The barrage of comments made Sarlayan laugh and shake his head: "You must have grown somewhat."
"For example, this time the Nagas invaded, I didn't go into battle personally."
"Haha~"
Vali said with a smile, "That's because Senegos moved too quickly and didn't give you any room to express yourself."
"If Vashj doesn't believe in evil and continues to seek death, I don't believe you can hold back and not take action."
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and raised his hands in surrender: "Ah, yes, yes, you are right."
Valeela angrily poked Sarlayan's forehead with her green-white finger: "Why are you so angry? Do you think I can't hear it?"
Having grown up wearing crotchless pants together, Valeera understands Sarlayan's temper better than anyone else, even better than his father Julian.
In front of Valeela, apart from the system and the barrage from another world, Sarlayan had almost no secrets to speak of.
Stellagosa looked at the interaction between the two, with obvious envy in her eyes.
Tina flapped her little wings and moved her position, lying on her sister's head and whispering comfort: "The important thing is not the past, but the future, Stellagosa, work hard!"
Little Xingxing raised her hand and rubbed Tina's head angrily: "You are a brat, take care of yourself first. Have you finished your homework after class today?"
Tinagosa: "...You are so good at talking, you must have many friends, right?"
Stellagosa: "???"
"Is your skin itchy?"
…
The next morning, Saraian got up early, while everyone else was still huddled in the warm quilts.
Under the service of the servants, Sarlayan finished his breakfast, put on a more formal casual dress, and took a carriage to the Sunstrider Palace alone.
Feeling the bumps of the carriage, Sarlayan once again thought of the spring he had lifted before the barrage.
Although the spring is just an inconspicuous small part, it is not that easy to make. You need to consider many factors such as the hardness and elasticity of the metal material.
The research on springs does not require Sarai to worry about it, but as the lord, he must personally recruit suitable craftsmen.
Previously, Sarlayan had successively recruited chefs, brewers, blacksmiths, cobblers, tailors, herbalists, alchemists, enchanters and other professionals to the territory.
Defined according to Azeroth's standards, the properties of small parts like springs fall within the scope of engineering.
After Melia's introduction, Sarlayan finally found a few elves in Silvermoon City who were interested in studying engineering.
These people used to make small arcane puppets.
As for the large-scale war puppets, professional craftsmen accompanying the army are naturally in charge, and it is not their turn to intervene.
Many novelties provided by netizens in other worlds need to be achieved through engineering concepts. Sarlayan intends to recruit more more professional engineers, but it is not so easy to find them for a while.
As his thoughts flowed, the carriage quickly arrived in front of the Sun Chaser's royal court.
As the youngest earl in the history of Quel'Thalas and the only half-elf noble, Sarlayan Deepshadow's name has long been spread throughout the kingdom.
After announcing his name, the spellbreaker guarding the royal court respectfully led him into the living room to wait, and quickly arranged for people to go and notify the Sun King and Prince Kael'thas.
Kael'thas still found time to receive Sharlayan despite his busy schedule, and temporarily left the preparations for the enthronement ceremony to his father.
"Dalaran..."
Kael'thas knew that Sharlayan was not the kind of person who liked to come to his door to show his courtesy.
Sure enough, as soon as they met, he heard an important topic.
Logically speaking, it would not be the turn of Saryan, a stinky soldier, to propose such a proposal that determines the country's foreign policy.
Therefore, Thalayan did not want to let the Silver Moon Council and other officials at all levels know about it at all. He only raised the issue privately through his personal relationship with Kael'thas.
Kael'thas frowned and thought for a moment: "What's your opinion? Should we repair our relationship with Dalaran?"
Sarlayan did not take the credit for himself, but told Kael'thas exactly what he had discussed with his father and uncle yesterday and the information he had obtained.
With the latest information provided by the Backlight Blade, Kael'thas still has some understanding of the personnel changes in Dalaran.
However, because he has been busy with the matter of ascending the throne recently, he cannot spare the energy to pay attention to the situation in Dalaran. This is the first time that he has an in-depth understanding of the difficulties that Dalaran is facing today.
Sarlayan said solemnly: "It mainly depends on your opinion, Your Highness. Without your personal nod, the diplomatic relations with Dalaran will never be able to break the ice."
