Chapter 236: Political Deals
"Where is she?"
"I just wanted to break the seal in the room," Fradai said strangely, and suddenly understood, "By the way, the Lord God made you don't know, I felt that she fell to the rooftop, and I was afraid that she would not be good for you, so I rushed over and gave her a seal, and she didn't resist like last time." β
Lin Qian was speechless for a while, it turned out that he still took advantage of the danger of others, and it was not too much to be sentenced to death directly. Hurriedly dressed, he pushed open the door of Salantis's room, trying to explain.
Salantis was fully dressed and sat upright on the bed, her veil covering most of her face, and no expression was visible. She was meditating with her eyes closed, and when she saw the door being pushed open, an air arrow in her hand was about to shoot out, and when she found that it was Lin Qian, she immediately condensed another one, and the two arrows shot one after the other.
Lin Qian hurriedly summoned a shadow barrier to block it, and shouted in his mouth, "Don't do it! I'm awake now!"
The first arrow neutralized most of the energy of the Shadow Barrier, and the second arrow directly penetrated the defense, coming towards Lin Qian's chest, she had already calculated that Lin Qian could only block one attack, so she would add one more when she shot. Lin Qian was suddenly shot through, the whole figure suddenly dissipated, and he came over again from outside the door, fortunately, he was in a hurry and used illusion magic to save himself once.
Salandis didn't do it again, she had just recovered her mental strength and was treating the wounds on her body, and when she saw Lin Qian, she thought he was going to do that again, so she made a decisive move. However, even if Lin Qian was injured this time, it would only make him unable to mess around with him, and it would not really kill him.
Lin Qian sent Fradai, who heard the movement, away, walked into the room, closed the door casually, and faced the indifferent Salandis, thinking about how to say it.
"I drank. Inside, it should have been drugged......"
Salandis glanced at Lin Qian and didn't speak.
"I didn't know what happened when this happened, and it wasn't my intention to hurt you if it hurt you......"
Salandis simply closed her eyes and continued to heal, as if she didn't want to hear Lin Qian continue.
"I know you didn't do it voluntarily, and I'm sorry for you......"
Salantis frowned, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Are you finished?" Her eyebrows showed undisguised disgust, which was not at all different from her usual style.
"No," Lin Qian took a deep breath and pondered for a while before he said solemnly, "I hope that you are willing to make me responsible for this matter!"
Sarandis was obviously stunned, and the natural magical energy surging all over her body began to be agitated, and her closed eyes couldn't help shaking, and she was thinking about what Lin Qian really meant.
Seeing her hesitation, Lin Qian coughed with a shy old face and said, "Although, I have always treated you as a child before, but from today onwards, I will try to treat you as a real womanβmy woman." β
Salantis calmed down, withdrew her magic, slowly opened her eyes, took a closer look at Lin Qian, got out of bed, and walked towards him.
"You...... Unwilling?" Lin Qian didn't dare to say anything too domineering, this girl couldn't figure it out, and it might make her anxious.
Who knew that she bypassed Lin Qian directly, opened the door and walked out. Lin Qian hurriedly chased after her, and found that she went downstairs directly, and followed her, for fear that she would do something exaggerated.
"Mother. Walking into the office, Salantis saw the Elven Queen, bowed respectfully, and sat down.
"Her Majesty...... You...... It's also there. Lin Qian was immediately stunned by the queen's fire-breathing eyes, and he was also much more respectful in his title.
Elena jumped up from the queen's arms, found a place in the back and sat down, not daring to look at Lin Qian. Lin Qian didn't want to find her accountable at this time, after all, he was also facing a lot of pressure at the moment.
"I told the three of them to call you down, and they got into it. The elf queen was no longer holding a stand at this time, and said sneeringly.
It turned out that the queen had already come, so she must have seen the scene at that time, and there was no excuse for this. Lin Qian didn't dare to talk, and quietly waited for the queen's count.
"I need a reasonable solution to today's matter, Lin Qian, have you thought about it?" the queen continued.
"I'll take responsibility for this to the end, and Sarandis will have a reasonable name. Moreover, on Neuer's side, I am also fully responsible," Lin Qian hurriedly assured.
The queen frowned, quietly glanced at her daughter's expression, and felt a little uneasy in her heart.
"Two little princesses, go back first. β
Elena ran away with her head down, followed by Salandis, and the two went upstairs together, without a word of communication.
