"In addition, there is even worse news to be told that the Ashes Party, the number one party of the Revolutionary Party thugs, is gathering forces in Benson City, inviting other Revolutionary Party thugs to come to the meeting and talk!" Calvin waited until the noble lords digested the news a little, and then threw out the second bombshell news.

"What are the talks? Could it be that the revolutionary thugs are ready to join forces against us?"

"If they really join forces, the first one to suffer will be Huayu City, because this is our territorial capital, as long as we take here, the entire plateau will be completely in turmoil!"

"I'm afraid that they just came together just to break through Huayu City!"

"We must not sit idly by and watch their union, we must find a way to stop them. ”

"How can we stop it? Send troops to encircle and suppress them? I'm afraid that if we do this, we will play into their hands, and they will be eager to lure our last military strength out of Huayu City! If we even lose this part of our strength, we don't need them to join forces to attack, our Huayu City itself will be finished, don't think that there are no revolutionary thugs in Huayu City, they are just pretending to be dormant, no, if we are too weak, all of us may become revolutionary thugs......

These noble lords of the Flower Language Plateau had another round of gossip discussion.

The end result did not change because Archduke Christine summoned them.

The actual situation is there, and it is not something that they can change with their mouths.

Archduke Christine also came out at the beginning, and made that empty motivational speech, and then it became an ornament, not to mention constructive remarks, not even a few words.

Suffering will certainly make people mature, but personal abilities will not be transformed drastically.

The meeting eventually dissipated in a state of pessimism and despair.

All the possibilities of these noble lords were discussed, and none of them dared to offer to surrender to the Eternal Night Warlords and accept their proposal to adapt.

This kind of proposal is too sensitive, if there is no consensus in private, and it is rashly put forward at such a meeting, even if it falls into the hands of many people, not too many people will echo it, on the contrary, it is very likely that they will be beaten into the surrender faction, nailed to the pillar of shame, and killed by their own people before the enemy can kill them, even if in the near future, their own proposal will be popular.

"Lord Viscount, Lord Viscount, please stay, Your Majesty would like to say a few words to you alone. "A close attendant of the Grand Duke Christine stopped the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Gauld.

"Your Majesty summoned me alone?" Viscount Gauld was involuntarily stunned, obviously very surprised by this summons.

You must know that although he participated in this meeting, he was completely coerced by his identity, and he watched coldly from beginning to end, and did not make half a suggestion.

The high-level request for a meeting before the war had already made Galdezi completely disappointed with Archduke Christine.

At that time, if they pay attention to their own analysis and intelligence, although they may not be able to save the situation, at least they can take the initiative and avoid falling into the situation in front of them.

It's too late to say anything.

The Eternal Night Commanders have made their way out, and what they are doing now is nothing more than a death throe.

It's a pity that since that high-level meeting, Grand Duke Christine seems to have become suspicious of himself, and in the name of dispatching military supplies in the center, he has stranded himself in the capital, and he has not allowed his family to leave.

Otherwise, Viscount Gauld would have left his official position and wealth long ago, and would have taken his family away and left this land of right and wrong.

Gould's appointment as the Brian family's Chancellor of the Exchequer did have some patriotic feelings, but at heart he was still a businessman for the greater good.

He didn't have the consciousness of being buried for the Plateau of Flowers and for the Bryan family.

Affected by what he saw and heard in the Eternal Night Army, Viscount Gauld did not regard his title and wealth as he thought it was, at least not more than his own life.

If there is no wealth to earn, and if there is no life, then everything is gone.

Viscount Gauld guessed along the way about the intention of Archduke Christine to summon him alone, more or less frowned, but he was not completely sure, his heart involuntarily beat wildly, if the guess was true, this may be a chance for him to get out of hell.

Viscount Gauld returned to the castle hall to find that Archduke Christine was already sitting in his royal chair, and even his posture had not changed much, his expression seemed to be more haggard, and his eyes seemed to be more glazed.

