Wolf King

After Gwendolyn was transferred away, Evelyn's position was once very awkward... She is a native of Ananas, but she is bound to Gwendolyn, the airborne faction, in terms of political stance, and she also That is to say, if someone wants to suppress her and kick her out of the "Elder Reserve", all they need to do is give her a hat like "Local Betrayer, X-influenced Surrender"...

Fortunately, apart from the teacher Gwendolyn, Evelyn also has another powerful teacher: Ayun, the sage of the snow wolf clan who brought endless business opportunities to Anas City.

With teacher Ayun's endorsement, the elder Mei Li, the local representative of Ananas who stepped on Gwendolyn's position, must take the attitude of resolutely protecting Evelyn... No one will have trouble with the golden gold coins, let alone It's the elders who are in reserve, and it's fine to ask Elder Meili to kick off an elder who is occupying a position, and immediately offer Evelyn to the elder's seat.

Evelyn, who is only two hundred years old and still a young girl among the elves, no matter how innocent and pure she is, her world view has to be refreshed after being with Xiao Yun for a long time, so... Although she said nothing on the surface, she did not show anything She came out, but she knew in her heart what was going on in her current situation: the more prosperous and prosperous the grassland kingdom was, the more stable her position in Ananas would be.

Because Huoyan City never eats alone!If Huoyan City can eat a catty of meat, Anas can eat half a catty!This kind of ally who brings himself to make a fortune, how stupid would be to have trouble with him!

Individuals will have the stupid performance of "promoting kindness and fighting against misdemeanor", which is absolutely impossible for an elf city led by a group of elders over [-] years old!

It is precisely because of the compulsion in her heart that Evelyn has turned a deaf ear to the little tricks of those teachers who deliberately concealed herself over the years... secretly selling magic amplifiers to the Southern Continent, making wind and rain in the Southern Continent, and gathering dark elves... The mine, the collar that is put on the dwarf king's neck woven by exporting hundreds of millions of catties of vermicelli every year, the "color revolution" secretly exported to the Far East... Evelyn has been by Xiao Yun's side for many years, how could it be possible? can not tell!

Even Xiao Yun intentionally or unintentionally asked Evelyn to get in touch with him, and to make his eyes and ears show off political means, Evelyn herself could guess the teacher's intentions... Beastmen can live to be 80 or [-] years old, teacher She must have died before her; although it is still too early to make preparations, the teacher must want to support her to take the position of Elder Mei Li, so after the teacher's death, Evelyn will also be able to maintain peace with the grassland kingdom for a period of time... …

"Interest relationship is the purest relationship" is the teacher's mantra. Over the years, Evelyn has been deeply influenced by it, and gradually agrees with this communication concept. Anas, no, the forest elves need the business opportunities on the grassland. The grassland needs the forest elf as a reliable good neighbor. As a forest elf, she can be the link to maintain friendly relations between the two parties. For such an identity, Evelyn also has a little pride and pride in her heart.

But now, this letter from Ananas opened a huge crack in Evelyn's future planning for her life.

When Evelyn came to her senses, she found that she had been sitting at the table all night.

And that letter had been torn into shreds in her palm.

After staring at the pile of papers in her hand for a while, Evelyn stood up abruptly, and threw it into the smoldering fire as if throwing something dirty.

In the following days, Evelyn continued to lead the material science research work of the magic application team as if nothing had happened.

Evelyn, who had a fluke mentality, had to accept the reality until a week later when Dahe asked Dahe why Ananas wanted to mint coins jointly with the Prairie Kingdom when she was having dinner at Dahe's house... As the teacher said, When people have greed, they are like snakes trying to swallow an elephant, they don't care whether they can swallow it or not.

"I thought you were going to hold back again and not say anything."

In the prefab room, Xiao Yun looked at the second disciple with disapproval and caring eyes for a fool.

Evelyn looked embarrassed, and sure enough, this bastard guessed everything again: "Teacher, I..."

"Okay." Xiao Yun raised his hand to stop him, "You are the person with the deepest connection with the Kingdom of Flame, second only to you is General Kleist, and the third is Elder Mei Li. These two were separated from each other three days ago. And a personal letter came to me five days ago, and I knew it was impossible for you to have no rumors."

Evelyn was startled: "General Kleist and Elder Meili?!"

Xiao Yun looked at her with distaste, and said with a drawn out voice: "How many times have I told you that there is no unreasonable love and hatred in this world, and there will be no unreasonable greed. Ambition also needs soil to grow. Well, if Carlisle is not the second prince of Ferdinand's royal family, but a farmer in the countryside, do you think he would have the idea of ​​uniting the six nations?"

