The Origin of Arcane

Sure enough, Sophie Liya didn't mention the matter of sharing this enclave at all, but stared at Xiao En intently and said, If the Jacob River can really come back, I will support you to seize this place, But you must swear allegiance to me.

In reality? Or in name?

It appears that the rumors that the Princess Regent is having a difficult time in the Lancelot royal family are true.

The former sentence was asked by Sean, and the latter sentence was murmured in his heart, because he obviously noticed the difference in Sophilia's wording.

She used me, not Lancelot.

The difference here is huge.

If you are loyal to the Lancelot royal family, there is not much difference between Sophie Liya when she is the regent, but once she no longer serves as the regent, she will have nothing to do.

If you pledge allegiance to Sophilia personally, you don’t have to worry about it. Once Sophilia no longer serves as regent, the order of the Lancelot royal family can be completely ignored. According to the Byron Alliance There is nothing wrong with the law.

The difference between the actual allegiance Sean asked about and the nominal allegiance was even greater.

Actual allegiance, then she will become the real vassal of Princess Regent Sophilia, not to mention paying taxes, but also responding to her call for war. Of course, she will also have the authority to protect the integrity of Sean's fiefdom. duty.

Nominally, as the name suggests, it is an empty statement issued to the outside world, with a subordinate relationship above the name, and then do what should be done. What kind of relationship between the two parties in private depends on the conflict of interests between the two parties. If the dispute is enough Deep, it is not impossible to become a true subordinate. It is common to tear up the agreement and turn your face and deny it. The agreement is signed to be torn up.

In name. Sophie Liya, the princess regent, is a smart person, and she will not propose conditions that the other party cannot agree to, even if it is hypothetical, because even if the other party agrees now and turns around and tears it up, there is nothing wrong with it. Meaning, But we need to sign a trade alliance agreement, and advance together.

No problem. Sean nodded and agreed without hesitation. Dealing with smart people is sometimes very simple, because the other party will automatically avoid your sensitive bottom line, and it is easier for the two parties to reach a consensus.

The supplementary agreement of the princess regent is obviously aimed at the Kingsley family.

This point is too much to worry about. At that time, all the cultivated land of the Yongye Army will be destroyed, and it will not be relieved in three or two years. At that time, it is impossible to say that food will still need to be imported, let alone exported.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that the two sides will clash in order to become a fertile swamp of despair.

I think we have reached a consensus, and the problem has to go back to the original point. You can make the Jacob River flow again. I thought of a compromise method. I wonder if you are interested in hearing it? Princess Regent Sophie Liya is also very satisfied with Sean's straightforwardness, and the side reflections of some things are more illustrative than direct answers.

Judging from the other party's series of reactions, the other party is a liar and a prepared liar. At least he believes that he can bring Jacob back to life.

Yes, before that, why don't your highness listen to my conditions.

The Yongye Army naturally wanted something from the Princess Regent, otherwise Sean wouldn't have to travel all the way to meet Sophie Liya in person. He is not a boy who gives money, and it depends on other people's face to give benefits.

If you simply don't want to be accused of massacring millions of people, it is enough to send a messenger and lobbyist. Believe it or not, it will be the matter of the regent princess.

I'm willing to listen. Sophie Liya's spirit was lifted, and she was not angry but happy.

The most difficult opponents in this world are not those who are greedy, but those who have no desires and no desires.

If Xiao En had maintained a lofty attitude from the beginning to the end, she would have no way of attacking. If the other party wanted anything, no matter the real situation or the thieves, they would show their feet.

I need a lot of shipbuilders, the more the better, and once the Jacob River returns, I need to buy food, a lot.

Both of these are naturally related to the re-flow of the Jacob River. Shipbuilders are needed, so naturally they will open their own docks and shipyards in advance. Do business in the plains, or go south to settle in the Swamp of Despair.

In the first few years, the Swamp of Despair must be a series of waters and swamps, and the role of boats is greater than that of horses.

Buying food is a helpless choice. Originally, Sean wanted to be self-sufficient and wait until he had enough food before starting the Spring Thunder Project.

Judging from the series of problems that the Yongye Army is currently facing, there is simply not enough time, not only because of the chain reaction of the beast mutation event, but also because the Yongye Army is preparing to clear the interior in advance and take down the Walled City Alliance.

