"Chapter 271: The Old School Aristocrats Are Just Like That"
"Honorable, High Archon of the Alliance of Freedoms, I am the emissary of the Southern Noble Alliance of the Subic Kingdom, and I bring greetings from my father and the other two lords, wishing you good health, power, and wealth that will never disappear. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Huntal Malott stood very humbly at a distance from me, always keeping his head bowed, and never daring to change his posture.
I, on the other hand, sat high on a chair (with several layers of thick blankets under the chair to show the height), crossed legs, with Meron and Philippe standing next to me, and Louis and William sitting nearby, looking like I was on top of it.
"Well, now that you've learned your lesson and know what to do in this city, you're welcome in this city. You're welcome, please take a seat. I said in a lukewarm manner.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir." The little viscount saluted again, and then sat down carefully on the ordinary chair beside him.
"We are very clear about the situation of the Southern Noble Alliance, and I can tell from your attitude this time that you no longer insist on those meaningless things. If you have any needs from the Southern Noble Alliance, please just say it. I said to him.
"Yes, my lord, you are well informed." Huntal nodded, revealing a bitter smile.
"My lord, I think you are well aware that my father's domain and other noble domains have suffered a lot in terms of finances, and we need enough funds to enter the project, but you have been restricting the export of holy water to us, which is really not good for us......
"I see what you mean, holy water trade, I understand. If you need holy water, we will be happy to sell it, as long as you pay for it. I nodded indifferently and took a sip from the teacup on the table.
"Oh, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity, we want to double the amount of holy water now, I don't know if it...."
"No problem! I know that the market in the kingdom is much larger than our poor little alliance, and it is difficult to meet the needs of one or two thousand bottles of holy water, so double it, no problem. I nodded, and Huntal breathed a sigh of relief, but at this point, I decided to make the benefit a little higher.
"Well, you also know the effect of holy water, this is also an important material for us, if we have to give you so much, then we won't have much, so the price...."I smiled very profiteerly, let me hear your sincerity.
Hental Malot was visibly stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted, and although he could see that he was frowning and dissatisfied, he also reluctantly pretended to smile and reported a number to me.
"Seven hundred gold coins, you see how it is, this is a hundred gold coins higher than your normal price, and it must be able to make up for your loss." He said with a forced smile.
"Seven hundred? That's not the number I'd like to hear, considering that many places in the Liberty League are selling for holy water more than that. I shook my head, looking dissatisfied with his price.
"A thousand gold coins! If you want to get these holy waters, you have to get a thousand gold coins! I stretched out a finger and said nonchalantly: "If this requirement is not met, then I can only regret to hand over the holy water to the buyer at a higher price, you must know that without our permission now, not a drop of holy water can be shipped to the Free Alliance." I said as I studied Mane's tone.
"Your price is so unreasonable!" Ignoring much else, the viscount stood up directly.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency the Viscount, what are you afraid of, you bought holy water at a price of two thousand on the black market in various parts of the kingdom, even if the price is so much, you still have a lot of money to make, right?" I interrupted what he hadn't finished talking about and asked him with a smile, "And do you think you have the ability not to say yes?" ”
My words stunned him, and the other party fell silent.
Huntal didn't expect the other party to know them so deeply, which greatly affected his previous plans.
"Your Excellency, you know, no matter how hard we do business now, we won't be able to sell it at that price." In desperation, he only bargained like a street vendor, because, as he said, now the blockade of the kingdom is getting heavier and heavier, and the profits are constantly declining. But he also knew that now the Freedom Alliance was completely controlled by this Oriental man in front of him, and if he issued a ban, then the holy water would not be transported out of the alliance. Although this kind of behavior can also harm their own interests, he has to guard against it.
In the end, he agreed to the price of 900 gold coins, which was half the price of the previous one, and negotiated this unfair deal.
"My lord, the Southern Noble Alliance has always hoped to pledge allegiance to Her Royal Highness the princess and allow the true heir to ascend to the throne. So we will pledge our allegiance to Her Royal Highness Princess Averia, and my father wants us to form an alliance and share allegiance to Her Royal Highness! ”
And after the business deals, there are dark political deals. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the stalemate and confrontation between us and the kingdom will not last long, as long as our strength expands again, then the war will start again, and the land of the so-called Southern Noble Alliance will also become a battlefield. No matter who wins or loses, these great families will inevitably be destroyed. Now that they have completely turned their faces with Salondron, it is natural that they will have to rely on us, and my sister, the true heir to the Subic kingdom that they have been talking about, has become the best reason.
They showed me a plan, one for me to come forward and split the kingdom, support my sister to come to power, and then divide the kingdom into two, with me in charge of the power, and Fang Zi divided one side, and my sister was just a puppet on the surface, with no real power at all. And they will get what they want, not only to keep their interests, but also to be able to annex the previous disintegrating family territories and wealth, so as to expand and strengthen themselves, and in return, they will swear allegiance to the new kingdom (that is, the alliance between me and Fang Zi).
This is the so-called political interests, in their eyes, royal nobles like their sister are just tools to realize their interests, although they have been shouting allegiance, but as long as the time is right, betrayal will happen immediately.
But I also found a problem in the conversation with this viscount, that is, he has been emphasizing the status of their family, and wants to add an additional order for holy water for his family, and the price has also been increased to 1,000 gold coins, but the additional condition is that the delivery time of the holy water of the other two families will be delayed.
At such a time of crisis, they are busy calculating each other, and their political minds are very limited, which is as short-sighted and weak as the original Free Cities Alliance.
The so-called old nobles of the kingdom, in my opinion, is just that.