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MTL - Magic Tower Starry Sky-Chapter 1423 woo an alliance
After leaving Dragon Island, Lin did not return to Port Azore. The bank at the port had started business a few days earlier, and the elves who came to assist them only stayed for one day before handing over to the local officials for management. Repeat again, at this stage, Midi Bank only has the function of depositing and withdrawing for fools, and does not require professional financial personnel, only security personnel...
Lin himself went straight back to the capital of the Karlsruhe Empire, the imperial city of Neuquen. William, on the other hand, continued to stay in Long Island to enjoy himself. Inexplicably, this white sword master made a lot of new friends, so naturally he continued to play around. Even the problem of the return trip, no one needs to worry about it.
I didn't know that this old man was as usual, pretending to be a natural fool, and eating big money. I still really matched the brainwaves of a certain dragon, and I became a confidant inexplicably, and had a good friendship.
This person's state of dealing with people and dealing with things is not just acquaintance, but the state of being a family from all over the world when your home is my home. I don't know how to write the word polite. Speaking of it, he is no different from Azad's capriciousness, except that he doesn't know how to chop off people's heads.
After more than a month—in fact, most of it was spent on the boat trip to Long Island—the return, Lin brought back a lot of good news for the Empress.
Long Dao agreed to withdraw his hand from behind Prince Behar, and he didn't mind the Empress making this news public. I heard that this made the aggressive prince so angry that he smashed a lot of things, and made other nobles more vigilant.
Although Long Island is not a force within the empire, and has no political connections, absolutely no noble would dare to ignore such a group with outstanding strength. As long as Long Island has a slight tendency, it will cause shocks within the empire.
It is the movement of Long Island, but it has attracted the attention of many people. Disconnecting the original collaborators undoubtedly reduced the chances of Prince Behar ascending to the throne.
The only good thing is that Long Island has not decided on the next ally. This means that the empress is still the same, and the strength in her hand has not skyrocketed because of this.
Secondly, the Karlsruhe Empire has a second Dragon Island flag.
The first banner was the result of the peace treaty concluded between the founding emperor of the empire and Dragon Island, and it was used as proof that the peace between the two parties was maintained. This flag has always been kept by the empire's naval fleet, and it has also been used as a certificate of trade between the two sides, and has gained a lot of benefits. So this second flag, the navy also wants to bring it into management.
However, as the real holder of the second Dragon Banner, Lin strongly advocated the alliance and cooperation between the Empress and the Greco Chamber of Commerce. If other people want to get a share, they can only get the consent of the first two.
Lin does not get involved in the specific operation, as long as a sum of money is deposited into his bank account every quarter, it is considered a dividend. As for the number of points, it is arbitrary.
This vague agreement actually reserved Lin's right to take back Longqi at any time in a disguised form. Anyway, at that time, I can take back Longqi with the excuse of 'I think the dividends are less'.
The reason why the empress made such a covenant was not to prevent outsiders, but to prevent people in the royal family. To prevent someone from looking for an excuse to swallow Long Qi when they see Qian's eyes wide open and their brains get hot.
The reason why Lin chose the empress as a part of the cooperation partner was because this person used to be the female warrior Kono, and now she is Saint Alegria. It was not because she was the emperor of the empire that she was chosen as a partner. Typical of people and things.
The attitude of the Empress is the same. She never thought of asking this magician to be loyal to the empire and the royal family. As long as the personal friendship between the two parties is still there, she will try her best to maintain it. Anyway, in the family with the same surname, there are everywhere who oppose him, and there is no one who supports him.
If he did something stupid by himself, he was a foolish king, and it would be fine if he caused people to betray their relatives. But the reality is that all the greedy relatives want to seize power and usurp the throne, so they unite to drag themselves down. That being the case, why should I hand over gifts from friends and friends to others.
The other envious nobles wanted to encourage the nobles related to the navy and maritime affairs to come forward and fight for the ownership of this dragon flag. Especially the two grand dukes who are in charge of maritime affairs. Although they didn't end in person, they worked hard behind the scenes.
For those various explicit hints, the imperial navy fleet was uncharacteristically, completely ignoring them. Especially the fleet officers who participated in this **** voyage were completely out of it, and they didn't dare to make a fart.
What are you kidding. A magician who can single out Kraken on the sea, and slaughtered over a hundred dragons on Dragon Island, is tired of work to provoke such a killing god!
At this time, for a long time, taverns and the heroic poems of bards have been used as the main means of information dissemination in the Lost Land, and its disadvantages are also revealed here. That is what people believe in witnessing with their own eyes.
As for the rumors spoken by other people, as long as they are too exaggerated, they will automatically lower their level to understand, completely ignoring whether those exaggerated rumors are true or not. Anyway, everyone is used to bragging, foolishly believe it all, and go out and tell people that it is not a joke.