Evelyn didn't have time to respond to Xiao Yun's sarcasm. With a good brain, she quickly thought of the real origin of the letter, and gasped on the spot: "So, this matter is..."

"Ananas has a problem with eating alone." Xiao Yun said indifferently, "It is true that the closest city to Huoyan City is Ananas City, but there are still several elf cities that are also very close to the south and west of the grassland. It's been almost ten years, Anas eats meat in front of others every year, and doesn't share a mouthful of soup with others. People can endure it until now, which shows that you forest elves really pay attention to people."

Evelyn: "..."

"You received a letter from Elder Mei Li, right?" Xiao Yun asked again.

"Yes." Evelyn looked a little reluctant, "The wording in the letter was a little... impolite, so I thought..."

"You thought it was Elder Meili who was careless and intentionally sabotaged the stable cooperative relationship between us for many years, forcing you to choose between Anas and your teacher me, so you took the attitude of refusing to reply to let Elder Meili understand. Your position shows that 'if the other party doesn't know how to restrain yourself, you will take any possible means to fight back'..." Xiao Yun dragged his tone again, "There is nothing wrong with this response, but you don't even understand Elder Meili's true meaning thoroughly, and even The enemy I have to deal with has no one figured out... Tsk tsk!"

Evelyn: "..."

Xiao Yun shook his head, and looked at this silly disciple sympathetically: "What kind of misunderstanding do you have about a mature elf politician who can gain the Queen's trust, so that you think that someone like Elder Meili is capable of holding a knife? How about such a non-technical thing like roadblocking and robbery?"

Evelyn: "..."

Xiao Yun took out the letter paper from the folder at hand, and pushed it forward: "The letter from Elder Mei Li I received here is also quite rude, just looking at this letter, I can guess it with my knees... Elder Meili is under control."

"?!" Evelyn jumped up in shock and lost her voice, "How is it possible?!"

"When a fastidious person makes up his mind to do dirty work, he is much more ruthless than a non-trivial one." Xiao Yun was very calm, as if he wasn't the person involved in the infighting among elves, "You elf cities are not hostile to each other Tell yourself, if General Kleist led a team of soldiers and pretended to pass by a city adjacent to you and went to the city to spend the night, would the elders in the city feel as if they were facing an enemy when they received General Kleist? Put Kleist on guard like an incoming enemy?"

Evelyn opened her mouth wide: "..."

Xiao Yun then pushed the letter from General Kleist to Evelyn: "General Kleist who was stationed at the port received the news three days late, judging from the distance between Anas and the Elf Port Reasonable, what does this mean? It means that the person who controlled Elder Mei Li also controlled Ananas, that is to say, Ananas is an insider."

Evelyn looked horrified: "..."

Xiao Yun took a sip of tea slowly, and suddenly smiled: "General Kleist is fine... Based on what I know about Elder Meili, I really find it hard to believe that this elder has fallen into a desperate situation and has no power to resist. But she acted like she had no choice but to obey the pressure of others to sharpen knives against us like "the forest elves invited the grassland kingdom to jointly mint coins"... Your fear and suspicion of Elder Mei Li, It’s not like it happened for no reason.”

The current currency in this world is not the kind of credit paper currency that comes out of the printing factory assembly line on the earth, and the cost is so low that it can be ignored, but real gold and silver!

As a powerful forest elf, what is the concept of inviting a prairie kingdom whose size is less than one-tenth of their own to jointly mint coins? It is the same as a powerful neighbor suddenly knocking on your door and asking to "help" your family manage accounts ...

Evelyn's expression didn't change much this time. She picked up General Kleist's letter and glanced at it, then put it down lightly, showing a lonely and helpless wry smile.

Ananas City is one of the most marginal cities among the dozens of cities in the Elven Forest. Before the Snow Wolf Clan was born and Xiao Yun's disciple Carlisle proposed a multi-party cooperation strategy, Ananas was an unknown and famous city. Elder Gwendolyn, a failed figure in the central political struggle, is a remote place in the "land of exile".

In the past ten years, Ananas has been riding the east wind blown by the snow wolf tribe, as if he has sprinkled enough fertilizer for this barren city to support the growth of ambition... It is not incomprehensible to take the first step to ask the grassland to give up more benefits.

Of course, neither the prairie side nor Ananas' side will ever think that this thing can be done, but it is a profit for Ananas to let the prairie people give up some of the benefits through this matter (the so-called broken window effect applies here as well).Elder Mei Li can still put all the blame on those who "persecute" her. She herself is still a reliable partner, friendly ally, and kind neighbor of the grassland people—but this can only deceive outsiders, not Yi Fulin, let alone fool such a fine person as Xiao Yun.