Regarding whether the Walled City Alliance can be taken down, the Yongye Group Army is not worried about this issue from top to bottom, it is nothing more than a matter of paying a price.

But after taking down the Walled City Alliance, the food crisis faced made people scratch their heads, and they could only turn their eyes to the outside of Andes Mountain.

Don't think about it, the leader of the Man Yu army. There is not much food production here. After the scourge of wars in the past few years, ten rooms are empty, most of the fields are barren, and everyone is facing a food crisis.

Only the royal family of Lancelot in the plains of Asia Minor could be called for assistance.

Shipbuilder? Buy food? Princess Regent Sophilia straightened her body, and looked at Sean again with a re-examination gaze.

Based on these two conditions, she needs to reposition and re-examine the matter of Xiao En and Jacob Jiang Fuliu.

Because for the first point, even if the other party is a liar, he is still a top liar. At least he believes that he can bring Jacob back to life.

It's okay to buy food, but you must use the market price and find a way to transport it back.

Regarding the purchase of grain, Princess Regent Sophie Liya immediately agreed. The weather in the Asia Minor Plain has been smooth and rainy for the past few years, and the grain piled up in the warehouse is almost moldy. Arshan's largest grain owner.

Grain has never been worried about sales in Asaen, and the military leader Man Yu is the biggest customer, but Sophilia doubts their current ability to pay.

Deal. As long as there is a way to purchase and transport, you can think of another way, and there is no rush.

I can find a way to search for shipbuilders. I want the right of first refusal for ships in your dockyard. The ships produced every year will be sold to me at half of the cost price, whether they are warships or merchant ships. , don't care if it's useful or not, let's get involved first.

In case the Jacob River really re-flows, it will be impossible without a boat.

She is absolutely unwilling to ask her to build a shipyard based on Wuying's work, and she has no innate conditions, and the Asia Minor Plain does not produce big trees for shipbuilding.

If the Yongye Army builds a dock, she will have no problem getting profits from it.

Impossible. At that time, I will sell you 10% of each warship and merchant ship at most, the market price.

Forty percent, cost price.

Twenty percent, the market price, no more.

Thirty percent, the cost price, this is the minimum, otherwise you will find a shipbuilder yourself, and then I will find another way to buy a ship. Both the Witch Secret Society and the Commons family have their own large shipyards, which are nothing more than transforming sea ships into Inland ship.

Thirty percent, the market price. It is my biggest concession to be able to give His Royal Highness thirty percent of the right of first refusal. I can't let my subjects do white jobs. I have no doubts about His Highness's ability, but whether the Witches' Secret Society or the Commons family , it is impossible to do white work for His Highness, and the purchase price and transportation price will be even higher when the time comes, and His Highness is not afraid that they will take the opportunity to spy on the inland?

Deal, you are one of the toughest opponents I have ever met.

May I take that as a compliment?

As you understand.

Thanks.

Now can I talk about my compromise? If there is no basic trust and Jacob Jiang Fuliu, the agreement we reached above is just empty talk.

Before implementing the agreement, I will send someone I trust to inspect your territory to evaluate the feasibility of this matter, and then I will give you an accurate answer. Compared to other people's statements and assurances, Su Felia believed in her own eyes more.

It makes sense, even if His Highness doesn't do this, I'm going to invite His Highness to send someone there, and say a thousand words and ten thousand, why don't you take a look in person. Xiao En agreed without hesitation.

The core unit of the Eternal Night Army has been well hidden from the very beginning. When it only occupied half of the Jacob's Ancient River, Darnell couldn't find much from it, let alone the addition of the Three Cave League and the Northern Fortress. A series of depths, the dismantling of the core units is more fragmented, and the hiding is deeper. If you only enter the Jacob Ancient River, it is estimated that even the basic strength of the Yongye Army will be difficult to figure out.

I think we have reached a consensus. Princess Regent Sophilia stood up with a smile, If you don't mind, I would like to hear the specific implementation method of the land exchange you mentioned earlier.

When he first came in, the female knight who led the way told Sean that it was only half an hour. In fact, when Sean came out, more than five hours had passed. During this period, the three of them had lunch together.

