"Hehe, one day I was eating sugar cane in the teacher's lounge, and it happened that Uncle Gito walked in, who was the professor of pharmacy in our college. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause he usually takes good care of me, so naturally I gave him some sugarcane. Unexpectedly, after he ate it, he said that he could help our Varno family make a fortune. ”

"Did he separate the sweetness from the sugar cane?" asked Yulia, who was also a pharmacist, on a whim.

"Well, you are also a pharmacist, so you know a little, Professor Jito has extracted a new high-sweetness substance from sugar cane - 'sugar', this white crystal can be dissolved or added to various ingredients, and what you eat now is rich in 'sugar'. ”

At this time, Salian asked curiously: "So, dear Miss Lantony, in my opinion, 'sugar' can indeed make you a lot of money, and may even become another kind of 'salt', but sugar cane is not cultivated in our continent, although it seems that some people have introduced it before, but it failed! If you want to make money by refining 'sugar' from completely imported sugar cane, the cost is too high, and most people cannot consume it." ”

"Well, Lord Duke, you are also financially insightful! ”

It's a pity that the beautiful teacher saw Yulia's cold gaze, so she had to continue: "Hehe, that's right, this is indeed a big problem, but the introduction of seeds was a hundred years ago, and now that science and technology are advancing so fast, there is a way." ”

"Oh, what's the solution?"

"You know the greenhouse used to grow flowers, I borrowed this concept to set up a greenhouse planting base in my farm in the Republic of Westport. ”

Salian said thoughtfully, "Even so, neither the output nor the price is satisfactory, right?!"

"I can't hide anything from you, in fact, I told you so much, I just wanted to ask you for help, my family needs the power of the empire very much. At some point, the conversation suddenly became serious.

"Haha, it's really not easy, Your Highness Macminus, there are still people on the continent who can think of our empire now!"

"Yes, Duke, I suppose Miss Lantony must have found us for some reason?!"

"I wonder if that's so, Miss Lantony?" asked Max earnestly.

"Your Highness, who do you think is strong enough to dominate our Western Continent now?"

"Hmph, no one has absolute power now, although there are many people who have the idea of fighting for hegemony, but there are only so few. ”

Max took a sip of the soup and brewed it for a while, then continued in the rusty Itkanria language: "The river kingdom of the Long-eared clan can be said to have almost unified the Isles of Three Kings, but the two royal families within them are now fighting fiercely, and they can't divide their strength to influence the mainland for the time being. The kingdom of Franços may be the strongest force at the moment, but the current king is not in good health, and there is no heir, and the domestic struggle is just as fierce, so it will not be considered for the time being. Itkanria, forgive me for not being good at words, divided into ten countries, and you who continue to attack each other will not be able to become the climate. And those small countries in the eastern part of the continent are suppressed by the Sun Chasing God Sect, and they still have no time to take care of themselves, let alone take care of themselves!"

"Your Highness, so you still have the strongest confidence in your Imperial Newspaper, right?!"

"Although I may be a little ashamed to say that even if our position is not as good as before, and the imperial power is weak, there are still not many people on this continent who dare to confront our empire head-on! ”

"Hehe, yes, if anyone wants to taste our horror knights, the minister has no objection. And now I think that we have been eliminated by the times There is a lot of market for it!"

Suddenly, Miss Lantony put down the wine glass in her hand and said with a meaningful smile: "Your Highness, and Your Excellency the Duke, I have completely understood your thoughts, the Divine Grace Empire still wants to be the gendarme of the Western Continent, right!"

Salian suddenly felt as if he had been fooled, but as a glorious knight of terror and a duke and nobleman of the Empire, it was absolutely impossible to make him back down, and perhaps Miss Lantony saw through them!

"So what does our power have to do with your 'sugar'?"

"If Your Excellency the Duke and His Highness wish, let's talk to other places!" I see that the two young ladies are getting impatient. ”

After arranging the dormitory for the two girls, Salian and Maxinus followed Miss Lantony to a small conference room in the academy to continue the discussion, and Max made eye contact with Salian on the way to express his will not to back down, and Salian accurately accepted it.

"Your Excellency the Duke and Your Highness, please take a seat, this is a place dedicated to plotting, and it is fully protected by magical security. ”

She then took a parchment scroll from her bosom and taught it to Salian.

"Please take a look, this agreement is something that my Varno family finally obtained!"

"Oh? ”

When Salian opened the parchment, he first noticed the conspicuous scarlet seal at the bottom, and he was proficient in heraldry, and he carefully recognized it, and immediately said it out loud.

"Ah! This is the seal of His Majesty Gonzalo II, King of Castia. ”

"It is the original agreement signed by him himself! ”

"Let me see, uh, this is a great conspiracy! ”

However, Max took the agreement but could not read it, and the whole text was written in Castia.

