"Shh, don't worry." Xavier said softly. He looked at the aurora in the sky, his eyes slightly moved.
The man named Antonio whom he met for the first time came to mind. Like Jessicana, both of them had careful thoughts. Antonio was willing to become a subsidiary family of Dancer just because the port was destroyed.
After all, the essence of that man is still a snake, which is different from the other two swordsman Viscounts, but Xavier can probably guess what the other person is thinking. It’s just that Dancer urgently needs an ally now, and this ally needs to have a high level of
Prestige and the now-declined family.
In this way, Dancer can easily infiltrate the other party's family. Whether it is a marriage or an alliance, Dancer will be at the helm instead of being led by the other party.
Undoubtedly, today's Dugueclin is a good choice. The Dugueclin family, which is in urgent need of rebuilding its assets and prestige, must rely on more powerful allies.
The "First Baron of Norway" from the Sager family was a reluctant choice. I heard that Earl of Winter in Xuansi Ti had a young second son who was studying at St. Norther's College in Danfengboluo. That person should also be
Antonio had considered it.
It's just that Xavier is here. In this world, there is no more suitable target than the current Rose family. Rose has lost all its vassals, has been exiled, and has an extremely young Earl.
The only thing that made Antonio miscalculated was probably that His Highness the Earl was not a noble young master, but a young man as mature as an old fox.
Is such an alliance really reliable? Xavier has thought about this question in the past few days. Du Guaclin does have the intention to help Danser, but the goal of all this is ultimately for his family.
This time Xavier plans to go to Linglan, also with the intention of finding allies. Linglan has dozens of count families and a duke family.
He has only one goal, to connect the Fisk Strait and Nori for trade. In addition to the seemingly impossible task of opening up the Sea of Elmoin, the completion of this goal also requires the help of the Iron Branch family.
Once the help of the Iron Branch family is obtained, it will be possible for Danse to survive in the snowy land. Once the Fisk Strait is opened, it is impossible for Nori to fall into desperation due to shortage of supplies.
It's just that the difficulty of this negotiation is definitely no less than opening up the El Moin Sea.
This is an unprecedented alliance. Before this time, the Iron Branch family in the Snow Realm had never had an alliance with the Rose Family in the middle. Decades ago, Rose's attempt to conquer the Snow Realm brought the relationship between the two duke families to a new level.
freezing point.
Before obtaining information about Arthur, Xavier had not been so bold as to think of forming an alliance with the Iron Branch family, but when he heard about the civil strife in Iron Branch, an idea came to his mind.
This is a good opportunity to gain the friendship of a "silver branch", and the younger generation will naturally not mention the grudges of the older generation.
The brilliant colors of the aurora flowed in Xavier's ice-blue eyes. At this time, the mine lamps in the port also lit up, and the Dugueclin Manor on the hillside in the distance was even brighter.
"Well, it would be great if Faye was here, I could instigate him to go..." Xavier glanced at Jessicana from the corner of his eye, and a rare mischievous look flashed in the young earl's eyes.
Somehow, Jessicana felt a strange coldness.
Far away in the Grand Duke's Castle in Baddending County, a young nobleman sneezed for some reason. His face was somewhat similar to Xavier's, but he was more resolute and handsome, without Xavier's femininity and frailty.
"Did Master Faye catch a cold?" A little maid touched the young man's forehead with concern.
"No, I just feel like someone with ill intentions is talking about me, and I feel an uncomfortable chill all over my body."
I haven't felt this feeling for many years, but a long time ago, there was indeed a person who would give me such a feeling.
"Hell, how could I miss him? Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The young man frowned and stood up suddenly. The little maid beside him quickly put on a military coat for him.
"Master, where are you going so late? It's very cold this summer night!"
"Go for a walk!"
…
"Forget it, Faye probably can't count on it." Xavier suddenly burst into laughter. Jessicana, who was standing by, looked at Xavier's face changing from cold to hot, and was a little confused.
If you want Du Guaclin to obey, you need to give him some benefits at least temporarily, so that you can slowly penetrate into the depths of the other party's family, until one day when people talk about Du Guaclin, they will think of him as Danser's vassal.
Win-win is only on the surface. From beginning to end, only Dancer can have the last laugh.
Candelon's special team has also made good progress recently, and it's time to equip them with some equipment. Fire guns are not suitable for them, so armor is what they need.
The Qiute family is a trading family that specializes in cold weapons and armor. If they can be equipped with the steam armor of the current Templar Armored Army, it will definitely be a qualitative leap.
Or...a three-dimensional mobile device? Thinking of this, Xavier suddenly felt a little eager to give it a try. In that case, this group of troops would become the first batch of special troops to protect Nori.
Sprinkle some thoughts on people such as "the glory of the military" and "the glory of the army", and then wait quietly for them to take root and eventually grow into a towering tree.
By that time, he would have a seat in the Snow Realm, instead of an empty earl seat and a family head who didn't even have the most basic knight's guard!
"Jessica, bring something to your father when you go back."
, the Danser family will also send city defense troops to help manage and rebuild the port. And the share of the sea tax will be six."
Jessicana blinked in confusion, her head was a little dizzy, why did she suddenly agree? No, is all this so easy?
It's just 60% of the sea tax, but they also sent city defense troops to help, even helped rebuild the port, and gave them free trade rights. This is not like a vassal!
"Oh, one more thing. You owe me a personal favor. It has nothing to do with your family, it's just you." Xavier said with a smile. His eyes were very pure, without any impurities.
"..." Jessicana was silent. She lowered her head. After a long time, she slowly raised it and said in a very low voice, "Okay, I promise you, you can give me this favor."
Do everything.”
There was determination in his green eyes, as if he had made up his mind.
"Huh?" I always felt that something was wrong, but Xavier didn't say much. He made a gesture, which was more like farewell.
"It's past nine o'clock. If you can make it in time, you can still go back to the academy and dance a ballroom dance." Xavier looked at the time and sighed secretly at the long night in Nori.
"Your Highness, will you join me?"
"No, I have to go back to my family first. There are some things waiting for me."