Chapter 266: Lobbying
There was also a special guest at the Alcatraz dinner, and that was the captain of the Second Fleet of the Falco Empire.
All the sailors of the Second Fleet have to go to the island to receive prisoners, it is impossible, the number of remaining soldiers in the Second Fleet is thousands, and it is easy to have problems when they are put on the island, so that these guys are more manageable to stay at sea, Tang Jie gave an order, and sent someone to collect their sails, without sails, the sea ships are like birds without wings, and they can't go anywhere.
To Cook's surprise, Princess Angel was not a prisoner who had suffered as much as he imagined, but a brightly dressed guest, and seeing her by the side of the pirate leader, with a smile on her face, it was not like a joke.
As an imperial veteran, Cook certainly knew what happened to Angell's mother back then, but now it seems that this beautiful woman has followed her mother's old path again.
Is this fate?
Cook sighed, hoping she had a happy ending!
He endured this humiliating defeat, and it can be said that all the wisdom of his life turned into ashes, but he saw a lot, not only did not worry about himself, but worried about Angel.
Cook was sitting alone in the corner, drinking sullenly, wondering what the monkey-crowned pirates would do with him.
He was drinking when he heard a voice next to him, "You're General Cook, aren't you?"
Cook raised his head, but saw the starry pirate leader in the banquet walking up to him, Cook put down his wine glass, coughed dryly, looked cold, touched the heels of his leather boots under his feet, and said with a very general bearing: "It's Pine Cook!
Tang Jie smiled and said, "My name is Tang Jie, remember, don't cross the ocean to beat me if you don't know your name in the future!"
Cook's face turned red, he didn't know what to say for a while, he lowered his eyes, and said slowly after a while: "Dear Lord Tang Jie, I lost to you and the Magic Queen Fiona, my honor and dignity are insignificant, I only hope that my adults can uphold the fraternity of the sea god Tira, let my children go, so that they can return to their hometown, and let them reunite with their families." β
Cook was five or six percent sure of getting his men's lives, for he had discovered that the pirates here were very different from the ones he had seen and heard of since he had come to the island.
The pirates he had seen and heard before were either hideous-looking, dirty and sloppy, or violent in temperament, almost like orcs who drank blood, but these people were like a group of freaks in the pirate world, with an inexplicable pride and self-control in their eyes, as if they were a majestic king's army, and he sent Enkuk to be a bad pirate.
Tang Jie listened to Cook's words, and his eyes couldn't stop rolling on Cook's face: "Let them go...... Hey, I wonder if if you were the winner, would you give us a way to live?"
Cook's face changed, he looked at Tang Jie with flickering eyes, thought for a while, and then said: "Lord Tang Jie, I am a soldier, you should know the truth that military orders are like mountains, many times, it is not up to me to decide." If I could, I'd rather stay in my cabin now and relax in the sun and drink wine......"
Tang Jie pursed his lips secretly, what's the point of saying this kind of thing now, but he doesn't plan to force this guy to a dead end: "Well, I think I understand what you mean, there must be an acquaintance you know by my side, I don't think I need to introduce you." β
Pine Cook set his eyes on Princess Angel beside Tang Jie, he bent down respectfully and kissed the back of Angel's snow-white gloved hand: "It's a pleasure to see you, Your Royal Highness Princess Angel, I think you should know that all this is a misunderstanding!"
Angel smiled and said noncommittally, "The last time I saw you, it was several years ago, respected General Cook. β
Cook said, "It was three years ago, my Highness. β
Angel and Tang Jie made a look, Tang Jie smiled at Cook, and he turned around and walked away with the people behind him, giving Angel and Cook a chance to talk privately.
Angel looked at Tang Jie's back as he left, and replied lightly: "Three years? Time flies so fast!"
Cook looked at Angel in front of him, he suddenly felt a little in a trance, it seemed that this woman and her mother were standing in front of him alive again, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, time flies so fast!"
Angel glanced at Cook and suddenly asked, "Dear General Cook, what do you think of Queen Camilla?"
Here it comes!