"Oh, it's the minister who forgot, so let's explain it to you. ”

He took the parchment again and spoke to Max in the high-map Donian language.

"The first is that Gonzalo II, the current young monarch of Castia, wants to be betrothed to the neighboring country, Princess Lydia, the sister of King Alfonso VI of the Kingdom of Toledo!"

Everyone on the continent knows that Princess Lydia's brother Carlos I has no heirs, and has long since made her the official heir. ”

"That's right, Your Highness, as soon as the two of them get married, they will be able to achieve a dynastic union and become the overlord of the Mulasen Peninsula in the southwest of the continent. Now the agreement clearly states that the Republic of Westport will secretly support the union of the two, and after the event is completed, the newly formed state will lease the land seized by the Moorish Kingdom of the Cult of the Sun Seeker to the Republic of Westport for a hundred years. ”

"Your Excellency, dear Duke, you have translated it very correctly. The land occupied by the Momoors was ideal for the cultivation of sugar cane, and was the sunniest place on our continent. ”

"And what is the purpose of your agreement with the greatest power on the Mullasen Peninsula?" Salion, though very pleased with Miss Lantony's compliments, still did not understand the truth of the matter.

"Miss Lantony, do you want us to be involved in this conspiracy?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I would like to enter into a secret agreement with your Divine Grace Empire on the basis of this agreement. ”

"What does the political game in the far southwest of the continent have to do with us, or what benefits can you offer us?" Salian asked.

"Hehe, of course there are benefits, but I want to talk about the disadvantages if we don't help us. ”

"Oh?

"Unbeknownst to the two of them, Princess Lydia's brother Carlos I was not only in poor health, but also a mediocre monarch, who tried his best to suppress the merchant and burgher classes in the country, paid heavy taxes, and reused traitorous courtiers, and now the Toledos wanted to love the people, and also had a devout princess Lydia ascending to the throne as soon as possible, leading them to reclaim the entire Dominion of the Mulassen Peninsula from the kingdom of Gera established by the pagan Momores in the south. ”

"Yes, this young princess is a man of great ambition!"

"Indeed, everyone who has seen her has been captivated by her extraordinary charm. ”

"So you're one of them, aren't you?"

"Of course, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is not the kind of innocent and lovely little girl, her talent and mind are comparable to those historical monarchs! However, Carlos I actually wants to marry his sister to that idiot Marquis of the François Kingdom, this is not only disrespectful to Her Royal Highness the princess, but also has an impact on the Empire of Guishen's grace!"

"Indeed, if the Kingdom of François seizes the opportunity to annex the Kingdom of Toledo and further strengthen its national strength, it will definitely be detrimental to my empire, but this is only an uncertain factor, nothing special. If everything had gone our way in the surrounding countries, the continent would have been unified by our Divine Grace Empire long ago. ”

Salian believed in this first reason, but did not care much, knowing that war with the growing kingdom of Franços was inevitable.

"You see only one aspect, dear duke, the military threat you know you have long estimated, but the economic one you should not have thought of. Originally, the Kingdom of Franços had the ambition of expanding the whole continent, but its naval strength has always been weak, but Toledo has the strongest sea power in the Western Continent. How would you feel if they cut off the sea routes of the New Mark Principality with their navy from the north?"

Hearing this, Salian's attitude immediately changed, and he calmly asked, "Then what benefits can we get by helping Princess Lydia and Gonzalo II get married?"

"Well," said Miss Lantony, confidently, "Her Royal Highness herself has no interest in dominating the continent, and her goal is the vast sea. Moreover, as long as the two of them agree to assist, they can immediately provide 200,000 florin gold coins in cash, and then add 300,000 after the matter is completed!"

"That's a lot of money. But I was most interested in what the sea could bring to her people, since the princess was so concerned about the people. Salian asked, confused.

"Because we believe that the main material plane is a sphere, and that we can continue west from the western end of our continent and eventually reach the eastern continent, so that spices, sugar cane, or anything else can be transported around the Cult of the Sun Chaser!" Miss Lantony said firmly.

"It seems that you are a firm believer in the idea of that princess Lydia!

However, Salian was convinced, and he turned to Max and said, "Your Highness, I think we can try it. ”

Just as Max was seriously considering it, he heard the beautiful economics teacher say in a strange tone.

"Your Highness, I know what your true purpose is here, and I can create all the convenient conditions for you!"

"Hehe, yes, well, well! Since you have asked so sincerely, as the most responsible power on the mainland, we will definitely help. ”

"Hahahaha, on behalf of King Gonzalo II and Princess Lydia, I thank you both for your kindness. ”

Eventually, they signed the agreement in a friendly atmosphere.