Chapter 572 Aren’t you afraid of being overfed?

"Mobilizing the population of our city to migrate, isn't this just sucking our blood? This is even more shameless and despicable than demanding war reparations. We absolutely do not agree to such a clause."

The mayors and mayors rejected Gavin's clauses one by one, but they did not raise much objection to retreating and protecting their property. This was a necessary payment, and without this, there would be no possibility of a deal.

The court wizard waited until they were exhausted and the discussion became much quieter before he spoke: "I am just conveying the other party's request. You gentlemen, why don't you discuss it and come up with appropriate conditions so that I can convey it to the other party."

The city lords negotiated again, and finally the mayor of Ximen City, Siegel, concluded: "As long as they are sincere in leaving this place, we have no objection to the first and third clauses they proposed.

But the second clause, the ownership of Evanso, we cannot agree with his opinion. This is our Dragon Coast's own business. Even if it is not our Dragon Coast that arranges the personnel, at least it is the free opinion of the citizens of Evanso, not controlled by him. As for whether to start a war, it is also the free right of our Dragon Coast, and he should not interfere.

For the fourth clause, we can only agree with half of it. We can ensure that their normal caravans and the entire road will not be destroyed. This After all, it is also beneficial to us, but we cannot recognize the ownership of Giant Plains. We can only guarantee that we will not take the initiative to attack Blood Gorge City. Once those hobgoblins step out of Giant Plains, we have the right to use military force against them.

Article 5, we have no way to agree. Citizens are the foundation of a city. If we allow them to win over our citizens, it is equivalent to digging their own graves. At most, we allow them to take away the citizens who previously surrendered to them and the citizens who are willing to go with them in Afanso, and they are not allowed to recruit another immigrant in Dragon Bay.

Article 6, the asking price is too ridiculous. We can only collect one million for them as a commission for their elimination of Afanso Necromancer. "

The court master naturally cannot run between the two sides. Instead, after the two sides reach a basic intention to negotiate, they will gather the two parties together, let them fight for benefits, and only be the final witness.

Both sides used all means to do this, telling the truth, coercing and luring, and they would not give up their own interests. In particular, the attitude of the Conqueror Army was extremely tough. They always acted like if you are not sincere, we will stay in Avanso and not leave. If you have the ability, you can take it down by yourself, which directly made the leaders of the Dragon Coast Coalition lose their temper.

If they had this ability, they would not argue with Gavin here at all, and would have done it long ago.

It is easy to gather 50,000 troops, but it is difficult to turn them into combat troops, and it is even more difficult to turn them into a strong army that can attack cities and capture strongholds, especially when facing an army that has won two battles.

In order to show their military power, the Conqueror Army often pulls out their extraordinary war groups for training.

The Treeman Corps is big and heavy, and each one is a mobile siege weapon.

The Goliath Corps is invincible in land battles, and no army can resist their jumping attack tactics.

The Earth Goblin Giant Corps, they don't need to do anything, just stand there, their terrifying size can destroy the will of most ordinary soldiers to fight.

The followers of Tempus led by Eldan rode white mares and kept roaming around Avanso. The deep meaning they represented made countless people tremble with fear, and they didn't have the courage to fight against the conqueror army.

This kind of negotiation is never determined by who can speak well, but by who has the advantage in force.

Those who have the advantage in force are pressing forward step by step, and those who have the disadvantage are naturally retreating step by step.

In the end, the focus of the two sides' competition was on two aspects, one was population, and the other was money.

"In order to prove our sincerity, we will take another step back. We will not directly recruit immigrants from your city. All your cities will gather 10,000 immigrants for us. Is this okay?" Gavin said to the mayors and lords of the Dragon Coast in a tone of "I've lost a lot".

"This is not immigration, this is shameless robbery. What's the difference between this and the slave traders buying and selling people?"

"We absolutely do not agree to this shameless request."

"We will never give in on this matter."

The city lords and mayors of the cities on the Dragon Coast were indignant and rebuked.

"Since you think this is buying and selling people, then open up the city and let us recruit ourselves. Then we will rely on our own abilities to see whether your policies can make those citizens stay? Or will they be attracted by my policies and follow me?" Gavin sneered, "Why didn't anyone reply? You don't dare, right? In this matter, you have an advantage over me. As long as you are not too bad to your citizens, as long as you can survive, no one will leave their homes and their native land. Ten thousand immigrants is my bottom line. If you can't even do this, don't play cards against common sense. Believe me, I can take more immigrants from your city at that time."

Gavin's confident look made these city lords and mayors feel scared from the bottom of their hearts.

In the past few days, they have fully experienced how difficult he and the conqueror army he led were, especially his unconventional approach, which really was unconventional.

Every time he made a move, it was beyond their expectations, catching them off guard.

When they were deadlocked over the ownership of the Giant Plains, Gavin didn't waste words and showed them the real projection of the Blood Gorge City hobgoblins eradicating alien tribes in the Giant Plains.

