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"What happened in the city?"

Stopping a guard, Delise asked doubtfully.

This is the capital of Duke Moxi, so it should be the safest place. Pedestrians came and went in a hurry, soldiers patrolled everywhere, and there was a tense atmosphere in the air.

"Your Majesty, the Warhammer Restoration Organization launched a rebellion and attacked many important places in the capital last night. We are deploying troops to suppress the rebellion."

The guard's answer made Delise frown. The noisy city has no sense of art at all, it’s really annoying.

"Are there frequent rebellions in your country?"

Delise asked.

I hate it, but I still need to collect the necessary information. In fact, the elves have always collected intelligence about the Principality of Moxi, but they do not trust the human intelligence personnel they bribed.

"No!

Apart from occasional rebellions in the new part of the Warhammer Plains, the rest of the kingdom is stable.

What happened last night was just an accident. The Warhammer Restoration Organization does not know which force it has received support from, and it has been causing trouble everywhere recently. "

After hearing the guard's explanation, Delise nodded slightly. Generally speaking, it was similar to what she had learned in advance, and the Principality of Moxi was generally stable.

The only difference is that the Warhammer Restoration Organization, which originally had a low presence, suddenly became active recently.

These are all minor problems. If the Warhammer Restoration Organization really becomes a phenomenon, it will only be good for the elves, and there will be no harm.

If it weren't for the inability to contact this organization, the elves would have to increase their support to them. As a neighbor, naturally the weaker the better.

If humans can be used to kill each other, why would the elves do it themselves?

Under the guidance of the guards, Delise and her party successfully arrived at the negotiation location. Compared to yesterday, everyone in the delegation from the Principality of Moxi looked much uglier today.

Delise didn't take it seriously. A rebellion had just occurred in the royal capital, so it was understandable that she was in a bad mood.

As a strong person in the Holy Realm, her ears are still very sensitive, and she can clearly hear everyone's private discussions even from a hundred or ten meters away.

The content of the chat was a bit strange. In addition to discussing the attack on the royal capital, there was also a rebellion here, a fight between noble lords there, and a bunch of romantic affairs between nobles.

After unintentionally harvesting a bunch of gossip, Delise's mood instantly improved. It is always pleasant to watch a neighbor's misfortune.

If she hadn't come here in person, she wouldn't have known that there were so many problems in the Principality of Moxi. Deep down, she felt vaguely that the clan was making too much of a fuss.

A Moxi principality with many internal conflicts, it is enough to secretly support the rebels, but it is not worthy of such concern.

But thinking about it, dismantling the military strength of the Principality of Moxi is still the direction of the elves' efforts.

"Ha...Your Majesty George, why didn't you come?"

When the words came to her lips, Delis realized that she had made a mistake, and she quickly changed her words and asked.

The protagonists of this negotiation are the Principality of Moxi and the Elf Tribe. A number of human nations, including the Kingdom of Alpha, are only witnesses to the negotiation.

Witnesses can be absent from negotiations, but parties cannot. Without seeing King George, Delise had no interest in arguing with the people below.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Something happened in the country and your Majesty needs to deal with it. You will be here soon!"

Count Renato said with a troubled expression.

Last night, George held an emergency meeting overnight, and everyone unanimously adopted the strategy of showing weakness to the enemy in exchange for time for the principality to develop peacefully.

This drama is not easy to perform, and if you are not careful, it will be fake. To this end, they specifically studied the experience of human countries and elves being neighbors.

Finally, he discovered a strange pattern: as long as he behaved badly enough and severely cracked down on slave-catching, the elves were the best neighbors.

It's really bad, but they can pretend to be bad!

The Warhammer Restoration Organization has already taken the blame once, so let them take more of the blame and lead this restoration movement against the Principality of Moxi.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the people in the newly occupied areas caring about their motherland and launching an independence movement!

Nobles and lords are jealous and fights are common, and it is normal for them to happen in the Principality of Moxi.

