In the northern sea of Salander, the sun is shining,

The scorching sun shines directly on the sea surface in the August season, as if to completely evaporate the seawater, and shine deeply into the depths of the sea, a piece of turquoise, the bottom of the sea is clearly visible, and the white seabirds flying back and forth on the sea surface rise and fall on the white mast of the battleship.

A large fleet appeared on the sea, slowly northward under the scorching sun, there was no wind on the sea, the sails were difficult to open, the speed was very slow, and the top of the mast of each battleship was hung with a large blue flag of the Julils family, as if it was gliding quietly on the sea,

At this time, it was autumn, the climate was hot, and the sea could encounter thermal storms at any time, for the sake of safety and safety, many merchant fleets to the south sailed close to the coastline of Salander, and in the tide of the caravan, this fleet against the current was the fleet of the Julils family who came from the Normandy mainland,

A flagship of the Imperial warship class, and 2 medium warships plus a transport fleet of 21 ships,

In order not to expose the strength of the empire, the fat man deliberately asked the guide ship sent by the Admiral Dustrenkai to stop for supplies in the south of Salander for a short time, and then directly took the fleet of the Julils family north to the Ruode Sea without stopping.

Ruode is now the poorest area of the empire, the style of martial arts prevails, the traditional martial forces have been in power for a long time, the agricultural and commercial foundations are very weak, and after the war and the great drought in the south, in the later period, the royal family of Ruode will invest the whole country in the expansion of the army.

The economy of Goude has long since collapsed, business has withered, the fields are barren, and there are countless displaced people, although after more than half a year of recuperation, it is only barely stable to use such an area as a place for negotiation. The fat man just doesn't want the Julils family to know how strong their hole cards really are

It's a pity that the fat man's good intentions still can't hide some discerning people,

At the bow of the flagship ship of the Julils family, a middle-aged man with a majestic body and a broad face was keenly examining the edge of the sea.

The edge of the continent, dyed by the sun, resembles a beautiful golden arc.

The sun in the sky poured all the heat on him, but he didn't seem to feel the slightest, as if he didn't know that the hot sun was testing himself as much as possible.

His face was very calm. There was not even sweat on his forehead, his short flaxen hair stood on end, and in his ice-cold gaze, a convoy of merchant ships laden with goods split the waves, bringing up a spray that passed over the side of the fleet.

It was full of goods that were almost about to burst out, which made the middle-aged man's face slightly surprised

"This is the first team!" the middle-aged man asked with his back on his back, with a stern expression, without looking back

"Twenty-Seven. My lord!"

Behind him was a young adjutant with a cautious look on his pen and notebook

"So many!' The middle-aged man looked stunned, "What if you count the previous days?"

The adjutant counted it in his notebook, "If you count the day before yesterday and yesterday, we have already encountered a hundred and twelve similar large merchant fleets in the direction of this coast, and this is not counting those small fleets with less than five ships!"

"One hundred and twelve? What a scale!" The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed slightly, and his short hair fluttered like an arrow in the sea breeze, and he muttered in a low voice. His face was very regretful, and it was obvious that so many large ships were not used as war ships but only as civilian merchant ships, expressing his indignation

"That's why I said, overseas barbarians are overseas barbarians, how can you know what the concept of the navy is!" A crisp and pleasant voice like a yellow warbler came from behind the middle-aged man, and I saw a young girl with a pretty face and a knight's hunting suit, stepping on riding boots, and walking up from the back deck with a pale face

"Theresa, aren't you seasick, why did you get to the deck?" the middle-aged man frowned and turned his eyes at the girl who walked over, even his father was extremely troubled by this notoriously rude daughter,

"Even if it's seasickness, I'm going to come up and take a look, otherwise I'll be sold to some unknown wild place and I don't know, wouldn't it become the biggest joke!" The girl bit her lip, her face was cold, her upper body was tight-fitting leather armor, her full breasts were perfectly highlighted, her lower body was a brown and black long skirt, and her slender legs were actually wearing black leather pants with metal patches, which completely outlined the beautiful curves of her legs, revealing a cold and bewitching look," Her Royal Highness the princess may not know yet, these merchant fleets are all private!" A flax-haired young man followed behind, and hurriedly explained with an embarrassed expression, "In this country, private individuals can also have a powerful fleet, as far as I know, only on the northwest coast of the empire, the Falcon Kingdom's sea fleet has a trade volume of more than 2 million gold coins every quarter, and this time it has set a deal of 20 million with the family in one go, and this money plays a vital role for the family!" "Just because of this?" You're going to conspire to sell me to a stinking barbarian?" the girl looked dissatisfied, her eyes eager to slice the young man in front of her

