Chapter 779: Talks
After the owner of Chebel City confirmed that the visitor was not a spy of the devil and that the guest was not a subordinate of the demon, Alicia took Wei Chimu and his lieutenant to the conference room where they usually used to correct documents, listen to reports, discuss decisions, taste refreshments, and eat daily, where they were ready to formally receive and meet the general of the Eastern Continent, who had come from thousands of miles away.
Angel, who had been guarding behind the girl, stepped forward and opened the door for everyone, and when Alicia was about to turn around and signal Yu Chimu to invite in, the corner of her eye suddenly saw a certain scene, and immediately fell into a state of five thunders and speechlessness.
Yu Chimu soon discovered the little queen's abnormality, followed her gaze and looked indoors, and after being silent for a while, he maintained an indifferent expression and praised: "Although fox demons are very common in the Eastern Continent, I didn't expect them to exist here." Queen Bixia, it seems that you are keeping it as a pet, it is really good taste. β
On the wooden table, which was littered with papers, a small fluffy snow-white fox was holding a quill with its tail crossed, and was writing and drawing on the parchment full of important information, not even noticing that the door of the room was opened.
"You don't need to get me down the stairs. After dropping a sentence, Alicia rushed straight to Yu'er's side, took the fur on the back of her neck, lifted her into the air on the spot, held it up in front of her, and shouted loudly, "You naughty little soul, who allowed you to scribble on these important documents!?"
"Tu your sister's crow, I'm reading and correcting carefully!" "Yu'er, grinning and opening her tail unceremoniously yelled back at the little queen, "And these are Imris's masters." I'm just helping my master to lighten her load. Got it, you undisciplined queen who didn't even bother to deal with your own work and threw some of the documents to the master for correction!?"
"Goo......
Under Yu Chimu's stunned gaze, Alicia let go of the little fox, and ORZ, who was covered in black lines with tears streaming down her face, to the ground.
The two sides have already made brief introductions to themselves. Therefore, Wei Chi Mu quickly slapped the expression on his face to look at Imrith nearby and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, may I ask if that is indeed a nine-tailed fox?"
"Yes. But in this case, you should put on a look of great consternation, point to your sister, and say, "Is it really right?"
I really want to ask, but who knows if this will annoy the seemingly unreliable queen Bixia!? Because of his previous experience, Yu Chimu, who was not very cold to the emperor, swallowed his saliva decisively, and scratched his head with a smile on his face.
Elysia's OR state only lasted for a few seconds, and she quickly got up again, casually patted the non-existent dust from her skirt, and reached out generously as if nothing had happened just now, "Everyone, don't be stunned outside, come in and sit." Sister Mamei. Lao Jia helped clean up the table and served us tea. β
The others were already familiar with the blonde girl's instantaneous face-changing stunt, but only Wei Chimu and his adjutant couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"General, what do you think of this queen Bixia?" the adjutant whispered, leaning his head over.
"It's ...... There is personality. β
It's not just a personality. She just went overboard at all! And looking at the looks of the courtiers around her, they were completely treating her like an ordinary girl next door, right? Even so, their eyes were still full of respect and even trust when they looked at her. How the hell did she do it? No, before that. Is there really a so-called relationship of trust between monarchs and ministers?
Yu Chimu rubbed his slightly swollen temples. Deciding to give up thinking about this question for a moment, he strode into the room.
After the two guests were seated, Alicia, who was sitting on the main seat, gently brushed the hair on her shoulders and spoke first: "Then, I, Alicia Harris, as the queen of the Birea Empire, welcome the arrival of all the representatives of the Eastern Continent on behalf of all the members of the Western Continent Unification Alliance...... (Looks up and holds a note between his index and middle fingers and hands it to Ba Asami) Speaking of Sister Mamei, is it necessary to be so formal like this?"
"Why is it not necessary, this is the first meeting between the representatives of the two sides after the East and West Continents have been cut off for many years!" Ba Asami took the small note that was secretly stuffed to the blonde girl before angrily and funny, "Normally, no one would deliberately show off the cheat sheet in front of the guests, right, what do you want to make trouble?"
"Of course, I plan to carry forward the spirit of the three nos with no discipline, no nonsense, and no lower limit in the whole shijie!" the little queen said loudly with her arms stretched out.
Without hesitation, the senior sister took out a paper fan and slapped it on the girl's head: "Hurry up and give me all the three no-no girls and their many fans, Daoqian!"
He actually slapped the queen's head with a paper fan in front of everyone? Do you think this is a comic show!? Wei Chimu is really completely shocked this time. And the adjutant sitting next to him had already fallen into a state of unconsciousness that spit out white souls, one Buddha was born, and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.
Then I saw Alicia holding her head and shrinking her neck, posing as weak and pitiful as a small animal that was molested by a bear child, looking up at Ba Mamei in front of her with tears in her eyes at a pure 45Β° angle, pouting and whimpering aggrievedly: "Mi woo, Sister Mamei, you bully people." β
appeared. The legendary belly black Lori maliciously sells cuteness!
