The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 17: Ambassador (Part 1)

"This is a very rotten place." When the fortress envoy Petrov stepped out of his cabin,

the smell of wood smelled on his face. The surrounding air was moist and stifling, causing people to feel extremely uncomfortable.

He lifted his head and inhaled through his nose.

The sky was completely overcast, and it seemed like it was going to rain heavily.

"The last time you came here was a year ago, ' said the assistant ambassador while gracefully wearing a wool coat on the ambassador's shoulder,

"There's nothing here, except rocks."

"That's a year and a half." Petrov.

"Every season Duke chooses a different person to come.

The last time I was in Border Town, it was summer. But other than ores, they have more, like a nice variety of feathers, and..."

"What?" His assistant had a blank expression on his face.

Petrov shook his head and did not answer

He crossed the side of the ship, stepped on the moss-covered pier, and a board let out a creaking sound from under his feet.

The wood will probably continue to support the dock for several years, but then it will be damaged, he thought.

The border city not only had stones and feathers, but even land.

But talking about this there was no meaning that the assistant was just an unknown city thing officer, he was unable to see this point.

Between Longsong Fortress and Border

The city is a large area of wild land, which still needs to be opened for planting.

On one side were impassable mountains, while on the other side were

Chishui River, long and narrow like a corridor.

As an outpost for the fortress, if they were to shoulder the responsibility of the defensive line, it would also bring a vast expanse of land into the possession of the fortress.

The land has not been processed, so it does not require recovery before being plowed.

Instead, many crop circles can be planted, and on top of that, it has a natural line of defense on both sides.

In the end, in order to produce enough for everyone to eat, there was no need to expend a lot of effort.

Food shortages in Border Town were only a way to alleviate the stronghold of problems caused by population growth.

In the future Border Town and the fortress should become one territory, not two separate regions as they are now.

The only drawback is that it will require surgery for three to five years, as well as a large amount of money up front.

Unfortunately, when it comes to investment foresight, most nobles are bad businessmen.

Hey, how's it possible the page is empty?"

The assistant pointed to a distant piece of land.

"Are they not supposed to prepare the ore?"Petrov sighed softly, though,

"We will go to the castle, and meet with His Majesty,

Your Majesty." "Wait...

Mr Ambassador, do you know if he'll accept you?"

He did not know if His Majesty would do it, but in his heart he did not want to say it.

"'Let's go, the castle's in front."

Trouble comes now because of the fort and

The border town is divided into two separate regions.

Due to the King's order to fight for the throne, the 4th prince was left in solitude.

How could an ordinary noble or royal member be here?

Of course they would take all this land for themselves.

Selling minerals and jewelry in exchange for food and bread?

I fear the eyes of the prince can only see the gold of the nobility

If it was himself, he would have done it.

Helplessly watching the results of his own territory was only exchanged for food...

The ambassador was afraid that no one would accept this situation. In addition, the product does not have to go to the fort.

Most of the nobles forgot the fact that the Chishui River did not end at Longsong Fortress.

He could sell the ore at market price in Willow Town, in

Dragon Mountain, or even in Red City,

then bring the people of their city as new refugees - no more than a few under the river.

What can Longsong Fortress do?

Block the river, and cut off the prince and his entourage?

It would only be a challenge for the royal family of Graycastle!

Everyone knew that the 4th prince was least likely to become a king, but without a doubt, he was,

it is still not good to oppose him because he is still bleeding the king..

The Ambassador and his assistant rode on a rented horse, advancing slowly on the stone path along the river.

The stables only had old horses of mixed color; even if they rode slowly, the horses would still tremble.

And for these two stupid horses, he still had to pay the deposit of two gold royals.

“You see, sir, is it a boat from

Willow Town?"

Hearing his aide shout, he looked in the direction he was pointing at, only to see a ship with willow leaves on their green banner, he said,

hanging on their single mast, slowly sailed down the river.

The hull's waterline was very high, indicating that the ship was full of cargo.

Petrov blankly nodded, but his heart sank, the prince moving faster than he expected.

If the prince were to start contacting those cities downstream, the bargaining tool in his own hands would lose its value.

