Chapter 546 Independence Agreement

"Your Royal Highness the Honorable Grand Duke of Norton, on behalf of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, Surriham would like to extend my highest respect to you, and wish His Royal Highness the Archduke good health and all the best...... "The Grand Master of Silkham will respectfully make a very standard appearance to Lorlist. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"No need to be polite, Master Seriham, you and I have known each other for a long time, so there is no need to say more polite words. I have always admired the talent of the eldest young master, but it is a pity that the battle of the Romani Cape, the eldest young master caused me a lot of trouble, and then left again, which made me regret not being able to meet the eldest young master. I think if I can keep the eldest young master by my side, I believe that I will be able to fill in the gaps, and there will be no more escapes like that, what do you think, eldest young master?" said Lorist with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke smiled," the Grand Young Master of Seriham replied with an unchanged face: "In the battle of Cape Romani back then, Seriham had exhausted all means, but to no avail. In the end, they had to flee in a hurry, but due to years of fighting, the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce was exhausted and could not afford to raise the ransom of Seriham. In order to avoid such an embarrassing incident, Seliham had to walk away. It was also His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton who did not send his elite men to pursue, which gave Seliham a way out. Thriham is here to thank His Highness the Grand Duke for his accomplishment. ”

"Hehe, you're really talkative, Seriham. Lorist smiled, "Alright, it's time to get down to business." Sereham, I would like to ask if the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce intends to break away from the control of the Business Alliance and become an independent kingdom?"

"Your Royal Highness, I won't tell you the truth, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce did want to be independent, but the problem is that although the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is one of the seven giants of the business alliance, the economic lifeline has always been in the hands of the business alliance. Your family should know that our Chikde Chamber of Commerce is mainly based on shipping and sea trade, but at present, we have been forced by your family's North Sea Fleet to not sail to the sea, and most of the land trade routes are in the hands of the commercial alliance. As for the goods, they are also procured and raised from the various chambers of commerce of the business alliance. Without a fleet, we would have no way to procure goods and raise goods, so we would have to sit back and be trapped in barren territory. Therefore, for the Grand Duke's proposal, although our Chikde Chamber of Commerce has the heart, we can't do anything about it. "Master Seriham began to complain.

Lorist smiled at the fat man standing on the side, stretched out a hand, and spread his palm. Shi Fat shook his head and sighed, and with a sad face, he took out a Kingford from his pocket and put it in the palm of Lorist's hand very reluctantly.

The black line on the face of the eldest young master of Seriham: "Your Royal Highness, what are you doing here?"

Lorist replied lightly: "It's all right, Master Sereham, I made a bet with Baron Schreed. Baron Schreider thinks that you will agree to my proposal for the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to become independent of the Kingdom from the Business Alliance, but at the same time there will be many conditions. And I think that the eldest young master, you will be very tactful in rejecting my proposal. You see, I won. ”

"Uh......" The eldest young master of Seriham was dumbfounded, if someone did this elsewhere, it would be an absolute insult to the eldest young master of Sereham, but in front of Lorlist, he lost this temper, there was no way, at present, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce and him were in a weak position, he could only swallow his anger.

Lorist threw the gold coin in his hand into the air a few times and caught it, and finally threw the gold coin back to Shi Fatty: "Master Seriham, let's stop playing any tricks, just spread it out and say it directly, in fact, my bet with Baron Schreed should have been won by him, and since you appeared in Morent City, it means that the Chicked Chamber of Commerce is very interested in my proposal."

You're a smart man, and you should be able to see that the current situation of the Business Alliance is getting worse, otherwise the Armed Legion of the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce would not have raided the newly created Vesia Chamber of Commerce territory when they withdrew back to the territory, and looted a large number of craftsmen and production materials from there. You should understand what such an act means for a business alliance, it is a betrayal. That's why your chamber of commerce reacted positively to my proposal.

To us in the Norton family, the Cheeked Chamber of Commerce is an outstretched claw of the Business Alliance, our enemy. We also remember that your guild once contacted the pirates active on the golden coastline, which caused so much damage to our family that we had to issue a ban on your kingdom and not let sails go to sea. But now we are willing to give your Chamber of Commerce a chance to correct its mistakes, which is very simple, that is, to break away from the business alliance and become an independent kingdom, which should be very attractive to you.

