Chapter 194: The First Round of Confrontation
Don't say, it's the Byronic people, they're Andes, and they have nothing to do with them.
That's hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives, and indirectly affects the livelihoods of millions of people.
Such a big sin, Sean can't afford to bear it, and the Eternal Night Army can't afford it.
Once it is known that this is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, the Eternal Night Army is only afraid that it will be pushed to the opposite side of the Byron Alliance forever.
Therefore, in this plan, the Eternal Night Army must look for allies in the Byron Alliance, high-ranking allies, and prevent this great good thing from becoming a great disaster.
Anjibena is the selected ally of the Eternal Night Army in the Manyu Army, in fact, as early as half a year ago, she had already begun to prepare, but the effect was not ideal, but the Manyu Army Leader has been turbulent in recent years, and the ancient channel of the Jacob River has not been completely exhausted, and there is still a small river flowing, which is the most prosperous area of the Manyu Army.
In turbulent times, the more prosperous the zone, the more vulnerable it is to the scourge of war, and this is no exception, having changed hands four or five times in the hands of the Slave Rebels and the Patlem, each of which is a disaster.
Don't think that the army of the new Grand Duke Patlem is nominally an official army, just some good bird, robbing the low-level peasants, they are more ferocious than the slave rebel army, after all, the latter are from the bottom, and they have a natural affection for the bottom, and their main targets are still those lords and nobles.
Now there are ten rooms and nine empty here, and the fertile fields are about to become wild land, and before the Spring Thunder Project is launched, the rest of the people who are still unwilling to move the place, Anjibena is ready to use forced coercion to sweep them all away.
In this era, no one cares whether it is compulsory or not.
The allies of the plains of Asia Minor were chosen and chosen, and the most suitable one was the regent Sophilia Lancelot.
There are many reasons for this.
It can be said that most of her fiefdom is on both sides of the ancient river of Jacob, and this kind of coincidence is both accidental and inevitable, and the plain of Asia Minor was originally impacted by the repeated diversion of the Jacob River back then.
The natural geography will form a seamless connection and minimize the harm.
At that time, even if Sophia can't affect the fiefs of the other members of the Lancelot royal family, her own fiefdom alone will almost be enough.
After the resumption of the Jacob River, the biggest impact will be on the middle and upper reaches, and the downstream will be affected to a certain extent, but not so much, not only because the river will take a while in the past, but also because the largest river summit will be broken down in the middle and upper reaches of a large part, of which the Manyu military leader is the most.
The current Manyu military leader is a big sponge that has been dry for 300 years, and there is no way to continue going down the ancient river itself, many tributaries, ponds, and lakes until they are full.
Moreover, in the plains of Asia Minor, the Jacob River was not completely cut off, especially downstream.
The precipitation in the plains of Asia Minor is relatively abundant, and it will collect part of it into the Jacob River, but it lacks the largest source, and the flow is much less, not to mention, it is also unstable, and there are always two or three months of the year when the water level is low, and it is barely possible to carry small boats, and slightly larger boats should not be considered.
It's just a geographical advantage, Sophia also has a political advantage.
Judging by the new policies she has implemented in her realm, she is not the kind of stubborn old-fashioned person, and her ability to accept new things is far stronger than that of other lords and nobles, and she will not be so repulsive to the identity of Andes.
The most important thing is that there is Angel Bena to connect with her, and there is a chance to talk to her directly, and other lords and nobles who have the ability to do this, Sean They can't see it.
Sean turned his mind straight, went through the cause and effect of the whole thing in his heart, and said very seriously: "I'm sorry, I can't do it, I can neither prove that I am not a person who talks about it, nor can I prove that I will definitely be able to make the Jacob River flow again, but His Highness doesn't know about this matter, and if he knows, His Highness can't sit idly by." ”
"Are you threatening me?" Sophia raised her delicate eyebrows, a hint of anger fleeting.
