Chapter 1269

As the civil war in the underground world intensified, the situation on the surface became treacherous due to the expeditionary forces of the void empire.

Expeditionary warfare has not never happened, but it is mostly an indirect war.

For example, the qainas Empire, known as the overlord in the east of the miracle continent, once launched an expedition to the * * * kingdom in the south of the continent, but it was only because the two countries were too close to each other; Then there is the conflict between the northern principality Federation in the north of the mainland and the St. Joels empire in the south of the mainland; And the Emilia Empire, which is also located in the north of the mainland, and the Millennium covenant Empire, which is located in the west of the mainland, are hostile to each other.

However, no matter what contradictions and small-scale conflicts these big powers and empires have with each other, it is because these countries are too close to each other, so there will be inevitable conflicts and frictions in the overall development of the country.

It is absolutely a miracle that the void Empire directly declared war on the Principality of rumbel. In tens of thousands of years since the end of the chaotic era, this kind of wood is extremely hard and can almost be used as iron, but it is not heavy in itself. What is more valuable is that this kind of wood has a certain degree of cold resistance and fire resistance, Even without special alchemy, this wood is difficult to ignite by fire or freeze into ice. Compared with the red dragon wood preferred by aristocrats, black dragon wood is more widely used in military, and the price is also higher.

The cost of these five carriages alone is as high as millions of gold coins, not to mention other low-key but extremely expensive and luxurious axles, wheels, guardrails, pedals and other accessories.

On the miracle continent, there are not many families who can afford to use black dragon wood as carriages - compared with the power pattern of many empires and kingdoms, there are absolutely few families who can take out five carriages made of black dragon wood at one go. Even the royal families of the seven empires are likely to have only two or three. It's not that these rich imperial royalty can't afford the price, but the exploitation of black dragon wood is extremely difficult. It often takes several years to cut down a black dragon tree, and it usually takes three to five black dragon tree logs to make a carriage.

Of course, what makes the black dragon wood more precious is that the black dragon wood carriage is produced in only one place in the whole miracle continent, that is, the capital of trade.

Because of this, the void Empire still has no carriage made of black dragon wood. In addition to the poor relationship with the trade capital itself, the more reason is that the details of the void empire are still insufficient: according to Neil's budget, the monthly financial balance of the void empire is less than 100000 gold coins. After all, the monthly military expenditure is a figure that can make anyone feel stunned.

Of course, a large part of this situation is also due to the lack of financial sources of the void empire.

But in the final analysis, it is still that sentence.

The foundation of the void empire is still too shallow.

At present, Hera's disagreement has opened an expeditionary war, which is a great burden for Neil.

After all, the previous wars did not exert so much pressure on the void Empire, simply because Haila and William both took the predatory way of supporting the war by fighting, which could meet the expenses of the armies of the void Empire to a great extent. Now, with the establishment of the void Empire and the establishment of various border lines, the cost of these garrisons has suddenly increased a lot, and the expeditionary campaign can not complete the supply of supporting the war by plundering like ordinary wars.

If the battlefield logistics supplies of William and the undead army were not provided by the Millennium alliance Empire, the void Empire would not dare to break out war at will, let alone support Hella's expedition plan to the Principality of rumbel.

At this moment, under the instructions of the camp guards, five carriages soon stopped in front of a large camp.

The doors of four of the carriages opened, and several passengers of different heights, but wearing hoods and cloaks, soon got out of the carriage and walked towards the camp. With the actions of these passengers, the guard leader immediately turned over and dismounted, followed by more than a dozen guards.

Just before these people entered the camp, they had been intercepted by two werewolf guards.

"What do you mean?" A passenger asked.

"This is the commander's camp. No guards are allowed to follow in." A werewolf grinned and spoke fluent continental lingua franca, "so you can enter, but they can't."

"What are you talking about!" The Guard commander immediately showed anger, "we have the responsibility to protect the safety of our employers."

"If the main camp is not safe, there will be no safe place in the world." The werewolf replied humbly, "just wait outside."

"What if we refuse?" The guard leader spoke in a deep voice.

