Sure enough, Sophia didn't mention the matter of taking a bite in this enclave at all, but stared at Sean with a focused expression and said, "If the Jacob River can really reflow, I will support you to seize this place, but you must swear allegiance to me. lā”

"Actually, or nominal?"

"It seems that the rumor that the Princess Regent is not having a good time in the Lancelot royal family is true. ”

The first was asked by Sean, and the latter was muttered to himself, as he clearly noticed the difference in Sophia's phrasing.

She used me, not the Lancelot royal family.

There's a big difference.

When it comes to allegiance to the Lancelot royal family, it doesn't make much difference when Sophia is regent, but once she is no longer regent, she has nothing to do.

If you oath allegiance to Sophia personally, there is no such concern, and those who swear allegiance, once Sophia is no longer regent, the orders of the royal family of Lancelot can be completely ignored, and according to the laws of the Byron Union, there is nothing wrong with it.

The actual allegiance that Sean asks about is still nominal, and the difference is even greater.

In fact, the allegiance will become the real vassal of the regent Princess Sophie, not to mention the need to pay taxes, but also to respond to her war call order, and of course, she will also have the duty of protecting the integrity of Sean's fiefdom.

Nominally, as the name suggests, it is an empty statement issued to the outside world, there is a subordinate relationship with more than one name, and then do what you should do, what is the relationship between the two parties in private, it depends on the entanglement of interests between the two parties, if the entanglement is deep enough, it is not impossible to become a real subordination, tear up the agreement, turn your face and do not admit it, it is also a common thing, the agreement is signed to be torn up.

"Nominally. "Princess Regent Sophia is a smart person, and she will not put forward conditions that the other party will not agree to at all, even if it is hypothetical, because even if the other party agrees now and turns his head and tears it up, it doesn't make any sense," but we need to sign a trade alliance agreement and advance and retreat together. ”

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

The regent's supplementary agreement is obviously aimed at the Kingsley family.

At that time, all the existing cultivated land of the Yongye Group Army will be destroyed, and it will not be relieved for three or two years, and it will not be possible to say that grain still needs to be imported, let alone exported.

And it is predictable that the two sides will clash over the desperate swamp that has become fertile land.

"I think we have reached a consensus, the problem has to go back to the original point, you can make the Jacob River flow again, I have thought of a more compromise solution, I don't know if you are interested in listening to it?" Princess Regent Sophia was also very satisfied with Sean's cheerfulness and neatness, and the side reflection of some things was more revealing than a direct answer.

Judging from the other party's series of reactions, the other party is a liar, and he is also a prepared liar, at least he believes that he can make the Jacob River flow again.

"Yes, before that, why don't Your Highness listen to my conditions. ”

The Eternal Night Army naturally has something to ask for the princess regent, otherwise Sean wouldn't have to come all the way to meet Sophia in person, he is not a gift boy, and it depends on other people's faces to give benefits.

If you don't want to be accused of slaughtering a million people, it is enough to send a messenger lobbyist, and believe it or not, it will be a matter for the princess regent.

"Willing to listen. Sophia was in good spirits, not angry but happy.

The toughest opponents in the world are not the greedy, but the ones who have no desires.

If Sean maintains a high-minded posture from beginning to end, she has no way to start, and if the other party asks for something, whether it is the real situation or the shocking thief, she will show her feet.

"I need a lot of shipbuilders, the more the better, and then once the Jacob River is back, I need to buy food, a lot of it. ”

Both of these things are naturally related to the resumption of the Jacob River, and the need for shipbuilders is naturally to open their own dock shipyards in advance, and when the Jacob River reflows, they will take the initiative first-hand, whether it is to go west to the plains of Asia Minor to do business, or to the south to settle in the Swamp of Despair.

In the first few years, the swamp of despair must have been a chain of water, and the role of the ship was greater than that of the horse.

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

Judging from the series of problems faced by the Eternal Night Group Army at present, there is not so much time at all, not only because of the chain reaction caused by the beast mutation incident, but also because the Eternal Night Group Army is preparing to clear the interior in advance and take the Walled City Alliance.

