I am a god in another world

When Gavin and his men arrived at the port, King Yasan had already disembarked from the warship.

As soon as they met, King Yasan praised him highly: "General Gavin, you have given me another surprise.

Originally, I thought that you could only hold back Tukan's army and wait for us to land, which was already the limit.

Unexpectedly, you not only defended the city of Tevram, but also severely damaged Yamen Khan and his army, causing the attack and defense to change hands.

You will be the biggest contributor to resisting this nomadic invasion."

Gavin responded modestly: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. This is not my credit, but that of Ms. Strategy and all the citizens of Tevram. It was their piety that moved Ms. Strategy and made her The Kingdom of God was sent down to face the evil god Yamen.

If she hadn't held Yamen back, even if we had twice as many troops as he controlled, we wouldn't be able to withstand one round of attacks from this evil god. ”

"General Gavin is as humble as ever." King Yasan laughed, "Everyone has a scale in their hearts. The citizens of Tevram know exactly what's going on.

You know the war situation here best. Analyze the next move of the Tukans and what kind of combat plan our coalition should adopt."

This is no longer simply treating Gavin as a quartermaster, but a military advisor.

Gavin did not shirk his responsibility and answered directly: "The Tukan army has only two options.

One option is to go north along the coastline of the Falling Star Sea, passing through the city of Usmer and attacking the Kingdom of Inbutu.

The other option is to return to the heart of the Kingdom of Sesk along the original route."

King Yasan could not deny it, and then asked: "Which of these two possibilities do you think is more likely?"

"If Yamen Khan had not split, the first possibility would be more likely, but now the second possibility is more likely."

"What do you mean?"

"Yamen Khan led the Tukan army to attack the continent of Furen, not only out of material needs, but also because of the fragments of the killing godhood in his body, and wanted to take this opportunity to enter the Divine Realm of Furen.

In the previous siege, when Yamen Khan gave up most of his strength to escape, he was ambushed by the divine incarnation of the Lord of Thieves, Mask, and the fragments of the killing godhood in his body were broken into three pieces.

One of the pieces was stolen by the Lord of Thieves, but He was killed by the Lady of Strategy and fell into her hands.

One group, with the help of Archbishop Umlant of Barr, received the legacy of Barr and was resurrected as the God of Murder. He has led the cultists to flee and no longer intervene in this war.

The last group also became impure, and was regarded as the reincarnation of the Buddha of Killing by those killing lamas. He preferred the Buddha of Killing far more than the God of Murder, and his belief in Furen was far less than before.

Therefore, their desire for war is no longer strong, but they are considering how to withdraw to the Endless Wilderness.

There is another factor that cannot be ignored. Their speed on land is far slower than the speed of the coalition forces sailing on the sea.

Running along the coastline will be blocked by His Majesty everywhere. It is better to withdraw to the inland of the Kingdom of Sesk to give full play to the advantages of cavalry. "

At Gavin's level, he naturally looks at the essence of things from the surface, and analyzes the situation of Yamen Khan exactly.

"The general's victory is not a fluke." King Yasan's praise shows his recognition of Gavin's analysis.

Because his war mage advisory group argued for a long time and came to a conclusion that was very similar to Gavin's, and their insights in many places were far less profound than Gavin's.

Those war mages still looked at the problem mainly at the secular level and did not dare to make arbitrary comments on the gods.

"Your Majesty, this is not my own achievement, but the result of the concerted efforts of all the soldiers." Gavin responded humbly again.

King Yasan recognized this humble character very much, but Yalusel on the side could not help rolling her eyes. It was the first time she had seen such a mature guy.

King Yasang changed the subject without leaving a trace: "General, you are really good at hiding. You have so many weapons in your hands, but you don't reveal any of them. I wonder if you are selling them to the outside world?"

Although the other party did not directly name them, Gavin knew that he was talking about the armed cloud rays, and responded with an apologetic face: "My territory is too scattered. Your Majesty should know that I need them to help connect them together. In a short period of time, I can't use them myself."

King Yasang did not force it, but asked for the next best thing: "Help to tame them?"

Just as Gavin predicted at the beginning, once the armed cloud rays showed their power in front of the world, the value of wild cloud rays would immediately double, and those who could have ideas about them would definitely be tempted.

For King Yasang, finding, capturing and arming were not problems. The real difficulty was to control this super giant monster.

This was something that those legendary druids could not do.

Although his battle mages would definitely conduct research in the future, no one knew how long it would take.

If there is a chance to seize the initiative, it is better to master this strategic weapon in advance.

Gavin was prepared for this and replied with a smile: "That's fine, and I will only charge your majesty the material cost, but I have a condition."

"Tell me about it."

"Please give me the airspace access to Cormyr, your majesty." Gavin's answer was obviously beyond King Yasang's expectations, so he had to think about it silently.

Because airspace access is a semi-new concept in Faerun.

The reason why it is semi-new is that there is airspace rights for the city here.

When the elves made the city defense maze, it was mainly to guard against flying monsters, especially dragons.

