Anthony sat above and saw that the people below were silent, and he was a little irritable in his heart, and turned his head to see that Su Lin was very calm, so he asked, "Su Lin, what do you think?"

At this time, Surin was thinking about things, and Felicia next to him pushed him, and he came back to his senses, and then replied, "Your Majesty, I wonder why they have to bring up the matter of marrying Felicia?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lance immediately let out a sneer: "Do you still need to answer such an obvious question?" Of course, Carey likes Felicia, which is why he brought up this family matter. ”

Hearing this, Su Lin also glanced at him, and then said: "The way of getting along between countries is not determined by personal preferences, but by interests, so they must have the desired interests or purposes when they propose this family business." ”

His words also made everyone nod their heads, Anthony glanced at Lance, thinking that his son, the future king, didn't even have this kind of consciousness, and he also sighed.

The reason for the current situation, Surin also understands, the most powerful country in the mainland is the three western countries of Hoto, the country has an advanced textile industry, these wool and sheepskin can only be digested by Hoto, so Gainon can lead the transaction.

The three eastern kingdoms are fighting on their own, competing with each other, and they all want to establish trade ties with Hotto, so Hotto occupies the dominant position, and Genenon can also choose to establish trade ties with the other two countries, Nord and Muga, if so, then Curtiz will be abandoned, which is also something that Anthony has been worried about.

Su Lin's mind was also spinning rapidly at this time, he believed that Ganon would not propose to marry for no reason, he must have ignored something.

Then he picked up the list of this transaction and looked at it, only to see that wool, sheepskin, horses and other materials were written on it, and when he saw the horses, Su Lin suddenly patted his head and said secretly: Why am I so stupid, I didn't think of this. ”

Seeing this, Felicia hurriedly asked, "Surin, have you thought of something?"

"I know why they are asking for marriage, just to get horses. Su Lin replied with a smile on his face, Curtiz is different from Nord and Muga because it has many pastures, so one of the major features is that it has rich war horse resources.

The purpose of Genenon's visit this time is to make a large-scale horse trade through marriage, or to use it as bait for us to discover his true purpose, which is a hint. ”

Su Lin explained this, and Anthony also nodded back: "What you said is also speculation, but I will have a way to prove it, there were also horse transactions with Hoto before, but the number is not much, if they really want horses, then things will be easy to do." ”

After having an idea, everyone was relieved, and then they all left.

At this time, Carey was in the room preparing to rest, when suddenly someone below reported that Prince Lance had come to visit, and immediately asked him to come in.

When Lance came in, Carey smiled and said, "I wonder what Prince Lance is going on everywhere late at night, don't you just want to come and talk to me!"

"Haha, of course not, it's just something I want to talk to you about, I heard that the main purpose of your marriage this time is for the horses, right?" Lance asked as he sat down and stared at Carey.

"Who are you listening to, I just like Felicia, and I don't have any other purpose. Carey still had a faint smile on his face, as if it really wasn't like that.

Seeing this, Lance also continued: "Whether there is such a thing or not, I hope that Felicia will marry you, and you will like her, and our goal is the same on this point. ”

Carey looked at him and said, "Oh, what do you want me to do, or what can you do?"

Then Lance said his plan: "If you really like Felicia, then propose your beggar duel, I believe that your sword skills will surely defeat him easily, if you do, I believe that my father will not refuse." ”

Carey didn't respond to this, and after a short chat, Lance left.

After Lance left, Carey left and went to Genenon's room, and then said, "Father, our purpose seems to have been seen by Anthony's group, and now we have to do something else." ”

Hearing this, Genenon was still sitting at the table and drinking, and after drinking a glass, he asked, "Who told you this news?"

"It's Prince Reims, his mind is to get Felicia away, with her, his throne is not so secure, in terms of prestige, he is not as good as Felicia's one-ten-thousandth, I can still see his thoughts. Carey said with a calm face.

"They are only guessing now, they can't be sure, this time our purpose is indeed for the horses, I originally thought that this marriage would go well, but I didn't expect it to be blocked, so I had to threaten Anthony, Carey, what do you think should be done next?" Gunnon looked at him as if he was asking.