Cook's heart tightened, he knew that Camilla and Angel were mortal enemies, this time he came to recruit pirates in the name of saving Angel, and he didn't have any good intentions at all, and Angel herself is an extremely smart woman, and she has ** praise in Ortrencia, and it is obviously impossible to fool with a perfunctory method of prevarication.
Cook thought for a while, and said tentatively: "My Highness, how about Queen Camilla, it seems that it is not my turn to comment on this little general, I guess I already have the answer in your heart, you might as well say it, just listen to it." β
Old treacherous and slippery guy!
Angel glanced at Cook, a slight smile on her lips, she knew that this kind of private negotiation with Cook must be a complicated and circuitous struggle, although this kind of struggle is not gunfire, but it can decide the fate of thousands of people.
While Angel and Cook were communicating privately in the corner of the banquet, Tang Jie was also whispering to Fiona at this time.
"What are you talking about, let me send troops to help Angel return to China and get the throne?" Fiona looked at Tang Jie with a strange look, as if she was looking at a madman and an idiot.
After Tang Jie said this cheekily, he also let go a lot, smiled hehehe, and asked rhetorically, "Haven't you already brought out two legions?"
Fiona glanced at Tang Jie deeply, and said meaningfully: "You really spared no effort to help your Angel!"
Tang Jie said solemnly: "Fiona, can't you see what kind of benefits Angel can bring us once she can sit on the throne?"
Fiona snorted coldly: "That's for you, not for me! The Falco Empire is the lair of the Sky City of Talasia, I don't think you should know without me saying that we Mozambique and Thalasia are mortal enemies! Do you want me to help my mortal enemies? Even if I agree, how can I convince my soldiers that my subordinates agree? Mozambique has a senatorial council, it is not my word!"
Tang Jie shook his finger and said with a sigh: "You only see one aspect, dear Fiona! Mo Zabik needs a strong and stable foreign aid, so that it will not repeat the mistake of the last left and right attack, so that it can give the Pound Empire a strong deterrent, so that it does not dare to attack rashly again! Although the Falco Empire is far away, it is a good ally, once Mo Zabik is besieged, it can transport anything Mo Zabik needs without any restrictions. β
"They may be able to blockade the continent, they can block the chambers of commerce that do business with Mozambique, but they can't block the sea, because, the Sea of Nilsia, it's mine!" Tang Jie smiled slightly, "As long as I am in this ocean for a day, I will ensure that your backyard is safe and calm, and no one will cross the Roentgen Sea and the Ataq Sea to the Kadra Sea to carry out a surprise attack on you." β
"Also, as for the Sky City of Tarasya, Angel also mentioned to me that she thinks that the power and honor possessed by this group of magicians is too great, and she doesn't mind suppressing this group of people. Tang Jie spread his hands, "Look, if you can help Angel ascend to the throne, you will gain a strong ally, and you will also suppress your old enemy Mozambique, why not?"
Fiona looked at Tang Jie, and only laughed after a while, she knew that Tang Jie was very good at words, but she didn't expect Tang Jie to be so eloquent, but obviously absurd things made him speak so eloquently.
Fiona said with a smile: "My captain, the first thing I want to tell you is: the magic legion is not what I want them to do with a word, to support a person to fight for the throne, this must start a war, and to start a war, then I have to give my legion a legitimate name, I don't know what kind of justification Angel has to return to his own country to launch a coup d'Γ©tat?"
"What if," Tang Jie thought for a moment and said, "What ......if it's in the form of a Lend-Lease Legion?"
"Lease ......" Fiona poured herself a glass of wine, took a slight sip, and said, "Do you know how much the commission is for the Magic Legion?"
Tang Jie smiled and said, "You say, I'm very bold, I shouldn't be scared." β
Fiona smiled faintly: "Ten million gold coins!"
Tang Jie suddenly gasped!
"Hey, we have a good relationship, don't offer such an amazing price to scare me!" Tang Jie said in shock.
Fiona glanced at Tang Jie: "Then you go and inquire about how much the mercenary money of the previous magic legions is!
Tang Jie smiled bitterly and turned his gaze to Agatha, who was smiling not far away.
"Perhaps, we have to bring this gold master in?" Tang Jie said to himself.
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The third update, there is finally no gaffe~