Chapter 1086： closed loop

The talk is over, and the direction to be set has been set. When the giant sun gradually rises to the high point in the sky, the brilliant crown with a light wood grain shines on the entire No. 112 silver stronghold, Gao Wen for the last time Clink glasses with Rosetta Augustus-after this, the diplomats of the two countries need to work hard.

Gawain didn’t know how Typhon’s nobles would view the outcome of this closed-door meeting, nor how later historians would record and guess this negotiation. For himself, Cecil and the These exchanges of interests between Feng are actually not the point. All of them... are just part of his promotion and transformation of the world.

Everything is for greater victory-he doesn't know if Rosetta Augustus has realized his ambitious goal, but judging from his performance... this talented and roughly ruler may not be without it. Observed.

Gawain left his seat, but before leaving with Amber, he finally didn't hold back his last little doubt: "I'm curious, how on earth did you perceive the true effect of the Bitter Winter?"

This is what he is very curious about: in the context of this world where all human beings are far away from the sea, and under the premise that no one has the consciousness of sea power, how did Typhon associate with the near sea from a warship hovering on the sea? The concept of blockade, even thought of repairing outposts in the blind spot of battleships to protect their maritime sovereignty?

"It wasn't me who noticed it first." To Gawain's surprise, Rosetta shook her head and pointed to Matilda, who rarely spoke the whole time. "It's my daughter. She was the first to realize you. The target may not have been in Winter Wolf Hold in the beginning."

Gawain finally turned his gaze on Matilda, on the "Imperial Pearl" who didn't have much sense of presence throughout the whole process, like a humble listening younger generation who rarely speaks, Matilda calmly He raised his head and responded to Gawain's gaze with calm eyes.

"Can you tell me what you think?" Gawain asked with a gentle expression, as if he was gossiping at home.

"In fact, from the beginning I didn't think that you would really occupy Winter Wolf Keep — I didn't even think that you would make any difficulties or offer any conditions on the issue of Winter Wolf Keep," Matilda smiled lightly. He also responded like a gentle junior who answered the questions of the elders, “You will definitely withdraw the soldiers who occupy Winter Wolf Fort unconditionally, and you will withdraw them in a high-profile manner, so that all countries know that you did not ask for any compensation or in the process. Exchange terms."

Gawain's eyes became serious, and he nodded slightly to Matilda: "Go on."

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

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

"What's more, the truth of this'war' will be made public in the future. This truth will further affect the legality of your occupation of the Winter Wolf region. You will definitely consider this."

Gawain was surprised to hear Matilda's analysis, his face showed admiration: "That's right, you have a good ability to judge the situation."

"In fact, it's not about judgment, it's just a simple comparison of benefits," Matilda lowered her head. "Compared with the voice of the entire Loren continent, Winter Wolf Castle is too small, isn't it?"

"...The era of using primitive and rude means such as occupying land and plundering resources to grab the benefits of war has passed," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and then changed the conversation. "But why do you think that my target is on those islands? Isn’t occupying an island an occupation?"

"...Because in most people's minds, the'territory' is limited to the interior of the continent, and the distribution of benefits on the ocean is a blind spot in the vision of countries, and it is not even regarded as the territory of a certain country," Matilda replied immediately, " They stared at Winter Wolf Hold, but they didn’t pay attention to whether you occupied several islands far away from the land. Only countries that have begun to move towards the sea can realize that there is also gold and silver flowing outside the coastline. According to our investigation, The voyage of Bitter Winter always lingers near those islands."

Gawain showed a slight smile: "Child, you seem to think me badly."

"No, I admire you, even second only to my own father. I just think you are so powerful, so powerful that it makes people a little scared, so that I must always observe carefully whether you show offensive attitude. "," Matilda raised her head, her clear but deep eyes fixed on Gawain’s face, "You are a hero, but a hero is not necessarily a saint—a qualified ruler must be greedy, even if it is to rule He will surely calculate the benefits and losses of the thousands of people he has left, but unfortunately...in this mixed war, Typhon lost the initiative."

"Heroes are not necessarily saints..." Gawain was silent for a few seconds and nodded slightly. "I've written down this comment. It's pretty good, Matilda."

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

Gawain stopped and looked back at the black-haired Princess Typhon: "Anything else?"

"If, I mean, what would you do if-if we didn't set up outposts on those islands? If you had more than one Bitter Winter, what would you do?"

Gao Wen thought about it briefly, and calmly gave his own answer: "If I have more warships, I will occupy all the islands as soon as possible. If you do not make any response, then I will not only occupy them, but also I ask you for a hundred years of free and unrestricted navigation rights on the entire east coast-from Huanlong Fjord to Mobius, and from Mobius to the southeast coast of the Gaoling Kingdom."

Matilda opened her eyes slightly and seemed to look at Gawain with some surprise. Then she lowered her head and replied softly, "...I understand."

