Chapter 214 [0212] Public Opinion War

Lux's return relieved the Zaun people who were worried.

More importantly, she brought back the treaty she signed with Sarah - next, as long as Zaun can build a port and roads in the eastern suburbs, they will become the exclusive distributor of Ionian goods.

This will provide Zaun with valuable jobs and rare foreign exchange.

You know, even if Zaun is no longer the Zaun it once was, after dealing with the Alchemy Baron, the Zaun people can produce and sell by themselves and ensure basic supply, but it is really difficult to get some special products from other places.

"Alchemical Rune Steel" and a few special products such as the Magic Frog can exchange a certain amount of foreign exchange for Zaun, so as to buy some things that they can't produce by themselves, but the output of these things is too limited, and the foreign exchange can only be used to buy the most needed materials for Zaun.

Improve the living standards of Zaun residents?

Sorry, no money.

With the start of the joint cooperation experiment, it is foreseeable that Piltover will rely on its own industrial advantages to impact Zaun's market with cheaper consumer goods, influence Zaun's culture, and even buy off Zaun people - and opening up Ionian trade and distributing Ionian goods in exchange for foreign exchange to counter the erosion caused by the dumping of consumer goods is currently the top priority for Zaun!

So, after having lunch with Ino, Lux immediately convened a high-level meeting in Zaun, and the heads of all Zaun departments had to attend the meeting!

At the meeting, Lux briefly introduced the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in Bilgewater - she concealed her own part and the demon's part, and only talked about Sarah's rise to power and the agreement between the two parties.

"Just like that, we have our first real ally." Lux concluded with this sentence, "Of course, compared to allies, I prefer the title of strategic partners."

After Lux's speech, the participants had different expressions, but most of them were excited. It is a recognized fact that Zaun's supplies are insufficient. After eating, people will pursue good food, and after having a place to live, they will pursue a better place to live. This is human nature.

Now that there is a "golden trade route", as a distributor, Zaun still has a clear development direction and work ideas in the next period of time, even if there are not so many infrastructure projects before, which is a good thing for everyone.

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The next day, the headline of Zaun Daily published an article "Welcome to a Peaceful Future".

It seems to be a tit-for-tat with yesterday's Piltover Daily. This article also talks about the future outlook after the end of the Ionian War, but the content of the outlook is completely different from that of Piltover people.

The logic of Piltover Daily is very simple: peace will bring a stable business environment, which will promote market prosperity.

The Zaun Daily pointed out more pointedly that peace would bring a stable business environment to Ionia, and thus promote any market related to Ionia to enter a prosperous stage.

In addition, the Zaun Daily also pointed out without any ambiguity that Piltover was a broker who made money from the war. With the end of the Ionian War, without the previous war dividends, Piltover will obviously intensify its internal oppression...

Through the contact window of the joint cooperation experiment, this statement quickly spread to Piltover and was recognized by many knowledgeable people - everyone knows that with Hextech as the engine of economic development, Piltover's market is still not prosperous recently, which in itself is very telling.

Many of the data in Zaun's report were personally investigated by Lux and obtained from Shadow Stream. Whether in terms of detail or logical rigor, it is far superior to the bowl of chicken soup mixed with chicken blood in Piltover.

Under such circumstances, the Piltover Daily naturally could not be content to lag behind. On the third day, their top reporter published an article titled "Piltover, the fulcrum of Ionia's trade".

Unable to logically refute the Zaun Daily's statement, the Piltover Daily simply began to brag about itself, praising Piltover's progressive and contract-oriented business environment on the one hand, and listing the shortcomings of various coastal commercial cities on the other.

The port of Mud Town is small in scale, and the locals are all prenatal education dropouts. Mud Town is OK for small-scale trade, but it is impossible to become the fulcrum of Ionia's trade.

Bilgewater is a pirate city with no future. Compared with trade, they prefer plundering. You don't expect pirates to be merchants, right?

Besilico City has a good size and location, but unfortunately it is a Noxian city. Although the war is over, Noxus and Ionia obviously cannot carry out direct trade.

Nashrameh is neutral, large enough, and has enough merchants, but any goods that want to reach Nashrameh must pass through the Sun Gate - in this case, wouldn't it be better to distribute them directly in Piltover?

Although it does not deny the importance of Ionian trade, it is a bit hard-headed and unreasonable to emphasize the advantages of Piltover, but it is undeniable that compared with the previous bowl of chicken soup mixed with chicken blood, the content of this article is indeed impeccable.

For Ionian trade, it seems that the best fulcrum is indeed Piltover.

On the fourth day, the Zaun Daily responded again.

You said that other places have various problems and it is impossible for them to become the fulcrum of Ionian trade?

Well, I will explain what each city needs to become the fulcrum of Ionia's trade.

Mud Town needs professional merchants. If Mud Town is willing to introduce foreign merchants, they will become a strong competitor.

Besilico is already dissatisfied with a series of policies of Noxus. Separatism has been serious recently. If Besilico is willing to raise the banner of rebellion, I believe that the hawks in Ionia will spare no effort to support them to cause trouble for the Noxians.

Bilgewater has just experienced a tide of fire, and the new pirate queen intends to rectify the order. In this case, even if they cannot bear the responsibility of the trade fulcrum alone, they are still the best transporters. No one can compare with them in terms of maritime transportation.

Nashramme is indeed too far away, but Nashramme, which has a large number of land trade routes, can become a part of the trade in the form of a secondary distributor.

Even if Zaun is willing to open a port, it can also become a strong competitor through low labor prices, a good business environment and special preferential policies.

In this race, Piltover seems to be ahead, but that's just an appearance!

At the end of this article, the author also quoted a historical event with profound meaning:

"Piltover has accumulated a lot of wealth brought by the ocean trade of Runeterra, but before the Sun Gate was dug out, even if it was only carried on shoulders and backs, the flow of trade between the Sea of ​​Watch and the Sea of ​​Conquest has never been prohibited - the essence of trade has never been a specific dock, a port or a city."

Kalya's Little Classroom·The Public Opinion War between Piltover and Zaun:

Since the joint cooperation experiment began, the public opinion war between the two cities has kicked off - and both sides seem to be very confident on this point.