The so-called diplomacy is mostly a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other. Usually, the stick is always used first, because giving carrots to others first is likely to make people underestimate themselves, and the stick will not be very effective in the future.
Alice implemented a similar policy. She went on a killing spree in the province of Morrow, but her subsequent methods were much gentler. Of course, the situation in the Moro Province is very different from other provinces. The Moro Province borders the Mayo Empire, and it is difficult to leave their homeland. Some are reluctant to leave, and some are too late to leave. Most of the nobles stay in their fiefdoms. , it is inevitable that there will be a mixed bag of fish and dragons.
After learning about the situation in the Moro Province, many nobles felt frightened and fled to the Diamond City. As for the little family property, they were really powerless. They couldn't even save their lives. What was the point of the family property? Almost all the nobles who are willing to stay have lost confidence in Edward VIII and hope to stay in their hometown to find new opportunities, or in other words, to find new masters. There is no need to be too harsh on them.
Alice frequently holds receptions for her own purpose, to eliminate the estrangement and unfamiliarity between the two parties, and to make them familiar with each other as soon as possible. In the words of another world, this is called a united front. Alice's efforts paid off, and the atmosphere of the reception seemed very harmonious. Whether it was the generals of the Mao Empire or the nobles of Shansha Province, they were all chatting and laughing in low voices. The wish of the nobles of Shansha Province is to occupy their own place in this new world and not be abandoned by the times. However, the generals of the Mao Empire have no personal enmity with each other. As for national hatred... even His Majesty Julande There is no need to dwell on the past if they don't pursue it. Everyone knows that there are many friends and many paths.
An Fei leaned on the railing of the balcony and observed the crowd below. He had very good eyesight, and when he saw Doge Mingzhe walking out of the backyard, he couldn't help but wonder: "Don't Doge Mingzhe hate attending banquets? Why is he here today?"
"Probably preparing to pave the way for his students." Susanna said softly.
"Not bad, do you even understand this?"
"You think I'm a fool!" Susanna rolled her eyes at An Fei.
An Fei just wanted to speak. Just when he saw Beeri appearing behind Dog Mingzhe: "Marshal Beeri is here too!"
"At dusk, Alice sent someone to ask for Marshal Beeri. It seems that she was planning to have Dog Mingzhe's students hand over the information to Marshal Beeri in person."
"It seems you are right. Dog Mingzhe is really paving the way for his students." An Fei smiled and said: "Since we entered the Shansha Empire, Dog Mingzhe has never made a move. Do you believe it or not? Wait until we attack Diamond. On the day when the King of Concubines conquers the city, Doge Mingzhe will definitely ask for a battlefield on his own. Haha...Doge Mingzhe kept silent at the beginning, probably because he was worried that he might have done something that might make Edward VIII lose his mind and anger his students. "
"It's not easy for him. As a great magician, he has to do some things that he doesn't want to do." Susanna understood what An Fei meant. When the time comes, Dog Mingzhe will not only help. It is better to work hard so that he can pave a golden avenue for his students.
"I can understand how the teacher treated us? Dog Mingzhe is also a good teacher." An Fei smiled: "What's more, his betrayal brought danger to his students, so much so that he was placed under house arrest. I feel guilty for such a long time, so of course I have to try my best to make up for it.”
at this time. Alice appeared at the gate of the courtyard. There were five or six people wearing magic robes beside her. They were old and young. They surrounded Alice like stars holding the moon, and Alice was very affectionate towards them. , talking and laughing from time to time.
"They are students of Doge Mingzhe." Susanna also saw it.
"Alice is also a student of Doge Mingzhe. It seems that they have known each other a long time ago." An Fei suddenly frowned: "I'm a little strange. When Alice was forced to marry to the mercenary country, why didn't they Come out and help Alice?"
"Maybe it's because they're not in the Diamond City, or... because people speak softly. They stood up, but it had no effect."
The arrival of the protagonist made the atmosphere of the reception even more lively. From time to time, nobles came forward to say hello. Alice always responded politely, and then introduced the people around her. According to An Fei's calculations, she walked from the courtyard door to the center of the venue. Alice I was stopped more than twenty times in total, and the same words must have been said more than twenty times. Dog Mingzhe in front was also surrounded by people, but today Dog Mingzhe seemed very amiable and energetic, chatting and laughing with the people around him.
