The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

Chapter 716 Meeting with the Regent

"Sir, please wait a moment. I will go to inform His Royal Highness the Regent. If you need anything, please tell the waiter." After placing the two in a side hall, Hu Lin explained to Kaslo and turned away, leaving only Weiss who was struggling with the exquisite pastries and Kaslo with a helpless look.

"Have I starved you these days?" Kaslo covered his face and collapsed. Weiss came up and showed off the pastries like a starving ghost. It was really embarrassing.

"It smells good! Teacher, please try it!" Weiss raised his little hand and put it into Kaslo's mouth.

"No! No!" Kaslo quickly refused, with a look of disgust.

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"Well, it smells good!" Kaslo stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up.

"It tastes good, right? Eat more?" Weiss said vaguely while chewing.

"Forget it, there is still a banquet, eat less!" Kaslo patted his head and reminded him.

"Pah!" The pastry in Weiss's mouth fell to the ground instantly, and then he showed a sad face.

"Teacher, why didn't you tell me earlier? I haven't attended a banquet in my life!" Weiss looked at Kaslo with a face full of loss, as if he had missed 5 million.

"..." Kaslo's eyes twitched a few times and he looked at the waiter who was not changed in the distance and sighed.

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"Sir Kaslo, the Regent King summoned you!" Hu Lin came in and said to Kaslo soon.

"Okay, thank you very much, you stay and wait for me to come back! What are you going to do?" Kaslo took two steps and turned his head to look at Weiss who followed behind him.

"Oh!" Weiss sat back timidly and answered a little listlessly.

"Let's go, Sir Hu Lin!" Kaslo nodded to Hu Lin to indicate that they could go.

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"Hello, His Royal Highness Turgon, the Regent of Gondor. I bring you my king's blessing and wish you good health! This is a gift from my king to you!" Kaslo saluted Turgon (Turgon) who was sitting at the bottom of the throne, his tone full of respect and sincerity, and handed the gift in his hand to the waiter.

"No need to be polite, Dragon Rider who came from afar, great and powerful knight, I have received the blessing from King Raglan! Thank him for me and send my regards to the guardian far away in the North!" Turgon's words made people feel like spring breeze. The old man with white hair spoke slowly but clearly, full of the demeanor of a king. He waved his hand to signal the waiter to accept the gift and leave.

"I will tell my king!" Kaslo bowed his head and saluted his chest again.

"Then can the great Dragon Rider, the Storm Scourge of the North, Sir Kaslo, tell me your purpose?" Turgon looked at Kaslo and said calmly.

Kaslo raised his head and looked directly into Turgon's eyes, but he could not see any emotion. His calm eyes made him secretly say that he was cunning and treacherous. It was the most troublesome to deal with such a cunning person. The twists and turns in it made people feel headache.

"I was ordered by the king to go to Gondor to contact the two countries and conduct trade." Kaslo answered truthfully. After all, there was no need to lie to the regent of Gondor.

"Indeed, the kingdoms that are important to humans need to contact each other. This is a trouble for you to make a trip. According to reason, we should be the envoys to meet King Raglan! Unfortunately, the North is far away and the orcs are rampant. We are unable to guarantee that the delegation can arrive safely." Turgon thought thoughtfully. After all, Gondor is still the leader of the human race on the surface. It is his responsibility and obligation to unite the human kingdoms, but Gondor does not have the ability to allow the delegation to pass through the blockades of waves of orcs to reach the Kingdom of Raglan. After all, the specifications for escorting the goblin prince are not available to everyone, and Gondor has so many knights to squander.

"It doesn't matter, so I'm here!" Kaslo said calmly, revealing strong confidence in his steady voice. After all, with a powerful kingdom as a backing, Kaslo's back is also much stronger. After all, judging from the apparent strength, the high-end combat power of the Kingdom of Raglan should be slightly better than the current Gondor.

"Well, what is the trade you are talking about?" Turgon did not dwell on the question of who comes and who goes, but chose to skip this topic. If he followed Kaslo's words, it would be embarrassing for Gondor, and it would appear weak when compared with Gondor.

"Well, the North has been in extreme shortage of food due to years of war, so the king sent me to buy food!" Kaslo said.

"Oh? That's true!" Turgon nodded in understanding. How many people can the broken place in the North support? It would be strange if it could produce with peace of mind if it was attacked from all sides all day long! Now even if the Kingdom of Raglan emerges strongly, it cannot change the current situation of the North being beaten into a grandson.

"So how much do you plan to buy? If there is an urgent need, Gondor can provide some for free!" Turgon said kindly. After all, they are all human kingdoms and Raglan is still in the north to take the blame for the south, so this should be more or less expressed.

"I'm afraid this amount is a bit large! Let's buy it..." Kaslo smiled awkwardly to show Turgon not to say too much, otherwise he would lose face later.

"Then how much do you need? I'll try to get it for you?" Turgon asked curiously. He also heard the meaning of Kaslo's words and asked hurriedly.

"50,000 tons!" Kaslo made a gesture.

"Wow! The Kingdom of Raglan is out of food???" Turgon stood up directly. How many people can eat 50,000 tons of food for a year! Raglan said 50,000 tons?

"That's not the case, but if we can't buy it back, we will be out of food next year..." Kaslo shrugged without hiding it.

"How do you plan to purchase? Although there is a good harvest this year, the price of grain will not be too low. After all, we purchase from farmers. After layers of exploitation, there will not be much left. Too little will kill people!" What surprised Kaslo was that Turgon actually said such a thing.

"Huh?" Kaslo looked at Turgon in surprise. Turgon said this and stepped on the face of the Gondor nobles.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just a mediocre prime minister. I don't have such a strong hand. I can't control what the nobles do. I can only maintain the stability of the kingdom. The rest... I have no power!" Turgon smiled bitterly. Although he had no ability, he still wanted to do something for the people.

"We don't plan to pay money, but to exchange it with ten sets of excellent knight suits." Kaslo shook his head.

"Excellent knight equipment? Suit? 10 sets? Really?" Turgon's eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true!" Kaslo took out a set from the space bracelet and held it in his hand.

"Deal! The Hurin family will provide these grains. May the friendship between the two countries last forever!" Turgon agreed without hesitation. Ten sets of excellent knight suits are equivalent to half of the total amount of Gondor now! Many nobles do not have an excellent knight suit. These ten sets of armor are very good political resources.

"Well, you prepare as soon as possible and we will trade as soon as possible. I am anxious to go back and report!" Kaslo stroked his chest and said sincerely.

"Of course, it will take about a week to raise these grains. I need to trouble you to stay for a while." Turgon said with a smile.

"Then trouble you!" Kaslo nodded.

"By the way, I will hold a banquet for you in the evening. I hope you can come." Turgon invited.

"Of course, respect is worse than obeying!" Kaslo smiled and did not refuse.