Rail investment and aid construction, transnational business cooperation program, settlement area concept, new ambassador program......

The people of Cecil obviously attached great importance to this exchange with the Duchy of the Holy Dragon, and had prepared enough plans and programs for this purpose.

Even to the point where Sir Gorosh was a little uncomfortable.

The Dragonborn realized one thing - although the Holy Dragon Duchy had always thought that it was concerned about the situation on the continent, and that it had only not opened its doors and not completely closed itself, the Dragonborn were still too closed and slow in the face of this rapidly rising new empire.

If these things taken out by Gawain Cecil were placed in front of the councilors and elders of the principality, I am afraid that most of the people would be confused and confused.

But fortunately, Archduke Baloger had always been well prepared, and at least in this legation led by Sir Golosh, everyone had made up a lot of "homework" in advance, and they had done a basic investigation of the new things that had sprung up in the land of Cecil, and they were not ignorant of the things that Gawain had brought out.

The document was distributed among everyone, and Sir Gorosh quickly skimmed through the sections, and after getting a general idea of its contents, he looked up: "This looks like it needs to be discussed seriously - I hope you understand that there are many things in it that are sensitive. ”

"Of course," Gawain smiled and nodded, "Today is just an initial meeting, mainly to exchange ideas, and all these business plans are only the opinions of Cecil's side, compared to them, the establishment of stable diplomatic relations between the Holy Dragon Principality and the Cecil Empire is more important." ”

Sir Gorosh smiled when he heard this: "That's exactly what I thought. ”

……

The closed-door meeting lasted almost the entire day, from morning to afternoon, during which Sir Gorosh and several Dragonborn delegates accepted invitations to lunch with Gawain at Cecil's Palace, and by the time the meeting was finally over, the sun had sunk near the horizon.

After an amicable end to the almost whole day of discussions, even Gawain felt a little tired.

"We'll need an internal discussion when we get back," said Sir Golosh, standing up with a slight smile on his face, "and many of the business proposals you have come up with seem to me to be very ...... Meaning, but we can't give an answer right now – we'll try to discuss a preliminary outcome before we meet tomorrow. ”

"Understandable," Gawain was not surprised by today's results, and was able to successfully convey those business plans and future diplomatic prospects to achieve his goal today, "So, I hope you can rest well tonight, and let's look forward to tomorrow's meeting." ”

The Dragonborns departed, taking with them a raft of business plans that Emperor Cecil had given them.

Gawain sat back in his high-backed chair and rubbed his brow in the orange afterglow of the sunset.

The window on one side of the room was open, and a breeze blew in from the window, circling Gawain twice, and then amber came out of the air, grinning next to Gawain.

"I saw the Dragonborn leave—I thought you'd be going to have a meeting until the evening!" The elven shame said with a smile, "After all, you seem to have prepared a lot of materials......

Gawain raised his eyelids and glanced at the half-elf: "It's spring, it's warm, the cold north wind has turned to the east, and you can come in through the window again, right?" ”

Amber immediately hugged her arms and leaned her neck proudly instead of being ashamed: "Don't say it, I haven't walked there all winter, and I still miss the touch when I jumped off the windowsill just now......"

Gawain: "......"

If he hadn't been worried about causing some misunderstanding in front of foreign envoys, he would have filled every windowsill of Cecil Palace with rat traps yesterday!!

It seemed that she would be happy to see Gawain's helpless expression, Amber played this trick of jumping out of the window over and over again without getting bored, and she felt satisfied after jumping in front of Gawain again today, and then changed the topic when she saw it: "So, is there any progress in today's meeting?" How much consensus do you think there will be between us and the Holy Dragon Principality? ”

Gawain smiled, tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, and said casually: "If old Mr. Godwin had been here, he would have written this: the two sides had fruitful consultations, there was a full exchange of views in the meeting, and finally the conversation ended in a friendly atmosphere. ”

Amber nodded knowingly, "Oh, that's not any consensus...... Sounds like no progress. ”

After all, she has held important positions in the government department for a long time, and she is now quite familiar with these "professional terms".

"It can't be said that there is no progress," Gawain shook his head, "at least we did exchange views adequately—I believe that the business plans and new technologies and goods have fully aroused their interest, and the letter from the Grand Duke of Baloger has also indicated the willingness of the Holy Dragon Duchy to open the door to establish diplomatic relations with Cecil, but on the other hand, the Dragonborns are also cautious. They were not dazzled by all sorts of new things, and even in the presence of the railway system, Sir Gorosh was calm. ”

"Well, the 'Prosperous and Advanced New World' is not as effective against the Dragonborn as it is against the Typhonians, right? They came out of the mountains, but they looked at the human world with pride and reserve," Amber raised an eyebrow, "and this time I'm right—you owe me a gold pound." ”

"Accurately judging the psychological inclination of the target and the possible actions is the basic ability of you, the Minister of Intelligence......"

Amber simply stretched out her hand: "Hardware pound." ”

Gawain slapped Amber's paw away: "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you." ”

"That'll be fine, I'll remember, Pound," Amber withdrew her hand contentedly, and then suddenly rolled her eyes, "by the way, I've got something to tell you - I've spoken to Maggie on her side, and she'll meet with Sir Golosh." ”

Hearing Amber's words, Gawain was silent for a second before he whispered, "Actually, I don't like to treat family affection as a card, and I don't want the relationship between Maggie and Sir Gorosh to become part of this diplomatic activity......"