With a plop, Yu Chimu sat down gorgeously from his chair.
"Sister, I'm really sorry to disturb you. Imrith pointed to a dark-haired man sitting on the floor and reminded him wordlessly, "But don't forget that we still have guests." β
"Ahh The blonde girl scratched the back of her head embarrassedly and sneered, "It's a habit, and I can't get rid of it." β
"The teacher taught us that bad habits must be corrected in time, so please be sure to change this habit that can be started anytime and anywhere!"
β...... It also depends on who the teacher is. β
Chrissy, who was dating her boyfriend Stanny, who had not been dating for a long time, sneezed hard for no apparent reason.
Yu Chimu finally climbed back to the seat tremblingly, raised his hand and said, "That, Queen Bixia?"
Alicia hurriedly waved her hand at the young general: "Ahh Don't worry, we've always been like this. β
"I don't want to think about who gave it to me!" Ba Asami pulled the stupid hair on the top of the girl's head and said angrily, "Hurry up and do my business!"
The beautiful little queen immediately clenched her fist in her mouth and coughed. Sit up straight and change into a serious look and say, "Then first of all, welcome everyone." Teleporting without being sure what the other side is taking a huge risk, and I have a lot of admiration for your courage. However, I find it strange that you are supposed to be sent on a reconnaissance mission, given your numbers, equipment, and supplies. But the Jishu personnel under my command reported that the spatial passage that teleported you over was one-way, and you could only teleport over, but not over. What the hell is going on?"
Because Gongsun Yi didn't plan to let me go back from the beginning. Yu Chimu opened his mouth slightly. Zuihou changed his words lightly: "It's just for the sake of insurance." If the place connected is the home of the demons, no one wants the other party to invade along the passage, right?"
Alicia glanced at the man strangely, but didn't pay much attention. Nodding his head slightly, he said, "That's right." You're lucky, because we've only been conquering the city for a long time, and it's been under demonic control until then. If you teleport a month in advance, you will all be captured by the demon and go to pop the chrysanthemum. β
Even when she finally showed the queen's temperament and image, would she still be open-mouthed!? Looking at the little queen in front of her with a beautiful appearance and a superb character. Think about the gloomy emperor of the Ming Empire who was mediocre on the outside and ruthless on the inside. Wei Chimu couldn't help but sigh with emotion for a while.
"Youβyou're laughing......"
"No, no, no, I'm serious. Do you know what BL is, it's an aesthetic ...... It hurts! Why are you beating me again?"
"I won't hit you next time. The senior sister who was smiling with a spring breeze didn't know that Weishenme looked chilling, "I'll just pluck out your stupid hair." β
"I'm sorry, I don't dare anymore. Alicia decisively patted her cheek hard and looked at the embarrassed Wei Chimu again and said, "OK, let's continue." Since the channel is one-way, you must have a way to communicate with the country. Otherwise, how can we send it back if we finally get the information, and can we use it to help us establish formal contact with the Ming Empire?"
Where do I have any means of communication? Wei Chimu pursed his lips and shook his head with a serious expression: "No, that method is an absolute secret of our country. I beg your pardon for refusing. However, I have received an order from Emperor Bixia to act as an envoy with full powers to represent the Ming Empire and the countries of the Western Continent in diplomatic activities, so you may as well tell me directly if you have anything to say. β
[Strange, I always feel that this Wei Chimu is deliberately hiding something, but I can't hear any flaws in his words. Isn't it a mixed truth? Well, it's like a certain demon military advisor used to do. Since he wants to hide it, it's better not to ask for it, so as not to make an unpleasant fuss. Then we can secretly investigate. γ
Yu Chimu, who was trying to look at the peerless little beauty opposite with confident eyes, suddenly couldn't help but tremble.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Alicia scratched her scalp and said a little helplessly, "After all, there is a wide ocean between the eastern and western continents, and the continent of Teranmere, which can be used as a transit point, is now full of demonic minions, even if an alliance agreement is signed, one party is really going to be attacked by the demons, and the other party can't help at all." I don't like this kind of meaningless verbal stuff, so let's do something workable. β
Wei Chimu felt more and more headaches - he was indeed a rare genius, but that was limited to military affairs. Faced with this kind of political problem that consumes brain cells extremely much, he only feels that he is going to be overloaded and short-circuited at any time. So he had to follow Alicia's meaning and answer, "May I ask what you mean ......?"
Jishu communicates. "Especially when it comes to weapons and equipment, the two sides can exchange them as they see fit." What do you think?"
To provide the other party with information on the weapons and equipment of the Ming Empire's army? Wei Chi Mu suddenly fell into hesitation.
