It also made them realize that the underground situation of the Bayerjans Empire was indeed terrible.
Because according to common sense, the purple eagle flag guard alone has a full 300 people. But now, there are less than ten soldiers standing guard under the eagle flag.
They were old and wore extremely torn and patched equipment. The shields in their hands had been repaired countless times with countless materials. Only their weapons looked relatively new and should have been sufficiently improved for underground combat.
Could it be true that there are still demons underground? The old elves sighed, and after firing a whistle arrow into the sky to greet the Bayerjans, he turned around and shouted to the young elves:
"Let them in quickly! They need rest, clean water and food - they have been fighting underground for too long! As for what they want to do, let them in first!"
The old elves allowed the Byrdans to enter their border without authorization, and the news of the Byrdans' appearance at the border was immediately transmitted to the ears of Qinna in the Sky Garden of Fingle through magic.
Qinna was stunned for a long time by the appearance of Bayerjans, and then she recalled the brotherhood alliance between her fathers and Bayerjans who fought side by side. She hid the news temporarily and did not inform the council of old elves.
Then she left the Green Courtyard without stopping, and found Fen on the commercial street, who seemed to be inspecting the new vitality of the commercial street with the nun. She whispered beside Fen:
"The great Finn... The eagle flag of Bayerjans has appeared at the border. What should we do?"
Fen was stunned. She looked back at the nun who was still worried about buying food in the store, and then subconsciously said:
"Did the elves at the border allow them in?"
"Yes. But the Elven Council has not received any news."
"We are a group that keeps our promises. We will treat the Bayerjans as our most distinguished guests - but I have a general idea of their purpose, but they probably don't expect that the people they are looking for are now worried about food and clothing."
"So… "
"Go back and inform Yang Hao - if he is still in the meeting, don't disturb him for now. This is urgent, but we still have time. I will use teleportation to return to the Green Courtyard immediately, but please don't let him come over right away."
"yes… "
After letting Qinna leave, Finn walked into the store, hesitating in his heart whether to let Theresa know about this.
After all, Theresa has not yet expressed any intention or desire to become Bayer Jansbaserisa, let alone say that she wants to restore the country -
She just chose to become the saint of the demons after hesitation, and became the saint and missionary of the Church of Light.
The Bayerzans Empire's actions were unexpectedly fast. They had already appeared at the border, so they would definitely look for Theresa's shadow in the Elf Kingdom in a few days.
The elves can't lie, but they can hide their existence from Theresa - but now the more important thing is, should Finn tell Theresa the news
If I don't tell Theresa, maybe Finn can seize the opportunity... When Theresa is flustered and at a loss, she can make more demands and then...
But considering that Theresa now really regards him as a "friend", and Yang Hao would definitely not like such behavior.
Finn shook her head and walked into the shop. After being greeted by the elves, she dragged the confused Theresa to the street and planned to use teleportation magic to leave.
"Fin?! What are you doing!?"
"Something has happened. The eagle flag of Bayerjans has appeared at the border."
"ha?!"
The confusion on Theresa's face turned into panic in an instant. Looking at Theresa in panic, Finn tilted his head, thinking that he was right.
The nun had never considered what she should do if Bayerjans really had survivors underground as the prophecy said, and if he really attached so much importance to the prophecy.
But even so, aren't you a little too nervous
Facing Fen's doubts, Theresa, with a pale face, just lowered her head and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito:
"I... I haven't told Yang Hao about this..."
"I see."
I see…
Everyone has their own little secrets - Theresa is no exception. She never thought that she would become the last princess as predicted, just as she was greeted by a poor man instead of a successful person. She thought she didn't need to care about the prophecy, but she didn't expect the fact in the prophecy to come so quickly.
She had never said anything like this to Yang Hao, not even hinted at it.
Yang Hao might not have ever doubted Theresa's true identity and always treated her as a little nun.
In this case, the sudden arrival of the Bayerjans was equivalent to bringing everything Theresa had concealed to the surface.
Theresa was worried that Yang Hao might be angry or even upset because of her concealment, so she was so nervous... right
Fin sighed. He thought to himself that you should have told him to be prepared earlier. But it was too late to say that now. So Fin could only say "Let's go back first."
Fortunately, I gave Qinna the order "Don't let him come over immediately" - at least now she has time to prepare herself mentally for this nun who is about to cry.
With this thought in mind, Finn used his magic to take Theresa away directly.
On the other hand, the negotiations between Yang Hao and Black Dragonia entered the final stage.
They confirmed various industrial investments including "rubber" and "textile industry". Yang Hao could receive the technology from Ishugard almost for free and then carry out localized transformation, reducing some resistance in the elf society through "commodities". Nia could obtain the minerals and some industrial products that were in short supply in Ishugard.
