At noon, after lunch, the two ambassadors returned to their temporary residences and waited for the afternoon meeting.

During this period, King Pullen gathered all the ministers around him and held an internal meeting on an improvised basis. The content of the conference was also mainly on the topic of France and the Holy Roman Empire.

In the previous negotiations, although the ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire apparently renounced, in fact everyone present understood that the other party was not the kind of person who would give up lightly. In the next period of time, it should be very serious for the Pulon King City, and the scouts and spies of various countries will try their best to obtain the forging technology of the Pulon King City.

However, their actions were destined to end in vain, as King Pullen had already considered secrecy when he founded the Iron Ministry. According to King Pullen's design and the militarized management of the Iron Weapons Department, especially the Weapons Development Department and the Zuò Terminal, he was called second in this era, and the others were not even qualified to be ranked in the top ten.

This is all due to the lofty strategic position of the Ministry of Ironware, and in any case, the total R&D expenditure of other parts is more than doubled, and it is impossible to spend so much manpower and material resources that it is impossible to even achieve basic secrecy. Of course, the other party can also consider buying the craftsmen of the Iron Department from the inside to obtain a method of crafting.

But only if they can see these people!

The Ministry of Iron Weapons strictly follows the militarized management model, and there are accompanying attendants to follow and monitor the travel of important people in peacetime, and even within the Ministry of Iron Tools, there will be guards who patrol and stand guard at any time, and these guard members are the second batch of Pulun people who immigrated to join the Pulon Royal City, and their loyalty is beyond doubt!

It's just that King Pullen is a suspicious person by nature, and even if he arranges the most loyal guards and completely militarizes the entire Iron Ministry, he is still not satisfied. Finally, one day, he simply moved the headquarters of the "Black Secret Operation Headquarters", commonly known as the "Kuroko", to the side of the Iron Department. Moreover, even the high-ranking people of the Pulon King City knew about this point only the Pulon King.

Therefore, it was wishful thinking to break through these obstacles and discover the forging technology of the Puron Royal City, and even if they obtained it, it would be impossible to create a weapon that was as sharp as that. Because, for the time being, the only person who can make the high-temperature furnace required to forge these hundred steels is King Pulun, unless they can even buy King Pulun, otherwise in this life, as long as King Pulen does not let go, no one will want to take it......

Straight to the point.

"The French intend to order from us three thousand sets of the standard equipment of the October Legion, including various weapons, in six batches, hoping to receive them by the middle of the next year. But they couldn't pay for that huge amount of gold in one go, saying that they could only trade in batches and pay us at the price of 10,000 gold coins per month from March to September of the following year. ”

"The Holy Roman Empire has also ordered from us two thousand eight hundred sets of equipment and weapons for the October Legion, but they have requested another thousand sets of equipment for the March Legion, not including weapons. In the same way, they also said that they could not come up with so many gold coins in one go, especially the equipment of the March Legion cost 50,000 gold coins per set of 50 gold coins, plus 2,800 sets of equipment and weapons of the October Legion, they needed to pay us a total of more than 100,000 gold coins. ”

Cassius gasped and said, "With such a huge amount of gold coins, it's no wonder that even the Holy Roman Empire can't afford it. But then again, they are willing to provide a part of the war horse as collateral for the transaction, now a good horse in the market costs about 20 gold coins, if you count the ** tools and accessories, the average heavy cavalry will need about 60 gold coins, and the daily maintenance fee is also about 3~5 silver coins. ”

The Holy Roman Empire was the largest producer of horses in all of Europe, and in addition to its fertile territory, it was also home to a variety of natural environments that were also ideal for horse breeding. Therefore, the Holy Roman Empire can be said to have the advantage of naturally producing cavalry, but unfortunately, even the Holy Roman Empire cannot pull up a large and well-equipped cavalry force in one go.

Between 1087 A.D. ~ 1500 A.D., the Holy Roman Empire had more than 20,000 cavalry in its strongest period, including about 600 heavy knights, more than 4,000 heavy cavalry, and the rest were light cavalry and archers.

"My lord, I don't think those people of the Holy Roman Empire can be relied upon. The Hungarians believed in their peace treaty, and like the Italians, they were invaded by the Holy Roman Empire the following year. With such a large order and a clear indication of the March Legion's equipment, we should be careful that they may regret it. ”

Nee reminded as he stood aside.

