In the study, Tang En had already stopped speaking, but his voice still reverberated in the hearts of these people.
An era ….. that belonged to Magic Crystals?
Because they had never experienced it, they couldn't understand the importance of energy to the development of society.
Using magic to replace the backward manpower, while greatly increasing the productivity of society, the status of Magic Crystals that represented magic would also rise. Whoever controlled the Magic Crystals would have the right to speak and wealth.
If they didn't control the Magic Crystal mines ahead of time, when Tang En's magic machines came out in large quantities and the consumption of Magic Crystals increased, the one who would be laughing the happiest in the Irus Empire would be Grand Duke Frank. This was because the Cardier Family had monopolized the Magic Crystal mines in the Irus Empire.
"I still don't understand … …"
Aubury asked with knit brows, "Can you be more clear?"
"Truly an idiot."
Arden didn't hold back as he mocked Aubury, but he didn't understand much of it himself … …
"The reason is very simple, I'll say it like this."
Tang En considered it for a bit before saying, "In the era of manpower, if you want people to work, you have to let people eat their fill. So if you control food, you can make people work for you."
"And the magic machines that I've developed will bring about a change in productivity. There are many things that can be done by magic machines and their efficiency is several times higher than that of manpower. The 'food' that makes these magic machines work is also the 'energy', which is the Magic Crystals."
"In the coming era, if you control energy, you control wealth, you control power, and you control the future!"
Tang En emphasized this three times because it was very important. At the same time, his tone became heavier as he clenched his fist, "So, I think that we have to take the Magic Crystal mines in the hands of the Cardier Family before the magic era comes!"
Silence.
"Baron Tang En, let's not talk about how we'll take the Cardier Family's Magic Crystal Mine, can you explain why you're so confident in the magic machines?"
No matter how Aurelia looked at Tang En, she felt that he was an eyesore. Of course, this was because Tang En had taken care of her many times when she transformed into "Night Song". But even without these reasons, she still felt that Tang En's plan was very unreliable.
It doesn't matter if you have confidence in yourself, but why should everyone have confidence in you?
One had to know that this could be a huge gamble with the future of the entire country!
What right do you have to make everyone go down with you?
"Good question."
Tang En gave a thumbs up and said without hesitation, "I'm confident because I'm the one who developed the magic machines. I know how much potential they have!"
How thick-skinned!
If possible, Aurelia really wanted to splash the tea in her cup on his face to wake him up.
But after hearing Tang En's words, Aubry, Victor, and Adrian all fell silent. Compared to the emotional Aurelia, they were more rational, so they could analyze more things from Tang En's words.
If everything was like Tang En said, that the largest labour force in society had changed from human labour to magic machines and magic machines required Magic Crystals, then the people who controlled the Magic Crystals would have the greatest wealth.
What advantage did they have now?
Foresight.
Tang En had already described this grand blueprint to them and he was very confident in realizing this future.
Tang En revealed this information to them because, on the one hand, Tang En could not eat such a big cake alone, so he had to find them to work together. On the other hand, it was because they were considered to be in the same camp, and common interests could make the relationship between the two sides stronger.
Since it was like this, why not take a gamble?
Even if they failed, it wouldn't be worse than it was now. An emperor who didn't have many people he could rely on, if he didn't even have the courage to take a gamble, then what was the point of him living?
Moreover, he knew that the gods were protecting Tang En. The idea brought by the son of god was likely to be the will of the gods. Since it was like this, how could they fail?
Take the gamble!
"Baron Tang En, if you have confidence, then I also have confidence. I think we can discuss the details of this plan in detail."
Victor was the first to agree. Aubry and Adrian could only grit their teeth and follow when they saw that Victor had agreed.
There was no other way. They were all in the same boat, so they were bound together for good or ill.
"That's natural. If we don't have the support of His Majesty Victor, this plan will be much more troublesome to realize."
Tang En revealed a bright smile. It couldn't be better if they all joined in, it would make it much easier for him to carry out his plan.
"Our time is very tight right now because on Ellington's side, the workshop has already been split up and the production line is being reorganized. Once the training is complete, large amounts of magic machines will come off the production line and be sold in various places. Once the effects of the magic machines are seen, the price of Magic Crystals will rise, so we have to finish everything in the shortest amount of time."
Tang En first analyzed the situation before saying, "Your Majesty Victor, you need to enact some laws as soon as possible to restrict the export of Magic Crystals. At the same time, you need to lock in the market and create an illusion that the Magic Crystal market is saturated, lowering the price of Magic Crystals, while also raising the cost of mining Magic Crystals."
