Chapter 1086 Closed Loop

All that needs to be discussed has been discussed, and the direction that should be set has also been set. When the huge sun gradually rose to the high point of the sky, the glorious crown with faint wood grains illuminated the entire No. 112 silver base. Clinking glasses with Rosetta Augustus—after that, diplomats from the two countries need to work hard.

Gawain didn't know how Typhon's nobles would view the results of this closed-door meeting, nor how historians of later generations would record and guess this negotiation. Only for himself, Cecil and Tiphon The exchange of interests between Feng is actually not the point, all of this...is just a part of his promotion and transformation of the world.

Everything is for a greater victory - he doesn't know if Rosetta Augustus has realized his ambitious goal, but judging from his performance... this talented ruler may not be completely innocent Observed.

Gao Wen left his seat, but before leaving with Amber, he still couldn't hold back his last little doubt: "I'm curious, how did you realize the true function of the Winter?"

This is what he is very curious about: in the background of the era when all human beings in this world are far away from the sea, and under the premise that everyone has no sense of sea power, how did Typhon associate it from a warship wandering on the sea to the offshore world? The concept of blockade, and even thought of repairing outposts in the blind spots of warships to protect their maritime sovereignty?

"I wasn't the one who noticed it first." To Gawain's surprise, Rosetta shook her head and pointed at Matilda, who rarely spoke the whole time. "It was my daughter, she was the first to realize your The target may not have been at Winterwolf in the first place."

Gawain finally set his sights on Matilda, on the "Pearl of the Empire" who didn't have much sense of presence throughout the whole process, like a junior who listened humbly and seldom spoke. Matilda calmly said He raised his head and met Gao Wen's gaze with calm eyes.

"Can you tell me what you think?" Gao Wen asked casually, with a gentle expression, as if gossiping.

"Actually, from the very beginning, I didn't think that you would really occupy Winter Wolf Castle—I didn't even think that you would make any difficulties or impose any conditions on the issue of Winter Wolf Castle," Matilda smiled lightly Then, he replied like a gentle junior who answered the elder’s question, “You will definitely withdraw the soldiers occupying Winter Wolf Castle unconditionally, and you will withdraw them in a high-profile way, so that all countries know that you have not asked for any compensation or compensation in the process. quid pro quo."

Gao Wen's eyes became serious, and he nodded slightly to Matilda: "Continue."

"You will do this because your biggest goal is not on Typhon at all. What you want is the highest right to speak in the alliance, and what you want is to become the rule maker in the alliance-Winter Wolf Castle must not occupy it. Yes, because the whole world is paying attention to Cecil's next move, and what purpose the future 'Alliance Leader' will use to promote his own order. Of course, you can have countless reasons to occupy the Winter Wolf region, these The reasons can even be very reasonable: Typhon was the first to 'start the war', and Typhon was the one who was morally wronged. Cecil's occupation of the Winter Wolf area was a legitimate counterattack, but no matter how tenable these reasons are foot, it will damage the cohesion of the future alliance.

"Because for those small countries that wait and see carefully, they don't care whether the occupation is reasonable or not - they only care about the result. You can occupy Winter Wolf Castle with reasonable reasons, and of course you can occupy other places with more reasonable reasons , then even if they bow their heads and join the alliance in the future, no one will completely believe most of your promises.

"not to mention,

The truth of this 'war' will definitely be made public in the future, and this truth will further affect the legitimacy of your occupation of the Winter Wolf region, which you will certainly consider. "

Gawain was a little surprised to hear Matilda's analysis, and he had a look of appreciation on his face: "That's right, your ability to judge the situation is very good."

"Actually, it's not about judgment, it's just a simple income comparison." Matilda lowered her head. "Compared to the voice of the entire Loren Continent, Winter Wolf Castle is too small, isn't it?"

"...The era of using primitive and brutal methods such as occupying land and plundering resources to gain war benefits has passed," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and then changed the topic, "But why do you think my target is those islands? Doesn't occupying the island mean occupying?"

