Chapter 240: King's ambition

Chapter 240 The King's Ambition
In the morning, Set and old Mark looked at Roddy Mousse with a somewhat ambiguous look. Both of them knew that Roddy went to Miaosi's room last night, so their eyes seemed to contain unlimited reverie...
Miaosi seems a little embarrassed, but Roddy's face is calm-he just talked to Miaosi last night and almost talked about the dawn, and the content of the conversation seemed a bit heavy in his heart, so he has no time to estimate the ambiguous thoughts in others' hearts. .
The only important thing during the day is to go to the palace and formally sign the peace treaty!
The peace talks this time involved most of the kingdoms in the Roland Continent. After all, the cost of the peace talks was shared by these kingdoms, so this time the signing was also done on a large scale.
Together with King Sauron, representatives of ten kingdoms signed a peace agreement. The content of the agreement mainly includes two points. First, it is natural that the ten kingdoms jointly exchanged 600 warships for the return of hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war. The second article is the armistice treaty!
The diplomatic envoys of other kingdoms originally had different ideas in their minds—although the big premise is that it is certain that peace talks must be negotiated, everyone has a ghost in their hearts regarding the conditions for peace talks.
After all, everyone had expected that the Bright Empire would definitely propose a big price, and such a price would be shared among so many kingdoms—almost every kingdom hoped that they could pay as little as possible.
In the same way, there are also one or two kingdoms who actually came here with the attitude of seeing the wind and the rudder. They had a little chance of luck, and wanted to see the limelight before deciding. But Roddy's match at the palace of the crown prince last night made these guys who are still swinging in their hearts determined!
An earl of the family is already so powerful, not to mention the legendary Duke of Tulip who is extremely powerful! At this moment, everyone is facing the crisis of being annexed by the temple. At this moment, it will definitely be of great benefit to make such a powerful foreign aid!
The peace talks continued very smoothly, and the allocation of six hundred warships was quickly negotiated. The Kingdom of Sauron has faintly become the leader of the Roland mainland side of this peace talk, and alone bears the share of the two hundred warships-such a resolution, I am afraid that the Crown Prince, who is the naval commander, will be unhappy.
The old righteous still attended the signing. When Roddy signed his name on a contract on behalf of the Bright Empire, as usual, everyone toasted to celebrate, and the old righteous stood beside Roddy. , Whispered: "Congratulations, Lord Earl, for fulfilling our mission!"
Roddy had long been on guard against this old rightist, and faintly replied: "The strong national strength is the guarantee of diplomatic victory. The righteous master's personal praise to me is really bad!"
It is worth noting that of the thirteen kingdoms on the Roland continent, only ten kingdoms participated in the peace talks, and three kingdoms did not participate.
The three kingdoms are in order: Gordon Kingdom, Teutonic Kingdom...there is another one, the eight kingdoms of the dwarves!
The Gordon Kingdom and the Teutonic Kingdom have always been the most steadfast forces on the side of the temple, especially the chief elder Prometheus of the temple. Back then, he traveled piously and prayed thousands of miles during the rare drought in the history of the Gordon Kingdom, and finally moved the gods. Rain, and from then on he was called "the one chosen by the gods"
As for the Teutonic Kingdom, it was also because Prometheus was generous in the plague disaster that swept the Teutonic Kingdom, and eventually even paid the price of blinding one eye in exchange for the "one-eyed saint". A well-known title of King Dayton.
In these two kingdoms, the authority of the religion is the greatest, so I have always stood firmly on the side of the temple—or rather, on the side of Prometheus!
As for the kingdom of the dwarves, the position is somewhat ambiguous.
As we all know, the topography of the Roland Continent is like a piece of white paper with a large hole dug in the middle. There is a huge inland sea in the middle of the continent, and the inland sea runs along a big river directly to the Thunder Strait.
And the kingdom of the dwarves is on a huge island in the inner sea-or a small land is more suitable.
Because of the differences in races, the dwarves rarely interact with the many kingdoms of the Roland continent. In the history of the Roland continent, there have been several wars between the dwarves and other countries in the Roland continent. Later, the dwarves returned to the temple, expressed their willingness to believe in the religion, and were officially recognized by the temple, becoming a member of the Roland Kingdom.
And more importantly, the Baqi Kingdom of the dwarves controls a very important strategic material...
Ironwood!
The iron wood that made the extremely strong Roland warship!
Perhaps due to the special climate brought about by the special terrain, the ironwood trees grow extremely luxuriantly on the huge island where the dwarven kingdom is located. Eight out of ten ironwood resources in Roland Continent come from the dwarven kingdom. Ironwood is indeed an indispensable resource for the Roland Continent-without ironwood, it is impossible to build a strong Roland warship, without a strong Roland warship, it is impossible to defend the Thunder Strait! Without a powerful navy, the Thor's Whip of the Bright Empire would have come over hundreds of years ago!
