"Mr. Yasuo." Just when Yasuo had finished wrangling all afternoon and was resting quietly to gather strength for the evening's negotiations, Riven hurried over, "I have a letter here about the Hex post-processing system - it is said that

From Zaun."

letter?

Yasuo was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding what was going on.

Could it be that...the Zaans are planning to hold the Piltovers back?

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the letter itself, Yasuo opened the envelope.

This letter is very short and does not contain much content. There are only two points in total.

The first point is that "The Hex post-processing system is a patent of the Zaun people, and it has been stolen by the Piltover people. Compared with the poor imitators, Zaun's post-processing system is precise and reliable."

This is considered sales promotion.

The second point is to say, "The alchemist baron who cooperated with the Noxians is finished. We are committed to researching methods to clear the alchemical poison gas contamination, and hope to cooperate with you."

This is also sales promotion.

But... Speaking of which, Yasuo is really interested in both of these promotions.

Yasuo doesn't care who the patent belongs to in the former, but if a competitor is added, he will make money no matter what; in the case of the latter, although the interference of alchemical poisonous gas to the balance between the spiritual world and the real world has been dealt with little by little, there are still many problems.

There is still no grass growing in the poisonous gas area. If the Zaun people really have any way to eliminate this sequelae, then Yasuo will naturally want it.

Of course, Yasuo still needs to think about the content of this letter. After all, it is just words without evidence. Considering the behavior of some Zaun alchemists during the Ionian War, Yasuo has no doubts about this man named Takeda.

The guy still has reservations - but at least there is no problem in using this to put pressure on the Piltover people.

After putting down the letter, Yasuo closed his eyes again. Now, he needed to think carefully about what he should do next.

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Compared with the fun of the previous banquets, everyone's mood at today's dinner was much lower, whether it was the hosts in Piltover or the visitors from Ionia.

After hastily filling his stomach, Yasuo met with Camille again.

The issue of Zaun also appeared for the first time in the talks - neither Yasuo nor Camille had any intention of pretending not to know, and they directly brought up the issue of Zaun.

In Camille's words, the "plagiarism" mentioned by the Zaan people is naturally a myth. Our post-processing system is completely "a similar system with similar functions." As for whether it is plagiarism, that depends on the patent office.

The judgment comes from.

Of course, seeing Camille take the initiative to talk about this topic, Yasuo already knew it in his heart - if nothing else happened, this technology may really come from Zaun, otherwise Piltover might not even mention it.

One sentence.

So, Yasuo simply said, "How about we bring Zaun into this negotiation. I heard that Zaun can produce Hex crystals. I can import crystals and post-processing from them. From

Picheng imports Hex devices, so that everyone can benefit from each other and win-win."

Yasuo's words sounded better than his words, but Camille spent so much time this time, the purpose was not mutual benefit and win-win with Zaun!

After understanding Victor's abilities, Camille is now extremely wary of Zaun. If possible, she even wants to give Zaun a blow in order to widen the gap between the two cities again!

However, despite all the reluctance, Camille could only follow Yasuo's wishes and sent an invitation to Takeda - on the one hand, this invitation was because Yasuo was the leader of this negotiation, and on the other hand, because

Because when Takeda sent a letter to Yasuo, he also sent a letter to Camille, which undoubtedly sent another signal.

"If possible, I would also like to cooperate with Pi City."

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Takeda's maneuvering allowed him to successfully appear on the negotiating table, and the two-way meeting between Yasuo and Camille turned into a three-way meeting between Yasuo, Camille and Takeda.

As for the content of the talks, there has not been much change. They still focus on the import of Hex devices, Hex post-processing systems and military alliances.

Oh, because of Takeda's participation, Yasuo also added a section on "dealing with the sequelae of alchemical gas", but an agreement was quickly reached on this part. The Ionian government will hire Takeda's alchemists to personally

Visit the site of the poison gas incident and study cleanup plans.

As for the cost of this action?

Ionia does not need to pay a price - because this alchemical poisonous gas comes from another alchemist baron Amistan in Zaun. Takeda does not have this technology, so while sending alchemists to investigate, they also analyze the alchemy for them.

Poison gas, the opportunity to learn alchemical techniques, this is a real win-win event.

As for whether this will cause the proliferation of alchemical poison gas technology...

To be honest, alchemical poison gas is not a cutting-edge technology. The way to curb its spread is more to prevent its use. Speaking of which, catching Amystan and hanging her will probably be the best way to curb the alchemical poison gas.

use.

The negotiations lasted for a long time.

At the beginning, Camille hoped to give up her business interests in order to obtain Ionia's military help - so she put forward many conditions in various ways, but most of them were

There are more or less traps.

On the surface, Ionia's products are added to Piltover's business system, but it only provides equal competition opportunities for Piltover's superior products, and tries to prevent the dumping of all finished products as much as possible.

Import raw materials from Ionia.

That's right, after three rounds of actual talks, Camille revealed the main purpose of the Piltover Chamber of Commerce. They wanted the market in Ionia and the raw materials in Ionia - they hoped to get it from Ionia.

Import logs, ores and other materials, and then export hex products and other processed products to Ionia to earn profits.

This is obviously not what Yasuo wants to see. Although Camille talks nice, he gives Ionia material subsidies and exempts Ionia from tariffs, but in the final analysis, this is all about grabbing Ionia.

With the wealth of Onia, this kind of trade is not what Yasuo wants to see!

Are you planning to ask Ionia to provide you with military protection when you propose such conditions?

I'm afraid you're not dreaming!

So, at the negotiation table, Yasuo ruthlessly put the Piltover people's plans on the table, and then directly gave his conditions.

"If you want Ionia to provide military help, Piltover must either unilaterally cancel tariffs on all Ionia exports, or open up the relevant technology for all goods exported to Ionia. There is no third option.
Chapter completed!