"...Because in most people's minds, 'territory' is limited to the interior of the continent, and the distribution of interests on the ocean is a blind spot in the vision of all countries, and it is not even considered the territory of a certain country," Matilda replied immediately, " They stare at Winter Wolf Castle, but they don't pay attention to whether you have occupied a few islands far away from the land—only countries that have begun to move towards the sea can realize that gold and silver are also flowing beyond the coastline, and according to our investigation, The navigation track of the Winter is always hovering around those islands."

Gao Wen showed a slight smile: "Son, you seem to think badly of me."

"No, I adore you, even second only to my own father, I just think you are very powerful, so powerful that it makes people a little scared, so I have to carefully observe whether you show an aggressive posture all the time "Matilda raised her head, her clear but deep eyes fixed on Gao Wen's face, "You are a hero, but a hero does not have to be a saint—a qualified ruler must be greedy, even if it is for the sake of governance. He will always calculate the gains and losses of the thousands of people under him, but unfortunately...in this erroneous war, Typhon lost the initiative."

"A hero doesn't have to be a saint..." Gawain was silent for a few seconds and nodded lightly. "I wrote down this comment. It's a good point, Matilda."

He withdrew his gaze from the other party, turned around and prepared to leave, but at this moment, Matilda suddenly stopped him from behind: "Please wait a moment."

Gao Wen stopped and looked back at the black-haired Princess Typhon: "Is there anything else?"

"What would you do if, I mean if—suppose we hadn't set up outposts on those islands? What would you have done if you had more than one Bitter Winter?"

Gao Wen thought for a while, and gave his answer calmly: "If I had more warships, I would occupy all the islands immediately. If you didn't take any action, then I would not only occupy them, but I would also I ask you for a hundred years of free and unrestricted navigation rights on the entire east coast—from Calling Dragon Fjord to Mobius, and from Mobius to the southeast coast of the Gaoling Kingdom."

Matilda opened her eyes slightly and looked at Gawain in surprise, then she lowered her head and replied softly, "...I understand."

Gao Wen took Amber and left the room, leaving only Rosetta and Matilda in the sunny reception room.

After that, the silence in the room lasted for a long time, until Rosetta suddenly broke the silence a few minutes later: "No, he won't do that."

Matilda raised her head in surprise: "Father, what did you say?"

"He will not occupy those islands, nor will he ask for any free and unrestricted navigation rights." Rosetta's expression became very serious at some point, he frowned and thought, and was silent for a long time in meditation, but In the end, he still raised his eyebrows, and the serious expression on his face turned into a complicated smile, "I thought I had already confirmed his intention when he 'give in' the second time..."

"...We have only signed an internal memorandum, and the real negotiation has not yet started," Matilda said immediately, "Now we still have some leeway..."

"No," Rosetta interrupted Matilda, the smile on his face seemed more complicated than before, "If he didn't mention Tarrond and the Theocratic Council, I don't mind losing some Face, but now...he has shown me a future that is more difficult to refuse, and the price he offered is high, but it is also worth the challenge."

Then he gradually put away the complicated smile on his face, turned to Matilda, and said quickly and seriously: "Immediately contact the ambassadors of the Gaoling Kingdom and the Silver Empire to finalize the trade and port opening plans. If necessary, you can Lower our conditions, in any case, before the circum-continental route agreement takes effect, we must try our best to keep the market and the right to speak at the southern tip of the mainland.”

"Is it too late? The Cecils may have already started preparing for these things. Gawain Cecil even met with the Silver Queen yesterday afternoon...they have a personal relationship."

"The friendship that existed seven hundred years ago..." Rosetta's expression was a bit complicated for a while, he subconsciously glanced at the red fruits on the coffee table not far away, and once again deeply understood the relationship with a person who came out of history. However, he quickly shook his head and said in a deep tone, "Do our best to keep as much as possible——Although Cecil is ahead of us, they are still too far away from the Southern Continent , Such a big meal, they can't eat it all."

...