Yania nodded approvingly.

King Pullen said: "Indeed, the credibility of the Holy Roman Empire is a joke in international terms. However, those things have nothing to do with us in the Puren Royal City. What we want is simple, if those people want to trade horses then do what they want. However, we must firmly grasp the initiative in this transaction. ”

"Cassius, come here."

Cassius came running over and asked, "My king, do you have any orders?" ”

King Pullen said, "When the trade meeting resumes in the afternoon, you will be in charge of negotiating with the emissaries of the Holy Roman Empire." ”

"Huh? Why is that? Cassius asked, surprised. Such an important matter must be approved by the king before I dare to let go of Bo, if the king directly puts this responsibility on me...... My pressure is secondary, and the point is that if I make a decision that is not in the interests of the Puren King. Well, I don't want to bear the king's wrath. ”

King Pullen said, "It's up to me to judge whether the interests of the royal city are high or low, you have thought too much about Cassius. I'm going to draw a red line for you here, and you're left to play on that basis. ”

"Remember, the minimum floor for us in Pulon is that the March Legion's equipment can be sold to them, but this must be a one-time deal. The March Legion is armed with the most elite standard armor in our royal city of Pullen to date, so we will never accept any form of installment payment, and can only pay in one lump sum to avoid future trouble. The I-type leather armor of the October Legion can be used in stages, and it doesn't hurt to give them more discounts for the initial models that were originally to be eliminated. ”

Cassius thought for a moment, then asked, "So, can we ask them to directly exchange the war horses for this batch of equipment?" At the price of our weapons, we can probably exchange them for a thousand horses...... However, I think the Holy Roman Empire would not really give it to us, because it would be foolish to do so. So I estimate that they will take out at most 200~400 horses for mortgage gold coins, and the rest will be converted into gold. ”

King Pullen nodded and said, "This is also expected, not surprising. The Holy Roman Empire was not a fool, and neither was the Kingdom of France. In particular, the emissaries of France have explicitly rejected the condition of mortgaging horses, and they would rather spend more time than sell them to our royal city of Pleon, I am afraid...... This also has something to do with the old fox from France, whose vision is not ordinary and vicious, and he can see the grand ambitions of the future of our Pullen King City. ”

"Hehe, such a large-scale acquisition of war horses, as long as people with a little common sense can probably guess the king's mind." Yania chuckled. None of you here are fools, and it is strange that a war horse, which is as important as a strategic weapon in this era, has been bought on such a large scale without arousing the vigilance and attention of other countries.

"However, I am afraid that the king is not voluntarily exposed, but the reality has forced us to strengthen ourselves as quickly as possible. After all, once the English conquered Scotland, their strength would be swelled in a short period of time, let alone 20,000 British troops, even if 20,000 would become 50,000 troops. And our Pulun King City is currently only 5,000+ troops at full capacity, and we also have to distribute and protect the Pulun King City and the harbor city of Pandora, there is a shortage of manpower, and there is a shortage of soldiers, so it is difficult to continue in the short term, so we have to find external help. ”

The Moon Knight said. After hearing this, both Neon and Cassius looked nervous and stern, for they both knew that the tyrant of England was not a simple lord, and said that perhaps he was not very qualified as a king to govern the country, but if it was to march and fight, expand the army and recruit troops...... He's a good hand.

Although the Scots are not as numerous as England, they are almost all able to fight because of the conditions of their living environment, and if they take away the young and strong population of some towns and cities, they can raise a team of thousands of people in the blink of an eye, and if they rob a few more large towns and villages, then it is not very difficult to raise an army of two or three thousand. And that's just around Edinburgh.

If the English had conquered Edinburgh and extended their tentacles throughout Scotland. Well, this is a great disaster, for the remaining Welsh, Irish, and Pullens...... No one could face a huge army with more than 50,000 people alone, and even if the Puron King City, which took the elite route, faced a disadvantage of more than ten times the number of troops, it was impossible to create any miracle. Because people can bury you alive just by filling it with human lives......

King Pullen smiled and nodded, and he continued, "That's right, so the formation of the June Sun Legion must be completed as much as possible. But there's no need to be too pessimistic. ”