Most of the countries on the continent of Eske have sent emissaries to the Sand City.

This time, Nigel's attitude changed, and he transformed the largest hotel in Sand City into a large courtyard, built in great luxury to receive envoys from all over the world.

The members of the Chamber of Commerce in the Sand City have been integrated by Nigel, and they have sent the most beautiful maids, the most sumptuous food, and the highest standard of etiquette to welcome the arrival of the envoys of various countries.

Represented by the Queen of the Snow Lords, emissaries from various countries gathered to discuss with Nigel the details of the right to trade in the dead.

In fact, it is a negotiation, not that Nigel unilaterally came to read the conditions of the City of the Dead.

If nations want to buy the undead, they must abide by the terms of the covenant proposed by the City of the Dead.

First, the City of the Dead is allowed to send chambers of commerce and ore vein explorers to search for secret stone veins in the territory of various countries, and the secret stone veins that have been discovered belong to each country, but the ownership of the secret stone veins mined and excavated by the City of the Dead belongs to the City of the Dead.

Second, everyone becomes an ally of the City of the Dead, acknowledging the special status of the City of the Dead on the continent of Esker, and promising military assistance if the City of the Dead is threatened.

Third, the way to trade the undead is limited to secret stones and secret stone veins, and if there are a large number of excellent and magical fantasy items, they can also be used as appropriate.

Fourth, each country must have a member of the royal family who becomes a summoner of the dead.

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There were quite a few general conditions and requirements, and the envoys were a little resistant at the beginning.

Among them, the most disturbing conditions for countries are the first and fourth, the content of the first article proves from the side that the city of the dead has the means and technology to find the secret stone vein, and agreeing to this condition is undoubtedly to give the secret stone vein in its own territory to the city of the dead unconditionally.

The conditions of Article 4 are actually harmless, there are many descendants of the royal family in various countries, and you can just choose one as the summoner of the undead, and it can also facilitate everyone to contact and further understand the city of the dead. But having said that, there is still something wrong in everyone's hearts.

"Dear Mr. Nigel, I feel that the conditions of the first article are too harsh for me to accept. ”

The Queen of the Snow Lords spoke, her voice soft, but unmistakable.

She couldn't agree to such humiliating conditions, and although she didn't know why the City of the Dead needed the Secret Stone so much, it was clear that it would be foolish to give away the right to mine the Secret Stone in her own territory.

"If you can agree to other conditions, then I can relax the content of Article 1 appropriately. After receiving An Baichen's reply, Nigel said with a smile: "The first one can be modified, the City of the Dead assists you in finding the secret stone veins in your respective territories, but you must use the secret stone veins found in the City of the Dead for the undead trade." ”

"Yes. ”

The Queen of the Snow Lords nodded and agreed, and the rest of the messengers relented.

They are all making small calculations in their hearts, and the first one after the modification seems to be a loss, but in fact, all countries have taken a big advantage, after all, everyone has found that the secret stone vein is now all relying on luck and manpower to dig blindly.

If the City of the Dead really has magical survey techniques, then there will inevitably be a lot of secret stone veins, as long as the secret stone veins are excavated and found and in their own territory, isn't it their own thing?

Although we have agreed to use the secret stone vein for the purpose of trading the undead, if one day everyone really turns their faces, can the city of the dead still take the whole secret stone vein away?

Although there were some twists and turns in the negotiation process, the negotiations were successful in the end.

All the countries successfully obtained the right to trade in the dead, and the queen and the messengers of the Snow Lords left the gifts and returned home satisfied.

"Lord Death, why should we make concessions on the content of the Covenant?" Nigel continued to talk to Lord Death after the messengers left, feeling a little confused by Lord Death's decision to modify the terms of the first covenant.

"Sometimes, taking a step back is the best way to move forward. ”

Everything was being implemented according to the original plan, and An Baichen was in a good mood, and it was rare to explain: "If the content of the first covenant is not amended, most of the countries on the Esker continent will not agree, which is not conducive to my plan to conquer the Esque continent." ”

"After all, no one would be stupid enough to give away all the most important resources in their country to outsiders, and the Kingdom of Ruin Forest was afraid of being retaliated by the City of the Dead after losing the Battle of Sand City, so it agreed to give up the exploration and mining rights of the secret stone veins in the country, and there is no reason for the other countries on the Eske continent to agree to this condition. ”

Nigel is an undead summoner who gives soul shards, so there are plenty of things and plans that can be kept out of him.

"Lord Death, why didn't we start with the revised first covenant?"

"If they were told in the first place that the City of the Dead would help them find the secret stone veins in their territory, they would only think that the City of the Dead was afraid of the power of the nations, and doing so would spur the nations to unite and force the City of the Dead to make more concessions. ”

"But the City of the Dead will be the first to make unacceptable demands, and then make appropriate concessions to revise the content of the treaty, and countries will feel that they have earned it." ”

"It's just a negotiation trick, and they have to kill the price. ”

An Baichen's voice was calm.

