Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 10 Diplomacy

"You said to borrow money from the lords around you, hahaha!"

When Robert heard Stannis's proposal, he almost couldn't stop laughing.

"Those lords are poorer than you, what do you borrow from them? Those mistresses? Hahaha!"

Stannis shuddered at the thought of meeting those women before.

"How could it be possible that I won't receive any money, and my diplomatic credit as an earl is so bad?" Stannis frowned. According to his knowledge of the Middle Ages, these lords were connected with each other, and they were more or less related. For the sake of his relatives, he might not even lend him a dime.

"Your Excellency, I don't need to remind you how much your reputation in this land is now... well, a little..."

After he said this, Stannis immediately remembered an important thing. It is impossible for this Stannis to eat, drink and play without borrowing money. At the same time, he knew without thinking that he would not pay back the money. reputation is negative.

"I was going to borrow the money and not pay it back, but I didn't expect him to take the lead. It's impossible that there is no one willing to lend me money." Stannis cried with a sad face.

Robert interjected, "You can borrow money, but the people around you can't. Asking for money is like killing them, but as long as you find it..."

Bachelor Romon hastily made a fuss at him, signaling him to shut up.

Stannis is very strange about their behavior, but he is more interested in his 'neighbors' now, what is this guy doing, money is more important than fame, so stingy!

"Hey, you guys, tell me about the situation around my territory." Stannis found that he still didn't know anything about the diplomatic situation.

Although Korodov was a knight, he was never interested in such lengthy and complicated matters. He was a warrior and could only speak with a sword.

As for Bachelor Romon, he is already too old, and his understanding of the situation of the surrounding nobles is still 30 years ago. He concentrates too much energy on the inside of the territory and ignores the outside world.

At this time, a person jumped out on his own initiative.

"Finally it's my turn to perform. No matter what I say, I'm still a knight and heir of a nobleman! I've already mastered these necessary knowledge by heart." Robert walked out proudly. He changed his cynical image in the past, There was a smug gleam in his eyes.

Before anyone could react, he yelled, "Hey, old man, do you have a map of the territory?" Only at this time did Robert dare to issue a strong order.

Bachelor Romond seemed a little confused by this guy who had been living in the castle for free, "Yes, but in the War Council."

A group of people walked into a dilapidated meeting hall, which used to be a war council. In the memory of Stannis' childhood, it was extremely glorious in the past years, but now there is only loneliness and loneliness.

Bachelor Romon rummaged through a cabinet in the War Council for a long time, then dragged out a cloth scroll that was as tall as a person, and blew the dust accumulated on it.

"This is a map drawn five years ago, including all the vassals under the Principality of Tanilis, but I don't know if some of the families have changed now." Bachelor Romon said a little guilty. He originally provided the lord with diplomatic support. Information should be his job.

Stannis immediately added some knowledge about geography: [The Principality of Tanis] is one of the seven kingdoms under the empire. Its supreme ruler is the Duke and one of the nine most prominent electors in the empire. His territory Qi Wei Ni also belonged to the jurisdiction of the Principality.

When he finished thinking about it, he saw Robert waving his hand without any hesitation, "It's okay, I can make a supplementary explanation, Korodov, come and hang it up for me."

Soon, a huge map was hung on the wall of the War Council. Stannis opened his mouth wide, and hundreds of family crests were drawn on it, representing hundreds of families in the principality. He searched for a long time, but he didn't find himself Where is your territory on the map.

"Boss, your territory is here." A small wooden stick appeared in Robert's hand at some point, pointing to the right edge of the map.

According to the direction of the map, Stannis judged that he was at the easternmost end of the principality at this time. The thick black line marked the boundary of his territory, and a red dragon emblem on a black background was depicted in the middle of the territory.

"This guy's territory is so big." Stannis said involuntarily, because he clearly found his territory-Zivini occupied a considerable position on the map, and a thin blue line divided his territory into Two paragraphs, that should be the river that can be seen from the castle, and he is now on the west bank of the river, and the map on the east bank is more than four times larger than the territory on the west bank.

But what's the use, the memory tells him that the east bank is a vast and endless black forest, there is not even a village there, it is the land bestowed by the emperor of the empire to the dragon descendants, but in fact it is a piece of barren land that no one wants, like throwing garbage The same is stuffed into their family.

Just as he was wandering, Robert tapped the table with a small wooden stick, "Ahem, pay attention, now let's talk about the key points."

Stannis shuddered, as if he was in the classroom again.

The tip of the stick moves down, and the territory next to the southern end of Zivigny wraps the protrusion like a horseshoe, and the central emblem of the territory is a pattern of a white horse.

"This is the 'God Horse' Hoss family. Most of their territories are grasslands, so they raise the best war horses in the entire principality. The current owner is Dardani Hoss. I heard that he has sex with several of his daughters-in-law. Together, and let out the wind, whoever serves him best, he will make her husband, who is also his son, the heir."

"The family relationship is too chaotic. This is simply Zhu Wen's reprint." Stannis shook his head. He knew that this kind of family seemed to be a setting of endless civil strife.

"Yes, although their family is strong, they cannot be cohesive, so they are often invaded."

Then, Robert moved the tip of the stick to the west, where there were three families in contact with the border of his territory, and none of these family territories looked easy to annex.

"At the top is the Buffalo family of 'Bison'."

Sure enough, the badge is a horn.

"There are a large number of mines in their territory, and they provide all the iron ore in the east."

resource provinces.

"The one in the middle is the 'Giant Deer' Dill family. Their territory is at the confluence of the Sancha River, and they have a large floodplain, so the grain produced there is superior to the surrounding area."

Food Province.

"The one at the bottom is the 'Jackal' Doug family. The excellent armor produced by this family is famous among princes."

Industrial Province.

"These small families have been unhappy with us for a long time because you, the boss, have been refusing to pay back the money."

By the time Robert finished speaking, Stannis had already labeled them on his own, and since they felt uncomfortable with him, he would conquer them directly.He has already figured out how to distribute functions after conquering these territories.

It seems that his territory was born in a good location, strategic resources, food, horses, armor and armaments are all available, and now all he thinks about is how to annex them.

"What about the top one?" Stannis asked strangely, because he saw a huge territory on his territory marked under a white wolf head coat of arms.

According to the standard setting, he has already guessed the meaning of this family's existence.

Robert looked back at the map, a little surprised, "Boss, don't you even know this?"

"Enemies?" Stannis said blindly. "I just want to know them better."

"Oh, this is the 'White Wolf' Worf family, your family's enemies for hundreds of years."

Sure enough, there will definitely be an old enemy in the fixed setting of a script.

Stannis stared hard at the whitewashed territory above his head, and the hungry wolf in the badge looked at him equally fiercely.

It was like swallowing him completely.

(End of this chapter)