There were tens of thousands of goblin cannon fodder, thousands of hobgoblins, and hundreds of hobgoblin giants.

They were silenced collectively.

Now it was not a question of whether they recognized Blood Gorge City or not, they should pray that Blood Gorge City would not cross the Giant Plains to attack them.

With such a terrifying force squatting around the Giant Plains, the monster tribes on it had no chance to grow and develop, let alone threaten them.

And this incident also told them that sending away the Conqueror Army was not the end of the matter, and they would have many opportunities to intrigue with this young opponent in the future.

There was the Dwarf Statue City of the Kobolds, the Blood Gorge City of the Hobgoblins, and now he had planted his own human forces in Avanso. No matter how you look at it, he was ready to play with the Dragon Coast in his hands.

Compared to letting him mess around on the Dragon Coast, it is better to accept this death toll and collect the elderly, the weak, the disabled, the poor, and the criminals on death row in various cities and pack them for him.

In the end, it was the mayor of Ximen City, Siegel, who said: "Ten thousand immigrants are ten thousand immigrants, but there is a premise. You accept whatever immigrants we give you. You are not allowed to pick and choose."

"Okay, but there is a premise. They are alive and voluntarily. If their hands and feet are cut off or they are blinded and deafened before being sent here, don't blame me for turning my face and denying it. I will pay ten times the fake one." Gavin blocked the possibility of the other party's crooked thoughts in advance.

Never underestimate the evil of these people. In order to create problems for yourself, they can do anything evil.

He can even imagine what kind of people they will send to him next.

But for Gavin, the important thing is not these ten thousand immigrants, but the entanglement and connection with the Dragon Coast.

If I can handle these 10,000 problematic immigrants properly, and then spread the news to Dragon Coast, it will definitely attract more people from Dragon Coast to immigrate to my territory.

Compared with Tesser, Dragon Coast is much closer to the valley. It can be reached in a few days by crossing Dragon Lake and walking along the trade road.

The bigger the problem these stupid Dragon Coast city lords and mayors give me, the greater the reward will be once I successfully solve it.

As long as the ruling mode of Dragon Coast City does not change, he will have the population here. It just takes time to digest it slowly.

"Deal." This time Siegel no longer hesitated, just wanted to get rid of these killers quickly. They had so many troops gathered here, and the food and horses, plus the commissions for mercenaries, were an astronomical figure every day. Some small towns could no longer support it and secretly ran away. It won't be long before their numerical advantage will no longer exist.

"The pension is 8 million. We not only accept various currencies and materials, but also accept fixed industries in various cities. Those abandoned industries can also be discounted. This is already our minimum." Gavin also lowered the price of the last condition.

"Aren't you afraid of being overfed?" Siegel couldn't help but grit his teeth and said viciously.

This time he didn't dwell too much on this matter. Eight million is an astronomical figure that cannot be raised for a city, but for many cities and forces on the Dragon Coast, as long as they are distributed according to the size of their forces, even these big cities will only get 600,000 or 700,000. As a major trading city, it is only a matter of a few months of commercial taxes, and it is not difficult to collect.

The main reason why they couldn't accept it before was that this matter was disgusting. The Conqueror Army won the attack on Ivanso, and at most spent hundreds of thousands of resurrection costs. They took all the benefits. Turning around, they still had to squeeze a lot of money from them. Is there any justice in this world?

However, with the secret arrival of the Sambia envoy, sharing the latest plan to deal with the Conqueror Army, they decided to hold their noses and eat this bitter fruit. They were ready to let the other party spit out everything they ate in the Goblin Border.

The overall layout of the Goblin Border is very similar to the Giant Plains, sandwiched between two large mountains.

However, the former is far more dangerous and complex than the latter.

The terrain of the Giant Plain is relatively simple. Except for the two mountains, the rest of the place is a flat plain. The special thing here is the gigantic size of animals and plants. The exits on both sides are hundreds of kilometers long.

The Goblin Border is different. The middle area is relatively narrow, especially the Sunset Mountains and Storm Horn Mountains at the southern end, where a large area of ​​overlapping mosaics appear. The largest entrance and exit, the Bridge of the Wilderness, is under the absolute control of Persku.

They borrowed a road from here, and it would be difficult to get out.

In the Goblin Border, in addition to the Border River running through it, nearly half of the area is occupied by the Far Sea Swamp and the Thun Swamp, and there are muddy lands everywhere.

The previous road construction method of the Conqueror Army was useful on the plains, but it was not useful there.

Now they could all imagine the embarrassing situation of the enemy after entering the goblin border, where they could hardly move, and then gathered and instigated the local monster tribes to harass and attack them. Even if they were not defeated, they could not maintain the integrity of the entire army. The large amount of wealth and goods they carried with them was both a burden and the source of their disaster.

