Before ascending to God, be a good lord

About half an hour later, in the study room of the lord's room, Lant and Catalina Linmao looked at each other.

As the Queen Mother of the Forest Cat Tribe, Catalina came in person. Although Lant was caught off guard, her reason was very high-sounding: she came to negotiate peace with Lant on behalf of three cities and more than 3 followers of the entire Forest Cat Tribe. .

In Catalina's words, what this negotiation wants to ensure is that the intentions reached by God and Rand can be broken down into items that can be implemented, and then be made public when formal negotiations are held in the future.

At this moment, Lant and Big Cat were sitting on both sides of a desk respectively. Even though the magic pattern tiger and Hornier took turns to say good things, Lant's eyes were still full of evil fire. After all, it was not long before he came to this world. Not long after, he had fought all over from the barbarian leader to the earthly spirit, but he was deceived by a woman who looked like a cat.

"Your god has already finished talking to me," Lant said angrily, "What are you talking about when you come here by yourself? Go back to your tribe!"

"Hey, Lant, don't be so heartless. It was you who brought the slave family back in the first place. Have you forgotten?"

Catalina jumped up on the table with a smile, leaned down completely on the desk, and used her big fluffy tail to tease Lant's chin, looking like a small magic-patterned tiger.

"If I were you, I would stop being so close to me in the future. Once you can speak human language, you will become a lot more unpleasant in this castle."

"That's ok. Those girl movies don't even make Hornier jealous, so how can they be jealous of a cat?" Catalina is very clear about her position, and she even put her face next to Lant's. In front of him, he rubbed his face against Lant's shoulder like a devilish tiger coquettishly, "Besides, you don't treat me as a human being."

"What you said is so right!" Lant stood up, picked up the back of the big cat's neck with his right hand, and put her back on the seat. "Since you represent your tribe, you can negotiate seriously with me." , I can be kind to a cat, and I can also negotiate with an opponent, but I will not be extra kind to an opponent pretending to be a cat.”

"Meow meow~" Katarina, who was pinned down on the chair, was dumbfounded and said simply, "Okay, let's negotiate first and then talk about relationships, okay? I haven't seen my son for a long time. After talking to you, I still want to Going to see my son!"

Catalina took out a map from a space ring, on which the rough dividing lines were marked, the remaining humans, elves and barbarians in the Linmao and Jiaolang tribes, as well as the specialties and output of each city. , even the more than 20 waterways of the finless porpoise river tribe are clearly marked.

"Sir, I am here to discuss the details with you today. After all, according to your request, the original members of the Benma family can make a new choice according to their wishes, whether to stay in the Hindukel Basin or return to the Benma Plain. , which will definitely cause a large-scale depression in the entire basin.”

"Don't worry, I can exchange slaves with you at a ratio of 1:1, and I can set up a training base in each of your two homes so that the people of the Benma family can train the slaves first."

The slaves that Lant is talking about are the "Southern Specialties" business that Mr. Antlers and Mr. White Wolf subsequently started. The major southern territories of the empire are rich in slaves, and all of these slaves rely on subsidized food from the Department of Agriculture;

If these slaves are not accepted, nearly 10 Demonless slaves will starve;
If Lant takes them into his territory, it will greatly reduce the probability of bloodline activation in the territory.

So in yesterday's negotiation, Lant had reached an agreement with One Cat and One Wolf to exchange these slaves for the Benma Family in the basin. Anyway, what Jiao Lang and Lin Mao really need are miners, serfs, and demon-supporters of the Benma Family. Too much can also make them feel stressed.

Catalina looked at Lant and said with a smile: "Of course, I very much agree with your plan, or I didn't expect you to be so flexible, able to accommodate large-scale slave trade, and also preserve these slaves. kindness."

"What should I do? I don't want to see them starve to death, nor do I want them to disrupt the development plan in the territory. I can only let them go to a place where they can better use their labor force." "Oh, what you just said The words are really like those of the envoys from the royal court," Catalina laughed. "They are obviously calculating in their hearts, but they are high-sounding in their mouths."

"Really? I thought only the bureaucrats of the Human Empire were like this!" Rant laughed at himself.

"But Mr. Lant, although your plan is very good, it is not an easy task to turn nearly 10 natural slaves into serfs and miners. It requires months or even years of education and training, and you It is impossible for these slaves to arrive within a month, so the entire exchange plan may take several years to be completely completed."

Hearing this, Rant probably realized what Catalina meant, but he still asked deliberately: "What do you want to express?"

"What I want to say is that if it weren't for our Linmao and Jiaolang tribes, such a huge project would definitely not be able to be executed well. So if you really want to bring the 10 people in the basin back to the plains, you still have to Make sure that we and the Jiaolang Tribe can be the leaders in the basin for a long time."

Sure enough, these guys colluded with Lant, a human noble, to make their tribe the leader in the basin.

Lant smiled and said: "So this is the purpose of your coming today, right? You want to use me, a human lord, to interfere with the competition within your orc tribe?"

"Hey, don't say it so harshly. The Human Empire calls this 'control'. Besides, if it weren't for our Linmao Tribe, where would you find a leader who knows you well and understands you as well as I do?"

As Catalina said this, she was about to rush to the table again, but was held down by Lant.

"Negotiation is negotiation," Lant said without any expression on his face. "I can guarantee your status in the basin, but it is impossible for me to send troops to protect you, let alone to let the magic-patterned tiger stay there permanently."

"Hey~" Big Cat was about to say something when Lant continued.

"However, I can give you a trick. You are about to have nearly 10 human slaves. Can't you change your management method, select your cronies from among them, and give them better treatment than within the empire? Then they..."

"Ah! I understand, only forest cats are the protectors of the human race in the basin," a smile appeared on the big cat's face, "but your method may cost us more food and magic potions!"

"Not necessarily. Training a qualified miner or pesticide farmer requires a lot of cost." Lant took out a list as he spoke. "Their longer life and better health means longer working hours." , lowering labor costs will only be more beneficial to you.”

"Oh, my lord, you are really an excellent lord!" Catalina praised sincerely.

"You are also a good negotiator! Lady Caterina."