Yusefka stood in front of the drying rack, hung the clean sheets on the twine, unfolded the sheets, the smell of lavender made her sneez a little.

"Joseph~"

Gnaiya waved her hands as she walked up the sloping soil slope. After knowing what Zelin called Yusevka, Gnaiya also started calling her like that. She stretched out her hand and swung it in front of the tip of her nose. "What smell is this? What did you add to it?"

Yusevka picked up a small wooden stick from the washtub and patted the wrinkles on it. "Scent is better than some unpleasant smell. He is back. The weather is good today. I guess the bed sheet will be taken off tomorrow. It will be replaced by you at that time. The saving made the beds all have strange marks and special. It's hard to wash."

Gnaiya smiled to cover her embarrassment.

"He's back? Where is he?" She immediately changed the subject. "Why didn't I hear, I didn't see him just now."

"He was in the stable just now, and now he is probably going upstairs to find Enid."

"Ah, here we go."

"Wait." Yusevka turned around. "What are you going to do?"

"Uh, it's something, I think I should let him know in advance." Gnaiya turned around. "If I would also use the kind of glass that can get in touch with him anytime, anywhere, I would have told him a long time ago. When he comes back, I have to talk to him about this period of time."

"Is it related to Enid?"

Gnaiya nodded.

Yusevka was silent for a while, and dropped the stick in his hand. "Let the two of them solve this matter."

Gnaiya raised her eyebrows. "Do you know what happened?"

"No, of course I don't know." Yusefka wiped the corner of his eye and chuckled lightly. "However, I believe that the two of them can handle this matter well. Trust them. We will not mess with them until this matter is resolved."

Yusevka raised his head and looked at the main building of the castle. Curtains were drawn inside the shutters on the third floor. Only the breeze could lift a corner of the curtain.

"What the **** is the merchant outside the city? I don't remember when I became such a hot person? I know that many people know where my castle is, near the floating port city where the northern river transport is the busiest. But I want to know, why do these businessmen think that I can protect their property from the Nilfgaards? Am I the emperor of Nilfgad or the Chancellor of the Exchequer?"

Zelin sat in the armchair and asked calmly. Francesca sat on the edge of the bed, her hands on her knees. The curtains blocked the sunlight, and the room looked a little dark.

"Because... I have reached an agreement with the Merchants Association. In the newly occupied land of Nilfgaard, all commercial activities, including planting raw materials, building factories, digging mines, logging yards, or quarries, are then allocated in profit sharing. , I can get at least six floors."

"Will they abide by the agreement?"

"They don't plan to comply, so Hobbs sent soldiers to attack Hundred Flowers Valley a few days ago. Ada will deal with them, and if she is prepared, she will kill a legion more than enough. If you abide by the agreement, the benefits will be great. Because of the risks of not complying with the agreement, then they will comply. Moreover, I hire the Dark Brotherhood of Skyrim, which will let them know that it is not safe to stay at home, so they will not think about more dangerous things. If I behave weakly, they will consider eating my share, but if I behave as strong as them, they will find a way to draw me in to fight the emperor."

"What about your plan?"

"The best result of this war is that both sides lose out. The North will retain the original royal family and government like Tousant did, and become a part of the South as a highly autonomous vassal state. The laws and systems of the South will enter the North and change. The chaos and disorder here have brought about a relatively advanced civilization. The South will suffer heavy losses in the war. The weak national power will limit the ambitions of Emperor Enhill. A group of merchants will replace the nobles and become important members of the Senate. To improve business development, peace and self-cultivation are imperative. In the future, even if the empire recovers and continues to expand, it will set its sights on overseas, or Hackland and Serekania on the other side of the Blue Mountains. The north will There will not be another war of the same scale as the North-South War. The conflicts between the northern kings will be limited to the imperial court. Only in this way can peace continue. Otherwise, there will be no place where problems can be resolved through negotiation, and any peace agreement will only be temporary. It’s just a truce."

"Yeah, yeah." Zelin nodded slowly. "I'm listening."

"In the meantime, I will find a way to gather merchants scattered everywhere. A dish of loose sand merchants is just a reserve that the lord can use to fill the vault at any time, but together, the gold in their hands can do many things, and this power can ensure Their property is protected. Generally speaking, they have not thought about it this way, but they just lack someone who can help them speak in front of the nobles. No noble would be willing to let a group of businessmen unite. In fact, they would not like any unity. People who come together, whether it is a businessman, a farmer, or a blacksmith. They are grateful to the person who is willing to help, the person who helped in the war. The best way to ensure peace is to let the forces restrict each other, and then you become a person outside of these forces. In this way, they will all think that the other party is the real enemy, and you are a just and powerful bystander who has no interest in contradictions."

Ze Lin pursed his lips and nodded.

"What do you think of this plan?"

"In a sense, it is indeed seamless, but..." Zelin's conversation turned, Francesca was taken aback, and she saw a flash of anger in Zelin's eyes. "I still don't understand why they came to me? It stands to reason that they should go to you."

"Because... I used your money to advance part of the cost of reconstruction and acquisition. Then, because the occupied area of ​​Nilfgard at that time will soon border your castle, someone in the empire promoted the elimination of non-humans in the north. The bill includes the castle of the demon hunters. So I want to warn them and tell them that I will not allow them to invade these places. This war will not threaten your castle, and you will help those schools in other places. The established academy. Sooner or later the Nilfgaards will set foot on this land, and you can’t stay here forever..."

Zelin raised his hand, Francesca stopped speaking, and Zelin took a deep breath. "Enid, have you considered the result of doing this?"

The elf looked at Zelin blankly. "...What?"