"No threat. Sean said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I'm just stating a fact, I said in case, in case we can do it, Your Highness has been indifferent from beginning to end, and it will be your fiefdom and your people who will suffer at that time, and we will at most bear the infamy of killing living beings, which is more important, Your Highness should be clear, otherwise, I will not have the opportunity to stand here." ”
Sophia fell into a short silence, because Sean got to the point, this matter involves too much, even if she has experienced countless bloody storms, when she heard about it, she was still shocked into a cold sweat.
If the rolling river surged wildly, she didn't dare to imagine what kind of impact it would have on her fiefdom, on the entire Lancelot royal family, and even on the entire Byron Alliance.
At least half of their own fiefdoms, half of these six or seven years of hard work will come to naught.
So, whether Sean is the kind of big liar who pretends to be amazing in order to attract attention, Sophie has to meet it.
What's more, Sophia is not ignorant of the changes in Andes Mountain.
In addition to through the mouth of Angel Berna, both the Lancelot royal family and Sophia herself have their own channels to understand this side of the matter, especially after the great turmoil in the Manyu military territory, the eyes of the entire Byron alliance are focused here, and the Eternal Night Army is also hitchhiking, and their reputation outside is far more spread than they expected, at least in the eyes of those lords and nobles.
However, most of the forces, their understanding of the Eternal Night Army is limited to the rise of a relatively united force in the Andes Mountains, what is the strength, because the secrecy work is too good, not many people know it, even if they have some internal information about the Eternal Night Army, it is also known through the people who exchanged with Anjibena.
However, due to racial reasons, these people have a limited range of activities in the Eternal Night Army, and they know very little about the leopard, otherwise the Eternal Night Army would not have agreed to Anjibena to exchange the people so happily.
In fact, the intersection of Sophia and Sean has been produced a long time ago, when she met Angel Banna.
A lot of what flowed from Ms. Elena to Angela went to Sophia through Angie Bena's hands, especially about some specious economic and political ideas.
Why does Sean have an inexplicable sense of familiarity and identification when he looks at Sophia's New Deal?
Because the source of some things is in himself, but Sophia has changed it in combination with the actual situation and her own subjective thoughts.
The two parties did not realize that there was such a relationship between the two parties.
Seeing this, Sean continued to say: "I have a way to get the best of both worlds, I don't know if His Highness is willing to listen to it." ”
"Speak. The princess regent struck a deaf gesture.
"Why doesn't Your Highness exchange those scattered fiefs with the land around the ancient channel of the Jacob River in the name of land consolidation? With His Royal Highness's prestige and a little extra benefit, I believe that no one will refuse, and then His Highness only needs to renovate the cities and villages around the ancient river of Jacob, if we can succeed, we will all be happy, Your Highness will not only be able to win a good reputation, but also make a lot of money, there is a great river that runs through the east and west, there is no need for me to repeat the description, down the river, to the royal capital, but half a week. ”
"If it fails, His Highness should take the opportunity to sort out his fiefdom, a fief that is connected together is always easier to manage than a scattered fief. ”
Sean said as he watched Sophia's expression and body movements, trying to guess her true thoughts from above, but unfortunately he gained little.
The other party is obviously specially trained in this area, whether it is body movements or facial expressions, they are under their control, if they really reveal something, but be careful whether the other party is deliberately misleading.
Come to think of it, Sophia usually deals with old foxes who don't know how many years of cultivation, and the fire of observing words and emotions is much stronger than Sean, and it is not the same as eating deflated under her.
Sean no longer did useless work in this regard, and said bluntly: "This is a gamble, whether you can enter or not, it is all up to Your Highness's will, and it is imperative to dig the mountain and let the Jacob River reflow, there is no winning gamble in this world, but once successful, our harvest will be beyond imagination, I believe Your Highness should have a deeper understanding, when you checked the land under the name of the Holy See, there was no certainty of victory, right?"
When mentioning the most glorious event in her life, Sophina's expression finally changed slightly, revealing an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Your Excellency doesn't need to provoke me with words, these are two completely different things, the inventory of the land under the name of the Holy See, everything is under my control, I know how far I have come, and the reflow of the Jacob River is completely under your control, and I lack understanding of you and the forces you represent, let alone trust, how can you let me press the chips?"
