Black Iron Crown

Chapter 513: Unequal treaties

The old earl's questioning like Hong Zhong Dalu circled and echoed in the conference hall of the Teska Palace.

Faced with such a problem, the queen was helpless and faced with silence.

After a long time without a response, the vassals of the Buckden Kingdom looked at the old earl with sneers.

The old earl looked around and found that there were only a few people responding to him, and he couldn't help but feel infinite sadness in his heart.

At this time, the queen spoke. She did not look at the old earl, but whispered: "Even though Carter is noble, he is only a child after all. King Sattley is here to help us this time and sit in this position. It's nothing!"

Hearing what the queen said, the old earl's body couldn't help but faltered, he held the chair with his hand, and suddenly laughed wildly: "Hahahahahahaha, Your Majesty! Your Majesty Carfitt! Your country! Your throne! The empire you have defeated. ! Lost dignity today! Lost dignity haha!"

When he laughed wildly, a few muddy tears appeared at the corner of his eyes.

Only his voice was left in the conference hall.

Although the upstarts were equally dissatisfied and uncomfortable, they did not dare to respond at all.

But the vassals of the Kingdom of Bookeden looked at the old earl with a joke expression.

After a while, he seemed to be emptied of all his strength, faltering, and sat down on the chair.

"I was wrong, I shouldn't be ranting here, it's my fault, King Qing Satri forgive me..."

The old earl's voice was very low, but it was clearly heard by King Satelli.

King Sateli laughed and said, "It's okay, you're just getting confused, I won't hold you accountable!"

The old earl did not respond to King Sartley's words, but closed his eyes in pain.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong, really shouldn't drive the royal family away..."

Although the upstarts were concerned about the fate of the old earl, no second person stood up and yelled at him.

Even the upstarts who had met the old earl before heard the queen's words, they all sat back reluctantly.

After a small episode was over, everyone present began to discuss the next action.

There are no more than three choices. One is to go north to fight the royal lords, and the other is to go west and drive out the people of the Bazaran Kingdom, which can win a wave of people's hearts.

And the last choice is obvious, the upstart and the royal family will send some blood to send away the army of the Kingdom of Bukerdern.

But before that, the Earl and Queen Redmara had already rejected the third option.

Let them come all the way, do nothing but give out a sum of money in vain, this kind of loss-making business upstarts really don't want to do it.

What's more, the moneybags and treasury of the upstarts are almost empty. Although the upstarts have gained a lot of benefits from frantically accumulating money some time ago, the time is still too short in the final analysis.

After paying the compensation for the seat of Rainer, the wealth they had converged was very little left. In any case, it was impossible for them to continue to take money out of their pockets and hand it over to the Kingdom of Buckden.

What's more, the Kingdom of Bookeden was already commercially developed, even if they had emptied them to collect tens of thousands of gold coins, it would be difficult to satisfy the appetite of everyone in the Kingdom of Bookeden.

So the only thing left is to go north to find Reiner for revenge and go west to drive away the kingdom of Bazaran.

In fact, the Earl and Queen Redmara had already made a choice on these two conditions.

If they go north, the northerners will have a strong fighting power, especially the Grand Duke Rainer, the fighting power of the soldiers under his command absolutely tops the entire empire, not to mention the other royal lords will also participate in the war.

Coupled with the trip to the north, the home field advantage is the opponent's. The terrain, including logistical support, is more dominant by the opponent, and the number of our own troops cannot reach an absolute overwhelming advantage, and it is still unknown whether they can win the battle.

If it fails to win, it will irritate the northerners to go south again. At that time, there will be no reinforcements to resist Lena.

The queen and the earl of Redmara didn't want to take the risk of ordering the giant powder keg of Rainer.

What's more, even if it is a winning situation, in that poor place in the north, what benefits can you get even if you win? Animal skins? Honey? The things obtained simply cannot satisfy the appetites of everyone in the Kingdom of Bukerdern.

But speaking of it, where the steel is, the emperor is coveted, but due to the strength of the opponent, they are still very hesitant.

In comparison, the Earl and Queen of Redmara are more inclined to move westward, because the invasion of the Bazaran Kingdom has been going on for a long time, and they must have paid a considerable price for the Western lords.

What's more, I learned from the previous messengers that many of the castles of the Western Lords have been breached, which means that the wealth inside has also been looted. If you win the battle wherever you are, you can take those wealth back and lose it. Give the Kingdom of Bookeden to reduce some expenditures.

The most important point is that it can use this to regain the nobles of the Western Region, let them support the imperial capital, and prevent the Northern Territory from going south again unscrupulously to gain benefits.

"Oh, do you want us to go to the West to fight alongside you?" King Satriah nodded slightly after hearing the statements of the Earl and Queen Redmara.

"Yes, the north is barren, and they are still forgiven for coming to besie the imperial capital. The Bazaran Kingdom in the west has no shortage of resources. We need to take advantage of our internal conflicts to take the opportunity to commit crimes. We must give them a head-on attack to regain Show the majesty of the empire!"

Count Redmara said loudly with his fist raised.

"It turns out that it is so, it makes sense!" King Sattley nodded slightly and smiled, but he did not make any substantive response to Count Redmara's words~lightnovelpub.net~ For a while, Rhett Earl Mara was extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, a lord of the Kingdom of Bukerdern stood up and said: "Earl Redmara, what you said is very reasonable, but you also know that our soldiers need to eat. Wealth and glory come, and now they are not getting the glory, I think it’s time to give them some wealth to reward them!"

Count Redmara frowned and said, "But you didn't fight with anyone, you just walked here from the south. Is it even necessary to give you enough benefits?"

"Dear Mr. Earls, you have to know that we have reached the capital of the Redka Empire after crossing a full two thousand kilometers. The logistics and equipment consumed are countless. If you do not give our soldiers enough rewards, I am afraid that they will not be able to let them. Keep going, keep working hard!"

The two sides fought again, and finally the two sides reached an agreement, and the Earl of Redmara and others had to give each other benefits.

However, due to the very difficult financial situation of the imperial family at this time, it could only use other things as collateral. The empire's first unequal treaty with the outside world was signed.