As for whether or not the Walled City Alliance can be won, the Eternal Night Group Army from top to bottom is not worried about this problem, it is nothing more than a question of the size of the price.

But after winning the Walled City Alliance, the food crisis faced by people scratched their heads, and their eyes could only turn to the outside of Andes Mountain.

Don't think about it, this place itself does not produce much grain, after the scourge of war in the past few years, ten rooms and nine empty, most of the fields are barren, and everyone is facing a food crisis.

The only one who could come to the aid was the royal family of Lancelot in the plains of Asia Minor.

"Shipbuilders, buying food?" Princess Regent Sophia straightened up and looked at Sean again with a re-examining gaze.

With these two conditions, she needs to reposition and examine the matter of Sean and Jacob's resurgence.

Because for the first point, even if the other party is a liar, it is also a top liar, at least he believes that he can make the Jacob River flow again.

"It's okay to buy grain, but you have to use the market price and find a way to ship it back. ”

In the past few years, the plains of Asia Minor have been in good weather, and the grain piled up in the warehouse is about to become moldy, and her fiefdom has adopted a new policy, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is now the largest grain owner in the entire Ashan.

Food has never been sold in Ashan, and the Manyu military leader is the biggest customer, but Sophia is very skeptical about their ability to pay now.

"Deal. "As long as there is a way to buy and transport, you can find another way, and there is no rush.

"I can find a way to collect the shipbuilders, I want the right of first refusal of your dockyard ships, and sell me half of the ships produced each year at cost price, whether they are warships or merchant ships. "Sophia is also the master of the goose plucking, whether it is useful or not, first mix it with a kick.

In case the Jacob River does reflow, it will not work without boats.

She would never have allowed her to build a dockyard according to something that had no shadow, and there were no innate conditions, and the plains of Asia Minor did not produce big trees for shipbuilding.

If the Eternal Night Army builds a dockyard, she will have no problem profiting from it.

"Impossible, at that time, at most one percent of each of the warships and merchant ships will be sold to you, the market price. ”

"Forty percent, cost price. ”

"Two percent, the market price, can't be more. ”

"Thirty percent, the cost price, this is the minimum, otherwise you will find your own shipbuilders, and when the time comes, I will find another channel to buy a ship, whether it is the Witches' Secret Society or the Cummins family, they have their own large shipyards, which are nothing more than transforming sea ships into inland ships. ”

"Thirty percent, the market price, to be able to give His Highness thirty percent of the right of first refusal, is already my biggest concession, I can't let my people do day labor, I have no doubt about His Highness's ability, but whether it is the Witch Secret Society or the Cummins family, it is impossible to do day work for His Highness, when the purchase price and transportation price are even higher, and His Highness is not afraid that they will take the opportunity to peep inland?"

"Deal, you're one of the toughest opponents I've ever met. ”

"Can I consider this a compliment?"

"Whatever you understand. ”

"Thank you. ”

"Now I can say that I have a compromise, right? Without the most basic trust and the resumption of the Jacob River, the agreement we reached above would be empty talk. ”

"Before executing the agreement, I will send someone I trust to your territory to inspect and assess the feasibility of this matter, and then I will give you an accurate answer. Sophia trusts her own human eyes more than the assurances of others.

"It is reasonable, even if Your Highness does not do this, I am ready to invite Your Highness to send someone to say a thousand things and ten thousand, it is better to take a look in person. Sean agreed without hesitation.

The core unit of the Eternal Night Group Army has been very well hidden from the beginning, and when it only occupied half of the ancient river channel of Jacob, Darnell failed to find much from it, not to mention that now there is a series of depths of the Sandong Alliance and the Northern Fortress, and the core units are more scattered and hidden.

"I think we've come to a consensus. Princess Regent Sophia stood up with a smile, "If you don't mind, I'd like to hear what you said earlier about the implementation of the land exchange." ”

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

Princess Regent Sophia was very interested in what Sean said about replacing the territory, but she didn't expect this talk to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and she found more topics of interest, especially when it comes to her own new deal, Sean has studied deeply, and some views are very peculiar and not necessarily applicable, but it has broadened Sophia's thinking.

