Is this reasonable, really unreasonable! Is the old lady's fist not hard or are you floating?

Pomona, who has always believed that fists are the truth since she was a child, clenched her fists and began to hesitate repeatedly whether to rush forward.

But in the end, it was for the queen's face, the former marquise barely suppressed the urge to go crazy on the spot, and swallowed her head silently, out of sight and out of mind!

Food, food, patience, Pomona, the man can turn around and beat again, but this batch of life-saving food must definitely be obtained!

Avril didn't notice the anomaly behind it, she was sitting in an old chair and bowing her head in contemplation, her onion-like knuckles tapping lightly on the broken tabletop, her mind quickly weighing the pros and cons of the matter.

The reason why the barbarians invaded was because there was a lack of food and they could not survive this winter. If they get this amount of food, and if they have food security, and they will be able to starve to death less this winter, then they may indeed give up the invasion and return to the grassland, as Pomona said.

However, this is Pomona's side after all, if they get this batch of food, they do not retreat from the army but continue to attack, then this batch of food is too stupid to be stupid, and the evil of the northern bus is still a trivial matter, if the northern principality is really broken, at least millions of ordinary people will suffer from poison.

Because of the perennial fight with the barbarians, the quality of the soldiers of the Northern Duchy is the best among the seven principalities, but compared to the barbarians who fight for their lives all day long, the weak eat the fittest, after all, it is still a lot worse, and it will definitely not be able to beat it with the same number.

There have been no major problems for so many years, first, the walls in the north are strong enough, and the barbarians who lack siege equipment cannot break through them; second, the barbarians themselves lack ores and blacksmiths, and their weapons and armor are relatively backward;

The third is that the barbarians are short of food, most people can only bring a few days of rations, and then go all the way to grab the road, as long as they sweep in advance, those barbarians will scatter by themselves if they can't get food, and they don't have the ability to fight with the northern principality for a long time.

But if this batch of grain is given out, with the support of food, it is not possible that those barbarians will really make a big trouble, and it stands to reason that they will definitely not be able to give it, and they will even have to stop her from buying food.

However, the benefits of giving this batch of food are also obvious, first of all, you can obtain a certain number of barbarian soldiers, and the barbarians' unique [Grassland Light Horse], [Sword and Shield Rider], [Short Bow Rider], etc. are all very powerful professions, just to replenish the lost elite.

Secondly, it can also liberate the manpower and material resources of the north, which is much better than the current situation where the entire north is contained, and when the time comes, the Grand Duke of the north and himself will attack on both sides, and the Farrell family will not be able to support it for long under the two-front battle, and it may be able to pacify the flange soon.

So the pros and cons of this matter are obvious, it depends on which step he and William can talk about.

Avril glanced sideways behind her, and after receiving William's knowing gaze, she turned her head in satisfaction, brushing her hair behind her ears, and put on a serious look on her mature and charming face.

"Pomona. ”

Avril whispered the name of the Marquise, and then said with a solemn face: "Since you have inquired very clearly, then I will not go around in circles with you." ”

"I do have a large amount of idle grain in my hands, but this grain cannot be easily handed over to you, how can I be sure that your tribe will give up on harassing the north?

After hearing Avril's question, Pomona's heart suddenly sank, she raised her hand and said with the same serious face: "I can swear to the ancestors, and I can even ask them to withdraw the army first, and then you can transport the food over." ”

Seeing the indifference on Her Majesty's face, she secretly gritted her teeth and raised two fingers.

"And we're willing to buy this grain at double the market price! or even more." ”

"Pomona, the problem with this matter is not the price, and I am not short of money right now. ”

Avril shook her head slightly, and pointed to the map on the table, her tiny nails tapping twice across the Principality of the North.

"If you can guarantee to retire from the army, I can even subsidize you privately, as long as you can take this batch of grain at eighty percent of the market price.

But the problem is that you don't have a way to guarantee all this, so even if I agree to this, the Grand Duke of the North will not allow such a large amount of grain to pass through the customs, and even if you buy it, you will not be able to transport it at all. ”

Avril tilted her head slightly and thought about it, and added another sentence.

"What's more, I don't want to agree to you about this, you better make another request, the people of the Duchy of the North are also the people of Fran, I can't use their safety to bet on whether you will keep your promise. ”

Hearing Avril's refusal, the look on Pomona's face was a little uncontrollable, after all, she was asking for others, and she showed her bottom line first.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 1,000 of my clansmen under the command of Jiber, they are all elites who have survived more than a dozen battles, and more than 300 of them are professionals! I can take them to help you fight! Until you regain the royal capital! Is this condition enough?"

When he heard the word Wang Du, William's cheeks twitched unconsciously.

In other words, Jessica's pit is estimated that she will be able to return to the royal capital tomorrow, and she is probably preparing to recruit troops to fight Leonard, right? If Her Majesty really agrees to Pomona's conditions, then is she going to meet the long-legged stupid girl?

Avril didn't know that William behind her was in Aiying, she shook her head and explained earnestly: "Pomona, I don't think you understand what I mean, I'm not using this as an excuse to ask you to raise the conditions and continue to increase the weight, I'm just telling you a fact."

To put it mildly, if you can't give me a safe guarantee, then I will not only refuse to provide you with food, but even take the initiative to intercept it, even if you get food through other means, I will not let this batch of grain pass through the northern border checkpoint. ”

"How can you do that?"

Pomona's face changed, and she scrambled to her feet in her chair, looking at Avril with wide-eyed eyes.

"I released you before, if you don't help me, I don't want to take advantage of you, but how can you? How can you do this? Do you know how much my people will starve to death without this batch of food!"

Seeing that her emotions were gradually agitated, William narrowed his eyes and silently took half a step forward, sticking to the back of Avril's chair, his arms hidden in front of the queen, ready to deal with Pomona, who could burst out and hurt people at any time.