Chapter 328: Peace Talks (I)

The port of Nicaea was bustling with people, and their faces of different colors were clearly from different places. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info speaks in a different accent, and these businessmen from different countries come together to make a fortune.

The rulers of Nicaea are more than happy to do this, because they can create them with infinite wealth to splurge them on. But it also gave spies access to the city. All sorts of people were allowed to enter the city without any hindrance.

It was for this reason that Cons, Dante and Bersches were able to enter the city without anyone noticing. Despite mutual compromises, Berches insisted on infiltrating the city with Constance Dante.

"What the hell are we going to do?" Berthes still couldn't help but ask.

Consité, Dante, who put his cloak on his head to cover his face, did not directly answer Berhis's question, but said very calmly: "When the time comes, you will know." ”

"Your Highness Justine, although I may not be right, I have to warn you of the terrible ...... of making a deal with demons" In Berhis's opinion, Elenor could not be trusted at all, and Nicaea is not a safe place, the kingdom of New Brad has begun their operation not long ago, and it may not be long before the use of force against Nicaea may be used, and the city may be in great danger.

"I understand that." As he spoke, Constance Dante nodded, of course his guidance and cooperation with that Pope was tantamount to fighting with a tiger, but now the only strength they could use was these.

The new army brought back from Rus was almost completely lost, and even without the catastrophe of Trebizond, this strength was simply not enough to fight against the New Brad Kingdom and even the more powerful Holy Church. Therefore, the Pope, who is not of the same mind as the Cardinal Archbishop, may be a suitable person to work with.

"Then you should at least tell me what your intentions are here, Knight King! Vivien pins all her hopes on you, and that doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want! Berchis put his hand on Cons, Dante's shoulder, and said in a deep voice. Although he knew that he could not stop Cons, Dante's determination, he still had to remind the young man in front of him like a brother.

Although he used to be a high-ranking knight king, he was also a lone person who needed help, and he couldn't change it by relying on Constance Dante alone.

And Constance Dante looked at Berchis in front of him and nodded, "I know this as well as you do, and I will do my best." And now we're just going to meet with one person, and we'll be able to get out of here soon. ”

Seeing that Constance Dante was so persistent, for a while Bersches knew that he could not convince anything. Looking at Constance Dante, Berchis once again instructed: "All right! At least - be careful. We split up. ”

"Good!"

Although Nicaea allows foreign merchants to enter here, of course, it is also clear that spies can sneak in at any time, so the only places to enter and exit freely are the trading houses in the outer city, and they must show their identity documents when trying to enter the conversation, and legal citizens must also obtain a passage order from the Kingdom of Nicaea to go to the port of the trading houses. Therefore, Constance Dante had to do everything he could to sneak into it without being noticed.

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At this time, the nobles of Nicaea had no idea that the former knight king had arrived in this city, and the only thing they cared about now was how to deal with the chaotic situation.

King Mikael was discussing the state with his ministers, but what concerned him most was the attitude of the nobles.

"As Your Majesty has said, the Crusades are over, the Crescent Empire has captured Jerusalem and won, and the Rastin military campaign in Anatolia is bound to be impossible to continue. Sooner or later, the Seljuk counterattack will begin! Rather than sit back and wait, I think it's not impossible to work with the New Brad Kingdom. After all, it's much better than being destroyed by the infidels! ”

"Not necessarily, I'd rather choose the heretic scarf than the heretical cross." Above the court, two ministers argued with each other trying to get their king to do their bidding.

In fact, the Kingdom of Nicaea has long since lost its ambition to revive the empire, and all they want is to continue to live in peace. The war had almost brought down the world, and no one wanted the sword of Damocles to fall from their heads, so some of the ministers advocated submission to the kingdom of New Brad, while others thought that they would reconcile with the Seljuks.

But this is not what King Mikael wants to hear, for more than ten years, what he hopes for is to no longer be controlled by others, but at this moment he found that the truth gave him a resounding slap in the face, and finally got rid of the control of the Turks, but those Lastines wanted to manipulate themselves.

"What are you kidding, we've already broken our contract with the Seljuks, do you think they'll trust us?" One of the ministers couldn't help but cry out, the Kingdom of Nicaea was originally supported by the Seljuks, when Constantinople fell, although the Turks coveted the land of Anatolia, but they clearly knew that then it would face a direct threat from the Crusaders, and maybe another threat of destruction would come. Therefore, at the cost of protecting Nicaea, the Seljuk Khanate received the mecha technology provided by the fugitive nobles at that time, and its power increased greatly in more than ten years. Nicaea was able to survive, but Mikael knew that the price to pay was great, and for more than a decade, every time he tried to carry out reforms in the country and hold power in his hands, the Seljuks thwarted him, and finally the Crusaders invaded the country and liberated the country completely.

It's a ridiculous thing to reconcile with the Seljuks now!

However, it was also unrealistic to submit to the kingdom of New Brad, and many nobles were fiercely opposed.

"Do we have to compromise with our enemies? They defiled Constantinople, they defiled our great capital, and now the invaders are taking over our land and slaughtering our countrymen. How can we tolerate the reign of the Rastines under our skies! "Objections abound, and although Mikael already wielded great power, the court of Nicaea still had a senatorial style, and the ministers were free to express their opinions, and the final decision remained in the hands of this man.

Everyone was looking at their majesty, waiting for Mikael to make his own decision.