At the last time, Princess Regent Sophilia was only very interested in what Sean said about the replacement of the territory. Unexpectedly, after pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud, she found more interesting topics, especially It is about his own New Deal. Sean has done a lot of research, and some views are very peculiar and may not be applicable, but they have broadened Sophilia's thinking.

Sean also gained something from it. Although the princess regent Sophilia is not very old, she is an out-and-out old politician. Especially these years, she has been rolling in the old fox group, and her methods are even more sophisticated.

In contrast, Sean is just an apprentice who has just started. With his specious political methods, he can only play around in the Andes Mountains where the political power is a blank sheet. If it is replaced by the Byron Alliance, it is not enough. Yes, that group of old forces crushed him to death before he got up.

Angel Bena also made jokes to adjust the atmosphere. She is a smart person. Although she didn't say a word during the confrontation between Sean and Sophilia, Sophilia allowed her to listen, which is a kind of Attitude, the attitude of allowing her to take a piece of the cake, how much of the cake she can get from it depends on how strong she is.

In this kind of power game, any promise is empty talk. When it comes time to implement it, it still depends on the game of power and the exchange of benefits.

After the meeting, Princess Regent Sophilia boarded the carriage to return to the capital Valesta.

Obviously, Angel Bena said earlier that there was an emergency in the capital, and the Princess Regent needed to go back to deal with it in person, and it was not an excuse.

In fact, according to the original itinerary, the Princess Regent and her party were supposed to set off at noon, but Sophilia, who was in the middle of the conversation, was delayed a few points.

In order not to delay the trip, except when she just left the castle, she was sitting in a gold-plated and silver-plated carriage and made a show. After walking for more than a dozen miles, the Princess Regent appeared on the horse in a uniform, not to mention a dashing look. Demeanor, in the mode of the army, marching in a hurry.

The accompanying princess guards are not surprised, obviously this kind of situation is commonplace.

No matter whether Princess Regent Sophilia is fast or slow, there are always two female knights with the same outstanding beauty by her side.

One is tall and the other is petite.

Although the tall one is also the standard armor of the Knights of the Iron Rose, it is all white, including the horse under the crotch, which is also a white horse without a trace of variegation.

The long sword on his back is not the half-handed sword popular in the Byron League, but a longer, wider and thicker two-handed sword. The weight ring at the end of the hilt is a hideous ghost face.

As long as a knight who knows the goods can see the origin of this two-handed sword at a glance, it has a famous name Broken Head Sword, the standard equipment of Broken Blood Cavalry, and its reputation is built on the rolling head of the Odin orc. It is named after the knight who cut off the head of the Odin orc on his war horse.

Don't think it is shoddy when you hear the standard equipment. There are other troops in the Byron Alliance, but they definitely don't include the broken blood cavalry. Not to mention their weapons and armor, even the horse armor and horseshoes are all forged with thousands of hammers. of.

At least during the past fifty years when Grand Duke Cedric was in power, no one dared to fool the first barrier of the Byron Alliance. Otherwise, the hot-tempered Supreme Commander of the Blood Castle Alliance would bring the most elite Blood Cavalry to kill him. .

The petite one is just the opposite. No matter the armor cloak or the war horse, the whole body is black. Due to her figure, she wears the fierce armor with a cute feeling, but no one dares to underestimate it. She, because what she bears is even more unique than the one beside her.

It is a super-large scythe with a hideous shape like a death scythe. Even a strong adult uses a weapon that is two sizes too large. While it looks bigger in her hands, it also makes her look smaller, which is very visually impactful. force.

As far as these two unique looks are concerned, it doesn’t take much to ask, the white rose Biluo Strachey and the black rose Wendy Strachey among the three roses of the Iron Rose Knights.

Although he was in a state of rapid march, Black Rose's little snoring was already very happy, and everyone was not surprised by the fact that the out-of-human horse under his crotch followed the pace of the team.

For a person who is suspected of having the blood of a dragon, who wants to sleep twenty-five hours a day, and who talks about my serious lack of sleep recently, who can't guarantee more than sixteen hours of sleep every day, he has already practiced it anytime, anywhere. The supreme power to fall asleep.

Your Highness, do you really believe in that alien? Bai Qiangwei Biluo couldn't help asking.

When Sophilia and Sean met, it was naturally impossible for them to be the three of them. At that time, San Qiangwei was listening in the room separated by a wall behind Sophilia.