Proof of the Sun King

"Generally speaking, for a young aristocrat who has just become a ranger knight, it is absolutely forbidden to point the country and talk about some things all day long." Ryan continued: "At this stage, don't reveal yourself too early. Ideas and plans, talk less, do more, listen more, learn more, and learn more about the working mechanism of the entire kingdom, how the dukes control their territories, what they usually do, how the king integrates this What is the national process for dealing with problems?"

"Well." Federmond himself has gone through this stage, and after listening to Ryan's guidance, he has a new understanding: "So, when you first came to the kingdom, Lord Ryan, you face the king Most of them choose to accept silently?”

"You should know that Richard and I are not on good terms." Ryan nodded: "But I am his vassal, and he gave me the sword. Some things cannot be changed by one's will. In our confrontation, he We follow the basic rules, and so do I. Sometimes, we need to know how to move forward a little bit to fight for our own interests, but sometimes, we need to know how to step back and leave a buffer space for each other. Getting along is not a championship match, it's as simple as dying."

"For example, a sentence consists of ten sentences, and sometimes we only need to say eight because we all know ten in our hearts."

"Sometimes we have to say ten sentences, because this sentence is composed of ten sentences, and it cannot be faked. Ten sentences are ten sentences."

"Sometimes we only know eight sentences, but we have to say ten sentences, because as lords, nobles and Holy Grail Knights, we should know ten sentences."

"Fedmond, you have to grasp the scale of this, and that's all I can say." Ryan finally made a conclusion: "You have to experience the difference yourself."

"One last word, Federmond, how many knights are there in Britannia? How many will eventually become Holy Grail knights?"

After this sentence was over, Ryan didn't speak again, and he left Federmond enough time to think.

The Holy Grail Knight clenched his arms tightly, his face uncertain.

Ryan also waited for him calmly. By the way, he bought two sandwiches from the hawker with a silver coin and handed one to Federmond.

So the two Holy Grail Knights hid in the corner of Magritte's central garden and ate sandwiches.

It's boring enough, Ryan thought.

After a long time, Federmond finally sighed, and the Holy Grail Knight looked into the distance with relief, and he said convincingly, "You are worthy of the name of a human hero, Your Excellency Ryan, what my father said was right."

"It's not something that is difficult to figure out." Ryan shook his head. He looked at the noble children playing below, and smiled: "It's just a difference in time. You have the accumulation of the Holy Grail expedition. What you lack now is someone. Let me help you, that's enough."

"Well... Next, we are going to meet Amancio Perez, the leader of the Estalia Merchant Alliance, and Enzo Moretti, the great mentor of the Magritte Knights, so according to what you said about the relationship between friends and enemies , Amancio Perez should be the object we can fight for, and Enzo Moretti, the great mentor of the Magritte Knights, is our enemy?" After thinking for a while, Federmond tried to ask : "Businessmen pursue interests, according to what you said, businessmen will not want to see the trade route completely cut off, so they should be the role of negotiators, they are the objects we can win, and the Magritte Knights If we want to capture the Seagod Trident, they are our enemies?"

"Ha~" Ryan smiled after listening to Federmond's consideration. He grinned and nodded again and again: "Compared to what you thought before, it's an improvement, but it's still wrong."

"Wrong?" Federmond frowned.

"Yes, wrong." Ryan nodded lightly, and the expression on his face became serious: "First of all, let's talk about businessmen."

"The essence of businessmen is people who are engaged in commodity trading or business activities, and everything they do is to make more profits, so the environment that businessmen desire is a special environment." Lane patiently analyzed Federmond. causality: "First of all, businessmen need basic order, because basic order, especially the sacrosanct order of citizens' property, can ensure that their hard-earned wealth will not be taken away by others, and in this world , there are legal protections in many cases, and this still happens frequently, so businessmen need this even more.”

"But merchants never want to see a world that will not change like a stagnant water. If a pound of wheat is worth two silver coins in Nord and two silver coins in Estalia, then the merchants will lose their trade. Motivation, because they not only don't make much profit but they have to pay for shipping and escorts and all kinds of expenses, so they need chaos, they need some proper chaos, to be able to make prices fluctuate, to allow them to buy low and sell high, The chaos has to be big enough, because then there will be huge profits, but not too much chaos, if you can't do business then everything is empty."

