Red Dragon Emperor

Moduo Peak Forest, the mountain top of Oka City, inside the Red Castle, and in the Throne Hall.

The prime minister of the kingdom, Er Gou, was wearing a fine robe, and stood in front of the steps of the throne to make the final report before going to Norn Principality: "..., Your Majesty, the selection of the members of the envoy group has been completed."

"very good."

Jose nodded in satisfaction, and warned: "This mission to the Norn Principality is very important, and it will directly determine the distribution of benefits after the trade route is established. Don't be careless."

"Understood, but, Your Majesty, I don't understand something."

You Gou frowned slightly, showing a puzzled look, and continued: "I don't understand why you have issued orders for multiple missions. King Norn is one of us, so it can be settled at one time, and there are multiple missions to be negotiated in stages. Is it necessary?"

On the throne, the red dragon yawned, looking deeply at the throne hall lined with stone pillars, as if recalling something: "My loyal servant, remember one sentence, if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."

"Yes, we can indeed seal the trade agreement once, but in the long run, this will leave hidden dangers of disputes."

"In the eyes of the Norn people, the entire Northland, and the people of the whole world, our Forsyth Kingdom has always been a different kind. This deep-rooted prejudice is deeply rooted in the mind, and it cannot be changed overnight."

You Gou nodded again and again. He felt that he seemed to understand the idea of ​​the Red Dragon. No matter how civilized the Fussey Kingdom is, there is always a gap between the people of the Kingdom and other people in the civilized world. This gap is due to differences in race, culture Differences are almost irreversible.

"What does prejudice have to do with multiple missions to Norn Principality?"

"Of course it matters. Think about it, what would you do if an ogre entered the Bloodtooth Mine before you met me?"

Er Gou replied without hesitation: "Of course it is to organize soldiers to drive out the ogres."

"But if this ogre has come to your tribe seven or eight times, and it hasn't hurt the bloodtooth kobold every time, then when this ogre comes again, will you attack immediately?"

You Gou thoughtfully: "No, but I will still be vigilant."

"If this ogre came ten times, twenty times, thirty times, a hundred times, and left peacefully every time, then when the ogre came for the hundred and first time, would you be the same as before?" Are you that vigilant?"

Hearing this, Ergou showed a surprised expression. If the ogre really visited a hundred times, then the blood-toothed kobold would probably get used to the ogre's visit.

Seeing You Gou's deep thought, Jose was satisfied, and then said: "That's right, for the Norn Principality, our Forsey Kingdom is such a huge and terrifying ogre, if we want to fight with the Norn Principality For normal trade, it is an indispensable process for them to get used to foreign countries entering and leaving their own country, and this is the necessity of multiple missions."

"The Principality of Norn is only the first step. In the future, the citizens of the Kingdom of Fussey will go deep into the mainland and enter a wider area of ​​land. So, do you understand the importance of this mission?"

You Gou's face was solemn: "Understood, this is the first step and the most critical step, a crucial step that must be taken well."

"Yes, but don't stress too much."

On the throne, the Red Dragon changed his words: "Actually, we have already completed the first step in obtaining the most basic trust."

Er Gou looked up at the red dragon on the throne with a look of admiration on his face, he thought a lot at this moment.

For so many years, the Forsy Kingdom has fought bandits, operated with integrity, and persuaded the monster citizens to treat foreign tourists friendly. These efforts have greatly changed the entire world's view of the Forsy Kingdom. The eye-level attitude is the basis for the Fussey Kingdom to deal with the civilized world and obtain knowledge and materials.

Otherwise, not to mention foreign trade and the acquisition of precious knowledge at the legendary level, it would be a blessing that the Fossey Kingdom would not become as enemy-like as the current Dragon Blessing.

Perhaps His Majesty has already reached this point from the very beginning...

"This is a crucial step for the citizens of the Kingdom of Fussey to step into the civilized world,

We must do our best to take this step well. "

The words of the red dragon interrupted Ergou's meditation: "I have selected some dancing claw dragons, they will be your mounts for envoys, remember, we don't cause trouble, but if anyone dares to provoke us, we will give it to you." Beat back hard!"

"clear!"

"..."

Ergo, who was in charge of the envoy, left, and Jose's work was far from over. He not only had to care about the outcome of the envoy to Norn Principality, but also had to consider the reactions and actions of other forces.

