"Isn't the mobilization of people from our cities simply pumping our blood? This is even more shameless and despicable than demanding war reparations, and we absolutely do not agree with such provisions. ”

These city lords and mayors talked about the terms that Gavin had proposed, but did not raise much objection to the withdrawal and protection of their property, which was a necessary amount, without which there was no possibility of negotiation.

The archmage of the court waited until their argument was dry and the discussion was much quieter, and then he spoke: "I am just conveying the other party's request, you might as well discuss it and come up with appropriate conditions, so that I can convey it to the other party." ”

After another period of negotiation among the city lords, the mayor of Ximen City, Siegel, finally concluded: "As long as they leave this place in good faith, we have no opinion on the first and third terms they put forward.

But the second one, the belonging of Ivanaor, we can't agree with his opinion, this is our Dragon Coast's own business, even if we Dragon Coast does not arrange manpower, at least it is the free opinion of the citizens of Ivanault themselves, not controlled by him, as for whether to start a war, it is also our Dragon Coast's free right, and he should not interfere.

Fourth, we can only agree with half of it, we can guarantee that their normal caravan and the entire road will not be destroyed, after all, this is also a good thing for us, but the ownership of the Giant Plains, we can't admit it, we can only guarantee that we will not take the initiative to attack the Blood Gorge City, once those big goblins step out of the Giant Plains half a step, we have the right to use troops against them.

Fifth, we have no way of agreeing that the citizens are the foundation of a city, and if we allow them to win over our citizens, it will be tantamount to digging our own graves, and we will at most allow them to take away the citizens who had previously taken refuge with them and the citizens that Ivantor was willing to go with them, and not allow them to recruit one more immigrant in Dragon Bay.

Sixth, the asking price is ridiculous, we can collect a million at most for them as a commission for their elimination of Ivantor Necromancer. ”

Naturally, the archmage of the court could not run at both ends, but after the two sides reached the basic intention of negotiating, he summoned the two parties together, let them talk about the war for profit, and only be the last witness.

The two sides are all using the means to do this, telling the facts and reasoning, coercing and luring, anyway, they will not give an inch to their own interests, especially the attitude of the conqueror army is extremely tough, and if you are not sincere, we will rely on Ivan So, and if you have the ability, you will fight it yourself, and directly put the head of the Dragon Coast coalition army out of temper.

If they had the ability, they wouldn't have had to fight Gavin here, they would have done so a long time ago.

It is easy to gather 50,000 troops, but it is even more difficult to turn them into battleable soldiers, and it is even more difficult to turn them into strong armies that can attack cities, especially when facing an army that has won two battles and two victories.

In order to show their strength, the army of conquerors pulled out their extraordinary warbands at every turn.

The Tree Corps, each of which is a moving siege machine.

The Goliath Corps is invincible in land warfare, and no army can resist their jump tactics.

The Great Goblin Giant Legion, they don't need to do anything at all, they just need to stop there, their terrifying size can destroy the will to fight of most ordinary soldiers.

The believers of Tampas, led by Eldan, rode around Evantall on white mares, and the deep meaning they represented made countless people fearful, and they could not raise the courage to confront the army of conquerors.

Such negotiations have never been decided by who can speak the word, but by who has the advantage of force.

Those who occupy the superiority in force are approaching step by step, and those who occupy the disadvantage are naturally retreating step by step.

In the end, the focus of the two sides was on two aspects, one was population and the other was money.

"In order to prove our sincerity, let's take a step back, we don't go directly to your city to recruit immigrants, all your cities will gather 10,000 immigrants for us, so it's okay, right?" Gavin said to the mayors of the Dragon's Coast in a tone that I had lost a lot.

"This is not immigration, you are shameless robbery, what is the difference between this and those slave traders buying and selling people?"

"We absolutely do not agree with this outrageous demand."

"We will never back down on this matter."

The lords and mayors of the cities of the Dragon Coast rebuked with righteous indignation.

"Since you think it's human trafficking, then let go of the cities and let us recruit ourselves, and then we'll see what your policies can make those citizens stay? Or are you attracted by my policies to follow me? Gavin sneered, "Why didn't you reply?" It wouldn't be dare, would it? In this matter, you have an advantage over me, as long as you are not too bad for your own citizens, as long as you can survive, no one will leave their homeland, leave their homeland, 10,000 immigrants is my bottom line, if you can't even do this, don't I play my cards according to common sense, believe me, I can take more immigrants from your city when the time comes. ”

Gavin's confident appearance made these city lords and mayors furious from the bottom of their hearts.

In the past few days, they have fully understood how difficult it is for him to deal with the army of conquerors he leads, especially the cards that he said are not according to common sense, which is really unreasonable.

Every time they make a move, it is unexpected for them, and they are caught off guard.

Previously, when they were stubborn about the ownership of the Giant Plains, Gavin didn't talk nonsense, and directly showed them the real projection of the big goblins of Bloodgorge City to eradicate the alien tribes in the Giant Plains.

