Dennis, the messenger, was confident and deliberately provoked everyone so that he could take the initiative.
But everyone just wants to express themselves and show their loyalty.
"Well, since Mr. Dennis from Shell State Island is so weak, let's give him a chair."
Qin Feng chuckled and said: "Sir, you have been here for so long and you are still not getting better. Do you need me to find a doctor for you? The female priestess of the spring here is very good at treating you. She can treat you alone."
"you…"
Hearing Qin Feng say that he was weak, Dennis wanted to get angry, but when he heard that a female spring priest was treating him alone, he just shook his sleeves vigorously.
"Well, since you know etiquette so well, my lord, I won't be the same as them."
At this time, a chair was brought up by two generals, and Dennis naturally sat down face to face with Qin Feng.
Qin Feng smiled, put his right leg on his left leg, and pressed his hands naturally on the armrests on both sides, "Sir, is there something wrong with our territory this time?"
Dennis leaned forward and said word by word: "Of course, to save your lives."
"Oh? How do you say it?" Qin Fengrao asked with interest.
"The fine salt, tea and other products produced in your territory have been known to the nobles of the Republic of Tas."
"As for the result, I think you should also know what will happen."
"The Tas nobles will naturally send troops to attack you, destroy you, and then control the source of your goods in their own hands."
Dennis glanced around at this time and saw that everyone was thoughtful, and said with a proud smile: "And the only one who can save you is our Shell State Island."
"As we all know, we and the Tas Republic are at odds with each other, and we still have the strength to compete with them."
"As long as you become our subjects, we will be a family from now on and can guarantee your safety."
This is going to annex all of us... Qin Feng shook his head slightly disdainfully.
"We can cooperate and form alliances, but we have to become your subjects?"
Qin Feng said "hum" twice, "You have just been defeated in the free sea area and lost many warships, but now the strength of your Shell Island is not enough to make us surrender."
"Besides, before we are eliminated, shouldn't you who are standing in front of us be eliminated first?"
Dennis' originally smiling face slowly turned gloomy. This was indeed the case. The actual situation on Shell Island was worse than what Qin Feng said. Now they were in urgent need of new forces to join in to enhance their combat power.
If they join as vassals, they in Shell Island can continuously squeeze out the potential of this force, greatly increase their combat power, quickly recover the losses from the previous battle, and maybe even slightly improve it.
Therefore, if we can allow them to join as subjects, that would be the best solution.
"I would like to remind you that your foreign trade needs to pass through the waters around our Shell Island. Without our protection, you will easily suffer losses." Dennis' tone became fierce, with an undisguised threat in his words.
Qin Feng still smiled, as if the threat from the other party did not exist, "The same is true for the trade channel from Shell State Island to North Asia. If we cannot provide protection, the trade caravans will probably be wiped out."
Dennis was speechless when he saw Qin Feng's slightly smiling eyes.
Compared with the threat to their trade from Shellzhou Island, Qin Feng and the others are more threatening to the trade line between Shellzhou Island and North Asia and Mexico.
Cutting off the trade line between Beikezhou Island and North Asia is cutting off the lifeline of Beikezhou Island. Without food, iron tools, and other daily necessities, the combat effectiveness of the Beikezhou Island army will drop by several levels, and sooner or later it will surely fail.
Qin Feng saw that Dennis had not spoken for a long time, so he smiled and said: "Why don't you go back and have a good rest, sir, and think about whether it is better to have an ally in the future or an opposing enemy in the future."
Dennis lowered his head and thought for a moment, stood up, put his right palm on his chest, bent down at a 45° angle and saluted.
"I'll excuse you, my lord." Dennis turned around and hurriedly walked out of the palace hall, as if he didn't want to stay for more than a second.
"Hahaha..." The hall suddenly burst into laughter, cheering for their governor and cheering for the proud envoy from Shell State Island who bowed his head.
Qin Feng lowered his head and thought without smiling.
"My power is divided into half of the Human Kingdom and the smaller half of Rat Mountain. If Shell State Island is really defeated, the Republic of Tas comes to fight..."
"First of all, the human kingdom can be abandoned. It is impossible to defend a few towns close to each other. Only by evacuating them all to the sea can we save them."
"But the side of Rat Mountain can be retained. The terrain there is mountainous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is very difficult for the army of the human kingdom to supply supplies."
"After they break into the Paya Kingdom, the human troops in the town can also move to Rat Mountain to keep them all out."
"After most of the Tas Republic's troops have left, the Shushan army can counterattack and regain all the lost ground."
"If their large army refuses to leave, the entire Tas Republic will be dragged down."
"Therefore, the territory of Rat Mountain needs to be larger, and the strategic depth needs to be wider, so that more rat people can be used as our combat force, and we can even use rat sea tactics."