Not to mention, after the stones were made into polished jewelry, the price of luxury goods also rose several times.

Unfortunately, this was not a monopoly, nor was it just his family who had the final say.

Participating in the mining project in Border Town were six noble families.

If they don't have a majority agreement, then there will be no resolution.

However, they were slow in reacting, thinking that the situation was the same as before...

Or, they assume the mining project is not too much attention.

After all, the remaining five were indifferent, even his own father confidently rejected them.

In fact, they are wrong, the low yield of mining is mainly due to a small number of other trading possibilities,

if they switch to normal trading, they can earn more.

And if you produce more, chances are you will produce more ore next year.

Can they achieve the monopolistic scheme they had previously thought of?

Most likely, no, it definitely could not be realized.

Petrov thought, since he could see the empty courtyard, the prince did not intend to let this mineral be exchanged for poor quality wheat, he had to contact other buyers.

If they still wanted to maintain this line of business, a thirty percent discount was his best bargain.

Because the distance between Willow City and Border Town was further, this would end up with an increase in transportation costs, but Willow City had more than one source of ore;

the first price they will offer will likely be lower than the market price by half.

As for the Mountain Dragon and Red City, the price would be lower,

so the 4th prince will agree

Longsong Stronghold Monopoly - especially for gem trading.

But the thing is, if he signed the contract, would his father agree?

The other five families believed that letting the Border Town surrender, should he disregard the family's interests in order to obtain a contract?

After all, in their eyes, Border Town was still controlled by their own Longsong Fortress, and everything could be given or taken by them.

They slowly crossed the city, heading towards the castle located in the southeast corner.

This is not the first time Petrov has been here, but this time the owners have changed.

When the guards saw the ambassador, they immediately went in and told God.

The 4th Prince Roland Wimbledon quickly called out to PetroV, and when the two were guided into the hall; the prince was already sitting in the main seat waiting.

"Mr Ambassador, please sit down."

Roland clapped his hands and let the waiter bring him a delicious meal.

Whole roasted chicken, boar legs with mushroom soup, butter bread, and a large bowl of vegetable soup.

Clearly, at this border, the royal children did not have the slightest disturbance of personal pleasure.

Petrov naturally did not hesitate, he traveled by ship from Longsong Fortress to the Border

Cities, cities,

and even with a good wind it takes two days;

if it was a multi-pole cargo ship,| would even be slower, maybe three to five days.

There is no kitchen on board, so it usually comes with eating pieces of dried meat or whole grain bread.

Looking at the steaming hot plate, he felt drool surging in his throat.

But thanks to years of training in aristocratic culture, he was able to maintain perfect eating etiquette.

On the contrary, His Majesty's eating habits were much worse especially the use of knives and forks.

Petrov noted that in addition to the carving knife, the 4th prince used a pair of small sticks.

When the cutting was complete, he used a stick for all the other moves.

And it seems like two sticks are much more comfortable than a fork.

"What do you think?" At the end of the meal,

Roland suddenly questioned the ambassador.

"What do you think?"

At the end of the meal,

Roland suddenly questioned the ambassador.

"Eh, what?" For a moment the ambassador lost his spirit.

"This,"

Roland shook his hand with a stick, before answering Petrov,

"The iron fork, for most people it is a luxury, not to mention a silver fork.

When you eat directly with your hands, it is very easy to eat them.

combine dirty items with ordinary food in the stomach. Disease enters by mouth, you know?”

The ambassador doesn't know how to answer, he doesn't understand the meaning of the disease coming in by mouth', he said',

but according to his understanding of the previous sentence, Roland might be referring to the dirt that sticks to the food, and it would become easily painful when eating it.

But when someone tries to diagnose the disease, no one knows the reason why they died.

"How many trunks do you think you can get by cutting down one tree in the forest?

This stick is clean and easy to get. I'll promote this in the city."

The prince sipped his wine and continued,

"Of course, now my people don't get much meat to eat, but slowly I'll change it."

Petrov was relieved, he now knew how to answer.

Routinely, she expressed her support and blessing, but in her heart she disagreed. Let everyone eat meat?

It would only be strange, even Graycastle could not do this, and this Border Town was in this remote land.