The two sides reached a consensus and each won once, but Nia thought that winning only once was too bad, so she decided to try to win a second chance.
"Mr. Yang Hao, can we further discuss the issue of "immigration"?"
Immigrants—yes, immigrants.
Through her previous understanding, Nia confirmed that the elves were a nearly perfect race with extremely high affinity for magic, extremely long lifespan, and extremely high attainments in a variety of crafts.
If the elves of Caparia could be immigrated to Ishagard through various propaganda means, and then ways could be found to make them identify with Ishagard, then Ishagard would also have a group of elven members in a few hundred years who could provide support for the development of Ishagard.
Not only that, if Isgard could in turn immigrate to Caparia, they could also build more and more footholds in the areas around Caparia.
To be honest, this is a big risk, but Ishugard thinks it's worth a try.
So what does Yang Hao think
"I refuse. Miss Nia, please understand one principle - every elf is an important citizen of Caparia, and every demon is also an important citizen of Caparia. You cannot take our people away in any way, otherwise please be prepared to invalidate all treaties."
"Oh, I see... I understand then."
The natural response is to reject it directly.
After all, the population of the Elf Kingdom is already small enough. Yang Hao still can't figure out how to increase the population of the elves.
Although it is true that the idea of encouraging the elves to have more children through propaganda is true, on second thought, the prerequisite for the elves to have more children is that "they want to have children."
Not everyone wants to have a child when they are the most clear-headed and strongest, and then overdraw their energy and wealth to raise a child for twenty years - for elves, this process may even take a hundred years.
Not to mention, educating children is a heavy job. Unless the elves also plan to give birth but not raise them, it is destined that educating children is still a long-term job that destroys the spirit, even for the elves.
In this case, how many elves are willing to have children? Unless Yang Hao says something like "full socialization of raising children", then the elves might be interested, otherwise... Sigh!
There is no way to increase the population. Under such circumstances, you, Ishgard, suddenly want to take population from me? You are too greedy!
Yang Hao was already a little angry—but at this moment, he suddenly remembered what he had learned during his previous work, that there were still many "half-elves" in the Elf Kingdom...
Hmm... the desire for reproduction of those half-elves should be stronger than that of elves.
Perhaps he really needed to sell some silk fabrics in the Elf Kingdom. Although Yang Hao initially thought that there was "oil" in Ishgard, after learning that those black stockings were made of real silk, he was less eager for these silk fabrics.
But now it seems that maybe life really needs to be more interesting. Just as Yang Hao was sighing like this, Nia spoke again:
"Then, there is another more important question - will Japaria provide some "assistance" when Isgard invades the Roman Empire?"
"Don't you think it's too early to ask this question, Miss Nia? Our cooperation has not yet reached the point where Japaria can take the initiative to fight for your interests."
"Maybe. But I think this is a matter of principle that must be confirmed. This will determine whether we will be "business partners", ordinary "allies", or members of a "federation" in the future."
"I guess, for the first two, Ishugard must be a candy in one hand and a butcher in the other, right? But for the last one, it also means that Japaria will become a community of shared destiny for Ishugard."
Yang Hao loosened his stiff shoulders a little, then he leaned comfortably on the single sofa, staring into Miss Nia's eyes, then looked at her curved dragon horns and the chest of her black and red dress, the soft black scales vaguely visible in the deep white.
“Not only are you doubting whether Japariya is qualified to be your ally, Japariya is also doubting whether you are qualified to be the elves’ friend.
Miss Nia, you are a black dragon. You should know better than me how long it took for the multi-race union in your Ishugard.
It took you several years, more than ten years, or even decades to gain trust between each other, but now, you actually ask the elves to give you an answer of "whether they trust you" within less than five days of formal contact with you?"
He leaned forward slightly, put his elbow on the table, and then tapped the document on the table with his other hand:
"Are you too impatient? Ishgardians?"
Nia just nodded slightly, muttering in her heart that this man really should not be underestimated.
If he were like an ordinary monarch, seeing the pie in the sky of becoming an ally of the Federation with another empire, he would probably be overjoyed to accept it, and then fell into Ishgard's trap.
After all, to put it bluntly, Ishugard is fighting across the sea. When almost all supplies and reinforcements need to be transported by sea, Ishugard urgently hopes that the Elf Kingdom, which is also a country on the Elucia continent, can share the "offensive pressure".
If the Elven Kingdom is willing to attract the Roman Empire's firepower on land before Ishgard's attack, then Ishgard can directly seize the Roman Empire's important ports by sea to obtain material supplies and a springboard for attacking inland. In this case, the Roman Empire will inevitably concentrate its forces to attack a certain place.
