The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 634: The Richest Meal

Henwell has already prepared a plan for the transport problem Wizet raises.He walks to the map and taps Peace Haven. "Our steamships have already been built. They may be still rough at sea."

"But traveling along great rivers will pose no problem."

"Once cooperation is reached, the Western Federation fleet will travel east along the South Wheat River."

"It will follow the South Abundance River inside the Ika Kingdom and reach our Peace Haven directly."

"The extraordinary materials will be unloaded, weapons and equipment will be loaded, and our fleet will join them, moving upriver all the way."

"Once it passes Three River City, it will turn south into the Northflow River and finally arrive near Kriye City."

Wizet understands. "The fleet issue you discussed with the Grand Princess of Ika earlier was for this?"

Henwell nods. "Yes. Ika will want to stop it, but they will not openly fall out with the Western Federation."

"Especially not when doing so risks war with both us and the Western Federation. They cannot rashly seal off the fleet."

"Small moves, though? They will certainly make some."

"But that will have nothing to do with us. As long as the weapons and equipment are on the ships, we will have no responsibility."

"At that time, the Western Federation will certainly send elites to escort them and clear obstacles along the route in advance, killing anyone foolish enough to step forward."

As he speaks, Henwell taps Tatan City and Saltwater Town. "There are also weapons and equipment for two legions here."

"When the time comes, seagoing ships will deliver these things directly to Hornbay City."

"Do not forget, we still have a port there."

"Pawari, the third son of the Marquess of Hornbay, is currently training in the Western Federation."

"Even if he ignores Pawari's safety, the Marquess of Hornbay will not deliberately offend the Western Federation."

"As long as the Western Federation is willing to offer some extra benefits, the Marquess of Hornbay will turn a blind eye."

"In this way, equipment for all five legions will arrive, and we only need to collect the money."

"As for fortress construction in western Lumir, we will not accept that for now."

"For hundreds or even thousands of years, the Western Federation has been drawing talent from the continent. Their technical path differs from ours, but it is definitely not weak."

"If they analyze the composition of concrete and then steal our business, that would be unpleasant."

Wizet truly has his eyes opened today. They clearly look like sworn enemies, yet in the end, they can still continue cooperating.

Henwell guesses correctly. At noon the next day, Graham, lord of Guardian City, comes to visit.

Of course, Henwell asks an outrageous price.

According to Henwell's explanation, this is not blackmailing the Western Federation. If he does not do this, Peace Haven's losses will be enormous.

If not for the Church's face, Henwell would not agree no matter how much money they offered.

Now that it is hard to refuse the Church's face, he still needs to live, and he has millions of people to feed. Naturally, he must earn some money.

After a period of back-and-forth haggling, the two sides still reach a cooperation agreement.

Just as Henwell says, once the coronation ceremony ends and Dilio returns to western Lumir, Obilian will certainly take advantage of his unstable footing and flatten him in one push.

To restrain the Western Federation's eastward reach, the Ika Kingdom will certainly stand aside and watch. It will not arm western Lumir either.

Even if the Western Federation sends troops to protect him, they can only send a limited number.

Dangerous lands isolate the Western Federation's surroundings, after all. They cannot send a great army across the Scorching Desert.

The Lightchaser Fleet would wipe them out completely.

The safe passages can indeed avoid danger, but the detours are too long and supplies are difficult. They are not suited for large legion operations at all.

So the Western Regions support given to Dilio can only be small elite forces.

And in wars between countries, the decisive force is still the regular army.

Obilian certainly will not directly attack the Western Federation's elite troops, but the Western Federation's troops will be too few. In the end, they may only be able to hold Kriye City as a foothold.

Preserving a single city has no meaning for the Western Federation.

What they want is territory, population, and land bordering the Western Federation.

Looking at it this way, only Peace Haven can provide large amounts of weapons and equipment.

Counting Dilio's own direct troops, if he recruits more soldiers and coordinates with the Western Federation's elites, he can barely defend himself.

In the end, after discussion among the Western Federation's higher-ups, they agree to Henwell's conditions.

For a full set of weapons and equipment capable of arming five legions, Henwell asks for ten million gold coins.

Also, Henwell will send another ten million gold coins in gold to western Lumir for minting and issuance.

In return, the Western Federation will deliver twenty million gold coins' worth of extraordinary materials to Peace Haven, and the price must be below market purchase price.

The market here does not refer to the continent's market. It refers to the Western Federation's market.

Strictly speaking, in this deal, Henwell is using twenty million gold coins to buy extraordinary materials worth fifty million gold coins.

Henwell must bite hard, because for quite a long time afterward, Peace Haven will lose its cheap channels for extraordinary materials.

Henwell does not need to spend money on the weapons and equipment. He can simply put up the garrison troops' equipment, enough to arm three legions.

The weapons and equipment for the expeditionary zone's garrison troops can also be paused for now, giving priority to this business.

After all, the great war has just ended, and no war will break out in the short term.

Gold is also manageable. Peace Haven's currency issuance follows productivity, and Peace Haven has stored plenty of gold.

Now that it is making a bulk transaction with western Lumir, it will not affect the entire monetary system.

Also, the transaction will not begin immediately. It will be divided into two parts.

Weapons and equipment for three legions will travel with the Western Federation fleet, scheduled for after the Harvest Festival.

The remaining weapons and equipment for two legions, along with half the gold, will be shipped by sea.

That will happen after spring begins next year, so there is enough time.

Even after Obilian is crowned king, he will need some time to adjust the domestic situation.

The possibility of a rebellion-suppression war breaking out this year is extremely small. It will certainly be pushed to next year, after everyone catches their breath.

At the same time, Henwell reports to the Church that assassins have entered the Forgotten Continent.

The Church takes this matter seriously and has already arranged for people to begin investigating.

Henwell believes in the Western Federation's ability. It should cause some trouble for those two assassins and buy him more time.

Soon after Henwell reaches the agreement with the Western Federation, Ika also receives the news.

Prince Kullen originally wants to come speak with Henwell, but the Grand Princess stops him.

Ika cannot fall out with Henwell now either. After all, they are still counting on Henwell to support the "planted asset" they arranged beside Dilio.

Henwell moves between all sides and seems to make a fortune.

But Henwell knows clearly that for the next while, he will have to keep his head down.

Peace Haven must become low-key, bury itself in development, and prepare to compete with the soon-to-reform Lumir.