"Let's ignore Elder Meili's probing behavior. Now... let's deal with the issue of grassland finances being coveted by others." Xiao Yun put down his teacup and looked directly at his disciples, "Evelyn, I need you to do something for me .”

"Okay, teacher." Evelyn cheered up, and immediately agreed without even listening to the request.

She doesn't want to be regarded as Elder Meili by the teacher, now is the time to do her best~!

Three days later, at the core of the Elven Forest and the sky square outside the Queen's City, a fat and colorful bird circled half a circle and landed on the edge of the bird field.

Several patrolling soldiers trotted towards the flying mount that did not belong to the Queen's City. One of the military officers recognized the elf mage on the bird's back, and his eyes lit up: "Good day, Ms. Evelyn!"

"Good day, everyone has worked hard." Evelyn straightened the hem of her robe, smiled and gave a shallow mage salute to the military officer and patrol soldiers who called her name.

As a well-known author of "Travel to the Mainland", Evelyn also has fans...

"You've worked hard too. Are you here to meet the queen?" The elf military officer warmly stepped forward to hold the bird for Evelyn himself.

"Yes, before that, I want to meet my good friend, Elizabeth Kleist, a member of the Knights." Evelyn smiled and nodded in thanks.

Not long after, Evelyn, who has a certain fan base among the younger generation of forest elves, was enthusiastically escorted to the Queen's Knights by the military attache on duty at Sky Plaza.

Elizabeth, who has good looks inherited from General Kleist, is training on the horse farm. When she sees Evelyn, she rushes over and hugs her warmly.

"Long time no see Evelyn, how is Hongye? Has she come yet?"

"If you want to see red leaves, you have to find her on the grassland yourself. She is a busy person. Even if I live in Huoyan City all year round, I can't see red leaves a few times a year." Evelyn patted Elizabeth full It was the claws of sweat and dust, and said in a reproachful way, "Are you still my friend? Do you only want to ask Hongye when you see me, and you won't ask anything else?"

"Okay, I care about you too~ Look, I can tell that the flesh on your belly is a little thicker just by touching it." Elizabeth said with a playful smile.

"Hey! I'm not fat!"

The two elf girls who had grown up together chatted happily for a long time, and Elizabeth called her close friends in the Queen's Knights to introduce them to Evelyn one by one.

On the surface, Evelyn, who was laughing and laughing together, observed for a long time and confirmed that this friend who was put into the Queen's Knights under the operation of Elder Meili was completely unaware of what happened to Ananas, so she intentionally mentioned the book she co-authored with Teacher Ayun. Two travel notes, attracting as many young knights as possible to gather around her.

Regardless of the identity of the gourmet hunter, the gossip and secrets of the two archetypal characters General Kleist and Snow Werewolf Hongye in the Journey of the Elven Ranger are very popular among young people today. Received countless letters from admirers, and Hongye did not give up... Not long after, Elizabeth (relying on her father) who was originally a figure in the Knights Order and Evelyn, the travel writer, were surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. The earth was surrounded by young elves with sparkling eyes...

A young hero like Elizabeth, who has both riding and combat skills, has to be worked hard by Elder Meili before he can enter the Queen's Knights, and the other members of the regiment are naturally not weak little flowers with weak backgrounds.The popularity was almost there, so Evelyn pretended to casually reveal the task that the teacher gave her...

So... before Evelyn saw the queen, her intention to come had already reached the queen's ears.

After listening to Miss Gina's report, a smile appeared on the pale face of Elf Queen Otilia, who was enjoying afternoon tea in the greenhouse: "This is really a big deal."

"Isn't that right? The entry threshold starts at 50 gold coins. What a terrifying amount of talent is that?" Officer Gina said with a smile, "But grassland people are really good at making money, so they must be sure to have even more astonishing benefits. How dare you act so boldly.”

The queen tilted her head slightly, and said amusedly: "So, Gina, you are quite tempted? Have you started to convince me?"

Gina smiled shyly, and bowed slightly respectfully: "You once arranged for me to go to the grassland. As far as I saw with my own eyes, the once barren and cursed land was managed by the current snow werewolf with at least hundreds of people. It is a place of prosperity with a history of over [-] years of civilization, which is amazing. Based on my personal shallowness, it is impossible for people who talk about it to make such an achievement. For the grassland people to take the lead in advocating such a grand event, I naturally yearn for it.”

The Queen nodded and smiled softly, "Okay, Gina, I know what you are worried about. The Queen's City is losing its color day by day. There are certain supporters for this view in various cities, right?"

