Yasuo thought he heard wrongly.

With Takeda's conditions... he almost treated Zaun as a colony and sold it all to Ionia!

Are there still such traitorous people in this era?

I was thinking, why not sell it to Noxus... Oh, by the way, if I sell it to Noxus, the other party might cancel the Alchemy Baron when they change hands.

After thinking about the state of a certain peninsula country in the previous life, this does not seem so difficult to understand.

I have to say that the idea put forward by Takeda is extremely tempting.

If Yasuo agrees, it means that as long as he helps Zaun push back Pi City, Ionia will receive huge commercial benefits and technical support, and all the accumulation of the Twin Cities will be open to Ionia—

— Doesn’t it sound great?

But unfortunately, this is neither realistic nor feasible.

First of all, it is impossible for Ionia to engage in a foreign intervention war.

If it is in line with Ionia's values ​​to form a military alliance and lend a helping hand when the Noxians launch an invasion, then intervening in the Twin Cities Civil War is unjustifiable.

Even if Yasuo can sign the contract without conscience, he won't be able to win the team if we really fight.

What's more, the situation in Ionia has just stabilized. The entire Ionia has begun to operate under the structure of the Preidian government for the first time. If such an incident occurs at this time, it will directly affect Ionia.

own order!

Ionia is Yasuo's foundation. Giving up Ionia for immediate benefits would be extremely stupid!

Secondly, to take a step back, even if Zaun really swallows up Leather City, will Ionia be able to get the benefits it wants?

While guaranteeing its own rights, does that mean Ionia will station its troops in Zaun?

What do you think of Noxus?

What do you think of Shurima’s golden crispy chicken?

Don’t forget, Zaun’s original name was Vazuan, and it was once an important northern port city in Shurima!

Therefore, although Takeda's proposal sounds good, if you think about it carefully...it is not good at all.

For the sake of unknown and limited interests, to break the existing stability of Ionia, drag the entire country into the quagmire of war, and establish multiple enemies, Yasuo was really stupid to agree to it!

Therefore, facing Takeda's enthusiastic proposal, Yasuo's attitude was also very clear.

"Ionia and Piltover have a profound friendship. We are on the right path and strive to achieve win-win results. Therefore, I really cannot agree with Mr. Takeda's suggestions."

Takeda's face darkened.

But there was no way, facing Ionia, Piltover couldn't be strong, let alone Zaun - even if Yasuo's refusal did not save him any face, he couldn't do anything drastic.

The secret meeting ended, and the contents of the conversation between the two parties were quickly "accidentally" leaked to Piltover. As a result, during the talks on the second day, Camille finally made important concessions.

Regarding the issue of tariffs, she proposed that all tariffs can be exempted, but the bargaining rights need to be agreed upon by both parties to prevent Piltover's local industry from being affected.

As for technology disclosure, she said that "the Hex crystal and Hex core technology will be retained, and other technologies can be disclosed, and all black boxes will be cancelled."

Obviously, the Zaun people's crazy choice put great pressure on Camille. Although it seems that Yasuo has maintained his sanity and did not go crazy with Takeda, but... I am afraid that Takeda will become even more crazy. If Yasuo doesn't have it for a while,

Hold on, Piltover is in trouble!

After all, for Piltover, selling Hex products to Ionia is already profitable in itself. As long as military cooperation is reached, even the two items proposed by Yasuo are not unacceptable to her.

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Faced with the change in Camille's attitude, Yasuo laughed silently in his heart while further elaborating some content - mainly further exchange and bundling of interests. He believed that Ionia could exempt Picheng Heik

Tariffs on Ionian products, while Piltover is exempt from tariffs on Ionian products. In this way, from the perspective of Runeterra, the competitiveness of both sides has been greatly improved.

This proposal plays into Camille's heart. Although for the civilians of Piltover, this is of little significance and may even lead to the outflow of some low-end industries. However, for the big businessmen of Piltover, this exchange of interests is of great significance.

It was such great news that she made the decision on the spot without even going through a business alliance meeting.

In this way, with Takeda's assistance, Ionia and Piltover formally signed the "Epi Treaty" at the Piltover Auditorium on commercial and technical cooperation issues.

The treaty stipulates that Piltover's Hex products entering Ionia do not need to pay tariffs, but except for Hex crystals and Hex cores as power sources, all other technologies must be disclosed to the Ionian government.

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In return, the specialty products exported by Ionia (see the appendix for a detailed list, negotiated and updated every three years) do not need to pay tariffs and enjoy the same treatment as local products in Piltover.

In addition, Ionia and Piltover formally established a military alliance against Noxus. If one party suffered an invasion from Noxus, then when Noxus declared war, the other party would

Will also declare war on Noxus.

Under the watchful eyes of countless reporters, Yasuo and Camille signed the treaty respectively - it won't take long for this news to spread throughout Runeterra with the propaganda of Piltover merchants!

"Piltover Daily" worked overtime to print extra news, and the unreserved content of the treaty made the people of Piltover happy. For them, Ionia is "a powerful country that just defeated Noxus", even though

Even the proudest Piltover people would not refuse to be friends with such a powerful country!

Oh ho, we have Ionia!

The war masons in Piltover immediately contacted the line and sent the news back. Although this was a major benefit to Pichen, it was also a huge benefit to Noxus.

pressure.

A military and commercial alliance hostile to Noxus!

If we add Bilgewater, who has always been at odds with Noxus and has important ties to Piltover and Ionia, then the entire eastern front of Noxus may not be too peaceful in the future...

As for Zaan, who was used as a gun - they also gained something.

After all, according to another secret agreement, Zaun can use Hex Crystal technology to exchange Ionia for some technologies that they are interested in and that are blocked by Piltover.
Chapter completed!