For these reasons, the dwarven kingdom has always occupied a special position among the many kingdoms in Roland. On the one hand, the Roland people didn't seem to like that strange race, but on the other hand, they inevitably needed the other side's iron wood.
"They are waiting for the price!" After the signing, Roddy stayed in the palace and mentioned the three kingdoms that did not participate in the peace talks, especially the kingdom of the dwarves. The king made such an evaluation.
Because today is an official contract, Roddy came alone without Miao Si and "Miss Nicole"-after all, this is a world where men are inferior to women, and the aura of Miss Tulip family may win a lot of respect. However, there is still no room for women to attend this kind of formal state contract.
Roddy thought for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty is worrying about how to win over the dwarves?"
The king shook his head: "No, I don't want to win them over."
At this moment, only the king and Roddy were left in the hall, and even the right-hand was not allowed to participate in the conversation between the two.
The king patted his hands lightly, and immediately walked into a few palace waiters from the side door. They held up a huge cloth roll, then placed the cloth roll on the ground and slowly unfolded it.
This is a topographic map of the Roland continent, with different colors and marks indicating the territory, mountains, rivers, and oceans of the many kingdoms of the Roland continent.
Roddy looked at the slowly unfolding map, his eyes lit up.
The king had already stepped down from the throne. He walked to Roddy's side and stood side by side with him: "Your Excellency Earl, please see, this is the treasure that I have spent several years collecting information on!"
Roddy squinted his eyes and tentatively said: "Such a thing, if it were in war, it would be an invaluable treasure that can reverse fighters! Your Majesty let me, a soldier of the Bright Empire, look at such a thing, aren't you afraid?"
The king laughed, patted Roddy on the shoulder, and strode over the map.
A huge map was spread on the ground, a full ten square meters in size, and the king stood in the middle of the map. It was clearly the territory of the Kingdom of Love on the Inland Sea.
"Here is the precious resource of Roland Continent: the rich land of iron wood!" The king said with a heavy expression, "Needless to say, Lord Earl also understands the importance of iron wood to the Roland people!"
The scepter in the hand of the king pointed on the map: "The kingdom of the dwarves is not very big. The entire Baqi Kingdom has only three cities, distributed on the upper, middle, and lower parts of the island. Other areas are all. It is forests and mountains, which are full of villages and small towns. During the war between the dwarves and the Roland people hundreds of years ago, the dwarves relied entirely on favorable terrain and the natural barriers of mountains to deal with us."
Roddy's heart moved, he noticed that the king said "us"!
"The dwarves control two-thirds of the ironwood produced in Roland! In a way, they even have the lifeblood of the Roland people!" The king sighed: "Our Sauron Kingdom is known as Roland's strongest kingdom. , But even we dare not offend the dwarves! Because if you offend the dwarves, you will face the inability to obtain ironwood! It is ridiculous that we are at the southernmost end of the Roland continent! Almost alone bear the burden from the Bright Continent Threat! We need a powerful navy to protect ourselves, so we dare not offend the dwarves!"
Roddy said coldly: "Then the Roland people have never thought of conquering the dwarves and keeping their resources firmly in their own hands?"
The king shook his head: "We have missed the best time!" He slowly said: "In the war hundreds of years ago, the Roland people had a chance to do it, but the dwarves wanted the temple to surrender and obtained the temple's recognition. So the war was forced to stop. And they agreed to trade with the Roland people, and all kingdoms in the Roland continent could buy iron wood from them."
Roddy frowned: "Buying with money, isn't it still in the hands of others?"
The king sighed: "It is ridiculous that our predecessors actually agreed. In their eyes, they only saw a temporary solution to the problem, but did not see the long-term!" He paused, and continued: "Dwarves because of this. Planting unique resources, after hundreds of years of development, they passed the ironwood trade and gathered a large amount of money! I can say without exaggeration that the kingdom of the dwarves is the smallest of the thirteen kingdoms in Roland. , But they are the richest!"
Roddy sighed deeply-it was too stupid to allow the enemy to grow stronger.
"The gold coins of Roland Continent flow into the pockets of the dwarves. They have the money to build strong walls and equip elite troops. I can say that today, if the dwarves are conquered head-on, it is no longer any of the dwarves. A kingdom can do it alone—except of course our Sauron kingdom!"
The king used a scepter to drew a circle on the land of the dwarves and smiled: "Every one of us understands that this is a huge cake! If you conquer this land, you can have the resources you dream of. Master the lifeblood of Roland mainland!"
