I thought that with the speed of the Cossacks galloping horses and their fiery character, it should be a quick task to convene a meeting of the elders, but the truth was much more than I expected! Notification, reply to inquiry, determination of details, inquiry of details, reply to inquiry, re-inquiry of reply...... I have to say that a group of overly experienced old people, their caution will really make you unbearable.

I was a little anxious for the first few days, but then I simply let go, and occasionally walked around the neighborhood with a few of my men, riding horses, hunting, or something. The scenery of the northern country has a special interest, since it is rare to come to have a trip, let's have fun!

I don't know if it's because I feel uncomfortable or for the purpose of surveillance, Huo Sijin has been accompanying us throughout all our activities. With his careful explanation, I got to know the Cossacks and their lives more clearly, and even learned a few words such as "Hello! "Friends! Russian and so on. Intentionally or unwittingly, he also talked about some of the other tribes and their elders, and gave me a rough impression of them before the formal meeting, though I am not sure if this was his personal act or the dictation of old Isaac.

Messengers from various tribes came and went, and the Joseph brothers of the South Korin tribe also made several trips. As young people, they naturally yearn for a broader world, and they are full of curiosity about the more comfortable living environment in the south. I have carefully selected the descriptions that have made their hearts more and more active, and I have felt it very clearly, and I hope they will infect more people.

After more than two months of chirping and crookedness, the meeting of the elders of the tribes finally decided to convene, and one horse-drawn plough after another came to the town surrounded by groups of knights, and one old man after another came down from the plow. I really opened my eyes, and I saw so many "wizards" at once, so many dignified old men with a "magic wand" in their hands.

Although many letters have been exchanged, there are still some people who have expressed doubts about some of the "problems", so the first stage is for me to explain these issues. After all the elders had arrived, the meeting was officially convened one morning, and as a courtesy I did not wait for the official opening to enter. When I entered the house, there were already more than a dozen old men here, talking to each other in twos and threes, and when they saw me enter, they all bowed their heads in the distance.

"Hello! ○★◆※△...... "As soon as I sat down, the old man came to me. This is a stocky old man, a Cossack who is a head shorter than me! The oil on the big head is shiny and shiny, and there is a grinning expression on his face, like a Maitreya Buddha with a big beard. Unlike the austere attire of most of the elders, he was dressed in jewels, with a black robe trimmed with gold and silver threads, a large emerald ring on the index finger of his right hand, and a staff that was the longest in the room, topped with a golden double-headed eagle. Although he said a long word, I didn't understand it except the first word.

"This is the elder of the South Korin tribe, the honorable Yang•Belinsky...... "Hoskin stood up respectfully as soon as he approached us." He said that his two nephews have great respect for you and your men, and that an honest strong man is worthy of respect, especially when he already has great wealth and power! It is not a shame for a warrior to follow a truly strong man, his ancestors also served His Majesty King Casimir III, and the small noble knights in Eastern Europe also follow the big nobles, the key is to see if this person is worth following! After saying this, Huo Si King quietly glanced at me.

"Thank you for your concern! Respected Pan ...... "I also stood up, at least this is a sign of respect for an elder, and that title comes from the information provided by Huo Sijin. Unlike most other tribes from Russia, the South Kolin tribe came from near Kiev in Ukraine, and they were once canonized as nobles by the Polish king, and the suffix "sky" of the Berlinsky family is a sign of nobility. This history was undoubtedly their pride, so the title "Pan" (an honorific title for male aristocrats in Poland) easily won his favor. "Your two nephews are wonderful lads who have told me so many interesting things, including your hometown! A European friend I met when I was in the south once told me that once Europe has opened the shackles imposed on Ukraine, she will satisfy the bread needs of the whole of Europe! ”

"Your insight not only shocked my nephew, but also me!" He patted me on the shoulder intimately and kindly. "We've only just met, but I'm sure we'll have a lot of language in common! There will be a lot of them, just waiting to be discovered! With that, he left.

"Good first round!" Hoskin whispered in my ear.

"It's supposed to be the second round!" I whispered a joke too. While laughing, I turned around and suddenly noticed a tall and thin old man staring at me coldly in the distance.