Ignoring the guard's provocation, the werewolf guard suddenly raised his head, and dozens of werewolf guards standing around surrounded the group. At the same time, there was a commotion in the camp, which was obviously a sign of large-scale troop mobilization.

A tense atmosphere suddenly rose.

It seemed that there was a commotion, and a dignified young woman came out of the camp.

This man is one of the four giants of the void Empire today, foreign minister Diana.

Seeing the presence of the Lord, a passenger with a sharp voice asked, "Diana, is this the hospitality of your void Empire?"

Just at this time, the werewolf guard had also reported the situation to Diana, so when she heard the words with obvious questioning tone, Diana's face was also slightly solemn and said in a deep voice: "for friends, our void Empire has never been stingy with friendship, but for those who try to find trouble, we will not accommodate each other's temper I think my guard has made it very clear that your entourage is prohibited from entering here. "

"I don't believe in your void empire. If we can't let our entourage enter together, we'll leave now." The passenger with a shrill voice looked a little angry.

"Escort, take them away." Diana sneered, then gave an order to the werewolf next to her, turned and walked towards the camp.

It seems that she didn't expect Diana's attitude to be so tough, and these people around her were obviously stunned.

"Just a moment, Miss Diana." Another passenger with a slightly hoarse voice suddenly said, "we came with sincerity."

"If you come with sincerity, we will be very welcome." Diana stopped, then turned and said, "but so far, I haven't seen your sincerity."

The hoarse passenger sighed softly and said to the guards, "just wait outside."

"But..." the guard leader seemed to want to say something, but he was stopped by the passenger's outstretched hand, "I know."

"Welcome." Diana smiled, then led the seven mysterious visitors who still didn't want to take off their cloaks into the camp.

Different from what everyone imagined, this space is enough to fill the camp with more than 30 people, but there are only two people at the moment.

In addition to Diana, who led the crowd in front, another person was HeLa Garcia, the Minister of strategy, who was one of the four giants with Diana.

However, in the current recognized situation, the status of William and Hella is obviously higher than Neil, while the other three giants, including Neil, are higher than Diana. After all, the first three have always followed William, while Diana joined the camp of the void empire after the blood flag revenge, so there is a little strange difference between before and after this.

"It's a great honor to meet you, your excellency Garcia." The passenger with a hoarse voice opened his hood and revealed his old face under the hood, "I am the president of the magic tower chamber of Commerce, Jiadong, a useless magician These are the president of the harvest horn chamber of Commerce, the president of the legendary firehammer chamber of Commerce, the president of the immortal hammer chamber of Commerce, the president of the sardins chamber of Commerce, the president of the leibina chamber of Commerce and the president of the somas chamber of Commerce. "

With the introduction of Jiadong, President of the magic tower chamber of Commerce, the other six mysterious visitors also opened their hoods one by one to reveal their faces under their hoods.

The harvest horn chamber of commerce is one of the top ten chambers of Commerce in the trade capital together with the magic tower chamber of Commerce. However, different from the magic tower chamber of Commerce, the harvest horn chamber of Commerce focuses on selling all kinds of magic goods. The business content of the harvest horn chamber of Commerce is all kinds of crops and seeds, of course, there are a lot of grains and grains. The president of the chamber of commerce is also a dark middle-aged man who looks simple, honest and honest. Just as the president of the chamber of Commerce who can occupy a seat in the top ten chambers of Commerce for a long time, no one will believe that he is really an honest man.

The presidents of the legendary firehammer chamber of Commerce and the immortal hammer chamber of commerce are both dwarves. Their long beard is tied around their waist, which seems to make them fat. Although the two chambers of commerce are also one of the top ten chambers of Commerce in the trade capital, the projects operated by the two chambers of commerce are different. For example, the legendary fire hammer chamber of commerce mainly sells all kinds of weapons and equipment, while the immortal hammer chamber of Commerce sells all kinds of craft products.

The cutting and manufacturing technology of black dragon wood is the housekeeping skill of the immortal hammer chamber of Commerce.