There is also an ancient name for city defense myth locks - anti-dragon enchantment. Up to now, many city defense myth locks still have this function, among which the one in Waterdeep is the most representative.

Gavin has now expanded this concept, extending it directly to the national level.

His territory is in the form of a belt, surrounding the Kingdom of Cormyr, and many places are closest to the Kingdom of Cormyr by air.

If it had been one day ago, King Asan would have agreed without even thinking about it. Even the Kingdom of Cormyr would not have been able to put the entire kingdom's land under its control, let alone a wider airspace. .

But after the armed cloud rays demonstrated their terrifying air-to-ground bombing capabilities, there was nothing they could do.

Strengthening air force construction and airspace control and defense will be urgent.

It is estimated that not only the Kingdom of Cormyr does this, but also any kingdom with some knowledge will do this.

King Asan did not think about it for too long before he replied: "This involves the security of a country and needs to be treated with caution. I cannot give you permanent authority.

You can only be given a temporary permission, but everything must be restricted.

When your cloud ray enters Cormyr's airspace, it must be reported in advance. We will arrange specialized personnel to escort it. Without permission, it is not allowed to approach the sky above the town.

We will formulate more detailed rules for you in the future.

This rule will be interoperable, and we, Cormyr, will also have the same airspace access rights in your territory. "

"This is natural." Gavin did not find King Asan's regulations cumbersome. On the contrary, he felt that it was reasonable, because these issues also needed to be considered by him.

Although the development of the air forces of both sides is still in its early stages.

However, it is more appropriate to set some rules early than to resolve disputes later. After all, not only are the two sides neighbors, but their territories may also overlap in the future, which will be even more subtle.

"It's a pleasure to work with the general as always. Let's go over. We can't keep the real owners of this city waiting." King Yasan ended the short meeting.

Not far away, a group of Sesk merchants, led by the Lord of Teflam City, Parado, were waiting anxiously. They had seen King Asan talking to Gavin before and did not dare to approach them.

These two are both masters with military power, and the life and death of Teflam City depends on their thoughts.

It wasn't until they saw King Asan walking towards them with Gavin that they came up with a roar and praised each other.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for responding to our invitation and traveling thousands of miles to support us in Sesk. You are the benefactor of our entire Sesk."

"Thanks to His Majesty and General Gavin, our city was saved from those ferocious nomads."

"Your Majesty is a model of benevolence. If the coalition forces have any needs, just ask and we will do our best to solve them."

These Cesc merchants are as enthusiastic as they want to be.

The crisis in Teflam City has been temporarily relieved, but this war is not over yet.

There are still hundreds of thousands of undead armies under the city of Tefram.

It is very likely that the more than 100,000 Tukan people who evacuated retreated into the Sesk Plain again.

Even if the strength of these Tukan people is no longer one-fifth of what it was at its peak, it is still not something that the Kingdom of Sesk can defeat, and they can only rely on the Faerun coalition.

King Asan was obviously more professional than Gavin when it came to dealing with these businessmen and politicians. He did not give them a chance to lead them by the nose, and all the answers he gave were ambiguous.

In retrospect, he seemed to have promised a lot of things, but also seemed to have promised nothing.

This kind of kung fu cannot be practiced in a day or two. Gavin still has a long way to go before he can reach this level.

After a period of useless compliments and socializing, the conversation finally began to turn to the real thing.

The Lord of Parador took the initiative to hand a scroll to King Asan and said: "We have no way of repaying this great kindness. We can only fall into the routine and use the most secular method to repay part of it first. This is what we gather from all the Cesk people." money and supplies raised.”

This is the shrewdness of Cesc merchants.

Of course, it is impossible for the Faerun Alliance to support the Kingdom of Sesk in vain. Just transporting troops across the entire Sea of ​​Fallen Stars to Sesk would cost a lot of money.

Of course, the Faerun coalition cannot pay for these out of their own pockets, nor can they rely solely on the Tukan people's spoils.

The Kingdom of Sesk must pay a corresponding price, and it cannot be too small.

Rather than waiting for the Faerun coalition to ask for a price, it is better to take the initiative to bid and have a certain initiative, even if such initiative is very limited, after all, the army is in the hands of others.

The Lord of Palado City showed it to King Asan and explained beside him: "We have already raised 10 million gold coins and 30 million supplies, which can be delivered to the coalition forces at any time.

If the Tukan people are driven out of the Kingdom of Sesk, we in Sesk are willing to pay another 70 million gold coins to the Faerun coalition.

It's just that these 70 million gold coins are not a small number. I hope your majesty can allow us to pay it in installments, 10 million per year. "

The businessmen of Cesk are indeed wealthy.

As soon as they got started, they offered a price of 100 million. If converted into gold, it would be more than 1,500 tons (a full-weight gold coin is 15 grams).

On Earth, the gold reserves of a modern superpower are no more than this amount.

However, the gold price in Faerûn is not equal to that of the earth.

In Faerûn, gold is relatively cheaper because it is less difficult to mine and comes from more sources.