It wasn't until he saw Viscount Gauld walk in that his eyes shone brightly, and he hurriedly got up to greet him, but because he had been sitting in a sitting position for too long, his body stiffened, and he didn't stand firmly, and sat back down.

"Your Majesty......" everyone couldn't help but whisper with concern.

"It's okay, I'm okay. Grand Duke Christine waved his hand and said, "You all stand down, everyone, I want to say a few words alone with His Excellency the Viscount!"

"Your Majesty......"

"Didn't you hear what I said? Get out of here, and don't leave any of them behind. Grand Duke Christine raised his voice.

"Yes. The guards were ordered to withdraw.

"Can I trust you, Your Excellency Viscount Gauld!" When everyone had withdrawn, Archduke Christine stepped forward, took Viscount Gauld's arm, and looked at him with an earnest gaze.

"I have been in charge of His Majesty's finances for nine years and eight months, and I have never betrayed His Majesty's trust. Viscount Galder's answer was impeccable.

This answer soothed the nervous expression of Grand Duke Christine a lot, "No, since you became my Chancellor of the Exchequer, I have never worried about this aspect of things, and your previous terms combined have not done as well as you."

I know that we have all ignored your warnings, and that your analysis of the Eternal Night Leader is correct.

But it's not all our fault, no one thought that a territory that has only been established for just over 20 years will have the strength to crush us.

It's just that it's too late to say this, we should give up everything before now, and look forward, I need to use your knowledge of the Eternal Night Leader to give me an idea now. ”

"Your Majesty has any need, just say, as long as I can do it, I will do my best. Viscount Gauld's heart beat even harder, but there was nothing unusual in his face, as if he had not guessed the other party's mind at all.

"Based on what you know about the Eternal Night Lords, what do you think they'll do next, and how long can we hold out?" said Archduke Christine, patting Viscount Gauld on the shoulder, "Don't be scruples, to be honest, I'm not that fragile enough to take it." ”

When Grand Duke Christine asked him, he was asking how long they could hold out in front of the Eternal Night Lord, not how much chance they would have of winning the battle against the Eternal Night Lord.

It can be seen that Grand Duke Christine has an accurate positioning of his current situation, and he is really talking to himself from the bottom of his heart.

"It's hard to say. Although Viscount Gauld somewhat touched the mind of Grand Duke Christine, he still had reservations between his words, "The Eternal Night Army Leader is not directly attacking us now, but using the hands of revolutionary thugs to make a detour, completely out of consideration for the future management of the Huayu Plateau, not to bear the infamy of a butcher."

If they find that this method is not feasible, or that it is not only not helpful but an obstacle to their future rule, I am sure they will not hesitate to do it themselves.

Neither we nor the revolutionary thugs, whether they completed their tasks or not, in my personal opinion, could not hold out for a year.

The Eternal Night Commanders are here to conquer, not to destroy, and they will not watch the plateau completely destroyed, which is not in their interests. ”

"You mean that the Eternal Night Commander is not deliberately targeting us, it is all just for profit, and if they had a better choice, they would not have killed us completely. Archduke Christine asked again.

"This is natural, there is no enmity between them and us, everything is just for the sake of interests, for the sake of future rule, as long as we can offer them more favorable conditions, I believe that the Eternal Night Army Leader will not hesitate to discard the revolutionary thugs and extend an olive branch to us, after all, there has never been a belonging between the two, some are just exploiting, and many of the practices of the revolutionary thugs are harming the people of the plateau, which is also not what the Eternal Night Army Leader with ordinary people as the first person is willing to see, there is a very famous sentence in the Eternal Night Army Leader, I don't know if Your Majesty has ever heard of it。 ”

"Tell me what? ”

"Only the territory of the people is called the territory, and only then can value be created, and the territory of the people is just a wasteland suitable for habitation. ”

This sentence is indeed very reasonable, I have heard that the Eternal Night Commander has a people-oriented concept before, but now it seems that it is not so simple to say...... "When the words he really wanted to say came to his mouth, Grand Duke Christine couldn't spit it out."

