It seemed that Lucille had really come to make small talk, except for her last sentence, of course, and the sigh of regret that was not fake.

When Locke stepped into the banquet hall, he immediately became the focus of the nobles again. Whether it is the nobles of Lordaeron or Kur Eras, they all hope to impress themselves here today. In this regard, Locke did not refuse. In Mormont's repeated exhortations to himself, this was the greatest function of the banquet, which was an effective means for the nobles to get to know each other. As long as you are an aristocrat, you can't do without this way of communicating.

The feast lasted until nearly midnight, even though it was not for the purpose of eating or drinking. But Locke was still slightly drunk, and was carried to the bedroom by Princess Kalia.

"You met with Lucille?" Kalia hugged Locke's clothes, and the fragrance of calming flowers kept coming from them, making her brow furrow.

Locke happened to be holding a cup of Tranquility Flower Tea, the fragrance of Tranquility Flower made his chaotic brain clear, he looked up at her in a daze, "Yes, she found me when I was hiding from others in the garden." ”

"What is she looking for you for?" She tightened her grip on Locke's clothes, and Kalia was a little nervous inside, but on the surface she looked at Locke with a relaxed look.

With a sigh of relief, he poured the warm cup of tea into his stomach, and Locke burped. A scent of tranquilizing flowers floated out of his mouth.

"I can't guess what this girl thinks," said Locke, as he lay down on the bed and looked at the red mosquito net curtain above his head, "her mother, Meredith, did want to marry her to me before she came here. ”

Throwing Locke's clothes on a chair beside him, Kalia came to Locke's side and sat down, silent.

Locke doesn't need to hide this matter, in fact, even if he doesn't say it, Kalia, as the queen, will know about it from other sources. Some people can't get through from themselves, so they choose to go to Kalia's side. It's human, don't be too nervous.

"Sleep, don't think too much."

Kalia didn't speak for a long time, as if it was her seemingly weak back that touched some soft part of Locke's heart, and he sat up and put his arms around her. "Don't think too much, you know, it's impossible. Why bother to feel sorry for something like this? ”

"No, no, no, I didn't think about that." Kalia turned to look at Locke, she let Locke lie on her legs, gently pressed Locke's temples and said, "I grew up in the royal family, and I look at things and may be affected by some positive aspects. ”

Kalia thought as she pressed her hand on Locke's temple and paused.

"And then?" Locke didn't open his eyes and asked, he had faced enough things today, and he really didn't want to think about things.

"There must be something wrong with the internal governance environment of the Kingdom of Kurtilas," Kalia lowered her head and pressed Locke's temple again, "Lucille is the daughter of Duke Vikreth, think about it, she is the only heir to the Duke. Why would Duke Arthur agree to marry her heir to Lordaeron? ”

"That's a huge duke that occupies one-third of Kurtiras's land!"

"If you think about it, the huge trade mission that Kurtilas accompanied this time covered almost every aspect. But only the Vikris family had a few servants and Lucille and her mother. ”

Locke opened his eyes, and he thought of the Duchess of Esfan's contempt for the Vikreth family, maybe what did it really mean? Thinking of the problems faced by Kurtilas at home, Locke had to wonder whether the three big families in power of the Proudmore family were stabilized. Vikreis, Esfan, and Stosson, what kind of filthiness has arisen between them?

The husband and wife thought about it for a while, but they couldn't think of anything. After all, separated by a wide strait, the transmission of information is too slow, and the existing information cannot be analyzed.

"Sleep," Locke lay down on the bed first, "whatever they want, we'll just watch, and it doesn't matter to us anyway." ”

Seeing that Locke was already lying on the bed, Kalia shook her head helplessly, her husband was not good at Zhengzhi's sensitivity, why did he just put such an important matter aside and ignore it? Between countries, it is this kind of filthy little things that are piled up, and eventually become big things. It is quite possible that a series of struggles will emerge that will affect the territory of this continent.

However, at the moment, it is true that because of the blockage of the news, I can't analyze the specific reason

Looking at Locke lying on the bed, Kalia suddenly thought of the Lucille she had seen at the banquet, and she thought of Sally Caria becoming anxious again, she got up and blew out the candles on the bedside table, and then burrowed into Locke's quilt.

In the dark room, Locke's helpless voice rang out

"Come back ?!!"

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The meeting of Lordaeron and the Kul Tiras Trade Mission took place in the newly built, unpainted and undecorated throne hall of the Dragonkeep. On Locke's side, except for the clergy represented by Sally of the Church of the Light, all those who held positions in Locke's government attended the meeting.