The president of the sidings chamber of commerce is a burly middle-aged man with a fierce spirit. The slave catcher who was born as a mercenary has expanded the sidings chamber of commerce into one of the top ten chambers of Commerce in just 30 years. In addition to the slave business specializing in population trading, the president of the sidings chamber of commerce is also strong, cunning Cruelty is closely related.

As for leibina chamber of Commerce and somas chamber of Commerce, although they are also one of the top ten chambers of Commerce, their family business is not as good as the previous five peers. Somas chamber of Commerce, for example, can only become one of the top ten chambers of Commerce by relying on the strategy of small profits and quick turnover. After all, the business of alchemy is not so unique; The situation of leibina chamber of commerce is slightly better than that of somas chamber of Commerce. After all, in addition to selling war horses and Warcraft crystal cores, they will also do some similar intelligence business.

There are seven of the top ten chambers of Commerce.

"Well, didn't Dingding chamber of Commerce, Leiyun chamber of Commerce and brother chamber of Commerce come?" Hella said thoughtfully.

"The brotherly chamber of Commerce has withdrawn from the trade capital." The speaker was leibina, the president of leibina chamber of Commerce. Leibina, a red haired young woman with warm hair color, "Mr. Haila, you should know the particularity of brother chambers of Commerce, so they don't need to stick to the trade capital."

The brotherly chamber of commerce is rumored to be composed of three brothers. The projects run by their chamber of commerce are mercenaries and, of course, various assassinations. It is said that more than 60% of the defense work in the trade capital is in the charge of the brother chamber of Commerce. They buy weapons from the legendary firehammer chamber of Commerce, food from the harvest horn chamber of Commerce, and soldiers from the sidings chamber of Commerce. Then they sell the war subdued prisoners of war to the sidings chamber of Commerce, and sell the spies and collected intelligence to the leibina chamber of Commerce, It will also sell some of the captured booty to other chambers of Commerce in the capital of trade.

It can be said that if there were no brother chambers of Commerce, the blood circulation of the trade capital would be sharply reduced by half.

"Then it seems that Dingding chamber of Commerce and Leiyun chamber of commerce should be the same result." Hella smiled and said, "then according to the rules of your trade capital, if you leave the border of the trade capital, you will no longer be sheltered by the trade capital?"

"Lord Hella, what are you... Going to do?" Gadon asked cautiously.

"Lei Yun chamber of Commerce and our void empire are old acquaintances. I just want to invite them as guests." Haila said with a smile, but her words were full of murderous spirit.

As we all know, when the void empire was just a small Baron, it was incompatible with Leiyun chamber of Commerce, and Leiyun chamber of Commerce even came up with the way of economic sanctions to compress the living space of the void empire. It can be said that the contradiction between the void Empire and the Leiyun chamber of Commerce has a long history, but the Leiyun chamber of Commerce has always been hiding in the trade capital. Especially after the establishment of the void Empire, it has evacuated all the industries located in the Ryan Kingdom, the Hales Kingdom, the kalosa tribal United Nations and the robein knights. Therefore, there has been no good way for the void Empire to retaliate.

At present, with the trade capital almost falling apart, how can the void Empire not take advantage of the fire.

Yes, at the moment, the trade capital is in an unprecedented crisis.

It is absolutely impossible to say that no one is staring at such a large piece of fat as the trade capital. However, the military strength of the trade capital has not been too weak all the time. Moreover, the "mainland Bureau of checks and balances" of the Peace Council is against it. If it is pushed horizontally by military strength alone, it is impossible to enter the trade capital, Because no country or coalition can afford such terrible war damage.

The big countries that can withstand the war damage are too far away from the trade capital. In addition, if the war breaks out, it's OK to eat the trade capital smoothly. If they can't eat, once they are completely evacuated from the domestic chamber of Commerce by the trade capital, the consequences will undoubtedly be very terrible.

However, with the collapse of the peace parliament, the institutions that check and balance the situation of the whole miracle continent no longer exist. In this way, as long as the interests are distributed well, it is not impossible to occupy the trade capital. Especially after the major mercenaries and mercenaries who were originally stationed in the trade capital and survived by relying on defense work withdrew from the trade capital, the brotherly chamber of Commerce alone could not defend the whole trade capital.

