There are many things in the world that are transferred by the will of people, so at the top of philosophy, there will be a distinction between objective and subjective, of course, in this world of magic and gods, the boundary between subjective and objective is not so obvious.

Because there are many things that you don't need to understand the principle, you just need to do it and get the result, just like you don't know why the apple falls from the tree, but you can catch the apple with your hand under the tree.

With the end of Attila's Third Western Crusade, the Northlands have rarely returned to a calm situation, except for sporadic resistance in the three newly occupied territories of the Baltic Empire, it is almost impossible to see fighting in other places.

Although the time is getting closer and closer to spring, the weather is getting colder and colder, and instead of fighting each other for territory, the terrible East General is the real enemy who needs to be dealt with with wholeheartedly.

This was especially true of the people living in Scandinavia, which had just calmed down after the war, and with the end of the war, support from the Baltic Empire and the North Sea Pirate Kingdom had stopped.

Warriors need to pick up bows and arrows, set traps in the forest, and hunt enough food to survive, and in such a cold climate, it is not easy to find prey in the forest after the war.

Of course, although it is not easy to survive, but in short, it is possible to live normally, in the absence of war, all Scandinavians will not complain about life at this time, no matter how difficult the peace, it is more precious than war.

In the midst of this reluctant peace, the Scandinavian Empire and the nascent Gohm regime, their emissaries appeared in the castle of Jutland and came to Alice and Semiramis.

Their demands were also surprisingly similar, they all wanted to gain material support from the Baltic Empire, and to issue official documents establishing diplomatic relations with them, hoping to gain the recognition of the Baltic Empire as the only legitimate power in Scandinavia.

Logically speaking, whether a regime is orthodox or not should be determined by the gods, because the level of the gods can determine whether a regime is legitimate, orthodox, and whether it should exist.

However, because of the current situation in the Northland, where the Baltic Empire is dominant, these two regimes hope to gain the support of the Baltic Empire, and even become allies of the Baltic Empire, so that the Baltic Empire can take action and solve the enemy on the opposite side.

On the one hand, both Gaum and Siegel were excellent politicians and statesmen, knowing that at this time, military means could not completely solve the problem, and on the other hand, the gods also expressed that they did not want them to fight.

Don't look at the gods because of the agreement of the gods, but in this land of Scandinavia, the will of the gods still has a strong influence on mortals, and in many cases, the king will not want to clash with the gods, because the two are not on the same level from the beginning.

Alice and Semiramis met with the two emissaries, but neither agreed to each other's requests, and the situation was very different from before, the threat of the Atila army had been weakened to the extreme, so the Baltic Empire was unwilling to provide them with supplies free of charge.

The wealth of the Baltic Empire is not out of nowhere, every weapon, every armor, from the very beginning of the ore to the finished product, has gone through dozens of processes, through the hands of dozens of craftsmen, I don't know how much advanced technology is contained in it.

If these things are produced elsewhere, they will be exchanged for great wealth as commodities for trade, just as a weapon from Jutland can be exchanged for a cartload of beast pelts in the once blockaded Scandinavia.

Both envoys expressed great regret over the decision of the Baltic Empire, but they were not much disappointed, history has proven that Alice and Semiramis are not mediocre kings, they both have terrible foresight, they will never do anything at a loss, and will not do anything to harm the interests of the empire because of a little flattery and face.

Of course, the aid is not free is actually good news for them, whether it was before or in the future, the knight of free things has always been the most expensive, and the party that seems to take advantage of it is actually the one who loses the most, and the person who seems to be wronged is actually the winner in the end.

"Fur, minerals, knowledge, and people. ”

Alice made her request, although there was still a little trouble in the other three newly occupied territories, but depending on the situation, it would not take too long to complete the pacification.

In order to absorb these three territories, a large amount of resources becomes very necessary, especially for the construction of minerals and people...... Of the three newly occupied territories, Rus' was a steppe, and Karelia and Finland were forests, with only a few small hills, and were not rich in minerals.

And the population, after years of war and turmoil in these three lands, the number of people has been reduced to an extremely dangerous number, and you can see the white bones buried in the soil if you walk around.

These three territories are all very good, with very large potential territories, with a little investment, you can harvest terrible wealth, just like Rus, and even be able to support the logistics of an empire with a territory, so that Attila launched three consecutive large-scale westward expeditions to Scandinavia in just a few years.

The two messengers glanced at each other, and both saw the fire burning in each other's eyes, fur was not a scarce thing in Scandinavia, even ordinary residents had a large inventory in their homes, and minerals, if they could convince the stubborn dwarves, were not a big problem.

The population is also easy to deal with, they can send troops to attack tribes and villages of other races deep in the mountains, and plunder those populations exported to the Baltic Empire in exchange for precious supplies.

If not, they can go to each other's territory and plunder the Scandinavians, as has been repeated in Scandinavia for thousands of years.

