Chapter 113: A Delicate Relationship
The mission of the Chivita family is no worse than that of the Hoflan family in terms of size and configuration.
The number of people is almost the same, and the one who leads the team is Konara, the sister of the current head mother of the Chivita family.
In the underground world, every new master mother's ascension to the throne basically means a bloody storm, externally, to deal with those enemies who covet the side, and internally, to clean up those competitors.
In the overworld world, the competition for the throne of a country is very cruel, and the ascension of a new king to the throne represents the defeat of other competitors, and among these competitors, less than half of them can survive, and in the more cruel underground world, this number is basically less than a CD.
In many cases, none of the contemporary women in a family are peaceful at all, all of them are competitors, then, the final result is that one person is on the throne, and all the women of her generation are dead, and this situation is normal in the underground world.
Langdon has been in this situation since he was a child, including his mother Isis, who has no sisters alive, so Langdon has taken that situation as a habit, and is even ready to watch his three sisters kill each other.
Therefore, when he heard that the identity of the other party was actually the sister of the current housewife, Langdon was very surprised, and glanced at the other party more, but was misunderstood by the female dark elf who was middle-aged but still very beautiful and had a demeanor that young people did not have, and threw several winks in a row.
It was just a small episode, and what really got Langdon interesting was the man in the mission who was following Konara.
It was a male dark elf, Langdon didn't know him at first, but after Hogg's whispering beside him, he understood.
This rather strange-looking young dark elf is none other than Aino Chivita, who was defeated by Hogg and the Goblin Knight when Vivien sent troops to the Chivita family in a narrow passage to thwart Vivien.
Langdon didn't know him, so naturally he didn't know his situation, but last time, he was the first to lead troops out to fight Vivien, and only a few months after the defeat, he was able to follow the mission again, and he was still in an important position in the mission, which shows that this guy named Aino is highly used in the family.
A man can reach such a height in the family of a matrilineal clan, which naturally shows that his strength is definitely not as unbearable as Hogg said.
Looking at the Hoflan family, and then at the Chivita family, Langdon clearly felt the faint hostility between the two parties, and he didn't bother to provoke it, and invited both parties into the city with a smile.
Langdon doesn't provoke, it doesn't mean that others won't do it, Lu Zijing, who is in charge of entertaining the two missions, simply arranged the residences of the two missions together, door to door, the kind that can meet as soon as you go out, obviously, as an excellent politician, she also felt the atmosphere, and directly began to take advantage of it.
The timing of the arrival of the two missions was interesting, just before dinner, Langdon entertained both parties, and then sent both delegations back to their lodgings, which were anxious to talk to Langdon about something, on the pretext that it was not too early.
He apparently underestimated the eagerness of the men, however, for a soldier came shortly after the two missions had returned, and Lady Zola had asked for an audience, and said that if Langdon was gone, he would wait until Langdon summoned both missions.
Women, especially smart women, will always use small means to achieve their goals, and the smarter the woman, the more skilled she is, even if she is in a high position.
Of course, Langdon knew that Zora was not just playing tricks when he said this, but the point was that when Langdon summoned both parties, he only needed the Hoflan family mission to be a little slower and let the Chivita family arrive first, and seeing Zora alone outside the lord's mansion was enough to cause the other party to all kinds of reverie.
Langdon finally invited Zora in, and the lady was obviously not in a good mood, and before she could sit down, she spoke in a rather impulsive tone, "Your Excellency Langdon, I need an explanation from you, if I'm not mistaken, the person you sent specifically mentioned that you only invited our family to conduct this trade negotiation." ”
Langdon shrugged his shoulders and smiled faintly, Zola's performance was not too unexpected for him, and he also knew very well that the other party was not really angry, as the leader of the family's foreign trade, not to mention that he must be happy and angry, but at least there must be some city government, how could he really show his anger like a stunned young man?
Zola's performance at this time, ninety percent of them were acted, in order to put a certain amount of pressure on Langdon in order to gain a certain advantage in the subsequent negotiations, but, unfortunately, she still underestimated Langdon and saw through all her mental activities.
Langdon sat on the main seat, took a shallow sip of water, and then said with a smile: "That sentence was specially told when I sent someone to your family, of course, I won't forget it, and naturally I won't be an idiot enough to destroy what I have set, in fact, the only one who got that list of transactions is still your family, as for the Chivita family, to be honest, before I met them today, I only crossed paths with them once, and that time, my soldiers defeated them on the battlefield." ”
This time it was Zola's turn to be surprised, she had already guessed that it was probably just a coincidence that the Chivita family was here, but she didn't know that Langdon and the Chivita family had such a paragraph before, and subconsciously asked: "What about ......"
"There has never been an absolute enemy in this world, and I think you, as the lady in charge of trade in your family, should be familiar with this sentence. Langdon smiled and said, "I don't know what the Chivita family is here for, but there is one thing, they sent a mission instead of troops, which is enough to show that they are still here with sincerity, and I like to make sincere friends, just like your family." ”
Listening to Langdon's words, Zola had a bad premonition in her heart and asked, "What does Lord Langdon mean?"
"For now, the only eligible trade partner in my mind is your family, but, as you said when you first came here, Ms. Zola, no one minds one more trade route, so if the Chivita family can still show enough sincerity in the coming days, I don't mind having one more trade partner. Langdon said leisurely
"Oh, by the way, I don't know if your family has any trade contacts with the Chivita family, if not, I'm willing to be a middleman and help you match. ”
Zora didn't pay attention to Langdon's little joke, she was already secretly hating in her heart, whether the arrival of the Chivita family mission was an accident or not, anyway, the trade negotiations they came to this time might not go so smoothly.