It is precisely because of this that the brotherly chamber of Commerce naturally chose to withdraw from the trade capital after receiving the news that multinational coalition forces were coming towards the trade capital. After all, the business nature of brother chambers of Commerce enables them to live very well wherever they are.

Seeing that Haila had begun to order people to "invite" Leiyun chamber of Commerce, the president of somas chamber of Commerce standing aside couldn't help but say: "Leiyun chamber of Commerce... Left with brother chambers of Commerce, and they have transferred the assets of the whole trade capital Dingding chamber of Commerce has been eliminated a few days ago because of its resentment with Leiyun chamber of Commerce and brother chambers of Commerce. "

"Oh." Haila raised her eyebrows and looked at the somas chamber of Commerce president who spoke, an old man over half a hundred years old as the president of the magic tower chamber of Commerce, then turned her head and said to the werewolf guard, "... In that case, change your plan. Let Fanny lead the peace team to attack together with the scarlet knights, the lion of thunder and Cecilia guards. Tell Alfred that if the brother chamber of Commerce gives up Leiyun chamber of Commerce, avoid conflict with the brother chamber of Commerce, otherwise invite the brother chamber of Commerce together. "

Hella deliberately accentuated the word "please".

"Yes." The werewolf guard nodded with excitement and cruelty in his eyes, and soon left the camp to give battle instructions.

This time, in order to avoid increasing clough's influence in the void Empire, Hera not only transferred Alfred's thunder lion and Dwight's Scarlet Knights into the expedition army, but also the silver sideburns army, the broken wind sword dancer army and the snow wind guard into the expedition army, At the same time, 100000 mixed troops from the void Empire and the wilderness were sent out with the army.

As for the strong, in addition to the super strong Alexis and kokirei, Haila also mobilized ten people to join the expedition. Among them are juejian Fanny, who has just taken refuge in the void Empire, three legendary strong men who have changed from the Peace Council to the void Empire, two legendary strong men who came to take refuge after hearing the strong reputation of the void Empire, and two legendary strong men who originally belonged to the broken wind tribe and the snow wind tribe: Sword dancer Ji vinya and marksman Marton, The current commander of the silver sideburns legion, wolf emperor Ariana, and the son of the devil who has been responsible for protecting Haila's safety, HARTING, et al.

Listen, Haila did not hesitate to send such a strong team to pursue Leiyun chamber of Commerce and brother chamber of Commerce. Even if she knew it was them, Jiadong was still shocked. When he saw the tangled look on his partner's face, he knew that their preparation for the negotiation was useless: after all, their mentality had been at a disadvantage before the formal negotiation began, so the outcome of the negotiation could be imagined.

At the thought of this, Jiadong felt bitter.

But no matter how bitter, he had to speak. After all, his magic tower chamber of Commerce has always been the first of the top ten chambers of Commerce.

"I have a small gift for Lord Sean before we officially tell you what we're coming for." Jiadong took a deep breath and said, "the fifth black dragon Trojan horse parked outside the camp tent was just completed a few days ago. This is a gift we offered to celebrate the establishment of the void empire. I hope Lord Sean will not blame us for this late gift."

"You can rest assured that Sean is not so stingy." Hella smiled. "Look at me, I forgot to invite you to a seat Come on, please sit down. I'll let you have some tea. "

At Diana's sign, logistics personnel soon sent some tea and cakes to the camp.

These tea and cakes are just ordinary things. They usually only appear on the civilian table. Naturally, they can eat better tea as Haila and Diana. But now the empty empire is financially nervous. If it weren't for hosting the presidents of the top ten chambers of Commerce from the trade capital, Haila and Diana wouldn't even ask people to prepare tea, cakes and cakes, often just a dry grain and a bag of water.

Several presidents of the chamber of Commerce simply ate a few mouthfuls. After a while, they stopped eating and began to look at Diana and Hella.

However, Diana and Haila are people who have seen great winds and waves after all. Naturally, they will not speak first at this time, but continue to enjoy their rare rest time as if they don't know anything.

Therefore, the president of the magic tower chamber of commerce finally broke the silence: "we come here this time in the hope that Lord Haila can protect our trade capital."