The concept of Scandinavians was born very young, and it has not yet become an inherent concept, many Scandinavians are still calling themselves by the names of Barushinger, Goth, and Yeat, and other people are just foreigners who speak the same language, have the same beliefs, and look alike, and will not be completely accepted.

As for knowledge, neither of the messengers agreed to this, and they could not make decisions in terms of knowledge, because these things were likely to involve the gods, and if they were related to the gods, even Siegel and Gohm had to be cautious, and did not dare to transgress in the slightest, lest they be hated by the gods and punished by the gods.

Alice is also mentally prepared for this, and it is not as urgent as she seems on the surface, she has obtained a lot of knowledge about the gods from the hands of Siegel, those unique magic and magic of the Northland, and then from the hands of the Yaats who have been taken in before, and have been integrated into the Baltic Empire, she has obtained information about madness, about Odin's bloodline, so her inner thirst for knowledge is not as thirsty as it seems.

And the reason for this is that it is a negotiating technique, to put forward four conditions, to deny one of them, then the possibility of the other three being reached increases, especially the minerals and populations in them, which are urgently needed by the Baltic Empire, which is now busy digesting.

"Rest assured, our Baltic Empire believes in Lady Brunhilde, the daughter of Odin and the leader of Valkyrie, and we will not go to the land of Scandinavia, because it is the land favored by the god Odin. ”

Seeing the uneasiness in the eyes of the two messengers, Alice said calmly.

As Brunhilde's beliefs spread among the Yaats, and as more and more people became brunhilde, many people could come up with a definite answer to the question of who the gods behind the Baltic Empire were.

There was no way to do it, this is what Alice had expected and thought would happen, and when the secret reached the ears of a third party, the secret could not be called a secret, and Alice did not go out of her way to keep her distance from Brünnhilde.

On the one hand, admitting what is already known is not a big problem, on the other hand, Alice already thinks that the Baltic Empire has become so strong that it does not need to hide its relations with Brunhilde.

The two messengers were even more apprehensive about Alice's assurance, and if Alice was a pagan invader of a different faith like Attila, then they could unite to fight against it, mobilizing the power of faith in the name of the gods.

But if the Baltic Empire also believes in one of the Asgardian gods, then to some extent, the Baltic Empire can also be divided into its own categories, and they can also swear sovereignty over Scandinavia, after all, compared to Loki, Brunhilde's status is very special among the Asesir gods, and it cannot be ignored.

As for Alice's so-called assurance, the two messengers did not take it to heart, even if they brought Alice's original words to Siegel and Golm, the two of them would not really believe it, because Alice is a superior person, and Siegel and Gorm are also superiors, and from the perspective of class, they belong to the same class.

The most liars in the world are not liars, because liars never think that what they tell will be false, only those in high positions are full of lies, they know that they are telling lies, but they repeat them over and over again, trying to make others believe that what they are telling is the truth.

It's right if you don't believe it, Alice actually wants such an effect when she says these words, the Baltic Empire has become a behemoth, and it will inevitably become a big problem for some people, and it will definitely be targeted by some people in the direction of the main enemy.

However, this kind of targeting will narrow the distance between the two and the two contradictory forces, although this will increase the threat to the Baltic Empire, but from another point of view, the friction between two enemies who are close to each other will become more intense.

If the threat of the Baltic Empire begins to abate, and no ambitions for Scandinavia appear for a few years, then it is conceivable that the two will inevitably clash violently, and this conflict will continue until the demise of one of them.

The gods are no longer able to interfere with what is happening on the main plane in the open, but a simple oracle can give Siegel and Gohm a lot of maneuverable space for them to achieve their own goals under the oracle.

If the gods do not allow a fierce exchange of fire, do not allow a violent military conflict, then a small area of fighting, political means, economic means to weaken the enemy has become their first choice.

Alice believes that such a thing is bound to happen, so she hopes that she can artificially accelerate this time with means, and use inconspicuous means to exacerbate the conflict between the two, and it would be great if the two forces could be completely divided.

If there is anything that cannot be solved by faith, then hatred is one of them, when the two forces have been enemies for a long time, and there are frequent conflicts, the people of the two forces will inevitably be hostile to each other, and even hostile.

It is not a matter that can be solved in a few words, it must be a long process, and there is a very detailed and feasible plan, and there must be no accidents in the implementation of this plan.

Compared to Alice, these two messengers are still too immature, not that they are not intelligent or experienced, but that their position has already defined their worldview.

They weren't tall enough for Alice to see as far away as Alice, and they were just messengers, unable to see things from the perspective of kings, limited in width and depth.

Seeing that the two messengers were hostile to each other and left the hall in a depressed manner, Semiramis spoke at this time.

"Even ordinary children wouldn't believe your lies. ”

"No, no, no, it's because what I'm saying is a lie that they are convinced, and they have no choice but to believe, because they have got the information they want most from my mouth. ”

"The Baltic Empire will not shift its focus to Scandinavia anytime soon, which is the best of all news for them. ”