Railway investment and aid construction, transnational business cooperation plan, settlement area concept, new ambassador plan...
The Cecil people obviously attach great importance to this exchange with the Shenglong Principality, and for this Enough plans and plans have been prepared.
Even to the extent that Sir Gorosh was a little uncomfortable.
This dragonborn realized one thing - although the Holy Dragon Principality has always thought that it was paying attention to the changes in the situation on the mainland, and thought that it just did not open the country, rather than completely closing itself, but in this Faced with the rapid rise of the new empire, the Dragonborn were still too closed-minded and slow.
If these things that Gawain Cecil brought out were placed in front of the parliamentarians and elders of the principality, most of them would probably be confused.
But fortunately, Grand Duke Baloger has always been well prepared. At least in this mission led by Sir Gorosh, everyone has done a lot of "homework" in advance. Cecil has done basic research on new things that appear on the land, and he is not completely ignorant of the things Gawain brought out.
The document was distributed to everyone. Sir Gorosh quickly browsed part of it. After having a general understanding of its content, he raised his head: "This looks like it needs serious discussion- —I hope you can understand that there are many things here that are relatively sensitive."
"Of course," Gao Wen smiled and nodded, "Today is just an initial meeting, mainly to exchange some ideas, and everything. These business plans are only Cecil's opinions. Compared with them, establishing stable diplomatic relations between the Holy Dragon Principality and the Cecil Empire is more important."
Golo. Sir Shi smiled when he heard this: "This is exactly what I thought."
...
This closed-door meeting lasted for almost the entire day, starting in the morning. In the afternoon, Sir Gorosh and several dragonborn representatives also accepted the invitation and had lunch with Gawain in Cecil Palace. When the meeting finally ended, the giant sun had gradually sunk near the horizon.
After the amicable end of almost a full day of discussions, even Gawain felt a little mentally exhausted.
"We need to have an internal discussion after we go back," Sir Gorosh stood up with a smile on his face, "Many of the business plans you proposed are very...meaningful in my opinion. , but we can’t give an answer now - we will try to discuss a preliminary result before tomorrow’s meeting.”
“It’s understandable,” Gao Wen was not surprised by today’s result. Successfully conveying those business plans and future diplomatic prospects completely has achieved his goal today. "Then, I hope you can have a good rest tonight, and let us look forward to our meeting tomorrow."
The Dragonborn left, taking with them a pile of business plans thrust upon them by Emperor Cecil.
Gawain sat back on the high-backed chair that belonged to him.He rubbed his brows in the afterglow of the sunset, which was gradually turning orange.
The window on one side of the room was open, and a wisp of breeze blew into the room from the window, hovering around Gawain twice, and then amber came out of the air and stood next to Gawain with a smile.
"I saw those dragonborns leaving - I thought you were going to hold the meeting until night!" The Elf Shame said with a smile, "After all, you seem to have prepared a lot of materials... ..."
Gawain raised his eyelids and glanced at the half-elf: "It's spring, it's getting warmer, and the cold north wind has turned to the east wind. You can come in through the window again, right?"
Amber immediately crossed her arms and raised her neck with pride instead of shame: "Not to mention, I haven't gone there all winter, and I missed the feeling when I jumped off the window sill just now... "
Gawain: "..."
If he hadn't been worried about causing misunderstandings in front of foreign envoys, he would have filled every window sill of Cecil Palace with rats yesterday Clip! !
As if seeing Gawain's helpless expression would make her happy, Amber played the trick of jumping out of the window over and over again without getting tired of it. Today, after jumping to her death in front of Gawain again, she felt... Satisfied, he then changed the subject: "So, was there any progress in today's meeting? How much consensus do you think we can reach with the Holy Dragon Principality?"
Gowen smiled. After a while, he tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat and said casually: "If Mr. Godwin were here, he would write like this: The two sides conducted fruitful consultations, fully exchanged opinions during the meeting, and finally concluded in a friendly atmosphere. The conversation ended."
Hubo nodded clearly: "Oh, that means there is no consensus...it sounds like there is no progress."
After all, I am in the Government Affairs Office. Having held important positions for a long time, she is now quite familiar with these "professional terms".
“It can’t be said that there is no progress,” Gao Wen shook his head. “At least we did fully exchange our views - I believe that those business plans, new technologies, and new products have fully aroused their interest, and The letter from Grand Duke Baloger also stated the Holy Dragon Principality's willingness to open its doors and establish diplomatic relations with Cecil. However, on the other hand, the Dragonborn were also very cautious and were not dazzled by all the new things. Even in front of the railway system, Sir Gorosh is very calm."
"Well, the 'prosperous and advanced new world' is not as effective for the dragonborn as it is for the Typhons. "Although they come from the mountains, they look at the human world with pride and reserve," Amber raised her eyebrows, "I got it right this time - you owe me five pounds."
"Accurately judging the target's psychological tendencies and possible actions is your basic ability as the intelligence minister..."
Amber simply stretched out his hand: "Five gold pounds."
Gawain casually slapped Amber's claws off: "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you."
"ThenOkay, I'll remember it, five pounds." Amber retracted her hand with satisfaction, and then suddenly rolled her eyes, "By the way, I have something else to tell you - I've already talked to Maggie about it, She will meet Sir Gorosh. "
Hearing Amber's words, Gawain was silent for a second, and then said softly: "Actually, I don't like to treat family affection as a card, and I don't want to treat Maggie and Gorosh as a card. Sir's relationship became part of this diplomatic event..."