"President Jiadong, you're kidding. I also understand the fair and free customs of the trade capital." Haila smiled and shook her head with an expression of "don't tease me." the capital of trade is always called the capital of freedom, and you will never let any national army enter it. "

"Lord Haila, we don't talk in secret." Knowing that the negotiation has failed since the beginning and that their chamber of Commerce Alliance has almost no advantage, Canada is also direct, "the current situation of the trade capital is very bad. It is no problem to resist the invasion of countries like Ryan Kingdom only by relying on the seven of us, but if there are Three Kingdoms like Ryan Kingdom, we have to take care of one and lose the other, Not to mention that there are as many as ten countries preparing to invade the trade capital this time. "

"Our supply line is not that long. If it is inserted into the war between your trade capital and the multinational coalition forces, the expenses we need to bear will increase." Hella shook her head. "This is not what we want to see."

"In terms of logistics supply, we can promise you that we will provide you with food supply for one year free of charge." The honest dark man knew that they had no hope of negotiation after hearing Canada's outspoken statement about the situation of the trade capital, so he also simply said the result agreed in advance, "and we can help you maintain the operation of the supply line."

"Not enough." Hella shook her head. "You know, this time your enemies are up to ten countries."

"In terms of equipment maintenance, our legendary fire hammer can also help." The dwarf from the legendary firehammer also said, "in addition, in terms of war materials, it is not just food. We can also supplement the material consumption of military supplies for you free."

"The problem of long supply lines can also be solved by our immortal hammer." The president of the immortal hammer chamber of commerce followed him, and it can be seen that he and the president of the legendary fire hammer chamber of commerce should obviously be related, "our immortal hammer is not only selling handicrafts, but also has made some achievements in baggage vehicles. The load-bearing capacity of the load-bearing car produced by our immortal hammer is five times that of ordinary trucks, This can greatly reduce the transportation difficulty and cost of the supply line. "

"Not enough." Hella still shook her head. She didn't say where there was not enough, but the word was not enough, which was enough to show everything. Even if the presidents of the seven chambers of Commerce knew that the void empire was talking to the lion, they still had no choice.

"With the supplement of military resources, we cedines chamber of commerce can make a commitment to you to ensure satisfaction."

"Our leibina chamber of Commerce has some map copies. I believe it can provide better choices for your marching route."

"In terms of medical treatment, although we somas chamber of Commerce do not have any good methods, hemostatic agents can still be provided."

Listening to his companions have made a price, Jiadong can only sigh helplessly: "although our magic tower chamber of commerce can not meet all the arms replacement of your expeditionary army, we also have some savings, which should be able to make up for the deficiency of the void empire in magic combat effectiveness to a great extent."

"I am personally satisfied with the conditions you have put forward. I believe Lord Haila should not be dissatisfied." Before Haila could speak, Diana had accepted with a smile, "but our action this time is to expedition to the Principality of rumbel. I'm afraid they will be very unhappy if Lord Neil and Cecilia know that we have made a commitment to protect your trade capital."

No one answered, and the presidents of the seven chambers of Commerce remained silent at this time.

However, in this silence, their hearts were also slightly relieved, because Diana was willing to answer, which meant that the matter had to be discussed. For businessmen, as long as they can communicate, there must be a turnaround, and the turnaround also means the success rate. Of course, this also has a price.

"However, if the trading capital can join the void Empire, I believe neither Lord Neil nor Cecilia will oppose it."

Sure enough, Diana soon put forward the price they needed to pay.

What they didn't expect was that the price would be so high!

"This..."

"Don't rush to refuse." Diana smiled and said, "the trade capital can still maintain your free style and the laws you originally formulated. Our void empire will not interfere, but let you become the economic province of our void empire. In other words, you may have to pay a large tax fee, but I believe you don't care about this tax fee with the amount of money you swallow in the capital of trade. "

This condition does not sound difficult to accept.

But Jiadong clearly heard the implication: "if our trading capital joined the void Empire, does it mean that we have become legal citizens of the void Empire?"

"This is natural." Diana smiled and nodded.

