Hearing the Prince of Zion's inquiry, Locke smiled slightly, and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Since you have come to me, you must know something about me—and most importantly, about what I did in the North, right?"

"That's right. ◢ With *Dream ◢ Little *.lā" The Prince of Zion did not understand what he meant, and replied very cautiously, without saying even a word.

Locke smiled again and said, "So, what do you think of the policies I have enacted?"

To this question, the prince of Zion was naturally prepared, and immediately replied very politely: "Every lord has the right to decide the policy of his domain, and the king will not be concerned. ”

Locke shook his head, "I don't care if you ask questions, what do you think of them?"

His attitude was a little rude, but the prince of Zion and his staff were not angry at all, but took it for granted - what is the Demon King? The Demon King is a strong man far above mortals. Such a strong person, if he talks to you politely, it is because he has a good temper, and it is normal for him to look at you with his nostrils and spray you with spitting stars.

They are accustomed to being superiors, and once they are sure that the other party is a higher-level character than themselves, it is not troublesome to change their roles and consider themselves inferior.

For such a question, Prince Zion was also prepared, pondered for a moment, and revisited it in his mind again before slowly saying, "Personally, I like any policy that can make Trella strong. Your policies have really made the North prosperous and powerful, so they're good policies. But the key to these policies is your overwhelming force. We do not have the force of your and cannot emulate. ”

Locke raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised by such an answer, and after a few seconds, he asked, "Do you say...... Have you also considered implementing my 'rural cooperative' policy throughout Terrela?"

Have you thought about it?

Of course not!

But the Prince of Zion would not answer honestly, and he would not lie so as not to be noticed by the other party, but adopted a roundabout approach: "As the future king, I will refer to any policy and decree I can obtain when considering the national policy, draw nourishment from it, and look for the parts that can be used in Trella." ”

Locke didn't have as much scheming as him, and immediately smiled, and his opinion of the black prince improved greatly: "Very good! To my surprise! You are a very talented man!"

The joy on his face was so obvious that Anthony immediately screamed that something was wrong, and hurriedly said in the chat channel: "Locke, calm down! This guy is fooling you, don't be fooled!"

Locke, of course, also opened the chat channel, and immediately noticed Anthony's words, and immediately came back to his senses and put away the smile on his face.

But his smile just now had been clearly seen by the Prince of Zion and his staff, and they both looked at each other with a bit of smugness in their eyes.

When they discussed it before, they had speculated whether this "Northern Demon King" would be an idealist, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. Although this demon king is not like the average idealist, he is slightly touted by others, and after a few words, he gets carried away. However, as long as the preferences and inclinations of the other party can be determined, the subsequent negotiations will be much easier.

Compared to a moody demon king, a demon king chasing ideals is obviously much easier to talk to!

The Prince of Zion did not smile stupidly, but continued to pretend to smile politely, and said, "Your Excellency, I would like to ask, if Trella gives you enough policy support, will you further promote the in-depth development of that 'rural cooperative' policy?"

Locke nodded: "Of course, I still have a lot of ideas that I want to put into practice - but it doesn't matter if you give me policy support or not." I don't need or care about this, at the moment I am not short of money or manpower, I just need time. ”

"With the right helper, you can save a lot of time. The Prince of Zion said, "If you are willing to become a lord, you can use the channels of the kingdom to recruit talents from all over the country......"

Locke still shook his head: "I don't need it, the recruited talents may not meet my requirements." I will cultivate the kind of talent I want. ”

Prince Zion was slightly shocked in his heart, although he knew that this demon king had been training during the day and teaching at night, and there was a tendency to pick up both civil and military, as if he was an all-rounder who was on the horse for the general and the prime minister, but he never thought that this demon king was still a cautious person, in order to ensure that the territory was not infiltrated by others, he would rather not recruit talents, and rely on his own training.

If the talent depends on training, these cultivated talents will naturally be very loyal to him. In this way, it is certainly good for the territory, but not necessarily for the kingdom.

Kingdoms don't usually dictate the policies of their lieges, but there are a number of spies in each of them. Most of these spies are lurking in the civilian population, and some are officials at all levels. Compared with the former, the latter ones are the essence of spies. The information they can get is the most valuable, and whether they can play the greatest role in critical moments is also the greatest.

But...... If the "Northern Demon King" really relied on the talents he cultivated to establish his power, then I am afraid that there would be no way to plant spies who became officials on his territory......

This is definitely not good news, which makes the Prince of Zion a little worried.

He immediately drove these somewhat distant worries out of the clouds, and persuaded with a smile: "Of course, it is the easiest to use to cultivate talents by yourself, but that is really too slow." The manpower recruited from outside may not be used for key positions, but at least it can be used for emergencies. ”

Locke shook his head: "I have always been a person who is unsuspicious, if I appoint someone to do something, I will completely trust him, and I will not have any doubts about him." ”

The Prince of Zion was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you have a way to make sure that others don't betray?"

Locke smiled and didn't answer.

He also did some homework for today's meeting. Although these homework were far less detailed than those done by the Prince of Zion and his staff, this question was exactly what he had prepared.

Seeing him react like this, the Prince of Zion suddenly realized that he had asked a question that he shouldn't have asked, and immediately apologized.

Locke didn't blame him, and took the initiative to change the subject: "I don't understand, why does the Kingdom of Trera want me to be the lord?

"The hostility between theocracy and kingship has been around for a long time. The Prince of Zion smiled bitterly and said, "Our relationship is not very good in the first place, and some radical clergy have even been declaring that 'lordship is the root of all evil'...... Do you think we would care about incurring the wrath of the churches if we could win your friendship?"

Locke was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh.

He sighed in the chat channel: "The Black Prince is worthy of being able to lead Trela in the future, and he will be as stable as Mount Tai in the ups and downs, and he will continue for decades! ”

This sentence immediately drew answers from the traversers, the most common of which was "Friend!"

"Get out!"