"This, it's the family's decision!' Juliel Hayden wiped the beads of sweat on his head with embarrassment, "In fact, it's not that unbearable, people are still good, and how to say that they are also the lord of a country, and there is nothing wrong with their identity" "What is the lord of a country, look at these merchant fleets, at first glance, they are lazy and hedonistic guys, only such people will attach importance to the development of caravans, otherwise what would he do with so many merchant fleets, isn't it just to satisfy his extravagance"

The girl pouted, "Such a scumbag should be killed, this is the good husband you chose for me?" Juliel Hayden, don't be deceived because I don't know the details of this guy, but I heard that this guy has ten wives, and there are countless lovers outside, he is simply a typical example of lewdness and shamelessness, and is called the king of the lustful generation, do you want me, the princess of the Gallic Empire, to twist her ass, strip naked, and go to get into bed with ten shameless savage women!" "Ah...... This one. Juliel Hayden had a black line in his head, completely defeated by the pungent connotation of the girl, as a high-ranking nobleman, it was unimaginable that he could say such shameless words in his mouth,

But this is different, the violent princess who once ordered the slaughter of tens of thousands of Slavs, the jewel of Lord Julilsfordburg. The eldest sister who walked sideways in Kyoto, although she was grounded for 3 years, this temper became more and more unscrupulous

The girl saw Juliel Hayden speechless by what she said, her eyes wandered, revealing a trace of stunning charm, and the corners of her mouth sneered, "If you provoke me and I am not happy, you are not afraid that I will abolish him, just like the little rascal who wanted to humiliate me in public"

"Theresa, you are too presumptuous, you little rascal. It's already His Majesty the Emperor!" The corners of the middle-aged man's eyes were twitching, and he looked very angry

"So what, but in my eyes, it's a little kid with a small heart like a pinpoint, and not yet timid!" the girl looked unimpressed, and her eyes were as charming as a crescent moon

"If you have any dissatisfaction, you can return immediately, but the family's decision has no room for change! We'll bring your body over too!" the middle-aged man had a gloomy face and a stern tone

"You, partner to bully me......" Tears rolled in the girl's eyes, looking extremely sad

Both men turned their heads. Realizing that it didn't work, the girl covered her face with her hands and turned and ran off the deck with a sad face

"Your Excellency, what you just said. Isn't it too heartless!It's your daughter after all!" Juliel Hayden looked at the girl's crying figure, and a trace of unbearability flashed on her face

"Do you think a woman who can calmly order the killing of tens of thousands of captives in the face of the barbarian army? Would you be hurt by something like that?"

The middle-aged man twitched the corners of his mouth, and looked at the mainland coastline in the distance with a melodious face, "Don't forget, this girl has never seen anything since she was a child in the cruel military service, if I guessed correctly, this girl must be thinking, how can I knock more dowry from my old guy's hands!" The god of the Ikadivar army, the youngest monarch, I can guarantee that this girl who is worried about how to get married, the corners of her mouth must have twitched, and I need to thank you for it, you have done me a great favor this time, 18 years old and no one dares to mention the rich girl, that is, this one"

"No, this is too ......" Juliel Hayden was dumbfounded, "Cut, in terms of acting skills, it's not one-third of what I was back then! I even need to wipe onions on my hands when I cry, it's so unprofessional, I think back then, I can ...... at any time The middle-aged man shook his head sadly, looking into the distance, his face flashing with infinite memories of the glorious years

Juliel Hayden was already in a completely sluggish state next to him, and he really deserved to be a father and daughter, this virtue is exactly the same,

I remember that Lord Julier Forberg, who was called the merry man of the imperial capital generation and the first scourge of the imperial capital, seemed to be crying like this when he learned that he was forcibly sent by the family to serve in the Northwest Army

"Ahem" may be that he found that he had slipped his mouth" The middle-aged man's face also showed a rare embarrassment, and he immediately got up sternly, and coughed heavily, "Juliel Hayden, how long do we have to reach Yard?"

The middle-aged man who asked this question was none other than one of the most important figures of the Julils family this time, the commander of the Fifth Army on the Northwestern Front of the Gallic Empire, the new consul of the Slavic regions, Julilsforborg, the chief negotiator of the Julils family this time

"I've already passed the Anies cliff, and I should be in the Radsea in one day" Juliel Hayden suddenly came back to his senses and hesitated for a moment, "I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong, but I don't know where!"

"There's nothing strange about this," Fort Julillsford withdrew his gaze from a distance, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "There are so many merchant fleets, but we haven't seen a real Falcon Kingdom navy, this is already the most wrong place, you can imagine what kind of scene we will see when we are set as the negotiation site!" "My lord means that the other party has been concealing his true strength!"

