Humphrey sat silently in the camp, thinking about the upcoming negotiations with the city of Boer.

"Let's go inside!"

At this moment, Humphrey's thoughts were interrupted by movement outside the tent, and in his stunned eyes, Hart, the city administrator of Erdos, walked into the camp with a trademark smile on his face.

"The hyena of the West, Hart Hilter," Humphrey recognized at a glance the fat man with a smile on his face, the city magistrate of Erdos, the fat man who was called the most loyal hyena of the Earl of the West.

This is a smiling tiger-like figure.

Humphrey's arrival made Humphrey realize that he was at a disadvantage in this negotiation, and the earl of Erdos seemed to be secretly retreating, otherwise he would not have sent this hard-hearted Hart.

The western hyena, he is like a hyena that smells fishy, crazy and stingy, but at the same time, since he is given this title, it also means that he has the loyalty of a loyal dog, and only a person of this level can decide the bargaining chips of a negotiation.

"Lord Humphrey, a veteran general of the Talissu family, I've heard of your name for a long time," Hart looked at Humphrey with a smile, and was the first to greet him when he entered the door, looking like a harmless businessman, full of kindness.

Humphrey has the stubbornness of the Talissu family, and his character can be seen in his use of troops, a heroic general, who naturally disdains to talk to a villain with the name of a hyena.

Hart didn't care, he sat down on his own, and said, "General Humphrey, I heard that the principality has been a little unpeaceful recently! ”

Humphrey jerked his head up, his eyes revealing unspeakable pressure, and stared at Hart deadly.

"Don't worry, general, I have no ill intentions," Hart spread his hands innocently, "I'm afraid that the one from Ball City hasn't learned this news yet, if they know this news, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to negotiate this time." ”

Seeing Humphrey's unmoved appearance, Hart held his big-bellied belly and said with a smile: "The world is not peaceful now, I don't think adults want new wars, and coincidentally, our Earl Andy doesn't want to be ruined, so I think General Humphrey and I have the same goal." ”

Humphrey snorted undeniably.

In the tripartite negotiations, the two weaker parties reached a peace consensus, and everything was easy.

The negotiations were conducted in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere.

Wang Xiaotian, who took a tough stance in mobilizing troops, successfully forced both sides to retreat.

Humphrey said that he only wanted to bring back a dozen noble children, while Wang Xiaotian generously sent all the nobles except Weiss back.

As the lord of Baratan, Wes Pars was detained by Wang Xiaotian in the name of the lord.

The two sides had a full discussion around the question of Weiss's whereabouts.

In the end, the two sides reached a consensus.

Wang Xiaotian sent Wes, who was the lord of Baratan, back, and in return, the royal capital will issue a notice to officially announce the recovery of Wes's lordship rights, and in order to comfort the people of Balatan who were attacked by the "bandits", the royal capital will allocate materials and financial resources to reward and condole.

For Weiss and his 20,000 private army.

The official announcement reads: His Highness Wess was attacked by bandits from the west, thieves were rampant, His Highness Wess fought fiercely, and the people of Baratan were severely damaged in the battle, and the city of Sindbol came to the rescue.

The nobles of the royal capital who are supreme in their manners always like to add a fig leaf to their failures, and under the often whitewashed peace, the squalor and decay have reached a shocking level.

On the Erdos side, the negotiations went unexpectedly well.

Wang Xiaotian also knew the earl's urine nature, it was impossible to force the earl to make great concessions with this kind of coercion, both sides were ruthless, and the earl dared to lead the troops deep back then, unless he was beaten down by his fist, it was impossible to sit at the negotiating table obediently.

Wang Xiaotian did not embarrass Erdos.

The conditions he proposed for the withdrawal of troops were very simple, "Open the north-south trade market of Bofei City!"

A number of north-south markets, including Bofei City, were opened to allow the normal exchange of goods.

This is Wang Xiaotian's bottom line, in fact, whether it is Erdos or Boer City, they are no longer able to support a foreign war. Due to the Northern Wilderness, the pressure on Whitehorse City has increased dramatically, and the Ofre rebel army often harasses the west, all of which give Erdos a headache.

It was even worse for the city of Boer.

Inside the Great Wilderness, it is said that there is a problem on the side of the Stattu defense line, Baron, Kyle and other legions are being dragged there, and it is said that the situation is developing in a bad direction, Wang Xiaotian has no time to take care of the war in the west, he will soon go west to Stattu, let alone start a civil war.

Originally, this proposal was not a big condition.

Due to Erdos's blockade of north-south trade, the prosperous Erdos economy plummeted, and Hart, as the city governor of Erdos, was very clear that at this time, Erdos also needed capital and vitality.

The two sides hit it off.

However, just like countless treaties in history, behind this North-South trade treaty, there is also a hidden intention of Wang Xiaotian, perhaps Hart, a political aristocrat, does not know, but Freya knows very well.

As the ruler of Bofi City, Freya not only has an interest in Boer City, but this woman is even connected to Luna Butler in Greystone City.

The specialty of Greystone was smuggled north by Luna through her.

Therefore, Freya is well aware of the level of production in the south and the level of consumption in the north.

Led by the [Goblin Research Institute], Wang Xiaotian personally initiated the rune movement, which essentially changed the production capacity of Graystone City, and the efficient characteristics, innovative characteristics and exaggerated profit characteristics of rune manufacturing made these novel and luxurious rune products easily replace the original capital market.

Coupled with the commercial policies advocated by the South, as well as a strong business atmosphere.

These are all things that the ancient, rigid aristocracy of the north cannot give.

It is hard for Freya to imagine what kind of attitude the countless merchants in horse-drawn carriages, loaded with the specialties of Blackstone and Greystone, would crush the rule of the northern aristocracy when the north and south were in trade.

The power of capital is powerful, and Hart would never have imagined that the treaty he signed was a demonic pact that destroyed the economic system of the North.

While the influx of capital would temporarily increase the power of the North, this growth was a reverse of the inverse growth, and Freya was convinced that the city of Boer would take advantage of the huge profits of this trade to rapidly expand to the point that the North could not ignore.

When the two sides are compared, the slow growth of the north is equivalent to a regression.

At that time, even if Count Andy wanted to stop this trade, it would be impossible, because the merchants who tasted the sweetness would be the first to stand up and destroy these nobles, and the merchants with capital would hire armies and recruit strong men to destroy those who stood in their way.

"This is truly a demonic pact!"

Freya looked at the stack of trade treaties in her hand, and couldn't help but look at Wang Xiaotian in front of her with great jealousy.

"Look at what, Freya, now that the North-South trade is about to begin, and Pofi City is in your charge, don't let me down. ”

Wang Xiaotian looked at Freya with a smile, this kind of meaningful look made Freya, who was already in awe of Wang Xiaotian, feel more and more unfathomable about this man.