Maple Grove Town, is a small town in the northwest of San Jose, next to the Morro River, across the river is the Kingdom of White Harbor and the Kingdom of Tra, Maple Grove Town is very small, typical of the San Jose Imperial Town, two intersecting stone roads, the road is lined with wooden buildings, extremely exquisite, pointed wooden roofs and transparent wooden windows, the whole town looks extremely beautiful.

Such a small town on the border of the three countries is a little lively today.

The green flag flutters, interspersed with a large number of gold patterns and black and white flags. The gold coin on a green background is the banner of the Shang Alliance, the gold carriage on a green background is the flag of the Shang Alliance's army, and a white hill on a black background is the symbol of the White Harbor Kingdom.

The mission was personally led by Lucius, the king of White Harbor, and Manning sent two deputy envoys, both of whom were great nobles of the merchant alliance, and the Kingdom of White Harbor sent 500 soldiers to protect the safety of the mission, and directly from Manning City to the White Harbor Kingdom, crossed the Morro River, and delivered his credentials in Maple Grove Town, waiting for the permission of the Foreign Minister of San Jose.

The last time Kist and Monica came to San Jose on behalf of Carman, they were soon allowed to go to Kyoto City, the capital of San Jose, because they were proposing, but this time King Lucius came on behalf of the Lord of the Business Alliance~ The meeting was also hesitant for a long time in Kyoto City.

It's the ninth day of my stay in Maple Grove, and the credentials have already been submitted to the San Jose Cabinet, but there is still no news in the direction of Kyoto City. King Lucius and the others were a little anxious, and the five hundred guards were camped outside the town, with only his own personal entourage and two lieutenants, living in the best room in the shop.

This house was provided by the mayor, who is a knight lord, and although his house is not as good as the White Harbor Palace, it has a different flavor.

Looking at the Shang Alliance flag and the Shang Alliance flag fluttering on the roof, and the heraldic flag of the White Port Kingdom on the side, it seemed a little lonely, and the thoughts in King Lucius's heart were a little complicated.

The Kingdom of White Harbor, the second most powerful country in the Merchant League, is located southwest to south of Manning, across the Morro River from San Jose, and White Harbor City is its capital, which is a large dock on the Morro River.

In fact, it was the White Harbor that came first, and then the White Harbor Kingdom. During the First Continental War, it served as a logistics base for the Allied forces, and large quantities of supplies would be transferred to White Harbor and loaded onto ships along the Morro River to the front.

After the end of the war, this fertile city, under the leadership of the then lord of the city, the first King of White Harbor, became the Kingdom of White Harbor independently.

To the northwest of White Harbor Castle, there is a mountain of white limestone called "Mt. Saint-White". This mountain produces the highest quality limestone. The local inhabitants mined white limestone from this mountain, fired it with water, and smeared it on the exterior walls of their houses, creating a completely white city, which is where the name White Harbor comes from.

After the founding of White Harbor, the first king used the Holy White Mountain as the core symbol of the heraldic flag. And after hundreds of years of development, this small country that was only a city-state at the beginning has gradually become the leading power within the merchant alliance, and White Harbor is more prosperous than Manning City.

King Lucius was quite young, having only been on the throne for three years. At the meeting of the Lord of the Business Alliance~, he proposed to befriend San Jose and obtain the help of this large eastern country. After the meeting, he automatically invited Ying to come to San Jose as an envoy.

While waiting in Maple Grove Town, the news from within the Shang Alliance was also sent to Lucius, it turned out that the Desik Empire had also sent envoys, just 100 miles away from the "Red Leaf Town" (Note 1), no wonder, San Jose has been difficult to choose, and the two envoys are so consumed on the border.

Lucius could understand San Jose's predicament. For both the Merchant Alliance and Desik, whoever on both sides of the war can get the help of San Jose will be able to gain the weight of victory. But for San Jose, the decision wasn't easy to make.

Although the Shang Alliance was temporarily trapped, the Merchant Alliance's main financial resources, the Southwest Three Kingdoms and the Population Center of the Eastern Three Kingdoms, were not fatally damaged, and if San Jose could help them, the Desik people were expected to be driven back to the other side of the Grand Canyon soon.

What about Desik, this country is so tyrannical and brazenly launched a war of aggression, if San Jose is on Desic's side, it is difficult to say whether the enemy business alliance will survive for three months.

For San Jose, they are now the deciders of this war.

Although Lucius waited anxiously, after carefully analyzing the situation, he was still very confident that San Jose would make a decision that would be more favorable to the business alliance. Without him, among the three kingdoms, Desik is the strongest and the Shang Alliance is the weakest.

Sure enough, Lucius's idea was confirmed, and when the tenth red sun rose into the territory of San Jose, outside the town of Maple Grove, a convoy of horses slowly drove by, and on the front of the car, the golden scroll flag of the San Jose royal family was hoisted.

