January 1, Mosk.

Red Square was white, the sky was constantly falling snowflakes, and outside the Kremlin, soldiers wearing red star cotton hats stood guard in the cold wind, their eyes resolute.

The secret police department led by Bodlinov, the Red Square Corps, and the Mosk police were all dispatched to clear a street and set up a cordoned off in this very cold weather.

Today is the day when the leaders of various countries gather in the Kremlin, the Kingdom of Windsor, the United Kingdom of Ruiwei, the Kingdom of Manitoba, the Kingdom of Queensland and the Commonwealth of the Southern Continent

The kings, whose territories together cover half of the world's land, gathered in Mosk at the call of Pope Mavi to discuss great matters.

This was an unprecedented event for the Romanov kingdom, and even Peter the Great did not do it.

The news that Pope Mavi wants to promote the Great Northern Alliance has long been spreading, and the people are talking about it, once the Great Northern Alliance is established, the Church of Truth will occupy all the northern lands, and the technology that the Romanov Kingdom lacks is precisely what the Windsor Kingdom can make up, on the contrary, the resources that the Windsor Kingdom lacks can also be perfectly provided by the Romanov Kingdom.

It was a coalition of the century, provided that the parties could accept the terms of the Covenant.

Cooperation is a good thing, but there must be sacrifices to achieve cooperation.

"Hasn't the priest arrived yet?"

In the palace, Katerina, who had changed into a red dress and a high-waisted corset, looked out the window and asked, and the reply she received was that this morning, Ma Wei had always been punctual and would not easily miss the appointment.

The valet Marusa said: "I just contacted Bishop Christopher, and he said that Pope Mavi and they are already on their way and will arrive at the scheduled time. ”

"It's snowing."

The sky was constantly falling with snowflakes, as dense as a rain of flowers, and the squares and streets that had just been cleared were covered with snow in the blink of an eye, and it snowed in Mosk every year, especially this year.

"It looks like it's been a good year."

Katerina thought for a moment and said: "Inform the army stationed in Mosk, let them clear the train tracks as soon as possible, ensure the delivery of supplies in heavy snowy weather, and at the same time send cavalry to contact the surrounding villages, issue a heavy snow warning, and let the Chancellor of the Exchequer secretly monitor the fluctuations in the market grain prices, and arrest anyone who finds malicious price increases." ”

"Yes."

"I hope it doesn't turn into a snowstorm." Katerina muttered.

Near noon, a steam airship descended from the clouds and did not stop on the outskirts, but directly on Red Square, in front of the Kremlin.

The hatch opened, the gangway fell, and Mavi was the first to step out, having resumed his status as pope, and the crowd watching from the outside of the cordon saw him and burst into cheers.

He was followed by Eunia, Arthur and Carl IX, King Sunderland III of the Kingdom of Queensland, and King Harrington I of the Kingdom of Manitoba.

Everyone who stepped off the airship was famous and controlled the supreme power of the world, and in the end, Levin and Fat Orange slowly got off the airship and walked down the red carpet into the Kremlin.

In addition to the kings, Wild, the goddess of health, and Luca, the god of liberty, also came to Mosk, and as members of the Truth lineage, they were fully qualified to participate in this meeting.

Katerina greeted them in the most glorious chamber, and when she saw Mavi, she stepped forward, and in front of everyone, she patted the falling snowflakes from Mavi's shoulders with her own hands, glanced at Arthur, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "I thought you wouldn't come back." ”

Ma Wei raised his eyebrows, sensing Katerina's careful thoughts, but did not retreat from her face, but said in a low voice: "Being close to me will not get you political bargaining chips." ”

With a slight smile, Katerina looked at Arthur in the slightly surprised eyes of everyone, she did not exercise etiquette, she has become a king, she does not need to salute anyone, in front of her, at most, there is only equality, the same is true for Arthur.

But Katerina still stretched out the back of her hand to Arthur and said in a slightly higher voice, "Long time no see, cousin Arthur." ”

It is not the king who sees the king, but the cousin who sees the cousin.

Katerina gave Arthur a problem, if Arthur admitted this identity and kissed the back of Katerina's hand, then in the eyes of other kings, Katerina undoubtedly conquered Mavi and Arthur, and they are the founding pope of the Church of Truth and the supreme king of the Windsor Federation, under the background, how noble should Katerina's identity be?

Of course, Arthur would not kiss the back of Katerina's hand, but in private, it didn't matter, but in public, when the meeting was about to be held, he was the representative of the Windsor Federation, and his every move represented the Kingdom of Windsor.

