The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

They're all doing a lot of harm!

But let's get down to business.

Herlinmat, her face still flushed from the sunset, sat down next to Qiao Yelan. She didn't even need to touch her face to know that it must be burning hot.

At this moment, she began to regret her boldness—had she been too unreserved? Would she make the teacher angry?

The black-clad emperor seems surprisingly innocent.

"Let's get down to business. I had a very fruitful trip to Victoria this time. I stirred up some conflicts between various forces and made a few deals, which benefited both Letania and Da Yan."

Qiao Yelan said seriously.

Most things don't need to be explained in detail to Helinmat; just talk about things related to Letania.

"The Lungmen Coin issue is almost resolved; only formal negotiations and issuance remain. At that time, you can simply join. With me at the helm, as long as Trinitylme acts as a good middleman, he is unlikely to suffer any losses."

"Yes, of course I believe the teacher."

Herlinmat nodded seriously.

Anyway, she wouldn't understand, but Ivignad probably would. I'll just relay the message to her.

"Besides the economic aspects, there are also military issues, and those are the main ones—since you came first this time, it saves me from having to repeat myself."

Qiao Yelan picked up a glass of water, let the detector smell it first, and then took a sip.

"Are you aware of the defensive alliance treaty signed between the Duchy of Wellington and the Territory of Windermere?"

"Until, and not only Windermere, it seems that other grand dukes are also interested in this matter and are trying to buy an alliance treaty with money, just like Grand Duke Windermere."

The man's eyes lit up as he looked at Helena Mat.

"you know?"

"Yes, since Triinttelme has gotten on the right track, we have also had the funds and resources to start building an intelligence network. This is something you taught me before, teacher—intelligence is always of paramount importance."

Herlinmat nodded seriously.

"While reorganizing our army, I am also working on establishing a new intelligence network—Tristelmere is now a mobile city with a huge throughput, with large numbers of people entering and leaving every day, coming from all over the world and going to all over the world."

"This is a very good opportunity, so with the help of some information left by you, teacher, I recruited a group of agents from the time of the former Witch King and infiltrated the surrounding area, mainly Victoria and Ursus. As for Kazimir, it doesn't pose a big threat for the time being. After all, the alliance has just been established, so it's okay to put it aside for now."

Qiao Yelan clapped her hands gently.

"well done."

He never hesitates to praise truly talented people.

It should be noted that even Elector Warner of the Shitong Territory, which borders Victoria, knew less about the relevant information than Herlinmat, who was far away in Trintelme. This was even with the fact that the Shitong Territory had a long-standing habit of infiltrating Victoria.

Herlinmat, relying solely on a list he left her, along with the group of people who had previously served as tax collectors for the Witch King, had actually built an intelligence network that surpassed even the territory of Shitong. This talent was truly remarkable.

"Do you know what kind of changes this will cause in the international situation?"

"I am only good at war and military affairs, but war is a continuation of politics, so military changes can also reveal some political tendencies."

The Empress was not intimidated; instead, she began to seriously review the situation.

"The Duke of Wellington signed treaties with various factions within Victoria in order to reduce military spending on domestic matters and to reduce conflicts with other dukes. In doing these things, he did not cut military spending, which shows that he was not trying to make a shift in the direction of people's livelihood like Trinityl."

"Therefore, he will inevitably want to export war, and the first to bear the brunt will be my Letania. These days, several electors on the Victorian border have been expanding their military equipment, and the situation on the border between the two sides is already tense and turbulent."

Qiao Yelan nodded.

"So what are your measures? Should we temporarily adjust the course, increase military spending, and postpone the construction of Triinttelme?"

“Ivignad has presented a letter of credence to Kazimir, expressing his current concerns about the situation on the Victoria-Leytania border and inquiring about Kazimir’s attitude toward the potential border conflict.”

Herlinmat blinked and explained what they had done.

"Apart from that, the reconstruction work in Trinity is proceeding according to plan."

clap clap.

Qiao Yelan smiled and clapped.

"well done."

How to say "shift the blame eastward"?

Victoria is Victoria, and the Duchy of Wellington is the Duchy of Wellington—the former might be able to bite off a piece of flesh from Letania, but the latter can only pounce on it and suck some blood at most.

Therefore, the border situation has no impact on Trinityl at all, and will only be confined to the Electoral District—therefore, the Twins have no need to stop their original economic development plans because of this.

Submitting the credentials to Kazimir was an even more brilliant move.

The old alliance between Kazimir and Letania was originally formed during the War of the Four Emperors when Kazimir attempted to divert the conflict eastward, hoping that Gaul would annex Letania's lands and then border Ursus, thus reducing the pressure on Kazimir. Therefore, they were the ones who broke the alliance first.