"Yangfan Port, Northland Witch Council, Dragon Worship..." On the throne, the crouching red dragon muttered to himself, thinking like lightning, planning how to deal with the three key forces closely related to trade routes.

The general policy is already in place, which is to transfer part of the benefits to Yangfan Port, or the trading city-state behind Yangfan Port, and win over the trading city-state to put pressure on the Northland Witch Council.

In fact, what José was most worried about and guarded against was not the Northland Witch Council, but the Dragon Cult.

Although there is animosity between the Fossey Kingdom and the Northland Witch Council, the connection of trade routes is beneficial to both. The main conflict between the two is nothing more than the competition for the share of trade route interests, and the same is true for Sunsail Port.

The Dragon Worship Sect is different. Not only will the Dragon Worship Sect fail to benefit from the trade route, but it will suffer from it. Therefore, the Dragon Worship Sect must be the one that least wants to see the connection of the trade route among the three major forces.

"I hope nothing goes wrong..."

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Things were developing according to Jose's plan. The visit of the envoy of the Forsey Kingdom had a great impact on the Principality of Norn, and the scope of influence was not limited to the Principality of Norn. The surrounding countries also paid close attention to this matter.

The whole process has joys and sorrows, and overall joy outweighs sorrow.

What is worrying is the sabotage of the witches of the North, the assassination of the kingdom's envoys, the spreading of unfavorable rumors, the fanning of the national sentiments of the Norn Principality, and the prejudice of the Norn citizens against aliens...

The good news is that neither the conspiracy of the Northland Witch Council nor the national sentiment of the Norn people caused irreparable damage to the mission.

The envoy group led by Ergou is powerful in itself, coupled with the secret escort of the red dagger, the assassination incident not only did not hurt the envoy of the Forsey Kingdom, but lost his wife and lost his army.

Aided by the absolute power of King Belden of the Norn, national sentiments and prejudices were suppressed and rumors suppressed.

Through Belden's performance these days, the outside world's long-standing speculation that the new king of Norn relied on the Red Dragon to support his position has basically been confirmed, but the following events have cast a layer of fog on this speculation.

The result of the Forsey Kingdom far exceeded everyone's expectations. Not only did the two sides fail to reach an agreement, but a fierce quarrel broke out in Norn Palace, and they broke up unhappy.

Although they broke up unhappy, they agreed to talk again next time.

Through this incident, Belden created an image of a good king who would not give an inch for the interests of the country, which further consolidated his status as king.

The Forsy Kingdom seems to have failed in its actions, but it has left a positive impression in the hearts of the citizens of the Principality of Norn, that is, the ogres, gnolls, and kobold messengers of the Forsy Kingdom did not cause trouble all the way, obeyed order, and gave money for meals , will also give tips, except for appearance, it is no different from normal passengers.

The second mission...

The third mission...

...

Accompanied by missions again and again, the Kingdom of Fusai and the Principality of Norn reached an agreement step by step.

Driven by the behind-the-scenes forces, every move of the messengers of the Forsyth Kingdom has been promoted, and it has become the talk of Norn people after dinner. For example, the messenger group passed by a certain place and wiped out the local bandit group, and the messenger group stayed at the hotel...

What the Norn citizens themselves didn't realize was that in the process of talking again and again, they subtly accepted the reality of aliens entering and leaving the Principality of Norn, and they were no longer as repulsive and vigilant as before.

On the other hand, there is also good news from the side of Yangfan Port. Through pressure from the trading city-state, the Northland Witch Council accepted the opening of the trade route, but they demanded negotiations and wanted a share of the pie.

At the same time, the construction of commercial roads is progressing steadily, and the Yalong Legion and the blood lion mark the territory and protect the commercial roads.

However, things can't always be smooth sailing. Finally, Dragon Worshipers reacted, and Xingshi came to ask the crime.

On the mountaintop of Orca City, in the throne hall in the Red Castle, the atmosphere is very dignified.

Jose sat high on the throne, and the legendary orc warrior Graeme Stone Hammer was covered in flames. He carried a shield on his back and held an ax in his hand. His muscles tensed, exuding a legendary aura.

In the center of the throne hall stood the Red Dragon High Level of the Dragon Cult, Kandar the Breath of Fear and Eldor the Dragonman Mage, not to be outdone, exuding a legendary aura, and started a confrontation with the Fusai Kingdom.

Under the coercion of the legendary level, the air in the throne hall seemed to freeze.