"Whether we eat or not is our business, the mayor doesn't need to worry about it." Gavin responded with a smile, "The longer this matter is delayed, the worse it will be for you. If it is delayed for another month and a half, , your military expenditure is more than this amount.

"The amount is too big, we need time to prepare." Siegel gritted his teeth.

"I can give you ten days to deliver all your belongings to Ivanso within ten days. We will leave here on time and enter the goblin wilderness via Bosku. What do you think?" Gavin also knew what the other party was saying. is the truth.

Mayor Ximen whispered to the city lords and mayors of other cities, and finally said: "Five days, we only need five days. After five days, when the goods arrive, you will hand over all the things in Ivanso to the Avengers." The rebels will all leave and are not allowed to return. If they violate their oath, they will be abandoned by both humans and gods, and the whole world will condemn them."

If it weren't for the time it took to assemble supplies and personnel, they wouldn't have wanted the conqueror's army to stay on the Dragon Coast for even these five days.

"Five days will be five days. As long as you abide by the contract, we will never break the contract." Gavin vowed.

He only guaranteed that this army of conquerors would not come back, but he did not guarantee that he would not use other means to influence, control, and infiltrate this place.

All the cities on the Dragon Coast are now united because there is a powerful dragon like the Conqueror Army pressing down here. When they leave this place, this place will definitely return to the scattered appearance of before. At that time, they will There's an opportunity.

After the two parties reached a mutual intention, the contract was signed under the witness of the Archmage of the Kingdom of Cormyr Vongeldahast.

After sending away the leaders of the Dragon Coast coalition forces, Fengdahast said with a serious expression: "What do you mean, little friend, after leaving the Dragon Coast, are you planning to go to the Goblin Frontier? We have just received Sambia here. There are two pieces of information from the Merchant Council, one of which is directly related to you and the other is indirectly related.”

"Oh? What information?" A look of interest appeared on Gavin's face, and he had already guessed everything.

The conflict between Valley and Sambia is irreconcilable. If one party grows stronger, it will inevitably erode the other party's vested interests.

If their army of conquerors makes such a big noise on the Dragon Coast, the Sambian Merchant Council will definitely take action.

After many calculations, the goblin border wilderness is their only chance to take action. Once they miss this place, they will have no other place to rely on to severely damage the conqueror's army, and the Kingdom of Cormyr is between the two places, so Sambia cannot The only way to send a large number of mercenaries there is to use the local monster forces to encircle them.

And after they passed by, conflicts with the monster tribe were inevitable. It was nothing more than the difference between organized and unorganized.

"They are preparing to collude with the Dark Fortress of the Zhentarim and prepare to launch the monster tribes in the Goblin Borderlands to snipe you." Vongeldahast replied.

"Although we have already guessed this matter, we still have to thank the Archmage for his kind reminder, but we have no choice. There is only this way to go. We will be cautious." Gavin said with a confident smile, "They If you want to eat us, you have to be prepared to have your teeth knocked out. On the contrary, after we successfully pass through the goblin wilderness, we need to take a road through the rocky land, and we need your permission for this."

"I can't make any promises to you on this matter. You need to go to Susar in person to meet His Majesty the King." Although the Kingdom of Cormyr has made a plan, Vongerdahast will not make any promises because this is not a simple matter. personal friendship, but involves the entanglement of interests between forces.

"This is a matter of course." Gavin didn't expect to get the pass so easily.

To be honest, the development of things to this point has completely overturned his original plan.

In other words, it has been broken three or four times, and the plan is constantly revised, revised, and revised.

According to his original plan, he planned to spend a year developing the rocky land and assisting in the development of the valley. At the end of this year, he would follow King Asan to Cesk to gain experience, earn some money along the way, and organize manpower to completely clean up the rocky land next year. , and naturally became the baron with the largest territory in the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Who would have thought that, moving east and west, his development momentum in the valley would be so rapid that as long as he brought back the army of conquerors, it would be inevitable to fully catch up with the Yandi side.

At that time, there will be a relatively embarrassing situation. He is likely to be the lord of one or even several sub-valleys on the other side of the valley, but he has a territory in the Kingdom of Cormyr.

This will also be a question he needs to discuss when he meets King Asan - if he has really recovered Yandi, can he still be granted the title of Baron of Yandi?

Although it is not common in Faerûn for one person to serve as lord or lord of several countries, it does not mean that it is completely unheard of.

He already holds many positions, including the Lord of Battle Valley and the Baron of Tethyr. At that time, he will just be adding a Baron of Cormyr. Well, he is also the co-lord of Blood Gap City and Dwarf Statue City. This is already considered A little king now.

"What is the other indirect news related to us?" Gavin asked curiously.

There is no way to guess. The spy organization is what he lacks the most, especially when it comes to penetrating a complete country like Sambia, or an established kingdom like the Kingdom of Cormyr has the advantage.