"My lord, the Duke of St. Pross will never agree to the battleships you requested."
"Then what is the Duke of St. Pros willing to give to redeem this son?"
Lord Feiyin took out a scroll of letters from his pocket, stepped forward a few steps, and slowly unfolded it in front of Colin.
That is a map.
Colin leaned forward slightly and focused his gaze on the map.
He wasn't worried that Jue Fei Yin would play a trick to show the dagger. After all, Jue Fei Yin was not as strong as him, and even if Jue Fei Yin had the ability to stab the dagger into Colin's chest face to face, well, that would be fine. Can't kill a vampire.
"My lord, please take a look. This city on the east bank of the Nushui River is called Panshi City. It covers an area of about 150 square miles. There are 180,000 people living in it. The annual tax revenue is more than 200,000 gold coins. It is quite a bustling city.
The Duke of St. Pros promised that if you are willing to release Marquis Vincent, then this Rock City will belong to you! "
Ke Lin stared expressionlessly at a point circled by Lord Feiyin on the map, and couldn't help sneering in his heart.
One city, one person.
Looks like a good deal.
But for Colin, it didn't make any sense.
Although Rock City is good, it is an enclave.
As long as the Nushui River is still in the hands of the East Realm, it is impossible for Ke Lin to transport a large-scale army to guard the Rock City.
Without a large-scale army guarding, how can law and order be maintained? How to manage? How to collect taxes
At that time, the city will only belong to Ke Lin in name, but in fact it will still be under the control of the East Territory.
It is equivalent to not paying anything in the Eastern Realm, but in exchange for Marquis Vincent.
What a beautiful idea!
Therefore, Colin curled his lips impatiently, and said, "I don't want your cities in the east, let's talk about battleships."
Count Feiyin shook his head resolutely, and said, "Sorry, my lord, it is impossible for the Duke of St. Pros to exchange battleships with you."
"Then he will use the cities in the east to fool me?" Colin was no longer polite, the other party simply deliberately played him for a fool.
"Lord Earl, if you are not satisfied with Rock City, we can change to a bigger city..."
"No need! Even if you bring Bailu City, I won't change it!"
Ke Lin suddenly stood up from the throne, strode down the steps, came to Lord Fei Yin, stared coldly into the other's eyes from a distance, and said in a deep voice:
"It seems that the Duke of St. Pross doesn't want to get back his son at all. If that's the case, then there's no need for us to waste our words.
Let Marquis Vincent come back to the north with me again as a guest. "
Seeing Ke Lin's firm attitude, Lord Fei Yin could no longer maintain his previous calmness and reserve, so he hurriedly asked: "My lord, the terms of redemption can always be negotiated, why are you in such a hurry?"
Colin smiled coldly and said, "I just don't want to waste time with people who are not sincere. You go back and tell the Duke of St. Pros that you don't want to exchange your son with other messy things except the battleship!"
Seeing Lord Feiyin's embarrassed face, Colin spoke again, his tone softened a little, and said, "Of course, we can talk about the number and tonnage of the battleships slowly."
Seeing this, Count Feiyin could only nod his head and said, "Yes, my lord, I will definitely convey your thoughts to the Duke of St. Pros."
After speaking, he bowed and bowed to leave.
After leaving the palace, Lord Fei Yin got into a gorgeous carriage.
The carriage went all the way south out of Silvermoon City, and stopped in front of an inconspicuous villa on the outskirts of the city.
Lord Feiyin got out of the carriage and was welcomed into the villa by a housekeeper.
Seeing Lord Feiyin enter the hall, Javier quickly stood up from behind the table with a flattering expression, bowed and saluted: "Dear Lord Feiyin, the conditions here are simple, I hope you don't mind."
Fei Yinjue waved his hand casually, indicating that he didn't care, and at the same time came to the table and sat down.
Javier, the legendary half-elf businessman, seemed to be a hard-working servant at this moment, serving tea and water to Sir Fei Yin graciously.
Lord Feiyin enjoyed all this for granted, and asked, "Javier, is your news really accurate? Why does Colin Angelet seem to have a lot of confidence?"
Javier stood aside with his hands folded, and replied respectfully: "Master Viscount, of course I will not lie to you! As for the accuracy of the news... please allow me to ask, you should not have seen Vincent in the palace just now Marquis?"
"Not really."
"That's right!" Javier clapped his hands, "If Marquis Vincent is really safe and sound, why didn't Colin Angelet agree to let you see him? As for the attitude of the Earl of the North, it must be He pretended it on purpose! If he showed a little weakness at this time, wouldn't you be able to see through the truth."
Lord Feiyin smiled noncommittally, and said: "Then what's the point of him doing this? Even if the redemption conditions are negotiated, it is impossible for us to hand over anything in the East without seeing the safe and sound Marquis Vincent." For Colin Angelet."
Javier thought for a while, and said carefully: "Perhaps he wanted to delay the time, after all, if the Duke of St. Pross knew that his eldest son died in the half-elf palace, then the battleship of the Pegasus Navy would have already passed along. The Crystal River has reached the outside of Silvermoon City.
And Silvermoon City has just experienced a great chaos. The Silvermoon Guard suffered heavy casualties. Even the Blood Cavalry Army in the Northern Territory suffered heavy losses. Colin Angelet definitely didn't want to face the Eastern Territory army at this time.
That's why he blocked the news, deliberately showed toughness in front of you, and proposed extremely harsh redemption conditions, just to delay the time as much as possible.
I guess, at this moment, the army in the northern border may have already started to mobilize, and they are ready to reinforce Silvermoon City at any time.
When the army from the north reaches Silvermoon City, Colin Angelet probably won't block the news of Marquis Vincent's death at that time. "
Lord Fei Yin's expression changed when he heard the words, and he fell into deep thought.
Seeing this, Javier lowered his voice, and persuaded again: "Master Viscount, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If you miss it..."
"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Lord Feiyin glanced at Javier with serious eyes.
Javier's heart tightened, he waved his hands again and again and said, "My lord, I definitely didn't mean that, absolutely not..."
Lord Feiyin snorted coldly, and said, "Havel, a small businessman like you can't talk about such a big event like war. Be careful what you say in the future, otherwise, hehe!"
Javier cried and apologized continuously, and at the same time explained: "Master Viscount, I also said something wrong because I was too anxious! That Colin Angelet wanted to bring the entire half-elven business world under his control. Let us all be puppets in his hands!
We cannot bear such humiliation!
That's why I made a slip of the tongue, please forgive me! "
Lord Fei Yin waved his hand and said, "Okay, be more careful in what you say in the future. As for how the East Territory will make decisions on this matter, it's not for you to speak nonsense. There is only one thing you need to do now."
Javier regained his energy, and quickly asked, "Viscount, please tell me!"
Lord Feiyin's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice:
"At all costs, find out whether Marquis Vincent is dead or alive!"
"Yes, my lord!"
(end of this chapter)