"What the hell do you call that? Contemptible people have been single since they were born! You Transian barbarian, show me some respect! ”

Shani has been pampered since her debut, and she has not been afraid to face Tracey, an old-timer in the bloodsucking world, and she has shown the demeanor of a general when negotiating with the Lord of Transancia, but she was a little broken by Murphy's "Mrs. Shanny".

The main reason is that she doesn't understand the peculiar aesthetics of the little players, and thinks that this is Murphy mocking her like an incompetent housewife.

Actually, no.

"I apologize to you for being undignified."

Murphy smiled gently, stood half behind Tracey, and whispered:

"But the truth is as I and my Grand Duke have just said, that all negotiations on the territory of Translansia are unacceptable! Is my answer clear enough? And if you're not going to leave now, why not relax and listen to what I'm going to offer next? ”

"Of course, that's what negotiations are all about."

Lady Shane gave an interested expression and raised her glass to Murphy in her chair with an extremely dignified gesture. Tracey, who was next to her, followed Murphy's usual posture and propped up her chin with her ten fingers interlaced, and her bewitching face showed an expression of "watching a good show".

This gesture made Xia Ni's heart faintly uneasy.

But Murphy had already spoken.

"First of all, the Nordov Kingdom wants to release the armed blood servants in your hands, and I don't care if they riot under the watchful eye of the Winter Wolf Legion or whatever! If you take 6,000 people from Transnesia, you will return 6,000 people.

Not a single one!

Second, the kingdom of Nordtov was to provide sufficient firearms and ammunition for the official army to be formed in Transasia to deal with the threat of the Black Plague.

If artillery is available, we would welcome it.

Finally, until the Black Plague subsided, the Crimean Fortress could not interrupt the grain supply agreement with Transencia for any reason.

We will not take your in vain.

We'll pay the bill in gold, and if we can't come up with the money, the part of the mines in southern Transylasia that is collateral will be enough to compensate you for your losses.

Also, personally, I have a small request to report to Her Majesty the Wolf Girl.

I hope that Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden will issue an official edict and canonize me as the 'Governor of Translasia', with full authority over all affairs in the whole of Translasia! ”

Murphy spread his hands, and under Xia Ni's strange gaze, he said eloquently:

"When the Confederation of Portia was formed after the First Black Plague, it was also recognized by all the major powers of humanity at that time, so I felt that an official edict from a queen would better strengthen my claim in Transasia.

Although I don't actually need it.

As for what you can expect from this deal?

First of all, I can make sure that not a single gnoll will enter your territory before we are eaten whole by the gnolls. You can sit in the splendid palace of Borean Castle and tell a story of the terrible battles that took place in Transansia.

This is used as a backup topic for the ladies during their afternoon tea gatherings.

Secondly, I promise you and Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden behind you that Transncia will never fall to the Plantagenet Kingdom.

We will do everything in our power to maintain neutrality and fulfill our duty as a military buffer between the two kingdoms until both of you have digested the benefits of this war and are ready to fight for the supremacy of the continent next time, when we decide which side we will join. ”

"Are you finished?"

Mrs. Shane shrugged her shoulders and asked.

Murphy nodded, smiling at her.

The latter took a small sip of his drink in a proper manner, then breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Are you taking me for a fool? Murphy, what qualifications do you have now to make such outrageous conditions in front of me, and expect me to agree to you? I'll admit that the approval of Lord Pa Ying is indeed a lot of pressure on the blood clan.

But this recognition is based on the fact that you can contribute enough to defend against the Plague, and I do not think that you can fulfill the expectations of your Lord in your current situation.

As for what you said about the pressure from the Plantagenet Kingdom

Okay, Nordtov wouldn't have entered into a more fierce confrontation with the Plantagenet Kingdom for the sake of the land of Translasia, but I don't think King Louis would have made a big deal out of it if he had just eliminated a lord who didn't know the general situation.

So, return the favor with your words!

If you want to negotiate, then show some sincerity.

If you don't want to, shut up. ”

"Little Murphy, your conditions are really outrageous, I think it's too much to hear."

At this time, Tracey also spoke:

"Show some sincerity, or your Aunt Xia Ni will really be angry."

"You two did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Mrs. Shani narrowed her eyes and said in a cold voice:

"Trissy, I respect you as an ancient, but don't take an inch! Is a woman's age a topic that can be teased casually? Not to mention that it is still on such occasions. You two are truly the most unreliable Bloodline leaders I've ever met.

Even the blood-dread little patriarch Pablo, who hid in the Sea of Mists as a pirate, is more stable than you. ”

"I'm in a hurry, someone in this room is in a hurry, but I won't say who. I'll admit that Tracey and I are 'atypical vampires', but it's unseemly for someone of our status to engage in personal attacks. ”

Murphy snorted.

