Qingping

As soon as Omar and Ambassador Nax came back to their senses, they saw a man in a robe walking in.As in the legend, Tutt of Hill Royal Family has black hair and black eyes, tall figure, and stern eyes. He has a unique taste, just like a glass of sake, which makes people never get tired of it.

So when Ofili, the patriarch of the elves behind him, also walked in, the saliva of the two ambassadors was about to drip.It's really a blessing to the eyes, the handsome man and the pretty woman are really eye-catching...

"Huh!" Qingping looked at the two ambassadors whose eyes had fallen out angrily, snorted heavily, and then sat in the head seat in the side hall.

"Duke, good day." Omar's envoy was not slow to respond, and quickly made a standard etiquette to say hello to Qingping who had already sat down. "The envoy has prepared some small gifts, but I hope to accept them with a smile."

As soon as these words came out, Qingping felt a little lump in his heart.It stands to reason that he has almost guessed the purpose of these guys coming, why is he still using such a flattering tone at this time?This is not quite right... there must be something tricky.Although Qingping kept guessing in his heart, there was no expression on his face, and he still said expressionlessly: "You're welcome, I don't know what kind of gift it is?"

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Ofelie looked at Qingping in surprise, why did he ask him this at this time? ?

Everyone present was a little surprised. Generally speaking, people don't ask much when giving gifts, at most they just exchange a few pleasantries. How can Qingping deliberately ask what they are giving?Is it possible that if the gift is not satisfactory, can you still turn your face on the spot and let someone take it back?

Qingping naturally had his own thoughts when he asked this question.

Omar's envoys are not easy to hide. In fact, in their opinion, it doesn't matter what to send. The most important thing is to have something to send. The gift must be in line with the national conditions of the country and have its own characteristics.Of course, as mentioned earlier, the notice they received at the beginning was indeed interviewed by Phellers, but now it was suddenly replaced by Qingping.

This Qingping may still not know, how many people have been troubled by such a marvelous marriage between him and Felice.Of course, their brains were so troubled, it was definitely not what kind of wedding they wanted to hold for them. That was something the Minister of Etiquette of the Hill Empire should worry about. What those people abroad saw was nothing more than a farce of brotherly incest and inbreeding.However, in the eyes of the ministers, this marriage has a very strong political color, and it is impossible for them to believe that this is the product of a perfect love. The puppet whose own emperor has seized military power can only be a puppet who complains within his own country.

Omar's ambassador took a step forward and said with a smile, "I'm the one who made the question. Your Excellency the Duke may wish to guess what gift the minister gave you." People feel itchy.Omar's ambassador got the permission, so he smiled and said, "This gift won't cause you and Your Highness Phylus a headache, because it can be stored for a long time." "Can it be stored?" Qingping naturally didn't have his kind With twisted intestines, he immediately thought of the treasury that Phellers took him to, and asked randomly, "How much? If you have too much, first pile it up in the warehouse."

Omar's ambassador didn't expect that his words hadn't made the duke understand what he was giving. He looked at the female elf Ofili standing beside him a little worriedly, and thought while twitching: Why doesn't the grand duke even know such dirty jokes?He's still playing tricks on me... probably not, but he can't let the female elf beside him know.So he smiled again and said, "Your Excellency, it's not okay to put this gift in the warehouse, he will grow up."

Qingping was taken aback, will he grow up?Could it be some living thing?What about breeding?Forget it soon, Hill has to hoard supplies now, there is no need to waste food. "Grow up? Is it troublesome? How is the breeding season?"

The ambassadors of Omar and Ambassador Nax looked at each other with a smile that men would understand when they heard this, and then looked at Qingping with a smile: "Oh, it seems that the Duke is a good player, if he likes it, he will breed If so, then this time it’s a bit out of taste.” I can’t tell that other people who look like people actually like this kind of heavy taste, and they like to reproduce with people of various races, it’s really...

Qingping frowned, the breeding season is not good, how about the quantity?Whether this kind of living thing can be eaten can be eaten directly.Looking at the gift list presented by the ambassador with a smile, Qingping handed it to Ofili beside him without even looking at it.However, Ofili didn't look at it, and directly recruited the servant, and directly handed over the gift list to the Minister of Etiquette.

Now that they have accepted the gifts, the two ministers began to smile and think that this will be a very happy and smooth diplomatic meeting. "Your Excellency the Duke, we express our great regret for the civil strife in Hill some time ago." This sentence is completely a scene. Everyone knows that when the three countries invaded Hill, they all contributed money, effort and elements. up!Isn't it just for the leftovers after defeating Hill, if you can't eat meat, it would be good to drink some soup.