…

After concocting more than a dozen plans in a row, the Principality of Moxi was "chaotic". The attack on the royal capital was only the first step, and more chaos would follow.

In order to make the acting more realistic, real fights were arranged on the scene, a large number of buildings were destroyed, and there were unlucky victims, but the ones who died were all death row inmates who had changed their clothes.

As for the civil unrest during the negotiations, which reduced the confidence at the negotiating table, these are completely minor issues.

As long as they make themselves bad enough, no matter what conditions the elves put forward, the Moxi Principality government only needs to do one thing:

I deeply reflect on my mistake and promise that it will not happen again; I am willing to accept compensation, but I have no money in my pocket.

As long as a treaty is signed, the violation of the cease and desist treaty will be transformed into an economic issue between the two parties, and the nature will be completely different.

Because of "violation of the cessation treaty", the elves took retaliatory actions against the Principality of Moxi. This was in line with mainland practice, and no one could say anything.

But simply because they are poor and cannot afford material compensation, no matter how aggressive the elves are, the human countries will inevitably sympathize with the Principality of Moxi.

When it comes to ethnic disputes, this "sympathy" can be transformed into diplomatic pressure.

The more the government of the Principality of Moxi admits its mistake and adopts a correct attitude, the lower the probability of the elves taking action.

As for the outcome on the negotiation table, I have to lose face, so I have to give face to the elves so that they can step down!

"snort!

Then tell him to hurry up, I don't have time to waste. "

Delise said pretending to be angry.

She didn't like people who were not punctual at all. But something happened to the Principality of Moxi, which she still wanted to see.

Deep in her heart, she couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, the human race likes to fight among themselves, otherwise the various races on the mainland would be really in danger."

If it weren't for the inconvenience of relocating the Elf Mother Tree, maybe the Elf clan would also follow the Dragon clan's example and migrate out of the Aslant continent and establish themselves overseas.

There is no other way. It is really tiring to be neighbors with humans.

Unlike long-lived races, policy continuity is very strong. Human beings are a forgetful race. They are good babies now, but they may become naughty children in a few decades.

So much so that the elves need to constantly establish their presence to intimidate their neighbors and live a peaceful life.

Without letting everyone wait for long, George dragged his tired body over and walked over with dark circles under his eyes. One look showed that he had not had a good rest last night.

This is not an act, but he really didn't sleep last night. In order to perfect the plan of showing weakness to the enemy, the senior officials of the Principality of Moxi are burning the midnight oil to fight.

This scene fell in the eyes of all the elves, and their original doubts about whether something happened to the Principality of Moxi was reduced a bit.

Without any surprises, another pull-type negotiation ensued, which made Hudson doze off.

It was all caused by careless friendships. Just after finishing exercise and preparing to fall asleep, George pulled him up and helped him study the plan.

This busy work lasted all night. What's even more annoying is that after breakfast, this guy sent ten beauties over, calling it a reward.

The problem is that Hudson brought his wife here. Faced with the resentful look in his wife Melissa's eyes, he could only decisively refuse.

"Marshal Hudson, what do you mean, do you want to sabotage this negotiation?"

Hudson, who yawned, was immediately confused by Delise's operation. He didn't say a word, he was just in poor condition.

I'm not a negotiator, so why should I concentrate? There were so many people deserting here, it was obvious that they were deliberately targeting them.

"Beautiful Miss Delise, you may be mistaken, I am not a diplomat.

I came here today just to watch the negotiations, and now I only represent myself. So you can play your best and ignore me. "

Hudson retorted unceremoniously.

In order to facilitate the quarrel, he even dismissed the representatives of the Alpha Kingdom himself.

Being a free person means that you are only responsible for yourself when speaking. Even if there is a fight, it is a personal conflict.

Although he didn't know why Delise was staring at him, his intuition told Hudson that this woman definitely had no good intentions.

Fallen for his charm?

Take a shower and go to sleep!

As for the teenage aristocratic lady being attracted by his charm, Hudson still believed it.

