Chapter 847 The Wheel of History

Railway investment and aid construction, multinational business cooperation plan, settlement area concept, new ambassador program...

The Cecil people obviously attach great importance to this exchange with the Holy Dragon Duchy, and have prepared enough plans and schemes for this.

Even to the point where Ser Gorosh was a little uncomfortable.

The Dragonborn realized one thing-although the Holy Dragon Principality has always thought that it was paying attention to the changes in the situation on the mainland, and that it just did not open the door to itself, rather than completely closed itself, but in the face of this rapidly rising new empire, Dragonborn are still too closed and slow.

If these things that Gawain Cecil had brought out were placed in front of the deputies and elders of the principality, they would probably confuse more than half of the people.

But fortunately, Archduke Balogar has always been fully prepared. At least in this mission led by Sir Gorosh, everyone has made up a lot of "homework" in advance. All the new things that came, have done basic understanding and investigation, and they are not ignorant of these things that Gawain brought out.

The documents were divided among everyone, and Ser Gorosh skimmed through some of them quickly, and after getting a general idea of ​​their contents, he looked up: "This looks like it needs serious discussion - I hope you understand, this There are a lot of things in there that are more sensitive.”

"Of course," Gawain nodded with a smile, "today is just an initial meeting, mainly to exchange some ideas, and all these business plans are only opinions from Cecil's side. It is more important to establish stable diplomatic relations between the Searle Empire."

Ser Gorosh smiled when he heard this: "That's exactly what I thought."

...

This closed-door meeting lasted almost the entire day, from morning to afternoon, during which Ser Gorosh and several representatives of the Dragonborn also accepted the invitation to have lunch with Gawain in Cecil Palace, when the meeting was held. When it finally came to an end, the giant sun had gradually sunk to the horizon.

Even Gawain felt a little exhausted after the almost whole day's negotiation ended amicably.

"We need to have an internal discussion when we go back," Ser Gorosh stood up, with a smile on his face, "Many of the business proposals you've come up with make sense to me...but we can't do it right now. Give an answer - we will try to discuss a preliminary result before meeting tomorrow."

"Understandable," Gawain was not surprised by today's results, and he was able to successfully communicate those business plans and future diplomatic prospects to achieve his goal today, "Then, I hope you all have a good rest tonight. , let's look forward to our meeting tomorrow."

The Dragonborn left, with a slew of business plans that Emperor Cecil had stuffed into them.

Gawain sat back on the high-back chair that belonged to him, and rubbed his eyebrows in the afterglow of the orange sunset.

The window on one side of the room was open, and a breeze blew into the room from outside the window, circling around Gawain twice, and then amber came out of the air, standing beside Gawain smiling.

"I saw the dragonborn leave - I thought you guys were going to hold the meeting until the evening!" The elf's shame said with a smile, "After all, you seem to have prepared a lot of materials..."

Gawain raised his eyelids and glanced at the half-elf: "It's spring, it's warm, the cold north wind is turning east, and you can come in through the window again, right?"

Amber immediately folded his arms and raised his neck proudly instead of ashamed: "Don't say it, I haven't walked there all winter, I still miss the touch when I jumped off the windowsill just now..."

Gao Wen: "..."

If it wasn't for fear of causing misunderstandings in front of foreign envoys,

He should have filled every window sill at Cecil Palace with mouse traps yesterday! !

It seems that she will be happy when she sees Gawain's helpless expression. Amber played the trick of jumping through the window again and again without getting bored. Today, she felt satisfied after jumping to death in front of Gawain again, and then she closed it when she saw it. He changed the subject: "So, what's the progress of this meeting today? How much consensus do you think we and the Holy Dragon Principality will reach?"

Gawain smiled, tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat, and said casually: "If Mr. Godwin was here, he would write this: The two sides had a fruitful consultation, and the views were fully exchanged during the meeting. The conversation ended in a friendly atmosphere."

Amber nodded clearly: "Oh, that means there is no consensus... It sounds like there is no progress."

After all, she has held an important position in the Government Affairs Office for a long time, and she is now quite familiar with these "professional terms".

"It can't be said that there is no progress," Gawain shook his head, "at least we did have a full exchange of opinions - I believe that those business plans, new technologies and new products have fully aroused their interest, and the Grand Duke of Balogar has The letter from the Dragonborn also expressed the willingness of the Holy Dragon Principality to open the country and establish diplomatic relations with Cecil, but on the other hand, the Dragonborn were also very cautious. They were not dazzled by all kinds of new things, even in front of the railway system, that Ser Gorosh is quite calm."

"Well, the 'prosperous and advanced new world' is not as effective for the Dragonborn as it is for the Typhons? Although they came out of the mountains, they looked at the human world with pride and restraint," Amber picked up a pick. Eyebrows, "I got it right this time - you owe me ££."

"Accurately judging the target's psychological tendency and possible actions is the basic ability of your intelligence minister..."

Amber simply stretched out his hand: "Hardware pounds."

Gawain patted Amber's paw at will: "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you."

"That's alright, I'll remember, pound," Amber retracted his hand contentedly, then suddenly rolled his eyes, "By the way, I've got something to tell you—I've already talked to her over Maggie's side. Now, she'll meet Ser Gorosh."