The corner of Qingping's mouth curled up and said: "Yes, as far as I know, your country still lost a lot in this war."

Hey! ! !

If Qing Ping's words are really very rude in a formal diplomatic occasion, it is not a good thing to expose someone's old background face to face, and the person concerned may become angry from embarrassment.After all, in diplomatic occasions like this, it is an act of slapping a swollen face to support a fat man to save face and support the scene. It is really unkind of you to expose it like this.You just accepted a gift from someone, so you are not afraid of being short-handed and cannibalizing you.

In fact, as early as on the way, Qingping had a rough goal in his heart, he wanted to fully be such a miser.The war some time ago, coupled with the fact that the government has resumed operation now, resettles the residents of the new city, provides for widows and orphans, etc., and now it is spring and summer that there is no bumper harvest of rubber and grain, and the grain that was delayed due to the war has not been planted. Many farmers are doomed to not have any good harvests this year, so the government must ensure that they will not starve to death, and there is a joint invasion of Hill, and there will be a large number of refugees and fortresses around the border. Money arrangements, this does not include the enthronement ceremony of Phellers in June.

Phallus had long since begun to worry about his not-so-rich treasury.Nowadays, the things in the palace are almost all old things. Even the candlesticks are luxury candlesticks found in the ruins of the holy capital without much damage. Most of them have undergone some surface processing. It can be seen that on the luxurious crystal chandelier in the political hall where they are now, almost all of the bright crystal ornaments are cracked.

But... Fortunately, Phyllis robbed the temple once before the war, and the pirate fleet that returned with a full load is still hiding in a secret bay.However, under Qing Ping's suggestion, these gold and silver treasures will not be moved until the very moment, because these things are the funds for the future operation of Hill's entire empire under abnormal conditions.And those luxuries among them have already been sold by Qingping to exchange for food and some scarce supplies.

However, the quantity bought back this time still fully frightened Qingping and Phellers. Because they came prepared, the people who took out the purchases had been washed and washed, and the direction of their purchases They are all different, so it is difficult to see that the Hill Empire is making large-scale purchases.However, this also gave Phellers an inspiration. He piled up all these surplus materials that were not easy to perish and deteriorate, and imitated Qingping as emergency supplies for the Hill Empire under abnormal conditions.And on the accounts of the Minister of Finance of the country, he just made it calm.Their behavior is undoubtedly planting layer after layer of protection for Hill.

Still, their finances are in the red.So now Qingping started to pluck all the outsiders here.

Qingping looked at the two ambassadors with uneasy faces, smiled, and took a piece of parchment from Ofili's hand, which densely listed some supplies that Hill is currently lacking. "For this war, the Hill Empire expresses very strong condemnation, condemning you two countries for being able to do such a thing. If we remember correctly, we seem to have signed our Temple Alliance 20 years ago Let's make an agreement!"

The Temple Alliance agreement is actually an alliance system for all countries that believe in the Temple under the advocacy of the Temple.It is expressly stipulated that if it is not the crusade advocated by the temple, all subordinate countries are not allowed to go to war without permission.Part of the aggression of the Hill Empire this time was actually supported by the temple, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it.It's just that the temple did things relatively neatly, and it just didn't leave any intuitive evidence, which made people unable to grasp it.

And these countries that obeyed the secret attack order of the temple can't find any evidence to prove anything now.In time, it was estimated that they were destroyed by themselves. Even if they gave them a few guts in broad daylight, they would not dare to testify that the temple was the culprit.

The most intuitive thing is a piece of data: almost [-]% of the entire continent are believers in the temple, and [-]% are non-believers The anti-temple countries that are fighting against the temple, it is estimated that they will cease to exist once the jihad is over.The last two achievements are alien races, such as elves and other races.However, the holy capital didn't seem to let them go, and the original elves didn't have much left for them to assassinate and secretly support the trafficking of elves.

It would be fine if the temple was a religion attached to the country, but now it is not a religion attached, but a religion that can overthrow an emperor with a decree.Therefore, the royal family on this continent has an unspoken rule - if you can't handle the temple, you can't get your throne too early.

Speaking of this, everyone will understand that for Hill's war of aggression, the Temple has not damaged anything. On the contrary, those countries that obeyed and invaded now have to come up with something to compensate Hill.Because this is an expressly stipulated agreement of the Temple Alliance.

Qingping's words completely made Omar and Ambassador Nax a little bit devastated.Although they knew that Hill would definitely make trouble for them, they didn't expect it to be this time, so of course they were a little bit reluctant.But Qing Ping's next sentence made them completely cut off the idea of ​​bargaining.