Juliel Hayden and the others had a look of enlightenment, yes, from beginning to end, a guide ship came out, and I didn't see a real warship, which really didn't fit the background of the Falcon Kingdom's developed maritime trade, without naval protection, where would the maritime trade prosper!" "Have you noticed the coastline in the distance?" Fort Julilsford raised his head. His gaze swept like a blade into the distance, "Coastline?" Juliel Hayden was stunned for a moment, what does Lord Julils Ford mean by this?" "I have been looking at it for two days, and the coastline in front of us is basically straight, that is to say, we have been sailing vertically to the north for two days since we reached Salander, a length of more than eight hundred kilometers,

"If what you just said is correct, we are facing Salander, which is actually a peninsula that stretches for thousands of miles," said Julil Sfort with an unusually stern expression, and according to the information you provided. The negotiation site is only the southernmost point of the main body of the Ikadiva continent, and the land above is several times the size of the Salander Peninsula, so it can be deduced that the territory of the Falcon Kingdom is definitely much larger than we imagined."

"With such a vast land, perhaps not as big as O'Barro, but definitely more than any great monarchy, our negotiating opponents are not as weak as they seem. On the contrary, we may have leaned into a giant beast this time, or this is the truth that the other party has been hiding!" Julilsforberg's voice stopped, and his eyes were blazing and he said categorically, "I can't wait to see it now." I hope you don't let me down!"

If the fat man hears such a comment, he must feel that he has met a confidant,

Unfortunately, he was now busy making his way to the negotiation site, crossing the Paraven Plains. Enter the hilly and undulating south, then cross the mountains and enter Gaude. It traveled all the way through more than 500 miles, and finally reached McDuff, the mouth of the sea in the south of Rod

This is a small and inconspicuous port in the south of Goude.

With the development of maritime trade, although there is a trade market, there are a lot of carriages coming and going, but there is no standardized management, the sound of buying and selling goods is noisy and undulating on the street, some private goods gather here, and there are leather tents used by merchants to buy and sell goods on the hillside, and there are striped flags of various colors floating on them,

Fat women carrying baskets pick and choose in the market, merchants bargain loudly, people of all colors come and go, and from time to time you can see a merchant ship slowly docking, a very mediocre place, completely compound the image of the so-called "chaos and poverty",

In order to achieve such an effect, the fat man even asked the tax collector in the town to go to the market once a day to collect taxes, and each time it was a pitiful dozens of silver coins,

Being forcibly stuffed by a disciple in Paravon, the fat man felt very depressed, but he was able to forcibly stuff the multiple choices to Normandy, at least he could keep this enclave overseas of the empire, and he didn't have to worry about the danger of rebellion in five to ten years.

According to the nature of choosing long sleeves and dancing and the eloquence of politicians who cheat the dead and do not lose money, there is no problem in appeasing people's hearts, as for the military, there is Salon in charge,

A disciple in Normandy for five to ten years of development, the fat man thinks that this deal is still cost-effective, isn't it just a disciple, even if he learns some, what can he do? The area of the Besu tribe is in the cold northland, even if Besukaya is a genius that is rare in a thousand years, can he still embroider more flowers in that kind of Jedi?

On the cliff on the side of McDuff Harbor, there is the famous McDuff Castle, with blue spires and white castle body, and even the outer wall is milky white marble, although the volume of the whole castle is not large, but under the support of the blue sea and blue sky, there is a fairytale-like dream feeling that comes to the face

The fat man just thinks that the scenery of this castle is good, but for Besukaya behind him, it is another matter, this castle is very famous in Nord, the lord who built it in the first place, it was built for his most beloved little daughter, for women, it has extremely powerful lethality, on one side is the beautiful blue sea, on the other side is the undulating majestic mountains, living in a beautiful little castle that does not speak words, if there is a handsome prince, it is the dream of all female creatures "How beautiful!"

The fat man heard Besu Kaya's low exclamation, the outer door of the castle opened, and the horse team entered the castle, and there was a large emerald lawn with flowers blooming on it, dotted with daisies, purple dazzling violets, white hyacinths, and Lidakus, the foreign minister in charge of the front war, dressed in a straight tuxedo, walked down the steps and personally pulled the fat man's war horse, "Your Majesty, the negotiation is ready!" "Prepare two more chairs!" The fat man got down from his war horse and pointed to the old man and the girl behind him, "Duo Xu, former Speaker of Dorok, the first administrative governor of Normandy, Besukaya, the princess of the Besu tribe, well, my disciple!

"Okay, no problem!" the hesitation on Lidarchus's face lasted only half a second, and he quickly returned to normal, turned and whispered a few words to the clerk behind him, and the clerk hurried away

"Has the Julils arrived?" the fat man asked again

"No, but according to the news from the guide ship, it has already entered the Rodsea this morning!" Lidakus replied, "If nothing else, we can arrive tonight!"

"So, we may meet each other tonight!" the fat man accidentally smashed his mouth, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, "I'm looking forward to it, I even need to keep the list secret, who are some of them?" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )