The witch thought I am a Demon God

Ivita frowned. He did not expect to have support from his family, but it was indeed something he desperately needed now.

But there's just one thing, it's very troublesome.

It seems that the other party's support for him is not completely costless. How to weigh the support from the Mangoya family branch and the price promised after his success is a big problem.

Ivita thought about it and said to the envoys: "If I occupy Cross Island, what do you need?"

Throwing the question back is also a way of responding, and you can also test the other party's intentions and bottom line towards you.

The two envoys from Mangoya looked at each other, and then said to Ivita: "For small countries like us, the most important thing is to ensure the survival of the local area. Even if we have a vast ocean space, a great king and loyal beliefs , but because the territory is small, it can easily be overrun by powerful enemies."

"Therefore, the Mango Tooth Kingdom always needs allies. Our recent ally [the Kingdom of Champagne and Brandy] has seen heresies and unrest within its ranks, making us no longer able to rely on them. This has left the Pearl Tooth Kingdom next to us, which appears to be a historical friend. We are ready to make a move, and the pagan countries across the ocean have begun to have evil thoughts about us."

The messenger bowed to Ivita and said, "Therefore, we need a true ally to complement the unstable ones we have had in the past."

"If you obtain the kingdom in the Black Sea, perhaps you can form an alliance with our kingdom, join the Thirteenth Holy War, and send troops to fight against the kingdom on the other side of the sea."

Iveta did not refuse, "These are not problems."

I always need allies, so the Mangoya Kingdom asks me to become their ally in the future. This cannot even be said to be a request for me.

As for the second point, join the Holy Religion War.

That is not a problem. In the Magical Black Forest, one of the main responsibilities of all countries is to join the Holy Religion War and fight against the armies of the pagans.

Ivita quickly realized that this was because the Mangoya Kingdom had made an idle move against herself before it was sure whether it could achieve its goal.

Therefore, they didn't even make too many demands on themselves, it was all win-win things.

In order to confirm her suspicion, Ivita asked the messenger. "So, if I accept your kingdom's funding for me, how many resources can I get every year?"

The two envoys looked at each other, and the leading envoy said to Ivita: "We will provide you with war aid of fifteen hundred gold pounds per year."

Ivita smiled bitterly.

Okay, although this number is not too shabby, it is really not too much.

The leading envoy from the Mango Tooth Kingdom said to Ivita: "In addition, our Mango Tooth Kingdom will give you priority in providing you with many supplies, even finished products such as exotic plants and secret medicines, but we will not provide knight inheritance and secret medicines. System inheritance.”

Ivita nodded, saying that the other party only sells finished products, not principles and formulas.

This is also human nature.

The current situation is as if one of the five permanent countries on earth is funding its own weapons, but will not give itself the technology.

Ivita became serious. "Then I would like to ask, how can I increase your country's funding for my territory?"

The two envoys glanced at each other again, and then said cautiously: "There is a way, Lord Ivita. The thing is, our king [Alfonso III] is not very interested in the fleet and treasures in the Black Sea, but we are not interested in the fleet and treasures in the Black Sea." One thing that the big pirates are interested in is... the sea charts in their hands."

"If you agree to share the sea map with our kingdom to the greatest extent after acquiring Cross Island, then our kingdom can sponsor you with a fourth-level knight, a third-level witch, and an infantry team of 500 people. and a force of one hundred artillerymen, and one hundred ordinary cavalry.”

"But you must pay the annual commission for this force yourself, which is about seven thousand gold pounds a year."

Iveta lowered her head and thought for a moment, and probably guessed the purpose of her cheap uncle.

Nautical charts are very crucial for maritime countries and are the main basis for their fleets to explore unknown sea areas. Therefore, it is difficult for land countries to understand the determination and interest of maritime countries in collecting nautical charts.

For the Mango Ya Kingdom, the information about various strange sea areas in the world recorded on the charts in the Black Sea is like a delicacy.

People in the Mango Tooth Kingdom are salivating just thinking about it.

