Chapter 244: Negotiation
"Your refreshments here are so delicious, and every time Ketuma goes back, she tells me for a long time how delicious the cream cake is. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info”
Add fiddled with his fingers and smiled at Susie Conrad, who was sitting across from him, and the words made Ketuma, who had been eating non-stop, put down the plate he had already picked up.
Fortunately, the fuzz on the kobold's cheeks was red, but no one could tell if he was shy because of this, and Susie covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled, looking very happy.
"Haha," she laughed, looking at Ketuma happily and softly, "Since Mr. Ketuma likes the snacks here, I'll ask Mr. Iss to pack some for you and bring them home." ”
"That couldn't be better, haha. Add looked at Ketuma playfully, thanking Susie.
"Alright, I guess it's time for us to get down to business, Mr. Addy. Susie supported her chin with her white and tender hands, put it on the table, and looked curiously at Eddie in front of her.
For some reason, he vaguely felt that this Eddie was actually a little similar to the Sol she had in her impression, whether it was expression, the way he spoke, or his habitual movements, it was very similar.
She gradually retracted the smile on her face, became serious, gently touched the back of her hand with her chin, and said slowly:
"I think we've talked about enough things that need to be discussed a while ago. ”
Add nodded, agreeing with Susie's statement, indeed, whether or not the Sothians sent troops to support Leonie, how many troops, and about the Grand Duke of Yongfa in Chateauroux, these things had already been exchanged and discussed.
Coming to the Tsavo Manor again today, in fact, both parties understand that it is a final confirmation and bargaining, and it is likely that a secret agreement will be signed today.
"Regarding your request for the return of the autonomy of mining and management of the three veins in Wasteland, I have entrusted my sister and Platinum Amber to negotiate with the three mine owners, and they are all willing to return the entire vein. ”
Susie recounted methodically, and all of these conditions sounded good news for the Soths, but in Eddie's eyes, these were just things that he would get sooner or later.
Susie deliberately said these things at the beginning, not just to construct a state in which the Soth Kingdom took a big advantage, although in fact, the Soth Kingdom did take a lot of advantage, but these were not valued by Worms.
In the final analysis, the two sides are more mutually beneficial, and neither side has all the benefits, but if Sos and Susie suddenly capture Chateauroux, Miss Leonie's face will not look good.
She is also likely to be the only one who loses in this deal.
“…… So, how many warriors will the Kingdom of Soth send to support Miss Leonie in her battle against the Fran rebels......"
When it came to one of the most crucial issues, Susie and Eddie were the only ones left in the room at this time, and the maid Mary went out with Eddie's Mark after making black tea and bringing all the pastries.
And Ketuma also got bored after Eddie and Susie started talking about some important things, and he was supposed to be there to carry out the guarding duties, so after asking Eddie's permission, the kobold went to play outside.
Isgerin, on the other hand, took the initiative to say goodbye quite interestingly, although as Susie's absolute confidant, he knew that there was nothing wrong with this, but he still cautiously left only the two principals to talk about alone, and his demeanor made Eddie can't help but secretly admire.
"Three thousand—" Eddie pricked up three fingers and said lightly, but Susie couldn't help but frown.
"Mr. Add, didn't I remember we said there would be at least five thousand people?" Susie was unhappy with Add's sudden change of fortune, but fortunately she still maintained her apparent calmness, and was not furious at such shocking news, but only frowned and asked in a cold tone.
After all, in Susie's opinion, to start bargaining at such a time is simply to fool herself like a fool, and she begins to wonder if she is looking at the wrong person, maybe the people around Thor are not all so good.
"No, no, no, I think you misunderstood me, Miss Susie—" Thor waved his hand:
"I have no intention of repenting, please believe that these three thousand people will be far stronger than those five thousand-"
There was a mischievous smile on his face, as if he had sold such a trick just to see Susie Conrad's anxious and angry appearance.
Hearing Add's words, Susie had a puzzled and curious look on her face:
"Oh, three thousand men who are stronger than five thousand?" she waited for Add's answer, there was no doubt that five thousand well-armed barbarian warriors were definitely strong in Susie's opinion, and they could be used as ten thousand Worms mercenaries who could fight well.
And now that Eddie actually said that he would send an army of 3,000 stronger than 5,000 barbarian warriors?
"Don't worry, after all, you want to take the ...... in the end—" Add gestured to make Susie understand that he was talking about Chateauroux, and continued:
"If we want to occupy it, we need our own strength to be enough, so how can I joke about myself?"
Although Eddie had some truth, Susie still couldn't believe it, and she even wondered if this Eddie had been sent by Thor, and Eddie knew all about these things, and according to Isgerin, when he first went to the Wild Corner, he hadn't seen this Add in Thor's tribe.
Even in Worms, they had not seen this Eddie, and if so, how could he gain the trust of the new king in such a short time?
Had it not been for the fact that Ketuma had come with her, Susie would have almost suspected that she had met the fake messenger of Thorth.
At this time, Eddie no longer hung people's appetites, but said frankly and directly: "Miss Susie doesn't know that compared to ordinary Soth warriors, there are many more powerful elite troops in the Soth Kingdom. ”
"Elite troops?" Susie was also interested.
"Yes, our plan is to send no longer five thousand ordinary warriors as originally planned, but one thousand wolf cavalry, two thousand elite warriors, and a hundred special troops. ”
"Huh?" Susie was completely stunned by Add, she couldn't understand how a newly established kingdom could have so many famous troops, and what role could a special force of a hundred people play?