With the foreshadowing of last night's banquet, today's trade talks went much smoother.

thereupon

At around 9 a.m. local time, the official meeting of the leaders of the countries of Lordaeron and Kurtilas took place in the throne room of the Dragon Castle in the city of Lordaeron Iva City. The archon of Lordaeron, Lord Harvey, had a friendly and intimate conversation with Lady Catherine of the House of Prodmoor of the House of Coultiras, as well as the Duke of Esfan, Lady Meredith Vikres, and Jokstoson. During the meeting, the leaders of the two countries had an in-depth exchange of views on topics such as the world economic situation in Azeroth, addressing the emerging challenges of the dead, and national cooperation, and reached broad consensus.

The meeting was presided over by Lockharvey, the consul of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

In his speech, Lockharvey pointed out that at present, the risks of the world economy are rising, and multilateralism and the multilateral trading system are being impacted, which is not in the common interests of the alliance and the two societies. Against the backdrop of the current unprecedented changes in a century, the two countries should strengthen unity, stabilize the direction, maintain close communication and coordination, demonstrate responsibility, and jointly promote the global human race along the right path to maintain world economic stability, development and prosperity.

Other leaders present at the meeting, Lady Catherine, Duchess of Esfan, etc. They also said that the world's governance, economy, and trade are facing severe challenges, and unilateralism and protectionist tendencies are worrisome. In this context, it is encouraging to see the growing strategic cooperation between Lordaeron and Kul Tiras. The two countries should enhance solidarity and cooperation, deepen and strengthen practical cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, energy, science and technology, finance, people-to-people and health, and solidly promote new partnerships and cooperation to better benefit the people of all countries.

The two countries should support multilateralism and uphold the rules-based multilateral trading system, and play an active role in maintaining peace and security in Azeroth, promoting balanced and inclusive growth in Azeroth, improving economic governance in Azeroth, and upholding a fair and mutually respect-based international order. By next month at the latest, the two countries will implement the issues signed by the two countries and jointly safeguard the interests of emerging market countries and developing countries. It is necessary to maintain the basis for cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and so on.

The meeting issued the "Press Communiqué on the Meeting of the Leaders of the Lordaeron and Kultiras Countries in the Throne Hall of Fort Ivaron", and signed a large number of documents on practical cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, energy, science and technology, finance, people-to-people and health, and other fields

The trade talks, which lasted a full day, ended yesterday. Locke, as the leader of Lordaeron, is only talking about the next approximation, and the rest is the work of his staff. When it comes to each department, it is up to their respective departments to talk about it, as long as they show him the results of the negotiations.

But now Locke has something important to do with Mormont!

Mormont, who was negotiating with the nobles brought by Kurtilas in the other rooms of Dragonkeep, was revealed, and Locke immediately asked him, "You're not stupid enough to tell everyone about that, are you?" ”

Mormont's eyes widened, the folds and skin on his face wrinkled together, and he looked at Locke in surprise, "My lord? You hurriedly called me out of the negotiating table inside, and that's what you asked? ”

Without waiting for Locke's reply, Mormont angrily said to Locke, "Do you think we are idiots? My lord? Are your subordinates so brainless? We can't tell what to do and what not to do? ”

"If nothing happens, then my lord, I'll go in first!" Mormont bowed angrily to Locke, and strode back into the small room.

Locke touched his head in embarrassment, he had to comfort himself and think, this is due to my good temper! Otherwise, it would be strange if someone else didn't let you drink a pot!

Since the business of each of the noble families from Kurtilas was involved, almost all of them were involved in trade negotiations with themselves. At the same time, the nobles of Lordaeron also cooperated with Kurtilas in various ways. The newly built space for the future office of the various departments has become their meeting room.

Each of these neatly built courtyards along the sides of the road is self-contained, with an area of 1,000-2,000 square meters inside, enough for them to toss around.

Walking inside their future castle, you can hear the roar of people with red faces and thick necks everywhere, and these nobles can quarrel with each other for a long time for the amount of a silver coin.

Without stopping, Locke continued to walk up the stairs at the foot of the mountain.

In fact, strictly speaking, the top of the stairs is Locke's real home. The group of buildings below was used as an office and temporary residence for the ministers who worked in the castle. Not only is there a garrison of 1,000 guards, but there is also some basic infrastructure. The Dragon Castle above is the Inner Court, where Locke and his family lived.

In the future he and Kalia, all his children will live here.