"In previous historical writings on the age of the god of war, whenever China Lanfonte is mentioned, scholars have focused with envy on the fact that she was the only wife of Saugland. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info It's as if China Lanfon's mission in life is to appear in history, and then meet Saugland and become his love. Because of this arbitrary chauvinism, the historiographers have long ignored China Lanfonte's contribution to France as a general and a diplomat. - "A Study of the Family History of Lanfonte"

By the time the mid-autumn sun shone into the bedroom of the hotel room, the owner of the room had already gotten up for a long time. Chenna's early rise made the person in charge of the hotel very flustered for a while, you must know that the average nobleman often does not get up until almost noon at this season, so when Qinna came to the restaurant downstairs, breakfast was almost unpleasant. Fortunately, China is not a picky person, and she can easily pass it away with fresh bread and milk.

Knowing that she would be idle until noon, China asked the head of the hotel for a guide, and went out with her to the morning market in Nabrus.

In fact, the Marquis of Rossi had already gotten up, and after morning tea, he and Cizer discussed with him what to do with the West.

"Your Excellency Marquis, do you have an answer to what the Pharensia mean?"

"I sent someone to the port authority in Rorbuna to check, and it was supposed to be the Tiger Shark that brought Saugland Leuss into the port that day."

"Pirates?"

"Yes, but not any pirate. There used to be a saying that 'the ruler of the land is the emperor, and the ruler of the sea is the Tiger Shark.'" If the Pharians can really use the power of the Iswana pirates, then it would be quite cheap for us to spend 100,000 gold coins to ensure that the backyard does not catch fire. Marquis Rossi said worriedly.

"Did you hear from the man who was sent to watch him in the morning?" The Marquis asked suddenly.

"In return, the messenger of Farensi has gone out shopping." Berlusconi replied.

"She's laid-back."

"The Pharisees may not have the power to do so, but let's bring her in and make sure." Cizer was completely on the side of the Marquis of Rossi at this time.

"Well, that's the only way to do it." The Marquis of Rossi summoned Berlusconi, "Go and bring Mademoiselle Lanfonte over for lunch." ”

When Cena returned to the hotel from her tour, Berlusconi had been waiting there for a long time.

"Your Excellency Berlusconi, is it possible to start the negotiations that we didn't conclude yesterday so early?"

"Uh...... Exactly," Berlusconi knew that the other party was satirizing the lazy style of the nobles of Mastar, so he could only reply with a wry smile, "Your Excellency the Marquis has sent down early in the morning to invite Mademoiselle Lambonte to discuss important matters, and now please Mademoiselle come with me, Your Excellency Marquis wishes to have lunch with you." ”

"Well, it's always okay for me to change my clothes."

"Of course, this is a right that a lady should enjoy." Berlusconi gave the standard knightly salute.

"See you later, Your Excellency Berlusconi."

As a soldier, China did not have the conventions of ordinary aristocratic women at all. It is only in order to achieve better negotiation results that it is better to borrow this convention as a strategy. So, after enjoying as much of the soft bed as she had not enjoyed for a while, she came down from the upper floors after noon.

Berlusconi waited impatiently, but he was helpless.

In order to maintain etiquette, the ladies in the Marquis's Mansion had to wait until the afternoon with hunger. When China walked into the restaurant, it was as if many people had seen a savior. Cenna sat down gracefully, smiling and apologizing to everyone for being late, citing the female privilege that the Mastar nobles could not forgive, of course.

After lunch, the Marquis instructed the servant to bring a bottle of wine to the study, and then invited Gina to the study for a detailed discussion. Cizer and Berlusconi followed.

"Miss Lambonte, I'll get straight to the point," Cizer pretended not to have a deep relationship with China at all, "what do you say?" We do not believe that your country is in a position to demand that we pay the conditions you said yesterday. ”

"Oh, is that the conclusion of a long day of research? It seems that the pirates in the Sea of Iswana will soon be able to change their careers. China replied indifferently.

"How?" Berlusconi didn't quite understand that this was a threat.

"Because they will soon be able to be incorporated into the official Royal Navy of Mastar."

"How can you make a pirate a navy?" Berlusconi protested dissatisfied, what an upright knight.

"Miss Lanfonte, you're threatening us." The Marquis of Rossi was equally dissatisfied.

"I'm just saying what could happen, but time has changed, and the asking price in my country has to change. Land north of Campeña, 300,000 gold coins, pay 180,000 in advance. ”

"What!" Even Cizer looked at China in surprise, for the sake of a seemingly illusory bargaining chip, the Pharians actually asked for a price increase.

"I don't know why Your Excellency is making such an excessive request." Marquis Rossi forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, the Falunsi barbarians were too arrogant.

"Not by anything, but if you refuse. He could give His Excellency Leus a fair reason to help His Majesty Sigrani, and as for why my superiors did this, I think His Excellency the Marquis should know the reason. It was as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with her, much to Cezel's surprise.

