Section 216 Diplomacy (8)
Gerard's secret meeting with Leona ended in failure, even though neither side wanted to be known, whether it was a success or a failure.
But Gerald must have had a response to his supporters, and the frustration of Aurora's southern efforts to enter the political arena was revealed in the faces of the southern aristocracy, and then the northerners knew a little about the meeting.
A week later, Titania Crown Prince Tristan also visited abroad after bidding farewell to the Asturian delegation, arrived at Aurora, was received by the Aurora royal family, and announced that the friendship between Titania and Aurora was long-lasting, showing support for the Aurora royal family.
This move was welcomed by the elite class in the north of Aurora, and it also made the nobles in the south of Aurora even more disgraced, because although they also received the support and help of the Rose Bank, the Rose Bank was only a commercial organization on the surface, and it was impossible to compare with Titania, not to mention that the Rose Bank refused to openly support the South now.
However, Asturias, which is far away from Aurora, commented after Tristan's visit to Aurora, highly praising Titania's visit to Aurora represents the desire and direction of peaceful coexistence and common prosperity of all countries, but then pointed out that Aurora's prosperity and development are inseparable from the support of the southerners, and Aurora should follow the example of Asturian to establish a parliament.
If Asturias's attitude is expressed by Titania, then Aurora South will really be grateful, but the problem is that these words were put forward by Asturias, and they are a little embarrassed, although this is really their idea, but they can't openly echo it, with the current relationship between Aurora and Asturias, if the South can't wait to respond, it may not be able to get a good result, and it is more likely to be counterproductive.
Asturias doesn't stop there. Later, a delegation represented by the foreign minister was also sent to Aurora, claiming that the old grievances between the two countries had long passed, and that they should look forward to the future together, and that Asturias hoped to re-establish formal reciprocal diplomatic relations with Aurora and was willing to take the initiative to send an ambassador, but also hoped that Aurora would show some sincerity. Declared a severance with the Srek of the Eastern Beast Alliance and listed it as a terrorist organization.
If Aurora had spoken out in support of the South, Aurora might have really considered this request, because the Sreks were also disgusted or hostile to the Titania and Saxons, and only the Aurora Barbarians and Orcs were mixed, and Turing City had long traded and interacted with the tribes among the Orcs, so they helped each other, but if there were more suitable interests, it was not impossible to break up with Slack on the surface. Anyway, he is still sheltered in secret, and others have also caught the handle.
However, because of Asturias' support for Aurora South, the Aurora royal family did not receive the diplomatic mission of Auroras at all, and only the outgoing Prime Minister Carlo Grenan met with the delegation with illness, rejected Asturias, and sternly demanded that Aturian not interfere in Aurora's internal affairs.
When Solomon got the news from thousands of miles away, he smiled and said, "That's enough."
He didn't want to be too obvious, so as not to arouse Aurora's alarm. But because Titania has shown a certain gesture, if it does not help Aurora South relieve the pressure caused by this. If the classes in the south of Aurora are "shrunk" like this, it will not be fun.
So after Tristan expressed his posture on behalf of Titania, Asturias also acted appropriately, in fact, Asturias's posture at this time was not of much help to the Aurora southerners, because the possibility of Aurora people receiving direct help from Asturias was very small, after all, the two countries had a previous grudge.
But even the South did not respond in the slightest. Solomon's purpose was also achieved, which was to give the other a false illusion: Look, there are still people who support us, and although we cannot respond, we are not alone.
Other than that. According to the information that Murphy kept transmitting, it can already be determined that there are people and consortia behind the Aurora Southerners, such as the arsenal that has been built, which is not at all something that ordinary forces can help the Southerners to build.
In addition to Asturias and Titania, the Saxons can also do it in terms of manpower and material resources alone, but in fact, it is difficult for the Saxons to do it now, because the domestic development is seriously affected by the Church of Light, and the research of magic is vigorously suppressed, although the Saxon nobles are keen on the reform benefits brought about by the study of magic, but it is impossible to break the suppression policy of the Church of Light in the short term, at most the powerful and businessmen cooperate with small-scale production, research, but such a form is more restrictive, lacks great support, lacks the support of capital, and is more unstable, because it may face the blow of the Church of Light.
Therefore, it is difficult for the Saxons to build an arsenal in their own country, let alone help the south of Aurora.
If you were someone else, you might not have guessed where the funding and support behind Aurora South came from, but Solomon could guess a few points.
Since Titania is inclined to the north, it is unlikely that the kingdom officials and domestic consortia will help the south; Asturias is similar, because it does not really want to help the south of Aurora, but it is just a gesture, not to mention that it was rejected by the Aurora, and the south did not respond publicly, even if a capitalist who does not sell arms to the enemy country is not a good capitalist, but a good capitalist must always consider the safety of his investment, and the security department of Asturias is not a vegetarian.
