"Viscount Duke, I suggest you consider my suggestion again, this is an absolute benefit for both the Storm Army and the Otto family. Even if you don't do it today, according to Henry VII's suspicions, one day you will be forced to do so. ”

The head of the Kabu branch still didn't want to give up, because he had come here today with the confidence of victory, because it was reasonable that Duke didn't need to be foolish to the French royal family anymore, and judging from the previous information, Duke didn't look like a person who would be foolish.

"Captain Kabu, I admit that you have a point, but you have overlooked a very important fact. Although I am the son of Duke Otto, I am not from the Otto family, and I don't even want to be from the Otto family, can you understand that?"

Duke said it without the slightest concealment, and it was impossible for Kabu to tell Duke Otto anyway, even if he did, how true was what the enemy told? After all, there was no recording and camera equipment in this world, and no one knew what he said.

It's just Duke's words that made the expression on the face of the head of the Kabu branch change from the confident smile at the beginning to the current dumbfounded look. He had thought of countless reasons, but he didn't expect that Duke would not admit that he was a member of the Otto family, or even a member of the Otto family.

This is absolutely unthinkable to others, because the Otto family represents glory in the French Empire. Not to mention being a member of the family, many young people in the French Empire even boasted that they could join the Lion Army.

Kabu knew that Duke Otto's attitude towards Duke Duke before, wasn't it that he was sent to the imperial capital as a proton? Is this kind of thing a thing for Duke Otto, if he becomes a proton, he can become the son of Duke Otto, then the long queue in the French Empire is estimated to be able to line up from the northern defense line to the imperial capital.

Therefore, in Ka'b's opinion, Duke should be the kind of Duke Otto who is extremely flattering, and if he is a little ambitious, he will try to inherit the dukedom and the Duchy of Berry. As a result, the disdain he heard from Duke's words was what shocked him the most.

"You ......"

The head of the Kabu sub-regiment wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly felt that he didn't know what to say in this situation. Perhaps Duke's refusal and words disrupted all his previous deployments.

"If there is any other cooperation with the head of the Kabu, or any business activities, I am still very welcome. As for any joint overthrow of the French Empire, I can't do such a thing. ”

After saying this, Duke shouted to Carl outside the door, "Send off." ”

It's all said and done, and there's not much more to say, but if the Hans Empire has other cooperation, Duke is still very welcome, after all, he still wants to sell Stormcastle's products.

"Well, it's a pity to do this, if there is any opportunity to cooperate in the future, I will discuss it in detail with Viscount Duke. ”

The head of the Kabu branch also stood up and said back and forth, and also did not say anything to death, just as a deal could not be benevolent, Duke and the head of the Kabu branch did not want to become enemies with each other, because both of them were thinking about the possibility of cooperation in the future.

After Karl sent the head of the Kabu sub-division out of the Alakou Fortress, he turned around and returned to the door of the small room before, and Duke saw that he had returned, so he said lightly: "You have already heard what I said to Kabu just now, right?"

"Lord Hui, I've heard it all. ”

It's hard to stand outside the wooden door of this kind of small room and not hear it, so Carl simply admits it.

"Well, what do you think?" Duke nodded and asked Karl, in fact, he also deliberately let Karl hear, at least the high-ranking generals of the Storm Army basically knew that Duke had nothing to do with the Lion Army.

"I think it's best for the lord to pretend that he doesn't know about this, after all, we are on a very weak side of the northern defense line, and if we tear our faces with the Empire, the storm army will encounter a lot of pressure. ”

"I know this, what I want to ask is, if Marquis Patton orders the Storm Army to take the initiative in the future, how will we respond?"

"Outright refusal. Karl replied very succinctly.

"Although the Storm Army is in the camp of the Imperial Army, it is written in His Majesty's edict that the Lion Army provides logistics and supplies, and is under the direct leadership of Lord Otto. So we have good reason to refuse Marquis Patton's order, and I don't think Duke Otto will give the order to let the Storm Army take the initiative to enter the steppe and attack, because we are all infantry at the moment. ”

"Directly refusing is indeed the easiest way, but not taking revenge after suffering such a dumb loss is not the style of our Storm Army. You wait to convey my order to Goodman, so that the next batch of logistics troops can set off from Storm Castle, and they can bring the weapons and equipment of the Storm Army to sell, and the French royal family is unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust!"

Duke said expressionlessly, in fact, in Duke's previous purchase list, the items exchanged for war horses with the barbarians were mainly grassland necessities such as salt, tea, and ironware. And these things are very scarce and hot-selling products on the grassland, and in addition to tea, they are also items that Storm Castle can produce on a large scale, which can basically meet the trade with the barbarians.

However, the iron tools that Duke planned to trade before were mainly iron pots, shovels, kitchen knives and farm tools, and did not involve military equipment. Although he traded with the barbarians in a sense of "capital enemy", Duke still remembered that after all, it was the Duchy of Berry, which was his childhood hometown, and he didn't want to do too much.

But now it's different, and now that they have all reached the point where they can't be given a way to live, then Duke can only come in the best interests of Stormcastle. And taking a step back, the arms trade has always been the most profitable trade, and the cost of Duke to buy war horses will be further reduced, and the rest will be handled by the Lan Empire itself.

"I understand, my lord. ”

Karl agreed without the slightest hesitation, in fact, there is no obvious concept of the country and nationality at this time, although the royal family of the French Empire is the co-master, but the territorial vassals do not have much sense of belonging, what Duke did is a normal thing in the eyes of Carl.

After talking to Karl, Duke stood in front of the windowsill and watched the back of the Black Hawk Knight in the distance, to be honest, this trip to the border was much more complicated than he had imagined before, it seems that those who can become human beings are human spirits!