Chapter 240 The King's Ambition

In the morning, Seit and Old Mark looked at Roddy and Miaosi with a somewhat ambiguous look. Last night, both of them knew that Roddy went to Miaosi's room later, so their eyes seemed to contain infinite imagination...

Miaosi seemed a little embarrassed, but Roddy's expression was calm - he just talked with Miaosi last night and almost talked about dawn, and the content of the conversation seemed a bit heavy in his heart, so he had no time to estimate the ambiguous thoughts in others' hearts.

The only important thing during the day today is to go to the palace and officially sign the peace talks!

This peace talks involve most kingdoms in the Roland Continent. After all, the price of peace talks is shared by these kingdoms, so this signing has also made a big deal.

Along with King Sauron, representatives of a total of ten kingdoms signed a peace agreement. The content of the agreement mainly included two points. First, of course, the ten kingdoms jointly exchanged 600 warships for the return of hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war. The second one was the armistice treaty!

Originally, the diplomatic envoys from other kingdoms had different thoughts in their minds - although the main premise was that they were sure to have peace talks, but the conditions for peace talks were all ulterior motives.

After all, everyone expected that the Empire of Light would definitely raise a great price, and such a price was distributed to so many kingdoms - almost every kingdom hoped that it could pay as little as possible.

Similarly, there were also one or two kingdoms who actually came with a change of attitude, and they had a little bit of luck in their minds and wanted to see the limelight before making a decision. However, the competition at Roddy at the Crown Prince's Palace last night also made these guys who were still swaying in their hearts make up their minds!

One of the earls is already so powerful, let alone the legendary Duke of Tulips! Everyone is facing the crisis of being annexed by the temple at this moment. At this moment, it will definitely be of great benefit to make friends with such a powerful foreign aid!

The peace talks continued very smoothly, and the distribution of 600 warships was soon agreed. The Kingdom of Soren became the leader of the Roland Continent during this peace talks, and alone assumed the share of 200 warships. Such a resolution may make His Royal Highness, as the commander of the navy, feel unhappy again.

The old right minister still attended the signing. When Roddy signed his name on behalf of the Empire of Light on a contract, as usual, everyone raised their glasses to celebrate. The old right minister stood beside Roddy calmly and whispered: "Congratulations to Lord Earl, for fulfilling his mission!"

Roddy was wary of this old right prime minister and replied lightly: "The strength of national strength is the guarantee of diplomatic victory. The right prime minister's personal praise for me is really a loss!"

It is worth noting that only ten kingdoms in the thirteen kingdoms of Roland participated in the peace talks, and three kingdoms did not participate.

These three kingdoms are: the Kingdom of Gordon, the Kingdom of Teutonic... and one is the Hachiki Kingdom of the Dwarfs!

The Kingdom of Gordon and the Kingdom of Teutonic have always been the most determined forces on the side of the temple, especially the chief elder of the temple Promishus. He traveled devoutly for thousands of miles in the history of the Kingdom of Gordon and prayed in a rare drought in the history of the Kingdom of Gordon. Finally, he moved the gods to rain, and he was called "the person chosen by the gods" since then.

The Teutonic Kingdom was also because Promishus gave favors in a plague disaster that swept the Teutonic Kingdom, and eventually paid the price of blinding one eye, in exchange for the title of "one-eyed saint" as a household name in the Teutonic Kingdom.

In these two kingdoms, the authority of the Divine Church is the greatest, so it has always stood firmly on the side of the temple - or rather on the side of Promis!

And the dwarf kingdom has a somewhat ambiguous position.

As we all know, the terrain of the Roland Continent is like a white paper with a large hole dug out in the middle. There is a huge inland sea in the middle of the continent, which leads directly to the Thunder Strait along a large river.

The dwarf kingdom is on a huge island in the inland sea - or a small land - more suitable.

Due to different races, the dwarves rarely interact with many kingdoms in the Roland Continent. In the history of the Roland Continent, several wars between the dwarves and other countries in the Roland Continent were launched. Later, the dwarves surrendered to the temple, expressed their willingness to believe in the gods, and were officially recognized by the temple, becoming a member of the Roland Continent Kingdom.

What’s more important is that the dwarf Yaki country controls a very important strategic material...

Ironwood!

Ironwood that makes the extremely sturdy Roland warship!

Perhaps because of the special climate brought about by the special terrain, the ironwood trees grew extremely lush on the huge island where the Dwarf Kingdom is located. Eight or nine out of ten ironwood resources on the Roland Continent all come from the Dwarf Kingdom. Ironwood is indeed an indispensable resource for the Roland Continent - without ironwood, you cannot create a solid Roland warship, and without solid Roland warships, you cannot defend the Thunder Strait! Without a powerful navy, the Thunder Whip of the Light Empire came hundreds of years ago!

