Financial, educational, and social problems have been solved in a practical way, and all that remains is the external side, as I said at the beginning, to fundamentally solve the problem of shrinking markets, which are hindered by the opening up plan in the west and the market in the north.

Although for the Baltic Empire, these are many ways and methods to solve the problem, whether it is by violence, negotiation, or the internal support of a puppet who obeys the orders of the Baltic Empire.

However, despite this, they still need to find a solution with the highest benefit, the least cost, the highest feasibility, and the lowest failure rate among so many ways to solve the problem.

"War, I can say to you here exactly, we are not going to resort to a situation of war and violence to solve this problem. ”

Alice said seriously, she was considering several aspects, first, it was just the end of the major war, the battle of slaying the dragon was not completely over, the empire needed a period of time to recuperate and recuperate, and it could be seen that there was a feeling of disgust with war among the people, and they longed for a period of peace to recuperate. Second, Francis Drake was still their friend before, and it was not appropriate to suddenly turn around like this, because there were still a lot of common interests between the two empires, and suddenly starting a war would be equivalent to directly giving up those previous interests, which would be an irreparable loss for the empire.

The third point is that on Scandinavia, the Baltic Empire and the Attila Empire are still very different, and she can't be sure if the Baltic Empire can continue to stand by and watch if the gods can continue to stand by.

Alice and Semiramis clearly knew that in the hands of the Aesir Protoss, they had a way to bypass that contract and directly meddle in the affairs of the main plane, and she didn't want to sacrifice the Baltic Empire to expose this information.

You can't go to war, you can't use war to solve this method, then it's going to be extremely troublesome, negotiating? Of course it's a good idea, but it's been tried once, and Francis Drake has made it clear that she doesn't want to communicate with Alice verbally.

Maybe Francis Drake actually understands that when it comes to negotiations, ten of her tied together will not be Alice's opponents, and she hates being led by the nose.

The North Sea Pirate Kingdom, sometimes referred to as an empire by some, was founded by pirates led by Francis Drake, and had no foundation and no economy to develop.

For a long time, they relied on the plundering of merchants on the sea, as well as the support of the Baltic Empire, whose existence allowed them to steadily obtain a place where they could sell stolen goods at relatively optimistic prices, and they could obtain a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, food and clothing that could satisfy their lives, and taverns and other places that could satisfy them.

It looks wonderful, and most pirates are content with this life, but it's a torture for ambitious people, which means that the North Sea Pirate Kingdom is nominally an ally of the Baltic Empire, but in essence it is not much different from vassals.

Of course, Francis Drake will not be satisfied with the current situation, although she does not have much ability to operate, and she does not have a good way to develop the country she has established, but she still does not want the situation to continue to deteriorate, she is afraid that one day she will wake up and her country has become part of the Baltic Empire.

It's not impossible for this to happen, but there is a high probability that it will happen, and among the pirates below, there are already many people who have spontaneously helped the Baltic Empire with some missions without orders, because it allows them to get additional rewards that can satisfy them.

In the long run, when the orders of the state conflict with the requests of the Baltic Empire, these pirates, who have been bought, will inevitably choose the Baltic Empire, which is more just and fair, and can bring them benefits.

Of course, Francis Drake knows what her orders, or her ambitions will lead to, and she will put her position on the opposite side of one of the most powerful empires in the Northlands, and she will not think that Alice and Semiramis will let her go in the same way, because from the moment the Baltic Empire appeared and grew rapidly, the North Sea Pirate Kingdom was not targeted, and still had the identity of collaborators, which was already the biggest concession of the two.

There are many things that Francis Drake understands, such as the power of his kingdom compared to that of the Baltic Empire, just as a newborn baby and an adult who can kill with a weapon, there is no possibility of victory at all.

Not to mention other things, just say that those fish people in the Baltic Sea, with the number of fish people, can easily hang the sea power in the North Sea, because those are unorganized, untrained sea beast-based army, such an army will be a mess when fighting, and in the face of a well-trained enemy, it is estimated that it will be wiped out in one or two rounds.

"Isn't His Majesty Francis Drake willing to negotiate with us? ”

The representative of the Gnoll questioned Francis Drake's mind, knowing that doing so would require a great deal of loss and an enemy that was almost impossible to defeat.

"No, no, no, we haven't completely torn our faces, the other side is still our ally, nominally, so there are some things, some superficial regulations, we still need to abide by. ”

Alice said calmly, although the other party has made choices and put these choices into action, but as a member of the betrayal, Alice is still unwilling to start the war easily.

Even if the real start of the war should not be at this time, now is the end of winter, spring is approaching, some places in the North Sea, the ice has begun to thaw.

In an environment like the North Sea, to be hostile to a person with the title of "Demon King of the Tempest", even if you truly win, you will inevitably have to pay a heavy price.

