Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Although she was very angry, Lilith had no choice but to turn around and look at Judith beside her. Judith also whispered to Lilith, "Your Majesty, our family still has some assets. Let us take care of those central nobles. This is also for the two southwestern territories. Scott will also support us."

This batch of weapons was originally intended to be handed over to the southwest border. It is reasonable for the southwest border to help, and it is much cheaper to exchange them with people than to buy them directly. All we need to do is to please those nobles.

Although it is difficult, the two Dukes, Judith and Scott, still have some influence.

Apart from anything else, the weapons list this time include ray guns and melting swords, which were very effective in the Battle of Golden Spike Plains.

It's impossible to say you don't want it.

Although Lilith knew that this was like drinking poison to quench thirst, she had already drunk so much poison, so what harm would it do to drink one more glass?

What's more, if we can understand the current technological development of the North by studying ray guns and melting swords, all the costs will be worth it.

Just as Lilith was thinking this, Linde suddenly said, "Of course, as a subject, we in the North will naturally understand your majesty's difficulties, so this time in addition to weapons, some other things will also be open."

Lind crossed his legs and snapped his fingers, and then the servant handed him a new contract document.

Nora was quite dissatisfied with Linde's attitude. If Lena beside Linde seemed very restrained and embarrassed because she was not familiar with etiquette, then Linde had seen through the essence of the so-called etiquette and did not care about the rules set by such high-ranking people at all.

But when Nora saw the new contract, she couldn't help swallowing, and picked up the water cup on the table and kept filling herself with water, as if she wanted to calm herself down by drinking water.

At the table where the two sides were pulling each other, this almost showed that she was the weaker party, but Nora no longer cared about that. The content of the contract was so shocking that Nora threw away all the negotiation rules that she had studied before coming here.

Seeing the servants constantly adding water to Nora, Judith was a little disdainful. After all, the young girl was still young, and she couldn't keep her temper. Then she looked at herself. As the Grand Duke of the South, she was not surprised by fame or disgrace. Even though she knew that Her Majesty the Queen and the Governor of the North were both descendants of the old empire, she was still very calm, showing her aristocratic demeanor.

But when Judith took the contract, she almost spit out her tea.

Judith felt her hands shaking as she held the contract. Was it true that the Governor of the North and Her Majesty the Queen were siblings? The big one was really coming.

Lilith was actually quite excited when she received the contract. She had just been thinking about learning the North's technology tree through the ray gun and the melting sword, but she didn't expect the other party to take them out directly.

Of course, they didn't really take out the technology to share with the royal capital, but they took out the obelisk used for energy supply.

The more Judith read the simple introduction to the obelisk, the more frightened she became. If the introduction was true, then those professionals who were responsible for setting off fireworks for the nobles, providing heating, and charging the magic circles could all retire.

Not only that, this obelisk can also provide energy for weapons such as the previous ray gun and melting sword, but charging weapons is only one part of the obelisk's function.

There are many equipments in the North that match the obelisks, such as equipments for producing various products in factories, equipments for batch production of medicines, and equipments for mining in mines.

This is a complete system. Although the entire system is in the hands of the North and the King only has the right to use it, it is already very exaggerated.

Lind doesn't think that the world is full of fools. The secrets of the ray gun and the melting sword cannot be hidden, so the arcane magic circle will be exposed sooner or later.

Rather than clinging to the Mathematical Array until death like a conservative, it would be better to use these things to gain more benefits before it is exposed.

This also gives Linde a first-mover advantage, allowing him to better control the development of the Olympic Mathematical Array in the future.

An obelisk can turn a city into a city that never sleeps. It turns out that the rumors are true. The North actually has this technology. Nora's heart feels trembling. As long as she has this technology, why worry about not being able to fight against Anjou?

Loyal, too loyal. The Governor of the North is simply an aristocrat among aristocrats. Although he knows that the core technology is definitely in the hands of the other party, and the maintenance of these equipments in the future will account for a considerable proportion, which will be very expensive in the long run.

But Nora was quite sure that it was all worth it. As long as there was an obelisk, the status of the royal capital could be re-established. Even if the reform had to be stopped, Nora had to take the obelisk and its supporting facilities.

As long as she can accomplish this, Nora will be remembered forever along with Lilith.