"So we have become legal citizens, that is to say, we have obligations and responsibilities for the void Empire?"

Diana smiled like a flower: "that's right."

"Can I ask about this obligation and responsibility?"

"You will be fully responsible for the supply line of the expeditionary army." Diana smiled and said the answer, "as an obligation of the Empire, we will also shelter the trade capital to ensure that you are away from all the dangers of war. You can still keep your current scale of escort forces and ensure that you do not interfere with the independent rights and interests and laws and regulations of your trade capital without conflict with the laws of the Empire Of course, the cedines chamber of Commerce may need to be transformed. In this regard, our void empire can ensure your satisfaction You see, to become the second chamber of Commerce of the armed forces like the brotherly chamber of Commerce, I don't know what President setings thinks? "

"Do I have the right to refuse?" With a wry smile, the president of the sedings chamber of Commerce was open, "but I'm afraid we don't have much freedom after the sedings chamber of commerce became the chamber of Commerce of armed mercenaries?"

No country will allow its own country to have such an uncontrolled and powerful armed force.

"I believe this. We can negotiate and learn from each other slowly later." Diana answered evasively, "of course, in return, all chambers of Commerce registered in the trade capital will have 30% business tax exemption for import and export trade within the void empire. In addition to the items prohibited from trading, major strategic materials and commodities have 10% business tax exemption. In addition, we will also purchase all military supplies in the trade capital. "

Listen, Diana clearly lists these contents. The president of the seven chambers of Commerce doesn't know that the void Empire has long been prepared.

I'm afraid even without the invasion of the ten allied forces, the void empire will never let go of the fat meat of the trade capital, especially the Leiyun chamber of Commerce, which has an old grudge with the void empire. Just one excuse is enough for the void Empire to launch a war of aggression against the trade capital - or even no war excuse is needed now that the peace parliament has collapsed.

Of course, invading and plundering the trade capital is certainly not more valuable than annexing and digesting the trade capital.

When the outcome has long been doomed, the so-called negotiations are just striving for the maximization of our own interests.

Naturally, this kind of thing is not what Hera is good at. She also allows Diana lion to bargain with the chamber of Commerce Alliance. After all, the annexation of the trade capital into an economic province of the void empire can definitely alleviate the financial crisis of the void Empire, but as a price, I'm afraid the economic center of the void empire will give up, and also pay a lot of expenses for the army stationed in such an enclave.

What Hella is thinking about at the moment is how to reduce the expenditure of the garrison in the trade capital.

But after thinking about it, there was only one answer in her mind: let tungsten Lamo come and garrison.

The negotiation process did not last long. Diana had reached an agreement with the president of the seven major chambers of Commerce in less than an hour. However, looking at the constipation like expression on the face of the president of the seven chambers of Commerce, even if Haila didn't listen carefully to the negotiation just now, she can know that Diana won a vast province and city for the void Empire without blood, thus completely alleviating the financial pressure of the void empire.

"Congratulations, a wonderful victory." After sending the presidents of the seven chambers of Commerce out of the camp, and then ordering people to return the black dragon Trojan horse to oasis city, Haila turned back and smiled at Diana and said, "I have always believed in Sean's vision. Now you not only prove your worthy diplomatic ability to everyone in the void Empire, but also prove to everyone that Sean has never mistaken anyone."

Diana chuckled: "compared with Lord Haila and Lord William, you have made so much efforts for the rise of the void Empire, and Lord Neil has made so many achievements for the stability of the void empire. I can only repay the trust of the void empire in this way."

"You don't have to be modest." Hella shook her head and said, "you are the Minister of foreign affairs, one of the four giants of our void empire. Although I put forward the plan of annexing the trade capital, in my style, I can only fight with the trade capital, which is not good for us. The looting can only ease the supply line of the expeditionary army, which is far from what you just won at the negotiation table So, here I want to thank you for letting me avoid giving orders for the soldiers to die. "

Diana smiled with a sincere smile: "then, how do we reply to the emissary of the Allied forces invading the trade capital?"

"Let them retract their hand to the trade capital." Hella said with a sneer, "otherwise I'll cut off this hand myself."