It can be said that the meeting that day ended unhappily. The demands put forward by the two parties were really far apart. The emperor's uncle also had some communication with Li Cong, but it turned out that Li Cong's demands were too high and they were a bit nervous.

It's too much to bear. If they sign this contract according to Li Cong's request, it is estimated that not only will the prince be in trouble when he goes back, but he will definitely not end up well if he goes back. The young prince can give it to him with just one sentence

After all, there would be a chance to make a comeback, but I have been in the political arena for a long time, so I couldn't have made such a big mistake.

Li Cong and the others also felt that they could not push too hard. After all, they were guests when they arrived here. They had only been here for a few hours, and it was not a long time. They had plenty of time to slowly negotiate with them. Just look.

Do they have this time? Besides, if we sign the contract so quickly, people may think that we take advantage of the home court to bully others. Such things can be said. Didn’t you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just now?

Didn't the expression on his face look good when he went out? The prince, the prince, who invited many ladies and ladies outside, refused gracefully.

Most of these girls are people whose families are not very prominent. If their family has a title of earl or above, they will never be so close to the prince of the Southern Empire. They also look at themselves.

The family couldn't get away with anything in the Northern Empire, so they wanted to go to the Southern Empire to develop. After all, there is a saying that people should move their jobs. Maybe they could become the prince's concubine in the Southern Empire.

, if their luck was better, they might become the emperor's concubines. Unfortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince did not give them any chance at all. In their hearts, it was natural that the Crown Prince was too incomprehensible.

In fact, the prince is still very good to girls, but today they confessed in the wrong place. Now that the prince returns to his carriage, he is still a little unhappy. As the only son of the Queen of the Southern Empire, he will suffer a disadvantage in his life.

It's just because I'm relatively young that I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage at other times. But the way Li Cong treated me just now, I feel like I'm at a disadvantage, and it's not just as simple as being at a disadvantage.

This guy even feels insulted by Li Cong. No matter how powerful you are, you are still a prince, and you are not a prince. Princes like you will not end well in the end. If you know how to restrain yourself, you may be able to die a good death in your life.

Yes, but looking at Li Cong's arrogant look, he didn't even know what restraint was. What good results could there be in the end? He was different. He was the crown prince of the Southern Empire, and he would still be the emperor of the Southern Empire in the future. Why?

Can I threaten myself? The more I thought about it, I felt uncomfortable, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about it. In a short time, this guy made me angry.

The old uncle on the side naturally wouldn't go out and say anything. This guy was not on the same journey as him. At this moment, the old uncle was thinking about Li Cong's proposal just now. Twenty-five counties plus two

Can a vassal country guarantee the current peace? If he hadn't seen Li Cong, the old uncle might feel that what he said was true, but the old uncle had met countless people in his life. This Li Cong was not that easy to talk to.

And it won't be that simple. If he was so easy to get rid of, there wouldn't be so many noble ministers in the Northern Empire who would suffer at the hands of this guy. The old uncle had done a good job in giving Li Cong to Li Cong before he came.

I did an investigation. Although I knew that this guy was difficult to deal with, he was not as civilized as someone who met him in person. I never expected that Li Cong would be so difficult to deal with.

The prince didn't speak, and the old uncle himself didn't speak either, because he knew that if he spoke, the prince would definitely ask him what to do. He wouldn't do such a thing that is true to the truth. After all, this is not a small matter.

. This is related to the matter between the two empires. If you are not careful, you may enter the point of eternal destruction. When it comes to this, the old uncle is much more powerful than the prince, who is still a child.

Well, the old uncle was the prince's grandfather, so the two of them arrived at the place where they lived without saying a word.

"Prince, it's still early. If you don't want to rest, come to my room and drink a pot of tea. Speaking of which, we men don't get that close anymore. How about discussing today's affairs?"

The prince didn't say anything during the car ride, but the old uncle had to say it. He could see that the prince was about to lose his mind now. He couldn't let this guy do something that was disgraceful to the country.

Cheng Zhilu has finally figured it out. Even if he and the boy in front of him are not the same person, they are now the same person. They must cooperate to get through this difficulty. Otherwise, the two of them

Nothing will end well for them when they go back, that's for sure, they are now on the same boat.

Originally, the prince was going to get very angry when he returned. He might have smashed everything in the house prepared for him. When he heard the old uncle talking like that, the prince obviously hesitated for a moment, but soon

He said, "Uncle, please invite me first. My grandson will change his clothes and go over immediately." The prince thought for a while and said, the old uncle nodded and went back without saying anything. This prince is not a fool, how could he go there by himself?

Well, the prince naturally took a few followers there, but when he walked into his yard, he was very unhappy with the people standing guard with serial crossbows in the yard. What kind of alarm said it was not good for people like himself?

Li Cong made it himself. He strengthened the defense in order to send more spies. This time they brought hundreds of thousands of troops. Just because of etiquette, they could only bring 500 guards into the imperial capital, and the rest

The troops were camped outside the city. Li Cong asked Su Minghai to station 300,000 troops beside them and watch them. Who knows what they might do, and this all needs to be dealt with carefully.

