Father Mavie

Chapter 826 Alliance Talks (two in one, please subscribe!!!)
  January 1, Mosk.

The Red Square is completely white, and snowflakes are constantly falling from the sky. Outside the Kremlin, soldiers wearing red star cotton hats stand guard in the cold wind, with determined eyes.

The secret police department led by Bodlinov, the Red Square Corps, and the Mosk police were all mobilized to clear a street and set up a cordon zone in this extremely cold weather.

Today is the day when leaders from various countries gather at the Kremlin, including the Kingdom of Windsor, the United Kingdom of Riverside, the Kingdom of Manitoba, the Kingdom of Queensland and the Commonwealth of the Southern Continent.
  The kings, whose combined territory covers half of the world, gathered in Mosk at the call of Pope Marvell to discuss major issues.

This was an unprecedented event for the Romanov Kingdom. Even Peter the Great failed to achieve this.

The news that Pope Marvey wants to promote the Great Northern Alliance has spread like wildfire, and people are talking about it. Once the Great Northern Alliance is established, the Church of Truth will occupy all the northern lands, and the technology that the Romanov Kingdom lacks most is precisely the Kingdom of Windsor. The Romanov Kingdom can also perfectly provide the resources that the Windsor Kingdom lacks.

This was the union of the century, provided all parties could accept the terms of the covenant.

Cooperation is a good thing, but in order to achieve cooperation, there must be sacrifices.

"Isn't the priest here yet?"

In the palace, Katerina, who had changed into a long red dress and a high-waisted corset, looked out the window and asked. The answer she received was that this morning, Ma Wei was always punctual and would not easily break an appointment.

Personal maid Marusa said: "I just contacted Bishop Christopher. He said that Pope Marvey and the others are on their way and will arrive at the scheduled time."

"This snow is really heavy."

Snowflakes kept falling from the sky, as dense as a rain of flowers. The squares and streets that had just been cleared were covered with snow again in the blink of an eye. It snows in Mosk every year, and this year it is especially fierce.

"It looks like this is going to be a good year."

Katerina thought for a while and then said: "Inform the troops stationed in Mosk and ask them to clear the train tracks as soon as possible to ensure the transportation of materials in heavy snow weather. At the same time, they send cavalry to contact surrounding villages and issue heavy snow warnings. In addition, let the Minister of Finance secretly monitor the market for grain. Prices fluctuate, and anyone found to be maliciously raising prices will be arrested immediately.”

"Yes."

"I hope it doesn't turn into a snowstorm." Katerina muttered.

Near noon, a steam airship descended from the clouds. Instead of stopping in the suburbs, it stopped directly in front of the Red Square, in front of the Kremlin.

The hatch opened, the gangway dropped, and Mavey was the first to step out. He had resumed his identity as the pope. When the people watching outside the cordon saw him, they burst into cheers.

Followed by Junia, Arthur and Charles IX, King Sunderland III of the Kingdom of Queensland, King Harrington I of the Kingdom of Manitoba.
  Everyone who stepped off the airship was famous and controlled the highest power in the world. In the end, Levin and Fat Orange slowly got off the airship and walked into the Kremlin along the red carpet.

In addition to the kings, the goddess of health Wilder and the god of freedom Luca also came to Mosk. As members of the truth system, they are fully qualified to participate in this meeting.

Katerina greeted them in the most splendid conference hall. When she saw Mavey, she stepped forward and patted the falling snowflakes off Mavey's shoulders in front of everyone. She glanced at Arthur and said with only two words A personally audible voice said: "I thought you wouldn't come back."

Ma Wei raised his eyebrows, aware of Katerina's little thoughts, but did not retreat to refute her face, but whispered: "Getting close to me will not gain you political chips."

With a slight smile, Katerina looked at Arthur in the slightly surprised eyes of everyone. She did not exercise any etiquette. She had become a king and did not need to salute anyone. In front of her, at most, there was equality, empathy, and respect for everyone. The same goes for Arthur.

But Katerina still stretched out the back of her hand to Arthur and said in a slightly higher tone: "Long time no see, cousin Arthur."

It’s not the king meeting the king, but the cousin meeting the cousin.

Katerina posed a problem to Arthur. If Arthur admitted this identity and kissed the back of Katerina's hand, then in the eyes of other kings, Katerina would undoubtedly conquer Mavi and Arthur, and they were The founding pope of the Church of Truth and the supreme king of the Windsor Federation, under the background, how noble is Katerina's status?
  Of course, Arthur would not kiss the back of Katerina's hand, and that was fine in private, but in public, when the meeting was about to be held, he was the representative of the Federation of Windsor, and every move he made represented the Kingdom of Windsor.

