As soon as the king spoke, it was not easy for Zhou Tian to say, at least no one in his kingdom would not give him face. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info so after the king opened his mouth, it basically meant that the matter had passed like this.

Zhou Tian may not necessarily give the other party a face, but the person who has decided to form an alliance with the other party at the moment is himself, although he is not happy with the other party's previous performance, but in the case that things have been done to this point, if he can, Zhou Tian does not want to give up his plan at this time.

In this way, although he was still a little unhappy with the other party's previous performance, but after finally suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhou Tian still only pretended that the previous things had not happened, and was ready to talk to the people of that kingdom about the situation, if there were no accidents, and finally see if they could form an alliance.

However, no matter what the two sides were thinking in their hearts, at least at the beginning of contact, whether it was Zhou Tian or the king, they would definitely not directly say the purpose of their meeting with each other.

So although it seemed hypocritical, Zhou Tian and the king were still polite about some other unrelated things.

"I wonder where this gentleman came from, and what is the reason for coming to our kingdom?"

"Below is a viscount of the Orc Empire, and when I met your country, I saw that the civilians of your country were hungry, so I helped them a little according to my own ability. If there is any offense, then His Majesty can only mention it, and I will leave immediately!"

At that time, the king must have said that there was no possibility of letting Zhou Tian leave, especially now that he heard Zhou Tian's identity, he had lost some scruples, and at this time there was no need to doubt Zhou Tian's ability. In the face of the situation in their kingdom at that time, as long as Zhou Tian's conditions were not excessive, even if they begged him, they would definitely ask Zhou Tian to help them.

Maybe it was because the situation in his kingdom could not afford him to wait any longer, although he knew that it was not appropriate to behave like that according to his identity, but he simply revealed his identity on Sunday, and it was estimated that the king might not know what he had done, and the king couldn't help but ask for help at that time.

"I didn't expect that Your Excellency was actually a nobleman of the Orc Empire, and you could become a nobleman of the Orc Empire according to your foreign status, presumably Your Excellency's strength should be very strong!"

"It's okay, it's okay!"

"Seeing what His Excellency Viscount has done in our kingdom, you know that Your Excellency the Viscount is a kind and good person, and you have seen the predicament of our kingdom, although it is a little embarrassing, but I don't know if you can send some grain into our kingdom, and our kingdom is willing to buy it at market price. ”

"This ......"

In his heart, he actually agreed to the other party's request, but Zhou Tian did not show it on his face, but after listening to the king's words, Zhou Tian's face showed a look of embarrassment.

It is not surprising that Zhou Tian would behave like that at that time, or it should be said that if Zhou Tian was not still thinking about forming an alliance with the other party, any normal businessman would have reacted to the other party's request. After all, the situation of that kingdom was placed there, and although they didn't know what difficulties they encountered, they must have taken a certain amount of risk depending on the difficulties of their kingdom at that time. And taking such a big risk to enter their kingdom to do business, no matter which merchant or chamber of commerce, it is unlikely that they will only want to make a small amount of money!

Not to mention a hundredfold increase, it is impossible to sell grain at market prices, no matter where it is placed. At least until Sunday, although there were merchants bringing grain into their kingdom, the prices set by those merchants were much higher than the market price. And now they want Zhou Tian to help transport grain, and at the same time, they don't offer high prices, so Zhou Tian will hesitate to be a normal reaction.

Seeing Zhou Tian's performance, he knew that his request was indeed a little embarrassing, so he didn't need Zhou Tian to say anything at all, and the king himself said his 'reward' at that time.

"This king also knows that this kind of request is a bit embarrassing, sir, but the current situation in our kingdom is here, and we will certainly not be able to afford to buy grain at several times the price. However, as long as you are willing to help us with this, then when we get through this crisis, there will be a good reward!" After saying that, probably because he felt that he would not be very attractive to Zhou Tian by writing such a blank check, the king, after gritting his teeth, said directly at that time: "If you are willing to help us in this favor, then I am willing to canonize you as the duke of our kingdom and set aside a city as your fief." ”

Listening to the king's words, even Zhou Tian couldn't help but be a little moved. I have to say that this time, in order to win over Zhou Tian, the life-saving straw, the king at that time really made a bloody investment.

The duke's title is already extremely high, especially in the kingdom, the duke's status is only under the king and the prince, unless it is a great contribution to expanding the territory, otherwise under normal circumstances, no matter how hard an official works, it is impossible to canonize such a title.

Even in some empires, the number of dukes is rarely in double digits, and in this case, at present, the king not only promised the title of a duke, but even directly prepared to give him a city as a fief, as long as this treatment is realized, then the kingdom can be said to be above ten thousand people under one person.

Just for a little food, the king had gone too far to make such a promise. Even when he put that word out, some ministers immediately stood up and prepared to oppose it. However, because the king's face was too solemn at that time, after hesitating for a while, the ministers who knew what the situation of their kingdom was in at the moment did not quite approve of the king's decision, but in the end, no one really stood up against it at that time.

But no matter how amazing the promise given by the king at that time was, it is not difficult to see from the actual situation of the kingdom at that time that the other party also had to give such a promise, otherwise there would be no corresponding benefits, and no matter who was in Zhou Tian's position, he would not help them.

And the duke of a kingdom must be very strong in terms of status and strength, and whoever changes such conditions will be excited. But if this kingdom were to fall directly, even the king would be worthless, and his so-called dukedom would have no value.

Undoubtedly, from the perspective of the time, it was good that Zhou Tian did not agree to the king's proposal, but if he was really prepared to help them, then it was for his own benefit, and Zhou Tian should do his best to help that kingdom through the crisis. Otherwise, if you invest a little resources but fail to achieve your goal, then even if Zhou Tian contributes, the kingdom will not be guaranteed at that time, and Zhou Tian's investment will still be doomed to be wasted.

