Chapter 1595 Speeding up the progress, alarming the seven towers
Sevington.
From the beginning of the month to now, the snowmelt competition has progressed to the last project - "Illusion of Grandeur".
The competitive nature of this event is not as good as the previous "Spell Showdown" and "Arcane Puzzle", but for the vast majority of viewers, "Magnificent Illusion" is more enjoyable to watch.
Outside of the competition, the atmosphere of confrontation between participating parties has also become much lighter than before. Ambassador Ye Erlan even invited Master Nese to attend dinners at the embassy many times, and the ambassadors of other countries in the Northland Alliance also took many actions.
Even Ambassador Cormanthor has expressed his goodwill to Netheril many times in public. However, on the other hand, the Northland Alliance's negotiations on the magic restriction treaty are also advancing unstoppably.
For Netheril, who wanted to strive for the most lenient conditions, the biggest obstacle was Cormanthor.
At the same time, representatives of Cormanthor continued to ask Netheril in the Northland Alliance to hand over previously captured elven invaders to all parties in the alliance for joint processing. Their intentions are self-evident.
Showing kindness while exerting pressure and stirring up discord at the same time may seem contradictory, but in fact this is the reality. People's hearts are very complicated, and the hearts of elves are not that simple.
Even because of their longer lifespan and longer tradition of court struggle, they are more adaptable to the power game under this alliance order than humans.
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Austrian-French Federation.
Another round of Grand Arcanist Joint Meeting has just concluded. Only one Grand Arcanist was present in the Seven Towers. However, the negotiations on the share of large-scale magic activities in the Northern Alliance’s Magic Restriction Treaty have already set a clear tone.
Right now--
Distributed in units of Grand Arcanists!
No matter what the outcome of the Northland Alliance meeting on Everesca's side is, when it comes to Netheril, the distribution will be based on the existing negotiation tone.
In the study, Iolum picked up a mithril pen scattered on the table and scribbled on the paper, but his mind was far away.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but the sound of a guest arriving outside the door woke him up from his thoughts, and what he saw was the abstract painting he had just drawn on his desk.
An ordinary person might not care about such casual scribblings, but Iolum took it very seriously. He read it again with a serious face and put it away solemnly.
Then he sighed slightly and opened the door to the study. As soon as the door opened, Hechenis walked into the study and did not stop until he reached Iolum's desk and said softly:
"President, the Seven Towers have agreed to our plan."
Iolum knew this well and had expected it: "It should be agreed. Cormanso has put a lot of pressure on them in the Northland Alliance. It will not be good for anyone if it continues."
"President, I have also heard a piece of news. Although I am not sure whether the news is true or not yet, I feel it is necessary to tell you, President..."
"What's the news?"
"It is said that several companies have received guarantees from the elves regarding the transfer of shares."
Having just said this, Hatchenis stopped talking in detail, but Iolum already understood what the other party meant and couldn't help but sigh, "You're not stupid!"
After this news spreads, the first person to feel the pressure will definitely be the Seven Towers. Secondly, the elves, regardless of whether they have such plans now, will definitely use some of their shares in the future to win over the so-called influential forces.
No wonder the Seven Towers quickly compromised in all aspects of negotiations without waiting for the snow melting competition to end, whether it was on the share distribution plan for large-scale magic activities, or on the investment and ownership ratio of the forward base in the ether overlap area.
"I know about this matter. It has nothing to do with us. We don't have to get involved. Let them go!"
"Yes." Hatchenis responded.
"Any thing else?"
"There is another matter related to Mr. Brod. Not long ago, he asked the Sevington Council to summon a group of new citizens for him. The Seven Towers just contacted me and wanted to ask if it was the president's instruction."
"Calling new citizens?"
Iolum didn't react at first, but after reacting he realized something was wrong, "It has nothing to do with me, I don't know about it, and also, is it necessary for the Seven Towers to ask you to ask me about this kind of thing?"
"Broad wants a lot of people, which is not in line with the normal development process. The Severington Council couldn't directly question it, so they transferred the question to the Seven Towers, and then to me."
In fact, in this matter, Hechenis also couldn't understand the Seven Towers' approach. If Brod wants people, you can just give them.
Nowadays, many territories in Netheril are overpopulated, which is completely a burden for many lords who are difficult to make up their mind to expel or oppress.
As long as the summoning order is issued in the name of the Seventon Council, the lords will probably rush to send people over, without any cost to the Seven Towers.
After listening to Hechenis's explanation, Iolum was very curious about how many people Brod asked for, which made the Seven Towers feel embarrassed, so he asked again:
"The Seventh Tower did they say how many people Brod wanted? Also, did you contact Brod before you came to me?"
"After Seven Towers contacted me, I went to Brod to confirm the news. It was indeed consistent with what Seven Towers said. As for the number of people, Seven Towers told me it was 50,000, but Brod said the more the better.
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"Fifty thousand people?" Iolum subconsciously raised his voice, obviously shocked by this number.
You must know that his current territory has only a few hundred thousand people after nearly two hundred years of operation. He knows that with the current development situation of Broad Territory, let alone 50,000 people, 5,000 people, and 500 people may not be able to
feed.
Unless they build an arcane garden for them, is this necessary? Even if it were to be built, there would be a time problem. How could Brod have the confidence to be able to feed these 50,000 people?
"Tell Qita that you can refuse unreasonable requests if you should. Don't let me influence their judgment."
After saying that, Iolum asked Hechenis to leave, but before the other party could reach the door, he immediately stopped him: "Wait, don't contact the Seven Towers yet."
"President?" Hatchenis turned around and asked doubtfully.
"I'm talking about Brod. I'll confirm it with Brod first."
"I understand, I will wait for notification from the president before contacting Qita."
"Well, go ahead."
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After Hechenis left, Iolum sat there for a while, and then cast a spell to summon him. However, the target of his summons was not Brod, whom he just mentioned, but——
"Chateau, was it your idea for Brod to apply for a convening order from the Sevington Council? It requires 50,000 people at a time. What are you thinking?"
At the same time, the Tower of Time in the south.
Shado, who was thinking about how to solve the conflict between the floating city's own suspension and its internal gradient gravity field, suddenly received a message from Iolum.
After reading the content, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, not because of Iolum's questioning, but because Brod, this guy was too honest. He had clearly said before that he would come with 50,000 yuan first, but it would be done in batches.
I didn’t expect this guy to ask Severington Council for 50,000 people at once. Who can withstand this!