The envoy frowned when he heard this, and said with some dissatisfaction: "You haven't listened to the conditions, the twenty-two group is just asking for the right to the merchant inn, and the trade route-". Link made a stop gesture at this point.

Looking at the interrupted emissary with a dissatisfied face, Link pursed his lips and said with some sarcasm: "Needless to say, I also know the conditions of the Twenty-Two Regiment, which is nothing more than monopolizing the commercial trade in the area under my control, and also recognizing the various privileges of the Sambians, and probably unconditionally transferring natural resources such as forest land, mines and other natural resources in the controlled area, and cooperating with the Sambians to open handicraft workshops in the north." ”

"It's not too bad, but the Twenty-Two can coordinate your relationship with the northern nobles, can provide low-interest loans, sell weapons and equipment and magic items at low prices, and can help you hire Sambian mercenaries and mages. The messenger continued to advise without giving up.

Link sighed with a headache when he heard this, of course Link also wanted to get the help of the Sambians and take the opportunity to occupy northern Cormier, but Link was not fascinated by the temptation in front of him, with Link's current strength, he couldn't occupy northern Cormier at all, and even the current orc coalition army, Link could only barely drive it.

Occupying the north of Cormier required a large number of troops, managing the cities, controlling the countryside, and a large number of administrative staff to collect taxes, gather soldiers, repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure, and Link did not have enough manpower at all now, so he could only rely on the Sambians and the local minor nobles to rule.

Under such a system, the towns would be controlled by the various administrators who had graduated from the Sambian government school, and the villages would be controlled by the minor nobles, and Link would be able to directly control a small number of large towns, maintaining the nominal unity of the North, and also bearing all kinds of infamy, and might even be assassinated by the remnants of the Cormier patriots and the northern aristocracy.

"I don't want to be a rubber stamp like that. Link said sarcastically.

The messenger's eyes widened, somewhat not understanding what a rubber stamp was.

Without waiting for the emissary to say anything more, Link asked casually, "The vampires and the Flame Daggers have cooperated with your actions, so the Night Lord of the Dragon Coast is also your ally?"

The messenger looked at Link warily and grinned: "The allies of the Sambians are all over Faeron, I advise you to reconsider your decision, the kingdom doesn't even need to send troops, maintaining the trade blockade can trap your commune, and the food and weapons that Cormier needs now are not the mountain goods of the rocks and the luxuries used by the nobles." ”

"I'm afraid you won't be able to muster troops, right?" Link countered.

Without waiting for the messenger to reply, Link added, "I heard that the Night Lord is planning to build a vast kingdom that encompasses the many city-states of the Dragon Coast, Cormier, and Sambia, and a kingdom ruled by vampires!

The Night Lord of the Dragon Coast is an unfathomable vampire mage who controls the Night Mask, a union of thieves on the Dragon Coast, entrenched in the trading city of Simon City, and Cormier's exiled noble killer organization, the Flame Dagger, has also defected to the Night King and become a vassal of the Night Mask, who has publicly stated that the ultimate goal of the Night Mask is to establish a powerful kingdom ruled by vampires.

"The Lord of the Night can't even control Simon City now, and now he can't do anything to Sambia, and we don't want to see a strong Cormier, of course we want to unite. The messenger replied lazily.

Shaking his head, Link said categorically, "I will not agree to unite with you Sambians and be your puppet." ”

"Do you believe in the Iron Regent like that? You want to develop the Rock Land, and what you want in your mind is not the Count of the Rock Land, but the King of the Rock Land, right?

"I think she's more likely to go east to Sambia, will you fight such a war, or will you pay tribute as you did to the people of Bow Valley?" said Link, very maliciously.

Looking at the face of the envoy Tie Qing, Link felt very happy in his heart, the twenty-two people of Sambia represented the interests of Sambian merchants, in the face of the threat of war in Bow Valley, in terms of the national strength and military strength of both sides, Sambia could not lose, but in order to ensure the smooth trade route through Bow Valley, Sambia actually chose to pay tribute every year, which surprised Quan Feilun.

"The people of Bow Valley will pay the price this time, the mercenaries and army of Sambia are ready, we will raze Bow Valley to the ground!" the messenger said almost in a low voice.

The envoy looked at Link's mocking expression and hated him for being a diplomat who had been ridiculed several times for the folly of Sambia paying tribute to the Valley of Bows, and the Twenty-Two were only focused on commercial interests, but they did not think about the damage they had done to Sambia's national image.

Holding back his anger at Link and his resentment towards the Twenty-Two Regiment, the envoy continued, "Since you are unwilling, then I can only express regret, you are not the only choice for the Twenty-two Regiment, I hope you understand this." ”

Looking at Link's disapproving expression, the envoy pursed his lips secretly, then resumed his professional smile, and said very enthusiastically: "Then, there is another way of cooperation, your commune accepts the employment of the Twenty-two Regiment in the form of mercenaries, and the Twenty-two Regiment pays you for the completion of your mission, food, medicine, weapons and armor, gold coins, magic items, luxury goods, courtesans of Sambia, any form of payment is fine. ”

Link's heart moved: "Then we can trade too, right?"

The corners of the emissary's mouth curled up as he was about to speak, when Link continued, "You also want to restore the trade route from the Rocks to West Hadland? ”

The messenger fell silent, although now the Sambian merchants can reach West Hadrant on the Dragon Coast through the Trader's Road, but if they want to reach the north of West Hadland, it is faster to pass through the rocks, after Link made this rock field chamber of commerce, although the Sambians can also secretly win over the foreign chieftains along the route, but the cost and energy will definitely be consumed a lot, it is better to negotiate with Link, who can get ideas.

Taking a deep breath, the envoy said: "I don't have the right to decide the detailed terms, I need to discuss them after asking for instructions, but now there is an urgent task, the head of the beast mercenary group did not carry out the orders of the twenty-two regiment, the regiment commander defected with some of the regiment, the deputy commander of the beast and the naked regiment are working together to encircle and suppress, the twenty-two regiment hopes that your troops can also participate in this encirclement and suppression, and eliminate those beasts who do not obey the order." ”

"Bestiality?" Link thought to himself.