In the elf-style town, the lively atmosphere is everywhere. The magic car with Cecil's emblem is driving on the avenue. Members of a certain country's mission or elves responsible for maintaining order and receiving guests can be seen on the side of the road at any time. The affairs officer, Gao Wen and Hu Po sat in the back row of the magic guide car, enjoying the architectural scenery of this foreign country, while relaxing their slightly tense nerves.

In the corner of the inner wall of the carriage, some inconspicuous runes were shining, and the small sound-proof barrier shielded the noise outside the carriage well, making the carriage extraordinarily quiet and comfortable.

I don't know how long it was quiet before Amber suddenly broke the silence: "You didn't intend to have those islands from the beginning?"

"...Not really," Gawain smiled, "If I can offer it for free, I won't refuse it—if Typhon doesn't realize the value of the ocean foothold, why should I think about the future for them?"

Amber scratched the back of her head. Although she is an outstanding talent in intelligence, she is obviously not that professional in other fields: "... Is a circum-continental route really of such high value?"

Gawain glanced at the half-elf who was struggling to think about the problem: "At least it is more valuable than those few islands. A circum-continent route is just a 'route' in itself, but after adding a premise, the situation is not so simple - at this stage , Cecil is the only country capable of building large-scale trade fleets and ocean-going combat fleets."

Amber subconsciously repeated Gao Wen's words: "The only..."

"If our fleet can circumnavigate the mainland, and any country on the route needs to rely on us to maintain maritime trade lines, and even their modern trade system itself is established with our assistance, then all coastal areas of the entire Loren continent The region will become our coast—those countries that rely on the circumcontinental route and obtain huge profits from the sea trade route will even take the initiative to maintain this route for us, because we are not only their food and clothing, but also their sea bodyguards. The reason behind this is actually not difficult to understand.”

Amber finally came to her senses: "...whoever is the first to stand up and shake Cecil's maritime authority is threatening the economic lifelines of all coastal countries."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, but there was one thing he didn't say.

Although his plan for circumnavigating the mainland is far-reaching, there is still a country on the Loren Continent that he can hardly influence. That is the Silver Empire located in the extreme south of the continent, and most of its territory is located on a giant island. Although the elves have been in decline for many years, their ancestral heritage is still not to be underestimated, and their profound national power is also unshakable. With such a strong capital, the silver elves will naturally have more say in this route.

However, he was not worried about this—the background of the silver elves was also their shackles. The powerful ancestral heritage gave them a strong national power, but like the Deep Blue Well back then, it firmly bound them to the stars. In the "fortress" intertwined with temples and various ancient factories, this kind of restraint shaped the "non-expansion" characteristic of the Silver Empire. At least in the stage that Gao Wen could foresee, this "non-expansion" characteristic was Not so easy to change.

This means that the Silver Empire will fully enjoy the benefits brought by the circum-continent route, and will also maintain the operation of this route to a certain extent. For Gao Wen, this has already achieved his goal.

Of course, the Violet Kingdom in the north of the mainland is also a problem... But he doesn't have much thought about this "hermit country" hidden in layers of mist. Anyway, in the previous limited contact, those mages have already recognized Beigang. Existence, opening the strait between the Violet Kingdom and the North Coast, that's enough.

Gao Wen rubbed his somewhat tense forehead, letting his mind that had been running at high speed for half a day slowly cool down.

At this moment, a figure appeared beside the road, and the speed of the magic vehicle suddenly slowed down.

Amber casually opened a gap in the car window, and a figure by the side of the road handed in a note, and then that figure blended into the nearby pedestrians in an instant, and Amber opened the note and quickly glanced at it.

"Two groups of people left the residence where the Typhon mission lived, one group went to the mission residence of the Gaoling Kingdom, and the other group went to the east of the city."

"They went to find the Silver Queen." Gao Wen said casually.

"It seems that the reaction is very fast," Amber blinked, "Do you want to do something?"

"What to do? Intercept the ambassador of another country?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, then closed his eyes slightly, leaned back on the seat and rested his mind, "Let them go, this is an 'acceptable margin' .Like we said before - we eat meat and always leave some soup for other people, and even a bite of meat."