69novels Chapter 224 Pull 1 and activate the whole body
Chapter 224 Pull 1 and activate the whole body
Zhang Wei did not show up in response to Tosio's arrival, but continued to play his role as the liaison between other forces.
As for the good-for-nothing Tosio, it is sufficient to let the duly appointed head of the embassy deal with him.
Although the information that Liu Rengui's fleet had captured the port of Canterbury did not shock the entire Duchy of Naima, it still made the Grand Duke, the Prime Minister, and the military marshal temporarily appointed for the war feel a sense of crisis.
Even if the Prime Minister and the Marshal are in the same boat, in such an unfavorable war situation, both sides must first protect themselves before they can save their political allies.
"This is an impeachment against you. Our army is just a decoration, right? Up to now, the fate of the Northern Legion responsible for the siege of Busilia City is unknown. And Canterbury Port is completely undefended!"
"Sir, the Principality of Hasa is eyeing us covetously, and the neighboring countries are also ready to make a move. We do not have enough troops to defend Canterbury Port, so we submitted a military plan to abandon Canterbury Port early in the morning."
The Marshal's act of preferring the death of a friend to the death of a humble one made the Grand Duke turn his attention to the Prime Minister.
"Sir, we believe that the Principality of Khaza is currently busy forming an alliance, and its army has no signs of large-scale deployment, so the Northern Fleet continues to carry out diversionary operations and does not affect the defense mission of Canterbury Port. Therefore, the military plan mentioned by the Marshal has been rejected after discussion by our cabinet. I will go back and check what went wrong, and I will definitely punish them severely!"
When the Prime Minister said this, he didn't even look at the Marshal, as if the two of them had already developed a rift over this matter.
"It's never too late to mend." The Grand Duke set the tone for this matter.
"The most urgent task is not to let Zhang Wei join the alliance of the Principality of Khasa." After the Grand Duke said this, he signaled the two men to leave.
The Prime Minister and the Marshal did not speak along the way, and they deliberately kept a sufficient distance from each other. It was not until they got on the carriage that they looked at each other tacitly.
"The two did not communicate throughout the entire process, but they looked at each other when they got on the carriage." The captain reported the situation to the Grand Duke.
"What do you think?" The Grand Duke rarely asked the captain for his opinion.
"I think this matter has caused resentment among them." The captain answered truthfully.
"Are you harboring resentment over such a small matter?" The Grand Duke laughed.
"After all, it's related to the head." The captain touched his neck and laughed awkwardly.
"You, really. Please step down." The Grand Duke pointed at the captain with a smile, and signaled the captain to step down.
The captain quickly took the order and retreated.
Two days later, a deputy military minister was dismissed for delaying military affairs. Five other people involved in the case were questioned, four of whom were executed and one was exiled.
The Grand Duke did not make any statement regarding this perfunctory handling of the matter. The reason was simple: these six people were either the Prime Minister's men or the Marshal's men. The act of using his own people to take the blame already satisfied the Grand Duke.
Because the Duke knows that everything is difficult at the beginning. Once they start to attack their own people, cracks will appear in the originally solid interest groups, and distrust and a sense of self-insecurity will make the cracks even bigger.
The fact that the Grand Duke wants the Second Son to succeed to the throne does not mean that he will allow his son to become a puppet of others. If the servant in the master-servant relationship is unclear about his position, then the Grand Duke will have to teach the servant a lesson and make him understand that his position is destined and cannot be changed.
The cabinet's order to prevent Zhang Wei from joining the Hasa Alliance was delayed for a long time before it was delivered to Tosio.
Fortunately, Tosio himself was not good at negotiation, and Zhang Wei's head of the delegation was deliberately delaying time, so neither side made any substantial progress.
Zhang Wei's head of the delegation delayed the time not only to give Zhang Wei the opportunity to contact other forces, but also to give Zhang He and Liu Rengui time to actively manufacture muskets, cannons, ammunition, etc.
In order to replicate the production line and increase production capacity, Zhang Wei wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, asking him to come to Busilia City as soon as possible to set up a summoning array while ensuring the safety of the first world territory. He needed to summon technical talents.
It was only by capturing the military factory in Busilia City that Zhang Wei discovered that the operation of the military factory also relied on the Highland Dwarves. However, these free people, in order to consolidate the status of their own race, were unwilling to share their professional technology, making it impossible for Zhang Wei to copy the production line and increase production capacity.
What made Zhang Wei even more upset was that because he did not have the contract of the Highland Dwarf slaves, he could not force them to hand over their professional skills.
Instead, the Highland Dwarf slave saw what Zhang Wei wanted in his heart and deliberately proposed that as long as Zhang Wei helped him regain the throne, he would satisfy Zhang Wei's wish.
Zhang Wei readily agreed.
However, Zhang Wei and the Highland Dwarf slaves knew in their hearts that they were only agreeing on the surface. Even if the Highland Dwarf slaves regained the throne, they would not sell out the interests of their tribe. After all, this was the foundation of their livelihood.
Zhang Wei just didn't want to annoy the Highland Dwarf slave, because this guy was protected by a contract. Before getting the contract, Zhang Wei could not transform him into a high-level ghoul. And if Zhang Wei got the contract, why would he transform him into a ghoul?
Therefore, Zhang Wei has been secretly looking for the contracts of the Highland Dwarf slaves, and on the other hand he has also been actively preparing to steal their skills. This time he followed the delegation to Port Libvie, and he was also trying to find an opportunity to take back a few high-level dwarf ghouls.
After a few more days, neither the civet cat, nor other people from the Principality of Hasa, nor other forces, were able to contact Zhang Wei due to the Second Young Master's strict defense.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Wei had no choice but to ask the head of the delegation to end the negotiations as soon as possible. He planned to go back to see if Yuan Shao had arrived.
The second young master suddenly stopped playing along. To put it bluntly, he didn't want to help Tosio, and he didn't want to leave any handle for Tosio. Although Tosio was a waste, those who opposed the prime minister were naturally Tosio's supporters.
Although these guys are badly suppressed by the Prime Minister, the Grand Duke will never allow one party to dominate, so the opposition is still lingering on, always in a state of: you are unhappy with me, but you can't get rid of me.
With Zhang Wei's instructions, the head of the delegation began to actively promote the negotiations. Although Tosio knew nothing, the head of the delegation was capable and could still take Tosio to fly.
Therefore, a few days later, the two sides reached a preliminary draft of the agreement. Zhang Wei promised not to join the alliance of the Principality of Hasa, and the Grand Duchy of Naima would support Zhang Wei's military operations against city-states such as Banff Port and Dawson Port, as well as the Kingdom of Tiprano.