Roddy smiled slightly: "Have you never thought of eating this cake, Your Majesty? Other kingdoms may not have this kind of strength, but the Sauron kingdom always has it?"
"I have thought about it! I have thought about it many times!" The king sighed: "In fact, I thought about this idea before I inherited the throne."
"Then why..."
The king seemed to be smiling bitterly: "Because I dare not!"
"Don't dare?"
The king sighed: "This is a tempting cake, but at the same time, it is also a rope! The other end of the rope affects the sensitive nerves of other kingdoms!" His scepter paused heavily on the floor, with a deep voice Said: "Everyone wants to get a piece of this cake, but no one wants to see anyone occupy this cake alone! Besides, the dwarves have traded with the various kingdoms of the Roland continent for hundreds of years, and there are always several A close customer, right?"
"I understand." Roddy nodded: "If the Kingdom of Sauron gets involved in this cake, it will become the public enemy of Roland! After all, let the dwarves occupy precious resources, and other kingdoms in Roland can barely accept it, because the dwarves After all, it is not strong enough to threaten their status. But if Roland's first power Sauron is allowed to occupy this cake-I am afraid that the kings of other kingdoms will not sleep at night!"
The king smiled, seemingly embarrassed.
Roddy squinted his eyes and stared at the ambitious king in front of him, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty showed me such a map today and said so much to me. What is the intention? I am relatively slow. I can't guess the implicit things, so your Majesty should state it directly!"
The king took a deep breath, something called "ambition" flashed in his eyes, and he said solemnly: "Now is the best time for the Kingdom of Sauron to occupy this cake!!"
"Oh?" Roddy's eyes lit up.
"Prometheus’ ambitions have closely linked Sauron’s ten kingdoms together. Whether we like it or not, everyone is already sitting in the same boat! I think, now if I reach out and get this A piece of cake, I am afraid that even if everyone is unhappy, they will not really turn their faces with me!" The king smiled slyly: "After all, the threat of the temple is the most important thing!"
Roddy remained silent, looking at the king quietly.
There seemed to be light on the king’s face, and the scepter in his hand gently pointed out a position on the map:
After this peace talks, the hundreds of warships we have given to your country will gather from this port in the Kingdom of Sauron. Then set off, and then down the inland sea, from the big river to the Thunder Strait, to the Bright Empire..."
The king's scepter slid all the way down the map, but Roddy saw his eyes, but his eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what the king meant.
The king smiled sinisterly: "After the port departs, our fleet will be divided into three batches. The 100 warships of the Sauron Kingdom will set off in the last batch, but the route..." He pointed on the map: "It happens to pass by the island of the kingdom of the dwarves, about fifteen nautical miles!"
Roddy said, "Then the army suddenly turned, attacking the kingdom of the dwarves with lightning speed, and striving to conquer the dwarves in the shortest time... What does your majesty mean?" Roddy suddenly glanced at the king. , Said solemnly: "Sneak attack... hum, sneak attack on a country, and then want to conquer all of the opponent's territory in a short time, is it possible to do so? Is your majesty sure? In case the war does not go smoothly, you are stuck , I’m afraid it’s dangerous."
The king looked solemn, and slowly said: "I have three reasons! First, I have this map, which records in detail most of the military strongholds of the Eight Kingdoms and the distribution of their troops! If the commander of the leader uses it properly If you do, you can defeat the opponent’s army in the shortest time! Second, timing! No one has touched the dwarves all the time, because other kingdoms have a subtle mentality, and everyone is deliberately protecting the dwarves. The clan is not infringed by any country! And the situation has been broken! My army went to sea in the name of transporting warships to the Bright Empire. Without waiting for other forces to react, it has already landed and started war! There is no better time than now. Now! Third..."
The king seemed to take a look at Roddy, and slowly said in an unusually weird tone: "I happen to have a superb famous general. I believe that under the command of this invincible general, this plan will definitely be able to achieve!!"
Roddy frowned: "A famous general? Are you talking about the General Tiger of your country who once commanded the jihad? I have heard of General Tiger’s ability, but I just didn’t expect you to trust him so much..."
The king interrupted Roddy’s words: "No, I’m not talking about General Tiger, but another one! I believe that the commander’s ability is ten times better than General Tiger! Because according to my understanding, that The commander has almost never lost a war! He has incomparable courage and great strength, and has the mind of an outstanding military strategist... These advantages have made him invincible and invincible since he entered the battlefield! "
Roddy gradually felt that something was wrong, but still pretended to say: "What is your Majesty saying..."
"It's you! Your Excellency Earl!" A smile appeared on the corner of the king's mouth, his eyes were like a blade, almost as if he was about to see Roddy through! His tone was low and slow: "Or, should I call you... Honorable Lord Tulip?"