In fact, he is not very tall, at most he has just reached 1.80 meters, and the reason why it looks like the feeling of "Tingting Yuli" is so strong, just because he is too thin! A pair of big green eyes on his thin face look a little slumpy, his long sparse silver hair hangs down from the top of his head, and his skin is the same as that of his face, and his hands are like two huge bird claws, and he looks like a big "praying mantis" in terms of overall appearance. Seeing that I had noticed him, two sword-like gazes stabbed at me.

"He's Liebed•Samilankovic......" Hoskin whispered in my ear as he nodded to the old man opposite.

"Oh, it was him!" I nodded lightly and withdrew my gaze, but my heart churned. Hoskin talked to me a lot about this man, so I already had a very deep impression of him in my heart.

Liebed•Samilanković – The patriarch of the Samilanković family, who controlled the de facto leadership of the Don tribe as the largest of the clans. The Don tribe numbered about eight thousand, the least of the three tribes, but it was also the most fierce. The area where they originally lived was relatively close to the center of Russian tsarist rule, so this tribe was conscripted into the battlefield countless times, and it is needless to say that there were serious casualties. It is said that they chose to move eastward for many reasons, and it is not surprising that they are sensitive to certain things.

The old man was almost ninety years old this year, one of the few people of the same age as the elder Isaac, and the conditions that made him extraordinary in all aspects of his influence were matched by his notoriously suspicious and stubborn nature. A joke about his fame is that Liebed was blocked by a pile of stones, and the result of the stalemate was that the stones eventually gave way to him, because the pile of stones could not withstand the passage of time and weathered! The joke is bizarre, but his stubbornness is also evident. The key to the success of my work this time is, in a sense, whether I can successfully crack this "hard walnut".

Seeing that everyone had entered the venue, Isaac•Belinkoievich stood at one end of the long table and tapped lightly on the table to announce the beginning of the meeting, and nearly forty (although there were only 13 clans, but each clan had more than one elder) took their place at the table of the old man with various long canes. I stood at the other end of the table, with Hoskin's side as translator.

"Distinguished Elders......" Isaac Sr. cleared his throat and began to elaborate on the subject. The reason why I have invited you here is that there is an important matter that needs to be discussed with you about the fate of all our Cossacks who moved eastward! I have already informed you of the general situation by letter, and in order to give you a satisfactory explanation of some of the details that are not so clear, I have invited our long-term collaborator, the owner of Mitsukotsuba, who I believe can give a perfect explanation of everything! "He very cleverly avoided the sensitive question of my real name.

Seeing that everyone was looking at me, I modestly nodded around.

"I think you already know my light attitude towards this matter......" Isaac•Belinkoievich spoke without waiting for anyone else to speak. And the situation of all of us now is also in front of everyone's eyes, some things are actually urgent, and an opportunity has appeared at this time! My personal opinion is not necessarily correct, and it may even be the root cause of the disaster. The reason why we are gathered here today is to choose the right path for them. Responsibilities are not shared and are placed on the shoulders of each of us, so I would like to remind you that neither rash nor evasive! Stick to what you think is right, and don't be swayed by extraneous factors. In order to avoid the division of the entire Cossack clan, I have come to an understanding with the majority: if only one person is opposed, then the proposal will be abandoned! ”

"I would like to ask ......" An unknown elder was the first to ask, and through Hoskin's explanation, it turned out that he wanted to ask whether the conditions I had promised were sufficient guarantees.

"I have a question I can vouch for......" replied to old Isaac without me speaking, and then he gave a brief account of our transactions over the years. The others listened carefully to these words, and occasionally new questions were raised, but most of them did not express any objections, firstly because Isaac's character was trustworthy, and secondly, because the life of the Glitz tribe had improved in recent years.

"I would never have the slightest doubt about the honesty and wisdom of Isaac•Belinkoiević, but some personal experience makes me feel a little different! At this time, I was not allowed to remain silent...... "It was Liebed•Samankovic who said this, and I knew that the difficult negotiations had officially begun.