"Of course I do, but sometimes the card isn't in your hand – it's at the table from the start," Amber pouted, "and you've got a very close arrangement, as Sir Sir should have felt." And to be honest, after talking to Maggie, I could sense her ambivalence - she wasn't against her father, she was just against the circumstances in which she used to live, and she would be happy to meet Sir Gorosh outside of the Duchy of the Dragon. ”

"That's good," Gawain breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head with a sudden smile, "Actually, I was really shocked when I first learned about Maggie's relationship with the Dragonborn Ambassador from Victoria's message...... None of us thought that Maggie, who is usually very low-key, would have such an identity......"

"Anyway, I just have a feeling that those dragonborns are ...... to do anything What do you mean by that word, 'hardcore,'" Amber said with a slightly strange look on her face, "jumping off the Dragon's Leap and gliding all the way to the North, just to 'run away from home,' and the 'children's game' of rolling a barrel from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain......

"Ah, I also found information that it is said that the lady Azarena in the Dragonborn Mission also ran away from home during her travels in the human world, and her process of running to the south is more amazing than the process of Maggie's running to the north: that lady Azalena herself sold herself to the bandits, fooled the bandits into 'transporting' her to the south for free, and then backhanded the bandits and sold them to the lord of Carol at that time, in exchange for money to buy a long sword, and became a mercenary for five years...... Anton was stunned when he collected all the information. ”

Gawain looked at Amber dumbfounded: "...... You've even looked into this? ”

"I don't get my monthly salary for nothing," Amber said, "and I've found out something even more amazing, that Lady Azalena was a mercenary under Byron......

Gawain: "......"

He looked Amber up and down, and even though he had seen the other party's intelligence abilities more than once, he couldn't help but feel a little amazed at his intelligence chief.

Some of the investigations didn't really have to go that deep - he wanted to remind Amber of that.

But it sounds so intriguing.

He leaned his upper body over: "Tell me in detail......

……

Upon his return to the Autumn Palace, Sir Gorosh summoned several advisors from the Mission, including, of course, the Dragon Seal Witch Asharena.

In the spacious room, which was completely different from the north, the light of the magic crystal lamp dispelled the darkness, and the cool night breeze blew from the window, and the red-haired Azarena slowly walked around the four corners of the room, and as she stepped along, the invisible magic surrounded the barrier, and the shimmering "dragon seal runes" flashed in the air.

"The 'secrecy' of this room has been completed." She returned to Sir Gorosh and the other advisors, and nodded slightly.

The Dragonborns believe in the sincerity and enthusiasm of the Cecils for this "diplomatic activity", but they also believe that humanity must have relied on more than sincerity and enthusiasm to survive on this continent for so many years—that the necessary caution is never superfluous when away from home.

"The Cecil have come up with a lot of interesting things," said Sir Golosh, sitting in a leather-wrapped chair, looking at the advisers who were also seated, "and I would like to hear your views on these things." ”

"There's no doubt about the value of these things," said a middle-aged man with short brown hair, after a slight groan, "and even more so for the Cecils - they must seek certain benefits when dealing with us, but as long as the benefits are within a reasonable range, we can consider accepting them, after all, whether it is magic technology or alchemical potions, they are good things, and business flows ...... In the long run, it is also an inevitable step for the principality to take after opening its doors. ”

"Now that His Majesty Baloger has decided to open the door to the human world, it means that he is ready to have these exchanges, and I think you should have no problem with that," said Azarena as she looked around at her compatriots, "but I want to be reminded that when it comes to trading, humans often don't reveal all of their expected profit targets, and when you deal with a human, he says he wants to earn a copper plate from you, Then you have to be prepared that he has his eyes on all the copper plates in your pocket. ”

Sir Gorosh frowned slightly, "You mean that the Cecil people want to make more money from us in these business plans?" ”

"It's obvious – there's a long-term plan behind these investment plans," said Asarena, shrugging, "and if they pay for a factory on our land, they are ready to earn back ten factories, and I've dealt with human 'merchants', Sir Gorosh - magic technology and investment companies are new, humans are not." But then again, who would deal with a country that is forever shrouded in snow and mountains without being driven by profit? So we only need to judge one thing: whether these plans of the Cecil are worth it to the Dragonborn.

"As for my personal opinion...... I have a lot of anxiety about all the projects that involve resource development and engineering construction. ”

It was not the first day that Sir Gorosh and Azalena had known each other, and when he heard the meaning of each other's words, he touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "What ......do you mean?"

"The Cecil wanted to build more 'relations' than we had anticipated when we set out, and we were only here to discuss the establishment of diplomacy and the opening of regular commercial channels, and they clearly wanted more – not that they could not be discussed, but I think it is necessary for us to report these details to Archduke Baloger first. Believe me, Sir Golosh, Archduke Baloger would have been pleased with our timely report. ”

Sir Gorosh frowned slightly, but soon his brow widened.

He looked at the red-haired witch in front of him and nodded slightly: "Then do as you say - use your ability as a 'Dragon Seal Witch' to contact Dragon Castle." ”