"Mobilizing people to migrate from their cities, isn't that just drawing their blood? It's more shameless and despicable than asking for war compensation. They definitely don't agree to such terms."
The city lords and mayors all rejected the terms proposed by Gavin, except for the retreat and protection of their property, which they did not raise any objections to. Then there was the inevitable payment. Without that, there would be no money.
Negotiated cocoa.
The Grand Master of the Palace waited until their mouths were dry from arguing and the discussion was much quieter, and then he said: "Is he conveying the request of the wrong party? Sir, why don't you discuss this matter and come up with appropriate conditions to facilitate it?"
He conveyed it to the wrong party."
After another round of consultations among the city lords, Siegel, the mayor of Ximen City, concluded: "I beg them to leave here sincerely. They have no objection to the first and third clauses they proposed.
But for the second item, they couldn't agree with him about the ownership of Ivanso. It was their own matter on Dragon Coast. Even if they didn't arrange human legs on Dragon Coast, at least it was not the matter of the citizens of Ivanso.
They should have free opinions and should not be controlled by him. As for whether to launch a war, they also deny their free rights on the Dragon Coast and should not be influenced by him.
For the fourth article, they can agree to half of it. They can guarantee that their normal caravan and the entire road will not be destroyed.
Take the initiative to attack Blood Gap City. Once those hobgoblins take half a step out of the Giant Plains, they have the right to use troops against them.
Article 5: They have no way to agree that the citizens are the foundation of a city. If they allow them to win over their citizens, it will be tantamount to digging their own graves. The most they can allow them is to bring the citizens who have previously surrendered to them and Ivanso who are willing to follow them.
They took away the citizens they left and did not allow them to recruit one more immigrant in Dragon Bay.
Article 6: The asking price is too ridiculous, they can raise up to one million to give them as their commission to eliminate the Necromancer Ivanso."
Naturally, the Grand Master of the Palace could not run away from both sides. Instead, after the two parties reached the basic intention of negotiating, he would bring the two parties together and let them engage in a verbal war for their own benefit, and he would be the first witness.
For this reason, both sides have to show their strength, tell the truth, use coercion and inducements, and they will not give in to their own interests anyway. Especially the attitude of the conquerors' army is extremely tough, and they always show that we are not sincere in our requests.
As long as Ivanso doesn't leave, if we can, we will fight eastward ourselves and directly make the heads of the Dragon Coast Alliance lose their temper.
If they had the ability, they would never argue with Gavin, they would have done it long ago.
It is easy to gather an army of 50,000, but it is difficult to turn them into combatable soldiers. It is even harder to turn them into a strong army that can attack cities and fortresses. It is especially difficult to face an army that can win two wars.
In order to demonstrate their own strength, the conqueror army would always pull out their extraordinary battle groups to train.
The Treant Corps is a heavy and powerful siege machine, each of which can be moved.
The Goliath Corps is invincible in land warfare, and no army can resist their jump attack tactics.
The Hobgoblin Giant Corps, they don't need to do anything at all, they just need to stand there, their terrifying size can destroy the will of most ordinary soldiers to resist.
The believers of Tempus led by Erdan rode red mares and kept wandering around Ivanso. The deep meaning they represented made countless people scared, and they could not afford to fight against the conqueror's army.
courage.
That kind of negotiation is never determined by who can speak eloquently, but by who has the advantage of force.
Those who have the advantage in force will press forward step by step, while those who have the disadvantage will naturally retreat step by step.
Initially, the two sides focused on two aspects: population and money.
"To prove their sincerity, they will take a step back. They will not go directly to our city to recruit immigrants. All our cities will gather 10,000 immigrants for them. That will be alright, right?" Gavin said in a way that he was embarrassed about.
He spoke loudly to the mayors on the Dragon Coast.
"It's not immigration, it's not shameless robbery, so what's the difference between it and those slave traders who buy and sell people?"
"They absolutely did not agree to that shameless request."
"On that matter, they will never give in."
The city lords and mayors of the cities on the Dragon Coast denounced with righteous indignation.
"Since we believe that there is no buying and selling of people, we should let the cities go and let them recruit by themselves. Then they will have to rely on their own abilities to see whether our policies can allow those citizens to stay in the East? Are they attracted by his policies?
Is he leaving?" Gavin sneered and said, "Why didn't you reply? You don't dare, right? In this matter, whether we can have an advantage over him depends on whether we can do our best to our own citizens.
Just ask Ke Ke to go east. No one will leave their homeland. Ten thousand immigrants is not his bottom line. If we can't even do that, then we can't let him act out of common sense. I believe
He, when the time comes, he can take more immigrants from our city."
Gavin's confident look made the city lords and mayors tremble from the bottom of their hearts.
In those few days, they had fully experienced how difficult it was for him and the army of conquerors he led, especially if what he said about playing cards that were not consistent with common sense, was it really true that it was not consistent with common sense.
Every time he makes a move, the direction is unexpected and catches them off guard.
