As it stands, there is no conflict of interest between the Kingdom of Byron and the Kingdom of Ayrt. The alliance www.biquge.info between the Kingdom of Byron and the Kingdom of Elt can completely guarantee their own security, and the alliance between the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byron can indirectly obtain the protection of the Ilibi League, and both sides take what they need and benefit each other, which is simply a pair of allies made in heaven.

However, unlike the reliable Ilibi League, the alliance between the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byron was not stable. Just because there is no conflict of interest between the two sides now does not mean that there will be no conflict of interest in the future. It was perfectly normal for Mel not to want to lend arms to the Kingdom of Ayrt.

Leah could understand Myer's worries, compared to the vast kingdom of Elt, which had a population of more than 30 million, the kingdom of Byrons, with a population of only a few hundred thousand and no strategic depth, was too weak. The covenant between the two countries was now only a verbal agreement, not a written treaty. Although marriages can be seen as alliances, as was the case with the kingdoms of Byron and Ogus, the two countries did not sign a written covenant, but the two sides would support each other unconditionally.

But this kind of thing is not absolute, and the incident of Yijuan's retirement is the best example. In the unlikely future, the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byron are drawn into a war and stand on opposite sides, then the Kingdom of Ayrt will fight the Kingdom of Byron with the arms sent by the Kingdom of Byrons, and this kind of thing will be as bad as it is.

And for the Kingdom of Byrons, this problem is well solved. As long as the kingdom of Byron and the kingdom of Ert signed a written treaty and directly formed a military alliance, the problem would be solved. When the time comes, with the words in black and white, coupled with diplomatic announcements around the world, even if the two countries are drawn into the same war, they will not be on opposite sides.

Leah is convinced that Maier does not accept the Elt Kingdom's request for assistance, and wants to use it as a bargaining chip to force the Elt Kingdom and the Byrons Kingdom to sign a written treaty. In her opinion, this was too despicable, but now that the initiative was in the hands of Maier, she could only beg Maier to take the initiative to explain his thoughts to the Foreign Secretary.

By the time Leah analyzed the situation for Myer, the meal had already been served. By the time she finished her analysis, the food was cold again, so she had to bring it back to be hot. While waiting for the food, Maier continued to play dumb with Leah, saying that he had no idea what Leah was talking about. Leah scolded Maier for being shameless, but she still had to smile on her face.

"That'...... Let me put it another way. Your Majesty, if you have enough arms to support our country, I mean, the Kingdom of Elt, and His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Elt is willing to enter into a long-term military alliance treaty with you, how much arms will you give to the Kingdom of Elt after that? ”

When Leah analyzed the situation for Mel, she more than once referred to the "Kingdom of Elt" as "our country". Although Leah is engaged to Myer, the two are not married, and Leah is not from the Byron family, but from the Elt royal family, so it stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with directly saying that the Elt Kingdom is "my country".

But don't forget, now Leah is asking for help, or inviting Maier to lunch as her fiancée. If she takes a "country" in one mouth, it means that in her heart, she is still on the side of the Ayrte Kingdom, and the gap between the two will inevitably increase. Fortunately, Maier didn't hold on to this little thing, but just pretended to be stupid and stunned, which invisibly reduced a lot of pressure on Leah.

"If it's hypothetical, this issue can be discussed."

Now that Leah has said this, Mel can't continue to play stupid. He pretended to think for a moment, then replied.

"If the Elt Kingdom signs a long-term military alliance treaty with our country, and I have enough arms to support the Elt Kingdom, I will probably provide 3,000 Mingji muskets and 300,000 sets of ammunition."

Three thousand Mingji muskets are already quite a lot. As long as the Elt Kingdom won a battle, they were able to capture a large number of Mingji muskets. Although a considerable number of Mingji muskets will be damaged and cannot be used anymore due to the battle, there are also a large number of muskets that can continue to be used.

But the Elts do not repair advanced muskets, and any type of advanced musket is equivalent to scrapping as long as it is broken. The reliability of the Mingji musket is relatively poor, and improper storage and operation errors will directly damage the musket, resulting in its unusability. In case the Elts fail to win the first battle, fail to capture the Mingji muskets, and break a batch of muskets, then the next battle will not be so easy to fight.

To be on the safe side, Leah felt that number should be doubled again, or some better Ilibi muskets should be added. After she made such a request, Mel smiled dumbly.

"Your Royal Highness the Brilliant Princess, do you think that the musket is a weapon like a weed on the side of the road, and if you cut a stubble, you can grow another stubble? Your request is 'Lend-Lease', but I don't think your country will return the musket intact. Of course, I am not questioning the credibility of your country, and I am confident that your country will compensate us in cash or resources after the war, but I also believe that the muskets will never return to our hands. ”

"As you just said, our country is a small country with no strategic depth. It is precisely for this reason that our country has strengthened its national defense building and equipped its soldiers with more advanced weapons. If I leave these 3,000 Mingji muskets in China, I can directly reorganize the three musket regiments and gradually eliminate the muskets that have been scrapped in training or combat with the newly produced muskets. How useful three thousand muskets can be on the battlefield should be able to tell, with your ingenuity. ”

"If you raise that number to six thousand, then I can reorganize six musket regiments. Six thousand muskets can play a role on the battlefield that is not as simple as three thousand muskets. Now you ask me to send these 6,000 muskets to your country, which means that our country will lose the establishment of six musket regiments, and the national defense force will be greatly weakened. ”

