Five days passed, and there was no movement from Yangben and Meiguo. I thought the matter was over.
On the sixth day, I was drawing up design drawings for an electromagnetic close-in weapon system in the factory when Nangong Xi came to inform me that people from Yangben had arrived.
It's that Yu Hatano.
I met him in the city lord's office.
Before he could speak, I said, "Think before you speak. This is my place. I won't spout any nonsense about not killing envoys in a war between two countries."
Hatano Yu wasn't afraid of me; he took out a document:
"Island Master Zheng, please take a good look. This is the list of merchants we will be withdrawing from Gaim Island, as well as the members of the Gem Guild that we will be withdrawing from."
I glanced at it and saw that at least 70% of the merchants from Meiguo, Yangben, Faguo, Hanguo, etc., were leaving Gaim Island.
More than half of the Gem Guild members have also left.
"This is to boycott Gaim Island's raw material suppliers, including copper, iron, aluminum, glass, rubber, rare earth elements and some rare metals and chemical raw materials."
The resistance to these raw materials made me frown, because I desperately need them.
"Not only that, but we will also sanction anyone who provides you with raw materials in the future."
You can't build a complete industry chain here. Back in Shanghai, we only made home appliances, and that's about all the products we used.
Their approach isn't just choking us; it's cutting off our lifeline.
"Of course, these are just intentions at the moment. If you can agree to our conditions, these will remain just intentions."
"Island Lord Zheng! I know you will still rely on Great Xia, but there are some things that even Great Xia probably doesn't have."
I admit that's what I think, and what he said is true.
"Let's look at the terms first. I guarantee that you won't lose money, and your company will even take off."
He handed me another piece of paper.
The first priority, of course, is to release White, who is in charge of Mayfair, and those merchants who are causing trouble on Gaim Island.
The second is the return of the warships belonging to Yang.
Third, issue a public apology and admit that I orchestrated the warship incident with the aim of seizing Yang's warship.
The fourth thing is even more outrageous: they actually want to invest in my factory on Gaim Island.
Is this what made my factory take off?
"Trying to force me to back down?"
If I agree to their request once, they'll definitely ask for it again. I don't care about their conditions; they're not going to threaten me.
"It seems you don't have a choice either. In your Great Xia language, it's like a skilled cook having no rice to cook."
No matter how good your technology is, if you can't produce anything, how will you make money?
"If you don't make money, I'm afraid you won't be able to support all those women, will you?"
Damn! This statement reveals that they already know about Aunt Jun and the others.
A thought struck me, and Hatano Yu's eyes fell into confusion.
"Who orchestrated this plan to boycott me? Are you also trying to target the women around me?"
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