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When John told Stuart about his meeting with Rabelais of the Gordon family today, there was no surprise on Stuart's face.

Even if there is no intelligence source, many things can actually be predicted in advance, and as long as Erland Island continues to develop rapidly, it will inevitably touch the sensitive nerves of many forces on the mainland, which is inevitable. Now that the tea market is monopolized by the island of Öland, what is the red eye of a Lord empire and a Gordon family?

Not to mention the outside, let's talk about the Yarrow Empire, in recent days, many people have proposed in front of Ferdinand that Situ should pay half of the tea on the island to the empire, and the representative figure is Rosaline's elder brother, Soler, the city defense officer of the imperial capital.

Since learning that Situ Jin refused to be Rosaline's companion, Soler completely listed Situ Jin as an enemy, and he felt that as Ferdinand's eldest brother, it was necessary to help Ferdinand get rid of Situ Jin, the person who threatened Ferdinand's position, as soon as possible, so although he had not yet seen Situ Jin, he had begun to confront Situ Jin everywhere.

Of course, Soler is just one of the more representative tasks among these ministers, in fact, Situ Jin and Erland Island are now a thorn in the side and flesh of many people in the Yarrow Empire, plus Situ Jin has not been in the imperial capital, and many bad remarks about him are rampant.

In the face of the evil forces, of course, Situ Jin had no reason to give in, he appreciated John's rejection of the threat and blackmail of the Gordon family, and clearly told John his intentions, he did not intend to hand over the tea to any third party on the mainland to sell, tea is the exclusive product of Erland Island, why should it be sold by others at a low price? This is completely unreasonable!

Two days later, Gordon Rabelais left Öland angrily because he had not achieved the purpose of his trip.

That morning, Situ summoned Charles to the Duke's Palace.

"Senior brother, is there something wrong with me?" asked Charles.

Situ Jin nodded: "Because of the rapid development momentum of Erland Island recently, it has attracted the hatred of many forces on the mainland, I think someone will soon be unable to help but do something to us, I called you here to let you be mentally prepared for this, and second, I want to ask you how the army is training now?"

Hearing Situ Jin's words, Xia Er immediately said: "Senior brother, don't worry! I have already made corresponding arrangements for this, if someone really dares to invade Erland Island, then I will definitely let him have no return!"

Seeing that Charles said so confidently, Situ Jin put his mind at ease. Although he has not known Charles for a long time, he is very confident in Charles' ability.

Just as Situ Jin was talking to Charles, Erwin walked in from outside: "Lord Duke, the Star Sea Empire has come to ask for a meeting!"

"Xinghai Empire?" Situ Jin was a little stunned: "Strange, it is said that the Xinghai Empire mission has just finished its mission to the imperial capital, and it stands to reason that it should return to his country east now, why did he come to my territory instead?"

"Lord Duke, in my opinion, the Star Sea Empire's move to Erland Island this time is indeed a bit strange!" Erwin said: "As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, why don't I refuse to meet you for you?"

Situ Jin leaned back in his chair, pondered for a moment, and said, "No, it's because it's strange, that's why I want to meet the messenger of Xinghai even more, you go and arrange it, tomorrow morning I will receive the envoy of Xinghai in the reception room!"

"Yes, Lord Duke. Erwin took the order and departed.

After Erwin left, Charles, who had been standing in front of Situ Jin, frowned and said, "Senior brother, after several attacks and annexations, there are now less than one-third of the remaining countries on the continent, and none of these countries can be easily kneaded!" The Xinghai Empire, the Yarrow Empire and the Lord Empire are one of the three major empires in the continent, and the rise of the new national power has undoubtedly posed a threat to the old powers to a large extent, I wonder if the Xinghai Empire wants to form an alliance with the Yarrow Empire to jointly deal with the surrounding emerging countries?"

Situ Jin raised his eyes and looked at Xia Er, and said, "That's right! This time, Xinghai sent an envoy to the empire to indeed have the idea of forming an alliance with the empire, but as far as I know, I don't know what the Xinghai mission found in the imperial capital, so they temporarily changed their minds, and finally did not put forward the idea of forming an alliance with the empire, and the mission only stayed in the imperial capital for three days before leaving." ”

"Then their mission is coming to visit Senior Brother now, you don't want to form an alliance with our Erland Island, right?" Charles suddenly said, "If that's really the case, Senior Brother, do you want to agree?"

"Probably not!" Situ Jin said: "Although the Yarrow Empire, the Lord Empire, and the Star Sea Empire are the three major empires of the continent, but in terms of strength, our Yarrow Empire is the weakest, because although the large territory south of the Imperial Smidt Mountains belongs to the empire on the territory, it is actually not under the control of the empire, while the territory of the Star Sea Empire and the Lord Empire are really under their control, strictly speaking, these two countries are the real powerhouses!"

After a pause, Situ Jin continued: "As powerful countries, they have their own arrogance, no matter how fast our Erlan Island develops, I'm afraid there is no way to get into their eyes, let alone take the initiative to form an alliance with us, this is unlikely!"

Xia Er thought about it, and also felt that what Situ Jin said was quite reasonable, he looked puzzled and said: "That's strange, since you don't have this idea, then at this time, what is the Xinghai Mission doing on our Erland Island!"

"Don't worry, we'll know their intentions tomorrow anyway!" Situ Jin said to Shire.

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The next day, accompanied by Sjellant, the Governor of Sakura City, and Erwin, the Governor of Öland Island, Situ Jin met with the chief envoy of the Xinghai Mission in the reception room of the Duke's Palace.

To Situ Jin's surprise, the chief envoy of the Xinghai Mission was very young, looking to be around twenty years old, with fair skin and delicate appearance, wearing a white envoy costume with black and gold trim, and exuding a very special temperament all over his body, it was hard to imagine that such a person would be the chief envoy in charge of an entire mission.

From the moment he saw Situ Jin appear, an imperceptible look immediately flashed in the other party's eyes, and in the process of Situ Jin walking from outside the hall to the main seat in the hall, the other party had been secretly looking at Situ Jin.

"This is our lord of Erland Island, Duke Sakura!" After Situ Jin sat down, Erwin took the initiative to introduce himself to the other party.