"Businessmen are always greedy." Federmond nodded to show that he understood.

"A catty of wheat can be sold for eighty copper coins in the rich Duchy of Winford, and five silver coins in Nord." Ryan nodded with his eyes closed: "But if the trade route is broken, Amancio Perez will have one copper plate. You can’t even earn it, and your family and your Poseidon fleet can undoubtedly achieve this level, so we can be sure that Amancio must want to be a coordinator, which is correct.”

Federmond couldn't stop cheering inwardly, and he felt like he was being recognized.

"But that's not the whole of the problem, Federmond, let's think more deeply." Ryan crossed his fingers and looked at the prosperous Estalia Market, where many old world goods were sold. Treasures: "The Port of Poldro is a famous deep-water port, and Amancio Perez is a member of the Estalia Merchant Alliance; leader, if your Duke Poldro family can get through this business. Road, get a trade deal with Amancio, and think about how much profit there is in that."

"A win-win deal! Father will definitely not object!" Federmond's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up and walked back and forth excitedly: "That's right, after the destruction of the Armada, Poldero and Ace Thalia's trade has been interrupted. As long as we can restore this trade route, we can bring at least 500 gold kronor in profit every year! That's right! This is a win-win deal! It is impossible for the merchant to refuse, that is, Said that he is not only the object that can be drawn, but also our friend and trading partner!"

"You are Bodrick's eldest son. Only you can do the signing of a trade agreement." Ryan nodded with satisfaction: "This is a businessman."

"And the Magritte Knights? These knights had nothing to do with us, but their hands stretched out! They actually instructed the rogue knights to come and steal the Seagod's Trident!" Federmond finished thinking After this question, he became entangled again: "What will the Grand Master of the Knights say to us? The moment he chose to steal the Seagod's Trident, we were doomed to a hostile ending."

"Faced with the Magritte Knights, an underground organization that has been hidden for hundreds of years, we must be careful, because as long as one step is not taken right, we may cause a full-scale war." Ryan expressed his approval of Federmond's opinion : "So, we have to analyze this meeting from the point of view of the Magritte Knights. First of all, what is the main reason why the Magritte Knights and we will go to war, that is, what is the main contradiction? "

"They instructed the rogue knights to steal the Seagod's Trident." Federmond replied immediately.

"Then why did the Magritte Knights instruct the rogue knights to steal the trident, what was the fundamental contradiction that caused this conflict and ultimately led to our expedition to Estalia?" Ryan continued.

"The Knights of Magritte believe that if they get the Seagod Trident, they can help them in their expedition to Araby, and the ultimate goal of this Knights is to conquer Araby, take the initiative to attack, and completely eliminate all threats to the south." Federmond earnestly Thinking deeply: "Wait... Maybe, we can chat with the great mentor, we don't really want to fight you to the death!"

"That's right!" Ryan nodded seriously: "Remember the vampire of the Laemia family that you killed that day? Obviously, this is a conspiracy of the vampires. I have a speculation that the Seagod Trident can help Magrey. The special knights expedition to Araby is the wind from these vampires."

"The undead are always so abhorrent!" Federmond lowered his head: "I said... Your Excellency Ryan, according to your analysis, the Magritte Knights... may not be our enemy."

"Go on, Federmond, go on." Ryan nodded again and again, drawing inferences from one example, Federmond grew up quickly.

"The goal of the Magritte Knights is to expedition to Araby, which has no fundamental conflict with us, so we only need to tell Enzo Moretti, the great mentor of the Knights, that the Trident of the Sea God not only cannot help them in their expedition to Araby, On the contrary, if someone without the blood of the Sea God dares to use this artifact, it will incur the wrath of the Sea God, and Enzo Moretti should know how to choose." Federmond immediately fully understood what Ryan meant.

"Not only that." Lane continued, and the count stood up: "Fedmond, don't forget, we in Britannia also have two knightly expeditionary forces in Araby. From this point of view, We are natural allies!"