Hearing Amber's words, Gawain was silent for a second, and then said softly, "Actually, I don't like to treat family affection as a card, and I don't want to turn the relationship between Maggie and Ser Gorosh into this diplomacy. Part of the event..."

"Of course I know, but sometimes the card isn't in your hand - it's on the table from the beginning," Amber pouted, "your arrangement is very humane, the Sir should have felt it. And to be honest, after talking to Maggie, I can feel her ambivalence - she is not against her father, she is just against the environment she once lived in, if she can live outside the Holy Dragon Principality She is very happy to see the place and Ser Gorosh like this."

"That's good," Gao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, then shook his head with a smile, "Actually, when I first learned about the relationship between Maggie and the 'Dragonborn Ambassador' from Victoria's letter, I was really taken aback... No one would have thought that Maggie, who is usually very low-key, would have such an identity..."

"Anyway, I just have a feeling that those dragonborn are very good at everything... that's how you said that word, 'hardcore'," Amber flipped in his mind, "Govern Cecil's holy show He said with a strange expression on his face, "Jump off the Longyue Cliff and glide all the way to the north, just to 'run away from home', and to use a wooden barrel to roll from the top of the mountain to the foot of the 'children's game'...

"Ah, I also investigated the information. It is said that the lady Asharena in the Dragonborn Mission also ran away from home when she traveled in the human world, and the process of her running to the south was faster than Maggie's running to the north. The process is even more amazing: the lady Asarena sold herself to the bandit, fooled the bandit to 'free shipping' her to the south, and then sold the bandit to the lord of Carroll at the time. I have been a mercenary for five years with the money to buy a long sword... When that guy from Anton collected all the information, he was stunned."

Gawain looked at Amber dumbfounded: "...You even investigated this?"

"I don't get my monthly salary for nothing," Amber spread his hands. "I also investigated something even more amazing. That Lady Asarena was a mercenary under Byron..."

Gao Wen: "..."

He looked Amber up and down, and even though he had seen the other party's intelligence capabilities more than once, he still couldn't help but feel a little amazed at his intelligence chief.

Some investigations didn't really need to go that deep—he meant to remind Amber.

But this thing sounds too interesting.

He put his upper body closer: "Tell me about it in detail..."

...

After returning to the Autumn Palace, Ser Gorosh recruited several advisors in the mission - including, naturally, the Dragon Seal sorceress Asarena.

In a spacious room with a completely different style from the north, the brilliance of the magic spar lamp dispelled the darkness, and the cool night wind blew from the window, the red-haired Asarena walked slowly around the four corners of the room, As she walked past, invisible magic power surrounded it as a barrier, and the shimmering "Dragon Seal Rune" flashed through the air.

"The 'secrecy' of this room is complete." She nodded slightly as she returned to Ser Gorosh and the other advisors.

The Dragonborn believe in the sincerity and enthusiasm of the Cecil people for this "diplomatic activity", but they also believe that the human beings must rely on more than sincerity and enthusiasm to stand on this continent for so many years - when going out, the necessary caution It's never superfluous.

"The Cecilians have come up with a lot of interesting things," Sir Gorosh sat in a leather-wrapped chair, looking at the advisors who were also seated, "I'd like to hear your views on these things. ."

"These things have value, there's no doubt about that," said a middle-aged man with short brown hair, after a slight musing. Certain interests must be sought, but as long as these interests are within a reasonable range, we can consider accepting them. After all, whether it is magic technology or alchemy potions, they are all good things, and business flows... In the long run, the principality is also open to The inevitable step after the gate."

"Since His Majesty Balogel has decided to open the door to the human world, it means that he is ready for these exchanges. I think you all have no problem with this," Asarena said while looking around. compatriots, "but I want to remind that - when trading, humans often do not reveal all their expected profit targets, and when you deal with a human, he expresses that he wants to earn a coin from you. , then you have to be prepared that he has all the coins in your pocket."

Ser Gorosh frowned slightly. "You mean the Cecilians want more than money from us in these business plans?"

"It's obvious -- there's a long-term plan behind these investment plans," Asha Lena shrugged. "They're giving money and technology to open a factory on our land, which means they've done a good job. In preparation to earn ten factories back, I dealt with human 'merchants', Ser Gorosh - magic technology and investment companies are new things, humans are not. But then again, who would What about dealing with a country that is forever shrouded in snow and mountains without profit? So we only need to judge one thing: Are these Cecil plans worth it to the Dragonborn.

"As for my personal opinion...I have a lot of unease with all projects that involve resource development and engineering construction."

It was not the first day that Ser Gorosh and Asarena had known each other. He heard the meaning of each other's words, touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "You mean..."

"The 'relationship' that the Cecil wanted to build has exceeded our expectations when we set out. We are only here to discuss the establishment of diplomacy and the opening of regular business channels, and they obviously want more - this part is not impossible to discuss , but I think it is necessary for us to report these details to Archduke Balogar first. Ser Gorosh, trust me, Archduke Balogar will be more than pleased with our timely report."

Ser Gorosh frowned slightly, but his brows soon relaxed.

He looked at the red-haired witch in front of him and nodded slightly: "Then do as you said - use your ability as a 'Dragon Seal Witch' and contact Longlinbao."