"Or, a suicidal rat-man?"
Qin Feng laughed silently, and a picture appeared in his mind. Ratmen were covered with explosives, either rushing towards the opponent's army in groups, or digging holes to sneak into the city, and then...
"The Marine Corps members need to set off immediately to reinforce Shushan's military strength. Hua Rong also needs to build more Taoist temples. We need more Taoist priests."
Qin Feng was constantly planning in his mind, preparing for the worst for his power.
Qin Feng used communication technology to notify the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple in Bainiao Town, and then the Taoist priest used a carrier pigeon to notify the Marines at the port of Bainiao Town.
At the same time, he notified the Taoist priests in Shushan to bring news to Hua Rong, allowing him to free his hands and feet to fight. If he had any problems, let him tell him directly. Qin Feng would try his best to satisfy him.
At night, Dennis was sitting on the bed in a high-end hotel and thinking, when there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it? I've already gone to bed. I'll talk about anything tomorrow." Dennis said impatiently.
There was no progress today, and it took such a long time. The people on Shell Island were already a little dissatisfied. This made him particularly irritable, but he also understood that the irritability would not help his negotiations, and he could only rely on
Time slowly calms down my emotions.
"Mr. Messenger, the governor asked us to find the spring water priestess for you. She said it was for your health." The guard outside the door replied.
Dennis's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately sat up straight, thinking that this strange man named Dudu is pretty good. He knew that I couldn't sleep tonight, so he sent a spring priestess to accompany me. Not bad, really.
good…
"Let her in..." Dennis straightened his clothes, put his palms in front of his lips, breathed into his palms, and then smelled his palms for any odor.
After he was ready, when he saw the female priest of the spring water walking in, his face suddenly turned very ugly, as if he was about to vomit in the next second. Fortunately, his good education allowed him to swallow it in time.
The female priestess of the spring in front of me has wrinkles all over her face. She is 50 years old if not 60.
"Mr. Messenger, the governor ordered me to treat your body. My hydrotherapy skills are quite good. I have used them to cure countless people." The female priest of the old spring bowed slightly.
At this time, Dennis's face was ashen...
Early the next morning, messenger Dennis received a letter from the bald eagle on Shell State Island. He opened it and read it, and gradually settled down.
Before leaving, he placed the parchment in his hand on the candle, lit it, and watched it burn to ashes.
His eyes kept flickering, and countless thoughts were jumping in his mind, until they finally turned into a sigh in his mouth.
In the palace hall of Dougherty City.
Dennis came to the center of the hall, put his right hand on his chest and bent down to salute, "Dennis, the envoy from Shell State Island, has met the Governor."
Qin Feng, who had always been dressed in scale armor, was sitting on the throne. Looking at Dennis in front of him, he became more polite, so he smiled and said: "Well, please sit down."
"Thank you, Lord Governor."
Dennis sat on the chair on the right parallel to Taoist Liuyun and the others.
"Did you sleep well last night? Has your body recovered?" Qin Feng joked.
"Thank you, Lord Governor, the doctors you sent are very skilled." Dennis almost felt like vomiting again when he thought about last night, but after the hydrotherapy treatment, his irritability symptoms in the past few days have improved a lot.
"That's good." Qin Feng didn't point it out, just smiled.
"What decisions do you have now regarding our alliance?"
Qin Feng believes that if they form an alliance with Shell State Island, they will benefit a lot. At least it can provide a larger trade platform, so that the spiritual energy value in Sacol City can be gained more, and more Ming personnel can be maintained.
"We believe that an alliance is indeed our best cooperative relationship." Dennis seemed to have forgotten everything he said yesterday.
Hearing this, Qin Feng chuckled disdainfully in his heart. Politics is just telling lies, so he didn't like it.
"Your collar can provide the goods, and we will sell them on your behalf. The profit we get can be divided into 40 and 60 cents. We will give you 60 cents."
"If you provide military-style assistance, you can get 30% of the spoils." Dennis held out three fingers.
"Oh, 30%?" Qin Feng tapped the armrest twice with his left hand, "In a fierce battle on the sea, it's okay to capture the enemy ship. If all the enemy ships were destroyed, wouldn't the ammunition and warships consumed be wasted?"
Dennis replied: "The Governor has misunderstood. The military-style assistance I mentioned is mainly based on our army, and your leader will provide a certain amount of troops. Only when we achieve the goal together can we share the spoils."
"Even if it is a sea battle, we will reward you according to the number of warships you sink. We can also purchase the warships you capture at market prices."
"In the siege battle on land, every time a city is captured, we will definitely give it to your noble leaders in three levels."
"Of course, if your army goes into battle alone, all the spoils will belong to you."