Never underestimate the greed and shamelessness of a group of politicians, a group of people without a bottom line and principles.

If the City of the Dead shows some flaws and weaknesses, the countries on the continent of Eske will definitely pounce on the City of the Dead like wolves, trying to obtain more resources and benefits.

"I see, Lord Death. ”

Nigel suddenly realized, in fact, he also knew this little trick, but he was a little too nervous when he first came into contact with the envoys of various countries, and he didn't think of it so much for a while.

After all, he was once just a businessman, and he never imagined that one day he would be able to negotiate face-to-face with the countries of the Isker continent.

"Lord Death, something very important comes to mind. ”

After Nigel thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized something: "Wouldn't we suffer a great loss if we followed the content of the first revised covenant?

Clearly, Nigel also doesn't believe in the integrity of politicians.

"I guess given Garcia's often malfunctioning prophecy, there's no need to worry about that. ”

An Baichen smiled dumbly: "Although Garcia swears that he has mastered the mature technique of exploring the secret stone veins, he still needs to rely on his prophecy technique as a support in the end. And even if Garcia's prediction of the secret stone vein is accurate every time, it does not mean that we have to help other countries mine it. ”

"Only when they don't have enough Secret Stones to trade the Undead will the City of the Dead step in to help them find the Secret Stone Veins. ”

An Baichen will not sit idly by and watch the countries have a large number of secret stone veins, and he will not find enough secret stone veins for each country for no reason.

The countries of the Esker Continent are now in a stage of testing and understanding of the City of the Undead, although the combat power of the undead is strong, but it is not enough for the countries of the Esker Continent to pay a great price to buy the undead.

Compared with the undead warriors who have just appeared, the countries of the Eske Continent are more willing to believe in the knightly power they have cultivated, and they will definitely set aside a part of the secret stone as a strategic reserve of national strength.

"Lord Death, when will we truly conquer the Esker Continent and let all the countries of the Esker Continent be under the rule of the City of the Dead?"

"This matter is urgent, we need to take our time to let the countries understand and accept the undead, and when they have paid for the sweetness of using the undead, then the initiative can be regarded as truly belonging to the city of the undead. ”

Nigel's words made Nigel agree with him.

Now the City of the Dead is like a businessman who needs to sell his monopoly products to the market.

No matter how good and precious the product is, it needs to be slowly accepted and adapted by the guests.

When the process of accepting and adapting to commodities has passed, when the monopoly commodities completely occupy the market, and when the countries of the Eske continent cannot do without the undead or the number of undead has accumulated to a certain extent, it is the time for the city of the dead to cut the leeks of various countries.

An Baichen chatted with Nigel a few more words, and the general content revolved around the plan to conquer the Eske continent, and many details were constantly optimized and adjusted.

A plan is something that changes frequently.

According to the changes in the situation, according to the changes in things, according to the emergence of variables, constantly adjust and modify the plan, in order to ensure the efficiency of work.

Half an hour later, one of Nigel's henchmen walked into the council chamber.

"Lord Nigel, the gifts sent by various countries have been counted, and this is the list of supplies. The henchman respectfully placed a piece of parchment on the table, then bowed his head and left.

Nigel picked up the parchment, which recorded the gifts from the nations during their visit to the Sand City.

After all, the countries came this time with a request, and in order to smoothly get the right to trade the undead, most of them brought expensive gifts.

I don't know if it was affected by the trade between the Ruin Forest Kingdom and the City of the Dead, or maybe it was influenced by the Snow Lord Queen, and most of the gifts sent by various countries were mainly secret stones.

Among them, there are also some fantasy items, wizard materials, wizard potions, horses and armor and other precious material resources, and there are also countries that send gold coins directly.

Nigel directly ignored the other material statistics, and instead reported the number of secret stones to An Baichen.

"Lord Death, the gifts sent by various countries have been counted, and there are 260,000 secret stones among them. ”

"Well, you sacrifice all the secret stones, and as for the other gifts, you inform Edla, and then you can take care of it yourself. ”

"Yes, Lord Death. ”

Nigel didn't dare to slack off, put down everything at hand, and first sent 260,000 secret stones to the world of the undead.

An Baichen directly sacrificed these 260,000 secret stones, obtained more than 2.12 million undead breath, and at the same time, the upper limit of the life span of the undead world increased by 64,407 days.

An Baichen currently has a total of 6 million points of undead breath, and the upper limit of the life span of the undead world has also exceeded 1000 years! This also means that An Baichen's lifespan has exceeded 1000 years!

"A thousand years of life, that's good. ”

An Baichen nodded with satisfaction, the undead world has become stronger and stronger under his careful management.