The elf lady in front of me is hundreds of years older, and her mind has already matured. How could she be so naive?

If you really want to deceive, the elf following Delise looks cute and cute at first glance, so it should be easier to fool her.

If he foolishly thinks that the imperial sister in front of him is interested in him and wants something to happen, then grass will grow on his grave one day.

You don't necessarily have to use a knife to kill people. The word "sex" already carries a knife on its head. If you can't control your desires, you won't survive more than three episodes in Aslant.

"In that case, please get out! You are an eyesore here and are affecting the progress of the negotiations.

At such a young age, he is so overindulgent. I really don’t know what you human nobles are thinking! "

Delise's disdainful words immediately aroused the crowd's onlookers. The representatives from various countries who were originally wandering around turned their doubtful eyes towards the two people, as if they were looking for something.

For a moment, Hudson had a sense of deja vu. Unfortunately, there was no way to explain this kind of thing. Just as he was about to fight back, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

This is not jealousy, it is clearly an attempt to use the topic to drive him out and remove a major support from the Principality of Moxi.

I have to admit, this old woman is really cruel. In order to gain an advantage in negotiations, they don't even care about their own reputation.

Of course, as an elf, his reputation among humans is really not a big deal.

After a slight hesitation and a secret look at George, Hudson made a decision immediately.

"Miss Delis, if I have overindulged, you can come over and try it yourself.

As for those who think it will affect the negotiations, then I will leave first. If I leave and the negotiations still come to no result, that would be unjustifiable. "

After saying that, as if to cover up his previous embarrassment, Hudson pretended to be angry and left, leaving Delise alone in her position to face the strange looks from everyone.

Deep down, Hudson was broken. What should have been a high-level diplomatic negotiation was turned into a bloody romance drama.

For the sake of the Principality of Moxi, he had made such a big sacrifice this time. He would definitely have to settle the score with George when he turned around, and it definitely couldn't be dismissed by just a few beauties.

"snort!"

A cold shout, accompanied by the coercion of the strong man from the holy realm, was heard in the hall, pulling the melon-eating crowd back from the gossip.

You also have to look at the person you want to eat melon, and two top powerhouses are involved at the same time. Talking nonsense will get people killed.

But not saying it verbally does not affect everyone's speculation on the relationship between the two. If nothing else goes wrong, news about the two of them will spread to the mainland in the shortest possible time.

Perhaps due to the lack of support, the subsequent negotiations went very smoothly. Faced with Delise's aggressiveness, George's performance was defeated.

“Your Majesty, what happened this time was due to our management errors and we should be held responsible for this.

We are also willing to accept the compensation you proposed, but the payment time must be delayed.

Everyone knows the situation in the principality. It has gone through two wars in a row and has a huge foreign debt of hundreds of millions of gold coins.

…”

The long speech was about complaining for more than half an hour, and the content was not repetitive. He described the suffering of the Principality of Moxi vividly.

The scene made those who heard it sad, those who heard it shed tears, and all the elves were dumbfounded. Feelings are like a huge poor man in front of you. Isn’t it a complete waste of time?

"no!

I don’t care how much debt you have or what difficulties you face, the compensation you deserve cannot be less! "

Delise said through gritted teeth.

The euphemistic name is deferred payment, but in fact it means not wanting to bear losses. After repaying the foreign debt and paying material compensation, God knows when will the Principality of Moxi be able to pay off its debt?

"Your Majesty, His Majesty George did not lie. The Principality of Moxi indeed owes a huge debt, and their finances have been struggling on the edge of bankruptcy.

The Kingdom can testify to this. It has also experienced the pain of the war, and the Alpha Kingdom is also struggling financially. As an envoy to foreign countries, I have been owed five years of salary.

The situation faced by the Principality of Moxi is even worse. The reason why it can persist until now is because of His Majesty George's good fortune.

They really are unable to pay the huge compensation you proposed. In this context, deferred compensation is the best option.