Tens of thousands of goblin cannon fodder, thousands of goblins, hundreds of goblin giants.

Directly silence them collectively.

Now it's not a question of whether or not they admit Bloodgit City, they should pray that Bloodgit City doesn't cross the Giant Plains to attack them.

With such a terrifying force crouching around the Giant Plains, the monster tribes above had no chance to grow and grow, let alone threaten them.

And it also taught them that it was not all right to send the conqueror's army away, and that they had more opportunities to engage with this young adversary in the future.

It's the kobold's dwarf statue city, the goblin Blood Gorge City, and now he has installed his own human power in Ivanaor, no matter how you look at it, he is ready to play with the dragon coast in the palm of his hand.

Rather than letting him toss around on the Dragon Coast, it is better to accept this number of deaths and collect and pack the population of the old, weak, sick, poor, and criminal death row prisoners in various cities to him.

In the end, it was the mayor of Ximen City, Siegel, who said: "10,000 immigrants are 10,000 immigrants, but there is a premise, what immigrants we give you, you will accept them, and you are not allowed to pick and choose." ”

"Yes, but there is a premise, they are alive, and it is voluntary, if they are cut off before they are delivered, or they are blinded and deaf, then don't blame me for turning my face and not admitting it, and I will pay ten for one false." Gavin blocked the possibility of the other party's crooked thoughts in advance.

Never underestimate the extent of the evil of these people, they can do anything evil in order to create problems for themselves.

He could even imagine what the next 10,000 immigrants they would send to him would be.

But for Gavin, it's not the 10,000 immigrants that matter, but the entangled connection with the Dragon's Coast.

If these 10,000 problem immigrants can be handled properly, and then spread to the side of the Dragon Coast, it will definitely attract more people from the Dragon Coast to take the initiative to immigrate to their own territory.

Compared to Tesser, the Dragon Coast is much closer to the valley, and it can be reached in a few days across the Dragon Lake along the trade route.

The bigger the problem these stupid Dragon Coast City Lords and Mayors give themselves, the greater the gains will be once they successfully solve them.

As long as the ruling pattern of the cities of the Dragon Coast does not change, the population here is settled, and it will take time to digest it slowly.

"Deal." This time Siegel no longer hesitated, he just wanted to get rid of these killing gods quickly, so many of their troops gathered here, people eat horses and chew, plus mercenary commissions, every day is an astronomical amount, some small towns can no longer support it, sneak away, it won't be long before their numerical advantage will no longer have.

"The pension is 8 million, we not only accept all kinds of money and materials, but also accept fixed industries in various cities, and those abandoned industries can also be discounted and deducted, which is already our minimum." Gavin lowered the price of the last condition as well.

"Aren't you afraid to eat and hold on?" Siegel couldn't help grinding his teeth and said viciously.

This time he didn't dwell too much on this matter, eight million is an astronomical amount that cannot be raised for a city, but for the many cities and forces on the Dragon Coast, as long as they are distributed according to the scale of their forces, even if they are these big cities, they are only divided into six or seven hundred thousand, and as a big trading city, it is only a matter of a few months of commercial taxes, and it is not difficult to get together.

What I couldn't accept before, the main thing is that this matter is very disgusting, the conqueror's army attacked Ivanso is a complete victory, at most, it cost hundreds of thousands of resurrection costs, and the benefits are all taken by them, turn around, and squeeze a lot of money and things from them, is there still a reason in this world?

But as the secret arrival of the Sambian envoy and the sharing of the latest plan against the army of the conquerors, they decided to pinch their noses and eat the bitter fruit, and they were ready to let the other party spit out all what they had eaten in the goblin side.

The overall layout of the Goblin Frontier is very similar to the Giant's Plains, sandwiched between two large mountain ranges.

But the former is far more dangerous and complex than the latter.

The terrain of the Giant Plain is relatively simple, except for the proximity to two mountain ranges, the rest of the place is a plain of flat rivers, where the special main thing is the gigantic flora and fauna, and the exits on both sides are hundreds of kilometers.

The Goblin Border Wilderness is different, the middle area is relatively narrow, especially the Sunset Mountains and the Cape Storm Mountains at the southern end of the large overlapping mosaics, and the largest entrance and exit barren path bridge is under the absolute control of Bosku.

If they borrow the way from here and come in again, it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

In addition to the river running through the Goblin Frontier, nearly half of the area is occupied by the Distant Sea Swamp and Thun Swamp, and there is muddy ground everywhere.

The previous way of building roads by the conqueror's army was good on the plains, but it was not good to put it there.

Now they can all imagine the embarrassment of the other party after driving into the goblin border wasteland, and then gathering and instigating the local monster tribes to harass and attack them, even if they are not defeated, they don't want to maintain the integrity of the entire army, and the wealth and goods they carry are not only a drag on them, but also a source of disaster for them.

