Chapter 534: Community of interests

The blast collar and the arrow leaf collar do not directly border each other. There are some small fortresses as buffers between the two. The relatively strongest fort is called Blackwater Fort.
The first generation of Heishui Fortress was the Favored, and the Favored was later killed by his son. After three years of taking over, Wilandu came to power, smashed the vengeful Wolf Castle and became the most powerful lord nearby, so there was no large-scale war in this area.
The owner of this fort is called Grusen. When he was young, he was a little ambitious. He occasionally thought about accumulating power and expanding his territory. Because of this, his fortress is the most powerful in this area, with three combat airships, five Hundred fighters.
However, in the past seven or eight years, with the strategy of peaceful trade carried out by the Lord Wilandu under the arrow leaf leader, and under the persuasion of commercial trade and the force of the arrow leaf leader, Grusen slowly extinguished his ambition for hegemony.
He knew in his heart that no matter how developed his Blackwater Castle was, he would not be able to defeat Arrow Leaf Collar and Gale Wind Collar. Instead of jumping around and eventually dying of his clan, it is better to trade with Arrow Leaf Collar honestly.
In recent years, he has also tasted the sweetness of trade. His territory has become richer than ever before. The money piled up in the treasury is almost overflowing, completely free from the embarrassment of being stretched out when his father was.
This made Grusen secretly grateful for his choice. His ambition became weaker and weaker, and he almost wanted to be a rich man all his life. He also has a daughter, Veronia, who is beautiful, smart and clever, and is quite famous in this area.
Recently, Grusen has been planning to marry his daughter to Jianye. As long as Lord Wilando has a brother-in-law, his Blackwater Castle can be maintained forever.
But his idea hasn't been implemented yet, so there is trouble to come to him first.
The envoy of Lord Norvis, the leader of the wind, is here. He brought with him the autographed document of Lord Norvis. The content of the document was very simple. The Lord hoped to obtain a beautiful woman for his second son, and hoped that Veronia could become his second daughter-in-law.
After seeing the documents, Grusen was caught in a dilemma. He played the envoy of the hurricane leader to rest, while he looked at the documents in the study and sighed.
File. Lord Norvis gave an order, he seemed determined to win. The words even implied that if he Grusen refused, his army would be on the scene and the first target would be his Blackwater Fort.
Novus is the fifth son of His Majesty Irwin. At first he didn't show any talents, but after His Majesty Alvin passed away, he jumped out and competed with his eldest and third brothers for the right to inherit the kingdom. For so many years, instead of falling behind, he faintly surpassed his two. Brother's trend.
Grusen knew very well that with the strength of his Blackwater Castle, he couldn't fight against the Galewind. The opponent had at least 30 combat airships and nearly 5,000 officially trained troops. There are more complete machinery manufacturing bases in the territory, and there is no worry about ammunition supply during battle.
The comparison between the two sides is like a dwarf facing a giant. If there is a conflict. It's only possible to be trampled to death by the opponent.
But if he accepts what the document says, it means that the Blackwater Castle and the Stormwind are united. Why did the blast collar unite him? The reason couldn't be simpler. Naturally, he was prepared to deal with Verando who was collared by Arrow Leaf.
So if he accepts it, it also means a break with Jianye collar.
But Arrow Leaf collar is not easy to deal with!
Not to mention, once the break, his Blackwater Castle will immediately be excluded from this trade circle. Many properties in his fortress will go bankrupt immediately, and a large part of the residents will definitely abandon him. He was immediately injured.
Let’s not mention this. If you want to come to the wind collar, it will definitely compensate for your losses, but the problem is the trade for many years, and Grusen also faintly knows the power of the arrow leaf collar.
On the surface, Arrow Leaf Collar has only 20 combat airships, not as many as the Gale Collar, but Grusen knows that Arrow Leaf Airships fly faster, more stably, with stronger firepower, and stronger defenses.
Haifeng really fought with Jianye, his 30 combat airships may not be the opponent of Jianye's 20 airships.
What made Grusen even more shocked was that he knew that Verando, who was led by Arrow Leaf, had been investing a lot of money in the School of Mechanical Engineering. At the beginning, he even laughed at Verando's stupid hat. In 2017, he could not laugh anymore.
New technologies are constantly appearing in the arrow leaf collar, and even some delicate things he has never heard of appear. This is still emerging from the surface. With Wilandu's deep personality, those hidden under the water must be more terrifying.
Because of this, Grusen wanted to marry his daughter, because he was optimistic about the future of Verando.
But in this situation, his Blackwater Castle is sandwiched between two territories, and he is in a dilemma. If he is not careful, he makes a mistake, and he and his family will be crushed.
For a moment, Grusen wished that Blackwater Castle was not his own.
When I was struggling, there was a knock on the door of the study, the sound was not light or heavy, it stopped after a few rings, and then a clear and sweet voice came from outside the door: "Father, it's dinner time."
