However, it is such allies that are reassuring!

Businessmen can also be 'hurting'.

Merchants seek profit, if they are pure merchants, they can sell you weapons and food today, and tomorrow they can sell to your enemies.

Before, General Ram didn't dare to fully believe that His Royal Highness the Princess had a lifelong friendship with that Martin, but now he believed it.

Gorat, whose mouth was full of blood, didn't even dare to say half a cruel word, covered his mouth hard, and walked away with the help of the servant.

When he saw Ram, he immediately lowered his head and did not dare to look at him.

Ram noticed that white tooth shards kept falling out of Gorat's leaky mouth.

"Wow, it's ruthless enough. Looking at the embarrassed back of the duke's envoy, Ram's adjutant whistled.

Ram smiled and said nothing, and then turned his head and asked, "Have you found the origin of that cruiser?"

"I found it, it's the Vencent of the Empire. Eleven years ago, it was sunk by the White Soldiers of the Northland barbarians in the mouth of the sea near Fort Lorraine. It should have been fished out. ”

"It's a ......"

At this time, Ram suddenly saw Martin peeking out of the window on the second-floor windowsill that happened to be open.

When the two saw each other, they were stunned, and then Ram bowed slightly to Martin. Martin smiled as well.

In the evening, Karna's welcome dinner for Martin was definitely at the state guest level.

The high-sounding reason, of course, was to welcome the Bloody Arena Champion His Excellency Martin Lorraine, who led the Sigma Church, not the Duke of Lopez's family.

A banquet is different from a ball.

It's more like a private banquet. Although there are a lot of big guys, what a bishop of Sigma, what a general of the Lopez family, but both Martin and Karna know that this is just going through the motions.

Entering a side hall of the palace, and retreating to the left and right, there were only four people left in the room: Martin, Karna, Tieno, and Ram.

"Would you like something to drink?" Karna didn't care about the princess at all, but instead took the initiative to pour Martin's wine, which made Ram look sideways for a while.

"Okay. ”

Clinking glasses slightly, Martin shook the clear crystal wine glass, letting the fragrance of champagne shine through, and then took a shallow sip.

"I used to always want to repay your life-saving grace, how do I think I owe you more and more now. Sitting lightly across from her, Karna was rarely facing Martin in a straight position, but leaned comfortably back in her chair and stretched out her graceful posture.

Ram's eyelids jumped, as if he wanted to say something, but finally chose to shut up.

Seeing that Karna was such a friend, Martin also smiled, and lay back directly, burying half of his body in the soft sofa: "Your 30,000 gold coins have helped me a lot." ”

"The life of the next Empress of the Empire cannot be so cheap as 30,000 gold coins. Karna raised her chin unconvinced.

"Don't talk about those. You help me solve my troubles, and I help you solve problems, this is called an ally. I'm not too short of money, I want a batch of imperial crossbows. ”

"You say, I'll give. Karna was arrogant, but with a smile in her eyes: "As long as you can fit these boats." ”

Martin scolded secretly:! A big dog is a big dog!

Martin thought he could cut someone hard, thinking it was a big piece of meat, but in fact, it was a haircut in the eyes of the other party.

Martin was deflated and put his glass down: "2,000 Imperial standard crossbows, 100,000 crossbow arrows." Just give me the rest of the coins. ”

"Oh, can't you stand the garbage archers in your country?" Karna made no secret of her contempt for the Bakaria peasant archers, "Hey! I almost forgot that you are a genius with a crossbow. ”

Martin shrugged.

Well, the scum of their own archers is hopeless.

Rather than being thankless and spending two or three years to train a group of archers, it is better to transfer all of them to crossbowmen, at least with quick results.

Karna asked, "Are you in such a hurry?"

"I'm going to get rid of the orcs above Ggent. With those greenskins around, I can't do anything. As Martin said this, Tieno, who was standing behind him, suddenly became breathless.

I have to say that exterminating that group of orcs is Tienuo's lifelong wish.

Karna's sapphire eyes blinked twice: "What else do you need?"

Martin spread his palms: "Money! a lot of money! I need visible gold coins in the short term." In the long run, I want to gain a trade franchise between Bakaria and Rick's Empire. ”

Karna retracted her languid posture slightly, sat up straight, crossed her fingers with her hands, and gently pressed on the knee of the leg above Erlang's leg: "For the sake of you entering the Rick River and turning one ship into five." 200,000 gold coins, which is advanced. As for the franchise...... Ten years!"

"Deal!" Martin picked up his glass, walked over, and touched it again with Karna's.

The parties did not enter into any paper contracts.

Because it doesn't need to. Once Karna's forces are destroyed or driven out of Rick's province, all will come to naught.

If Karna's forces are unable to wipe out the rebels in Rick Province, led by the Duke of Ravenna, even though they have enough food, then Karna is not worthy of Martin's cooperation.

On the other hand, Karna is also testing Martin.

At the end of the day, Martin was just a pioneer lord, and he wasn't as powerful as the next imperial empress like Karna, who controlled several provinces. If Martin can't even get rid of Gergent's orcs, then Martin can't do that.

In the end, Karna will only see Martin as a collaborator, not a true ally.

Both sides were smart people, and after chatting for a while, they dispersed.

Three days later, in the morning, the Mermaid began to return with four destroyers, watching the tall walls of Rick City fade further and further away in sight.

Martin couldn't help but say, "We're still being underestimated!"

"By whom, Her Royal Highness Princess Lopez?" asked Sylvie.

"No! we've been underestimated by the Rick Empire. ”

Lorraine Castle is still too weak!

Just as my thoughts diverged, half a day passed unconsciously.

Suddenly, Asis was heard shouting: "At 10 o'clock ahead, 3000 yards, there is an artillery team!"

"Huh?"

In less than a second, Asis was heard shouting: "1 o'clock, 4000 yards, trebuchet troops!"

Martin felt like a dog on the spot.

Of course, he knew that the breech artillery of this era could not be far, probably less than 400 meters, and the trebuchet was about the same, and it was not necessarily very high. But there are troops on the shore on the left and right, which means...... Rick's rebels have joined forces with the Grand Duke of Nord in the north.

"That's really...... Look up to me!" a wry smile tugged at the corner of Martin's mouth.

At this moment, there was a small sampan in front of the left, and someone was waving a white flag and trying to pull the boat over.