Yasuo issued his own ultimatum.

Either technology will be exchanged for the market, or business will be hemorrhaged. If you want to easily get military assistance from Ionia, you Piltover people are probably not dreaming!

Seeing that Yasuo seemed to have drawn a line, Camille actually had a headache.

This kind of negotiation, in which she was at a disadvantage no matter what, was really worrying - at this moment, she was even thinking, "If Piltover exported food during the Battle of Ionia, would things be better?"

There are a lot of questions like this.

But... no matter what, the negotiations must continue.

It is absolutely impossible to cancel all tariffs - although Ionia seems to have no exports except specialty tea, wood, dyes and other specialties, considering the population of Ionia, it is willing to accept Heike conditionally

Regarding S&T’s attitude, if Pic City cancels the tariffs, they will face a huge impact.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of textiles alone, Ionia can completely defeat Piltover's textile industry with its own size!

It is no exaggeration to say that if Camille agrees to this, even her guardians of Pi City, the Green Steel Shadow and the Gray Lady, may not be able to protect the Philos family.

It only takes one industry, the textile industry, to drag the Philos family into the abyss.

Therefore, Camille will never agree to the cancellation of tariffs.

As for technology development…

This doesn’t work either!

If the technology of all products exported to Ionia is opened up, Piltover will lose its biggest advantage and will fall into a huge trade deficit again soon.

After all... most of the Hextech in Piltover has no special threshold!

Fortunately, if you ask for a high price, you have to make a counteroffer. Camille thought for a while and quickly came up with two plans of his own.

Regarding the elimination of tariffs, Camille believes that tariffs on all "goods not produced in Piltover" can be eliminated. As long as we do not produce them, we will not increase taxes.

In terms of technology openness, Camille proposed "restricted technology development", retaining black boxes in certain aspects of the product and making the rest of the technology public.

"With all due respect." After confirming these two suggestions, Yasuo did not hide his dissatisfaction at all. "From your response, I can't see the slightest sincerity - the pricing power of Ionia's specialties has always been

In our hands, the elimination of tariffs on specialty products is meaningless; and the black box of technology is even more ridiculous. The core technology of all Hex products is protected in the form of a black box, so what else can be opened? The lever principle or the pulley mechanism

Does it make sense?"

"But we can't give up all our advantages." Camille's tone was still calm, "Hex technology and import and export trade are the foundation of Piltover!"

"So my condition is to choose one of the two." Yasuo also calmed down and looked at Camille with a half-smile. "Everything has its price. If you don't want to... we may consider another idea.

How about having Pi City provide military funding for our army?”

How about it?

Camille dared to say that if he agreed, the people of Piltover would overturn the police station tomorrow morning when they demonstrated. Although this may not be the case, Piltover has always talked about progress and freedom!

Negotiations once again came to nothing.

Judging from the attitudes of Camille and Yasuo, the two sides have reached an absolute deadlock when it comes to their core interests.

But...reaching an impasse does not necessarily mean a stalemate.

Although Camille would not give up any of Piltover's interests, as an alchemist baron, Takeda has never been afraid of betraying Zaun's interests.

Anyway, in order to maintain their status, these guys have been selling out Zaun's interests to Piltover. If possible... it wouldn't be a big problem to change the seller.

After having this idea, the more Takeda thought about it, the more he felt that the Ionians were a good buyer.

Anyway, the Twin Cities and Ionia are not bordering each other at all. No matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, Ionia cannot threaten its rule.

If it's really possible, it's not impossible to lure a wolf into the house!

As a result, due to Takeda's quiet actions, the three-party talks quickly fell apart.

During the day, the negotiations between Yasuo and Camille were stuck. At night, Yasuo and Takeda were plotting - and the core of the conspiracy was how to carve up Pi City's interests.

That's right, Takeda has boldly started to think of snakes swallowing elephants. Although Piltover is not worth mentioning in front of Ionia, in Zaun's eyes, Piltover is a real giant!

And now, Takeda has begun to think about whether he can swallow this giant with the help of Ionia!

Although he is an old-school Alchemist Baron, it seems that Takeda keeps in touch with many big businessmen, but in fact, such things as falling out and becoming ruthless are extremely common for the Alchemist Baron.

If there are tangible benefits, Baron Alchemy is simply a madman with huge power!

To give the simplest example, despite the fact that the production of Hex Crystals will cause huge harm to workers, it is also an industry with huge profits - so why do these profits fall to the Zaans?

Where's the hand?

Was it the cake that the Piltover people cut to appease Zaun?

Or is it a last resort to prevent Piltover's environment from being destroyed?

None of the above.

In fact, the manufacturing method of Hex Crystal was stolen by the Zaun people...

The people of Piltover had no choice but to hold their noses and admit it after the Alchemist Baron mastered this technology - fortunately, the Alchemist Baron never considered Zaun. After obtaining the technology, they did not use it for their own interests.

The technology was disclosed in exchange for the bargaining power when Pi City purchased the Hex Crystal...

Therefore, these alchemy barons seem to be very good at judging the situation, but when benefits arise, if possible, they have always been the type to bite the bullet and not let it go!

These greedy guys are like hyenas living on the grasslands. They eat meat and scavenge. As long as there is food, they will not give up, no matter what the food is.

Now, with the arrival of Yasuo, these hyenas have discovered an excellent opportunity - as if a group of African elephants have rushed into the pride of lions, and they intend to take advantage of this opportunity to completely crush their competitors!

Don't give any chance!

With this idea in mind, during the secret meeting, Takeda proposed a condition that stunned Yasuo.

In order to obtain Ionia's military assistance against Noxus and Piltover, Takeda stated that he was willing to accept two conditions proposed by Yasuo - while canceling tariffs on all Ionian goods, he also disclosed everything that had been done.
Chapter completed!