If you don't believe me, you can investigate the financial situation of the Principality of Moxi and you will know that I am not lying. "

Minister Alpha said suddenly enlightened.

At first he was confused as to why his marshal left so cooperatively, but now he understands everything.

The Principality of Moxi is a poor man. No matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, the final outcome will be the same.

The more compensation materials that need to be paid are nothing more than an additional debt on the books. Anyway, the debt is too much to bear.

The worst case scenario is financial ruin!

"boom!"

Slapping the table in front of her to pieces, Delis reprimanded angrily: "Are you sincerely teasing me? Do you really think the elves are easy to bully?"

Hearing the noise inside, Hudson rushed over to the rescue as quickly as possible. However, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him.

Under the pressure of Dai Lisi, everyone in the Principality of Moxi was like a helpless child, looking at the representatives of various countries for help with aggrieved eyes, their bodies trembling so much that they almost collapsed.

Had he not known the truth in advance, Hudson would have been deceived by this scene. The effect was also very obvious. After the Alpha Kingdom minister spoke, representatives from various human races left one after another.

It doesn't matter how sincere you are, the key is that all the human countries have expressed their stance, which requires the elves to think twice before acting.

"Miss Delise, don't be so angry. You have also seen the situation in the Principality of Moxi. It does not pose a threat to your country at all.

Letting things drag on will not be beneficial to anyone. It is better to reach an agreement as soon as possible and settle this dispute.

In any case, you can get a lot of compensation, it’s just that the time period is a little longer.

Instead of continuing to make a fuss, it is better for everyone to continue discussing slowly and formulate an installment compensation agreement that is consistent with the actual situation of the Principality of Moxi. "

Hudson's persuasion not only failed to calm Delise's anger, but made her even more angry.

Isn't this treating the elves as monkeys?

If she had known that Moxi Principality was so poor, she would have been obsessed with material compensation and made concessions in other aspects.

"What if we don't agree?"

Delise said through gritted teeth, her gaze seemed to be able to cut someone into pieces.

"Miss Delis, it's best not to be like this. I have some bad news for you:

Just now, the government finances of the Principality of Moxi have been bankrupt and liquidated. His Majesty George came belatedly just to deal with the government bankruptcy.

All the tax revenue of the Principality of Moxi has been mortgaged to the creditors, including all future tax increases, which must also be used first to repay debts.

It can be said without mercy that their financial situation will not improve in the next thirty years. "

Hudson said with his hands spread out.

The government of the Principality of Moxi, which has continued to face various crises, must do a complete show. If it does not become financially bankrupt, it will really be unjustifiable.

To accommodate the acting, the Near East Development Bank has just taken on a tax mortgage loan. All the funds raised were used by the Mossi government to pay off foreign debts.

Theoretically, after the government of the Principality of Moxi went bankrupt, more than 90% of the taxes collected by the Principality government would be used to pay bank loans.

The agreement just reached has actually become a waste of paper due to the loss of the ability to pay.

When things have developed to this point, there are only two choices left for the elves: either accept the deferred payment and win a decent diplomatic victory; or continue to fight to the death.

If the Moxi Principality is strong and threatens the strategic security of the elves, then Delise can choose the second option without hesitation.

It's just that the current situation is special. The Moxi Principality, which is in civil strife, is already bad enough. It seems that they don't need to add any extraneous details.

According to past experience, without external intervention, the human race will start an infinite internal fighting mode.

Once invaded by a foreign enemy, it will prompt all parties involved in the internal struggle to unite and face the invader together.

…

Suddenly encountered a naval attack, a little confused.

What about one trillion, tens of billions, or one hundred years to pay off the compensation... I haven't even written about it, where did the data come from?

The negotiations haven't even ended yet, and huge compensation figures have come out. What’s even weirder is that some people actually believe it, isn’t it, isn’t it…

Let me give you an appraisal standard: anything that Haiyue has not written is all rumors from the navy! Anything that breaks away from the plot and rhythm is here to cause trouble.