"Of course I know, but sometimes the cards aren't in your hand - it's on the table from the beginning," Amber said. He curled his lips and said, "Your arrangement is extremely humane, and that gentleman should be able to sense this. And to be honest, after talking to Maggie, I can feel her ambivalence - she is not resisting her father, she is just resisting her former living environment. If she can be in a place outside the Holy Dragon Principality, She was quite happy to meet Sir Gorosh like this. "
"That's good," Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly smiled and shook his head, "Actually, when I first learned about the relationship between Maggie and the 'Dragon Ambassador' from Victoria's letter, I’m really shocked... None of us thought that Maggie, who is usually very low-key, actually has such an identity..."
"Anyway, I have a feeling that those dragonborn are very good at everything they do. ...How do you say that word, 'hardcore'?" Amber pondered the "sacred words of Emperor Gawain Cecil" in his mind, and said with a slightly weird face, "From the Dragon Leaping Cliff Jumping up and down, gliding all the way to the north, just to 'run away from home', and rolling a wooden barrel from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain as a 'child's game'...
"Ah, I also investigated the information , it is said that Ms. Asarena in the Dragonborn Mission ran away from home when she was traveling in the human world, and her journey to the south was even more amazing than Maggie's journey to the north: that Asha Ms. Reina sold herself to the bandits, tricked the bandits into "transporting" her to the south for free, and then turned the bandits down and sold her to the then lord of Carroll, in exchange for the money to buy a long sword. After working as a mercenary for five years... Anton was stunned when he collected all the information."
Gawain stared at Amber in shock: "...You even investigated this?"< /p>
"My monthly salary is not for nothing," Amber spread her hands, "I also investigated something even more surprising. Ms. Asarena was working as a mercenary in Byron. Men..."
Gawain: "..."
He looked at Amber up and down. Although he had seen the other party's intelligence capabilities more than once, he still couldn't bear it at this moment. I couldn't help but feel a little amazed at myself as the intelligence chief.
Some investigations don't actually need to be that in-depth - he wanted to remind Amber like this.
But this thing sounds really interesting.
He leaned his upper body closer: "Tell me in detail..."
......
After returning to the Autumn Palace, Sir Gorosh recruited several advisors from the envoy—naturally including the Dragon Seal Witch Asarena.
In a spacious room with a completely different style from the north, the light of the magic crystal lamp dispelled the darkness, and the cool night breeze blew from the window. The red-haired Asarena slowly walked around the room. As she walked through the four corners, invisible magic surrounded them and formed a barrier, and the shimmering "Dragon Seal Rune" flashed in the air.
"The 'secrecy' of this room has been completed." She returned to Sir Gorosh and several other advisors, nodding slightly.
The dragonborn believe in the sincerity and enthusiasm of the Cecil people for this "diplomatic event", but they also believe that humankind's standing on this continent for so many years must rely on more than sincerity and enthusiasm - — When going out, the necessary caution is never superfluous.
“The Cecil people have come up with a lot of interesting things,” Sir Gorosh sat on a leather-wrapped chair and looked at several consultants who were also sitting. “About these things, I want to hear your opinions.”
“These things are valuable, there is no doubt about it,” a middle-aged man with short brown hair said after thinking for a moment, “To us. , especially for the Cecil people - they must seek certain benefits when dealing with us, but as long as this benefit is within a reasonable range, we can consider accepting it. After all, whether it is magic technology or alchemical potions, It's a good thing, and commercial flow... In the long run, it is also an inevitable step after the principality opens its door."
"Since His Majesty Baloger has decided to open the door to the human world, it means that he has. We are ready for these exchanges, and I think you all have no objections to this," Asarena said while looking around at the compatriots around her, "But what I want to remind you is - when making transactions, Humans often do not reveal all their expected profit targets. When you are dealing with a human and he expresses that he wants to earn a copper from you, then you have to be prepared for him to target all the coppers in your pocket. ."
Sir Gorosh frowned slightly: "You mean, the Cecil people want to make more than just money from us in these business plans?"
"This is obvious - there are long-term plans behind these investment plans," Asarena shrugged. "The fact that they spent money, people and technology to open a factory on our land means they have done a good job." In order to prepare to earn back ten factories, I have dealt with human 'businessmen'. Sir Gorosh - Magic technology and investment companies are new things, but humans are not. But then again, who would. How about dealing with a country that is always shrouded in snow and mountains without any profit motive? So we only need to judge one thing: are these plans of the Cecil people worth it for the Dragonborn? p>
“As for my personal opinion...I have great dissatisfaction with all projects involving resource development and engineering construction.install. "
This is not the first day Sir Gorosh and Asarena have known each other. He heard the meaning of each other's words, touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "You mean..."
"The 'relationship' the Cecil people want to establish has exceeded what we expected when we set off. We only came to discuss establishing diplomacy and opening regular commercial channels, but they obviously want more - —This part is not undiscussable, but I think we need to report these details to Grand Duke Baloger first. Sir Gorosh, believe me, Grand Duke Baloger will be gratified by our timely report. "
Sir Gorosh frowned slightly, but soon his brows relaxed.
He looked at the red-haired witch in front of him and nodded slightly: "Then Do as you say - use your ability as a 'Dragon Seal Witch' and contact Longlin Castle. ”