For these reasons, the Dwarf Kingdom has always occupied a special position among the many kingdoms of the Roland Continent. On the one hand, the Roland people do not seem to like that strange race very much, but on the other hand, they inevitably need the other's ironwood.

"They are waiting for a price!" After the signing, Roddy stayed in the palace and mentioned the three kingdoms that did not participate in the peace talks, especially the kingdoms of the dwarves. The king made such an evaluation.

Because today is the official signing, Roddy came alone, and there was no Miaosi and "Miss Nicole" with each other - after all, this is a world where men are superior to women, and the halo of the Tulip family's eldest daughter may win a lot of respect, but there is still no room for women to attend for such a formal state contract.

Roddy thought for a moment and spoke: "Is Your Majesty worried about how to win over the dwarves?"

The king shook his head: "No, I don't want to win them over."

At this moment, only the King and Roddy were left in the hall, and even the right prime minister was not allowed to participate in the conversation.

The king patted his hands gently and immediately walked into several waiters from the side door. They held a huge cloth roll high, then placed the cloth roll on the ground and slowly unfolded it.

This is a topographic map of the Roland Continent, which uses different colors and marks to indicate the territory, mountains, rivers and oceans of the many kingdoms of the Roland Continent.

Roddy's eyes lit up as he looked at the slowly unfolding map.

The king had already walked down from the throne, and he walked to Roddy and stood side by side with him: "Please see, this is the treasure I have spent several years collecting information!"

Roddy narrowed his eyes and tentatively said, "If such a thing is in a war period, it is a priceless treasure that can turn the warplane around! Your Majesty, a soldier from the Empire of Light, isn't you afraid of this?"

The king laughed, patted Roddy on the shoulder, and strode to the map.

The huge map was spread on the ground, as big as a dozen square meters. The king stood in the middle of the map, and it was obviously the territory of the lover's kingdom above the inland sea.

"This is the precious resource of the Roland Continent: the place where ironwood is abundant!" The king's face was heavy: "No need to say, the Count also understands the importance of ironwood to the Roland people!"

The scepter in the king's hand pointed at the map: "The kingdom of the dwarves is not big. The entire Baqi Kingdom has only three cities, distributed on the upper, middle and lower islands. The other areas are forests and mountains, with villages and towns everywhere. Hundreds of years ago, during the war between the dwarves and the Rolands, the dwarves relied entirely on favorable terrain and natural levels of the mountains to deal with us."

Roddy's heart moved, and he noticed that the king was talking about "we"!

"The dwarves have mastered two-thirds of the ironwood produced in the Roland Continent! In some ways, they even mastered the lifeblood of the Roland!" The king sighed: "Our Kingdom of Sauron is known as the strongest kingdom of Roland, but even we dare not offend the dwarves! Because if we offend the dwarves, we will face the inability to obtain ironwood! What's ridiculous is that we are at the southernmost end of the Roland Continent! Almost alone bear the threat from the Light Continent! We need a powerful navy to protect ourselves, so we dare not offend the dwarves!"

Roddy said coldly: "Then have never thought of conquering the dwarves and holding resources firmly in his own hands?"

The king shook his head: "We have missed the best opportunity!" He said slowly: "The Rolands had the chance to do the war hundreds of years ago, but the dwarves wanted to surrender the temple and obtained the recognition of the temple. So the war was forced to stop. And they promised to trade with the Rolands, and all kingdoms on the Roland continent could buy iron from them."

Roddy frowned: "Will you still take your destiny into the hands of others?"

The king sighed: "What's ridiculous is that our predecessors actually agreed. In their eyes, they only saw the temporary solution of the problem, but did not see the long-term!" He paused and continued: "Dwarves have developed through hundreds of years of development through ironwood trade! I can say without exaggeration that although the kingdom of the dwarves is the smallest among the thirteen kingdoms of the Roland Continent, they are the richest!"

Roddy sighed deeply—this approach to letting the enemy develop strong is too stupid.

"The gold coins from Roland Continent flowed into the dwarves' pockets. They had money to build strong city walls and equip elite troops. I can say that to this day, if we conquer the dwarves head-on, it is no longer something that any kingdom of Roland Continent can do alone - of course, except for our Sauron Kingdom!"

The king used his scepter to draw a circle on the dwarf territory and smiled and said, "Each of us understands that this is a huge cake! If we conquer this land, we can have the resources we have dreamed of. We can master the lifeline of the Roland Continent!"

