Chapter 377 (1/2)
Duke buck snorted, and asked in a blank voice, ”so your highness can promise now?”
”There's still no way to promise anything.” Sophia made a helpless expression, ”others don't know, don't you know? Yongye army leader is so powerful, how can it be just a vassal of me? The real relationship between us is just an alliance of interests. I am still on the passive side. At the beginning, when the Jacobs River returned, people came to me on their own initiative. I just took the opportunity to seek my own interests. If they didn't inform us, can you imagine what we would be like now? My fiefdom will become a real ghost. In fact, my influence on the Yongye army leader is quite limited. ”
Duke buck just looked at Sophia, her performance, without expression.
The highest level of lying is nine true and one false.
Even if Sophia did not practice to the highest level, it was not far away.
Duke Barker believed that the relationship between the Regent and the commander of the eternal night army was, as she said, an alliance of interests. After all, the strength of the commander of the eternal night army was there. If Sophia was able to support such a powerful puppet, she might as well fatten herself up.
He also believed that the return of the Jacobs was led by the Yongye army.
He had experienced the power of black powder himself, and they should have changed the world and made the Jacobs flow again.
But don't you think it's too late to talk about these things?
If we had known that the Yongye army leader had the secret weapon of gunpowder, why should the Kingsley family suffer such a big loss?
Sophia wants to say that she has no influence on the Yongye army leader, and she will not believe him.
Where did Yongye's army get a lot of cheap military food?
Without her military supplies, it would be difficult to support their own troops, let alone provide a large amount of food aid to the desperate swamp.
As long as the Regent cut off the military grain supply, the Yongye army leader will fall into the same situation as the Kingsley family, and will not obey. Duke buck did not know that his grain supplier had transferred to the arms of the Yongye army leader. He should have sold him 8000 tons of military grain, which is now Sean's bag.
Even if we don't use the army grain, there is the trade in the Jacobs.
With this as a means of coercion, how can Yongye army leader ignore her three points?
Duke buck did not choose to expose the Regent princess, because he knew that under such circumstances, the power of truth was pale and powerless. He asked firmly, ”if the wise people don't speak in secret, you and I know what kind of fatal impact the elite Kingsley family will have on kart's army leader. Let's shelve the covenant 300 years ago If kart's army leader fell into a long-term war, the metal supply of the whole Byron alliance would be reduced by half. When the three hundred year inheritance of Kingsley family could not continue, I was not sure I could keep my sanity. Once the large-scale mines collapsed, there would not be a decade or eight years to resume production. ”
Duke Barker's implication is very obvious. If the Kingsley family is finished, you can't get a bargain. He will destroy those mines at all costs. No matter who is in charge of it, and don't want to resume production in a short time. At that time, the whole Byron League will be impacted. Once the Odin orcs are given the opportunity, the Kingsley family will drag the whole worship The alliance of Lun buried himself.
Duke buck knew very well what the Regent was afraid of most.
”Are you threatening me?” Sophia's jade face suddenly cooled down, her delicate eyebrows picked up, and she had an irresistible evil spirit.
”Threat? How? I'm just stating a fact. ” Duke buck looked like a broken pot.
When the third Armand fleet was defeated and the Kingsley 200000 army was trapped on the East Bank of the Danube River.
His face had been lost, and the Lords and nobles of vallesta made him realize this more clearly.
In order to rescue his army, he didn't care about the empty.
In this moment, the air becomes very cold and hard.
The two men at the top of power looked at each other as if they wanted to find something in each other's expression and expression.
Unfortunately, nothing.
Both of them are masters of disguise and have a good command of their emotions.
Especially in this kind of occasion, the emotion expressed has a unique deep meaning.
This suffocating atmosphere lasted for three minutes, and then thawed with Sophia's smile. ”Your Majesty is Laurie's brother-in-law. Laurie's family members are my relatives. How can I be helpless in the face of death? But I can only guarantee that I will try my best, but I can't guarantee whether I can succeed or not
”The words of your highness are enough.” Duke Buck was so happy that he showed his first smile these days. His nerves finally relaxed a little, and he felt very tired.Although the princess Regent's promise is not equal to a death warrant, it at least represents an attitude, an attitude that can enter the negotiation process.
From the previous performance of Sophia, she must have communicated with Yongye army leader and reached a certain consensus.
What remains is the cost, which he is prepared for.
Sophia said, ”in order to negotiate such a matter, one must bow down first. Your majesty is a person who has come here. I don't need to say that we should understand this truth. Now that we are in a disadvantage, should we take the initiative to release this signal?”
Duke buck asked thoughtfully, ”what does your highness mean?”
”It's said that there are nearly 20000 crocodile civilians in your army. Why don't you hand them over to Baron Shawn as a gift for peace talks to show your sincerity?” Sophia said, ”I also heard that your commander-in-chief, general akemaiser, wants to use these 20000 crocodiles to get a lot of food from the Yongye army leader. What's the significance of this? If the peace talks fail, no matter how much grain your army has, it will only delay the collapse of itself. If the peace talks succeed, then you can't bring back so much grain all the way back? ”
”Can your highness ensure that if we release the 20000 crocodile civilians, the Yongye army leader will agree to the peace talks?” Asked Duke buck.
”I still can't guarantee that. I just put forward a possibility. How to choose? The right is still in your Majesty's hands.” Sophia's reply was still ambiguous. ”If your Majesty would nod, I would have at least one more card to convince Baron Shawn.”
”As long as the Yongye army leader shows sincerity in peace talks and releases the 20000 crocodile civilians, what is the difficulty?” Buck said without hesitation.
”What can Baron Shawn do to show his sincerity for peace talks?” Sophia asked.
”Let me cross the river with 20000 talents.”
”I see. I'll send it to Baron Shawn to see how they respond. I'll let you know as soon as I have news.”
”Well, your highness, this is my little wish. Please accept it.” Duke buck pushed a list of gifts to Sophia.
”It's very kind of you, sir.” The smile on Sophia's face was even sweeter. Although it was just a surprise, the number on the list still let her heart skip a beat.
Although there are rumors outside that the Kingsley family is in financial crisis, the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and the other party can't cut a piece of meat at will.
Not to mention that in order to save his 200000 army, Duke Buck has laid down his blood. What he has just pushed over is not only a golden mountain and a silver mountain, but also a golden mountain, a century Old Dominion of the Viscount territory coveted by the royal family of Lancelot. The annual output is no less than one million Royal gold coins, and the operation of two or three million yuan is not a problem. It is absolutely great It's written.
This may not be much compared with the victory of the Yongye army leader in the swamp of despair, but it is not the same as Sophia who won the throne easily.
With the Regent Princess Sophia as a bridge, the Yongye army leader and the Kingsley family formally reached a consensus and began a long negotiation.