Therefore, the threat of a certain magician was artificially lowered by the nobles. Coupled with the blinding interests of the huge Dragon Island trade, they angrily reprimanded the navy fleet for not acting, but no one wanted to face that magician in person.
Even if you don't fully believe the exaggerated rumors about Dragon Island, that magician has killed two waves of assassins sent by the nobles, including two giant dragons. These are hard facts, and they can't help but not believe it.
The Empress certainly values this cooperation. Although someone once suggested to her that she should govern in the future, that is, a constitutional monarchy. But that change is too huge and will affect the future pattern of the empire, so she still can't make up her mind to go that way.
Alegria is still looking for ways to increase her influence, trying to regain power as emperor. For this reason, she paid considerable attention to the allies sent to the door by a magician.
However, although the Greco Chamber of Commerce was hit by this big pie, the strength of the Chamber of Commerce itself is not enough to completely eat this Dragon Island trade pie. Henry can only choose to cooperate with the outside world, and at the same time actively expand the strength of the chamber of commerce.
It's not that the empress doesn't want to use the benefits brought by the dragon flag to win over nobles. It's a pity that all the nobles are strictly guarded against her, the emperor, and don't want to share any power. Even if there are coveted interests ahead, each of them gritted their teeth and held on.
This is not to say that the nobles are all fools, and they don't take advantage of it. Instead, he had taken the benefits of the emperor himself, but later he had to think about how much he would have to pay in order to settle the revenge methods of other nobles.
Even if everyone is not monolithic, they will still do such things as hitting the top bird with a stick. Comparing the two, the bait in the empress's hand is not good.
Therefore, Alegria can only choose the folk route of the non-noble class, trust the Greco Chamber of Commerce, and support it to become big. Thanks to the environmental characteristics of the Karlsruhe Empire, the civil forces flourished.
There are many folk forces whose strength is no less than that of the powerful nobles. It's just that because the development time is late, there is no land to occupy and divide, so there is no title.
Alegria also thought about winning the support of these people, but she didn't have any chips in her hand at that time. All the ruling power was divided up by the nobles and firmly held by them, so she couldn't do anything. Now that she has the opportunity, how could the empress ignore this.
But the Empress also made an agreement with the people of the Greco Chamber of Commerce that the protection eligibility period is only one year. If the Chamber of Commerce is unable to meet the needs of Long Island's trade and obtain due benefits in any way after one year, then the empress will let others join.
The reason why the Greco Chamber of Commerce was given such a big opportunity was that apart from someone’s suggestion for compensation, Alegria also looked at the face of William Greco, a white swordsman.
It’s just that someone lying on the big bed unceremoniously poured cold water on the head of the beauty beside him, saying: “You don’t really think that you can win William over by selling it to the Greco family.”
With a resentful look in her beautiful eyes, Alegria said, "Can't you?"
"In my opinion, William's affection for that family is the same as that of all the friends he knows except for the blood relationship. If you want to win him over with such small favors, you have to be prepared to get nothing." Lin said frankly .
Getting up from the big bed, there are naturally maids from the Emerald Palace helping the Empress change her clothes. While being manipulated by others, Alegria said, "In this case, how did you ask that person to help?"
"Just provide delicious food and drink. If you need help, just tell him directly. Or if you are in trouble, as long as he sees it, he will naturally help. But all the problems lie in how to get William to stay obediently." In one place ~www.novelbuddy.com~ waiting for your call at any time. That is the kind of person you ask him why he likes to wander around, and he will only answer 'because the feet grow on me'."
Immediately, Alegria was deeply touched, and she felt that she should also get along with this sword master. It's just that I am bound by the title of 'emperor', and that one, what can bind him.
"In short,—" Lin pulled back the topic again, "—the bargaining chip has been handed over to you. How to make the most effective use is up to you. Henry and his family were only able to visit once a year before. It’s just Dragon Island. Now there are no restrictions, and they can’t raise so many tradable goods. So retain their qualifications to sail, and use it to attract other people in other time periods, isn’t it good?”
Being eligible to go to Dragon Island is not the same as being able to trade with giant dragons for goods. At least those greedy giant creatures can't be fooled by glass beads.
However, the empress still decided to maintain her original idea and explained: "Those powerful country gentry still have doubts about me. Giving a chance to a small and medium-sized force like the Greco Chamber of Commerce just allows me to set an example and let others People believe that I have the ability to bring them benefits. It's just that the main reason is that I don't have many people who can handle these things, and you refuse to help me."
In the end, I was a little helpless and a little bit complaining. Lin could only laugh, and changed the subject, "No wonder you didn't see Lisa and Calamus, you sent them out to do things."
"Yeah. Why, miss them?" Alegria glanced back at a certain magician and said with a bit of sourness.
Lin smiled and said, "No way. I just want to say that what you lack is only people you think you can trust, not those things that I can't do."