"His Royal Highness, you are back. Do you want me to serve you and rest?" Although they are in the Northern Empire, the four maids of the Prince are all from the Southern Empire. Things around people like them are absolutely inappropriate.

Maybe it was done by someone arranged by the Northern Empire. The prince shook his head. At this time, the beautiful maid was also stunned for a moment. Something must have happened to the prince, otherwise the prince would definitely have sex on his small breasts or butt.

She had made a fuss, but now it seemed that the prince was obviously not in that mood, so she said nothing and stood silently waiting for the prince's instructions.

"Go ahead and invite Duke Luther and the Marquis of Cary. Ask them to sit with you in the emperor's uncle's room and tell them that there are important things to discuss." The prince thought for about three minutes and said, "What are you talking about?"

In fact, the only ones who are really useful in the group are him and the emperor's uncle plus these two people. As for those princes and princes, they are just here to show off. If you ask those people what is fun and interesting in the Northern Empire, I guess they can do it very quickly.

Speaking out, they couldn't expect anything useful from asking, so the prince had no intention of discussing with them. Even if they did, it would be of no use. These people are all idiots. That's why they came here.

I can see that the Southern Empire attaches great importance to this matter. This Duke Luther can be said to be the Foreign Minister of the Southern Empire. Originally, I should have taken him there for this matter in the evening. Unfortunately, he did not go because he felt unwell after a long journey. Anyway,

It was impossible to reach any agreement tonight, so I didn't ask him to go over. But the discussion now is different. It is a very important matter. As long as you are not dead, you have to go over.

"Yes, I will go and do it now." Two of the prince's four golden flowers immediately went out to do things, and the remaining two people began to change the prince's clothes. Just now the prince said that he was back to change clothes. If he hadn't changed

It would not be a good thing for the prince to leave his clothes alone. A big shot would have to do it with just one word.

After Duke Luther received the instructions from the prince, although he still felt uncomfortable, he had rested for such a long time, and he was not the kind of person who was not in good health, so he got up quickly. There must be something important.

The matter was discussed. I am not from the prince's side, so I have to be careful when I speak later. Although I am not from the prince's faction, my boss told me when I set out that this matter must be done.

To get it done, some factional disputes must be given up at this time. The northern and southern empires cannot be allowed to go to war. The southern empire also has its own difficulties.

Although on the surface the Southern Empire has not experienced any large-scale changes in the past few years, the Southern Empire has corroded itself very much in recent years. The so-called "fullness and warmth" means that there are many people in the Southern Empire who are greedy for pleasure.

There are very few people who are truly dedicated. Although they are also threatened by the Northern Empire and the murloc tribe, to be honest, the murloc tribe is still different from the savage tribe. After all, the murloc tribe guards the sea. They have no shortage of food.

If the Southern Empire had not insisted on having trouble with the fishmen, it would have been impossible for the fishmen to provoke them. Things in the sea would always feel a little uncomfortable when they arrived on land.

Let’s talk about the huge bureaucracy of the Southern Empire. Although the population of the Southern Empire is more than a billion more than that of the Northern Empire, the officials of the Southern Empire are twice as many as those of the Northern Empire, especially the nobles of the Southern Empire. The Northern Empire only has a full budget.

There are only a few dozen princes, but in the Southern Empire, there are nearly 200 princes up and down. There are 125 dukes in the Northern Empire, but there are more than 300 in the Southern Empire. The land area is basically the same.

There are more nobles, which means that the land controlled by the royal family will decrease. Even if each noble is given a symbolic amount of land, this is definitely not a small amount.

Thinking about some things in the Southern Empire, they quickly arrived at the door of the emperor's uncle's house. Seeing Marquis Cary who had just arrived at the door, both of them smiled bitterly. Although neither of them followed, they both listened.

Some news has arrived. This Li Cong is definitely going to open his mouth. Dozens of counties and cities have not been robbed like this. These dozens of counties and cities have a history of tens of thousands of years. The accumulation of such a long time

You only have everything for a few days, what do you want? Just open your mouth and ask us to give this to you. Is this possible? But these people think so in their hearts, but no one has the courage to go directly to Li Cong to talk about this matter.

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After several people went in to see the ceremony, they all sat down according to their seats. The prince did not cover himself, so he directly told them what happened today and asked them to discuss it. Although the emperor's uncle had made an appointment, he just asked the prince to come by himself.

, these two people are not here by themselves. Since you are here by calling this person, you will treat yourself as the master as soon as you enter the door, so we won’t think much about talking. Whatever you want is your own business.

, and now it’s like the old monk entering samadhi.

"His Royal Highness, Uncle Emperor, this... this condition seems a bit too high. We can't afford it. If this treaty is signed just like that, I don't think we will have to go back. This agreement will be regarded as

A traitor." There is no one behind the Marquis of Cary. His status in the Southern Empire is like that of Marquis Dingxiang in the Northern Empire. Behind him is the emperor. No one can be offended, but no one can be offended.

