"Yes, what I want is a secret agreement. wWW, QuanBen-XiaoShuo, cOM" Salin answered calmly.
"What a philistine mage!" Stephanie was also happy. She felt very sorry for Ojarvis. Such an emperor was unfortunately short-lived. Ojarvis, who is suffering from a disease, has definitely no worse vision than Prince Sephiroth, and may even surpass his father. Emperor Chanak's personal power is so powerful that sometimes his vision is not that far-sighted.
When a person's strength is at its peak, he will often solve problems in a rough way. However, who can guarantee that this kind of power is truly invincible? Salin showed his hands and said, "What can I do? I have to support hundreds of thousands of people." "Then, how many mercenaries can you send?" Seeing that the two sides had shown their cards, Tiffany first asked Salin about the power he could mobilize.
Salin quickly calculated and said: "If Your Majesty waits until the end of the year, I can send 50,000 troops. Including the 100,000 troops stationed by King Rex at the border, the total is 60,000 main troops. If we recruit some auxiliary troops, we can Get together a hundred thousand people."
"These 100,000 people cannot be the same price." Stephanie wanted to save money for Ojarvis, and she was worried that Salin would use people to make up the number. More and more people will seek refuge in Salin, and a large number of refugees will appear in Garulan. Because the north of Qin could not accommodate it, many people entered Phoenix. Phoenix is not a safe place. Sooner or later, a group of these people will come to Salin. In half a year, Salin's population will probably double.
"How is that possible? I will organize an elite swordsman battalion, and the remaining 40,000 will be built according to the specifications of Qin Yin's main force. Your Majesty must pay in full for this elite swordsman battalion. The remaining 40,000, Your Majesty, Just be responsible for logistics and pensions. As for the auxiliary soldiers, it won’t cost anything. I will pay for it on your behalf.”
Ojarvis calculated correctly again. Salin had no intention of taking advantage. His ability to enter the Rhine Principality was the greatest victory. If he had not made a secret agreement with Ojarvis, he would eventually withdraw from the Rhine Principality.
"It's okay until the end of the year, but I hope you will send someone over first to contact Rex's army. If the Principality of the Rhine takes action early, you will be responsible for taking over." Tiffany's words left no room for negotiation. These are some of the costs of the crisis that Salling must pay. "That's natural. His Majesty asked you to tell me this. You must have brought the secret agreement and the deposit?"
"Bring it here." Tiffany said, taking out the contract Ojarvis gave her from the bracelet. This contract was not in scroll mode, but a double-layer magic paper made of Warcraft skin. After signing, both parties signed the contract. Leave a portion.
This secret contract was written in great detail. The two parties to the contract were Ojarvis 7 Germans? Glucos and Salin? Metatrin. Ojarvis recognized Salin's status in the Rhine Principality. If Salin could conquer the Rhine Principality, the Qin Empire would never interfere in the political situation there. When Scotia attacks the Rhine, Holy Rock City will also send troops to help Metatlin conduct strategic defense. The premise of all this is that the Rhine Principality intervenes in the Garulan war.
The secret agreement was written without any loopholes, and Salin was satisfied after reading it. The issue of Garulan was not mentioned in the secret agreement, but Salin knew very well that Garulan belonged to Prince Sephiroth. In this war, even if Holy Rock City wins, the fruits will be taken away by Prince Sephiroth. The land of Garulan will be distributed to Prince Sephiroth's people.
He and Lei Kejin could only fight one from the south and the other from the north in a pincer attack, sharing a small amount of profit. Ojarvis had settled the matter of Rhine with himself, and he must have also settled the issue of the Titan Principality with Rex.
If he and Rex want to develop, they have to start from these two principalities.
As for the issue of soldiers, there has never been a shortage of free people on the mainland.
What is a freeman? They are Mou-min who can move freely between various noble territories. These commoners had no obligations to the nobility, and all wealth was privately owned. In fact, this kind of freedom is not beautiful.
There is a good joke that the free people of Qin Yin are not as good as the farmers, while the free people of Yunliu are only slightly happier than the farmers. The freemen of Scotia have the same low halberds as the peasants. The free people of Tangulas have no freedom at all.
A large number of free people make up the merchants, craftsmen, workers, craftsmen, etc. in various countries. Once a war broke out, free people were most likely to be involved. When a noble fled for his life, he would take his peasants with him as long as time allowed. As for free people, the best future is to join the army. In this way, when surrendering, there is still hope of being reorganized by the enemy instead of being killed. "I have a request." After signing the secret contract, Salin said to Tiffany. "Chen Shiba."