When they were in a stalemate over the ownership rights of the Giant Plains, Gavin didn't waste any time and directly showed them the real projection of the Blood Gap City hobgoblins eradicating dissident tribes in the Giant Plains.
Those tens of thousands of goblin cannon fodder, thousands of hobgoblins, and hundreds of hobgoblin giants.
Simply silence them collectively.
Now there is no question of whether they recognize Blood Gap City or not. They should pray that Blood Gap City will not cross the Plains of Giants to attack them.
With such a terrifying force squatting around the Giant Plains, the monster tribes there have no chance to develop and grow, let alone threaten them.
Moreover, that incident also told them that sending away the conqueror's army would not bring everything to an end. There would be many opportunities for them to scheming with that young man after they get involved.
Whether it’s the Kobold Dwarf Statue City or the Great Goblin Blood Gap City, and now that he’s installed his own human force in Ivanso, no matter how you look at it, he’s ready to take the Dragon Coast into his hands.
Rather than letting him wander around the Dragon Coast, it would be better to accept the death penalty and collect the old, weak, sick, disabled, impoverished, and criminals on death row in various cities and pack them up for him.
Siegel, the former mayor of Ximen City, said: "Ten thousand immigrants means ten thousand immigrants, but there is a prerequisite. We will accept whatever immigrants they give us, and we are not allowed to be picky."
"Yes, but there is a prerequisite: whether they are alive and whether they are voluntary. If their legs and feet were cut off or blinded and deafened before they were sent, then don't blame them for turning their backs and refusing to admit it.
Pay ten." Gavin blocked the possibility of the wrong party's ulterior motives in advance.
Never underestimate the evilness of those people and create problems for yourself. They can do any evil thing.
He could even imagine what the 10,000 immigrants they brought from the East would be like.
But for Gavin, it is not the 10,000 immigrants that are important, but the entangled relationship between them and the Dragon Coast.
If not for the 10,000 immigration problems, I can handle them properly. If the news spreads to the Dragon Coast later, it will definitely attract more people from the Dragon Coast to actively immigrate to their territory.
Compared to Tethyr, the Dragon Coast is much closer to the valley. It can be reached in just a few days by walking across Dragon Lake and along the trade road.
Those stupid dragon coast city lords and mayors, the bigger the problems they give themselves, the greater the rewards will be once they successfully solve them.
As long as the governance model of the city on the Dragon Coast does not change, he will definitely eat the population there, and it will only take time to slowly digest it.
"Deal." That time, Siegel didn't hesitate anymore and wanted to get rid of those killing gods quickly. So many of their troops gathered there, eating them and chewing them. Plus, adding in the mercenary commission, it was an astronomical figure every day.
, some small towns can no longer support themselves and have sneaked away. Soon, their numerical advantage will no longer be available.
"The pension is eight million. They not only accept various royal coins and materials, but also accept fixed industries in various cities. Those abandoned industries can also be discounted, which is already their lowest limit." Gavin said at the beginning.
One condition was also lowered.
"Are we just afraid of overeating?" Siegel couldn't help grinding his teeth and said viciously.
That time he didn't get too entangled in that matter. For one city, eight million was an astronomical figure that couldn't be raised, but for the many cities and forces on the Dragon Coast, it was based on power.
Once the scale is allocated, even those big cities can only get 600,000 or 700,000. As a big trading city, it can only take a few months to collect business taxes. It is not difficult to collect.
What I couldn't accept before, Lord, that thing is disgusting. The army of conquerors attacked Ivanso and won a complete victory. At most, they only spent hundreds of thousands of resurrection fees. All the benefits were taken by them. Turning around,
Is it reasonable for this world to extract a lot of money and materials from them?
However, they came with the secret of the Sembian envoys and shared the latest plan of the conqueror army. They decided to bite the bitter pill by holding their noses. They were prepared to let the enemy eat what they had eaten, and they were left in the wilderness on the border of the goblins.
Spit it all out.
The overall layout of the Goblin Frontier is very similar to that of the Giants' Plains, sandwiched between two large mountains.
But the danger and complexity of the former are due to the latter.
The terrain of the Giant Plains is unique. Except for being close to two mountain ranges, the rest of the area is a flat plain. The special features here are the growth of animals and plants, and the exits on both sides are hundreds of kilometers away.
The goblin frontier is different. The middle area is narrow, especially the Moonset Mountains and the Stormhorn Mountains at the southern end. There is a large area of overlapping mosaic. The bridge with the largest entrance and exit to the wilderness is to the east of Boscu's control.
If they use a tunnel to get in from there, it will be even harder to get out.
As for the outside of the Goblin Borderlands, apart from the Borderlands River running through it, nearly half of the area is occupied by the Distant Sea Swamp and the Thun Swamp, and there is mud everywhere.
The conqueror's army's previous method of building roads worked well on the plains, but it didn't work well there.
Now they can all imagine the embarrassing situation that they would be in after entering the goblin border wilderness, and then gathering and inciting the local monster tribe to launch harassment and attacks against them. Even if they were not defeated, they would not be able to maintain their integrity.