It was his daughter Veronia, and Grusen sighed. This is his favorite daughter, but now she has taken on the future of the family, and her fate is really cruel.
"Come in, Niya." Grusen greeted.
The delicate oak door opened, and a young girl in a lavender dress walked in. With a pair of bright black eyes blinking and blinking, she seemed to be able to talk. She smiled and said: "Father, your eyebrows are all wrinkled together. What troubles?"
Grusen didn't speak, but sighed. His daughter was smart, but he didn't think she could solve the problems he faced.
"I saw the messenger of the Galewind. Lord Novus is preparing to use his troops on Arrowleaf?" Veronia asked softly.
Grusen was taken aback. He himself was right in this judgment, but his daughter was always in the manor and would not go out. Although he liked to read, he had never seen the world. How could he have this knowledge?
"How did you know?" he couldn't help asking.
"It's not easy. Over the years, Jianye collar has been getting stronger. The wind collar closest to him will naturally feel uncomfortable. When he can't stand it, he will naturally do it. Isn't this human nature? Father, if I guessed it right. Did the messenger bring the marriage certificate?" The girl's tone seemed natural, and she had expected it to be like this a long time ago.
Grusen became more surprised that his daughter had guessed the truth based on some common sense. Although there was luck, this ability of observation and reasoning was not simple. After thinking about it, he said: "Close the door first. Father. Tell you carefully."
The door was closed, and Grusen spoke of his dilemma. At the end, he looked at his daughter and said: "Father has no idea, but it is your marriage after all. Who do you want to marry. Father I will give my full support."
Veronia laughed with a "puff": "Father, are you letting me choose the future of the family?"
"Hey, the destiny of the family and your destiny are actually one." Grusen no longer knows how many times he sighed today. This feeling of being in a whirlpool but powerless is really helpless.
The beautiful girl blinked and smiled: "Father, where do we need to choose? We can only stand on the side of Jianye collar."
Grusen was shocked: "Why?"
"Don't you know the character of Lord Norvis? He is cruel, bloodthirsty and tormenting. Once his eldest son's wife made a mistake, and he shot him directly. Such a person. You are with him, Aren't you afraid of him suddenly turning his face?"
""Grusen was startled, he had been thinking about problems from the perspective of interests. But I never thought about it from this angle. I only thought that he had his own fortress and would not have direct contact with Novus. No matter how cruel his reputation is, it has nothing to do with him. It's a big deal, but he can ignore Novus. . But his daughter couldn't do it. Maybe one of them would be killed if they couldn't manage it. At that time, the promise between them and Novus was nothing but a shit.
But if you stand with Jianyeling, although Verando said that he has a deep personality, he has not reported any bad signs, especially for the Murphys family. If it weren't for the Murphys brothers stupidly unable to see the situation and be a rich family Weng comfortably lived his entire life without any problems.
This person may not be kind, but he is definitely a ruler. He will not turn his face casually, so he is better to get along with.
Thinking of this, Grusen already had a decision in his heart, and he smiled: "If this is the case, then I will go and reject Novus' messenger tomorrow."
"No, father, you should grab this messenger and send it to Jianye as a gift." Veronia corrected.
"Will this be too much?" Grusen was surprised. He has been a rich man for a long time, and his murderousness has faded, especially in business and trade. He is most concerned about compromise and win-win. He has never completely turned his face against others. Now his daughter proposes He couldn't accept the practice for a while.
Veronia persuaded: "Father, no matter what we are, we will be regarded as enemies by Novus. We want to protect ourselves. We can't rely on ourselves. We can only rely on the assistance of Arrow Leaf. If so, why not let Arrow Leaf? Does the owner of the collar feel your loyalty?"
Grusen weighed his eyebrows and weighed, after a while, he nodded: "My daughter, you are right. I will arrest someone tonight and take this document to Bluestone Fort!"
After thinking about it, Grusen deliberately said: "My daughter, what do you think of Verando?"
Veronia is such a smart girl. When she heard her father say this, she felt ashamed even if she was smart. Her face turned red. She lowered her head and didn't speak, but just grabbed the crotch on her long skirt~www.mtlnovel .com~ Seeing her appearance, Grusen immediately understood that his daughter has always been calm and calm, even when she talks about marriage, she is just like that, but she blushes when she talks about Wilando. It must be like this.
He made a decision and was in a good mood, and laughed loudly: "It seems that my old face is going to give up."
At this moment, Heishui Castle fell to Arrow Leaf Collar. On the surface, it was because of Veronia, but in fact, it was deeper because Arrow Leaf Collar and the surrounding fortresses had become a community of interests. This bond of interest was very hidden. But its restraint ability is not weak at all.
At the same time, the small fortress that received the news about the invasion of Jianye collar by the wind, after some weighing, most of them fell to Jianye collar.
This situation shocked Norvis, the leader of the wind, but he was determined and determined. Instead of shrinking from it, his heart was more murderous.
He knew that if the development of the arrow leaf collar was not contained at this time, there might be no chance in the future! (To be continued)
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