Just when the atmosphere became a little solemn, Daniel flashed out from behind the crowd, took the initiative to hold Katerina's hand, and said with a smile: "Hello cousin." ”

It is a well-established fact that both Arthur's mother and Katerina's mother were princesses of Frederick's kingdom, and Daniel's father, William V, was a contemporary.

Daniel's disturbance created an opportunity for Arthur, seize the opportunity, Arthur took the initiative to reach out to Katerina, and said: "I like the priest's words very much, the new era has the rules of the new era, and the same believers who pursue the truth, I think everyone should be more honest in front of the goddess, in front of the goddess, everyone is equal, King Katerina, what do you think?" ”

I didn't say that. Ma Wei said silently in his heart.

In the face of Arthur's question, Katerina stretched out her hand to shake him, and said with a smile: "I agree with King Arthur's words. ”

In the crowd, Karl IX's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he didn't even want to greet Katerina, he still remembered Katerina's attack on the United Kingdom of Ruiwei, if it wasn't for Mavi's timely appearance, the Kingdom of Romanov would have occupied the entire territory of the United Kingdom of Ruiwei with the help of transcendent beings.

It's not terrible to lose, it's terrible to be beaten and you can't even lift your head!

Katerina ignored Karl IX's small eyes, but sent an invitation to everyone: "I've prepared a luncheon for you, it's lunch time, it's better to have lunch first, and then start the meeting." ”

In the letter, Mavi told Katerina that they would arrive in the morning, but she could not determine the exact time, so Katerina made two preparations.

If Mavi and the others arrive in Mosk before 10 o'clock, then they will have a meeting followed by lunch, and if they arrive at noon, they will have lunch and then a meeting.

Because of the bad weather, the steam airship slowed down, and Katerina activated the backup plan.

Everyone had no opinion on this, although the time was tight, it was not short of an hour or two.

Katerina received Arthur and others with the highest state banquet standard of the Romanov Kingdom, and on the long table, each person had a menu in front of them, which was marked with various Chinese languages, and in order to facilitate communication, Katerina also provided interpreters for the kings.

She can speak Windsor, and she speaks Windsor very well, but in Katerina's opinion, whether she speaks Windsor or not, in this formal setting, she has to communicate and communicate in the official language of the Romanov Kingdom.

It's one thing to be there, and when to use it is another thing.

It is both a New Year's banquet and a state banquet, and the menu is very rich, even more grand than the banquet that Paul I entertained Mavi, and the menu is too long to see, there are dozens of cold appetizers alone, salmon, sturgeon roe sauce, game soufflé with mayonnaise, cold ham, dried white fish, duck jelly

Hot appetizers include white mushrooms with sour cream and venison sauce to spread Brio bread

As if to cater to Yunia's tastes, the second half of the menu is full of desserts, creamy fruit ice cream, strawberry mousse, roasted almonds, chocolate cake, vanilla mille-feuille pastry with secret red jam

Yunia was very happy, she asked for a little bit of everything, and by the way, she had a better impression of Katerina, who originally thought that Katerina was much more pleasing to the eye than Freya.

Perhaps in Yunia's eyes, in the most difficult period of the Church of Truth, Katerina, who was able to choose them against all opinions, was a very courageous woman with a good vision.

The Church of Truth and Katerina are mutually successful, and it is by no means as one-sided as who helped whom, in contrast, meeting Freya has been the most difficult period for the Church of Truth, and coupled with the fact that she has just changed to a strange environment, the vigilant Yunia certainly won't like Freya who is too proactive.

"Father, are you still going to go to London when you come back this time?"

Katerina asked nonchalantly as she sipped borscht.

"The Church of Truth has only one Holy See, just as a country cannot have two governments."

"I'm going to have an internal church vote on this matter," Mavi said. ”

As long as the Great Northern Alliance is promoted, where the Holy See of the Church of Truth is located is very important, and now Unia has completed the second awakening, and is constantly building her own kingdom of God, at most half a year, the country of truth can be completely built, for this reason, the Church of Truth needs an absolute core, an absolutely safe place.

Katerina let out an 'oh' and concentrated on the meal, she was not afraid that Mavi would choose London, after all, there was already the kingdom of the goddess of destiny, and the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God were not integrated, in order to ensure the safety of Yunia's kingdom, London was the most unlikely choice.

Aside from London, the most hopeful is Mosk.

At the same time, in the year since Mavi left Mosk, Katerina has become familiar with Dino, Christopher and other church members, and it stands to reason that they will choose Mosk.

