Section 176 Eavesdropping (Part II)
Solomon's sea of spirits reverberated with the words of the Great Elven Kings, as if he were on the spot.
Although the Elven King's silent barrier could prevent sound from leaking to the outside world, he could not imagine that Solomon could use Paradise Lost to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Listening to nature, returning to nature, and relying on nature, the High Elves are also quite good at this, only the druids can beat them in this regard, but Solomon has Paradise Lost in his hands, but he can also hide the sense of the Great Elf King.
If that Sleep of the Earth Demetrous was there, he might have noticed some unusual signs, but it was only two high-ranking druids who were discussing with the Elven Kings.
Solomon had to listen to the High Elves because he needed to know how the Great Elven Kings were really reacting.
The High Elves obviously didn't please him today, and they left with a strong anger, and Solomon was a little impressed that the Always Proud High Elves were willing to endure for the time being.
However, the more this happens, the more they need to figure out their strategy and see if there is anything that can be compromised on the bottom line of the two sides.
Now, unfortunately, it seems that the bottom line between the two sides is extremely difficult to compromise, and the High Elves are planning to use Asturias as a breakthrough.
The only advantage Solomon had now was that he had mastered the High Elves' general strategy first.
The High Elves seem to be very resolute, and they do not hesitate to use the Wood Elves, a side branch race that has some blood relations, to establish a bridgehead in the name of supporting them, and then wait for the opportunity.
When fierce conflicts break out in the Azure Continent, they will also take the opportunity to attack and put pressure on Asturias again. If it doesn't work out again. It will take the bridgehead as a fulcrum. It is necessary to use force to achieve the goal.
This is indeed a clever move, although the High Elves are powerful, but if they blatantly send military forces to the Azure Continent, I am afraid that the various races that have lingering feelings about them will temporarily put aside their disputes and work together with the outside world.
But if the Azure Continent itself is in internal turmoil, and then launches it under the pretext of fighting for the development space of the Wood Elves, or accusing Asturias of bullying the Wood Elves, I believe that other countries or forces that have a gap with Asturias may not be willing to unite. There will be people who are willing to take the opportunity to weaken Asturias.
Solomon's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and if he didn't know the wood elf's move, he would have been a little passive at that time.
But now that you know it first, that's another story.
There was a slight flash of murder in his eyes, the high elves planned to use the wood elves as a springboard and fulcrum, so it was better to draw this river bridge first, so that the other party would have no way to borrow.
In this way, the High Elves are back in a dilemma.
Without the large-scale use of force, the idea of coercing Asturias can only be abandoned; And the excuse is that the development of a certain country on that continent will destroy the miรจ plane.
This excuse will certainly not be accepted by the races on another continent, whether it is true or not. It's impossible to accept.
After getting rid of the continent ruled by the High Elves, the High Elves come to accuse the other party's rapid development of endangering the plane, so what should we do? Stop, not develop? And the High Elves dare to start a war under this pretext, and if they stop, won't they be even more unable to resist, and they will be enslaved again?
If so, just as the elven kings were embarrassed when they deliberated, the result of using force might not be as good as not doing it.
Solomon's strategy may have been a disaster for the Wood Elves, and it was extremely unfair.
But when has there ever been fairness in the absolute sense of the word?
The High Elves didn't put themselves in the shoes of the Wood Elves and considered the consequences of being involved, and the light ones decided one part of their fate, and Solomon decided the other part of them.
"It is a great pleasure to see you, dear Prince Tristan, last time in Fadell, thanks to your wisdom as a lubricant between the two countries. Solomon smiled and said, "I heard that your country has made you the governor of Thai Fadel for a while, and you are much better than your brother. โ
"Prime Minister Solomon, I am also very happy to see you, last time I only pushed in the direction that is most beneficial to both countries, and fortunately you think so too. Yes, I served as the Governor of the Fadel Plane for a while after Galleon, but now I am out of office because my father needs me back. Prince Tristan smiled.
Solomon secretly met with Tristan, the great prince of Titania, and the political figures in Titania, in addition to the high-ranking Emperor Sauron, the prince Tristan was also a figure in Solomon's eyes.
Although Garon is ostensibly the one who opened up the Thai Fadel plane, the real credit is not as great as Garon initially thought, because Titania did not monopolize it, but Tristan later advocated the division of the aboriginal territory with Asturias, and took advantage of the national situation to occupy most of the territory of the plane, but won points.
