students... The purpose was naturally to reduce Chixing Mountain's attention to Zhenlin City. See Zhenlin City as a threat that needs to be eliminated.

What kind of people are easily targeted and regarded as threats?

People who are noble and cold, high-profile and arrogant, who put on airs all day long and cannot lose face are the easiest to be targeted and suppressed... and these people often cannot see these shortcomings in themselves, but instead make the whole world angry. Targeting him, and then going against heaven and earth, often results in a tragic ending.

In Zhou Ming's philosophy, enemies who may turn into friends should try their best to turn into friends, and try not to offend those large forces before they are still weak.

Even if this requires taking out a small part of the benefits, it requires enduring a moment of conflict of temper.

This is not the so-called cowardice, but the secret of survival and success.

Because nothing can be bigger than your own life.

Of course, when his wings are full and he begins to gain strength, he can stretch his body, open his fangs, and surprise his opponents and teammates... This moment will eventually come.

This is the so-called "hide your strength, bide your time, and wait for the time to rise."

Wu Bao and others were moved by the reasons stated by Zhou Ming and the vision described. They nodded one after another and no longer objected.

…

soon.

Zhenlin City sent two heavyweight representatives to arrive at Jinyan City on eagle beasts, and the two cities began negotiations that lasted several days.

Zhenlin City's negotiator spoke tough, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. However, he still presented the three major cooperation projects proposed by his side to the clan heads of Jinyan City, and described the financial prospects of the three projects.

It can be summed up in these three sentences:

How many spiritual coins are worth the millions of tons of gold produced every year?

How much are tens of millions of tons of grain and millions of tons of meat, eggs, and milk worth every year?

How much money can be made from countless pieces of clothing, shoes, bags and other apparel products that can be worn by hundreds of millions of people every year?

Thump~

Thump~

This was the sound of a quickening heartbeat, breathing became thicker, blood flow increased, the face turned red, and the eyes became round and bright. The interest representatives of all the families in Jinyan City were all moved.

Extremely heart-pounding.

I almost wanted to nod in agreement immediately.

The negotiator from Zhenlin City said again:

"It's OK to continue the blockade. At worst, we will build another road. We just won't pass through Jinyan City in the future. The Yao Gold Mine is not unique to Jinyan City. It can also be purchased in other cities... but we will give up the opportunity to continue cooperation with Zhenlin City. If we encounter a tight blockade by Zhenlin City, then we would like to see which city can't hold on first? Will it be completely blocked first?"

"Think about it carefully, it's up to you to choose whether to live a good life or a hard life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice immediately sounded from below.

"We, the Yang family, are willing to continue to cooperate with Zhenlin City and become prosperous together!" The position of the head of the Yang family has changed. In the face of huge interests, he has forgotten the consensus reached by the families a few days ago and took the lead in rebelling.

It seemed like a chain reaction had occurred. As soon as the Yang family let go, the heads of other families panicked, fearing that they would fall behind others. They also expressed their opinions, "My X family is willing to cooperate sincerely with Zhenlin City to seek wealth..." Such words are heard all the time.

More than 90% of the families in Jinyan City said they would give up the blockade and are willing to cooperate.

The situation is gradually becoming clearer.

However, what the head of the Gao family below suddenly said was unexpected.

The head of the Gao family put forward a condition. Only by agreeing to this condition can the two cities continue to cooperate.

The other family heads were puzzled, and Zhenlin City’s negotiators were also very angry. Zhenlin City had given away such huge benefits, what else did Jinyan City ask for?

However, after the head of the Gao family made this request, the negotiator's anger faded a lot and he said he could consider it.

After hearing this, the heads of other families present also agreed and said that this condition must be added to the agreement so that the two cities can continue to cooperate!

What conditions are so important to the cooperation between the two cities?