Don't look at Faerûn's mining level through the eyes of the public, look at the level of the casters.

The automated mining assembly line like Colossus City is still not the best.

The top method is multiverse trade, which involves going directly to the earth elemental plane to sell or mine gold. What is dug out there is often frighteningly pure gold that does not need to be refined at all.

The same goes for other metals.

The reason why the gold standard is adopted is because gold's multi-purpose makes its price relatively stable - it has a wide range of sources and a large consumption. Many of the caster's casting materials can be directly replaced by gold, but they will be burned and consumed after use. .

These burned gold did not disappear, but were reintegrated into the earth or directly returned to the earth elemental plane. This is the operating law of the multiverse.

Simply talking about the quantity of gold, the concept is not clear yet.

Take the valuation of the Leatherman Kingdom's previous loot at Asen Lake and compare it.

They ate 80% of the Tukan people's army supplies, plus one-third of the soldiers' weapons and armor, with a total estimated value of only 500 million.

The 100 million is mainly used to protect capital, and the real bulk is the Tukan army.

How much can be harvested from this process depends on the future trend of the war. If the losses of the Faerun coalition are too heavy, more than 30%, the 100 million will only be enough to pay for the settlement.

The abacus in their hearts was pounding, and neither King Asan nor Gavin made any move. The meaning was obvious, just this, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough.

Lord Parado continued: "Of course, these are used to thank the entire coalition, and there are also thank-you gifts specially prepared for His Majesty and the general.

After the war, we in Cesk will open a route to Cormyr and ensure that at least one-tenth of the Far Eastern commodities shipped from the Golden Road are shipped to Cormyr and auctioned and sold in the city designated by His Majesty.

We are willing to hand over the entire Ashanas Plain west of Clonte Town and east of Double Star Town to General Gavin for protection. "

As soon as this condition came out, King Asan and Gavin couldn't help but reveal a smile on their faces, which flashed away.

Compared with real money, this long-term benefit is what they value most.

King Yasan took the lead in counteroffering: "We have no objection to the first condition, but the second condition is worth discussing. The quantity of goods shipped to Cormyr is really too small. In the future, at least half of the goods from the Far East will be traded in Cormyr." ”

This is a hugely profitable deal.

Once the status of the Kingdom of Cormyr on the west coast and as the cargo distribution center of the Far East can be determined, merchants from half of Faerûn will have to go to the Kingdom of Cormyr. This cannot be measured in terms of money.

"This is unrealistic." Lord Parado screamed in response.

As if realizing that he had overreacted, Lord Parado took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and continued: "Your Majesty, this approach is not in line with business and will increase risks and transportation costs in disguise.

You can't let the goods going to the north or south also have to go to Cormyr. This part alone accounts for half of the goods.

One-fifth is the limit we can guarantee. If it is more, even if we are forced to promise, it will be difficult to fulfill it afterwards. After all, we also need to make money, and we are still burdened with 70 million debts! "

"I can compromise on the proportion, but I have an additional condition." King Yasan took one step back and half a step forward.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"After the war, I will send a fleet to garrison Teflam to ensure the safety of the route."

"No." Lord Parador refused without thinking. This approach was tantamount to tampering with the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Cesk.

King Yasan also seemed to know that this condition was a bit too much. He was not angry after being rejected, but explained: "This fleet is not stationed directly in Tefram City, but on an island fifty nautical miles away.

You just need to allow them to enter the port to rest and procure corresponding military supplies here. We can sign a mutual watch alliance to jointly deal with the pirates on the Falling Star Sea. "

Hearing this, the Lord of Parado breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, please make the prerequisites clear next time. Fifty nautical miles has long been the territory of pirates. If you are willing to establish a naval military base there, we will give it a try." We welcome you with both hands and will do our best to support you.”

This is not a polite statement, but comes from the heart.

Compared to the Kingdom of Cormyr, the pirates in the Fallen Star Sea are the most troublesome.

I'm afraid that this plan is just a whim of King Asan. He will soon know how expensive it is to maintain a maritime enclave.

The pirates in the Fallen Star Sea now shy away from the Faerun coalition fleet, that's because they are strong enough.

When the main force of the Kingdom of Cormyr fleet leaves and only a squadron is left here, the pirates will not show mercy to them. As long as it is profitable or they think they are in the way, they will launch no less attacks.

"I have no problem for now. My palace ministers will negotiate with you to finalize the details."

What King Yasan reached with these Sesk merchants was only a general intention, which would inevitably involve a lot of details.

For example, the location of the island where the Cormyr fleet is stationed.

For example, the bias and pricing of trade products, which Cormyr city the Cesc merchants’ goods need to be transported to, and how to ensure safety during transportation?

Another example is the revaluation of supplies, and how the remaining 70 million war commissions will be delivered.

Even the wealthy Sesk merchants would find it difficult to collect 10 million gold coins for seven consecutive years. Doing so would only cause the gold price in the Desperate East Region to soar, and ultimately cause them to pay a price far higher than 70 million. (End of this chapter)