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After all, it is not a normal business exchange between you and me, but a collision between two countries.If he showed any weak attitude, he might fall into a place of eternal doom.

The bureaucrat opposite was obviously not surprised by Ariel's toughness now.He hummed and nodded, and said, "I see, are you here to beg for mercy?"

"Begging for mercy? What is begging for mercy?!"

Before Ariel could speak, the sweet wine cheese who was sitting next to Mochi couldn't hold back anymore.She patted the table in front of her and stood up suddenly, shouting——

"Do you really think that we don't dare to do anything to you? Let me tell you! My brother... our honorable Emperor His Majesty has deployed heavy troops. If this negotiation fails, you are ready to bear the wrath of the Blue Bay Empire." Bar!"

Blinken Willy on the opposite side glanced at Rummy and said, "Your Excellency, Viscount Garcia, is this your subordinate? Please take care of your subordinate so that she does not disturb Her Majesty the Queen."

Another official next to him snorted coldly, and said slowly: "Madam, it's not the masquerade party just now, can you please take off that mask on your face? If you have the courage to speak, you don't have the courage to show your true colors ?"

Obviously, on the side of the Blue Bay Empire, the impulsiveness of Tianjiu Chee, the real eldest princess, became an obvious weakness instead, and began to be constantly attacked by the officials on the opposite side.

Seeing this, Dak, who was sitting next to Ariel, couldn't sit still. He slowly got up, opened his mouth, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "If you want to fight, we will accompany you. We are not afraid of beating, but we have something to talk about." Sincerity. What about you?"

Perhaps Dak's current princess dress is too iceberg beauty, but his voice is too hoarse. The disharmonious conflicts here and there made the bureaucrats on the opposite side give up their pursuit of Rummy Hit, and turn to Dark again.

At this time, Mochi quickly grabbed Amazake and dragged her back to the seat.The Blue Bay official next to him said——

"Mr. Willie, we did come here this time with sincerity. If you didn't have the slightest sincerity, why did you welcome us here? I believe that both of us must have room to talk, and now we can Can't we just end this pointless tit-for-tat first?"

Perhaps because the official's voice was softer, the murderer seat bureaucrat on the opposite side stopped talking and sat down again.

At this time, Her Majesty finally opened her mouth and said slowly——

"Viscount Garcia, your name is... Ariel, right?"

Ariel nodded and responded, "Exactly."

There was a faint smile on the queen's face, and she said slowly: "Ariel... I never thought that someone in Blue Bay would name it after the sea banshee."

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The smile on Ariel's face gradually narrowed.

The queen continued: "I have heard of the surname Garcia. It is a very good business group. I heard that your family started out as a toy maker, and now your business has expanded to various household items. And some nobles' jewelry, carry-on bags and some accessories, right?"

There is not much meaning in explaining here, Ariel can only slowly say: "I have no great relationship with that Garcia family, and this surname is out of necessity."

Obviously, the empress didn't think about the deeper meaning hidden in Ariel's words, she just thought it was a kind of sideways self-effacing.At that moment, the queen nodded and said with a smile: "Climbing to the position of the envoy with the power of a side branch is indeed remarkable. However, since your surname is Garcia, have you come into contact with us? between business?"

If there is contact or understanding, there will be ghosts!

Anyway, Ariel felt that she didn't need to save face for the Garcia family, so she said, "Sorry, I really don't know much about this aspect."

Seeing this, the queen stopped talking.The official on the opposite side went on to say: "The Garcia Business Group was one of the few caravans that have been doing business with our Murderer Seat before. But recently, business has become more and more difficult."

After a moment of silence, Ariel said slowly, "Is it because of... the tariff issue?"

The murderer-hunting seat bureaucrat on the opposite side nodded and said: "I know, your new emperor has just ascended the throne recently, but before he ascended the throne, your new emperor has actually been in charge of the entire Blue Bay Empire for two years. At the beginning of this year , he added an additional 25% tax on the goods we import into your Blue Bay from the Hunting Seat, do you know this?"

On the way to the Hunting Seat Empire, Ariel has more or less made up for the relationship between the two countries and the recent policies.Although the number is not large, it can still provide a basic level of understanding in general.

Ariel thought for a while and said, "In other words, your request is... that we reduce this tariff?"

The Willy bureaucrat on the opposite side snorted coldly, and continued: "Whether you want to lift it is your problem, anyway, all the increased tariffs will be added to your own heads in the end. To put it bluntly, Lan Wan, you are so I can’t wait to increase the tariffs, and it’s still increasing by as much as 25% in one go... There must be a big problem with your domestic economic situation, right?"

Now, the opposite side has clearly begun to attack the Blue Bay Empire.

If the other party's attacks are allowed to continue, then this negotiation will definitely be completely wiped out in terms of momentum.

