"Lying. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Victoria's lie was immediately exposed by William: "You obviously have enough naval power. Don't think I don't know the standards of the Bretons. The standard of your navy's numbers and combat effectiveness has always been based on the sum of the second and third places. And now, neither the Visigoths nor the Asturians have committed their entire navy to the New World battlefield. You obviously have more corvettes that are useless. ”

"Ah...... Well...... Is that so?" Victoria hated in her heart. He only wanted to dig two pieces of flesh out of William's body - and he pretended to be stupid when he talked about things that were not good for him. Now that I'm talking about topics related to myself, I suddenly pulled out my old bottom. No face at all. Double standards to this extent are also unheard of.

"Of course it is. William nodded, and then looked at Victoria very seriously: "If you have always been like this, then it is difficult to convince me of the sincerity of your alliance. Perhaps, there is no need for the alliance between the Hereford family and the Britons to continue to exist. ”

"You want to break the contract?" Victoria's eyes narrowed.

"You didn't keep the covenant first, so you are also the culprit behind the breakdown of the alliance. William said calmly.

"......" Victoria was once again speechless. Yes, although William's colonization in the New World made her feel like a thorn in the back. But at the end of the day, William did so in accordance with their covenant. No one can say that he is wrong.

"I'll ask my subordinates to look into this. So Victoria said with a blank face - just an investigation, of course. What happens after the investigation is another matter. And the investigation also takes time. What's more, the results of the investigation are not necessarily the same as William said.

So it's just perfunctory. Yes, Victoria is just perfunctory. She won't stop doing it just because she's done something wrong. Or, in spite of the breach of the covenant, it is in one's favor. Then that's not a mistake.

"I hope you're moving fast enough. William said.

“......”

Although on the surface, William was just a very ordinary urging, Victoria still heard something different from William's words.

"You...... Did you do something bad?" Victoria frowned, then asked.

"Who knows," said William lightly, "only, in the case that a covenant does not guarantee benefits." Isn't it natural to seek a new covenant?"

"-You want to form an alliance with the Visigoths?!"

Although William did not say it explicitly. But that's exactly what he was trying to say.

"Who knows. William said indifferently.

"You just crushed the Visigothic army of 20,000!"

"No, to be precise, 'you' have just crushed the Visigothic army of 20,000. William smiled: "Don't forget, Your Majesty. The White Legion is nothing more than mercenaries. We were hired to fight in the New World.

So, mercenaries just have a little benefit. That is, in the event that the employer is unable to pay us enough commissions, the mercenary can choose not to go to war. Even, if the enemy gives the same price, we can become mercenaries on the enemy's side. ”

"Are you threatening me?" Victoria's expression became even more ugly.

"No, how can this be said to be a threat to you?" William looked at her with a calm expression, "I'm just stating the facts. ”

After saying this, William and Victoria once again played a game of staring. In the end, Victoria gave in.

Compared to Russia, compared to Hereford, an ally, half of the colonies in the New World are really nothing. And if, on the other hand, William really joined the ranks of her enemies, then not to mention whether the war to suppress the rebellion in the New World would have failed.

Victoria was sure that the money, time, and energy involved in this war would increase countless times over.

Now, Briton could not devote all its power to the New World.

The civil war in the Ostrogothic Empire ended. Now that the sun is setting in the Visigothic Kingdom, the human world in the Old World is about to undergo a drastic change. Compared to the New World. The Old World is the core interest of the Britons.

"Will they really turn to my enemies, or will the Visigoths really accept the surrender of the White Legion?" was a question that Victoria pondered for a long time, and finally came to a dismal conclusion.

That's quite possibility.

Yes, it is very possible. If she had been Louis XVI, she would have done so. Louis XVI only had to guarantee two points to settle William. The first is not to engage in any hostile acts with William. In this way, William's fleet was able to move unhindered in the Atlantic. The second point is to respect William's neo-Gothic colony.

Both of these were easy things to look like for Victoria. It doesn't take much effort. First, the Visigoths do not need to spend anything. And the second point is that the land there is not Visigothic anyway. Selling someone else's land, the Visigoths naturally don't feel distressed. Or, the matter of cutting off the colonies of the thirteen states will make the rebel army, the American Republic uncomfortable. But there is nothing they can do.

Among the several games in the New World, the rebellious republic was the least powerful. What they say doesn't matter at all.

"That's it, if Visigothic can use these two conditions in exchange for William's support, then the battlefield of the New World will be completely eroded and out of control. In this case, I had to give in. ”

After speaking with William, Victoria returned to her makeshift home in Charleston. Then reconvene her think tank. She repeated what she had said to William to her advisors. After this, the thinkers looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"This, this ......" Originally, as an advocate of this plan, Mr. Pitt received the most attention. Now, this guy who was still in high spirits before is eager to find a place where no one is there to hide himself.

"It's completely different from what I thought. Why is this happening?!What is wrong?" he shouted in his heart.

"If that's the case, we'll have to pinch our noses and admit it. One of the consultants said helplessly.

"Yes, if the Hereford family really wants to betray us...... We must reassure them. ”

"The Old World is more important than the New World. We need the invincible army of the Hereford family to secure our interests in the Old World's continental territories. So, we had to compromise with them. ”

That's it, the advisors, you say it word by word. They sighed, and they pretended to be helpless. Every time they finished speaking, they glanced in Pete's direction. The eyes were full of mockery, and even a fool could see it.

“...... So be it. Deliver a message to the country. Seeing that no one had any objections, Victoria was completely out of ideas. After she sighed, she was ready to give the order: "Prepare to escort the fleet." In the future, if there are ships of the Hereford family going to sea, then we will provide them with escort services as much as possible...... Besides. Perhaps, we will have to follow the agreement and hand over the southern colonies to the Herefords—"

"-Wait a minute, Your Highness!, there is one more thing to consider!" At this moment, Pete's anxious voice came again. Everyone else who responded to him, including Victoria, who had admired Pitt so much, was a little impatient at hearing his voice.

Loser, error, failure. Although Pete didn't actually do anything, it wasn't he who gave the order, but Victoria.

At the time, Pete had asked Victoria if he would let William continue to do whatever he wanted after he had returned to the area with his army. At the time, Victoria replied "no" without even thinking about it. However, the end result is this.

It would be incorrect to say that this was all Pete's responsibility - but the problem was that Victoria was their boss. Pete, on the other hand, is a wage earner. After the task fails, the boss naturally does not feel that it is his own problem. Others, naturally, do not blame the boss. Therefore, this failure, everyone thinks that it is Pete's mistake.

So, in this case, this failure naturally became Pete's mistake.

"What else do you have to say. One of the advisors said in an impatient tone. The implication is that a useless guy like Pete has already failed, so he obediently hides in the corner and admits defeat. Now what else is there to say. There's nothing you can say, can you?

That's it.

"Yes, yes. This failure was my poor consideration. "Even though I was very unhappy in my heart. But Pete also knows how to advance and retreat. So soon, he first admitted that this defeat was his responsibility. After barely recovering his impression of Victoria, he continued:

"But I have a question - Your Highness, and you. Since His Highness has such countermeasures. He can threaten us with his betrayal to achieve his ends. So what I said earlier was that he was going to train the Cherokees to be a threat. So, aren't you curious? Why did His Highness train those Cherokees?"

Listening to Pete say this, people remembered this again - yes, it was because of this in the first place, and that's why things got to this point.