I'm not trying to embarrass you, Master Seriham, I'm just not interested in bargaining. If the Chicked Chamber of Commerce does not want to break away from the Business Alliance, then unfortunately the Norton family still regards your Chamber of Commerce as an enemy. After all, we have a total score with the business alliance, don't we? We have repeatedly proposed that the two sides hold peace talks and sign an armistice to restore peace. But the business alliance has been trampling on our sincerity, and it is like a greedy wild dog, staring at the fat that does not belong to it and drooling.

So I have given up on making peace with the business alliance before I can completely dispel the ambitious appetite of the business alliance. We're going to take a new war action against it next. Master Seriham, you are a smart person, if you want to go ashore before the wrecked ship of the Business Alliance sinks, I think we should be more frank between us, you can list any requirements of your Chamber of Commerce directly, as long as it is not too much, we would be happy to see the Chikde Chamber of Commerce become an independent kingdom existing in the south-central part of the continent. ”

The eldest young master of Seliham blushed, stepped forward, bowed his head again and bowed: "Your Royal Highness, as you said, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce really wants to be independent from the business alliance. In fact, the war with your family and the Kingdom of Andinac had exhausted the reserve resources of the various chambers of commerce of the business alliance, but under the coercion of several other large chambers of commerce, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce had to continue to join the war.

We have long wanted to stop the war and negotiate peace to end this senseless and costly war, but no one wants to take our opinions to heart, and they even blame our Chamber of Commerce for the total destruction of the Armada, ignoring the fact that our Chamber of Commerce's armed fleet has also been lost, forcing us to gather pirates to attack your family's merchant fleet, and at the same time forcing our Chamber of Commerce to raise food and conscript troops for the commercial alliance in several southern provinces.

We have had enough of the oppression and persecution of the commercial alliance, especially after we lost the armed fleet at sea and cut off the sea and sea trade, the position of our chamber of commerce in the commercial alliance has plummeted, and we have been called back and forth, like slavery. After receiving the Grand Duke's proposal, we were really like nectar after a long drought, and we were in a very happy mood. It's just that we used to be enemies of your family and caused a lot of losses to your family, so there are many people who have doubts.

I have come to Morente City to meet His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, which also represents the Chikde Chamber of Commerce's desire to reach an understanding with your family, and at the same time, it is also a formal reply to the Grand Duke's proposal. Our Chikde Chamber of Commerce is very willing to be independent from the Business Alliance, but because of our low strength of the Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the counterattack of the Business Alliance against the territory after our independence. Therefore, we hope to have your family's help to ensure that we will not be invaded by all sides after we become independent......"

Lorist nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, Young Master Seliham, since your Chamber of Commerce has this independent mind, then our family is willing to help you achieve your wishes." Rest assured, all I can agree to in my letter is not just talking. In this case, you can negotiate the specific conditions and requirements with Baron Schreed, as long as it is not excessive, we of the Norton family are willing to reach a settlement with your Chamber of Commerce and help you gain independence. ”

Two days later, Shi Fatzi came to see Lorist with a document: "Your Highness, this is an agreement we have reached with the Grand Young Master of Sereham. ”

After putting the document in front of Lorist, Shi Fatzi sighed deeply: "Your Highness, in fact, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce not only has an independent heart, but also their ambitions are not small. ”

"What's wrong?" Lorist asked.

Shi Fatzi came to the map hanging on the wall and nodded to the area around the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce: "Look here, Your Highness. What the Chikde Chamber of Commerce wanted was not the independence of the original Chamber of Commerce's territory, on the contrary, he wanted to take the two regions that were all over the world. Originally the domain of the Grand Duchy of Lauder and the Kingdom of Inksilen, this is now the five provinces of the Merchant Alliance. The Chikde Chamber of Commerce is ready to take these two regions, so that after becoming the Chikde Kingdom, it will have the territory of seven provinces, and it will be considered a large country in the south-central part of the continent.

I asked Master Seliham why the Chikde Chamber of Commerce insisted on taking these two regions, and he also said confidently that the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce was the former Duchy of Ulubaha, which has always been known for its high mountains and dense forests and barren fields, and if it could seize these five provinces from the territory of the business alliance, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce would not have to worry about famine in the future after the independent kingdom. I can only agree with him that he is reasonable, and acquiesce to the fact that the independent kingdom of Chikd occupies five provinces in these two regions......"