Actually easily carried out his fiancé as a shield, Cezel began to be a little glad that he was not Chenna's lover. Either way, that's a good reason.

"As long as I can defeat Higrani, the pirates of the Sea of Iswana will not be like ants to me." Marquis Rossi said with red eyes.

"If the Empire could eradicate piracy once and for all, it would have done it a long time ago, wouldn't it?" China mercilessly pointed out the Marquis's flaws.

Marquis Rossi was silent for a while, and just before Cizer thought that the negotiations had broken down, the Marquis suddenly said: "250,000 gold coins, pay 120,000 first!" ”

"300,000 gold coins, pay 150,000 first." Cena didn't back down much.

"Good! That's it. The Marquis nodded like a gambler.

"Then ask Your Excellency Bertrand to draft the paperwork." Cenna laughed.

An hour later, China left the Marquis's mansion satisfied, with the paperwork. An agreement was signed: the Rossi family would pay 300,000 gold coins to Farenci and land north of Campeña. Pay 150,000 gold coins in advance, which will be delivered in the third country of Hitaros, and the rest will be paid after the victory of the Rossi. From the south of Mastar, it is still convenient and safe to go to Hitaros by sea.

Watching Chenna's shadow leave, the Marquis breathed a sigh of relief and burst out laughing. Cizer and Berlusconi looked at the Marquis in confusion, and finally Cezel opened his mouth to ask his doubts: "Lord Marquis, I think we have paid too much, this is not a good deal. ”

"Aren't you disappointed with my previous performance?"

The two nodded, and the marquis said proudly: "Yellow-haired girl, you are still tender in the competition with me." ”

"What's going on?" Berlusconi can't turn a corner, he's not a knight with a good brain.

"We can pay 150,000 upfront, which is not a big amount, just in case. As for the rest of the conditions, I do not intend to fulfill any of them. ”

Cizer raised an eyebrow, but Berlusconi was still puzzled, "This ...... Didn't we sign an agreement? ”

"What is our purpose, so that when we fight Sigrani, Farensi at least does not become her ally. It doesn't seem to be a monolith inside Farensi, and it is too cost-effective to spend 150,000 gold coins to stabilize Falenci. As for the fact that after we defeat Sigrani, even if Falunsi comes to ask for the account, we can delay. For example, the excuse that the hostile forces have not been completely eliminated cannot be regarded as our complete victory. In addition, even if we tear up the treaty, why should the French collect their debts, they themselves have just experienced a civil war. It's stupid to want to get the land of the empire through this. The Marquis of Rossi used his own practice to strengthen his belief that "barbarians are barbarians".

Is that really the case? Cizer put a big question mark in his mind. Berlusconi, on the other hand, looked at his master with adoration.

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The heavy snow that continued in the second half of the night brought Navi into a crystalline and pure world, and Sogrerd almost woke up in the morning, shivering and taking out the warm clothes he had prepared from his luggage. After putting on himself, he immediately sent it to his two subordinates. March, after all, was a northerner and didn't care much about such a sudden cooling; But although Jayne had also experienced Alc's winter, it was far from being comparable to the weather in Navi, and the symptoms of the cold were already evident in him.

I had breakfast with the Navi, and even in the morning, the Navi used to have a drink. On the one hand, it is to protect against the cold, and on the other hand, it can also relieve the headache caused by hangovers.

The Pharians were finishing their black bran bread and soup and were about to enjoy their strong ale slowly when the commotion outside caught the attention of Thorgrande and the others.

"This can't be done at all, as I said before, I don't have a grain of extra wheat!" This is Starr's voice.

"Little brother, don't say that we're not welcome to be brothers, you haven't been to the Pharian village two days ago, so you should have gotten a lot of wheat." Apparently one of Starr's brothers.

"How much fur will you give me this year, and how much grain will you exchange for this year? I don't know what you've done with all your furs, but instead of thinking about your people's bellies, you're thinking about my idea of storing food here. ”

Sogrend came out of the house and watched the quarrels of the Navi people, and it was his good habit not to interfere in the household affairs of others. Starr blushed and did not succumb to his brother's authority. And opposite him are three typical Nawei men, three who look very similar, after all, they are brothers. However, there is a big gap between these three and Starr.

With his short clean hair, fine skin, and slender limbs, Starr must have been considered a handsome and handsome aristocratic young master even when he walked down the streets of Surasa. All three of his brothers had scruffy beards and long hair, rosacea noses, short statures, and their limbs looked thick and short.

"If you can't get it, grab it, and if those Farenci pigs dare not give it, give them an axe!" The crudest of the three shouted. His cries drew the wrath of the Fallensi, but Thorgrande only expressed it in his heart.

