After staying in the Magic Guild for a few days, Higg and Daniel, who returned to their accommodation, found many guards lined up in front of the door of the hotel. ”

"I'm Daniel, and this is Higg!" Daniel asked, puzzled, "What are you doing here?" ”

The guard said unhurriedly: "Your Excellency, please don't misunderstand, I am here to invite you to see Your Majesty at the behest of Your Majesty!" ”

Higg and Daniel were taken aback, and Daniel asked, "Your Majesty wants to see us?" Why meet us? ”

The guard said, "I just came by order, please don't embarrass you!" ”

"Where is Princess Nicole now?" Higg asked.

"Of course, Her Royal Highness the Princess is in the palace, but without Her Majesty's will, Her Royal Highness the Princess is not allowed to go out at will!" The guard said, "Your Excellency, please! ”

Higg and Daniel looked at each other, smiling wryly and not speaking. People are under the roof, and they have to bow their heads, although they don't understand why this King of Einsey summoned them, but with Nicole, there is no danger.

The palace of the king of the alchemy country is splendid, the palace pavilions are magnificent, the gardens and lanes are exquisite and chic, and the unique northern architectural style is vividly reflected here, representing the highest architectural achievement of the alchemy country.

The guards led Higg and Daniel into a small hall, which was not warm, there seemed to be no brazier at all, and the temperature inside and outside was about the same. Directly opposite the entrance of the small hall, in the innermost position, is a huge desk, in front of the desk, sat a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a golden crown on his head, dressed in a purple silk robe, looking expressionlessly at the entrance of the hall, this person is the king of the alchemy country, Nicole's father Ainsei.

Higg and Daniel stepped forward unhurriedly and bowed, "Higg, Daniel have seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Humph!" Ainsey sat still and didn't move, and said in a loud voice: "Why don't you study magic on Rainbow Island, what are you doing running out?" ”

Higg didn't look up and said, "Your Majesty, we came out to travel just to learn better, and the magicians of Rainbow Island also support us in doing so!" ”

Ainsei asked with a little anger, "Then why do you have to run to those dangerous places every time?" ”

"Of course, you have to go out on a journey, otherwise it won't be beneficial to magic learning!" Higg said with a smile, "I think Your Majesty sent Her Royal Highness the Princess to Rainbow Island to study, so that Her Royal Highness the Princess could grow up quickly and serve the country." As a father, we understand that you are worried about your daughter, but as His Majesty the King, shouldn't you want Her Royal Highness to be on her own? ”

"Humph!" Ainsey continued, "Your name is Higg? I heard that you are going to buy the three-masted main battleship of our Alchemy Country, what do you want to do? ”

Higg chuckled in her heart, she originally hoped that Nicole would mention this matter to Ainsey at the right time, but she didn't expect the careful Nicole to poke it out so quickly this time, she was stunned for a moment, and then looked up at Ainsey and said: "Your Majesty, the purchase of the battleship, I just saw the strength of the Alchemy Navy's navy at that time, and admired it in my heart, so I jokingly mentioned it with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but I didn't expect Her Royal Highness the Princess to take the matter seriously, and officially mention this matter to you, which is also something I didn't expect to play!" ”

"Young man, don't quibble!" Ainsey said angrily, "Since I mentioned the warship to you, of course, I already know some things about you, and I already know the identities of the two of you!" ”

"I have long heard that the king of the Alchemy Kingdom is wise and wise, and I am fortunate to see it today!" Higg said unhurriedly, "Since Your Majesty has taken this matter seriously, then I will ask Your Majesty, can your country's warships be sold?" ”

Ainsey said: "Hehe, young man, do you know that your queen Her Majesty Catherine and now Her Majesty Arad have also come to me many times to ask for the purchase of warships, but I have not agreed, why should I promise you an exile?" There has never been any conflict between our Alchemy Kingdom and Erathia, and there are not too many interests involved, so I don't want to be burned by intervening in other countries' civil wars! ”

"Hey, hey!" Daniel, who had been beside Higg, who had not spoken, suddenly laughed and said: "Your Majesty, the sons of the wealthy merchants of the next Mizusawa country can see that the civil war in Alasia seems to be Arad with great scenery and advantage, but Catherine has not been eliminated, but is constantly accumulating strength to resist, preparing to accumulate thick and thin. Even I, the son of a rich merchant, can see this clearly, and your wise and wise majesty should have known it in your heart! ”

Ainsey looked at Daniel with his eyes, then smiled and said, "Sit down!" ”

Higg and Daniel were already in a cold sweat and sat down on Ainsey's right-hand side.

"You go on!" Ainsey said to Daniel.

"Your Majesty!" Daniel continued: "Higg himself, while supporting Catherine, never spoke out publicly. Higg hopes to go to war in the name of the Volunteers and overthrow the rule of Arad, who has long lost the hearts of the people in Erathia, and there are many people like Higg in Erathia. Your Majesty, think about it, why can Arad sit firmly? ”

Daniel paused, and then said: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to interfere in the civil war in Erathia, I have a way to not only make Your Majesty embarrassed, but also to send Charity to Arathia. I am not a subject of Alasia, nor am I a subject of the Alchemy Country, so buy a warship in my name, what do you think, Your Majesty? ”

Ainsey said, "What is the difference between you representing the country of Mizusawa and Higg representing Queen Catherine?" Selling to Mizusawa and selling to Erathia, there's no difference! ”

"I can't represent the country of Mizusawa, although the country of water is my motherland, but it killed my parents, I believe that Her Royal Highness the princess has also mentioned this matter to Your Majesty, I have no intention of serving the country of Mizusawa, Your Majesty can rest assured that I only represent myself, or represent a civil organization.