Lorist laughed, "It's good to be ambitious, and I'd despise the Chikde Chamber of Commerce if it were only independent in its own Chamber of Commerce territory." The more provinces it occupies, the greater the blow to the business alliance, as long as it has the ability to occupy and can hold it, that is its kingdom territory, but now it seems that the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is still very measured, as long as the territory of the five provinces in these two regions. ”

Shi Fatzi complained dissatisfiedly, "Your Highness, I have never been able to understand why you helped the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to break away from the business alliance and gain independent kingdom status. In fact, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is the enemy of our family, and it has caused a lot of damage to our family. Now we cannot retaliate, but we must come to an understanding with it, and even help it become a kingdom. To be honest, it feels like a terrible experience. ”

"I know how you feel, Schreid. Lorist also sighed: "But I can't help it, even if I'm a sword master." If you look at the map, you can see that the Chiced Chamber of Commerce and the city of Moriente are thousands of miles away, on the other side of the Titanini Mountains, and its territory is just as the young master of Seliham claimed, the mountains are dense and the fields are barren, and we cannot send the family armed army to conquer it, and that is not a price that our family can afford.

And what the young master of Sereham has not yet spoken, we should also know in our hearts, you have also read the information submitted by Tagar about the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce was originally the Grand Duchy of Ulubaha, and most of the people there are poor and brave, in addition to being a soldier and being rented out by the Grand Duke of Ulubaha * legion to earn money, another way out is to go to the sea to be a pirate and pirate. There is a popular saying among private shipowners that 70 percent of the pirates along the Golden Coast come from the Grand Duchy of Ulubaha.

After the Chikde Chamber of Commerce took over the Grand Duchy of Ulubaha, the piracy problem was greatly controlled and improved, and the Chikrid Chamber of Commerce also recruited these coastal residents to greatly strengthen its maritime power. But now that the Cheek Chamber of Commerce's fleet at sea is gone, many of the inhabitants of the seaside have become pirates again. And now the golden sea route has become lively because of the increase in the number of private boat owners, and it has also given those pirates more opportunities. In the second half of last year, 17 private ship owners were sacked by pirates, six of whom died at the hands of pirates.

Our family's fleet now controls the golden coastline of the Sunshine Sea, but if we want to become the overlord of the southern seas, we must fight against the growing piracy and protect the merchant ships and maritime trade on the golden sea routes. Although our family has issued a ban on the sea to the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, not allowing a piece of sail to go to sea. But do you believe this no-sea order is useful? It is impossible for our family's fleet to stay in the waters of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce territory all the time.

So we have to get the cooperation of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to effectively eliminate the pirates, this is one aspect, and the other aspect is that relative to the Business Alliance, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is a card that we can use, and helping it to break away from the Business Alliance and become independent will become a fatal blow to the Business Alliance. Like those neatly arranged dominoes, the Chikde Chamber of Commerce is the first domino to be toppled, and it will bring about a sea change in the business alliance. ”

Shi Fatzi nodded helplessly: "Your Highness, this is what you said before, the lesser of two sides, and the enemy of the enemy is our ally." Forget it, you don't have to worry about my entanglement, look at the documents, I've ticked everything I can agree to. It's just that you said that you can guarantee that they won't be threatened by the Storm Sword Saint after they become independent, and I can't agree to this......"

"It's okay, I'll write a letter to them to bring to the Storm Sword Saint, I believe that the old man will sell me face, and promise not to threaten them for the sake of the business alliance. Lorist said.

Shi Fatzi continued to report: "The rest of the conditions such as allowing them to reorganize their merchant fleets for maritime trade, and coming to Morente City to set up trading houses for purchases, I have asked them to follow our family's regulations and the laws of the Free Alliance, and the Grand Young Master of Seliham has agreed. In addition, with regard to the sale of goods produced in our family domain, I also follow the agreement with the mermaid chamber of commerce in the Kingdom of Chigda, and only give them the exclusive right to own the kingdom's territory.

In addition, the young master of Seriham has asked our family forces to inflict heavy damage on the business alliance again before they declare their independence from the business alliance. What he meant was that he was worried that our family would rebel against each other, that they would become a target for attracting the Merchant Alliance after they declared independence, and that our family would sit still and watch the Merchant Alliance raise a large army to attack them. Therefore, the Grand Master of Seriham is willing to stay and see for himself our family's armed launch of a new conquest against the Business Alliance. ”

"Okay, no problem, it's normal for them to worry about us sinistering them, after all, we haven't reached the stage of mutual trust yet, so let that Seliham stay. In two days' time, the commanders of the various legions will arrive, and after the military council we will be ready to take action against the Business Alliance. Lorist said.

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