Moreover, Ivita and the Hearthstone Witch speculated on the volcanic island that Marco Anson's fleet had found the New World, so it was difficult to say whether his cheap uncle Alfonso III also knew this and asked for it. Share the chart of the Black Sea yourself.

But despite this, for me, what I want has always been the Kingdom of Alsace on land.

And it’s impossible for me to eat the new world by myself.

The unexplored New World is like a barren and barbaric place, with no tax revenue or soldiers.

Although it is counter-intuitive to say this, in fact, rashly developing a new continent can easily cause a weak king to go bankrupt.

As for the cost of the army, considering that this mercenary team has a fourth-level knight, it is reasonable to pay seven thousand gold pounds. Anyway, it costs every year to raise the thousand-man army (rabble) of that guy Kino Kennedy. Five thousand gold pounds.

But in this way, it is equivalent to using almost all the finances of his territory for military expenses.

Ivita thought for a while and decided to get the army first. As for how to get the money, she would figure out another way.

If it really doesn't work, the last resort is to feed war with war.

In layman's terms, if you have no money, just rob the pirates on Cross Island.

Ivita nodded and said to the two messengers: "I agree. Tell my uncle Alfonso III that I send my regards to him and hope that the God of All Things can bless him."

The two envoys immediately showed expressions of relief.

Being able to successfully complete the scheduled mission is also a lucky thing for diplomats like them.

Fortunately, His Highness Ivita Alsace had a good personality and did not embarrass them.

The leading messenger said to Ivita: "My lord, my name is Wojth Savoy. I am honored to serve you. Really, there are very few young and promising people like you in this world. ”

Wilson behind Ivita raised his eyebrows, and then whispered to Ivita: "Sir, the Savoys are a famous family. They are the ruling family of the Valedo Principality."

Ivita looked at the messenger in surprise.

By the way, once in Ambrose, there was a bishop who reminded him that he could marry the Monferrato family of the Valerdo Principality, because although the Monferrato family is only a lord family of the earl country, it has close ties with various principalities and Kingdoms, especially those of the Franks, had deep affinities.

Therefore, marrying into that family will be very helpful to your career.

But that was based on the premise that in the eyes of the bishop, he would only be a baron. For me now, there is no need to marry the daughter of an earl.

After all, the direct bloodline of the earl family is all in the kingdom and the principality, and it is impossible for him to marry a side branch.

But Ivita didn't expect that she would meet a diplomat from the Savoy family on Cross Island.

Vojtech Savoy smiled bitterly at Ivita. "I'm just a branch of that great family, nothing. The law that governs the Principality of Walden is the [Blue Blood Law]. The people there attach the most importance to the blood honor of the nobles. Bloodlines like mine are relatively humble. This person has not received any help because of his identity."

Ivita glanced at Wilson, and Wilson said to Ivita: "I have also heard of the blue-blood law. Under the blue-blood law, people in the principality are divided into two types. The first type is the blue-blood nobles, and the second type is the blue-blood nobles. The second type is ordinary human beings.”

"The blood of blue-blooded aristocrats is not really blue, it's just that the aristocrats never do physical work and naturally don't get much sunlight. Over time, the skin has no blood color, only fair skin, and the blood vessels will be clear on the back of the hands. It can be seen that this kind of people are called blue-blooded nobles."

"The blue-blood law gives these blue-blood nobles a lot of rights. There are some things that only blue-blood nobles can do. If ordinary people do it, they will violate the law, and soldiers will arrest those civilians."

"For example, there is an anecdote. A civilian ate a bite of rice cake on the streets of the Principality of Valedu. He was caught by the soldiers of that country and was whipped thirty times, just because he was under the Blue Blood Law. Under this, only blue-blood nobles can walk on the road and eat at the same time."

"Also in that country, civilians cannot eat fine rice or drink fine wine. Weddings and funerals must obtain the consent of the lord. They must pay the lord money and obtain the consent of the lord before they can be carried out. In order to prevent the people from doing so, the principality They all ran out of their country, and many sentries were placed on the border to prevent anyone from escaping from their country."