The queen waited for the two daughters to be gone, and then she explained: "You know, I am such a daughter, although she has a strange personality, she has always been the only heir of the elf clan. Marrying her to Neuer and marrying you are completely two different concepts, Neuer has no background, he will become a member of our people, but you are different, your power is far more powerful than a country. If you unite, I'm pretty sure whether she'll be in control of my clan or you. β
Lin Qian somewhat understood, the queen meant the future of the elf race, Neuer has nothing to worry about, even if he takes power in the future, he is also thinking about the elf race, but he is different, he is deeply rooted in the human side, and the elf race cannot be handed over to himself to control.
"But we've already had thisβ"
"So you think I can't do it, do you?" sneered the Queen, "and even if that happens, I can marry her off Neuer." Magic is a magical thing, and all traces can be erased. β
"You mean......" Lin Qian was speechless, he knew that the queen was referring to the membrane. It was just an extra piece of meat, and in theory magic could indeed be repaired.
"You should understand. The Queen's face remained unchanged when she mentioned this, she was a woman who had experienced countless men.
Lin Qian's mind turned sharply, the queen said this because she didn't want to marry her daughter to herself easily, what did she want? The future of the race? How could she easily give way to someone else, not to mention that she was still young, and it would not be a problem to rule for another few decades.
In the process of contacting the queen many times, Lin Qian roughly understood what kind of person she was, and it can be said that she is an outstanding politician, and politicians have never taken care of their families very much, and they have never been bound by feelings. In her eyes, the only thing she considers is probably political interests.
"What does Your Majesty want?" Lin Qian recognized this, and he knew the queen's starting point, which was nothing more than taking the opportunity to put forward conditions and ask for some vested interests, no wonder he wanted to take Salantis and Elena away, and it was simply self-destructive to say this kind of thing in front of them.
The queen smiled, some blaming Lin Qian for speaking too bluntly, but also a little appreciative of his reaction.
"This time, I set out, in addition to seeing my princess, I also wanted to come here to visit this magic city for myself, which is much more spectacular than the Elven Palace. β
Lin Qian was silent, if she wanted this city, she would never agree.
The queen saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "I know that this is Lin Gongzi's hard work, and I am by no means an insatiable person, but our elven clan even surpasses you in terms of the number of magicians, but we don't have a city specially built for magicians, which is really a bit ashamed." β
"Old fox!" Lin Qian couldn't help but curse in his heart, although the queen's words were only half said, Lin Qian knew her thoughts very well: she wanted a piece of the pie.
In the two years since the establishment of the Magic Guild, Lin Qian has risen from an unknown boy to a powerful man in the mainland, which must have made the queen quite jealous. Although everyone in the elven race can do magic, due to the small population, coupled with the centralized and distributed management model, they are not as free as human magicians, and the degree of magical civilization is not high. Therefore, the elves belong to the unexplored territory of the magic guild, and it is a huge and delicious cake.
To put it bluntly, the elves are still a semi-primitive clan society, but there is a royal palace to centrally manage all the clansmen, and with the exchange of trade with humans, they will sooner or later enter the society of money trading. At that time, there will be many free elven magicians who will no longer rely on the distribution of clans, but will get everything they want from humans, from magic guilds. The queen's hand is nothing more than to open a magic guild among the elves, and to hold this invisible wealth in her own hands as soon as possible. And this guild must have nothing to do with Lin Qian's association, and even a commercial competitor.
"Your Majesty wants to build a magic city, what do you need to do next?" Lin Qian had no choice but to ask now, hoping that she would not put forward too difficult conditions.
"It's not that I want to build," the queen laughs, "but I want you to help me build it, even if it's a smaller magic city." β
Lin Qian couldn't help but clench his fists and said, "Your Majesty knows how much money I spent for this magic city? a whole ten million gold coins! Do you know how much the empire's taxes are a year? It's just more than a million." For this reason, I owe countless debts, and even removed more than a million from my mercenary gold bank, in case they go crazy one day and concentrate on getting back the money deposited, I will not be able to take anything out. β
"That's why I'm here to bring you the goods you need. β
"I know, but if there are too many things, they are not worth much. Lin Qian still didn't let go, these cars of fine wine were worth hundreds of thousands, and they were all sold.
"No," the queen shook her head, took out a purple crystal from her bosom, and under Lin Qian's incomprehensible gaze, she continued, "It's this thing, buried under the ground of my clan, I think, there should be no less in number." β
"Amethyst?" Lin Qian couldn't believe it. The building of the entire magic city is not difficult to build, the key is the crystals needed inside, even amethyst, which are priceless, and the amount needed is huge, and his money is largely spent on the crystals purchased from William.
"Yes, I can give you the mining rights, but within six months, I need to see the city. The queen said firmly.