Kael'thas smiled gently: "Are you talking about Modera's offense against me back then? I don't care about it for a long time."
"Diplomacy between countries does not allow for impatience. If repairing relations with Dalaran can help Quel'Thalas, feel free to make bold suggestions without considering me."
Through Kael'thas's seemingly gentle but firm eyes, Sharlayan was sure that he really didn't care about the frictions in the past.
"Then, let me put forward my own opinion."
"If Dalaran really successfully completes the research on the floating city and decouples itself from the geopolitics of Lordaeron, I think Quel'Thalas can gradually repair the diplomatic rift with Dalaran."
Kael'thas nodded noncommittally: "What should we do specifically? It won't freeze three feet in a day. Now the relationship between the two countries has almost dropped to a freezing point. It can't be repaired with just a few words, right?"
Sarlayan replied in agreement: "Your Highness is wise, but Dalaran has not completely blocked the channel for dialogue to resolve disputes. The seat of the council that Archmage Rommath still retains is the goodwill they have released."
"Romans..."
Kael'thas narrowed his eyes slightly: "As far as I know, although Rommath holds the title of Kirin Tor Councilor, he spends most of his time in Silvermoon City. The so-called Councilor is just a false title."
Sharlayan suggested with a smile: "Then we might as well turn the imaginary into reality, let Rommath return to Dalaran, and convey a subtle message to Speaker Antonidas that Quel'Thalas intends to thaw diplomatic relations."
Dalaran is the richest kingdom in the Eastern Kingdoms with the most developed magical civilization besides the city of Quills.
The severance of trade with Dalaran inevitably caused Quel'Thalas to suffer certain losses, and conversely, the same was true for Dalaran.
Once Dalaran is decoupled from Lordaeron and loses support from the First Kingdom of Humanity, Dalaran will inevitably need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure in order to maintain the daily expenses of the city-state.
Let’s not mention the cost-cutting aspect, which is an internal matter of Dalaran.
In terms of open source, Antonidas should have already made plans to put aside his dignity and take the initiative to re-establish trade networks with countries that are at odds with Lordaeron.
Quel'Thalas is one of them.
"Um……"
Kael'thas touched his chin in deep thought: "I will bring this matter up at the next Great Court meeting. I think there won't be much objection from the Silver Moon Council and other officials."
'Of course not, wouldn't it be nice to make money?'
Before the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Dalaran, most of Quel'Thalas' high-end products were sold to Dalaran, which was then resold to various human kingdoms.
After the Second Orc War, the maritime powerhouse Kul Tiras took over Dalaran's role to a certain extent.
However, the number of spellcasters in Kul Tiras is limited, and the number of high-end products consumed is far less than that of Dalaran.
Most of the producers of these high-end products come from workshops under the names of major nobles in Quel'Thalas, and cutting ties with Dalaran will inevitably affect their income.
From the standpoint of these noble merchants, they certainly hope to restore trade relations with Dalaran as soon as possible.
As we all know, high elves have an arrogant nature and cannot tolerate humans sitting on their heads.
As the prince of Quel'Thalas, Kael'thas was racially discriminated against in Dalaran, which made the whole country very angry. At this time, no one dared to resist the pressure and go against the wind. It was simply an act of seeking death.
That's why Kael'thas' personal nod was necessary to break the diplomatic ice this time. No one dared to act without permission openly.
But behind the scenes... Sarlayan doesn't believe that those nobles can resist making small moves.
But small actions are just small actions after all, they cannot reach the level of elegance, and the risks are extremely high.
If we can get official recognition from the government, those hidden shipping channels can be brought out openly, and everyone can make money from foreigners with peace of mind, so why not do it.
"I see."
Kael'thas said suddenly: "Then I look forward to the adoption of the proposal, but before that, I have something related to Dalaran to entrust to you."
Kael'thas looked at Sarlayan solemnly and said: "Ten days ago, the Backlight Blade rogue team lurking in Dalaran suddenly lost contact with us. Before losing contact, they sent an emergency signal for help."
"I hope you and Valeera will go to Dalaran first to find out why the Backlight Blade has lost contact. By the way, you can confirm the political direction of Dalaran and try to get Quel'Thalas to get it during the ice-breaking negotiations.