Now, it was Kazimierz who took the initiative to request an alliance with the new King of Letania. After the other party agreed, the treaty was signed in less than three months, almost as if the ink had not yet dried.

If a border conflict were to break out between Victoria and Letania at this time, and Casimir once again stood idly by, then without a doubt, they would have broken their alliance once more.

For nations, the decision to break or abide by a treaty is certainly not based on personal relationships or feelings—but the problem is that breaking a treaty damages a country's international credibility, which in turn lowers the credibility of all its citizens in the international community.

Under normal circumstances, nothing would have happened; everyone would have continued to shake hands and smile while cursing.

But unfortunately, that's not possible now.

In present-day Kazimierz, it is not the knights who must uphold their virtues—but rather the vampires of the Merchant Guild who dare not waver in their level of integrity.

The reason is—

The Lungmen coin is about to be issued.

Every businessman knows what this means—it means the simplification of international trade, the internationalization of capital, and countless business deals, transactions, and profits.

The Great Yan Dynasty had a high level of credibility, which allowed them to issue a currency trusted by various countries.

Lateran has a high enough credit rating to be suitable as a place to deposit margin.

Merchants with sufficient integrity will find it easier to reach deals with merchants from other countries in international trade.

If, at this point, Kazimir were to openly tear up a treaty he himself had proposed and which had been signed less than three months prior—how would other countries view them?

Which merchant would be willing to trade with a country that has been labeled as "unreliable"?

The guys in the business association are complete novices when it comes to politics and running an army—but when it comes to business, they certainly have impressive resources and talent.

Therefore, they can see the profits of LMD—and even more importantly, they can see what the consequences would be if Kazimierz's credit rating suddenly collapsed on the eve of LMD's issuance.

The price was the loss of their interests, but the gain was that Kazimir could continue to maintain peace.

That's not okay.

A nation can go to war, but the interests of a business association cannot be harmed.

Therefore, they will grit their teeth and agree to Ivignad's request that Kazimir stand with Letania at this time, and then mobilize troops to the southern border to put pressure on Victoria.

In other words, Ivignad used only a letter of state to bind Kazimir directly to the war machine.

If Casimir mobilizes his troops, Windermere will surely become tense again, and the Duke of Wellington, who has just signed a defensive alliance treaty, will not be unaware of the ulterior motives involved—he will naturally be hesitant to act rashly and will begin to reconsider whether or not to launch a war.

As for your question about Wellington himself, whether he knew that the purpose of signing the treaty was to start a war...

Anyway, Qiao Yelan said he was going to do it, and he seemed to be going to do it too—so he definitely was going to do it.

That's why Qiao Yelan applauded.

The Gemini Queen paid the price with a letter, resulting in a border situation of mutual restraint.

It seems they have become very adept at maintaining that delicate balance among multiple political forces.

As for what Qiao Yelan is thinking about right now...

He was wondering if he could use this unusual move by the business association to make a goodwill gesture towards the Kazimir military.

This way, he could prove to Cyril Nearl that Babel Tower was genuinely working to improve the relationship between the Business Federation and the Supervisory Council.

Everyone else in the Business Federation was sent out one by one as silver-speared celestial steeds—only he, Qiao Yelan, was the true patriotic merchant's mouthpiece in Kazimir!

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PS: Regarding The Shard:

In the original storyline, this superweapon was half-built by Victoria herself, and then the Sarkaz finished repairing it.

The problem is, given the Sarkaz's illiteracy rate and education level, I don't think they really have the capability. This isn't an RPG or rocket; it's more like a precision-guided lightning storm. Even if they had the blueprints, they could only stare blankly—they couldn't even create a Steam Knight while the legacy still exists, let alone this.

If Master Trunks could create this himself, then Sarkaz wouldn't believe in the Demon King, but rather in the Demon Brother and the King Brother.

Before the division of Victoria, repairing this thing might have attracted all sorts of attacks from all over the world, let alone after the division—so even if someone wanted to repair it, they wouldn't dare to do so openly.

Therefore, someone must be trying to use the Sarkaz to fix this thing and then take it for themselves—the Sarkaz have been lurking in Londinium for four years, so why did the Grand Dukes all come just when it was about to be fixed?

Then consider why a Grand Duke Victoria would cross the entire Lytania to find Theresis to be his henchman—where did he get the connections?

Even the hired Sarkaz army suffered minimal losses, while the Grand Duke himself perished alongside another Grand Duke. The annihilation of his army gave Theresis enough power to completely seize control of Londinium...

I don't care how Hypergryph writes it, anyway, as far as I'm concerned—

It must have been Qiao Yelan who did it.jpg