"If we fight hard to the end, the Magritte Knights will not only be unable to get the help of the Seagod Trident, but will also establish a strong enemy for nothing, and will face the pressure of the Seagod fleet in the future, and if everyone sits down and talks Talking, we can find that this is just a misunderstanding, we are not only enemies, but friends, we have non-contradictory goals, we used to be knight brothers fighting side by side in the Great Expedition of Chi Yan, and now, we can also continue This friendship."

As soon as these words fell, the dark cloud that had been haunting Federmond's heart for a long time finally dissipated. In such a complicated relationship, Ryan stripped the cocoon and drew the threads, analyzed them one by one, and used his prestige and complex interpersonal relationships to borrow money from him. The core interests of force and analysis lie in this vortex, Lane has found the right direction and a way to deal with the problem.

Federmond was speechless with admiration, and the Holy Grail Knight paused for a while before saying: "Lord Ryan, since the merchant is our friend and the Magritte Knight is also our friend, then who is our friend? What about the enemy?"

"Our enemy?" Ryan smiled: "Our enemies are only those rogue knights and those vampires who sow discord."

"Is this diplomacy?" Federmond said with insight: "Will Your Excellency Ryan try to avoid war through diplomatic means?"

"No, this is only for humans, at most dwarves and elves." Ryan shook his head, he smiled: "If facing chaos or green skin, I usually don't say so much, I just say a word."

"What?"

"Your horse is dead, and then you can go to war."

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Federmond laughed out loud, and the depression of the day was gone: "I like this way of expression."

"Okay, we've been outside long enough, it's time to go back and prepare."

"Um."

Lane and Federmond left the central garden and returned to the Magritte State Guest House.

Opening the door of the large suite, Ryan noticed that Alfred was paralyzed on the sofa, and the Templars had some frustration on their faces. Seeing Ryan and others opening the door, Alfred just raised his hand.

"How is it, Ah Fu, is it going well? Did you get her contact information? Do you know which mailbox you should send your letter to?" Ryan said jokingly.

"It's not going well, good friend, Miss Claudia said that she has no plans to leave Magritte for the time being, and she has to work, so she can't promise to go out with me, I can only stand at the front desk and chat with her A few words." Alfred said with a bit of frustration: "Of course, during the chat, I could feel that she was very polite to me, but she was also very distant, obviously not very interested in me, we chatted some life. up."

"Oh, so what did she say?" Ryan took out a bottle of sherry from the wine cabinet in the room, poured three glasses in a square glass, and handed it to Alfred and Federmond.

"She said... She is still young and doesn't plan to leave Magritte. She wants to continue her career, meet more people, and enrich herself." Alfred reached out and took Sherry: "For feelings This kind of thing, she intends to go with the flow~www.wuxiamtl.com~ This is actually a kind of rejection, Mr. Alfred, we must respect this lady's choice." Federmond nodded, chivalrous virtue One of the most important virtues is respect for women.

"Be clear, Fu, has this Miss Claudia made an offer for herself?" Ryan then asked with a half-smiling smile.

"Offer?" Alfred was a little puzzled.

"Did she say that if she wants to find a boyfriend, what are the requirements?" Ryan continued.

"Yes... She hopes that her future boyfriend should have a villa or a knight's castle of no less than 150 square meters, with an annual income of no less than 800 gold kronor, and to have a high-quality mount, it must be a half-blood elf More than a warhorse, in addition to that, the appearance should be handsome enough, with a noble title above the kingdom knight..." The more Alfred said, the more frustrated he became: "There are many more..."

"Then do you think she's worth the price?" Ryan continued calmly.

"Lord Ryan, it's not good for you to comment on a lady like this..." Federmond interrupted Ryan's words, and the Holy Grail Knight said with some displeasure: "How can you comment on this lady as a commodity? "

"They have set a price for herself, Federmond, she treats herself as a commodity, and then talk about chivalry and respect?" Ryan's words made Federmond shut up: "You can only choose one of the two. , either a respectful exchange or a clear-cut transaction.”

"Good friend! I really like her, I know you're the best at dealing with women, help me, okay?" Alfred said as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

"Hey... Ah Fu, where's your morning class?" Ryan's face hurt.

"This is the request of my life!"

"The request of your life is to lick the dog?! This is too cheap, right?!"