Sean also gained from it, and although the regent Princess Sophie is not very old, she is an out-and-out old politician, especially over the years, she has been rolling in the old fox group, and her methods are extremely old-fashioned.

In comparison, Sean is also a fledgling apprentice, with his specious political methods, he is also playing in the Andes Mountains, where political power is blank, if it is replaced by the Byron Alliance, it is not enough to be deflated, and the old forces have crushed him to death before he can get up.

Angel Bena also gags in it to adjust the atmosphere, she is a smart person, in the process of Sean and Sophia, although she didn't say a word, but Sophia allowed her to listen, which is an attitude in itself, allowing her to take a piece of the pie, how much of a cake can be shared, it depends on how strong she is.

In this kind of power game, any promise is empty words, and when it comes to implementation, it still relies on power games and interest exchanges.

At the end of the meeting, Princess Regent Sophilia boarded the carriage back to the royal capital Valesta.

Obviously, Angie Bena previously said that there was an urgent matter in the royal capital and that the princess regent needed to go back to deal with it herself, which was not an excuse.

In fact, according to the original itinerary, Princess Regent and her entourage were supposed to set off at noon, but they were postponed by a few points by Sophia, who was in the middle of talking.

In order not to delay the trip, except for when she just left the castle, she sat on the gold-plated and silver-plated carriage and made a appearance, and after walking for more than ten miles, the princess regent appeared on the war horse in a military uniform.

The accompanying princess escort was not surprised, and it was clear that this situation was commonplace.

Whether the regent Sophia is fast or slow, there are always two equally beautiful female knights by her side.

One is tall and the other is petite and delicate.

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

The longsword he carried was not the half-handed sword that was so popular in the Byronic League, but a longer, wider, thicker two-handed sword, with a counterweight ring at the end of the hilt that was a hideous ghostface.

As long as the knight who knows the goods, you can see the origin of this two-handed sword at a glance, it has a famous name of the severed head sword, the standard equipment of the broken blood horse, its prestige is to establish the rolling head of the Odin orcs, which is very suitable for the knight to cut the head of the Odin orcs on the war horse.

Don't think that it is shoddy as soon as you hear about the standard equipment, there are still possibilities for other troops of the Byron Alliance, but it definitely does not include the broken blood horse, not to mention their weapons and armor, even the horse armor and horseshoe, which are all forged.

At least during the reign of Archduke Cedric in the last fifty years, no one dared to fool the first barrier of the Byron Alliance, otherwise this hot-tempered Supreme Commander of the Broken Blood Fort Coalition would take the most elite Broken Blood Cavalry and kill him.

The petite one is just the opposite, whether it is an armor cloak or a war horse, the whole body is black, because of the figure, the fierce armor is forced by her to wear a cute feeling, but no one dares to underestimate her, because what she carries is more unique than the one next to her.

It was a super-large scythe, as hideous as a death scythe, even if it was used by a sturdy adult, it was a weapon that was two sizes larger, and while it was even bigger in her hands, it made her even more petite, which was very visually impactful.

As for these two unique shapes, you don't need to ask to know that among the three roses of the Knights of the Iron Rose, the white rose is Biluo Streich and the black rose Wendy Streich.

Although it was in a state of rapid marching, Black Rose's little snoring was already very happy, and it was all because the war horse under her crotch followed the pace of the team, and everyone was surprised.

For a person who is suspected of having dragon blood, who can't wait to sleep twenty-five hours a day, and who talks about my recent serious lack of sleep and can't guarantee more than sixteen hours of sleep every day, he has long practiced the supreme magic skill of being able to fall asleep anytime and anywhere.

"Your Highness, do you really believe in that alien?" asked White Rose Biluo.

When Sophia and Sean met, it was naturally impossible for the three of them to really be the three of them, and the three roses were listening in the room behind Sophia in a walled room.