Ariel snorted softly, and said slowly: "Speaking of the economic situation, if our Blue Bay says it can't be done, you Killer Hunters won't be much better, right?"

Obviously, the Willy bureaucrat opposite also frowned.

"In the past year or so, all the countries on the Golden Continent have experienced droughts to varying degrees. Since countries like ours that are close to the sea will experience droughts, the situation in a completely landlocked country like your Killer Sagittarius is similar. It's more serious than that."

"And, I also learned something about Her Majesty the Queen."

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Ariel turned to the queen next to her, and said slowly: "Since your Majesty has been on the throne for 20 years, you have made great efforts to govern, and the entire Hunting Seat Empire can be regarded as thriving. You are constantly mining various mines in the Hunting Seat and specializing in smelting. All of a sudden, the entire Golden Continent knew that the best weapons and equipment in the world must come from the Killer Seat, and the best craftsmen must also be craftsmen from the Murderer Seat."

"It is precisely because of this prosperity that the population of the Hunting Seat Empire has continued to increase in the past 20 years. Has it become saturated now? Coupled with the current drought that does not know how long it will last, your country may be bigger than ours. Should Lan Wan still be in a hurry?"

That's what negotiation is all about.

After all, the two sides negotiating are not two individual people, but two huge countries.

It is basically impossible to hide what happened in the country from other countries.From the beginning, the situation between the two sides will be on the table.The only thing to compete is the level of governance and internal consultation between the two sides when dealing with these difficulties.See how much they are willing to pay each other in order to continue their own national stability.

The Willy bureaucrat on the opposite side obviously understood the meaning of this, so he was not very surprised when Ariel pointed out the problems in his own country.

"Then, Viscount Garcia, your Blue Bay request is really hard for us to accept. We have sufficient evidence here to prove that the territories we captured since the beginning of last year belonged to us a hundred years ago. seat."

Ariel snorted: "The land will still belong to us a hundred years later. Now that you snatch it back, can we come and snatch it again after a while because these lands belonged to us so many years ago?"

At this time, a bureaucrat who looked like a general among the bureaucrats opposite immediately slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Come and snatch it if you have the ability! I will be ready to go at the border and wait for you, Lanwan, to come over!"

The queen glanced at her courtier, and after meeting the eyes of the queen, the courtier sat down obediently and stopped talking.

Queen: "Our request is actually very simple."

Everyone turned their heads, and their eyes were all on the empress.

"The Hunter is an inland country. We are surrounded by various countries or mountains. We need to develop, and we need more power to break through. Blue Bay, if you want us to If peace can be maintained between the two countries, then I hope to have a direct trade route that can pass through your country without inspection and then arrive at an ice-free port."

"As long as we can have such a trade route so that our Hunting Seat can go directly to the sea, so as to trade with more countries in the world, then I can immediately stop those troops attacking you, and at the same time send back those troops. Land that we 'accidentally' keep."

Although it was inconvenient for the current "Eldest Princess" Duck to speak, such a request made him frown after all.

No matter how ignorant they are of the international situation, the faces of the people on the side of the Blue Bay Mission naturally became serious for the Hunter's request for a passage to the coastline.

"You actually want a passage to the sea that passes through our country and does not accept the supervision of our country?"

Amusement Cheese couldn't help it any longer, clenched his fist, slammed it firmly on the table, and said sharply.

Since it was not the "Eldest Princess" who spoke, there was no need for the empress to respond at this time.The murderer-hunting bureaucrat on the opposite side said at this time——

"You want us to make a condition, that's what we want. What? Can't you afford it? Or are you willing to continue like this?"

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Tianjiuche gritted his teeth, and was about to attack the table. Mochi at the side saw the opportunity quickly, and stretched out his hand again to grab the eldest princess, pulling her back to the seat and sitting down firmly.

On this side, after a little thought, Ariel raised a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said slowly: "I see, are you eager for an outlet to the sea? This can indeed be regarded as an important thing for your landlocked country." A very reasonable request."

After a short pause, Ariel continued: "We all have many difficulties with each other. Do you want to enter the sea? This kind of thing can be settled through business negotiation. You are now Trying to use force to threaten us, Blue Bay wants to find an entrance to the sea? Ha ha."

She straightened her back, her eyes fell sharply on the queen over there, and she said slowly——

"So, you don't want to continue fighting with us, do you? In other words, the overall strength of your Murderer Seat is even three times that of ours, and you forcibly captured our Blue Bay Empire. But under such circumstances, It is wishful thinking that you want to safely use those ice-free ports to improve your economic capacity. Because at that time, even if Blue Bay is not capable of confronting you on the frontal battlefield, it will hinder you from using those ice-free ports with peace of mind. But it can still be done.”

"In other words, our issues still need to be negotiated. Since both of us still need to return to the issue of negotiation, I think this aggressive attitude, should both of us restrain ourselves a little? After all, if we continue to fight, it will be difficult for both of us. There is little benefit for either of us."