Later, Garon's rule of Thai Fadel frequently led to revolts, revolts or migrations of the indigenous people, and during his reign, the empire's consumption in Thai Fadel was even greater than the taxes collected, and it almost became a loss-making deal, but fortunately, the abundant local resources could make up for this loss.
It would have been fine if it had been like this, but a few years later, when his brother Tristan was replaced as governor, his condition improved, there were fewer riots and rebellions, and the taxes collected were much richer.
In this comparison, Garon suddenly lost even more points in the eyes of others, and was almost regarded as a reckless man who could only use force.
But in fact, Garon is also quite wronged, his governance is too tough, but if it were not for the toughness of his previous two years of rule, Tristan's relative gentleness after taking over may not have a quick effect, and it may take longer to ease the tension with the aborigines.
Dimensional domination is not to kill the opponent as the ultimate goal, but to dominate the opponent as much as possible and use the opponent. Drive each other. Exploit each other. Oppress the other side, use the other side's manpower and material resources, develop resources from the other side's land, and transfuse blood to the homeland.
Among the people sent by Titania to accompany the High Elf envoy this time was Prince Tristan, which made Solomon relatively reassuring, and it was easier to deal with this kind of person who had a certain amount of political wisdom.
Otherwise, if only the Duke of Alvarez is with him, the other party will not be very friendly to Asturias. If you are biased towards the High Elves, it will be much more difficult to understand the true attitude of Titania from the side.
"I met with His Highness to find out what kind of attitude Titannia had towards the purpose of the High Elf Envoy's trip?" Solomon said bluntly.
Prince Tristan smiled, "Hehe, I don't want to deceive you and Asturias. It would be hypocritical to say that Titania had any unchangeable attitude towards this, and even if there were, it should only be decided by His Majesty the Supreme Sauron, not me. Or rather. Before His Majesty Sauron makes a real decision, even if there is anything. None of them are immutable, and wisdom such as you, of course, understands that in politics, there can only be one reason that can be changed, and that is to have a greater good. โ
Solomon was not angry at the other party's words, but nodded his head to show that he understood.
In the final analysis, it is the cunning Titania, who neither wants to face the High Elves head-on, nor does he want to give up the change caused by Asturias, because this change is also being imitated by Titanias, although the effect may not be as good as Asturias, for example, they can't build an automatic production line of magic conduction, but they have learned from Asturias and started to build an industrial area;
The pressure on Titania is actually greater than that of Asturias, the Church of Light has always taken them as the first target, the last time Margaret was overthrown, two cardinals were killed, the Church of Light Asturias can be said to have suffered a lot of losses, but it did not continue to retaliate, partly because Asturias is getting stronger and stronger, and partly because the Church of Light did not expect Margaret to be reversed like this at all, and after they succeeded in using Margaret, they immediately launched a challenge to Emperor Sauron, in a vain attempt to enable people who opposed the royal family in Titania to cause trouble, and as a result, Margaret was deposedThey can only give up painfully, because it is difficult to do both.
It should be said that with the rise of Asturias, Titania is also steadily counterattacking, and the influence of the Church of Light has been continuously weakened.
But now that this model has been dismantled, Titania is still the biggest opponent, and Asturias is just as likely to shake the Church of Light.
Now the Azure Continent is in a very strange and complicated situation, even Solomon and Tristan, who are now sitting at a table and talking and laughing as if they are good friends, are still half-playing.
Because they all have common opponents, they can work together against the Church of Light, weaken the Church of Light, and they don't have a good opinion of a country like Aurora.
But their interests are also inconsistent, and they secretly hope that the other party will act as cannon fodder and benefit themselves, just as in the current High Elf Envoy incident, the supreme ruler of Titania did not make a clear statement, but let people bring the disaster to Asturias.
"If that's all there is to it, I don't think Your Highness needs to go out of his way to accompany the High Elves here, right?" said Solomon.
Tristan couldn't help but smile, this time it was his turn to get straight to the point.
"With the High Elves, the Father Emperor really didn't show a clear attitude, as far as I am concerned, I don't want to support it, as long as it is beneficial to Titania, how can I stop because of the High Elves' ideas. โ
Solomon couldn't help but nod slightly, although Tristan refused to reveal a little bit of Sauron's final attitude, but telling himself his attitude in this way can be regarded as a bit sincere.
However, you can't completely believe him just like that, because there is always a way out in his words, this is his personal attitude, and it is also possible that he is trying to confuse himself for some purpose, even if he is sincere, but this is not Sauron's attitude, so even if he changes in the future, it is no wonder that he is not to blame.
"But I'm here because of another matter, and I need to have some private meetings with you. Tristan said. (To be continued......)