But there are exceptions to everything, at least Solomon knew that there was also a Rose Bank that might be secretly supporting Aurora South.
They have motivation and ability.
The Rose Bank is a consortium established by the secret party of the blood clan, and its development over the years has become more than just a bank, with the help of capital, they settle the trade transactions of various countries, and also borrow money between countries, and then directly or indirectly influence or control a considerable number of companies and enterprises.
The Rosette Bank had hoped best to realize the dream of democracy and freedom in Asturias, but when Solomon became the Queen's husband, it hindered their development, and the relationship between the two parties almost cracked, but in the end, the Rosette Bank succumbed to Solomon's intimidation.
But the secret party will definitely not give up, so they will also look for other opportunities, the Titanian royal power is the crown of the continent, they have almost no chance now; the Saxon is not in royal power, but there is the Church of Light, the supremacy of the church, there is still no chance for the secret party, so only Aurora can still try, it just so happens that the south of Aurora is also more and more in demand, and the two sides hit it off.
Solomon can guess a few points of the reason for this, but it is not convenient for him to prevent the secret party from looking for opportunities in Aurora, and it is not easy to suppress and suppress the development of the secret party's power. Because, in the first place, with more forces that may have a conflict of interest with him and Asturias, the secret party may be able to cooperate in the future.
At this stage, although the secret party is far inferior to Solomon's power in terms of military and political strength, there are still ways to protect themselves.
This is also the price of Solomon's becoming the queen's husband and having great influence in Asturias.
The fact that the Rose Bank occupies a large part of the settlement transactions in the trade of the countries is enough to make the countries have certain concerns about it, and the complex situation of the countries, in the non-national environment, the neutrality of the Rose Bank will also develop more smoothly than the banks with the color of other countries.
And since at the beginning of the rapid development of Asturias, the secrets were accompanied by the Rose Bank, and they also had enough conditions to obtain relevant information, or with the help of companies that their own capital could control and influence.
But Solomon is also familiar with the power of the Rose Bank, so when the information from Murphy and the Department of Security Affairs came one after another, and began to confirm his views from various levels, the support of the Rose Bank for Aurora South was already obvious.
Of course, it will take some time and intelligence for other countries or powers to know this, compared to Solomon.
Therefore, Asturias's action is also taking the opportunity to beckon to the Rose Bank, if you need help, you can talk about the possibility of cooperation and the distribution of benefits, but Solomon will not officially talk to the secret party, because that means that Asturian needs it more.
Of course, the big and small actions of the countries also have an impact on Aurora, although the royal family and the wealthy elites in the north continue to be tough, but there are also people who will come out to make a relaxation.
The Prime Minister of Aurora, Carlo Grenan, who was about to step down due to health reasons, rejected Asturias and accused him of interfering in Aurora's internal affairs, but he also turned around and made a statement to the king, believing that the hostility in the south should be eased to avoid undesirable consequences.
The Valkyrie Leona also proposed to release the restrictions on the Alien Plane that the kingdom was attacking, and follow the changes in Asturias at the beginning, allowing non-nobles and organizations and ordinary merchants outside the official army of the kingdom to enter and trade, which can not only be used as a supplementary force to occupy the Alien Plane, but also speed up the progress of conquering the Alien Plane.
Of course, this is detrimental to the interests of those who have monopolized the benefits of the conquest of the heterotope, but it is a means to ease and pacify the south, and the large participation of the southerners is not without benefits, the mage class in the kingdom is more in the south, and the use of the south on the black rock has begun, and the participation can bring qualitative and quantitative changes to the conquest of the heterotope.
In the past, when the Aurora Kingdom entered the heterotopic plane, most of them followed the holy war of the Church of Light to get a handful, and after tasting the benefits, they began to organize the construction of teleportation channels, and entered the invasion and plunder through the space coordinates, but the teleportation they enabled was still based on the magic crystal as the source force, and the teleportation magic array was also limited in scale due to the lack of mage's participation, and it was impossible to achieve large-scale invasion at all, and the speed of conquest was naturally slow.
Speaking of which, Aurora's invasion of the Alien Plane is a bit like hunting, because without the use of Black Rock, it is difficult to ensure that the teleportation channel is always maintained with magic crystals, unless there is a large source of magic crystals, so only when it is opened, it will enter and transport materials to the past.
The Valkyrie's proposal was reluctantly agreed to by the Aurora court and other factions, easing the conflict between the north and the south of Aurora somewhat. (To be continued......)