"That Rainer has already gotten into my head!" The queen looked at Count Redmara annoyed and said.

　　 She didn't know anything about sending spies, so when the wind report was delivered to her, her heart was very angry.

　　 Count Redmara did not say much, but picked up the file and read it carefully.

　　 After a while, he said: "I did send a spy to the north, but I didn't expect things to develop to this point. My purpose was to prevent them from doing things unfavorable to us!"

　　 "Doing unfavorable things? Now because of your behavior, they are going to disadvantage us! I ask you, how is our army training?"

　　 The queen simply reprimanded the Earl of Redmara, and then began to inquire about the combat capabilities of the army, as a woman, he did not know what was necessary for combat.

　　 She only knew that she had spent a lot of money to build an army of 10,000 in two years.

　　 She doesn't know the exact strength of the Northern Territory, but she feels that a full 10,000 people is already an extremely large number, plus the army of the upstarts, it may not be able to defeat the Northern Army.

　　 "The training situation is pretty good..." Count Redmara hesitated and said.

"If this is the case, let's prepare for war. Grand Duke Rainer deceived people too much. This time we must win!" The queen said with her fists in indignation, obviously not forgetting the last time Rainer was in the Imperial Capital. .

　　 Listening to the Queen’s words, Count Redmara hurriedly said: “I’m afraid it’s impossible, your majesty. Although our soldiers are well trained, there are still shortcomings in the ordnance. Our soldiers’ armor rate is only 10%!”

　　 "Arsenal?" The queen said angrily: "I have allocated so much to you in the past two years. Where have you spent tens of thousands of gold coins?"

"Your Majesty, there is no iron ore in the territory controlled by our royal family. This makes our steel extremely expensive. Even if I spend all my money on armor, I can't get our army to achieve 40% of the armor. !"

　　 The queen heard the words of Count Redmara, frowning and said: "Didn't we have reached a trade agreement with the Kingdom of Bukerdern? We do not charge their tariffs, in exchange they provide us with steel trade!"

"Yes, your majesty, you are right, but the price of the steel provided by the Kingdom of Bukerdern is even more expensive than in our country. We simply cannot afford their steel. Taking the opportunity to raise the price is already their usual tactic. Up!"

　　 Count Redmara said helplessly, if it were really as simple as the queen said, would things develop to this point?

　　 Count Redmara knew that the rejuvenation of the empire is not in the interests of the Kingdom of Bukderen.

　　Only a weak empire can allow the Kingdom of Bukerdern to give and take. Now that the empire is weak, they have gained a lot of benefits.

　　 One point the empire becomes stronger again. If nothing else, the preferential policy of exempting tariffs is absolutely impossible to continue.

　　 The queen listened to Count Redmara's words, and her mood grew worse, and she said annoyedly: "Then what should we do now!"

　　Count Redmara was silent.

After a while, he said: "For the current plan, the only way to do this is to talk to Grand Duke Rainer. From this dossier, he did not send more troops. He shouldn't want to go into a full-scale war with us. Besides, it is not in his interest to fight, this kind of trivial matter will not fight."

　　 "I think Grand Duke Rainer also wants to get some benefits from us, so give it to him. Maybe we can take the opportunity to buy some steel from him and return to the armed forces!"

　　 The queen thought about what Earl Redmara had said, then sighed and nodded and said, "I hope, I hope you can turn this bad thing into a good thing!"

　　 The news that the army of the Grand Duchy of the North was staying on the border line quickly spread within the scope of the empire along with the trades of merchants.

　　 At the same time, letters of accusation were also sent to the imperial capital. At this time, the upstarts were indulging in the huge profits brought by the trade with the South and the North.

　　 As the saying goes, cutting off people’s wealth is like killing one’s parents. Influenced by the frontier army, their business has decreased a lot, not to mention the risk of war breaking out. These upstarts are not willing to go to war with the North.

　　 For them, the frequency of such wars is too frequent. In the past eight or nine years, there would not necessarily be a war. Now they have fought four or five battles in three years, and they have long been tired of it.

　　 These letters of inquiries about the teacher brought great pressure to the Earl of Redmara, and the border trade between the two sides was also greatly affected, which directly reduced the royal family’s treasury income.

　　 So, Count Redmara sent a messenger to Reiner to a negotiation letter, and at the same time, he was actively discussing the bottom line with the queen.

　　 After confirming that everything was correct, Count Redmara hurriedly took more than a hundred knights and retinues to the north.

　　Rainer smiled in satisfaction after receiving the letter from the imperial capital.

　　 He patted the parchment in his hand and said to Frank beside him: "Look, I said the imperial capital must not be able to withstand our pressure. Now the letter requesting negotiation has been sent!"

Looking at the letter in Rainer's hand, Frank shook his head subconsciously and said: "I didn't expect that they would not even dare to fight now. Even if they can't win, let us see their determination, we will not The lion opened his mouth."

　　 "In this way, we directly ask for negotiation~lightnovelpub.net~ Isn't it exposing their guilty conscience directly in front of us!"

　　 "Who said no!" Rainer shrugged and said, "How do I know what they think in their hearts? Restocking is good news for me. I think I'm going to make a fortune again!"

　　 Soon, Earl Redmara took his followers to the border area of ​​the north.

　　 And Rainer also rushed there with a group of people.

　　 "It's been a long time since I saw Count Redmara!" Rainer smiled meaningfully, and the corners of his mouth raised strangely.

　　 "Yeah, we haven't seen each other for three years!" Count Redmara didn't show his timidity, and he greeted Lena very naturally.

　　 But Rainer knew that the Earl of Redmara had obviously been unsatisfactory in the past three years.

　　 This year, he is just over 30 years old, and he is already born early, and there are a lot of wrinkles around the corners of his eyes. The difference between Ming Ming and Lena is less than ten years old, but he looks much older than Lena.

　　 "Okay, Count Redmara, since you have come to see me in person so sincerely, then I will go straight to the subject!"

　　 "You sent a spy to sabotage the internal unity of my country and I was very angry. What do you think I should do with this matter?" Rainer gently stroked the heraldic ring on his finger, and said faintly.

　　 Faced with Lena’s question, Count Redmara’s heart sank, but he said without changing his face: "Duke Lena what kind of explanation do you want?"

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