But Lilith knew that things were not that simple. She looked at the Northern Governor with caution. After all, the technology was still in his hands. Although if this system could be purchased, it might allow the capital to directly enter the industrial age, to be honest, the current system in the capital could not keep up, and Lilith would be under great pressure.

Moreover, Lilith felt that this was more of a preparation for the other party's future plans. If obelisks were also built in the royal capital and its surrounding areas, the enemy's troops would not even need logistical charging when they arrived at these places in the future.

However, that's not all. Lind continued, "To be honest, I don't trust you in the capital. I'm very worried that it won't be long before Anjou and the demons have similar technology after sharing the obelisk with you."

In fact, this is impossible. The construction of the obelisk is not achieved in one go. Currently, the only ones who can build the obelisk and master it are the Rune Engineers of the North.

Even if Anjou started to crack it with all his strength, it is estimated that he would not be able to figure it out in the end. The best he could do was to figure out the basic principles of the Mathematical Array and set up some similar production lines.

Not to mention the demons, whose bloodline magic is both a gift and a curse. It is almost impossible for the demons, who find it difficult to even learn other magic, to understand the arcane magic circle.

And since he was able to take out the obelisk, Lilith guessed that based on the Governor's character, he probably already had a more perfect substitute, just like how he already had something like a ray gun, but only sold the old-fashioned muskets and cannons to the royal capital.

Lilith's guess was correct. Lind was already working on Obelisk 2.0 and had a finished product in hand.

A single obelisk looks very tempting, but in fact, the experienced rune engineers in Lind's hands and the group of alchemists below are the most valuable assets.

However, Lind pretended not to know and continued, "So in order to prevent this technology from leaking out, I will also sell the obelisk to the Kingdom of Anjou."

Hearing this, Nora suddenly jumped up and said, "Governor Linde, you are selling out your country!"

Actively leaking in order to prevent leakage is naturally a non-issue for Linde. After all, Linde has better technology at hand, and it is understandable to use these old equipment to gain profits. But for Wangdu, it is tantamount to a disaster.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Anjou’s scientific research capabilities are much stronger than Capet’s. If Anjou also gets the obelisk, then Capet will have entered the countdown to its demise.

Lind shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, the price I'm selling to the capital is already very favorable. Do you want to see the price I'm selling to Anjou?"

Nora really took a look at the contract that Lind handed over with Anjou. Although it was still a draft version, compared with Anjou, Wangdu could really be considered a big loss-making sale.

And judging from the contract with Anjou, the dispute between Anjou and the North will probably take a long time. Even Alberto thinks the offer is too outrageous.

As for how long it will take, that is up to the Northern Governor to decide. To put it bluntly, cooperation with Anjou is the sword of Damocles hanging over the capital of the North.

Nora was silent. The king's power had gradually declined. Nora even became pessimistic about the future. There were wolves in front and tigers behind. The North even began to balance the situation in the capital and overthrow Tiangang.

After skipping this topic, the two sides finalized some details of the cooperation. The king was like a puppet, constantly agreeing to a bunch of treaties that were humiliating and detrimental to the country.

Nora knew that after this negotiation, all the benefits, fame and fortune would go to Her Majesty the Queen, and all the evil deeds would be borne by herself, but that was enough. Wasn't this why she became prime minister?

When it was almost over, Lilith lamented, "I have something to discuss with the Northern Governor alone. Prime Minister Nora, Lady Judith, please leave for the time being."

Judith perked up, and the highlight was about to begin.

When Nora saw that even the guards were about to leave, she said worriedly, "Your Majesty, please contact us if you have any problem. I will be at the door to protect you at any time."

Lilith had discussed this matter with Nora and others before she came. She had some trump cards, and maybe she could pull some more weight with the Northern Governor, although she didn't know what the trump cards were.

Nora was originally against it, but Judith, who heard this, was very supportive. In the end, Nora had to let Lilith bring a rune scroll. As long as it was activated, Nora and Judith would immediately know that Lilith was in danger.

Linde also knew that this was the time to start chatting with fellow villagers, and after saying something to Lena, Linde's guards and Lena also began to leave the room.

After confirming that there was no one else in the room, Lilith was the first to speak in standard Mandarin: "The King of Heaven and the Tiger of Earth."