Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

When the old Earl Bryce arrived in the imperial capital, the Great Xia Empire received the powerful old Earl very warmly out of etiquette reasons.

And Bryce didn't do anything unexpected. He signed his name on the contract very generously.

Then, in the afternoon of the same day, Bryce handed over the eight million imperial silver dollars that he had prepared long ago to the Ministry of Finance of the Daxia Empire.

The next morning, the Daxia Empire's Ministry of Finance handed over these eight million imperial silver dollars, together with another seven million, for a total of fifteen million imperial silver dollars, to Bryce.

Later, during the cocktail party that afternoon, the old count announced in public that the John Empire and the Gallic Empire had sold the Barbarian-class and Gaydon-class armored cruisers to the Daxia Empire.

This news immediately caused a storm among the ministers in the imperial capital.

Other Western countries, such as the Hungarian-Austrian Empire and the Windmill Federal Principality, expressed surprise at this incident. The news they had received before was that Daxia had already gone to war with John and the Gallic Empire. How could they reconcile in less than a month?

And made such a big deal?

However, among these empires, the ministers of two countries frowned.

One of them was a tall man with a red beard. He was Leinster, the Hans Empire's minister to Daxia. There was a trace of doubt in his eyes. Like the other ministers, he was confused about the deal that Daxia suddenly reached with John.

As a Hans Empire that regarded the John Empire and the Gallic Empire as its opponents, they had their own intelligence system in the territory of John Gaul.

He even knew three months ago that the John Empire had mobilized troops from the Asan Kingdom in the south.

At that time, the news from the Hans Empire told him to wait. When Daxia was defeated, the Hans Empire would intervene in this war as a mediator, and then win over Daxia after the war. On my own side.

Therefore, Leinster did not tell Daxia about the incident at that time, and just waited for Daxia to come and beg him.

However, he has also been paying attention to the developments between Daxia and John, including the landing of John and the Gallic coalition forces on Jinghai.

But since then, he has not received any news. The landing army seemed to have disappeared so suddenly.

Then, I heard about the truce between Daxia and John, and then I heard about the warship procurement between Daxia and John.

At this time, Leinster's heart was full of doubts and jealousy.

What he was puzzled about was what happened that he didn't know about, and what he was jealous of was that John and Gaul actually made another fifteen million imperial silver dollars from Daxia.

If the Hans Empire earned this money, then at least two battleships could be built, or thirty divisions of troops could be armed.

"Damn Daxia, you are really rich!" Leinster cursed in a low voice, and then drank the red wine in his hand.

"It seems that we have to find a time to get in touch with Prince Rui." In Leinster's mind, he suddenly thought of Prince Rui, who suddenly rose to prominence in the Imperial Capital during this period.

He also did not expect that a useless prince could really soar into the sky, so that he had never paid much attention to Prince Rui before, and had no interaction with him.

The one who had the same idea as Leinster was the minister of Sakura Kingdom, Matsushiro.

At this time, Matsushiro was extremely shocked. He did not expect that the Sakura Kingdom had to mobilize the whole country to destroy Daxia's fleet. In just a few years, Daxia actually bought two more powerful ships. Armored cruiser.

As the Sakura Kingdom's minister to Daxia, he appears to be an envoy and diplomat, but in fact, he is also responsible for spying on intelligence.

As a Sakura country that has been living in the shadow of Daxia for thousands of years, it finally took advantage of the east wind of the Western countries to overtake Daxia in a corner. How could he be willing to return to the shadow of Daxia? .

Therefore, since the Sakura Revolution, Daxia has always been regarded as the biggest opponent and mortal enemy of its rise. Then thousands of spies were sent to Daxia and infiltrated into all walks of life in Daxia.

It can be said that in the naval battle three years ago, it was precisely because of these people who constantly conveyed news to Sakura Country that Sakura Country defeated Daxia so easily and destroyed Daxia's fleet.

But in just a few years, Daxia actually has powerful battleships again, which are even stronger and more powerful than the previous battleships.

"Baga, it is absolutely not allowed. Daxia's navy has once again surpassed the empire! The news must be sent back to Sakura Country as soon as possible, so that the people in the military department can come up with countermeasures as soon as possible." Matsushiro's face turned cold, and he took the wine glass in his hand. He sat on the table next to him and hurriedly left the reception.

However, neither Matsushiro, who left, nor Leinster, who was still hanging around at the party, noticed that there were several pairs of eyes in a room on the second floor, watching all of this.

"Dear Lord Earl, I still don't understand something. Don't you also agree with the decision to win over Daxia? Why do you want to reveal this news to the Sakura Empire again?" Andrew looked at Matsushiro who was leaving and looked at the person next to him. Old Earl Bryce said.

"Mr. Andrew, you have been in Daxia all year round. Have you heard of an ancient fable in Daxia?" Bryce sat on a sofa and looked at Andrew by the window.

"What story?" Andrew asked with some confusion.

"It's a story about a fisherman who saw a seagull preparing to hunt a huge seashell, but his legs were caught by the seashell and couldn't fly. Finally, he was caught by the fisherman." Bryce thought about it. I wanted to say this to Andrew.

"Huh? Lord Earl, are you talking about the conflict between the snipe and the clam, and the fishermen benefit?" Andrew looked at Bryce and said with some uncertainty.

"Well, yes, that's the story. It seems that your stay in Daxia for so long, Andrew, was indeed not in vain." Bryce said with a smile.

"Your Majesty the Earl, you have given me the award, but does this have anything to do with what we are talking about now?" Andrew still looked incomprehensible.

"Oh, dear little Andrew, don't you want to be the fisherman who wins in the end in the story?"

"Although I, like you, are optimistic about Daxia, Daxia is really too big and they have a lot of resources."

"In the past few thousand years, Daxia has been the target of our pursuit. It is only in the past few decades that Daxia has declined and been overtaken by us."

"But, as the Emperor of Gaul said, Bactria is a sleeping lion. Once it wakes up, it will shock the whole world."

"We hope to use the power of Daxia to control the east and protect the interests of my John Empire, but this does not mean that we hope that this lion will wake up."