This time, he solemnly took out a small notebook from the psionic bag, flipped through a few pages, glanced at Xia Ni, coughed, and said:

"Then let me change the conditions, the territorial issue still cannot be discussed, this is the bottom line.

However, the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Nordtov lent a sum of money to the Viceroyalty of Transnesia to purchase military supplies from factories in the Kingdom of Nordtov to defend against the Black Plague.

Our captured armed blood servants can also be redeemed by 'ransom'.

This money will be returned to the kingdom of Nordtov for the next ten years, and if interest is added, it cannot be higher than the median official business loan in your country. ”

“？”

If Xia Ni was just angry when she heard Murphy's conditions just now, it would have made her whole body stupid.

It is no exaggeration to say that Murphy's condition is somewhat beyond the comprehension of Grand Duke Shani, and even began to violently attack her worldview as a vampire.

After a few seconds, Xia Ni got up in some shock, pointed at Murphy and said:

"You mean, we're lending you money! So that you can buy our stuff? And to give a low interest rate that is low enough to make those vampires from the Treasury Department come to me with knives to duel? And then you call this a 'concession'?

Grand Duke Trissy!

Won't you take care of your servants?

He was clearly suffering from some kind of mental illness and was hopelessly ill. ”

“Emmmm”

Grand Duke Tracey rolled her eyes and said:

"I'll admit you have some truth in what you said, but I choose to believe little Murphy. He must have his reasons for daring to say this, so, Murphy, why don't you hurry up and explain the principle of this to the two old aunts who can't keep up with the changes of the times? ”

"She's going to be angry if you attack her age like this again, and Lady Shane seems to care about that."

Murphy whispered, and then explained seriously:

"If this comes true, then the kingdom of Nordov will become a creditor of Transnesia. In this world, there has always been only a fearful creditor who owes money, and how can a creditor be wary of those who owe money? I have heard from my consuls that Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden is also pushing forward reforms in the kingdom of Nordov, and that military reforms have been effective, but commercial and political reforms in the country are faltering.

The reformers who supported the wolf girl could not expand but could only inspire themselves with loyalty, and this was the time when foreign orders were needed.

Think about it, Grand Duchess Channie!

The military supplies and logistical supplies needed to fight the Black Plague in Translancia are astronomical, and this is the first line of the fight against the Black Plague, how many arsenals are our orders enough to feed you? How many jobs will be enough to create for you? How many more freedmen will you feed who have escaped the shackles of the land?

The reformers who support Her Majesty the Wolf Lady can not only gain status, but now they can also get real benefits!

They will become more motivated, because money has always been the devil's trick to deceive people! The sound of the gold coins was so wonderful that the most stubborn old landlord willingly surrendered his property, as long as it made him see that it was profitable!

Well, since it's a negotiation, let me change to a more demagogic rhetoric.

White iron is used to reward fearless warriors, gray copper is used to reward flattering lovers, silver is used to buy cunning courtiers, gold! Only yellow-orange-orange gold can satisfy everyone! It can make demons learn to keep their promises, let devils know how to be kind, make goblins sick, and make angels fall crazy!

Yes!

Gold!

As long as the queen has enough gold in her hand, she can buy everyone.

War!

With all due respect, war is the most valuable business in the world! As long as you learn to use it wisely.

If you don't think that's enough, I can even open the markets of Transencia to your own merchants and levy a very small tax on them, allowing them to dump the goods of the Nordtov kingdom in Transnesia.

And through the location of the core of the continent, Transnesia, he extended his trade routes to the Genoese Peninsula and even the territory of the elves.

The great queen will also be supported by the big merchant class in the country because of this effective initiative!

The more friends the ruler has, the better.

The support from the merchants will further deepen the reforms of Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden, more investment means more factories, and more factories will desire more profits, and they will not have to be whipped to devour the old and old-fashioned stubborns for the Queen, and then spit out more freemen for Her Majesty to use for her.

This is how the chariots of the kingdom will be launched!

Fueling it with a steady stream of blood, capital, and desire, it was able to crush all the conservatives that stood in its way, and finally plunged the entire kingdom into the abyss of expansion, which was becoming more and more radical and greedy.

Either you will become the hegemon of the mainland, or you will be crushed! ”

Murphy smiled, spread his hands, and said to Shani:

"You see, Lady Shani, what I was talking to you about at the beginning was politics, war, negotiations, transactions and money, all of which are just a continuation of politics, and you are clinging to that little bit of profit and are unwilling to let go.

That's why you can only be the patriarch of the Thorn Clan, while your great-great-granddaughter can become the queen!

So, please send my conditions to Her Majesty's desk in their original form, with all due respect, for a matter like the one I am about to talk to her, with your current political sense. Perhaps, not yet eligible to be served. ”

The room was quiet for a while, as if no one was there.