In Alice's opinion, Francis Drake is not important enough to require the empire to spend such manpower and physical solutions, because the pay is completely disproportionate to the gain, and with that kind of thought, it is better to spend more money on the development of the empire.

"Isn't there a lot of pirates in Her Majesty Francis Drake's kingdom who are unwilling to obey her? ”

The goblin said as he stepped out of the crowd.

Hidden in that short body is a wisdom that should not be underestimated, after all, without the emergence of the Baltic Empire, the goblin Northland group still controls the economic lifeline of the entire Northland, and makes a lot of war money in various wars.

"We can choose from among these pirates who are slightly inferior to His Majesty Francis Drake, who is ambitious and willing to accept the support of our Empire, and let him oppose His Majesty the King, and let him disturb the pirate nation. ”

"I think that by that time, the whole kingdom will be in chaos, they will not have much energy to hinder our trade, and the appearance of the Rising Bird will ignite the ambitions of others. ”

"As far as I know, the power of the North Sea Pirate Kingdom is not stable, and His Majesty is not a man who likes to play politics, she may be a good captain, a successful legendary pirate, but she is definitely not a qualified king, and there are too many people under her command who only keep her orders on the surface. ”

"If this plan is carried out, the entire North Sea Pirate Kingdom will be plunged into a period of extremely chaotic civil strife, so that we can not only restore our trade routes, but also temporarily reduce our vigilance to the west and use our forces elsewhere. ”

"By the time this chaos continues to a certain stage, no matter who emerges victorious, whether His Majesty defeats all careerists and retains her throne, or whether a new king is ushered in in that position, the power of the Pirate Kingdom of the North Sea will be severely weakened. ”

"At that time, the power of our empire will surely become even stronger, and the North Sea Pirate Kingdom, which has been weakened, will not be able to resist our empire's demands. ”

The goblin's words made many of the people present gasp, because the plan was too insidious and too likely to happen, and they tried to put themselves in the role of Francis Drake, and found that there was no way to solve such a problem.

Because the Baltic Empire's infiltration of the North Sea Pirate Kingdom, or its control, is multifaceted, and the economic dependence is manifested in the fact that when the two countries are at war, the North Sea Pirate King can only fire one or two ballistas from the ship, and he will lose ammunition.

"It's very feasible, what do you think, Semiramis. ”

"Well, it's true, even if Francis Drake knew that this was our little trick, she could only follow our script, step by step, into the stage we arranged for her. ”

Semiramis said coldly.

"No matter how strong and sturdy the enemy is, it will always be their weakness inside, not to mention that the empire that Francis Drake built has all kinds of internal contradictions and is full of all kinds of careerists with bad intentions. ”

"There is a sentence, you are very right, I very much agree, Francis Drake that guy has never been a qualified king, because she has no idea what politics is, what economics is, what business is, what development is. ”

Semiramis choreographed Francis Drake in this way, so that everyone lowered their heads, and the goblin's forehead was already covered with cold sweat, and he didn't dare to take out a tissue to wipe it, and the whole person was like a candle in the wind.

Francis Drake is, at least certain, a friend of Semiramis and Alice, and his unceremonious evaluation, in a way, does not take Alice and Semiramis in his eyes, which is an offense to these two.

Simply, his suggestion was praised by Semiramis, and it seemed that there was no need to worry about possible punishment for the time being.

"Is there anything else you would like to add to his words?"

Semiramis looked around, she hoped that more people would come forward to answer her questions, and that more constructive comments would be made, and that the goblins' proposal was very feasible, but there would inevitably be many loopholes that needed to be filled.

"Well, I have. ”

The harpy flapped her wings, her shrill voice echoing through the air.

Among all the races that joined the Baltic Empire, the Harpys are a special existence, they are the first patriarchs of the Baltic Empire to follow Alice, and they are the first inhabitants of the Baltic Empire.

However, because of their strength, they can now only be reduced to security forces and scout troops, and even if they have tried to use technology and equipment to improve their combat capabilities, the results are indeed not ideal.

So, most of the time, the Harpies don't actively participate in the various discussions because of their intelligence, because of their power in the Baltic Empire, and their special status.

Now, the Harpy, who is usually silent, stepped forward to add to this opinion, which was enough to surprise everyone.

"We don't just have to think about the North Sea Pirate Kingdom, because in addition to their internal affairs, they also need to consider other forces outside of them, such as the Scandinavian Empire, which is engaged in a small war in Scandinavia, the Scandinavian Alliance, and the remnants of the Atila Empire, these three are in a sense our enemies, for their own interests, when there is a civil strife in the North Sea Pirate Kingdom, they will definitely use a certain amount of strength to help Francis Brown. Drake, come and help her stabilize the kingdom and continue to cause us trouble in our west. ”