Gawain took Amber and left the room. Only Rosetta and Matilda were left in the sunny reception room.

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

Matilda raised her head unexpectedly: "Father, what are you talking about?"

"He will not occupy those islands, nor will he demand any unpaid and unrestricted navigation rights," Rosetta's expression became very serious somehow, he frowned and thought, and was silent for a long time in contemplation, but In the end he opened his eyebrows, and the serious expression on his face turned into a complex smile, "I thought I had already determined his intentions when he made the second concession..."

"...We have only signed an internal memorandum, and the real negotiations have not yet begun," 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 Theocracy, I wouldn't mind losing some. Face, but now... he has shown me a future that is even more difficult to refuse. 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 very seriously and quickly: "Immediately contact the ambassadors of the Highmountain Kingdom and the Silver Empire to finalize the trade and port opening plans, if necessary. Lower our conditions. In any case, before the Circum-Mainland Route Agreement takes effect, we must try our best to maintain the market and the right to speak at the southern end of the mainland."

"Is it too late? The Cecil people probably have already started preparing for these things. Gawain Cecil even met with the Silver Queen yesterday afternoon... They have personal relationships."

"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 felt that he had come out of history. The characters feel powerless to deal with, but he quickly shook his head and said in a deep voice, “As much as we can, how much is to keep-although Cecil is walking in front of us, they are too far away from the South Continent after all. , Such a big meal, they can't eat it all."

...

In the towns full of elven style, the lively atmosphere is everywhere. The magic car with the emblem of Cecil is driving on the road. The members of the mission of a certain country or the elves responsible for maintaining order and receiving guests can be seen on the side of the road. The clerical officer, Gao Wen and Amber sat in the back row of the magic car, while enjoying the architectural scenery of this foreign country, while relaxing a little tight nerve.

In the corners of the inner wall of the carriage, some inconspicuous runes gleamed, and the small sound-proof enchantment shielded the noise outside the car very well, making the carriage more quiet and comfortable.

I don't know how long it has been quiet before Humber suddenly broke the silence: "You didn't plan to want those islands from the beginning?"

"...Not really," Gawain smiled. "If I can give it for nothing, I won't refuse--if Typhon doesn't realize the preciousness of the ocean foothold, why should I consider 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 route around the mainland really of such high value?"

Gao Wen glanced at this half-elf who was trying to think about the problem: "At least more valuable than those islands. A round-continent route itself is just a'route', but after adding a premise, the situation is not that simple-at this stage Cecil is the only country capable of forming a large-scale trading fleet and ocean-going combat fleet."

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

"If our fleet can circle the continent, and any country on the route needs to rely on us to maintain maritime trade routes, and even their modern trading system itself is established by us, then all the coastal areas of the entire Loren continent Regions will become our coasts-those countries that rely on circum-continental routes and get huge profits from maritime trade routes will even take the initiative to maintain this route for us, because we are both their food and clothing parents and their sea bodyguards. The truth here is actually not difficult to understand."

Amber finally reacted: "...Whoever comes forward to shake Cecil's maritime authority is threatening the economic lifeline of all coastal countries."

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

Although his circum-continent route plan is far-reaching, there is still a country on the Loren continent that he can't influence, that is, the Silver Empire, which is 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. Their deep national power is also unshakable. With such a strong capital, the silver elves will naturally have more voice in front of this route.

However, he is not worried about this-the silver elves' background is also their bondage. The powerful ancestral heritage gives them a strong national power, but like the Deep Blue Well, they are firmly bound to the stars. In the "fortress" intertwined with the temple and various ancient factories, this **** has shaped the "non-expansion" characteristic of the Silver Empire. At least in the stage that Gaowen can foresee, this "non-expansion" characteristic is It's not that easy to change.

This means that the Silver Empire will fully enjoy the benefits of the route around the mainland, and will maintain the operation of this route to a certain extent. For Gao Wen, this has achieved his goal.

Of course, the Violet Kingdom in the northern part of the mainland is also a problem... But for this "hermit country" hidden in layers of mist, he doesn't have much thoughts now. Anyway, the wizards in the previous limited contact have recognized Beigang's Existence, opening the strait between the Violet Kingdom and the North Coast, that's enough.

Gawain rubbed his tight forehead and slowly cooled his mind that had been running at high speed for a long time.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the roadside, and the speed of the magic car suddenly slowed down.

Amber opened a gap in the car window, and the figure on the side of the road handed in a note, and then the figure merged into the nearby pedestrians in an instant, and Amber opened the note and glanced quickly.

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

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

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

"What are you doing? Intercept the ambassador of another country?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, then closed his eyes slightly, leaned on the seat and closed his eyes to rest up, "Let them go, this is an'acceptable margin'. . As we said before-we eat meat, we always leave some soup for others, even a bite of meat."