In comparison, Beeri was left out. As the leader of the military and the Imperial Marshal of the Mao Empire, his usable value was far greater than that of Alice and Doge Mingzhe at the moment, but Shanshaxing The provincial nobles did not dare to rashly start a fight with Beeri, nor did they have the qualifications to do so. However, for the generals of the Mayo Empire, if they stepped forward to block the marshal's way and talk some innocuous nonsense, wouldn't that be courting death
There was almost no man's land around Beieri. Seeing Beieri approaching, the nobles of Shansha Province stepped aside with smiling faces, while the generals of the Mayo Empire stood proudly. When Beieri passed by, they hurriedly Slip aside quietly.
"The master has come out, why don't you go down?" Susanna asked softly.
"Why should I go down?" An Fei shook his head and said, "I'm here to make a living."
"Those elves are really..." Susanna showed a helpless look: "I heard that there is a slave market here. I will go there tomorrow and buy you two real maids. Those elves don't know how to take care of people at all. "
"Forget it." An Fei looked at Susanna with a half-smile: "When the time comes, I will soften my heart and let him go. Although your husband is very rich now, you can afford all the money on the entire continent." A slave?"
Susanna blushed. When An Fei was just made an earl, someone whispered in her ear that An Fei was already a master. There were not many people around to wait on him, which made him look too shabby. Susanna thought about what they said. That's right, of course, she doesn't need anyone else to take care of her food and daily life. The maid just brings tea, pours water, cleans the house, and there is someone to attend to An Fei when she is not with An Fei. Susanna then ran to the market in Violet City and bought An Fei a maid from a thousand choices. Out of curiosity, I asked about the girl's life experience, and found out that the girl was originally from the Ma'ao Empire, and was captured by the army of the Shansha Empire. Later, she was captured by the soldiers of the Ma'ao Empire. She said that she was Ma'ao. Imperial people, but those soldiers told her to shut up and threatened to kill her if she spoke nonsense. In the end, she was trafficked back as a woman from the Shansha Empire.
There are black sheep everywhere. Those few soldiers just want to get more money from the quartermaster and ignore everything. It is really disgusting.
Susanna became sympathetic and learned that the girl was a resident of Blacknia City. She gave the girl a few gold coins and let her go. Susanna also tore up the so-called slave contract on the spot.
When she went back and told An Fei about the matter, An Fei laughed, and then Susanna went to buy it again. An Fei stopped her and said that no one in the world wanted to be a slave. Every slave has his own history of blood and tears. Since he freed the third One, there will definitely be a second and a third, there is no need to buy it, and he likes the world of two people and doesn't want others to disturb them. Susanna liked and agreed with what An Fei said very much, so she gave up the idea of buying a maid. However, now that the two of them were talking about old things again, she felt a little embarrassed.
"Isn't this good for you?" Susanna asked angrily.
"Be good, don't be angry." An Fei hugged Susanna's waist with one hand and pinched Susanna's cheek with the other: "Marshal Beeri has seen us."
After hearing the previous sentence, Susanna was still looking at An Fei with a look of tenderness. After hearing the latter sentence, she hurriedly broke out of An Fei's arms and looked down. Sure enough, Beeri was looking at her with a smile. However, Susanna felt ashamed and ashamed. She stamped her feet and said, "You want to die! You know that someone is looking at you and you still..."
After a while, Beeri was already standing on the balcony: "An Fei, why don't you two go down?"
"It's good here." An Fei smiled and said, "Sir, can those...Doge Mingzhe and those students be trusted?"
"It's not important. Edward VIII can't play any tricks anyway. He can only defend Diamond City." Beeri suddenly frowned: "But... Diamond City has a total of twenty-two mage towers. Edward The eighth generation's court mage group has not participated in the battle, so there is no loss. If he is bent on being a coward, it will be a bit of a headache. At least before the arrival of winter, we will not be able to capture the Diamond City. An Fei, you have a lot of ideas and good luck, is there anything you can do?"
"Sir, what can I do?" An Fei smiled bitterly: "Last time I proposed to assassinate Se Jialan, but it ended up dragging you down. Now I have been..."
"Don't say that, An Fei." Beeri waved his hand: "No one expected that Sejialan actually had the Ring of Immortality. It was just an accident. What? I don't dare to speak because of an accident!"
"I don't know how to fight, what can I come up with?" An Fei shrugged: "But if you need me to kill someone, just talk, I'll kill you wherever you point.
"Haha... I don't want you to tell me now. Think about it slowly, we still have two months." Beeri couldn't help laughing, and even patted An Fei hard.
Beeri's laughter attracted people's attention. Looking up, Beeri was chatting affectionately with a pair of young people. Since burying the dragon man Kremlin, Anfei has been keeping a low profile recently, and those nobles don't know him. An Fei was whispering and guessing something.