403. Sudden Drop of Profits
After leaving Vernor, Thranduil found a good way to ease her emotions by adding to the plans for the estate that had been gifted to her. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 A few days later, at dusk, Gardo, who arrived in the war zone, was led to the Elven King, who was busy drawing.
Although when Gardo entered, the human attendants had already whispered to the Elven King. But the focused king just glanced at "um", and didn't even leave the drawing in front of him.
As Serdan's emissary, Gardo did not have much contact with the Elven King, who had not been on the throne for a long time. The intersection of the past is limited to the text exchange on the regular diplomatic letter, and then look at the elf king in his work clothes, who is concentrating on the slow picture. Thinking that the Elven King was a bad-tempered creature in the wind review, even the King Sedan, who he followed, would unconsciously frown at the mention of the Woodland King, Gar chose to wait quietly.
Unexpectedly, Gardo, who was standing behind the Elf King in a soft voice, actually took a look and was attracted by the drawing he was making. When the Elven King finished drawing and began to look at the strange elves a few steps away, the person concerned was still immersed in the thought of the drawings.
He took it for granted that what he saw was the new palace that the Elven King had drawn for himself. After calculating the time and financial resources required for the manor on the drawings, Gardo was sure that even if the woodland was still lush with greenery, according to the palace garden on the blueprints, the woodland would not be able to produce surplus timber for at least a hundred years to supply King Sedan.
Why build a new palace?, Gardo was lamenting the trees that were about to be carved into beams, when the Elven King's words interrupted his train of thought.
"Elf, where are you from?"
Thranduil thought for a long time, but still did not remember the squire's description of the visitor. All he remembered was that when he was completely immersed in the conception of the main temple, someone came to inform him of the request for an audience. Hearing that the visitor was an "elf", Thranduil nodded, not paying attention to any other information. Now there's no more guesswork.
While cleaning his paint-stained hands with the help of his attendants, Thranduil asked directly. He saw that the black-haired Noldor Elf calmly puffed out his chest and performed an impeccable elven etiquette.
"Gardo, Kingdom of Linton, has great respect for you, King Thrandil. While confessing his identity, Gardo did not forget to take out the emblem that was exclusive to King Serdan's envoy and must have been seen by the Elven King.
"So you're Gardo. "Gardo, whose name and exclusive badge appear on Linton's diplomatic letters every time, are no stranger to Thrandeil. In addition, in addition to himself, the current elf king in the war zone is only the elf king in front of him, who is also an elf and has a bad temper, actually showed a friendly smile.
"The Kingdom of Linton is here, and it will take a month to ride a horse at the earliest. They came all the way over, and they came to see me first. No matter how important it is for King Serdan to let you go to Gondor this time, you must stay tonight and have a good drink with your people. Without waiting for the other party to reply, the elf king directly explained to the attendants beside him: "Go and prepare for the reception dinner." ”
The Elven King thinks I'm going to Gondor on my orders?, although he was a little stunned by the non-negotiable arrangement, and felt the Elven King's strength, Gardo still didn't show the slightest embarrassment. It wasn't until the beginning of the dinner and after the human attendants were ordered to retreat that Gardo, who had been silent, said the purpose of his trip.
"I'm not here to go to Gondor, I'm here to see you. Gardo, who raised his glass and invited the wine, drank it all before saying to the Elven King, who was indifferently waiting for an answer: "Ten days ago, the Human Emperor Legion left Rivendell. Seven days ago, our Majesty learned of this. He thought about it for a few days, and this morning ordered me to come to you in the Giant Eagle. The purpose is ...... Assist you in the arrangement of the coalition forces. So that after the arrival of the Human Emperor Legion, the alliance can be launched immediately. ”
At present, in Zhongzhou, no living beings want to join forces more than Thrandeir. As long as the Emperor's army is incorporated into the camp, the human warriors surrounded by the Dwarven legions may not be able to respond to the Emperor's orders in time. When necessary, there is no difficulty in trapping human armies in war camps by means of semi-deterrence and semi-coercion. It can be said that once the Legion of the Emperor completed the alliance, the Gondor Rebellion won half of the victory. However, Thranduil is well aware that this half of the victory will be difficult to get into his hands on his own. That's why he asked Melandor to replace all the guards of Moneville with the relatives of Arnol's soldiers.
Even King Nader, who could only comment on the way of command in the book of war a few years ago, knew that the side that participated in the coalition in the end was equivalent to giving the control of the battle to the first to come in vain, and how could Gardo and King Serdan not know the mystery of the coalition?
The King of Ships personally created the "Star of Elendir" and gave it to Valandil as a way to show his absolute support for the Emperor. It is against the order of dignity and inferiority for an emperor to take the initiative to merge his army into the king's camp, and the emperor may not want to obey the orders of the general of the siege war for himself and his army. And Sedan, who supports the Human Emperor, he also knows some of the frictions I have had with the Human Emperor. Knowing that I have no good intentions towards the Human Emperor, why would Serdan risk being disrespectful to the Human Emperor to propose an alliance......?
Serdan became suspicious of the encirclement army, and he threw out the coalition army only to test my true purpose for this battle! If I readily agreed, Serdan would be able to see at a glance that I had a bad purpose for the human emperor's army, and the true purpose of the encirclement would sooner or later be discovered by him. So, I had to deal with this temptation perfectly in a way that I couldn't see any flaws.
Thinking of this, Thranduil put down the wine glass in his hand. After a questioning "oh", the Elven King looked like a smile rather than a smile.
"The Coalition Emperor has not informed the specific situation of the expedition until now. He has no intention of alliing with the army, so how could King Sedan's suddenly let you come over to do something that the person concerned does not want to happen? After making just the right amount of teasing, Thranduil deliberately showed some disgusted gestures, and even made a silent gesture. "You and I meet for the first time, and we are both in the war zone, and there are only two elves at present, so don't mention those troubles to disturb Yaxing. Tonight's task is to drink well with your fellow people, and you are not allowed to leave the table if you are not drunk. ”
Not only did the Elf King say this, but he also stood up directly and refilled Gardo's wine. However, the demeanor of putting down his body and fighting affairs and only wanting to drink freely made Gardo become dignified. Unable to stop the Elf King from resuming the wine, he had no choice but to stand up and perform a ritual of confession to the Elf King.