"You're right, Brother Searle." Starr looked at him in disgust, "This year I robbed the things in those villages and killed everyone, and next year I asked who would ask for wheat?" ”

"Don't we want you to kill them all, just kill a few and scare them into handing over the food?" The one who spoke first was on the sidelines.

"Brother Lat, that's someone else's food for the winter, if I rob them all, and don't bother us to move the axe, won't everyone starve to death?" Starr retorted shrewdly.

"This ......," rat said.

"Don't talk nonsense, we're here to borrow wheat, do you give it or not." It seems that there is still a clear-headed one who is not confused by Starr's conversation strategy.

"Brother Ruhl, are you threatening me?"

"Yes and what, no and what?" Ruhl asked, clasping his hands to his chest.

"If you're threatening me, then I'll have to give you the wheat, after all, I'm the youngest, and I can't beat the three of you oldest. If you are not threatening me, then I have to answer you, I will not give you a grain of wheat. "Starr put his brother in a dilemma. When he got wheat, he tore his face; If you refuse to tear your face, you will have to give up the wheat. Brotherly rivalry is the most shameful behavior of the Nawi people, especially when the elder brother bullies the younger brother, and can turn the person into the object of everyone's spit.

While considering that if he introduced his father to Nawi to expand his business, he would have to partner with Starr in the future, and decided to step forward and organize his young future business partner to make things deadlocked.

"Ah, Navi Ladies and Gentlemen, I seem to hear you talking about food. If you want, I can do it for you. Saulgrand used the Continental Mandarin, which surprised Starr and the others.

"What is he talking about?" Ruhl asked, but no one answered him for a moment.

Sogre beckoned back, and Ma Qi ran up in a knowing way. Sogrerd muttered a few words in his ear, nodded knowingly, then turned to Starr's brothers, pointed at Sogrend, and said, "This is Mr. Singh Chiang from Iberia, he just heard you talk about the problem of grain, and he is willing to help you buy wheat from Iberia at a low price. I am his translator. As he spoke, Thorgrande smiled and nodded to the crowd, as if he didn't understand the language.

Starr looked at Sogre suspiciously, he didn't know what the Falencians were selling, but his instinct told him not to intervene now.

"Iberians again." Searle muttered a whisper, and was given a blank look by Ruhl.

Sogrande, of course, was fully aware of these unnatural behaviors, and some of his conjectures were confirmed, "The hand of the Iberians is really long." Thorgrande muttered to himself. He didn't get entangled in this confirmed speculation for long, and immediately changed to a businessman's smile again, and continued to play a double reed with Ma Qi in mainland Gongyu.

After much bargaining between the two sides, it was finally decided that the issue would not be discussed until after the migration to the Wall Valley. Thorgrande's offer was so low that all the grain merchants on the mainland would commit suicide by jumping into the sea, but Starr's brothers were still hesitant, apparently they did not have enough wealth to exchange for the food they needed.

After sending off the disgusting trio, Starr breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sogre with a half-doubtful look.

"Lord Stahl must be suspicious of who I am," Thorgrande laughed, "you don't know how dangerous you were just now, and you must avoid situations like this in the future." ”

"How so? Do they dare to go against the traditions of their ancestors? Starr was even more puzzled.

"For the careerist, any tradition or rule that stands in his way can be broken. If nothing else, now is not the time for you to tear your face with your own brothers, and you don't have the strength to do so. If they don't want to do that now, why would you force yourself to the point of being a Jedi? ”

"But ......"

"You may want to say that they should be defeated with dignity according to the tradition of Navi. But you don't have the strength to defeat them at all, and I'm not asking you to use any despicable methods, but I just advise you to be patient for the time being. As for why I use deceptive means, it can only be said that I am a businessman, and I will use whatever means can obtain benefits. But I assure you that I am dealing with you as a friend, and there is absolutely no attempt to disadvantage you. Believe it or not. Then thank you for your hospitable hospitality, and I think it's time for us to say goodbye too. ”

The Pharians walked as they pleased, without the slightest bit of mud and water. Starr watched the backs of the three of them, and his heart stirred with the mutual impact of faith, although he had only been in contact with the Farensi for less than a day, but it gave the boy a life-changing influence.

"Your Excellency Leus, where are we going now, going back to China directly?" Jayne asked, snorting.

"Do we have dry food?" Thorgrande didn't answer Jayne's question.

"Nope."

"Didn't you take a little before you left?"

"Not at all, didn't you just say that you want to walk neatly and not drag mud and water?" The implication is that because you want to be handsome, it will lead to such an embarrassing result.

"That's right, let's go to Otto again. Just take a ride with them. Thorgrande didn't seem to understand his subordinates' sarcasm.

"I think that even if Her Majesty does not give His Excellency Luce a handout, he will be able to live a good life." Jayne exclaimed.

"I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to go out with a boss like this." Ma Qi chimed in.

The Pharensi's trip to Navi was far from subsided.