He was greeted by San Jose's Foreign Secretary, Langton. Because the envoy from the Shang Alliance's side was one of the kings of the Shang League, Lucius, and De Sick's side was just an envoy of the emperor. After the cabinet meeting, Langton did not stop for a moment, and hurried to the border, and at the same time sent his deputy to listen to the proposal of the Desik.

Unexpectedly, King Lucius chose to meet Langton alone, discarding all his lieutenants and retinue. In the living room of the mayor of Maple Grove Town, the two who met for the first time sat down and did not greet each other too much, looking at the young and abnormal King Lucius, Langton suddenly felt a little emotional.

The Chamber of Commerce offered San Jose an offer that would be nothing more than to increase more commercial trade and charge fewer tariffs on San Jose goods in exchange for San Jose's military support for the League.

Lucius just took it out for Langton to look at, and then pulled it back.

"What does that mean?" Langton wondered.

King Lucius smiled, "This proposal, you and I should know, doesn't make much sense. If San Jose is willing to help the Business Alliance, you will help even if there is no offer. But if you don't want to do something, it's useless to multiply the numbers in this proposal several times. ”

"Not really, but what else do you think?" Langton did not rush to retort.

King Lucius did not answer immediately, but took out a map with several thick red lines drawn on it.

"What do you mean, you're crazy!" Langton looked at it briefly, his heart trembled, and he pointed to the map, stammering speechless.

King Lucius, in the current war situation, actually made another plan.

The plan, to involve the San Jose Empire completely in this war, is coming from the present:

The Shang League, in the Verdun area and the South Madur region, maintained two fronts, delayed the main army of Desik in the territory of the Shang League, even if the war was unfavorable, it could retreat layer by layer, and finally take the three southwestern regions of the Shang League as the core area, and hold on.

The Desik, in order to cope with the more difficult battles, will inevitably transfer troops from within the Desik. In the current order, the Western Frontier Army, the Central Garrison, and the Steppenwolf Cavalry will be the first attack wave, and the Southern Border Army and the Northern Border Army will be drawn as the second attack wave, and the newly recruited troops will fill the gap of the previously drawn troops.

As the war dragged on, these trained recruits, as well as the Long Sea army under the Eastern Generals, would continue to be drawn, and the Desiks would continue to recruit more farmers. In this way, the combat effectiveness of Desik's domestic army will continue to decline, and at this time, it will be an excellent opportunity for San Jose.

San Jose, it is possible to send an army to make a detour from the east of the Long Sea, bypassing the seaside town of Black Harbor in Desik and landing in the northeast of Desik. At this time, Desik's domestic defense was empty, and this army could directly pass through the large wasteland in the east and directly attack White Rock City, which no longer had a central garrison.

The Desik people will not have time to transfer back hundreds of thousands of troops on the Western Front, and this will be a great landing in the history of the continental war, and the Desik, who has suffered from the enemy on his back and the capital has been ended, will probably be removed from the history of the mainland. When the time comes, the Shang Alliance and San Jose, we can directly carve up the Desik Empire.

Langton stared blankly at King Lucius, the young nobleman, with a look of excitement and spittle. Such a crazy plan was laid out in front of him so grandly that Langton even suspected that he had not woken up yet.

The Business Alliance is being hammered by the Desiks, and one of the nine countries has exploded, and this Lucius actually wants to unite with San Jose to divide up Desik. "This, this, King Lucius, this—" The stammering Langton did not know what to say.

"You don't have to be so shocked," said King Lucius, rather calmly, "though the Desiks are crazy, we are not crazy. Believe me, this is an opportunity for both San Jose and BC. ”

Langton was not moved by Lucius's words, "King Lucius, you know how many gold coins we will spend and how many San Jose people will be sacrificed according to your plan. Regardless of the final outcome, it is our San Jose who will contribute, and the business alliance will be able to get out of trouble smoothly. Well, also, the battle line is maintained in the Manning Kingdom, if in the end, your plan, a broken Manning Kingdom, may not be your opponent in White Harbor. May I guess, King Lucius, do you want to be the king of the Shang League, or the emperor?"

"No!" Lucius interrupted Langton, "San Jose, you San Jose can gain a large amount of land in Desik, and even a small sacrifice is worth it. Lord Langton, you'd better go back and ask the Emperor of Benin for advice. ”

"Your Highness Lucius, I just want to know if you made this proposal on behalf of the Shang Alliance, or on behalf of your White Harbor Kingdom. Langton suddenly turned pale.

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course there is a difference, please answer me this question. Langton insisted.

"You can think that it is my personal proposal, as I said, the proposal of the business alliance is actually this one. Lucius picked up the document he had put down not long ago.

Lord Langton left that night, and the envoys of the Shang Alliance, with his permission, would go to White Rock City on their own. As for himself, he must rush back as quickly as possible, and the cabinet needs to discuss that the San Jose Empire now faces a major opportunity.

Note 1: Please allow me to borrow the story "Red Leaf Town" from a friend's book, and you can pay attention to her book "Yunfu Black and White Twins".