After pondering for a moment, Carey spoke: "This marriage is obviously not going to be successful, and we won't really cancel this deal, if the relationship with Anthony is stiff, we will lose the most important source of war horses, so it's best for us to maintain the status quo." ”

For this answer, Ganon also smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Son, you are the future king of the Hoto country, so you can't do anything with your own preferences, you have to remember that between countries, there are only interests, this marriage is not successful, let's plan again, remember, it doesn't matter if the relationship is stiff, as long as there are interests, even if there is hatred for killing your father, you can cooperate." ”

"Understood, father, what should we do now?"

"The trade will go on, and our threat is only a hint and a reminder that we are bound to win this horse deal, kid, you have to remember that sometimes the purpose cannot be directly expressed, but it cannot be completely hidden. ”

The next day, Anthony set up a banquet in the hall and invited the visiting Hoto and his party.

At the dinner table, Anthony brought up the idea of continuing the trade again, and then waited for Guynon's response.

Hearing this, Gunon also smiled and said, "This transaction can be carried out, but I hope to buy some horses as well." ”

Anthony also nodded in agreement to this request, after all, Felicia was involved, and he had to take a step back.

Then everyone ate and drank, talked and laughed, and the relationship eased a lot.

Su Lin sat at the table and smiled when he saw this scene, it was already very good to be able to achieve such a result, and it was also a result that both parties could accept, but they didn't know how much temptation and compromise had been made behind the scenes.

However, this is also expected by Su Lin, he studied economics, and the game theory can explain the current situation very well, and the ultimate purpose of the game is to maximize his own interests.

At this moment, Carey looked at and stood up and said loudly: "This time we are also accompanied by Master Bishop, the first wise man of our country, his wisdom is as vast as the sea, and the stars are as vast as the stars, there is no problem that can stump him, you can try it if you don't believe it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an old man with white hair and a completely white beard got up and said, "Prince Kaili has a good reputation, and the old man has only read a few books more than everyone else. ”

Su Lin saw that although he said this, the look on his face was extremely proud, and he had the feeling of being the eldest and his second, without the sven and humble of a scholar.

Seeing this, Su Lin didn't understand what the point of doing this was, was it to show off that he was very smart? This has nothing to do with the strength of the country!

Seeing the confusion on his face, Felicia also said: "The people of the Western Three Kingdoms have always looked down on us people from the Eastern Three Kingdoms, and think that we are also barbarians, if it weren't for the blocking of the Colby River, the orcs would have been able to hit them in the Western Three Kingdoms." ”

Listening to this, Su Lin understood what the reason was, it was a kind of regional discrimination, during the Hundred Years War, the orcs had invaded the three eastern kingdoms, but because of the Calby River, the western three kingdoms did not experience the invasion of the orcs, which led to the gap in the strength of the eastern and western countries.

At this time, the people on Curtis's side were all angry when they heard this, but no one dared to speak, after all, they were all military generals, and few of them had read books.

At this moment, a contemptuous laugh suddenly came out, and it was particularly harsh in the silent hall.

When everyone heard this, they saw that the second prince Fu Lun was making this laugh.

His laughter also stimulated the people on Curtis's side, so a middle-aged man with a full beard stood up and asked Bishop in a loud voice, "Can you describe how a man and a woman feel when they have sex?"

"Have you ever done it with a few women, do you know what postures they use?"

As soon as these questions came out, everyone couldn't help laughing, and Carey also smiled slightly, while Furren laughed so much that he clutched his stomach and lay on the table.

Seeing this, Su Lin couldn't help but shake his head, the country's strength can be improved a lot all at once, and cultural literacy has to be accumulated over time.

At this time, Anthony's face was also very unpleasant, and he hurriedly asked the two people to sit down, so as not to continue to be embarrassed.

After laughing for a while, Fren also muttered weakly: "Barbarians are barbarians after all, and they can only ask these questions." ”

Seeing this, Lance knew that he had to stand up, so he got up and said to Bishop, "Master, I have a question, what are the stars in the sky, and why do they twinkle and twinkle. ”

When Su Lin heard this question, he was also interested, and wanted to see what stage of astronomical research had reached in this era.

"The stars are the dwelling place of the deceased in the sky, and according to classical records, the deceased would float in the sky and look at their relatives below, and the reason why they would twinkle was because they wanted to tell their loved ones that they were watching them. ”

With that, Bishop sat down proudly, and the others were also impressed, and Lance sat down as if he had been taught.

"Poof"

But at this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly attracted everyone's attention.