"As for this matter, I think everyone is very clear. It just so happens that the red-clothed archbishop of the temple will also come back to attend the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness Phylus in June. It would be good to leave this matter until then." What Qingping said was An understatement, but those who listened were thunderstruck.

By that time, what awaits them may not only be the issue of Hill's compensation, but the punishment of the temple should also come down.Regarding this matter, the people in the temple once hinted to them that Hill is now a furious lion, and the wound is already there and still hurting.Moreover, the way the upper floors of the temple deal with them is also very strange. The best way at present is to appease, appease, and appease.So as long as Hill's request is not too excessive, you can give him whatever he wants, and no one is allowed to slander.

The words have already been said for this sake, what else can you do?Give it.

"I don't know how much money your country needs now? Hehe..." Omar always has the right to speak first, and Ambassador Nax is almost like Ambassador Omar's adjutant. "As you said, Your Excellency the Duke, we are all allies of the Temple Alliance, and it is easy to ask for help." Now that we have reached this point, what else can we say?It's better to give it out generously, it will look better on your own face.

Qing Ping smiled, "It's not a lot of money. It's a bit hurtful to raise money between the allies at this time."

What this said was not only the ambassadors of the two countries were stunned, but even Ofili, who was learning to negotiate, was also stunned!What are you doing, my lord duke?After all this, they finally suppressed them and asked them to prepare compensation. Why did the Duke change his words at this time?

"Of course, if the money is exchanged for the supplies we urgently need, I think it will be better for everyone, for example, in terms of face." Qingping didn't make too much of a fuss, and what he said was straightforward: everyone knows you when you send money I'm paying compensation, I'm losing face, and I have to spend money to buy what I want, how troublesome?Why don't you just buy it and send it to me? You look good, so it's easy for me to say, isn't it?

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ambassadors of the two countries suddenly brightened, and they agreed directly without being too pretentious.Here they saw Qingping's concession, so naturally they couldn't say anything more about the lion behind Qingping.Except for a bit of bargaining on some very valuable resources, everything else is easy to talk about, almost giving what you want.Most of the Omar Empire took on the work given, while the Nax Empire took on the work of transportation and security. Hill basically had nothing to do except waiting at home to get things.

Just after everyone had discussed these things, an officer suddenly came in from the door, wanted everyone to nod, then whispered something in Qingping's ear, and then went out with a salute.At this time, Qingping also closed the parchment in his hand, and said with a slight smile: "Why don't we hold a ball in the palace tonight. It can be regarded as a formal establishment of diplomatic relations between our country, Omar and Nax, what do you think?"

Omar and Ambassador Nax were killed by Qing Ping in one breath. This time, when they heard about the dance party, they wanted to run away with their tails between their legs, but when they heard about the official establishment of diplomatic relations, they remembered their stillborn obstacle The original intention of signing a contract with the elves.But when the foreign minister of the female elf entered the door, they no longer planned this policy that was already impossible to achieve.But now the Hill Empire is not easy to move him, so it is easier to talk about the establishment of diplomatic relations on the surface.Therefore, with a twist in their heads, they all agreed, and when they thought that the grand duke who held military power still had a marriage contract with a man, he immediately decided to bring his accompanying female companion and their country in Hill Businessmen and female companions all bring to add to the fun.

Qing Ping originally wanted to refuse, but he immediately heard the moisture in the words, and thought of the plan for the night, so he didn't refuse, but nodded silently to express his acquiescence.

After sending the two ambassadors away, Qingping's face really fell down, and then he sent Ofili away. After all, she is still the matriarch of the elves and has a lot of things to do.When he was left alone, Qingping stood in the corridor outside the council hall, staring at the scenery in a daze.

The person behind gently wrapped him in his arms, and then rubbed Qingping's neck with his nose. "Honey, I heard that today you showed your power and killed the envoys of the two countries?"

Qingping didn't speak, nor did he express anything.

Phellers then hugged him tightly and said: "It's hard for you, these things are not in line with you." His Qingping always likes to keep silent and doesn't like to be noticed, but since he is with himself After being together, he had to stand out, and he had to show his edge.

Qingping shook his head, "I still have a lot to learn. Fortunately, I read a lot of literature and history about this continent in advance last night. Otherwise, I am really not sure that I can keep up with them." Qingping is a very smart person. He always Because he knows where he is and what he does, he has become the Grand Duke now, and the crown of Philosophy will probably fall on him after he ascends the throne, so he has been studying continuously since the day he moved into the palace. Internal affairs, history, and everything else that he can use and touch. "However, tonight's plan requires you to play the leading role." Qingping couldn't help laughing when he mentioned tonight's plan.Those young minds in the staff department are so fantastic, they can still think of this way to achieve their desired goal.