Chapter 439: Bait

"Hall. Mr. Edgar, Mr. Gehr, first of all, thank you both for coming, since the Cordillera Collar and the Green Elf Alliance are close neighbors, as the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, as long as the principle does not violate the laws of the Empire, the Cordillera Collar is willing to do its best to help the neighbor, not to mention that this kind of help is also mutually beneficial. I am deeply grateful to the two manticore cubs presented by the Alliance, but I originally thought it would be the cubs of the two Komodo war bears, which is a bit regrettable. Hathaway was naturally free to such high-sounding words, neither contrary to principles nor clear promises, but also appropriate expressions of gratitude and disappointment, but to the ears of the two green elves had different tastes.

Hall, who has dealt with humans many times. Edgar naturally knew the meaning of the other party's words. The embargo on military supplies has remained in place to this day, and checkpoints have become stricter in various places, and last month a Cordillera merchant was seized with 60 military crossbows smuggled by a checkpoint, and all supplies and his property were immediately confiscated, and he himself was thrown into the newly built prison of the Cordillera to await trial by the Cordillera Judge, who will also become the first prisoner to be tried for smuggling by the Cordillera Judge and Presiding Judge. On the other side of this smuggling case, the buyers of this batch of smuggling military crossbows, the Sky Eagle tribe in the alliance, lost a deposit of up to tens of thousands of gold carats, but they couldn't tell the bitterness.

Hall. Edgar knew that the lord seemed to be bold and generous, but he was shrewd and ruthless in this regard, and did not give his opponents any loopholes to exploit, and the Alliance's original hope of luring the unscrupulous merchants with high prices to satisfy them with smuggling had failed. No one wants to risk their lives and all their possessions. Listening to the tone, the lord was not very satisfied with only getting two manticore lion cubs, and even expressed regret bluntly, which made the straightforward green elf representative not know how to make the next request for a while.

The other Green Elf representative obviously didn't know much about Hathaway's way of speaking and acting, and when he heard that the other party was willing to do his best to help his side, he couldn't bear it, and quickly interjected: "Honorable lord, you just said that you are willing to do your best to help us, so I wonder if we can buy a batch of food and other supplies in your land?" ”

Nodding to the green elf with a smile, Hathaway said happily, "Of course, as long as you can prepare enough funds or exchange goods." Why not? Of course. These items need to be counted in the deal quota we just agreed with the Green Elf Alliance. ”

His face suddenly sank, and the Green Elf representative glared at Hathaway angrily before he said stupidly, "Lord Lord, aren't you kidding me?" If it is to be included in the alliance transaction quota, what is it not normal trading? I don't need to bother with words. ”

"Lord Gehr. This is the agreement we reached with your alliance in the first place. The importation of military materiel into the Cordillera collar has amounted to breaking the ban. If you look at the rest of the surrounding area, is there any place that would like to sell these things to you? I was already taking quite a risk to be able to do this. There is a process to everything, and I can understand your urgency, but you also need to give me a little time to convince my subordinates and be more prepared, otherwise how do you let me explain these things to other people around me once they are known? Hathaway smiled and spread her hands, explaining with a helpless look.

"Need an explanation? The lord has always flaunted racial equality, and he wants to treat all races in his territory equally, is this just talking? "Solos. Gehr said mockingly.

"Of course not."

Hathaway's face immediately became stern: "Mr. Gehr, rights and duties are equal, and you can't just make demands and ignore obligations. You can ask how the barbarians do it. If you want to get, you have to pay, this is the principle of trading. ”

"We also paid for the ...... of Jinkla"

"But we don't necessarily need gold."

Hathaway interrupted, "The war between the surface races and the Dark Regions races has begun, and you know what I'm going to say. If the Cordillera Territory is indeed overrun by the Underworld, do you think they will respect you as much as I do? Or are you confident that you can resist the underground race alone? ”

Taking a breath, the representative of the Tianlu tribe didn't say much, he knew that he couldn't win the other party, so it was better to stay honest and listen to his companions and negotiate with the other party.

"Lord Lord, this time I came with Geer to have two requests for your help and support, of course, if Lord Lord can give us the help and support we can, we Green Elves will repay our kindness and will definitely reciprocate." Hall. Edgar knew that the human lord in front of him valued profit more than anything else, and instead of talking to him about reasoning here, it was better to say something tangible that might be more interesting to the other party.

"Oh? Hall. Mr. Edgar, to put it seriously, I just said that as long as I don't violate the principles, I will do my best to do what I can, but Mr. Fang Caiger's request is a bit out of line, and I can't meet it, so I can only say I'm sorry. Hathaway raised her eyebrows, as if interested.

"The first is that we hope that the Cordillera Collar can give us the three tribes of Tianlu, Tianquila, and Tianniu to provide some additional amount of military materials in addition to the alliance quota, and in return, our three tribes will further open their markets to you, and at the same time, we can also provide a mineral-rich magic crystal mining area for joint development to show our sincerity." Hall. Edgar and Solos. Gehr exchanged glances and threw the first bait.

"Crystal Mine?" Hathaway's heart jumped, good guys, it seems that these green elves have made a lot of money, from the other party's words, Hathaway heard that it seems that the tribe has a tendency to become independent from the Green Elf Alliance in the past three days.

The Green Elf Alliance is composed of twelve tribes, of which the territory closest to them in the north is the three tribes of the Heavenly Deer, the Heavenly Eagle and the Heavenly Bull. Before the war began, Hathaway sent someone to contact the Green Elf Alliance, hoping that they could send troops to the war, and the Lord's Mansion was willing to pay a fee.

However, the Green Elf Alliance refused to send troops to the war, but was interested in the trade between the two clans. After the two sides intentionally or unintentionally lost Gang, an agreement was signed on the import of materials that did not involve military materiel. (To be continued......)