Two years later.
Rose Commercial United Nations, Rose City.
In a classic office, a brown-haired middle-aged man sat behind a desk. In the middle of the room stood a girl with reddish-brown hair and emerald pupils.
The man's name was Brosnan and the girl's name was Xia Luote. The two of them were the most famous father and daughter in the entire Rose. Everyone knew about their deep relationship. But now, the atmosphere in the room was different from usual. It was full of strangeness.
"Father, why did you call me here all of a sudden?"
The brown-haired girl sitting in front of the desk stared at the man in front of her curiously. She didn't know what was wrong with her usually resolute father.
Xia Luote was puzzled because she was called back from the Fringe by Brosnan using an urgent family letter. Normally, such a letter meant that something big had happened in the family. But when Xia Luote finally got home, Brosnan only asked about some trivial matters. It had been more than half an hour since then.
Faced with Xia Luote's question, the middle-aged man sighed slightly. He recalled his daughter's marriage contract and rubbed his hands nervously. He felt that he should take things one step at a time.
"Ahem, ahem. Xia Luote, what do you think of the Akat Family?"
"Akat Family? Are you talking about the Akat Dominion that borders us? "
"If it's Akat Territory, it's a place with potential, but the Lord there has always been incompetent …"
The brown-haired girl's vicious comments made Brosnan's eyebrows twitch. Then, the long list of data that the girl listed made him speechless.
The territory's development rate was estimated to be less than forty percent. The roads were broken, the transportation in the mountains was inconvenient, and the border tariffs were always at the bottom. Sometimes, it wasn't even enough to cover the cost of the border checkpoint. It was simply a miracle.
"Alright, alright. I know what you think of the Akat Dominion. You don't have to say anything more."
Brian waved his hand to stop Xia Luote's business analysis. He felt that he had dug a hole for himself, so he didn't know what to say.
The Sorofia Family was a business family. Although they had gone to war, the tradition of doing business in the family had not changed. Sitting in the commercial center of Rose, they built their country on economics. When they looked at others, their focus would naturally be on economics and statistics.
The Akat Family, as a neighbor whose valuation was always high but whose output was always at the bottom, naturally didn't have a good reputation among the Sorofia people. However, as the head of the family, Bruce didn't think so at all.
From a merchant's point of view, Akat Hill was not good, but in terms of supernatural power and military, it was very good. After all, there was no such thing as a perfect territory. Lochet developed his business, which was why he was prosperous, but Akat chose military force, which was why it was stable.
From the perspective of a ruler, Bruce had a very high opinion of Akat. At least, Akat was a good neighbor worth maintaining a close relationship with. As for Xia Luote's point of view, Bruce happened to have some material to refute.
"Xia Luote, do you know Luo Ya Akat?"
"Luo Ya Akat. Oh, he's the only son of the current Marquis Ka Diya Akat. I heard that he was very naughty when he was young. Later on, he seemed to have a good relationship with the Nuo Aier Princess of the Theocracy …"
"Ahem, ahem. Let's not talk about his past or who he is backing. You have been busy with the Fringe for the past two years, so the news is a little outdated. Take a look at this first …"
Bruce said as he handed the document to Xia Luote. The brown-haired girl took the document and read it carefully. Gradually, her eyes widened.
The middle-aged man looked at the girl's reaction, which was almost the same as when he first saw the document. Indeed, the contents of this research report from Acate Territory's Sorofia branch could be said to be explosive. The various data in it were somewhat unimaginable, to the point that Bruce had to send someone to investigate it and reconfirm its authenticity.
"The tariff increase is 150%? How is that possible … "
Xia Luote began to concentrate on the report. She carefully read the policies of Akat Hill for the past two years. The more she read, the more she felt that the policies were ingenious.
First, there was a never-before-heard action called 'Clean Up the Evil'. The powerful military force was used to wipe out all the evil spirits in the territory. After that, there was a large-scale road construction that completely opened up the transportation network. After that, there was a clean-up of the city to raise the evaluation of the investors who came to inspect the city. Finally, there was a series of measures to encourage trade and a strange policy called 'Poverty Alleviation'.
The 'Poverty Alleviation' policy was popularized by Luo Ya Akat. It was meant to help the poor villagers become rich. The specific implementation was that the villagers would send workers to assist in the development of the village. The villagers would receive financial subsidies in the form of loans that would be slowly repaid over ten years.
This poverty alleviation policy was initially a joke among the lords who loved to scrape the land. Luo Ya Akat was also ridiculed as a foolish young master who spent money recklessly for the sake of reputation. However, a year later, the data slapped these people's faces swollen.
Akat Hill's tax revenue took off, and it wasn't a normal take-off. It took off like a rocket, and it directly doubled. And this was only the first year. According to the internal documents of the Sorofia Chamber of Commerce, it was estimated that this rapid growth would continue for at least five years.
"How is it? Xia Luote, do you still think that Luo Ya Akat is ignorant and incompetent? "
"… If this was really a decision made by him, then this person is not simple. Maybe he is a genius."
The reddish-brown haired girl couldn't help but praise. This made Bruce sigh in relief, and he also threw out his trump card.
"Not only that, Akat Hill recently submitted a cooperative development plan to us. It involves the entire southern part of Akat Hill and northern part of Rose. I think this plan is very good. What do you think?"
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