After a long silence, Kandar, Breath of Fear, took the lead to break the silence: "I'm very disappointed in you! Jose! I thought that even if you didn't help us, you wouldn't turn to the enemy! Is this your answer? Help outsiders deal with their own kind ?!"

"Helping outsiders deal with their own race? What a big hat," Jose said with a mocking smile.

"Let's not talk about how I helped outsiders deal with my own race. Just how much you have done to my Fusai Kingdom by the Dragon Cult. You know in your heart that in the past, you used the schemes of the Northland Witch to persecute..."

"Okay! I didn't come here to settle old scores with you!" Kandal interrupted the red dragon: "Do you really want to support those weak maggots and deal with our Dragon Cult?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm just building a road, so how can I deal with the Dragon Cult?" Jose remained calm, "I'm open for business in the Kingdom of Fusai, and I sell to whomever pays. According to the principle, even if the Dragon Worshiper buys it, I will also sell it."

Hearing this, Darkan choked and couldn't think of a reason to refute for a while.

That's right, the Forsey Kingdom has never prohibited the Dragon Cult to buy items, and the Dragon Cult can also buy items that can be bought in Yangfan Port, but the problem is that the Dragon Cult will not buy goods from the Forsy Kingdom.

arms?

The dragons of the Dragon Cult also have kobold servants. The kobold servants mine minerals from the ground and forge weapons. The monster army is self-sufficient. Of course, the quality of weapons cannot be guaranteed. It is basically the same as the blood-toothed kobold tribe before the tauren joined. The level of forging is about the same.

food?

In the view of the giant dragon, the lives of lowly servants are no match for shiny gold coins. Using shiny gold coins to buy food to feed low-priced servants would only be done if their heads were kicked by a donkey.

This is the attitude towards the most basic food and weapons, not to mention the more precious elven artworks, magic potions, etc. Dragon Worship will never spend a penny on this.

Kandal couldn't help feeling a little annoyed: "However, your construction of trade routes will provide cheaper weapons and food to the four northern countries, which will put enormous pressure on us."

"Well, that's it."

Jose said lightly: "Well, how about this? Don't say that I disregard the friendship of the same clan and sell the goods to the four northern countries. I will sell them to the Dragon Worship Sect at a 10% discount, how about it?"

Kandar choked again. The output of food and weapons in the Kingdom of Fusai is so high every year. Not to mention that the Dragon Cult is reluctant to spend money, even if they are willing to spend money to buy it, they don't need it.

"10% off! If I trade 1 million gold coins, I will lose 100,000 gold coins in income, and 10 million is 1 million gold coins. I will lose a lot to support the Dragon Blessing Sect! Why are you still hesitating? !"

Kandal was silent, he realized the problem.

Forsyth Kingdom needs to develop trade, and Dragon Worship is reluctant to spend money. Only the civilized world has enough market. Neither Forsyth Kingdom nor Dragon Worship can give up their position, so Forsyth Kingdom can only sell goods to and In a civilized world where religion is the enemy, the contradictions are almost irreconcilable.

On the side, the dragon mage Eldo couldn't help feeling a little anxious: "Your Excellency Jose! Are you determined to be an enemy of the Dragon Cult?!"

Jose gave the dragonman a cold look: "You lowly bastard! You have the right to speak here?!"

As soon as the words fell, a tyrannical coercion came down, as if a mountain came down, crushing the bones of the dragon mage, and suddenly he almost knelt on the ground.

Kandar, Breath of Fear, reacted quickly, and also exuded dragon power to compete with the red dragon on the throne.

The two dragon powers collided in the air, but the invisible momentum had a tangible impact. The air in the throne hall was frozen, and the dust suspended in the air did not move.

Longwei's confrontation is a confrontation, and it is also a mutual test of both sides.

Darkan was secretly surprised. He was surprised to find that the opponent's Longwei had improved a lot compared to the last time he fought. The last time he was not as good as himself, but this time he slightly exceeded it. .

"I may not be his match!" He said with a heavy heart.

The last time they fought, the Red Dragon barely managed to draw a tie by relying on the abnormal defensive magic that can be recharged instantly, but now...

Candalton became sober a lot and realized that he couldn't have a conflict with Jose in the Red Fort, which was no different from courting death. After all, the magic tower underground in Oka City was well known in the circle of legendary powerhouses.

"Francisco, let's wait and see!"