A bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Su Qin didn't know how to answer his boss's question for a moment, and suddenly placed the ruler in prison. Although it was caused by the huge gap in strength, no one would be happy at this time. However, the merchants were the most realistic and rational. When they found that things were not done, they would make the right choice as soon as possible. Su Qin had a deep understanding of this, and the Peninsula Alliance was no exception.

Although the industrial and commercial forces in East Samoa are headed by the three major families and their allies, there are conflicts between them. Everyone wants to weaken the other party and make their own power stronger. The strong intervention of the Tanghe people forced them to suppress internal conflicts and unanimously go out of the outside world, hoping to make the same voice in the negotiations with Wufeng. Su Qin’s task is to strive to provoke the concealed contradictions they have been covered up, and make these contradictions open and expand as much as possible, so that one side can make full use of these contradictions to gain the initiative in negotiations.

"Return to Your Highness, East Samoa is still smooth. The Gray family has taken the lead in surrendering. They have clearly expressed their willingness to cooperate with us. However, in exchange, they demanded that they continue to monopolize the monopoly of salt. At this point, their subordinates have made some concessions and agreed to reduce a certain share to continue the salt monopoly of the entire East Samoa, and that Bali and Medan can further relax the salt market. The Sely family has also expressed their willingness to cooperate with us, provided that if Western Xinjiang intends to develop water transportation, the government orders for shipbuilding should give priority to their family's shipyards, and of course they will also repay with the best quality." Some of them licked their dry lips tiredly. Su Qin was still not very comfortable with the fact that it was already winter but still warm and moist.

"Oh? It seems that the progress is quite good. Since the Seli family is willing to cooperate, what about his in-laws Modai family? Didn't there be any reaction?" Wufeng's eyes were like torch, which made Su Qin feel refreshed.

"The Modai family has not responded yet, but I have asked the Seli family to bring a message to Modai. I believe there will be an answer soon." Su Qin was positive about the effectiveness of the Modai family. He believed that the Modai family could see the current situation clearly.

Pearl harvesting and fishing have always been important livelihood channels for ordinary fishermen in East Samoa. However, as the Modai family expands its power, it continues to squeeze out fishing grounds and pearl production farms that were originally publicly owned by the Republic. A large number of excellent fishing grounds and pearl production farms in neighboring cities were occupied by the Modai family with the help of policies that benefit their families in the parliament, which made a large number of ordinary fishermen in East Samoa not go further if they wanted to catch fish and pick pearls. This also caused extreme dissatisfaction among fishermen. Their representatives have repeatedly criticized the Modai family representatives in the parliament.

This disadvantage cannot be reversed because of the difference in power. But now East Samoa has changed its master, and this master is known for being close to the people in the Tanghe Empire. The people have a high support for him. He heard that he himself is also very concerned about infringing on the interests of ordinary people. This makes the representatives of the fishermen full of expectations for the arrival of the new master. It is too slim for vulnerable groups like them to suppress industrial and commercial giants like the Modai family through parliamentary struggles, but Li Wufeng's arrival gives them hope.

The Modai family should also see this. In Su Qin's view, the Seli family's first step is to explore the way and show goodwill for the Modai family. When the overall situation is decided, no family can escape this reality, but they all want to choose a better opportunity to intervene.

"Hmph, Su Qin, there is no need to be too accommodating to some people. It is much better to cultivate some opposition forces to restrain them than to blindly indulge them. Haven't the fishermen's representatives come to ask the Modai family to withdraw from the public fishing grounds and pearl mining farms that originally belonged to East Samoa cities? Why not throw this out and knock on the Modai family, let them listen to the voices of the people and feel the pressure of public opinion, so that they will be much more honest and obedient." Wufeng smiled faintly, and the mysterious smile on his face made Su Qinzong feel a hint of conspiracy.

"Well, your highness, whether it is the public opinion or the voices of the people, my subordinates think it is not the time to use this trick. After all, your highness's original intention is to use these families to consolidate our rule here. The members of the city council are the legal perspective of the people. Most of these members are dependent on these business families. As long as they can cooperate with us, everything will be easy to talk about, but if they are rebellious, these things can also become the basis for us to suppress them." Su Qin tactfully refuted his boss's opinion.