Xia Ni didn't know at what stage she couldn't keep up with Murphy's train of thought, but she was a little dazed by Murphy's series of ideas that were far ahead of this era.

Triss probably understood.

But the bad-eyed Archduke the Blood Vulture didn't intend to point out some of the deep-seated errors in Murphy's series of statements, and the opposite side of the river had already been bluffed anyway.

"But. . . But you don't have any money! ”

Trying to point out some of the fallacies in Murphy's logic, she rubbed her eyebrows and said:

"Transencia is the poorest place on the continent, and our merchants bring goods to your people, and they don't have money to spend."

"No, we have money! Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden will lend us money to buy your things. ”

Murphy winked and said:

"Only if we eat all the things that your merchants have brought can we better stimulate the change of the business atmosphere in the kingdom of Nordutov, so that the old atmosphere tends to disintegrate, and makes people's hearts move.

Why do you still think about 'money' when you say so much?

Consume!

Consumption is the most important part!

For every bullet we fire at the Gnolls, your arsenal places an order for one more bullet.

The more we spend, the higher your productivity will be.

Until quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

This is the strength that the wolf girl needs most, not one or two reformed armies. What age is this, how can you only want territory and not pay attention to higher needs?

As I said, Mrs. Shani, your mind is not well suited to think in this regard.

You're too practical.

Paying too much attention to detail to see the whole picture means that you are a good executor but not a commander.

But trust me, this condition is good for both sides.

Therefore, I think that today's conversation can be over, and please convey my opinion to Her Majesty the Wolf Girl.

The sooner the better. ”

A few minutes later, a dazed Grand Duke returned to the place where Madame Tracey had prepared for her, and the previously imprisoned Earl of White Mountain had been released, and he was confronting his ancient ancestor with a gesture of shame.

However, Grand Duke Xia Ni was in no mood to pay attention to herself, a junior who was not outstanding in her eyes.

She'd still be obsessed with figuring out Murphy's strange theories that sounded plausible, but she always felt that there was something wrong with them.

"Your Excellency, do you have any troubles?"

Young Andrei noticed the entanglement of Grand Duke Shani, and he asked cautiously, but Shanny glanced at him and said:

"I wanted to scold you for messing up a simple thing! But it dawned on me that your small failures don't matter in the situation we are facing now, that you have received a so-called 'modern' education in the Tower of the Ring.

Come here, I need your help clearing my troubled thoughts a little. ”

"Uh, Grand Duke, I'm majoring in literature at the Academy in the Tower of the Ring."

Andrei was a little embarrassed.

But he still sat next to her at the request of Grand Duke Shani, and listened to Xiani's description of her negotiations with Murphy and Triss in full, and the young brain was better than the "ancients" who were more than three hundred years old, and the Earl of Baishan soon discovered the loophole in Murphy's theory.

He said seriously:

"There is no problem with his statement in the first half, Archduke, His Majesty has indeed always wanted to pull the forces of reform in the country, and starting with commerce and industry is the best way to do so, as has been proved by the reform experience of the Plantagenet Kingdom.

The problem, however, is that Transia will not always willingly become our debtor and a dumping ground for goods.

They will also develop!

And once the region becomes self-sufficient, we will be at risk of overstocking what we produce, and we will have to find the next dumping ground before the domestic economy runs into problems, or we will face the big problems that the Kingdom of Sealand has faced before. ”

"Huh?"

Shani immediately understood, but then she asked:

"You say, the Kingdom of Sealand had the same problem in the reform? They have suffered a similar situation? How did they solve it? ”

"War!"

Andrei looked at his patriarch, and after a few seconds he whispered:

"Thirty years ago, the current King Louis waged a war against the kingdom of Isha in the name of his father's assassination!

He won.

So all the problems he encountered were solved.

Ten years ago, King Louis had completed the integration of his kingdom and the reforms of the unified Plantagenet kingdom had been restarted, and the new state that had unleashed its potential needed new territories and victories to bridge the tensions.

Their lords craved more manpower, and their factories needed more cheap resources.

Under the pretext of the Old Church rebellion, it took them ten years to annex more than half of the rich and resourceful territories of the Portia Confederacy.

I don't know when the next war will come.

But I believe that if our decaying nations do not catch up quickly, the next time the hungry King Louis and his increasingly greedy nations will treat us as a delicious cake with a full stomach.

My sister would definitely agree to Earl Murphy's proposal.

Because of the danger that my inferior wisdom can see, she who has inherited the true will of the Hero King can only see more clearly than I do.

Nordtov needs Transia!

At least at this stage, it is needed, not only because of security anxiety, but also because of the real market.

The cunning Murphy realizes this, so he dares the lion to open his mouth.

And you

IMHO.

You lose, Grand Duke.

At least in this negotiation, you lose a mess. ”

(End of chapter)