Gina's smile was a little stiff, and she whispered hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am not..."

The queen waved her hand and sighed softly: "Since the crown of the elves flew out of the forest of elves, although those words of accusation will not come directly to my ears, it does not mean that I am ignorant. The tragedy of the giants has already happened." It's been too long, and the people who were shocked by that tragic scene have once again blindly pursued more power than they need, and they don't really need so much excess wealth..."

Otilia got up from the rattan armchair covered with soft velvet cushions, walked to the glass window of the greenhouse, raised her hand and gently stroked the glass surface with a little moisture, and said slightly ironically: "They need to use it all the time. Kings who no longer show a sense of existence, they want their king to be strong and rich...the king who steps on the gold and stone steps and lives in a palace made of gold is the spiritual support they are looking for. And I am not enough A king with an 'image of a king' is not enough to give them enough security."

"Your Majesty..." Miss Gina whispered with a wry smile.

Queen Otilia raised her hand to stop Queen Gina's persuasion, turned around, and said calmly: "Compared to those who are trying their best to avoid war, those who charge bravely and let the blood of young people dye the land red "Heroes" are more memorable and admired by people. Since the beginning of written history, this kind of farce has been repeated countless times, and I am just repeating what happened to my predecessors."

Miss Gina bowed her head and said nothing. She, a close lady, knew how much pressure the queen was resisting on her weak shoulders... To this day, there are still "even if tens of thousands of elite fighters die, they still have to follow them." The existence of the main combat faction of the snow elves, it seems that the meaning of the whole life of those lively young people in the clan is not as important as the crown on the head of the elf king.

Going back to the rattan chair and sitting down, the queen picked up the teacup again: "The king who is brave and aggressive should not appear among the elves, and the king who is rich and luxurious is harmless. Gina, let Evelyn come to see me. There is no need to go In the main hall, just bring her to the greenhouse."

Evelyn, a smart young man, knows how to convey the invitation of Ayun, the sage of the snow wolf tribe, through the mouths of members of the Knights, so the Queen will certainly not let the efforts of this young mage go to waste... This kind of involvement involves the entire city of the Queen. If the major issue of capital flow is discussed in a formal occasion, it will take many years to argue, so it is better for her to decide the matter arbitrarily.

"Sage Ayun is a very interesting person." Thinking of Evelyn's way of conveying information, Queen Ottilia smiled softly again.

Gina knows what the queen is praising, but it's good to understand this kind of thing, there is no need to say it...

Well, to put it simply, Xiao Yun asked Evelyn to let the wind out on an informal occasion first, but in fact left room for both parties to choose... If the queen is not interested, then Evelyn will keep her mouth shut when she formally pays a visit to the queen I don't mention this, so as not to embarrass both parties in face-to-face refusal in formal occasions.

If the queen is interested, Evelyn's behavior can be understood as helping the queen who is not strong enough to build momentum in advance... Ahem!

I have respect for this queen, Xiao Yun. There is no other reason. I just want to see that the co-lord crown of the elves is behind and the entire forest elves can live peacefully. , can't let dozens of elf cities that have troops and can be pulled out to fight obediently obey orders.

The Queen adopted this kind of euphemistic invitation with room for both parties. For the Dwarf Kingdom of the Western Continent, Xiao Yun did not spend so much thought... When the Queen received Evelyn and asked about the "International Shareholding System Business" advocated by the Prairie Kingdom. "Bank"" What exactly was the operation, the dwarf king also received a letter from the grassland.

The content of the letter is very simple. Except for the part of greetings and greetings, the other words can be summed up in one sentence: Prepare 50 gold coins, and we will make a fortune together.

The dwarf king who had been a demigod for decades held the letter with a cold expression on his face.

"50! Gold coins! Are these prairie people crazy?!" The finance minister of the dwarf kingdom, an old dwarf with a red beard, jumped up from his seat, "Your Majesty, this kind of rude request must never be granted!"

"Calm down, the prairie people didn't ask us for money." Another minister said, "Your Majesty, do the prairie people explain in detail what the money is used for?"

"No matter what it is, this money must not be given! Not a penny! This time it is 50, who knows how much it will be next time?!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer yelled.

"Okay, be quiet." The dwarf Wang Youyou looked up, "The grassland people's letter made it very clear that they didn't want us to give away 50 gold coins for nothing, but intended to integrate the liquidity of the entire Northern Continent and make money with money... ..." After a pause, the dwarf king looked unhappy, but he had to try his best to control his emotions, "Besides, does our country have a position to say no to the grassland now?"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the entire chamber fell silent.

It's really special... how many people live by the imported vermicelli that arrives every quarter!