Chapter 32: King Azca's Hole Cards
Seeing that the scene was instantly quiet, Brigadier General Adkin once again fell into the self-denial of doubting his life, "It was so easy to appease the scene, it seems that I am really only suitable for fighting and killing?" ”
"Are you...... Rear Admiral Longinus of the Navy? I've heard Kobra mention it many times, and he admires you in his words, so let me hear what you think about you as a naval hero, right? ”
Although the tone of the King of Alabastan was still a little condescending, it was enough to make everyone in the hall look sideways.
After all, even the two kings of Crete and Hisca were reprimanded by him in the tone of a superior person, which shows that this naval lieutenant has a higher status in the eyes of the king of Alabastan than other kings.
And the other two kings have obviously done their homework, knowing that this naval lieutenant is an iconic figure of the G2 branch, and it is not impossible for him to grow into a real big man in the navy in the future.
Therefore, the two kings also said politely: "Major Longinus, I wonder what you think about this matter?"
This made those celebrities and ladies who were originally just coveting Longinus's appearance have waves in their eyes again.
"The southern part of the island of Santing is very large, and it is not difficult to accommodate the four kingdoms, and besides, the kings are only waging war for better development."
"For example, although the Hisca Kingdom is rich, it has a small territory, scarce resources, and is often at a disadvantage in terms of free trade, so it will crave more land."
"The kingdom of Crete is located on a hill with a river and lacks plains where food can be grown in large quantities, and the demand for food is the highest among the four countries."
"Alabastan is a vast territory with a strong army, but in fact, the internal contradictions are sharp and the lack of water resources makes it difficult to sustain a long-term war."
When they heard Longinus point out the shortcomings of their country, the two kings of Hisca and Crete had already frowned, and after hearing that the situation in Alabastan did not seem to be much better than theirs, they turned their disdainful eyes on the king of Alabastan, and secretly said in their hearts that it was no wonder that this old guy would come to participate in the peace talks, but also surprised by Longinus's control of the overall situation.
The King of Alabastan frowned slightly, his lips closed as if he was about to say something, but quickly relented and motioned for Longinus to continue.
"The Azca Kingdom has the largest granary in the four countries, but it suffers from the lack of suitable trading channels, so it is very coveted for the trading port of the Hisca Kingdom."
"Humph!" King Azka snorted unpleasantly and said no more.
"It seems to me that the four kings can actually complement each other in terms of needs, trade with each other, and if today's peace talks can be transformed into a covenant of mutual assistance, it will be a great step forward for the development of any kingdom."
"If you take a long-term view, there are more than a dozen countries on the island of Shengting alone, and there are wolves around the island of Shengting, the threat of pirates will never go out of style, and even the kings have to pay a lot of tribute as heavenly gold every year, which is a heavy burden.
"So, the real threat is from the outside. If the four kings can put aside their past prejudices and work together, maybe in a few decades, there will be four more top powers in this sea. ”
Under the guidance of the situation and soul dissected by Longinus, the breath in the field gradually became turbid.
Seeing that Longinus could be surging in such a situation, the burning gaze of those celebrities and noblewomen wanted to swallow him alive, and somewhere in his body was even faintly hot, making them blush and clench their legs.
King Hiska and King Crete were the first to say, "If the other two kings are also sincere, we are willing to put aside the hatred and prejudice of the past and cooperate." ”
"Cooperation...... King of Alabastan tapped lightly on the armrest, seemingly a little undecided.
The king of Azca laughed, "I don't have much else, but one thing, before starting your so-called covenant, I want the king of Alabastan to compensate me with ten billion baileys in war reparations." ”
"Shhh
There were many gasping voices in the main hall, was King Azka crazy? Although they now know that the Kingdom of Alabastan is not as powerful as it seems, at least until now, the situation of the war is still the absolute advantage of the Kingdom of Alabastan, is he trying to force the King of Alabastan to fight them to the death?
Kobra's father, who was still hesitating, listened to King Azca's arrogant words, and seemed to have untied the shackles in his heart, squinting his eyes slightly and saying, "King Azca, I heard you right, right? Do you feel that your life is too nourishing and want to try the taste of despair? ”
"Humph! Don't think I don't know what you're doing in this war, and if you don't want to lose face or even be expelled from the ranks of the confederates, you'd better agree to my request. King Azca craned his neck haughtily, consciously grasping the other party's lifeline.
The people in the main hall began to whisper, and King Azca's gesture seemed to be dependent!
Longinus frowned slightly, it seems that the matter of Alabastan's secret contact with the pirates is not only known to Kobra, but does he really think that this kind of scandal can bring down the king of Alabastan?
After all, secretly recruiting pirates can basically be regarded as a tacit understanding between various countries in private, and there is even the existence of official pirate forces like the Eight Treasure Navy, that is, after King Azka's contact with pirates to intercept the enemy fleet two years ago was stabbed to the surface, it only made Azka's royal majesty and national credibility drop by a notch, and there was not much substantive blow.
All in all, in the eyes of the world government, as long as it does not plan riots or insurrections or involve vicious events that could subvert the government's rule, the rotten regime will not care much at all.
So, the king of Alabastan calmly said, "Oh? Are you referring to the fact that I hired pirates into the war? I am here to reflect deeply and to assure Brigadier General Adkin that nothing like this will ever happen again. ”
"Okay, I've already told you what you want to say, do you have anything else to say next?"
Seeing the appearance of the king of Alabastan with a hob, the other royal nobles were also helpless in addition to anger, this old guy really didn't care about the majesty of the royal family at all.
What does this make them do?
And the nobles of Azka were sweating for their king, and he probably didn't expect that old guy to be so simple when he was in trouble!
Unbeknownst to him, King Azka still looked like an old god, and sneered, "King of Alabastan, you are really skilled at avoiding the heavy and light!" Unfortunately, you may not have imagined that my information is more detailed than you think. ”
"You deliberately advanced the meeting to tonight, not because you can't leave the country for too long because of some domestic affairs, you have only one purpose for doing this, that is, to facilitate your contact with a certain sea thief to act secretly and kill us all in this palace!"