"Well, everything is based on your opinion. I'm just making a suggestion and you can do it yourself. Is the Metic family still not moving?" Wu Feng turned his words to the Metic family, the largest family in East Samoa's industrial and commercial power.

"There is no movement yet. The Metic family seems to have a bit of a wait-to-price. I hope we can come to the door on our own initiative. However, the Metic family and their ally Giggs family have control over the transportation and shipbuilding industry, and have nearly thirty seats in the city council. They do have this capital. Maybe they want to wait until the end and hope to occupy a more favorable position in cooperation." Su Qin analyzed with the idea of ​​the most important negotiating opponent.

"Hmph, Su Qin, do you think we should also implement their urban parliamentary democracy in the areas we control now? If I do not plan to implement this so-called democratic system, then what is the value of their number of seats in the city parliament?" Wu Feng's words were full of uncertainty, which made Su Qin still unable to determine whether he really wanted to change the current political system in Moro and East Samoa after carefully observing his boss's face.

"Your Highness, with the current development status of Moro and Eastern Samoa, the views of each subordinate should at least be reserved to a certain extent, especially in the economic field, we should fully respect the wishes of these industrial and commercial families that support the urban economy. Of course, the premise is that they must maintain a cooperative attitude with us. As for urban power and security, the subordinates of our inner-west Xinjiang city guards and the government-military decentralization system that adopts the system of government and military garrisons in the mainland of Western Xinjiang is not very suitable for Eastern Samoa and Morocco, but it is more suitable in Baliya, Medan and Sulawesi." Su Qin put forward his own opinions.

"Well, then you can talk about what kind of system and model to adopt for East Samoa and Moro, which can not only ensure the smooth economic development of these two places, but also ensure our firm control over these two places." Wufeng had high hopes for Su Qin. The purpose of recruiting Su Qin here this time was to let him solve this problem that has always troubled him. Su Qin, who has read a lot of books and has a good understanding of the political system of the Western Mainland, should be the best candidate to properly solve this problem. Wufeng also talked about some of his own ideas on this issue two days ago. He hoped that Su Qin could come up with a way to take into account both on his own view.

"I have been working hard to think about this issue in the past two days. The original system of Moro and East Samoa is definitely not good. Their government power comes entirely from the parliament, but the members of the parliament are directly elected by the people. The restrictions between electors and the elected are also measured by the economic basis, which ensures that the business families can have an absolute advantage, and the vast majority of ordinary people are excluded from this. This is what they call sovereignty in the people's principle. Since Moro and East Samoa have now become part of our Western Protectorate, the sovereignty must first be clearly affirmed in the Western Protectorate of the Tanghe Empire. The name of the Urban Republic must be abolished. This cannot be denied. If this point cannot be clarified, then we will lose the theoretical basis for rule here."

Su Qin's words are in line with the meaning of "no force". If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth, so there is no need to mention the implementation of management. He has completely lost the meaning of using such a large-scale army to go south this time. Even if it is used, it must be guaranteed. He will be willing to bear the reputation of dictatorship and autocracy.

"Of course, we also need to ensure that the original economic structure and economic system of the two places are not affected, and avoid the impact of regime change on the economy. We should even make the economies of these two places as integrated as possible with the economy in the mainland of Western Xinjiang, so that both sides can benefit from it and achieve a win-win goal. The subordinates think that as long as we carefully arrange and make reasonable arrangements, this effect will not be impossible."

Su Qin's words were also concluded through careful analysis and research, and are not nonsense. The economies of East Samoa and Moro are mainly based on sea transportation, shipbuilding, salt making, beading, fishing, handicraft production, agricultural product processing and some derivative industries. Most of these are not available in the mainland of Western Xinjiang. Therefore, the industries and commodities of these two places are quite complementary to those of Western Xinjiang, especially in the inland areas such as Tiannan, Myanmar and even Sanjiang. If commodities are transported out, they will travel south through Myanmar and then through the sea routes. The consumption and expenditure in transportation will be compared with that of the Central and Western mainland.
Chapter completed!