"Think about it, the Nilfgaards would burn down villages, slaughter cities, and bypass certain special places. One is Hundred Flowers Valley, which doesn’t matter, because everyone knows that Hundred Flowers Valley has a harmonious relationship with the Empire, but What's the matter with the demon hunters? Are the demon hunters finally taking refuge in the empire? Nilfgard’s army will deliberately bypass the demon hunters’ castle? Do you think the villagers in the north would not doubt whether these demon hunters are still doing this? Playing in the South? Do you think the lord of the North would not consider whether the demon hunters who appeared in his territory were spies from the South?"

Zelin controlled his tone as much as possible, but he still couldn't help feeling annoyed.

"What do you do with other demon hunters? During the war? You can only stay in the castle and eat the mountains? What about the demon hunters who are still in the wild looking for commissions for life?! Lords will soon know this is unusual One point, then their leaders will know that the Nilfgaards have a good relationship with the demon hunters. Tell me, Enid, who are the enemy’s friends in your eyes? They will also give the demon hunters Entrusted? The lord will entertain them instead of hanging them on the gallows? Do you think all northerners will be like the merchants outside the castle. Hearing the name of the Nilfgadian will be frightened instead of fighting to the end? Some people They will fight the Nilfgad people to the end, and such a person will kill any people in their territory who may have connections with the Nilfgad people!"

"Uh, I..." Francesca was speechless for a while.

He stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

During the war, the Nilfgaards might be ready to take action against the demon hunters, and Zelin is preparing to find an opportunity to figure out what's going on. Now Enid did let them no longer need to worry about the Nilfgaards, but they had to face another group of people.

"Yes, it might be good for me. I just nodded my head... No, let Ignatz come forward, and I can stay in the castle and live like a king. Let’s not say whether I will or not. Will do this, but have you considered what effect this will have on other demon hunters? What I have done in the north these years is not to become a king like you, or make demon hunters become my subordinates I want to change the reputation of the demon hunter so that this profession will never be spurned by others. I want to change my reputation, and cooperate with Erithusa Academy to ask the warlock to use the stability spell to increase the mutation rate , I want to make this profession normal! Only when people are respected, will there be children who are willing to become demon hunters, and only when the mutation success rate is high, will there be parents who are willing to send their children to the academy. As a result, what will happen to you in these two months? What are you doing! Why don't you make a decision after discussing with me about matters related to the Demon Hunter!?"

For the first time Francesca saw Zelin express such anger. Fingers subconsciously grasped the hem of the skirt on the knee, as if a person in thin clothes encountered a sudden gust of wind. I wanted to say something, but my mouth seemed to be stuck.

"In the war, there are many demon hunters who plan to take advantage of the present to accept the commission of hunting monsters. They may be thrown stones for some reason, be arrested by the lord for treason, driven or even killed by soldiers in the north, and they don't understand. What happened, such bad luck might fall on them! Why would you refuse to contact me before making a decision? Your telescope, you know how to use it, you forgot to contact me, Or is it because you know that I might object, so you don’t want to tell me? You are not a demon hunter. When you decide on this aspect, you didn’t consider these? Do you know that what you do may be decided in an instant To the fate of many innocent people, and many people who are completely irrelevant to your plan, will suddenly encounter bad luck because of this?!"

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The sun was shining outside, and a few sparrows fell on the window sill, chirping.

Francesca felt a little cold.

She had never seen Zelin show such anger. Although soon, Zelin took a deep breath and sat back on his chair, holding his forehead.

The room fell silent again.

After a while, Francesca spoke again. The voice is very low.

"I...I...I did not expect this possibility, I didn't tell you...I was worried that you might disagree with me using your money..."

Zelin raised his eyes and looked at her.

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared.

She thought Zelin would be angry because she moved the gold. She had already thought of a lot of rhetoric, and thought of several alternative ways to calm the anger that might have come out of his heart. She understands Zelin, Zelin shouldn't be too angry at her spending money, maybe she will be angry, but she can explain where the money is spent, maybe he will agree. And she also helped Zelin secure several possible demon hunter strongholds in the hands of the Nilfgaard army, and he might be happy about it.

But all that Zelin said...

Only then did she realize how serious a mistake she had made.

She thought that Zelin would be upset because she helped the South, and she would be angry with the misappropriation of gold. Perhaps he already knew that he had helped the kingslayer once, but the kingslayer was no longer a demon hunter. He and his followers had a new name, which had nothing to do with the demon hunter, she could explain.

But she never thought about what kind of trouble it would cause other demon hunters.

She hopes that the North and the South will suffer heavy losses in this war, which naturally means that the South cannot quickly defeat the defense of the North, and the war will be deadlocked for at least a year. And this year, the northern lands are still in the hands of the lords who are hostile to Nilfgard, and the demon hunters' strongholds are also in these places. Especially the stronghold in the north that she specifically marked out.

She wanted to keep the stronghold of the demon hunters in the hands of the empire, but this instead pushed them to the opposite of the north. When winter comes and the two sides have to temporarily truce due to heavy snow and logistical supplies, the lords of the north have enough time to take care of the affairs of the territory, such as some people who may collude with Nilfgaard.

This should have been something she was thinking about to alleviate the conflict with Zelin due to the use of gold privately. For this matter, she did not think too much.

What kind of mistake did she make as a result!

"Enid." Zelin sighed, and Zhang Hong still had a certain pity in his voice. He has done so many things in the north in the past few years, and the result is now likely to be all zero. "The place where the gold is stored is only known by the two of us. I never care what you do with the money. Build farms in Baihua Valley, buy factories in the south, go to Skyrim to import grain seeds, and replace ironware. Even if you take them. I don’t care about buying jewelry and beautiful clothes, or replacing all the furniture with gold, and I won’t get angry at you. But why do you do this? You can implicate me, but why do you want to hunt the whole thing? Is the demon hunter involved?!"

The elf did not speak.