"Your Majesty, in your eyes, the civil war in Alasia is unlikely to end in the short term, and you, as the king of the Alchemy Country, plan to be a spectator? If we can buy a battleship, and when the civil war ends, Arad wins, and the battleship is bought and sold by me under duress from the princess of the Alchemy Kingdom, and Your Majesty can put aside the relationship, if Catherine wins, then this fleet is the support of the Alchemy Kingdom to Queen Catherine. ”

Seeing that Ainsey did not answer, Daniel continued: "Your Majesty, what are you still hesitating about, you will take the money for the purchase of the warship, you will not profit at most if Arad wins, but there is nothing to lose, Catherine wins, and the Alchemy Country will get a powerful ally!" Your Majesty is sure to make a profit and not lose money in this transaction! ”

"Young man, you think too simply! No matter in whose name it is purchased, the Alchemy Kingdom cannot be separated from intervening in the civil war in Alasia! Ainsey shook his head and said, "The warships of my country are never sold, this is a national policy, even if I am the king, it is difficult to change it!" ”

Seeing Ainsey's sly smiling face, Higg knew that Ainsei's matter of looking for himself and Danielty to buy a battleship would definitely not be so simple, if Ainsey didn't want to sell, just refuse, or directly expel himself and Daniel, there was absolutely no need to chat with himself and Daniel here, so Higg smiled and said: "Your Majesty, we don't buy your warship, change it to lease, the rent is half of the price of the battleship, in order to facilitate supervision, we can let Her Royal Highness the princess manage the fleet, after the war, The battleship still belongs to you, if the battleship is damaged or sunk in the war, I will compensate at the original price! ”

Ainsey hesitated, and did not speak for a long time, Higg and Daniel knew very well that this cunning guy was thinking about something, under the powerful offensive of money and political interests, there was no ruler who was not moved, if the alchemy country could obtain political and economic benefits from the civil war in Erathia, then, starting from the matter of leasing the battleship as Daniel, even if it was questioned by all parties at that time, then, there was still room for him to slow down.

Ainsey suddenly stood up and said, "I'll rent you at most three warships!" ”

Higg said with a smile: "Your Majesty, how can three warships form a team, at least six, right?" "Higg is a bargainer in the small town of the Ural Grand Canyon, and he is confident that he is better than Ainsey.

"Up to five ships, I will order someone to build them right now, and they will be delivered in two years!" Ainsey said, "The price of each warship is three million gold coins, and now it is rented, calculated according to one hundred and fifty thousand, you pay a deposit of seven and a half million first, and the rent is paid from the time the battleship is delivered, and one and a half million is paid every year, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, you are really calculating, I admit this price!" Higg smiled, and continued, "But I don't agree with your payment method, I haven't seen anything, so I'm going to pay you seven and a half million for two years, which doesn't meet the rules of paying with one hand and delivering with the other, right?" I also know that there is a cost to building a ship, so let's pay a deposit of two million gold coins first. The battleship can only be delivered in two years, it is too long, I need to see all the battleships within a year, in addition, I need a battleship now, please transfer one from the battleship in service, I want to use this battleship to train the navy first, so that when you deliver the battleship in a year, I can form a combat effectiveness! A total of six warships, a hundred ignoring the rent of ten thousand per year, how about it? ”

"It's not a big problem to allocate one to you, and in a month this battleship can go south with the monsoon." "But the newly built warship project is huge, and it still needs to be launched and commissioned, can it be slowed down?" ”

Higg smiled and said, "Your Majesty, are you so unconfident in your country's technology and manufacturing?" Within a year, the warships must be commissioned, and they will be concentrated in the port of Chamsini, and it will take me two months from Chamsini to reach the port of Erathia, so I will not count this time! ”

Ainsey slapped the table and said happily, "Okay, that's it!" But the deposit has to be raised to three million, you can't let me put too much money on the construction, right? ”

"Deal!" Higg also said excitedly.

"Come, prepare the banquet, I want to entertain the distinguished guests," Ainsey said excitedly.

Daniel poked Higg and asked quietly, "Do you really have that much money?" ”

"I have exactly more than three million!" Higg whispered with a smile.

"Isn't this too expensive, the rent costs so much money! In case you can't finish it in ten or eight years, aren't you even more at a loss than buying it directly? ”

"Get the battleship first, and then talk about other things!" Higg whispered, "I'm more worried about why Ethiopia agreed to lease a battleship to us!" ”

"I really don't know what you think, rent a battleship, and if you win, you have to pay it back!"

"If you win, you can't let him speak, we have the final say!" Higg said with a wicked smile.

"What about the defeat, you still have to compensate for the losses of others?"

"You're a pig's head, I've been defeated, I don't care if I pay or not, my life is gone, I still have to pay him a fart?"

"Ah, that's okay too?"