If they attacked the Elf Kingdom first, then Ishgard would be able to advance straight in, occupy more land in the shortest time and force the Roman Empire to surrender.
If they attack Ishgard first, the Elven Kingdom can also march straight in.
If they choose to split their forces, so much the better - the best outcome is that both countries advance at the same time, and the worst outcome is that both countries break through their weak defenses separately after a period of fighting.
After all, the most taboo thing in war is fighting on two fronts, and the participation of the Elf Kingdom will force the Roman Empire to face the worst outcome of choosing one of the three worst options.
The only prerequisite for doing so is that the Elf Kingdom is willing to actively participate in this invasion war.
Not only that, they also have to become federal allies of Isurgard. If they lose, they can get assistance from Isurgard, and if they win, they can share the fruits of victory from the Roman Empire. It sounds like there are only benefits, but in fact, this is just Isurgard cutting its flesh with a blunt knife.
After all, judging from what His Majesty Yang Hao said earlier, Caparia seems to attach great importance to its country's population.
So the question is, why do countries attach so much importance to their own population? What kind of countries would try their best to prevent their own people from emigrating
The answer is simple—the population of Caparia is very small! It is so small that immigration is not allowed, and even attempts to persuade people to come here will be met with hostility!
In this situation, every loss of one elf means a slight decrease in the strength of their country.
As long as the losses are large enough, the number of Caparia's regular army will decrease. When the number drops to a certain threshold, Ishugard, which has the upper hand in relative strength, can reasonably use the reason of "taking care of allies" to dump tariff-free goods to Caparia, completely destroying their livelihood industry while completely binding the quality of life of Caparia's own people to Ishugard.
At that time, even if Caparia wanted to develop its own civilian industry, it would not be able to compete with Isgard.
Even if they wanted to directly increase the tariffs on Ishgard's cheap goods, their own people would disagree...
In this case, Caparia will sooner or later become an overseas province of Isgard, and from a "federal ally" become a member of its own country - what a pity. Mr. Yang Hao, you are too damn difficult.
Regent, oh, Regent, you are such a capable regent, why do you act so difficult when you stand opposite us
Nia really felt sick to her stomach. Although the diplomatic game with this man was not as dangerous as a hail of arrows, the invisible pressure really made her want to vomit.
If I have to make an analogy, he is like a hen that lays eggs. When you are making instant noodles, he accidentally lays a "good egg" that is mixed with a bunch of rotten eggs. You can't tell which one is good or bad.
If a rotten egg gets into the pot, the noodles in the pot will also be ruined.
But even if you put his good egg into the pot, you will still feel that only one egg is not enough.
The best way to make this old hen lay eggs every day is to keep it in your own home, but the problem is that the only way to catch this old hen is to beat up the whole family in someone else's home...
Disgusting, so uncomfortable! Nia muttered, if having sex with this man right now could solve all the problems, then she would definitely be willing to tie him up and take him back to her room and do whatever she wanted.
But even if he came, it wouldn't solve the problem. So Nia could only say with a headache that today's meeting would end here.
I have already achieved enough results here. When the time comes, I will show the contract to Margarita through the magic mirror. I think I will have a relaxing time here for a while.
I just hope that this man will be a little more relaxed when he sees how hard I work to promote exchanges between the two countries...
And so, the first official meeting between Isgard and Caparia ended with Nia exhausted.
Yang Hao gained a lot, but he also felt very tired.
Just as he stood up and was about to leave, planning to go to the office to finish the last bit of work for the day and then go for the agreed evening walk with Theresa, he actually saw Qinna outside the door who seemed to be waiting for him.
Did something happen to Fen? Yang Hao walked forward in confusion, but learned from Qinna that Fen wanted him to attend a meeting that night.
"But I have an appointment with Theresa tonight—"
“Mother Teresa is here too.”
"Is that so?"
Is it something about Theresa
Yang Hao sighed and felt that he seemed to have no time to rest today.
…
That night, when Yang Hao arrived at Fen's private meeting room as promised, he found that Theresa was anxious and avoiding his sight like a child who had done something wrong.
Did he mess up his work? Or did he cause some terrible trouble? Yang Hao was completely confused and had no idea what happened, while Fen explained to Yang Hao in detail some things that he had not understood at all during the meeting...
twitter…
As Fen explained, Yang Hao put his arm around Theresa's shoulders with a strange expression on his face:
"I already know about the Bayerzans Empire you mentioned. I will approach them with the utmost caution - but what does this have to do with Theresa?"
Finn just glanced at the flustered Theresa, then calmly told her with her eyes, "I can't help you either." She said, "Let the girl in your arms explain."
Just like that, Theresa told Yang Hao her story in a whisper as soft as a mosquito, mixed with tears, like a child who had done something wrong.