Just when the atmosphere became a little tense, Daniel stepped out from behind the crowd, took the initiative to hold Katerina's hand, and said with a smile: "Hello, cousin."

It is a recognized fact that both Arthur's mother and Katerina's mother were princesses of the Kingdom of Frederick, and Daniel's father, William V, was of the same generation as them.

Daniel's disruption created an opportunity for Arthur. Seizing the opportunity, Arthur took the initiative to reach out to Katerina and said: "I like what the priest said very much. The new era has its own rules. We are both believers in the truth. , I think everyone should be more honest in front of the goddess. In front of the goddess, everyone is equal, King Katerina, what do you think?"

I never said this. Ma Wei thought silently in his heart.

Facing the question thrown by Arthur, Katerina stretched out her hand to shake his hand and said with a smile: "I very much agree with what King Arthur said."

In the crowd, Karl IX's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he didn't even want to say hello to Katerina. He still remembered Katerina's attack on the United Kingdom of Ruiwei. If Mavie hadn't come forward in time, Romanov would have The kingdom has occupied the entire territory of the United Kingdom of Ruiwei with the help of extraordinary creatures.

It's not scary to lose. What's scary is that you can't even lift your head after being beaten!
  Katerina ignored Karl IX's little look and extended an invitation to everyone: "After a long journey, I have prepared a lunch for you. It is lunch time now. Why not have lunch first and then start the meeting. "

Ma Wei told Katerina in the letter that they would arrive in the morning, but the specific time could not be determined, so Katerina made two preparations.

If Mavey and others arrive in Mosk before 10 o'clock, they will have a meeting first and then have lunch. If they arrive at noon, they will have lunch first and then have a meeting.

Due to bad weather, the steam airship was slower, so Katerina activated a backup plan.

No one had any objections to this. Although time was tight, it was still within an hour or two.

Katerina received Arthur and others with the highest state banquet standards of the Romanov Kingdom. On the long dining table, a menu was placed in front of everyone, with the languages ​​of each country marked on it. In order to facilitate communication, Katerina Translators were also provided for each king.
  She can speak Windsor, and she speaks Windsor very well, but in Katerina's view, regardless of whether she can speak Windsor or not, on this formal occasion, she must use the official language of the Romanov Kingdom. Communicate and communicate.

It is one thing, but when to use it is another matter.

It is both a New Year's banquet and a state banquet. The food is very rich, even more grand than the banquet hosted by Paul I. The menu is too long to look at. There are dozens of cold appetizers, such as salmon and sturgeon roe. Sauce, game soufflé with mayonnaise, cold ham, dried fish, duck jelly
  Hot appetizers include white mushrooms in sour cream and venison sauce for brioche bread
  As if to cater to Yunia's taste, the second half of the menu is all about desserts, including creamy fruit ice cream, strawberry mousse, roasted almonds, chocolate cake, vanilla mille-feuille with secret red jam
  Yunia was very happy. She wanted a little of everything and had a better impression of Katerina. Originally, she thought Katerina was much more pleasing to the eye than Freya. Perhaps in Yunia’s eyes, Katerina, who was able to choose them against all odds during the most difficult period of the Church of Truth, was a very courageous woman with good vision.

The Church of Truth and Katerina have mutual achievements, and it is by no means one-sided as who helps the other. In contrast, meeting Freya was already after the Church of Truth had gone through the most difficult period, and in addition, they had just changed into a strange environment. , the wary Yunia will certainly not like Freya who is too proactive.

"Father, do you still plan to go to London this time when you come back?"

Katerina asked casually while sipping her borscht.

"The Church of Truth has only one Holy See, just like a country cannot have two governments."

"I will hold an internal vote within the church on this matter," Mawe said.

As long as the Great Northern Alliance is promoted, the location of the Holy See of the Church of Truth will be critical. Now that Yunia has completed her second awakening, she is constantly building her own Kingdom of God. In half a year at most, the Kingdom of Truth will be completely constructed. Therefore, the Church of Truth needs an absolute core and an absolutely safe place.

Katerina said "Oh" and concentrated on eating. She was not afraid that Ma Wei would choose London. After all, there was already the Kingdom of God of the Goddess of Destiny there. The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of God were not compatible with each other. In order to ensure that Yunia's Kingdom of God Safe, London is the least likely option.

Leaving London aside, the one with the greatest hope is Mosk.

