"Your Highness, I'll say it again: we've sacrificed a lot for this port..."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and denied it before he could finish speaking:

"You haven't given anything, yet you've already gained a lot. You know perfectly well what Champa was like before and what it is like now."

Don't be ungrateful after getting a good deal, and don't be too greedy; that's not good. Remember, Zhan Cheng is just a small country.

If one is not satisfied with the status quo and does something outrageous, or even something that harms the interests of other countries, then in the end, even if one is not targeted by other countries for this reason, one will still be targeted by other countries.

Because your greed for profit is too great, it may attract the envy of others, who may try to swallow you up or destroy you. You should understand the principle that "possessing a treasure is a crime."

What you need to do now is not to offend the countries you trade with, but to build good relationships and ensure that you can always keep the port under your control.

This is not a threat!!!

Zhu Yunwen's words were so blatant and clear: he was telling the King of Champa that he controlled such a good port.

If you don't maintain good relations with other countries, then other countries around you will be envious of your money and will try to snatch it away from you.

Instead of cultivating good relations with other countries, they even want to increase profits and take a bigger slice of the pie.

Not only will this ruin relations with other countries and incur their hostility, it will also make the countries around you even more envious.

Originally, you were just holding a steamed bun, but later your steamed bun also contained a meat pie.

Aren't other countries even more envious?

The King of Chengguo clearly did not understand this principle; he was still blindly confident and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Then I might as well tell His Highness the Crown Prince that this money wasn't received for nothing. To be honest, His Highness the Crown Prince, there are quite a few pirates at sea."

"At worst, give me 10% of the profits. I can guarantee that trade between the West and the Ming Dynasty will be completely free from pirate attacks during their travels through this sea area."

Zhu Yunwen sneered upon hearing this and said:

"That's no trouble at all. I wiped out those pirates you mentioned when I entered Champa, so this is not something you can use to threaten or negotiate."