"Ready—"

"Greetings to the eldest lady!"

When Lilith boarded the ship, Warren Trotter's men stood on either side of the deck straight, and greeted Lilith with a loud voice. The rough waves have receded, and on the deck of the Golden Ship, you can just see the picture of the Langhua rescuing the soldiers in the sea.

The Crystal Weapon completely destroyed the two frigates, but after that, Warren did not order a pursuit, but left the sailors on the Spray to salvage the soldiers who had fallen into the sea.

Lin Qiu looked around and found that Warren seemed to be a little different from what he had imagined.

This was a man who could sink two frigates without hesitation, but now he didn't seem to want to rebel, at least the sailors and officers on the Golden Ship treated Lilith with courtesy. Warren seemed to recognize Alyssa, and when he saw her, he was visibly stunned.

This is not too surprising, after all, Alyssa was still extremely famous during the Hundred Years' War.

"This way, please. ”

Warren believes that conversations can only be carried out efficiently in elegant places. Therefore, for the most part, Warren's golden ships were not used for war, and more than half of the great men of the neutral countries had feasted on this ship, and enjoyed the wonderful night view of the neutral countries.

This is the most important reason why the Trotter family's business line can span the twenty-three neutral countries, he is a merchant through and through, unlike ordinary merchants, the Trotter family has an army and weapons that can destroy a small country.

But no one is worried about this, because Warren never does anything that hurts others or himself.

This is also the reason why he will not kill Jacobela's forces, and the feud between them can only be regarded as mutual disobedience at best.

"Don't be surprised, I just want Jacobella to learn humility, her military style may be very popular on the battlefield, but in peacetime, it is our potential customers who are offended, let alone ...... If there is a real war, it is still unknown who will kill the deer. ”

Warren raised his hand at his men, and a few bottles of wine were quickly served. If Old Jack were here, his eyes would definitely be straight, and his gluttony would flow out. The chandeliers in the ballroom were tuned to a comfortable level that was neither dazzling nor overshadowing.

The entire ballroom is plated with a layer of gold, and the evening breeze blows from time to time, and the atmosphere is very pleasant under the candle flame and crystal lamps.

After a while, the chef pushed a long trolley, and the three shelves were filled with sumptuous delicacies.

The scene was a stark contrast to the scene of Jacobela's troops at the meal, and the smell of the food made Phoenix hesitate for a moment.

She saw several plates of desserts in the third column of the cart.

"This guy is an enemy, isn't he? He's really an enemy, isn't he? Is he going to invite us to dinner? Maybe you're mistaken, this guy is actually a good guy?" Phoenix leaned closer to Lin Qiu and whispered.

In fact, Lin Qiu was also a little confused.

When boarding the Golden Ship, he carefully observed the structure of the deck and the division of the soldiers, and was ready to take out the guards and capture Warren as a hostage. As a result, after preparing all the way, this Warren actually planned to treat them to a delicious meal? Thinking about it, the three of them were left in the captain's room during the meal of Jacobella's troops, and they hadn't eaten that night.

"I have admired the daimyo for a long time, Lady Alyssa, I didn't expect that the eldest lady's trip to the imperial capital would make such important friends. Once seated, Warren was the first to speak. When Lilith and the others boarded the ship, he carefully observed Lin Qiu and the others, Alyssa naturally didn't need to mention it, the sword and shield emblem on Lin Qiu's shoulder also showed his identity, in addition, although there were no clues that could allow him to identify Phoenix's identity, it was not difficult to infer from her attitude towards Lin Qiu that she was also an existence of the same level.

In other words, three Knights of the Round Table level bigwigs were gathered on his golden ship at once.

The merchants of neutral nations were known for their shrewdness, and Warren was the best of them, and he knew exactly how unwise it would be to befriend Lilith in such a situation—not to mention that he had no intention of doing anything to Lilith in the first place.

"You probably haven't understood the situation yet, the bombing of your frigate just now was just out of a personal grudge between me and Jacobela, and there was no intention to offend the eldest lady. Judging by the results, though, Jacobella doesn't seem to be the best escort, her troops excel in land warfare, and naval warfare is what the Trotter family excels at. Halfway through that, Warren was a subtle reminder of the power of the Lilith Trotter family. Sending the entire Golden Fleet this time is not only to frustrate Jacobela's spirit, but more importantly, to add leverage to his negotiations.

The agreement reached between the Trotter family and the elder was only valid while the latter was alive, and now that the elder is dead, he naturally wants to seize this opportunity to improve the agreement to varying degrees.

"Perhaps you have heard some rumors from Jacobella that are not in my favor, and here I need to clarify that no matter what the other generals think, at least I have no idea of taking over the Chamber of Commerce. Warren shrugged.

"You brought your entire fleet with you, isn't it as simple as just trying to clear up your misunderstanding with me?" asked Lilith.

"Of course not, Miss. You know, business is a very complicated area, who to make friends with and who to befriend with, it all requires vision, and once you choose the wrong partner, I can guarantee that the road ahead will be a lot harder. ”

"You're saying that I should have made an alliance with you, after you bribed Gabriel to try to kidnap me?" Lilith was a little dismissive.

"Gabr has his own rules of conduct, to be precise, I am an equal existence with him, we just negotiated a deal with him, it's as simple as that, my only purpose is to meet your deity in advance before you arrive at the headquarters. As for the unpleasantness that happened in between, you should take it all credit to Gabriel, and if you need to, I can immediately issue his wanted warrant to the Adventurers' Guild. ”

Lilith took a few deep breaths, she wasn't going to continue to superficially talk to Warren, because she knew that no matter what she said, Warren would shift the blame to Gabriel.

"Now that you've seen it, tell me straight, what is your purpose?"

"Miss, talking about business is a gradual process, and if you are too direct, you will lose a lot of benefits...... But since you're so direct, I'll just say it straight - my hometown is in the East China Sea, and it's known as the Golden Country, but since you came to power, the headquarters seems to be too strict about the trade routes in the East China Sea, so I hope you can change your strategy a little bit and make the Trotter family's trade industry in the East China Sea more free?"