The integrity of the army, and the wealth and cargo they carried in large quantities, were neither a drag on them nor the source of their demise.
"Whether we can eat or not is not their business, the mayor doesn't need to worry about it." Gavin responded with a smile, "The longer this matter is delayed, the worse it will be for us. If we delay it for another month and a half,
, our military expenditure is more than that amount.
"The amount is too big, they need time to prepare." Siegel said through gritted teeth.
"He can give us ten months. In addition to ten months, all the belongings will be sent to Ivanso. They will leave here on time and use Bosku to enter the goblin wilderness. What do we think?" Gavin also knew what the wrong party was doing.
Is that true?
Mayor Ximen whispered to the city lords and mayors of other cities, and finally said: "May, they only need May. After May, when the goods arrive, we will hand over everything in Ivanso to Revenge."
If anyone resists the army, then all leave and are not allowed to return. If the oath is not violated, humans and gods will be abandoned, and the sky and the east will be attacked together."
If it didn't take time to assemble supplies and personnel, they wouldn't want the conquerors to stay on the Dragon Coast for even those five days.
"It's May, just ask us to abide by the contract, and they will never break the contract." Gavin vowed.
He promised that the army of conquerors would never come back, but there was no guarantee that he would not use other legs to influence, control, and infiltrate this place.
All the cities on the Dragon Coast are now united. Is it because the powerful dragon of the conqueror army is pressing there? After they leave this place, the place will definitely return to the scattered appearance of before. At that time, they will
There's an opportunity to take advantage of it.
After the two parties reached a common intention, the contract was signed in the presence of the Archmage of the Kingdom of Cormyr Vongeldahast.
After sending away the leaders of the Dragon Coast coalition forces, Fengdahast said with a serious expression: "Do you want to listen to my friend? After we leave the Dragon Coast, are we going to go to the Goblin Border? They have just received Sambia.
There are two pieces of information from the Merchant Council, one of which is directly related to us, and the other is indirectly related."
"Oh? What information?" Gavin had a look of interest on his face, and he had already guessed something.
Whether the conflict between Valley and Sambia is irreconcilable, the growth of one party will inevitably erode the vested interests of the other party.
If their army of conquerors makes such a big noise on the Dragon Coast, the Sambian Merchant Council will definitely take action.
Calculating over and over again, the Goblins are on the verge of losing their only chance to move their legs. Once they miss it, they will have no other place to rely on to severely damage the conqueror's army, and the Kingdom of Cormyr is between the two places, and Sambia cannot
The only way to send a large number of mercenaries there is to use the local monster forces to encircle them.
And after they passed by, there would be conflicts with the monster tribe. Whether it was inevitable or not was just the difference between being organized and unorganized.
"They are preparing to collude with the dark fortress of Zhenta, and are preparing to launch the monster horde in the goblin wilderness to sniper us." Vongeldahast replied.
"Although they have already guessed that matter, I still want to thank the Archmage for his kind reminder, but they have no choice. There is a way to go, and they will be cautious." Gavin said with a confident smile.
, "If they want to eat them, they must be prepared to have their teeth knocked out. On the contrary, after they have successfully passed through the goblin wilderness, they need to take a road through the rocky land. This matter requires our consent."
"He can't give me any promises about that matter. I need to go to Susar in person to meet King Dong." Although the Kingdom of Cormyr has made a plan, Fengdahast will not give any promises, because then
It is not simply a personal relationship, but it involves the entanglement of interests between forces.
"Isn't that a matter of course?" Gavin didn't expect to get the pass so happily.
To be honest, the way things have developed has completely overturned his original plan.
In other words, the plan has been broken three or four times, and the plan has been constantly revised, revised and revised again.
According to his original plan, he planned to spend a year developing the rocky land and assisting in the development of the valley. At the end of next year, he would follow King Asan to Cesk to gain experience, make some money along the way, and organize a thorough cleaning of human legs in the next year.
Rockland naturally became the baron with the largest territory in the Kingdom of Cormyr.
Who would have thought that, moving east and west, his momentum of development in the valley would be so rapid, so it would be inevitable to bring back the army of conquerors and fully catch up with the rocky land.
At that time, there will be an embarrassing situation. He is likely to be the lord of one or even several valleys in the valley, but he has a territory in the Kingdom of Cormyr.
That will also be a question that needs to be discussed when he meets King Asan - if he has really recovered Yandi, can he be granted the title of Baron of Yandi?
Although it is not uncommon in Faerûn for one person to hold the title of lord or lord of several countries, it does not mean that it is completely unheard of.
He is already holding multiple positions, he is neither the Lord of Battle Valley nor the Baron of Tethyr. When the time comes, he will just add another Baron of Cormyr. Well, if he is not the co-lord of Blood Gap City and Dwarf Statue City, then
He is already considered a little king.
"Is there any other indirect news related to them?" Gavin asked curiously.
There is no way to guess that, the spy organization is what he lacks the most, especially whether it is the penetration of a complete country like Sembia, or whether an established kingdom like the Kingdom of Cormyr has an advantage.