The reason why Yu Chimu was able to successfully defeat the demon was in addition to his own proper command. It also has a lot to do with the army's own combat strength. Since there are not many magic crystal ores in the Eastern Continent, humans have tinkered with steam and gunpowder in the process of searching for and developing other energy sources. Today, the armies of the Eastern Continent are armed with elaborate repeating rifles, long-range artillery, and water-cooled machine guns, and it is only with these sharp firearms that they have achieved an overwhelming advantage in frontal battles with low-level monsters. and eventually drove the demons out of the sea, and more recently, they have invented all kinds of ships, chariots, airships, and other machinery powered by steam engines, all of which are powerful weapons - although the strong people who practice the Dao do not give a disdain to these things, it is undeniable that they are indeed very useful.
The young general was exiled by his own emperor, so his subordinates were equipped with cold weapons (Celestial Empire-style swords, to be precise), otherwise Alicia would not have seen a sword brigade, but a regular reinforcement company of Western countries in World War II.
And now, the proposal of the beautiful little queen to communicate with the Eastern Continent made Yu Chimu frownβit wasn't that he had much superiority. It's just that whether it's Ilya or Angel, as Elicia's personal bodyguard, they are all equipped with some bulky cold weapons, how can you make the young general who sees this scene not hesitate?
Now it's Elicia's home turf. If you don't take out anything, it's a bit unreasonable. In that case, it is better to choose a steam engine. The structure of this thing is so complex that even if you know how it works, you can't easily copy it.
After Yu Chimu made up his mind for a long time, he rubbed his temples again and said, "I understand." This is indeed a mutually beneficial approach. Your wisdom is amazing. That's right. Please let me introduce you to a powerful machine that the Ming Empire has recently invented. It uses coal as fuel, and the steam produced by boiling large quantities of fresh water has a huge amount of energy......"
"Hey, I didn't expect the people from the Eastern Continent to make up the steam engine?"
Wei Chimu immediately choked on his trachea, clutching his Adam's apple and coughing desperately, while his adjutant was even more shocked and rolled directly to the floor.
DiBiston, who was able to sit at the table as a courtier, looked at Alicia curiously and asked, "Queen Bixia, what exactly is that steam engine you are talking about?"
"A powerful engine that doesn't need magic crystals, but is powered by combustible substances such as coal. The blonde girl patiently explained, "So maybe you don't have any idea, so I'll put it another way." That thing can provide the same amount of energy as a medium-sized magic circle. Enough to power the Dawn in their place. β
This time, the blue-haired handsome guy finally understood, and the eyes that looked at Wei Chimu immediately became respectful.
It seems that there is a similar jishu here in the Western Continent. Oh, yes. Their armies have already reached the continent of Taranmere, how can they be as backward as they seem? After shaking his head self-deprecatingly, Wei Chimu smiled bitterly and coughed back to normal, "It's rude." It looks like the Western Continent has something similar to the steam engine, so I'll have to change it. Dare to ask Queen Bixia, do your country's ground troops feel struggling when fighting the demon clan's cannon fodder sea troops?"
"If you don't have any fire support, it's a bit of a struggle. Alicia nodded cheerfully and admitted, "Our warriors are well-trained and well-equipped, but they can't withstand repeated attrition. Why, could it be that the army of the Ming Empire fought with each other easily?"
"It's not easy. After recalling the overwhelming sea of cannon fodder, Wei Chi Mu pondered the words and said, "However, we have a single weapon that can continue to carry out long-range attacks, and we can consume them in turn before the opponent approaches, so it is relatively advantageous." If I can, I'd like to provide you with this jishu. β
"Muskets, yes, the technology of the Eastern Continent is developing faster than I thought. Alicia's words once again made Wei Chimu almost unable to sit still, "It sounds like you have already used muskets in actual combat, and you must have enough experience. OK, let's musket. I just don't know if the following curious creatures can use them well......"
"Strange creatures, do you mean the Evil Eye?"
"Don't mention those tentacle monsters to me, it's speechless just thinking about it. The little queen covered her forehead and sighed, "All I think about now is the Terran machine gunners, orc machine gunners and minotaur machine gunners, and the Martians who hold the energy ray guns with their tentacles are all scattered for me!"
Jikerem, who had been sitting nearby and silently observing the talks between the two sides, ready to make amends when Alicia made a mistake, decisively looked around at everyone with a face begging for an explanation, and said indifferently: "Queen Bixia occasionally suddenly falls into this off-line state, just get used to it." β
How can this be used to ah, hey!?Anyway, none of you who are courtiers went up to stop her!?Wei Chi Mu even had the idea of overturning the table on the spot, but after all, he was a soldier, so he quickly suppressed the impulse in his heart and nodded his head in embarrassment and sighed: "Very good, very powerful." β
After a gust of wind, Alicia finally returned to normal. She elegantly arranged her hair that had just been messed up, looked at Wei Chimu who was crying and laughing, and said, "Then next, let's talk about what our Western Continent can provide to the Ming Empire." (To be continued......)