This time, Sean fell silent, because everything was back to square one – the question of trust.
This is the most difficult issue to solve, and it must be resolved, without which there is simply no way for the talks to continue.
But Sean racked his brains and didn't come up with a way to win Sophia's trust, including showing his hole card black powder, because the other party would question the power of black powder, he couldn't mix black powder on the spot, and give the other party a blasting test!
If so, on the contrary, Sean is worried, what if the other party is frightened by the power of black powder, detains him, and asks about the formula of black powder?
Just when Sean thought this meeting was over, the peak turned around.
Sophia unfolded a large map, and with just a glance, Sean could determine that it was a map of the continent of Ashan, different from the artistically processed abstract maps that Sean had seen, it was a well-made military map, and many of the annotations on it were very standardized, even in terms of scale and distance.
As far as the current social background is concerned, such a military map can already be called a well-made militaristic weapon.
Sophia only unfolded half of the volume, revealing the tail of the Andes Mountains, the Manyu Army, and the small half of the Plains of Asia Minor, the heart of the Byron Alliance, she didn't mean to show Shaun and Angel Bena, obviously quite familiar with the memory ability of warlocks, if you glanced at them, it would not be difficult to write down the sketches of soldiers.
"I'm not sure if you'll be able to do that, but I'm interested in what you're talking about, and now let's put that aside from that, how are you going to work with me when you can get the Jacob River back in the air? ”
"Let me guess that once the Jacob River is restored, your development focus will shift here!"
Sophia's slender finger tapped heavily on the map, and it was a swamp of despair.
There are many smart people in this world, and Sophia is obviously one of them, and when the Eternal Night Army revealed to her that it was going to return the Jacob River, they had already revealed a lot of information to her.
"That's right. Sean nodded, and generously admitted, "There is too little land suitable for cultivation in the Andes Mountains, especially after the resumption of the Jacob River, we are not willing to become invaders, this borderless land is the best choice, Your Highness should not fight the idea of this land, whoever dares to fight his idea, we Andis people will fight him to the death." ”
Sean directly revealed his final bottom line, but he really wasn't too worried that Sophia would plot the Swamp of Despair, even if it was, he wouldn't be afraid.
Because of her geographical advantage, the plains of Asia Minor did not directly border the Swamps of Despair, separated by the complex Carthusian hills, which were the fiefdoms of the Kingsley family.
In fact, at that time, the biggest competitor of the Eternal Night Army is this family with the title of running buck on gold coins, this family is known as the richest family in the whole continent, with many mines, and one-third of the iron tools in the whole continent are supplied by this family, the only flaw is that most of the territory is in hilly areas, and the grain production is too small to supply the consumption of millions of mine slaves, and it needs to be purchased in large quantities.
As for whether Sophia will inform the Kingsley family, there is no need to worry, the Lancelot royal family is one of the Kingsleys' largest food suppliers, and is the only means to check and balance this family.
If the Kingsley family is given a safe production area in the rear, he will no longer be a buck running on gold coins, but a tiger running on gold coins, and it is not impossible to break away from the Byron Union and become independent.
Swamp of Despair, Sophia would rather be cheaper than fall into the hands of the Kingsleys.
It is true that Sophia is the princess of the Byron Alliance, but she is first and foremost the princess of the Lancelot royal family, and she thinks about the interests of the Lancelot royal family first, and then the interests of the entire Byron Alliance.
If the Byron Alliance gains and the interests of the Lancelot royal family are damaged, then the interests of the Byron Alliance will have to be conceded to the interests of the Lancelot royal family.
This is not contradictory at all, not only the regent Princess Sophilia wants to do this, but the other military lords and grand dukes also want to do this, including those second-level lords and nobles, most of them take the interests of their own family as the first starting point, and then they will consider the object of their allegiance, their own kingdom.
This is the reason why the Byron Alliance is called the Byron Alliance, not the Byron Empire, their internal cohesion is quite poor, if it weren't for the fact that there is a human enemy Odin Empire pressing on the outside, the Byron Alliance would have been torn apart long ago, and the brains were all out.