"There is only one road from me to the Principality of Rhine, which is the offensive route of the Holy See Expeditionary Force. I want to build a city between Qinyin, Phoenix, Garulan and the Principality of Rhine. From this city to Meta Between Trilin, every hundred miles, I want to build a small town for rest. In addition, the Deep Forest Town on the border of Phoenix, I want to become the territory of my nobles." "This eleven eleven eleven" " The nobles of that town have already attached themselves to me. "Okay, Holy Rock City will recognize your power. "Tiffany didn't need to ask Ojarvis for such a trivial matter, and directly agreed.
Because regarding Phoenix, even Prince Sephiroth has an attitude that it's best to let it split.
The Fenix Jin family has declined, and there is no longer any loyalty to the Glucos royal family. "And the nobles of Fenix are very resentful of the Holy Rock City. In a place like this, division is the best. The land of Fenix is enough to give several rewards." Hundreds of nobles.
In the eyes of the magician, it doesn't matter if the nobles die cleanly, as long as the commoners are left behind. Therefore, neither Stephanie nor Tiffany had any objection to Lin Salin's request. Salin himself was a magician, so of course he understood what the other party was thinking, so he made the request very directly. Just like that, Phoenix was betrayed again.
Instead of letting the two magicians live in the palace, Salin invited two people to the Duke's Palace in Aini. Although Aini's Duke's Palace did not build a magic tower, it imitated Salin's temple and built a five-story high-rise building in the central important building according to the specifications of the magic tower.
Magicians still like to live in places with strong elements, so that they can practice magic anytime and anywhere. Salin's temple will not invite people like Tiffany to live in it unless these two powerful magicians are willing to follow him.
Salin didn't dare to hope. These two people were different from Nicholas. Nicholas already had a family and a country that made it difficult to return. The world is so big, if I hadn’t taken him in, Nicholas would have ended up very badly.
Salin gained access to the Principality of the Rhine in one fell swoop and was allowed to build a city at the junction of the four countries. He was in a good mood. If Ojarvis did not sign a secret agreement with him, he would have to have at least more than half a million troops before he would dare to send troops.
The most important thing is that Deep Forest Town was captured and became its own territory. This place is expanded into a big city, and then the Warcraft Forest is opened up and entered into the Chaotic Swamp. Through the secret passage, one can directly attack Scotia.
Once there is a war with Skochina in the future, he will have three attack routes. One is from the Rhine, the second is from the Chaos Swamp, and the third is from the sea. As for Phoenix, Salin knew it well and left an army of Rex at the border to deal with Phoenix in the future. He cannot form an alliance with Holy Rock City, but he can form an alliance with Kushui County. When the time comes, the two families will divide Phoenix and leave.
Salin had a good sleep that night. The next day, Salin called the nobles together early to discuss business with Holy Rock City.
Salin now has a secret agreement, and Duke Balder has also brought his credentials. There will be no war with Holy Rock City for the time being. Trade between the two parties can be expanded immediately. Because the Metatrin Kingdom's status was recognized, Salin's merchant ships could enter the Lianyun City port without having to wait for merchants from the south to arrive. Salin was finally able to build a ship openly and with all his might.
In the winter of Metatrin City, there is an ice belt of two hundred miles along the coast. Salin's main purpose is to manufacture warships, armed merchant ships, etc., open up sea routes, and find islands suitable for military ports.
The four great dukes all had money to buy merchant ships, but they did not have the ability to build them themselves. The counts and the smaller viscounts and barons could not afford to buy boats and had to rent them here in Salin.
Leasing is also profitable. Of course these nobles are willing to rent boats here in Salin, which is much cheaper than in the south. Salin also has an escort fleet, so there is no need to be afraid of pirates. Salin himself had no intention of organizing a caravan, let alone building any shop in Qin Yin in the south. He only wants the fleet, and if the fleet is his own, then everything is his own.
In three days, Salin prepared a not-so-grand ceremony and accepted the credentials from Duke Balder. He also wrote the credentials according to extremely strict rules and prepared a group of envoys to meet with Balder. The Duke returned to Holy Rock City together.
An embassy must be established in Metatrin City, and the same institution must be established in Holy Rock City. The two sides sent envoys to each other, and in the future, there was no need to send people in person to communicate with Holy Rock City.
Salin found that after he eliminated Duke Balder's arrogance, he was still easy to get along with. When Duke Balder privately discussed with Salin to buy some magic cores to take back, Salin happily gave Duke Balder a hundred magic cores.
The one hundred magic cores were worth 20,000 gold coins on the market, so Duke Balder accepted them with a smile. Salin didn't ask him to do anything. This way of communicating with each other was normal for Qin Yin.
If Salin asks for it in the future, he will not return the favor to Salin for more than 40,000 gold coins. This is a rule. The greatest possibility is that Salin will never make any demands on him, but let him owe this favor. Within this favor, both parties will do something mutually beneficial.
Salin also knew that twenty thousand gold coins could not bribe a duke. ∫To be continued,) F! ~!
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