Although there is no such 'play' in Zhou Tian's plan, if he can really become the duke of that kingdom, it will undoubtedly be very beneficial to Zhou Tian's plan. In this way, no matter how you look at it, since the king at that time wanted to make Zhou Tian the duke of their kingdom, then Zhou Tian had no reason to refuse.

It's just that......

Although at that time, no matter what way it was viewed, Zhou Tianna had no reason to refuse the other party's request. But even if he has already made a decision in his heart, he will not respond to the other party's request so simply on the surface.

It was not that the conditions of the king at that time had not yet reached the standard in Zhou Tian's heart, but that he took advantage of the opportunity at that time, in the process of communicating with the king, Zhou Tian wanted to take the opportunity to know the reason why their kingdom was now down. Otherwise, if you help this kingdom and don't know 'who' you have offended for it, it will be a joke.

And Zhou Tian was not afraid that the king would not inform him of the situation, he observed it privately, and combined with the tone of the king, Zhou Tian knew that although their kingdom would end up in the current field, the existence of the predicament of their kingdom, the king was not very afraid. At the very least, it is estimated that in the king's mind, the enemy in terms of force cannot pose a threat to him.

Otherwise, if the enemy who was their enemy was very strong, even if it was just the power of another kingdom, in the current situation that their kingdom had reached the current step, it would be regarded as the life-saving straw of Zhou Tian, and the king at that time would not have the confidence to solve the predicament of their kingdom at that time.

In this way, although I don't know why their kingdom is close to destroying the country just because of a lack of food, if Zhou Tian has the heart to contact the truth of the matter, it can be regarded as for the sake of Zhou Tian's heart, then presumably the king will not hide anything from him in this matter.

As a result, since he had the same idea at that time, Zhou Tian was decisive and asked the king at that time: "Although the conditions mentioned by Your Majesty are indeed very attractive, please don't blame Your Majesty, before helping you, I don't know if you can first tell the reason why your kingdom has evolved into what it is now." You should also be aware that even just to feed the people of your kingdom on a daily basis will cost an astronomical amount of money. So I can't easily reply to what you asked without going into details. I can't even make up my mind right now whether I can get involved. ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Whether he really didn't care or not, after listening to Zhou Tian's words, knowing what his scruples were, the king would inevitably reply to that matter.

In any case, Zhou Tian is the last straw for that kingdom at the moment, so as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, then they must think about leaving Zhou Tian behind. According to the situation at that time, even if Zhou Tian asked such a question, as long as they could answer, the king at that time would have no reason to refuse to reply to Zhou Tian.

So......

Almost without any hesitation, the king who listened to Zhou Tian's words replied to him about this matter: "Speaking of this matter is very simple, a few years ago, I received the following information that an evil holy beast appeared in the east of our kingdom, in order to prevent the other party from harming the people of our kingdom, so I ordered the strong men of our kingdom to form a team to go and encircle and suppress that holy beast. As a result, I didn't expect that we had paid a very heavy price at that time, and it was not easy to exterminate the holy beast, but I didn't think that the background of the holy beast was not simple, it was actually related to the legendary natural disaster beast Locust Mother, and then it may be to take revenge on our kingdom, in the next few years, our kingdom will have locust plagues every year, and any grain planted will be eaten up by locusts, and as a result, a few years have passed, and our kingdom has become what you see now. ”

"Locust mother?"

Although Zhou Tian already has a certain understanding of many things in the current world, it is obvious that he is not yet able to understand everything. So when he suddenly heard a name that he hadn't heard before, Zhou Tian didn't know who the other party was talking about, so he didn't know what the so-called locust mother was.

However, although Zhou Tian didn't know what the origin of the locust mother was, he could hear what the other party said clearly. Even if he didn't know what the other party's origin was, just according to the level of the other party's divine beast, Zhou Tian was a little reluctant.

Zhou Tian didn't have much of a concept of what natural calamity-level divine beast Zhou Tian was, and it was not clear how strong its strength was. But one thing Zhou Tian can be sure of is that there is no simple role that can be called a divine beast. Even if it seems to be inferior to the power of the empire, if there is no relative scruples about the existence like that, then as long as it acts a little crazy, it can be regarded as a trivial matter to make those empires disgraced.

Although Zhou Tian is also not afraid of the imperial forces, his ability to fight with those empires is mainly based on the advantages that those empires cannot deal with him with all their might, and he has all kinds of scruples about those imperial forces and has not gone all out, so when he is against those imperial forces, Zhou Tian can be fine.

And those divine beasts are not as cunning as Zhou Tian, with their own strength, those divine beasts have the ability to fight the empire. In this way, according to the strength of those divine beasts at that time, once they had an enmity with Zhou Tian, then they would be a greater threat to Zhou Tian than those empires at that time.

Therefore, at that time, without knowing the origin of the locust mother, he was afraid of the strength of the other party, and after hearing about the relevant things, Zhou Tian was a little reluctant.

Zhou Tian didn't hide his thoughts, so what he was thinking at that time could almost be guessed by the king just by looking at his face. And it was obvious that when he saw that Zhou Tian was about to retreat, the king was in a hurry.

Looking at Zhou Tian's performance, he knew that he didn't know much about the divine beast of the Locust Mother, but no matter what the situation was, for the kingdom at that time, Zhou Tian's help was indispensable for them at the moment. So whatever reason Zhou Tian showed to retreat, the king had to find a way to make him change his mind.

So......