"Blu-ray City, more than two hundred and thirty kilometers away from the Sky Ferry Territory, there are more than 1,200 soldiers in the city, heavily guarded," Rand pointed to a punctuation point on the map, which was the location of Blu-ray City, lonely on the side of the Serra River, "If we want to go to war with Blu-ray City, we must requisition the entire army, I believe you know very well how much courage it takes me to make this decision." ”

"The Capet family has also been fighting recently, the Imperial City is waging a crusade against another Grand Duke, my territory will not have any reinforcements and garrisons in the short term, if during the time I am fighting with Blu-ray City, the enemies of the Capet family launch an attack on the Sky Ferry Territory, what will be the consequences?" Rand then waved his hand, interrupting what Ruther was about to say, and then added: "I don't want to complain to you to increase the bargaining chips, I just want to describe a fact to you and let you know what kind of pressure I am under to cooperate with you." ”

"The Peruvian family will never treat its allies badly!" Rutseff said word by word, although Rand's behavior is suspected of taking advantage of the fire, but it is much better than his refusal to cooperate, so far, without the help of the air crosser, the disadvantage caused by Lanilus being held hostage will not be able to be reversed, even if the family goes to war with Blackstar, it is bound to be timid: "If you can rescue Lord Rotten Lanilus, I assure you, you will get more than you give!"

"Be specific!" Payne stared at Rutherf's face, he knew his position very well, and the rand brought him naturally to let him, talk to Rutherf about a little rand is not easy to speak, "Silver, ordnance, jewelry, or dominance over a certain area in the South China Sea?"

Silver coins and armaments are easy to say, Rutseff thought in his heart, as a South China Sea merchant family, even if it is not a top family, the Peruvian family is rich enough, their annual profits are frighteningly high, and the patriarch had instructed before setting off that as long as the rand's request was not too excessive, then he could agree.

Ruther glanced at Rand, who was sitting on the couch and looking out the window, although he was a member of the Capetian family, he was naturally sent to such a barren area as a lord, and naturally developed a greedy habit.

Thinking of the patriarch's confession to him, Rutsef felt confident in his heart, he did not directly answer Rand's question, but asked rhetorically: "My lord, silver coins and jewelry, this kind of thing can only solve a temporary dilemma, and if you want to develop in the long run, you should focus on other things." ”

Rand raised an eyebrow.

Payne took a deep breath, glanced at Rand's expression, and turned back, "Go on." ”

"Are you interested in becoming the first outsider to enter the South China Sea?" Rutherf lowered his voice and leaned into Rand's ear and said, "The resources of the South China Sea are so rich that even though dozens of merchant families have explored for hundreds of years and have not exploited a tenth of it, these families have already made a lot of money. ”

"In these years, there are countless warlords and grand dukes have coveted the South China Sea, but due to the terrain, their warships have never been able to sail into the South China Sea, this natural terrain makes the Shang people in the South China Sea have a sense of relaxation, no one can cross those natural dangers, so the military power of the South China Sea Shang people has not been strong enough, they spend all their money on building castles and palaces, for pleasure and buying red wine and expensive art. Rutherf said in a solemn tone: "My lord, the fortifications of those families are very weak! even the top families are no exception, they are only more luxurious in their palaces, larger castles, and better vintage red wine in their cellars, but in addition to this, their army does not exceed four thousand, and even one of your father's divisions can easily annihilate them." ”

"Such a weak family, but occupy a vast sea, silver coins and jewels are piled up in the warehouse," Rutherf stared at the change in Rand's expression, "Don't you think this is a very incongruous thing?"

"Wait, wait!" Rand listened to Rutherf's more and more outrageous words, and hurriedly interrupted his rambling: "The merchant clan of the South China Sea has survived in that sea area for hundreds of years before they firmly control that sea area, you should be crazy enough to think that with us and Peru adding a few middle families, you can change the situation in the South China Sea, right?"

Rand thinks that Rutsuf is really a bit insane, and it is good to have dreams, but Rutsuf obviously belongs to the category of crazy people, which makes Rand can't help but reconsider his relationship with him.

"It's completely doable. Ruther stared into Rand's eyes, "In the past, those grand dukes were always defeated by the dangers of the South China Sea, just because they lacked a person to lead the way, but you are different, we will lead your military land to bypass those dangerous places, and you will log in the hinterland of the Shang clan!"

Lead the way.

"Think about it, if you can occupy the prosperous waters of the South China Sea, then the benefits that can be obtained cannot be measured in silver coins alone," Rutherf described the beautiful scene to Rand, "We don't need to shake the foundation of those top families, we just need to redivide the power of the lower middle families, we have seven allies, plus you, we can definitely do this." ”

"I'm sorry, I refuse!" Rand doesn't think this is a good thing, the current strength of the Air Ferry Territory is very difficult to even attack Blue Light City, let alone stationed in the South China Sea, "The Air Ferry Territory is in the development stage, and I don't want to take such a big risk yet." ”

"Without risk, there is no benefit. Rutherf smiled, "What I just said is the intention of cooperation conveyed to me by the family, Lord Lord, if you just cooperate to attack Blue Light City, the benefits you can get are far less than participating in the Shang War." ”

"Have you ever considered that if you lose this war, then all the promises and benefits you have just said will have nothing to do with you," Rand interrupted Rutherf's illusion very coldly, "You have only thought about victory, so what about defeat? Can you afford a defeat?"

"Defeated...... Rutseff was silent for a moment, and then replied: "According to the current situation, the family that lost in this war will completely lose its foothold in the South China Sea. ”

"So, you can't afford to lose," Rand nodded, "either, I can't afford it, as you can see, the Kongdu Territory is just a poor soil, and it has only recently improved a little, and I dare not gamble with the lives of my soldiers and people." ”

"We don't dare to gamble, that's why we came to you, because you can find something that will ensure our victory in this war!"

"Huh?" Rand frowned, "what?"

"Black Sailboat!" Rutherf took a deep breath: "Lindong City, the Black Sailing Fleet sweeping the sea!"