In other words, our country's act of leasing arms to your country is at the expense of national defense capabilities in exchange for the military protection of neighboring countries. But in the process of lend-lease muskets, your country will be in a state of war. With the strength of your country, if you want to achieve your strategic goals, you will definitely take into account the safety of our country without flaw. In other words, in the process of re-leasing arms, our country did not receive military protection from your country, and once our country was involved in a war, it still had to solve the problem by its own strength. ”

"In that case, why should we lend arms to you? Is it just because a long-term military alliance with your country will bring lasting peace to our country? Everything you just said makes sense, but it's just a beautiful imagination. There is a saying in Irato's book, "Country to country, business also", and a merchant can tear up a written treaty for the sake of profit, and the country can do the same. In other words, in essence, a military alliance with your country will not bring 100% security and stability to our country. ”

"It is obviously a loss-making deal for our country to sacrifice the building of its national defense forces but not to achieve 100 percent security and stability. However, I accepted this loss-making deal, and I am willing to lend 3,000 Mingji muskets to your country, does this not show the sincerity of our country? You must know that at least 2,000 of these 3,000 Mingji muskets were added because of the sacrifice of Her Royal Highness the princess who deigned to marry into the Byrons family, and if there is no such relationship, I will lease your country up to 1,000 Mingji muskets, and I will not give your country room and opportunity to bargain. ”

As Mel said, the treaty of military alliance between the Kingdom of Byron and the Kingdom of Elt had no substantive effect. In the event of a conflict of interest between two countries, it is quite possible for one country to unilaterally tear up the treaty. The formal military alliance between Mel and the Kingdom of Elt was not about the treaty itself, but about the posture of the Kingdom of Elt to the outside world.

As long as the Elt Kingdom shows the posture of forming an iron triangle with the Byronic Kingdom and the Ilibi Alliance, other forces will not dare to have any superfluous thoughts. The integration of the Ilibi League into a unified state was bound to have an impact on the Elt Kingdom, so much of the integration process was carried out in secret. In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, the Ilibi nations began to prepare for integration, and as soon as all the major races except the Ilibi League were engaged in the war against the Mingji people, the Ilibi League would start the integration plan.

In the early years of integration, there will be no large-scale administrative, personnel and military transfers among the Ilibi allies. A large amount of information will be secretly sent to Byron City for statistical consolidation, and Gray will put aside all work except educating his grandchildren to coordinate all aspects of the integration with Mel.

In the middle of the integration, the Ilibi Confederate Parliaments began administrative and personnel transfers. None of the Allies will make much of a move, and all the important positions that will be visible will not be transferred.

It was only at the later stage of integration that the Ilibi Confederate countries made their plans public, vigorously promoted racial unity, and completed the final administrative and personnel transfers as quickly as possible, and began the integration and mobilization of military forces. If the integration plan goes well, the outside world will not find out until this step is reached.

After that, the Ilibians will be pushed to the forefront, and then the role of the military alliance treaty between the kingdoms of Byron and the kingdoms of Elt will become apparent. It takes time for information to spread, and it takes time for the heads of the tribes to react and judge. The high-profile alliance between the Kingdom of Byron and the Kingdom of Elt would send the heads of the tribes the wrong signal that the Elts were on the side of the Ilibians, which would make them misestimate the Ilibians' combat power at that time. Until the Celts have made a public statement, they will never dare to do anything to the Ilibians.

This time is very precious for the people of Ilibi. The day the war was delayed, the strength of the Ilibians increased by one point, and the losses in the battle with the enemy were reduced by one point. If the Ilibians move fast enough, they can integrate even before the Aliens can act, and then the Outsiders may not dare to go toe-to-toe with the Ilibis.

Leah is Mel's fiancée, and it stands to reason that Mel should speak to her by her first name and should not use honorifics. But when Maier said this, he used "Her Royal Highness Princess" to address Leah, and also used honorifics, which was full of distance. Leah knew that Maier didn't want to make concessions, so she deliberately spoke like this.

Leah doesn't like the people of the Elt royal family, but for the Elt kingdom, she really cares about it. More advanced weapons means fewer war losses, and Leah doesn't want the Elt Kingdom to suffer too many war losses, but now she is powerless and can't change Mayer's mind at all. She bit her lower lip hard and looked at Mel depressedly. At this time, the reheated dish was served, and Mel didn't want to talk to Leado anymore, so she ate it herself. The way he ate indifferently saw that Leah was furious, and her hands under the table were clenched into fists.

This damn color embryo......

Leah's silver teeth clenched, and her smile was gone. She hung a new label for Mel in the Impression Gallery as a "miser", but this new label was much smaller than the original "color embryo" label. So when she scolded people in her heart, Leah still scolded Mel for being a pervert, and did not scold him for being a miser.

This scolding inspired Leah. Since Mel is a color embryo, if Leah sacrifices his hue and does something that makes him happy, maybe he will be willing to lend some more advanced muskets to the Elt Kingdom.

Leah hates Mel, she doesn't want to touch her, and she doesn't want her to touch her. However, if she did not please Meier, the Mingji muskets that the Kingdom of Byron lent to the Kingdom of Elt would only have 3,000, and there would be no more. Leah struggled in her mind for a few seconds, glared at Maier angrily for a few seconds, and then spoke reluctantly.

"Can you come to my room tonight?"

"Huh?"

Maier was stunned and put down his knife and fork. He was already aware of what Leah was trying to do, and he made no secret of his disgust. The expression pierced through Leah's heart like a reshot, and the pain was so intense that she even suspected that her heart was really bleeding. Resisting the humiliation, she pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled reluctantly.

"We are husband and wife after all......"

"Yes, we're husband and wife."

Mel coldly picked up the napkin and wiped the grease off his mouth.

"Political couple."

After shaking off the cold words, Mel got up and left Leah's room.