Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Although the nobles regarded the land as their life, the purchase of food was also a matter of life and death for the country. Even the hereditary honorary Earl of Este did not dare to make decisions for the king even if he was a plenipotentiary. As Christine said, all he had to do was report the matter as it was.

So Earl Esther assumed a respectful attitude and said: "Earl Stewart, please speak."

Christine took an elegant sip of tea and said: "According to the "Demon Slaying Order", if a noble's territory is occupied by a demon and cannot be taken back within three months, it will return to the king. After the demonic disaster is over, it will be canonized based on the demon slaying points. Nobles granted land, right.”

Count Esther nodded and said, "Yes, that's true."

"Since King Alfonso will definitely get land from the demonic disaster, then it is not a problem for him to use some of it to offset the money to buy food, right?"

Count Esther thought about it carefully, and it seemed that what Christine said made sense. In normal times, it would definitely be a problem for King Alfonso to exchange land for food, and he might even be scolded by his family members. But after the demonic disaster is over, the king will get a lot of new land, and taking part of it is not eye-catching. After all, the total area has increased in the end.

Just like if your family originally had a savings of 10,000 yuan, if you want to use 1,000 yuan to buy a handbag, your family will definitely not be willing to do so. But if you earn 4,000 yuan yourself and give 3,000 yuan to your family after buying the figure, this is different.

Christine continued: "Of course, this is just a proposal from me. If King Alfonso is not willing, then I will still sell the food as long as I have enough gold coins."

Count Este asked: "Count Stuart, if, I mean if King Alfonso agrees, how much grain are you prepared to exchange for how much land? And where do you want to exchange it for?"

Christine smiled slightly and said, "How about exchanging the Basque Viscounty for a year's worth of food for a county citizen?"

"Basque Viscounty? The devil did not capture it."

"Do you think Viscount Basque can resist the devil?"

The implicit meaning of this sentence is that this will happen sooner or later. How could Earl Esther not hear it?

Christine put the last straw that broke the camel's back: "I can promise that the villages and towns that originally believed in the God of Great Courage will also build temples to the God of Great Courage when they are rebuilt."

In a demonic disaster, after the demons occupy the village, they will immediately destroy the temple and smash the altar. However, those who take back the village can build a temple of any true god they want. The land obtained by using demon-slaying points does not have a temple, and the canonized person can build a temple of any true god he wants.

But if Christine had given this condition, the Church of God of Courage would not have any objections. The church is concerned about faith. The original faith area has not been reduced. The food purchased is also to help believers. Maybe the church will promote this matter.

Earl Esther immediately understood the meaning and said: "Earl Stewart, please allow me to use the communication circle to report to His Majesty the King."

"Elena, take Count Esther to the interrogation hall."

"As you command. Count Ester, please come with me."

Although the communication circle cannot communicate instantly like a phone call, it is no problem to send text messages paragraph by paragraph like WeChat, as long as you are willing to pay for the communication fee.

Soon, Count Este brought back a reply from King Alfonso: Land can be exchanged for food, but it must be exchanged for enough food for the people of two counties. In other words, King Alfonso wants to take over the entire Stuart territory at once. All the stored grain will be exchanged (excluding Karona collar).

It is true that land is the lifeblood of the nobles, but this lifeblood is only precious when it is there. If it has been abandoned, no one will really care about it anymore.

King Alfonso can understand the seriousness of the matter and exchange land for food according to the conditions given by Christine. The church will most likely support this matter. After the disaster is over, the territory belonging to the kingdom will increase. As long as it is well publicized The problem is not unsolvable. But if he doesn't agree, he will definitely not be able to afford the money to buy food. Then there is a high probability that he will have to go to the Kingdom of God after the demonic disaster.

King Alfonso didn't want to go to the Kingdom of God so early, so he naturally agreed to exchange land for food.

It is enough food to feed one county for a year, and sharing it with the people in two counties can only ensure that they will not starve to death this year. But the disaster will not end in two years. What will happen if those refugees cannot return to their homes next year, so King Alfonso wants to solve the food problem for two years at a time.

Now that you have let go, why not just let yourself go. If we don't seize this opportunity to exchange for two years' worth of grain, what if Earl Stewart has sold the grain to other nobles when he needs it again next year, or what if there is something wrong with the autumn harvest that Stewart received.

Not to mention that all previous efforts were wasted, King Alfonso did not dare to risk his own life.

This request was exactly what Christine wanted. She originally wanted to sell all the food. Now that the two parties had reached an initial agreement, she used the teleportation circle to go to Magritte City, the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia, to negotiate with King Alfonso in person.

I won’t go into details of the specific negotiations because King Alfonso was very anxious, so it only took one day to reach a consensus. The final agreement was as follows:

The Kingdom of Iberia exchanged the Basque Viscounty and the Count of Navarre for all the official grain reserves of the entire Stewart Territory (excluding the Carona Territory), which will be delivered after the demonic disaster is over. If something unexpected happened, King Alfonso would compensate him with equal amounts of land and ensure that all lands were connected.

Although Navarre is a county, its actual area is only slightly larger than that of a viscounty. This is normal. Many nobles have lost their land over a long period of time and their territories have been reduced, but their titles will not change. The Count of Navarre is one of them.

The Kingdom of Iberia provided ten three-masted cargo ships and 10,000 slaves to the Stuart territory as freight. Christian was responsible for transporting the grain to the port of Ovinado in the Viscounty of Asturias. Inland transportation was provided by Iberia. The Kingdom of Asia is responsible.

Although the nobles do not regard slaves as human beings, they are also believers and cannot starve to death. Christine's future territory was short of people, and King Alfonso was short of food, so they hit it off and gave away the slaves as extra money.

Christine promised that villages and towns that originally believed in the God of Courage would still build temples to the God of Courage when they were newly built. After the agreement was signed, the grain transportation began.

There are some other details that there is no need to write out.

After Kristine came back, she immediately ordered that half of the official grain reserves from Carona be shipped out, and the rest from Stewart. It must be ensured that all transportation is completed within a month.