At the same time, in the year since Mavey left Mosk, Katerina has become familiar with other church members such as Dino and Christopher. Due to emotions and reasons, they will choose Mosk.

Katerina is most afraid that Ma Wei will choose London, but as long as he is rational, Mosk will be the Holy See of the Church of Truth.

After lunch and a short break, the meeting officially began. Arthur led the colonial leaders to sit on the left side of the conference table, while the church side sat on the right side. Unexpectedly, Katerina sat on the side of the Truth Church. Kingdom Side was not chosen.

"Everyone, please look at the document in front of you. This is the plan and agreement drawn up by the Truth Church."

Ma Wei, who was sitting in the top position, said loudly: "Now that the world situation has changed, I hope that everyone can unite, exchange what they need, form an alliance, cooperate sincerely, and strengthen the connection between each other."

The leaders of various countries looked at the document in front of them. Although it was just a proposal, it was an alliance initiated by Ma Wei and promoted by the Church of Truth. It was the most reliable trust in the theocratic era.

The leaders of various countries did not have many opinions on the establishment of the Great Northern Alliance. They just wanted to obtain more benefits for their respective countries and the benefits of the agreement.

Different geographical locations and different technological developments are destined to have strength gaps between countries. A weak country that cooperates with a strong country can use this to absorb the blood of a strong country to strengthen itself. On the other hand, a strong country needs to pay some price to promote the conclusion of the alliance.

How to weigh it is a difficult problem.

Especially for the Kingdom of Windsor, they already had in-depth cooperation with the colonies and were an economic community. This time, the Romanov Kingdom wanted to step in and take away a piece of the cake and take away their technology.

But what Ma Wei didn't expect was that the first person to raise objections was not Arthur, but Katerina.

"Before we start formal discussions, don't you think this room is too spacious?"

Katerina put down the document, looked into Arthur's steady eyes and said: "During the war the year before last, your country stole many treasures from the Romanov Kingdom. Since we are about to conclude an alliance, I hope the Kingdom of Windsor can transfer the stolen treasures." The treasure is returned to show our sincerity in cooperation.”

"Ah"

Hearing this, King Karl IX sneered: "We were able to steal the Romanov Kingdom's treasures because we were strong. Furthermore, those treasures were used to make up for the losses in the war. Why should we return them to you? With the help of the covenant, we asked for them Gold and silver, I think you are the insincere party!"

"According to your statement, can powerful countries plunder weak countries at will? Can the Romanov Kingdom regard this as a declaration of legal aggression against the United Kingdom of Ruiwe?"

"The war that broke out the year before last was a misunderstanding! Now that we all belong to the Church of Truth, we should have put aside our past grudges, but you used this as a threat to demand that the Kingdom of Windsor return its gold and silver treasures. This is unreasonable!"

"Misunderstanding." Katerina's eyes were cold: "The priest and I went through life and death, and when we were fighting on the front line, why didn't anyone say it was a misunderstanding?"

Carl IX wanted to speak, but Arthur raised his hand to stop him: "It was indeed a war of aggression. There is no doubt about it. I am willing to admit and face the facts. To show sincerity, the Kingdom of Windsor is willing to return the people who plundered your country. treasure."

After speaking, Arthur glanced at Ma Wei and nodded slightly.

He agreed to this request because of Mavie's face. Based on his understanding of Mavie, even if he didn't take the initiative to speak, Mavie would support Katerina. After all, the essence of the war was to target the truth. The Church and the Kingdom of Windsor themselves are unreasonable.

Who would have thought that a former enemy would suddenly become his own god?
  Dino, who was sitting in the church, saw the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sides and felt worried in his heart.

The beginning was not smooth. The Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov had long-standing grievances. The conflict between the two parties could not be resolved by a war or two kings playing the family card. During the reign of Peter the Great, the Kingdom of Romanov wanted to move towards the Central Continent. Development has been repeatedly blocked by the Kingdom of Windsor, because the Kingdom of Windsor is an island country located in the northwest corner of the Central Continent, and the last thing it wants is to see a country dominate the Central Continent.

Only a situation of separation from all sides can create the greatest benefits for the Kingdom of Windsor.

The Romanov Kingdom, which has the largest land area, is the biggest threat to the Windsor Kingdom!

Dino believed without exaggeration that if it hadn't been for Ma Wei's efforts, it would have been difficult for the Romanov Kingdom and the Windsor Kingdom to reach cooperation without a common enemy.

Even if they cooperate, it will only be limited to times of war.

After the war, the two sides will immediately return to a tit-for-tat situation.

The alliance has not been established yet
  There are already hidden dangers.

(End of this chapter)