Katerina is most afraid that Mavi will choose London, but as long as he is sane, the Holy See of the Church of Truth will be Mosk.

After lunch and a short break, the meeting officially began, Arthur led the colonial leaders to sit on the left side of the conference table, the church side sat on the right side, and surprisingly, Katerina sat on the side of the Church of Truth, not choosing the kingdom side.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look at the document in front of you, this is the plan and the covenant drawn up by the Church of Truth."

Ma Weilang, who sat at the top, said: "Now that the world pattern has changed, I hope that everyone can unite, exchange ideas, make alliances, cooperate sincerely, and strengthen ties between them."

The leaders looked at the document in front of them, although it was only a proposal, but it was a coalition initiated by Mavi and promoted by the Church of Truth, which was the most reliable trust in the theocratic age.

The leaders of the countries did not have much opinion on the establishment of the Great Northern Alliance, they just wanted to win more benefits for their respective countries and the benefits of the Entente.

The difference in geographical location and the difference in scientific and technological development are destined to have a strength gap between countries, and the weak country that cooperates with the powerful country can use it to absorb the blood of the powerful country to strengthen itself, while the strong country needs to pay some price to promote the conclusion of the covenant.

The trade-offs are a difficult one.

Especially for the Kingdom of Windsor, they already have in-depth cooperation with the colonies and are an economic community, and this time it is the Romanov Kingdom that wants to step in, take a piece of the cake, and take away their technology.

What Mavi didn't expect was that it was not Arthur who was the first to raise an objection, but Katerina.

"Before we start the formal talks, don't you feel that this room is empty?"

Katerina put down the document, looked at Arthur's calm eyes and said: "In the war the year before last, your country stole many treasures from the Romanov Kingdom, and since you are going to conclude an alliance now, I hope that the Windsor Kingdom can return the stolen treasures to show the sincerity of cooperation." ”

"Huh"

Hearing this, Karl IX sneered: "We were able to snatch the treasures of the Romanov Kingdom because we were strong, and besides, those treasures were the price we used to make up for the war losses, why should we return them to you?" By asking for gold and silver treasures through the covenant, I think you are the ones who are not sincere! ”

"According to you, is it possible for a strong country to plunder a weak country at will? Can the Romanov Kingdom consider it a declaration of legitimate aggression against the United Kingdom of Ruiwei? ”

"The war that broke out the year before last was a misunderstanding! Now that we all belong to the Church of Truth, we should have let go of our past grievances, but you are using this as a threat to demand that the Kingdom of Windsor return the gold and silver treasures, which is unreasonable! ”

"Misunderstanding." Katerina's eyes were indifferent: "I was born and died with the priest, and when I was fighting on the front line, why didn't anyone say that it was a misunderstanding?" ”

Karl IX was about to speak, but Arthur raised his hand to stop him: "It was indeed a war of aggression, there is no doubt about it, I am willing to admit it and face the facts, in order to show sincerity, the Kingdom of Windsor is willing to return the treasures plundered by your country." ”

After speaking, Arthur glanced at Ma Wei and nodded slightly.

He agreed to this request for the sake of Ma Wei's face, with his understanding of Ma Wei, even if he didn't take the initiative to speak, Ma Wei would support Katerina, after all, the essence of that war was against the Church of Truth, and the Kingdom of Windsor itself was unreasonable.

Who would have thought that the former enemy would suddenly become his own god?

Dino, who was sitting on the church side, saw the two sides facing each other, and his heart rose with worry.

The start was not smooth, the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov have a long grudge, and the contradictions between the two sides are not something that can be solved by a war or two kings playing the card of affection, during the reign of Peter the Great, the Romanov Kingdom wanted to develop towards the Central Continent, but was repeatedly blocked by the Kingdom of Windsor, because the Kingdom of Windsor is an island country, located in the northwest corner of the Central Continent, and the last thing to see the Central Continent have a country dominance.

Only the situation of secession in all directions can create the greatest benefits for the Kingdom of Windsor.

The Romanov Kingdom, which has the largest land area, is the biggest threat to the Kingdom of Windsor!

Dino is no exaggeration to believe that if it were not for Ma Wei's efforts, it would be difficult for the Romanov Kingdom and the Windsor Kingdom to reach cooperation without a common enemy.

Even if they cooperate, they will only be limited to wartime.

Immediately after the war, the two sides will return to a-for-tat posture.

The alliance has not yet been formed

There are already hidden dangers.

(End of chapter)