Chapter 2 Diplomatic Means (1)
"I know, so they're still alive."
Ella sat cross-legged on the ground, speaking as Hestein and stared at herself in the mirror fiercely, while dancing a sharp dagger in the air.
"King of Sweden, your progress is really slow! I will pull all the nobles in front of me tomorrow and see me solve them quickly and accurately! That's right, just use this poisonous dagger! This is a very poison that will die within five steps. If you want to get the antidote, just leave me with money for buying wealth - a ghost!"
Throwing the dagger and turning over the mirror, Ella pulled her hair and rolled on the ground in pain.
"If Hestein intervenes, things will definitely develop like this! He is a guy who only uses violence to solve problems! If he really makes all the nobles repair, the diplomatic situation I have worked hard to manage will be ruined!"
——We must stop him!
"I have three strategies: top, middle and lower."
Ella put in the mirror and raised three fingers to herself in the mirror quite seriously:
"It is the best strategy to liar that the enemy is invading the frontier and ask the hero king to lead his army to meet the enemy quickly."
"Borrowing his close friend and drugging him in the meal, causing him to vomit and diarrhea, and being bedridden, is the plan."
"I found someone to put him in a sack and rob him halfway, and drag him to the alley to beat him up. This is the next plan."
"Please decide quickly - a ghost!"
The mirror was knocked over by Ella again. No matter which strategy it was, it sounded like a bad idea.
"Ahhhhhh! Amy, Amy, come back soon! I'm alone, I can't beat this Hestein!"
After the war in Aztland ended, Amy turned down the proposal to let her take office as the new Sun King. However, in order to stabilize the situation on the mainland as soon as possible and establish a new order, she is unable to leave there for the time being. So in the past few months, Ella, who has returned to Sweden, has been in an unregulated state. Talking to the mirror is the habit Ella has developed in the past few months.
——"Your Majesty, how do you know I'm back?"
The unexpected sound made Ella stunned. She patted her ears to confirm whether she was hallucinating her hearing, but the door had been pushed open directly. Amy, dressed in Aztlan style, appeared in front of Ella. Her clothes were sewn in leopard skin, with several strings of gold on her arms, and emerald bracelets inlaid with emeralds. The skin on the bracelet was tanned by the sun, and the crown jewelry made of green Kechar bird feathers above her head.
After confirming this several times, Ella cried with joy: "Amy! You are finally back! You don't know how many troubles have happened to me during your absence!"
Amy was not that excited. Not only that, her brows were still beating slightly dissatisfied:
"No, Your Majesty, I have noticed it on the way to the palace - no, I should have noticed it when I was at the port. I am not there for a few months. What did you do with the gold I sent from Aztec? Why are there so many ships filled with pigs parked at the port? I have roughly estimated that there are probably thousands, right?"
"Of course I bought it? The one in the port is only a part, and the pigs that have been transported to raise before, now there are about 30,000 more than 30,000!"
Amy's eyebrows pounded a lot.
"So, your majesty, what's the reason? What's the reason? Don't tell me it's to monopolize the pork trade in the Baltic Sea!"
"Pig... By the way, Amy, you are simply a genius! I have a way!" Ella jumped up happily. She pushed Amy's body away and ran out, shouting to the guards on both sides, "Hurry up, call us all up, work overnight!"
"Your Majesty--!" Amy chased Ella from behind and shouted, "You haven't answered me yet!!! Why do you raise so many pigs!"
"You will know tomorrow! This is a wonderful solution that only a genius like me can come up with!"
So, the next day.
"Hestein! Don't do it today, see me settle those nobles in one go!"
Ella took Hestein to climb the castle stairs in circles, and the destination was the highest whistle.
"You?" Hestein obviously distrusts him, "What do you want to do?"
"You just want to demonstrate to these nobles of Almani by force, right? So I arranged a grand military parade, and my most elite troops would participate. As long as you watch this military parade, the nobles of Almani will be trembling with fear, and there is no need for you to take action to intimidate!"
While speaking, the two had already climbed the mail. On the wall under the mail, the nobles from Almani had gathered there early.
"Are you a military parade?" Hestein thought.
Ella snorted proudly: "This is the most peaceful way to show force. Look carefully and learn well! Don't know how to fight every day! The old saying goes, 'A meeting with Hestein will destroy Scipio's diplomatic achievements for half a year'!"
"This is obviously an old saying made by Your Majesty." Amy complained silently behind the two.
"Okay, Scipio," said Hestein. "Then let me see if your army has enough oppression to make the enemy turn against each other just by walking around here."
"Hmph, Hestein, do you think I can't do it? You underestimate me too much. I have fought several battles with the army of the Almani Federation. The most powerful of their army is the cavalry composed of lower-level nobles. When they rushed forward, they had a very terrible ability to break through the front line. However, the new army I formed is much stronger than them!"
From a distance, the "gurgling" sound of the pigs came. A fat and strong black pig walked past the city wall with his head held high. Its head was wearing a helmet made of iron, and two slender antlers made of iron were stretched out from the helmet, looking majestic. Behind it, thousands of pigs in the same dress were driven by the trainer, marching forward with great pride.
"This is the secret weapon of the Qiqiu Empire that I discovered when I was reading ancient books! A long time ago, the ancestors of the Qiqiu Empire would drive such a herd of pigs to deal with the enemy's elephants! As long as the pig's body is ignited, they will rush towards the enemy's formation without hesitation, which is extremely powerful! It's just that because the price is too expensive, this tactic was later abandoned."
In front of Hestein and Amy who were already stunned, Ella made a commentary proudly.
Chapter completed!