"Wait! I know how to do the first few things, but what does raising the cost of mining have to do with me? "
"Damn, you can indirectly raise the cost. For example, you can raise the benefits of mining workers and set safety standards, requiring each mine to meet safety conditions before they can start mining. To put it simply, our goal is to raise the cost of mining Magic Crystals and lower the market price, making the Cardier Family think that the Magic Crystal mine is a burden that can't provide them with any benefits."
"But doing this ….." Victor was still confused, "After we take over in the future, it will also increase our mining costs."
"This is unavoidable."
Tang En explained, "As society progresses, the safety standards and requirements will gradually increase, and the cost will inevitably increase. But thank me. Due to the appearance of the magical drilling rig, the efficiency of mining has greatly increased, so the cost will not increase. Instead, it will decrease a lot."
"Alright, I hope it really is as you say."
Victor could only choose to believe in Tang En now.
"After that, sir dukes Aubury and Adrian, what you need to do is to create a tense atmosphere. Let the Cardier Family feel pressure, but at the same time, you can't be too tense, otherwise it'll be easy for a war to break out."
Aubury said in a voice of disdain, "As long as I walk around the camp twice a day, that old bastard Frank will become nervous without saying a word."
"That's because he's worried that a boorish man like you will start a slaughter without a single word!"
Adrian snappily said, "We need to act now. Baron Tang En, please continue."
Tang En retracted his sympathetic gaze and said, "Frank is a very confident and suspicious person at the same time. If he feels the pressure, he will definitely take action. The most exaggerated action is naturally to prepare for war. In that case, he will need to reduce the burden on his family and do his best to get rid of the burden and turn it into wealth."
"This also means that under these conditions, it's very likely that he will sell the mines!"
"That's right. Our goal is to cause him to misunderstand and at the same time make him start to sell the mines. At the same time, we have to find a way to take over these mines at this time. In order to prevent the situation from becoming too tense and causing a civil war to break out, once the mines are in our hands, we must immediately stop all actions to prevent a misfire from really starting a war. If that happens, the losses will outweigh the gains. "
After carefully analyzing Tang En's plan, Adrian sucked in a breath of cold air, "Baron Tang En, you're playing with fire. If you're not careful, you'll become the sinner of the whole country!"
In these plans, if any step went overboard, it could cause social unrest and a direct war between the royal party and the aristocratic party.
Tang En was now undoubtedly preparing to make them walk a tightrope.
Tang En pursed his lips, "Wealth comes from danger. Besides, the situation now is very unfavorable to you. If you don't take a risk, how can you possibly turn the situation around?"
Victor and the others could not help but laugh bitterly.
The economy was constrained by the aristocratic party. No matter what the royal party did, there was no way to reverse the situation. After all, humans were only motivated when there were benefits.
If they did not take a risk now, it would not be long before the royal party was forced to abdicate by the aristocratic party. By then, it would be too late to fight back.
The current situation was very simple. Whoever had the money would be the boss. What Tang En wanted to do was to use the power of Victor, Aubrey, and Adrian to ruthlessly dig out a large piece of fat from the Cadier family and then divide it among the few of them. Although this description was very disgusting, it was more or less the same meaning.
And in this process, the most important thing was not to let the Cadier family feel any pain. They had to let them feel the joy of getting rid of the fat …
Tang En had already outlined the general plan. As for the specific details, it was up to Victor and the others who played politics to discuss the layout. In the end, this discussion went on for an entire night. It was not until the next morning that this secret meeting to divide up the big cake of the Irus Empire's future finally ended. There was also a specific implementation of the plan. It was detailed to what step to take, how to execute it, and even how to acquire the Cadier family's mine in the end. Even the distribution of the profits had been decided. As this was Tang En's plan and Victor knew Tang En's identity, he took 50% alone. Victor represented the royal family and took 30%, while Aubrey and Adrian represented the Foel family and the Bolette family and took 10% each.
As a thank you to Victor, Tang En gave Victor the evidence that the Cadier family had hired someone to assassinate him. This made Victor overjoyed.
After that, Tang En, who had received 5,000,000 gold coins, left the palace in satisfaction and went to look for Frank to complete the transaction.
This time, Frank did not say anything and completed the transaction very straightforwardly. Of course, at this moment, he was completely unaware that he had fallen into Tang En's trap.
After that, Tang En returned to Ellington. For the sake of his energy strategy plan, he had his own tasks to complete.
His own task was to buy time for Victor and the others.
Enough time for them to complete the layout!
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