"Whether you eat or not, that's our business, and we don't need to worry about the mayor." Gavin responded with a smile, "The longer this matter drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for you, and if it drags on for another month and a half, your military expenses will be more than this."

"It's too big, and we need time to prepare." Siegel gritted his teeth.

"I can give you ten days, and within ten days, send all your belongings to Avansor, and we will leave this place on time, and enter the Goblin Frontier by means of Poscus, what do you think?" Gavin also knew that what the other party said was the truth.

Mayor Simon exchanged words with the mayors of other cities for a while, and finally said: "Five days, we only need five days is enough, after five days, the goods will arrive, you will hand over all the things of Ivan Soll to the Avenger Resistance, and then all of them will leave, and they will not be allowed to return, if they break the oath, the people and gods will abandon it, and the world will discuss it together." ”

If it weren't for the fact that it would take time to gather supplies and personnel, they wouldn't have wanted the Conqueror's army to stay on the Dragon's Coast for even five days.

"Five days is five days, as long as you abide by the contract, we will never break the contract." Gavin swore an assurance.

He only promised that the army of conquerors would not return, but he did not guarantee that he would not influence, manipulate, or infiltrate the place by other means.

All the cities of the Dragon Coast are now united because of the strong dragon of the Conqueror's army, and when they leave this place, it will definitely return to its former scattered appearance, and then they will have a chance.

After the two sides reached a common intention, the contract was signed in the presence of the archmage of the court of the Cormier Kingdom, von Gedahast.

After sending the leaders of the Dragon Coast Alliance away, Von Gedahast said with a serious expression: "I heard what Xiaoyou meant, after you leave the Dragon Coast, you are going to go to the Goblin Border Wasteland?" We have just received two pieces of information from the Sambia Merchant Council, one of which is directly related to you and the other indirectly. ”

"Oh? What intelligence? Gavin had an interested look on his face, and he had actually guessed in his heart.

The contradictions between the valley and Sambia are irreconcilable, and the growth of one side will inevitably erode the vested interests of the other.

With their army of conquerors making such a big move on the Dragon's Shores, the Sambian Merchant Council is sure to make a move.

Calculation and calculation, the goblin frontier is their only chance to do it, once they miss it, they have nowhere else to use their strength to severely damage the army of conquerors, and the two places are separated by the kingdom of Cormier, it is impossible for Sambia to send a large number of mercenaries there, the only available way is to use the local local monster forces to encircle them.

And after they have passed, there will be conflicts with the monster tribes, which is inevitable, nothing more than the difference between organized and unorganized.

"They are ready to collude with the Dark Fortress of the Santarin Society, and are ready to launch the goblin monster tribe of the Frontier to snipe you." Von Gedahast replied.

"Although we have already guessed this matter, we still have to thank the archmage for his kind reminder, but we have no choice, there is only this way to go, we will be cautious." Gavin smiled confidently, "If they want to eat us, they need to be prepared to have their teeth broken, but after we successfully pass through the goblin borderland, we need to borrow the way in the rocks, and we need your consent to do this." ”

"I can't promise you anything about this, I need you to go to Susar to meet His Majesty in person." Although the Cormier Kingdom has already made a plan, Von Gedahast will not give any promises, because this is not a simple personal relationship, but involves the entanglement of interests between forces and forces.

"It's a matter of course." Gavin didn't expect to get his pass so happily.

Truth be told, things have developed so far that his original plan has been completely overturned.

In other words, it has been broken three or four times, and the plan is to keep revising, revising and revising.

According to his original plan, he was going to spend a year developing the rockland, assisting in the development of the valley, and at the end of this year, he followed King Yasan to the Sesk side, playing soy sauce, brushing experience, and making a little money by the way, and organizing people to thoroughly clean up the rockland in the next year, and naturally became the baron with the largest territorial area in the Cormier Kingdom.

Who would have thought that the momentum of his development on the valley side would be so rapid that as long as he brought back the army of conquerors, it was inevitable that he would overtake the rocky side in an all-round way.

At that time, there will be a relatively awkward situation, he will most likely be the lord of one or more sub-valleys on the other side of the valley, but he will have a territory in the kingdom of Cormier.

This will also be a question that he needs to discuss when he meets King Ahsan - if he really recovers the rockland, can he still be awarded the title of baron of the rockland?

Although it is not very common for one person to serve as a lord or lord of several countries in Faerun, it does not mean that there is no one at all.

He is now wearing many hats, being both Sir of Battle Valley, Baron Tesser, and when the time comes, it will be nothing more than adding a Baron Cormier, well, he is also the co-lord of Bloodgap City and Dwarven Statue City, which is already a small king.

"What's another indirect message related to us?" Gavin asked curiously.

There is no way to guess this, the espionage organization is what he lacks the most, especially the infiltration of a complete country like Sambia, or the advantage of an old kingdom like the Cormir Kingdom.

(End of chapter)