With that look of wanting to speak and stopping, even Viscount Gauld felt sorry for him.

"I heard that His Excellency the Viscount had met the lord of the Eternal Night Army before. "Archduke Christine's question finally made another turn.

"It is true. Viscount Gauld happily admitted, "When I first met Your Majesty, I wanted Your Majesty to report this matter. ”

"Is it?" said the consternation on Archduke Christine's face, not a fake, "how I don't have the slightest impression of this. ”

"I remember that His Majesty seemed to have encountered something happy at that time, and drank a few more glasses, maybe he forgot it. Viscount Gauld reminded.

It's just a few more drinks, it's like being drunk.

Since Archduke Christine doesn't remember this incident, he certainly won't remember the wild words he put in front of him at the beginning.

At that time, the Eternal Night Commander had just come out of the Andes Mountains, and even defeating the Kingsley family was regarded as a fluke in taking advantage of the territory.

As the lord of the first lord, how could Grand Duke Christine take them to heart, and there was absolutely no good thing to say about them.

Viscount Gauld contrasted Archduke Christine's drunken remarks with the situation in front of him, which only felt like a great irony.

"I know that Your Majesty wants to know more about the ruler of the Eternal Night Warlord through me, and even wants to touch his thoughts. Viscount Gauld took the initiative to speak this time, "But in my opinion, it doesn't make much sense to do this, not only because it was more than ten years ago, but also because the territory and military strength of the Eternal Night Army Territory have doubled several times compared to that time, people's ideas, but they will change with people's abilities, at that time, I was still shocked by the other party's boatload of printed books and fine porcelain!"

"What Your Excellency the Viscount said is very reasonable, I am in a hurry to go to the doctor. "Archduke Christine's humble humility makes Viscount Gauld a little unbearable.

If the seventy or eighty thousand elite soldiers under the control of the military minister, the Count of Nickles, are called the backbone of the Grand Duke Christine.

Then the Adonian scholar is his spirit.

When the spine is broken, the spirit is emptied.

Archduke Christine was left with an empty shell.

Now Viscount Gauld was highly suspicious that the impassioned short speech that Archduke Christine had just made when he appeared was merely ghostwritten, and that he had only taken it out to preach in public to appease and fool the noble lords.

Without the old fox of the Adonian scholar sitting behind Archduke Christine, he should not be able to play any tricks to deliberately test himself, and he might as well take the initiative.

Viscount Gauld, who had a plan in mind, took the initiative to attack: "Your Majesty doesn't want to have a secret negotiation with the Eternal Night Commander, right?"

Viscount Gauld's question undoubtedly gave Grand Duke Christine a step down, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "Your Excellency the Viscount is really a smart person, he can't hide anything from you, and you have also seen this situation at the moment, it is irreparable, and the result of continuing is that countless people will shed blood and tears, and negotiating with the Eternal Night Commander is a way out."

It's just that the posture shown by the Eternal Night Military Leader is not friendly, and the people we sent can't even get close to the other party's military camp at all, Your Excellency the Viscount doesn't know if there is a way in this regard, so let's have a direct dialogue with the high-level leaders of the Eternal Night Military Leader, and only by talking to each other can we make it possible to take the next step. ”

Viscount Gauld showed a look of embarrassment, "This matter, I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

"Can't do it?" Archduke Christine's face turned pale, if the Minister of Finance, who was in charge of business and trade with the Eternal Night Army, had nothing to think of, he really couldn't think of who else could entrust this matter to.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, I just said that it was difficult, but it was not that there was no way. Viscount Gauld hurriedly added, "After all, we are now at war, and most of the people I know well with the Eternal Night Army Leader are business and political officials, and in this special period, no one dares to speak rashly, I must take a detour to find out the direction of the wind, these are secondary, the most important thing is that Your Majesty has nothing to impress them, if there is not enough sincerity, I am afraid that there will be no way to convince them." ”