Roddy smiled slightly: "His Majesty the King, have you never thought of eating this cake? Other kingdoms may not have such strength, but there is always a kingdom of Sauron?"

"Thinking! I have thought about it many times!" The king sighed: "In fact, I thought about this idea before I inherited the throne."

"Then why..."

The king seemed to be smiling bitterly: "Because I dare not!"

"Don't dare?"

The king sighed: "This is an attractive cake, but at the same time, it is also a rope! The other end of the rope touches the sensitive nerves of other kingdoms!" His scepter paused heavily on the floor and said in a deep voice: "Everyone wants to get a piece of this cake, but no one wants to see anyone occupy this cake alone! Besides, the dwarves and the various kingdoms of the Roland Continent have been traded for hundreds of years, so there are always a few close customers, right?"

"I understand." Roddy nodded: "If the Kingdom of Soren is involved in this cake, it will become the public enemy of the Roland Continent! After all, letting the dwarves occupy valuable resources can also make other kingdoms of the Roland Continent accept it, because the dwarves are not strong enough and will not threaten their status. But if the Kingdom of Roland's No. 1 powerhouse of Soren, I'm afraid the kings of other kingdoms will not be able to sleep at night!"

The king smiled, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Roddy narrowed his eyes and stared at the ambitious king in front of him, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty asked me to see such a map today and said so many things to me. What is the purpose of it? I am a slow and implicit thing. Your Majesty should just say it out directly!"

The king took a deep breath, and something called "Ambition" flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, it is the best time for the Kingdom of Sauron to occupy this cake!!"

"Oh?" Roddy's eyes lit up.

"Promishus' ambition has closely linked the ten kingdoms of Sauron. Whether we want to or not, we are now sitting on the same boat! I think if I reach out to get this cake now, I am afraid that even if everyone is unhappy, they will not really turn against me!" The king smiled cunningly: "After all, the threat from the temple is the most critical!"

Roddy still didn't say anything and looked at the king quietly.

The king seemed to have light on his face, and the scepter in his hand gently pointed out a position on the map: "After this peace talks, the hundreds of warships we gave to you will gather from this port in the Kingdom of Sauron, then go down the inland sea, and go straight to the Thunder Strait from the river to the Empire of Light..."

The king's scepter slid down the map, but Roddy looked at it, but he couldn't help but lit up in his eyes and immediately understood the king's meaning.

The king smiled sinisterly: "After the departure of the port, our fleet will be divided into three batches. One hundred warships from the Kingdom of Sauron will set out in the last batch, and the line..." He pointed on the map: "We will just pass by the dwarfs' kingdom island, about fifteen nautical miles!"

Roddy interjected: "Then the army suddenly turned and sneaked into the kingdom of the dwarves with lightning momentum, striving to conquer the dwarves in the shortest time... This is what your majesty meant?" Roddy suddenly glanced at the king and said in a deep voice: "Sneaking attack... Humph, sneak attack a country, and then want to conquer all the other party's territory in a short time. Is this possible? Is Your Majesty confident? If the war does not go well and falls into a stalemate, it may be very dangerous."

The king looked solemn and said slowly: "I have three reasons! First, I have this map, which records in detail most of the military strongholds of the Yaqi Kingdom and the distribution of their troops! If the commander in the leadership is used properly, he can defeat the opponent's army in the shortest time! Second, it is the time! No one has touched the dwarves for a long time because other kingdoms are deliberately protecting the dwarves from any invasion of any country! And the current situation has been broken! My army went to sea in the name of transporting warships to the Empire of Light, and before other forces reacted, they had already landed and started the war! There is no better time than now! Third..."

The king seemed to look at Roddy and said slowly in an extremely strange tone: "I happen to have a peerless famous general. I believe that under the command of this famous general who has always been invincible, this plan will be realized!!"

Roddy frowned: "A peerless general? Are you talking about General Tiger, who once commanded the 'holy war'? I have heard of General Tiger's ability, but I didn't expect you to trust him so much..."

The king interrupted Roddy: "No, I am not talking about General Tiger, but another one! I believe that the commander is ten times better than General Tiger! Because according to my understanding, the commander has almost never lost any war! He has extremely courage and strong strength, and has the mind of an outstanding military strategist... These advantages have made him invincible and invincible since he entered the battlefield!"

Roddy gradually felt something was wrong, but he still pretended to say: "Your Majesty is talking about..."

"It's you! Lord Earl!" A smile appeared on the corner of the king's mouth, his eyes were like a blade, almost as if he was about to see Roddy through! His tone was low and slow: "Or, I should call you...descending Lord Tulip?"
Chapter completed!