Chapter 102 Negotiation
At the end of a slightly awkward banquet, Daliang and Abigail talked about everyone's real purpose in a room. Monica knew that Daliang was going to talk about important things, so she sat in a lounge chair next to the fireplace and slowly drank red wine.
At first, the room was quiet, with only the crackling sound of charcoal burning. Neither Abigail nor Daliang seemed to have the intention to break the silence.
Abigail knew that Daliang and Monica came to Songjiang this time to see him. They came with everything, but they didn't know what they were asking for. However, since the other party had what they wanted, Abigail planned to wait for the price, listen to Daliang's purpose first, and then get assistance from Shangjiang City at this price.
Daliang was thinking about how to speak up for the Dark Cavalry.
At this time, the black elves were living in Songjiang City with extremely difficult internal and external troubles. Abigail's own army was stolen, so how could he easily give Daliang a group of important cavalry? However, looking at Abigail's appearance, he should have something to ask for, so Daliang was not in a hurry to say his purpose. As long as he knew what Abigail wanted, Daliang could calculate how many dark cavalry he could get from it.
In this way, both sides were obviously very anxious, but they also knew that whoever spoke first would be in a passive position in this negotiation.
Time was lost bit by bit, and Monica had already fallen asleep in this silent environment.
At this time, Abigail said: "Count Daliang, we just sit down like this and may not be able to solve our needs. I suggest that we write our respective purposes on paper, exchange them with each other, and then propose the conditions for the exchange."
Daliang said: "My mistress's proposal is very good. We are really stupid to outsiders."
Abigail and Daliang wrote down the letters they wanted to get and exchanged them.
When Abigail saw the Daliang note that he hoped to get a group of dark cavalry, he was stunned at first. To be honest, she didn't expect that Daliang came to Songjiang for this purpose. Abigail said: "The Dark Cavalry is the only mobile unit in our Songjiang City. Now there are rebels everywhere in the control of Songjiang City. I need them to protect our mines. I hope the Earl can understand us. There are too few black elves in Songjiang."
"This is also expected. I understand the difficulties of the mistress." Daliang opened Abigail's note and said with a smile: "My mistress hopes to provide assistance to Songjiang City. I think the current situation in Songjiang cannot be solved by aid. We can give money to soldiers, but when the money is spent, the soldiers will withdraw, and Songjiang will become what they are now."
Abigail knew that Daliang was right. Foreign aid alone could not fundamentally solve the current situation of Songjiang. However, Abigail knew Daliang's ability. He could influence Shangjiang now, but it was not just by luck. Perhaps he had a way to solve the current predicament: "Is there any way for Lord Earl to solve the current situation in Songjiang? As long as it can eliminate the rebellion and restore Songjiang to normal order, I don't want to support too many dark cavalry."
Abigail issued a mission and received a reward. Whether he could get the Dark Cavalry and how much he could take it depends on whether Daliang could solve Songjiang's problem.
Da Liang thought for a while and said, "The most fundamental problem in Songjiang is that there are too many indigenous people and too few black elves. If you are not my race, your heart will be different. If the mistress wants to consolidate the rule of Songjiang and reduce the number of indigenous people, it is indeed a method that must be implemented.
But if a city wants to develop in an orderly manner, it must have a certain population. Have the mistress ever thought about increasing the number of black elves to supplement the population lack of the indigenous people?”
Increase the number of black elves.
Abigail didn't think too much about it. The black elves were conservative and exclusive, not only for other races, but also for this race. A black elves tribe is very stable. In addition to its own reproduction, it is recruiting buildings from controlled soldiers. Abigail's tribe experienced the war against Songjiang and was defeated by Howard, and its population has not reached its peak.
Regarding Daliang's suggestion, Abigail said: "The Earl may not know much about our black elves race. The black elves are divided into two groups, one is the black elves who adhere to order and believe in the faceless, and the other is the black elves who believe in the snake's face. The black elves who faceless will gather together to form a tribe, and there will be a mistress who rule. No mistress will be willing to obey the orders of another mistress, so no faceless black elves will come to Songjiang City.
The black elves on the snake face are all wanderers in the dark. Even if they gather together, they are a group full of conspiracy and betrayal. I will never allow any black elves on my land."
In short, Abigail who can trust is unwilling to come, but who is willing to come cannot trust.
However, regarding the reason Abigail said, Daliang smiled and said, "Miss Mother, please do not consider things with the thoughts of the tribes in the past. You are now ruled by a city. There can be people who support you or people who oppose you in a city. As long as most people support you, this city is yours.
Whether it is the faceless black elves or the snake-faced black elves, in the eyes of other races, you are all black elves. As long as the number of black elves in this city reaches a certain level, the rebels will lose their hope of regaining the city and will stay away from Songjiang and the city will become stable.
In addition, I think ruling a city should not rely on a ruthless system. The gold coin system and the knight system are the best way of rule that has been verified by human race. Most cities in the main world use these two systems to govern cities.
After the gold coin system is established, the mistress can firmly control the army through military expenditure; when the title system is established, the mistress can manage the people by managing the nobles.
Look at Shangjiang City, two kings died and one king disappeared. Shangjiang's rule is still in the hands of the royal family. All nobles are willing to be loyal to the children in your belly. Why is this? Are we willing to obey a child who has not been born yet?
No, what we obey is this system that is strictly abide by when established.
Miss Mother, the rule of the Black Elf tribe is too backward. If you don’t want to be wary of someone who wants to kill you to replace you every day, break the rules of your Black Elf first.
Whether faceless elves or snake-faced elves, Songjiang City welcomed them. An invitation was given to them, if they were willing to enter the city, they would give them the identity of residents of Songjiang City, and if they were unwilling to enter the city, they would give them a piece of land to settle outside the city.
Shangjiang, which has abundant supplies and prosperous business, is enough to attract those black elves tribes that struggle for survival deep underground.
Chapter completed!