"Sir, the interesting thing is that the Principality of Valerdo and the Principality of Lombardy are neighboring countries. There is only a mountain range in the middle that separates the two countries."

Ivita held her forehead and was a little speechless. He had seen the life of the people of the Lombardy Principality under the Iron Crown law, but he did not expect that his neighboring country, the Valedo Principality, was even more outrageous than it.

Are these two countries really like one family?

Sure enough, the neighbors of a strange country must also be abnormal.

Wojtech Savoy smiled bitterly. "Yeah, that country is so outrageous. That's why my ancestors would find a way to leave that country."

Ivita said: "I'm a little tired. You go down first."

After the two envoys went down, Ivita asked the envoy from Antioch to come over.

Soon, a young priest with a slightly arrogant expression walked into the side hall, wearing a white robe, with the golden sacred number '4' embroidered with gold thread on his collar. When the priest saw Ivita, he restrained himself. Use your nostrils to look at people's expressions.

Ivita was not surprised either.

People in the church are inevitably a little arrogant.

"You are Mr. Ivita." The priest said: "On behalf of General Antioch, I express my goodwill to you. This is the personal goodwill of Lord Antioch."

He paused, as if waiting for Ivita to express her devout gratitude to him.

But he was disappointed to see Ivita, who just looked at him curiously.

Iveta waited for a while, took a sip of tea, and saw that this guy still had an expression of happiness and gratitude on his face. Only then did he realize the purpose of this messenger.

"Well...thank you, General Antioch."

The priest pursed his lips, wondering what kind of reaction Iveta had.

This is too perfunctory.

But for the sake of business, he did not pursue it. Instead, he said to Ivita: "The Isenhanjian pirates have robbed many ships of the church. General Antioch expresses great gratitude to you for eradicating such scourges in the world." satisfy."

He paused again, waiting for Ivita's reaction.

This time Iveta has understood the nature of this birdman, which is to save face, so Iveta also cooperated and said: "Eradicating scum, I think it is everyone's basic morality as a human being."

The priest showed a satisfied look, nodded and said: "Mr. Ivita, my guess is correct, you are indeed a devout believer. In order to thank you for destroying pirates, and about to destroy more pirates, General Antioch decided to Support some high-level professionals to make up for the lack of high-level professionals in your army."

"This includes a fourth-level superior knight, a third-level ranger, and a third-level archer."

Ivita blinked.

That is, as long as I am strong enough, will I be given a pillow even if I fall asleep?

Unexpectedly, he could only occupy two counties, but two forces came to sponsor him.

Now he has been sponsored into the army and so many high-level professionals.

In this way, his power is already stable.

Ivita thought of many self-made overlords in previous lives. They started with difficulties and then things were easy. When they became prosperous, many aristocratic families were willing to invest in them.

In fact, strength is like a snowball. The early stage is the most difficult, but in the middle and late stages, it becomes very easy.

Iveta got the benefit, so she thought it would be better to satisfy the vanity of the face-saving priest. “Thank you to the great Lord of all creation, and thank you to the great Church.”

"Thank you, General Antioch, and you. This is a great help, but what do I need to pay for it?"

The priest, who was already very satisfied, pressed Ivita's shoulder and said emotionally: "Mr. Ivita, you just need to maintain your firm faith in the Lord of all things. This is the best thing for us and the church." The only thing I ask of you.”

"But if you really want to do something for the church and the cause of the God of All Things, then after you get everything you want, just join the Thirteenth Holy Religion War."

This is the second time today that Iveta has been invited to participate in the Holy Religion War.

Ivita asked doubtfully: "I heard that the Thirteenth Holy War has begun. Is our record on the front line very poor?"

The face of the good-looking priest was embarrassed.

He coughed and said: "All of this is God's test for us. He hopes that we can still strengthen our faith even in the most critical times. The victory of the pagans is only temporary."