If you make good friends, he is a pure soldier. This kind of person is also someone that no faction can offend. After all, everyone needs this guy if he has real ability.

"Who says it isn't? But now the Northern Empire is so powerful. If we don't agree, there may be a war. Kari, you are one of the top generals in our empire. You are on the road these days.

From what I have seen, if a war really breaks out, what will be the outcome?" The emperor's uncle thought for a while and said, originally he wanted nothing more and didn't care, but he still missed the empire in his heart. After all, he was

He was almost the emperor of the empire.

"Uncle Emperor, if Li Cong hadn't appeared, the military gap between us and the Northern Empire would have been minimal. Anyone who comes to fight on other people's territory will definitely fail. But in recent times, it has been very different from before.

It’s different. The army of the Northern Empire defeated the savages. No, to be precise, they defeated the Snake Queen and the Behemoth. I believe these two things are not unfamiliar to you. They gave

We humans must all be aware of the disasters caused by them. After defeating them, the morale of the Northern Empire's army has risen to a level that we cannot take into account. Our combat effectiveness is far behind that of the savages. Siege warfare

Maybe we can hold on for a while. If this is a field battle, we have no hope of winning at all. In the past few days, I have also seen some troops wearing serial crossbows in the Northern Empire. It can be said that there are ten thousand of them in the field battle.

They can definitely kill 30,000 to 50,000 of us. During the siege, the rain of arrows they fired at us would not give us any chance to fight back. So I think it is better not to start this war.

Otherwise, our hope of victory is not very great. Unless we have the ability to drag out the war, the economic strength of the Northern Empire cannot be compared with ours. If it takes a long time, they will not be able. Then we can use some

Factors other than the battlefield will end this war." Kari thought for a while and said, he also had reservations about these words. To be honest, he couldn't predict the final end of many things, just like ten thousand serial crossbows.

The ratio of fighting against 30,000 soldiers, this guy slightly improved it and said, "No one has seen the fact. It may be possible to fight against 50,000, 100,000, or even more. Many people are involved in the war between this serial crossbow and humans."

Speculations have no real results. There is an actual example in the turmoil in the Northern Empire, but that war was a civil war in the Northern Empire after all. They will not make this public. Everyone is not a fool.

Kali's words immediately dumbfounded the other three people in the room. They didn't expect that things would reach this point. It doesn't matter if they can't win in the field battle, no matter how they defend themselves, the prince and the emperor's uncle didn't respond to Kali's words.

I absolutely believe it. If someone else said this, the two of them might consider how much to believe it. But Cary is a pure soldier, and nothing is exaggerated. Since he said that, this matter

At least seven points are believable. Originally, the prince and the emperor thought that this city defense battle would be no problem. Even the city walls of the county were very well built, but now it seems that the enemy's serial crossbows

They were also able to attack the city, which made them instantly feel as if they had no strength left in their bodies.

"His Royal Highness, Uncle Emperor, when we came here we discussed giving the Northern Empire two to three counties and cities. Now it seems that it is difficult to satisfy them." Duke Luther thought for a while and said, he was in charge of diplomacy.

People in the area, it seems that some of the methods discussed on the road and in the Southern Empire will definitely not work here. If the two counties and cities were given to them free of charge before, they would definitely be very satisfied, but now, they

With such a powerful military force, even 20 counties and cities are probably of little use. Duke Luther even thought of an even worse result, that is, the Northern Empire actually wanted to wait for the Southern Empire.

Refuse, so that they can have a legitimate excuse to launch a war. The Northern Empire must have a quick victory. If it is delayed, they also know that it will definitely be detrimental to them. Maybe these lands will not be there in a few months.

It belongs to the Southern Empire. Thinking of this, Duke Luther was also very depressed. It was really uncomfortable to see his things going to other people's homes. He had no way to do anything about it.

"Well, you are right, there is indeed no way to satisfy this greedy northern wolf." Although he is unwilling to admit this fact, the people here are sensible people, and naturally they will not do it because of some slogans or the like.

It is absolutely impossible for something to sprout super fighting power. The fighting spirit is certainly very important, but sometimes this spirit has no effect. Just like now, "Everyone, our empire

Now has really reached a dangerous time, so what can you do to speak out directly? Don't hide it. We don't have so much time and energy to deal with these things. What we need now is a solution.

"The prince continued. His words were actually meant for Duke Luther and the emperor's uncle. Both of them represent other forces. This is the time to unite. External wars are always more difficult than internal struggles.

Much more important.

"Well, what the prince said makes sense. We must avoid the outbreak of war. We are not their opponent now. I think there are not many times when their morale is so high. As long as they have a slight setback on the savages.

If so. I think our opportunity has come. During this period of time, we must be patient and even make some concessions." The emperor's uncle also spoke at this time. He really had to speak. It turned out that

He also misjudged the strength of the Northern Empire, thinking that the Northern Empire would not be much stronger than them. As long as they gave in a little bit, it would be fine. Who knew the gap was so big now, even if they gave in to this war?
To be continued...