After such a few short confrontations, the bureaucrats at the Hunting Seat had clearly confirmed that the real talking person in the Blue Bay Mission was this Viscount Garcia.

Now, they were a little surprised that the woman in front of them was able to behave so calmly and gracefully.

For some reason, this woman gave them a very familiar feeling... Although the personalities of the two seem to be very different, just standing here will bring a huge sense of oppression to them, But it really does exist... People can't tell that this is just a weak woman.

"...Viscount Garcia, if you are willing to open a channel to the Unfreezing Port for us to hunt the murderer seat, what price do you ask for?"

The bureaucrats at the Murder Hunter seat on the opposite side began to probe. Of course, Ariel was not arrogant enough to think that she had completely suppressed the other party. She just paused for a moment and said——

"The peace between the two parties, in my opinion, should always be kept in the first place. First of all, the Hunter should quickly withdraw from the territory of the Blue Bay Empire, return our land, release our people, and compensate our country. The losses caused by the confrontation. Of course, these are not the content of the transaction, but the prerequisites that both of us must have in order to further talk. In other words, if you don’t promise these things in advance, then there will be no talk at all. gone."

The bureaucrat Willy on the opposite side thought for a while, and then said: "Viscount Garcia, do you really have confidence in yourself in the Blue Bay Empire? If you can regain those territories on the battlefield, you still need to negotiate with them at this negotiating table." Do I talk about these things?"

To be honest, this really hit the lungs of the Blue Bay Empire.

Ariel had to admit that what the other party's bureaucrats said was correct. If Lanwan really had the strength to take back those territories, then would it be necessary for these envoys to spend so much time here with the other party?

How can it be possible to imagine getting it back through negotiations that cannot be brought back on the battlefield?

After thinking about this level, Ariel let out a little breath.She turned her head, and her eyes fell on the face of sweet wine cheese over there.

The real eldest princess was originally ignorant of politics, and had even been acting in the name of being just a nominal envoy.

But after this period of time, especially now that she has truly realized that this negotiation involves the vital interests of her royal family, the eldest princess is also growing rapidly.

Although her performance still seemed a little irritable and irritable, the expression on her face was undoubtedly worried about the loss of her royal family's interests.

Seeing this, Ariel felt mixed feelings in her heart.

On the one hand, she is happy that the girl is finally willing to think about the future of her country.

On the other hand, because her thinking is still against her from the standpoint of the "royal family" after all, she seems a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, so the so-called battlefield of the bureaucrats of the Killer Seat is just a small gain or loss within a year? That really disappoints me. I really think highly of your strategic vision."

After confirming her state of mind, Ariel turned her head, continued to look at Willy and the murder hunter bureaucrats with a contemptuous attitude, and sneered.

Willie didn't show much reaction, but just looked at Ariel silently.

Ariel said slowly: "It's just a year, and even a country that is ten times weaker than Blue Bay can do it if it takes everything and attacks Blue Bay with all its power. Right? But, it’s only for the short term.”

"Most of the places where our two territories border each other are mountainous areas that are not very suitable for human gatherings. Those places lack resources, and some places even lack water sources. After you grab it, it will not bring you much economic benefit."

"On the contrary, our Blue Bay can use your front to stretch out and slowly trap you. As long as time goes by, it is impossible for you to keep guarding such a place all the time. Otherwise, it will be more convenient for those in our country Attack important cities for war mobilization and material transportation, or you can only retreat to your territory."

"So, will we, Blue Bay, be in a hurry? No, we are not in a hurry at all. The only thing we need is a little concentration."

As a country, of course, there will be various weaknesses.

Since it is a weakness, it will definitely be discovered and used to attack.

Ariel is just pointing out the macro strategic difference between the two sides, but this guess is just a guess, after all, no one can guarantee that the other party will not make any adjustments to address their own weaknesses, right?

The bureaucrats on the opposite side look at me and I look at you.But from their expressions, it was impossible to tell that they had any reaction to what Ariel said.I don't know if they were flustered because they were hit by the rumor?Or is it the calmness of "the other side will say that, fortunately we have been prepared for it"?

So, although Ariel's face is full of smiles now, the panic in her heart cannot be increased.Her hand under the table has been tightly clenched into a fist, and the other hand is pinching her thigh muscles vigorously to prevent herself from trembling out of fear and being seen through by the other party early.

"Hmph, it looks like you guys know exactly where the situation is. But it doesn't matter, we know it too."

Bureaucrat Willie tidied up the documents in front of him, and said slowly——

"It can be seen that the Blue Bay Empire seems to have considered the outcome of both parties losing. Of course, we hope to avoid such an outcome as much as possible. This is exactly the purpose of our agreement to negotiate this time."