Summoning Total War

January 2, Year 376 of the Second Age.

This is a year destined to be restless, and also a year destined to be recorded in history.

Under the auspices of the four generals Leo Dallie, Marcus Kane, Barbossa, and Jerry Rivard, the New Year's competition in the city of Athens is going on like a fire. Some low-level mercenaries with good fighting ability also appeared one by one, showing their talents in competitive sports. These people will be absorbed into Athens after the competitive sports. Being able to live a stable and stable life has always been what these mercenaries have longed for.

Everything regarding competitive matters is proceeding according to plan.

Murphy was supposed to be there in the past two days, but now he has more important things to do.

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Morning time, half past eight. The lobby of the Governor's Palace.

"Mr. Governor, the diplomat Mr. Tobayes is back." The heavy footsteps of the general's guards came outside the door. He stood respectfully outside the door, looking at Murphy who was sitting on the chair with his eyes closed and meditating, and leaned slightly. Shen Dao.

"Back?" Murphy was awakened. He sat up straight and said in a deep voice, "Let him come here immediately."

"Yes." The general's guard bowed and excused himself.

It took about five minutes.

Diplomat Tobayes appeared in front of Murphy. He was a handsome man with broad eyebrows and deep eyes, a high nose and thick lips. He was tall and straight, which was very in line with Western aesthetic views. After not seeing each other for more than a month, diplomat Tobayes has an air of maturity and stability about him. It seems that after the last beating, he has understood a lot of things.

"Ding, your diplomat's ability has improved. You can check his ability through the system page."

As soon as diplomat Tobayes came to Murphy's side, he heard the system prompt from the "Total War" auxiliary system. He raised his hand to signal diplomat Tobayes to sit down, then turned on the auxiliary system and started to check his new attributes.

"Diplomat Tobayes:

Affairs Officer Ability: ★★★★★★ (His words have been able to influence many people and many things.)

title:

Born Diplomat (Agent's ability +2, he was born to be a diplomat.)

Handsome appearance (Agent's ability +1, good-looking people are always easier for people to feel close to.)

Good at Diplomacy (Agent’s ability +3, he is very good at diplomacy.)”

Unexpectedly, in just over a month, diplomat Tobayes upgraded his affairs officer ability to six stars. It seems that his talent is indeed amazing.

………………

Instructing the maid to pour a cup of tea, Murphy waved for others to leave. What he wants to discuss with diplomat Tobayes now is a very important matter. If it is used well, Athens may have a powerful ally in the future!

Looking at the diplomat in front of him, Murphy rubbed his forehead and thought for a moment, then said, "Has the food been shipped back?"

"Not yet." Diplomat Tobayes shook his head and said, "I have only shipped half of it back first, and the other half is already on the way. But it may take some time to arrive."

"Yeah." Murphy nodded. It was enough to transport half of the food back first.

Murphy tapped his long white middle finger on the table. He stared at everything outside and listened to the cheers coming from the arena.

After a long silence.

He just looked at the diplomat Tobayes in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Tell me the specific situation of the matter."

Before returning, diplomat Tobayes brought a very shocking news to Murphy. The amount of information hidden in this message is really too great. If used well, it will definitely be a great help for the development of the territory!

Diplomat Tobayes organized his thoughts and then slowly told what happened.

"It was probably mid-December, when the first batch of corn soju ordered by Lord Murphy arrived. By that time, with the help of Uthols, I had already reached trade cooperation with other barbarian tribes living in the northwest. They It is agreed that we will exchange other things from them for grain, but we must buy a group of horses for them."

Murphy nodded, these were all his prearranged plans. The northern barbarians also had cavalry, but the horses they produced were not as tall as those obtained from trade with the centaur tribes.

"These barbarian tribes are relatively scattered, but they all obey the orders of the Pusaiyan leader. Mr. Murphy, the man you rescued last time is actually the next successor of the Pusaiyan, and he was also taught by their shaman A person who is recognized as a [brave]. That person has high prestige among other barbarian tribes, so this trade can be so successful."

Murphy was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He didn't know that the Pusai mercenary leader would have such a high status.

If he were a noble within a human city-state, he would probably be a viscount or above, right?

"The Pusaians have the highest status among the barbarians because they have the blood of the ancient hero [Growler-Hegor]. That is to say, they can enter a violent state like the orcs, so they can ignore pain and have far more power than ordinary people. The power! Although other barbarian tribes also have warriors who can be violent, they are far from the number of Pusaians."

"Sir Murphy, warriors who can be violent are called warriors by them, and they have a high status in the tribe."

violent?

Murphy chewed these two words silently, as if the power of the temple also gave him the power to be violent.

Why does this coincidence exist?

Is there some kind of invisible rule that binds the power level of this world? The berserkers of the orcs, the warriors of the barbarians, and the fanatics of the temple are undoubtedly not utilizing the power of rage.

What's hidden in this?

Diplomat Tobayes wisely did not disturb Murphy's thoughts.

Waiting until Murphy came to his senses, he said, "Huh? Keep talking."

He just picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water before continuing.

"After the trade cooperation was reached, I stayed in the tribe of the Pusaias. The barbarian gathering place was very primitive and backward. The successor of the Pusaias, Uthols, asked me to impart knowledge to other people and teach them how to read. .I agreed."

The northern barbarians don't seem to have their own written language. Only some chiefs and nobles know knowledge, and most of them don't know how to read. Otherwise, the noble council would not call them barbarians.

"I stayed there and taught them some simple words, and I stayed there until the snow melted and came back as planned."

"After the trade goods arrived, I gave part of the corn liquor to the barbarian chiefs to taste. They said they liked this kind of liquor very much. If possible, apart from horses, Athens would only need to provide these liquors in its territory. That’s it.”

Speaking of which, diplomat Tobayes gave full play to his diplomatic talents.

"The wine made by the barbarians is nothing compared to our shochu. Because there are not many goods, things are rare and expensive, so I increased the price of this corn shochu ten times from the original price."

In terms of trade terms, Murphy gave Tobayes a certain degree of autonomy, but he did not expect that this guy would be so evil and quietly raise the price ten times. However, he is finally worthy of his title as a genius diplomat. His mission is to murder the targets of diplomacy with evil intentions.

"Mr. Murphy, do you know how many things were exchanged for the thirty jars of soju that were transported?" At this point, diplomat Tobayes looked excited. He stretched out three fingers and said: "Exchange I came back with food worth 30,000 silver coins!"

Thirty thousand! ?

This value was truly beyond Murphy's expectations.

This is almost equivalent to three months of tax revenue in the territory! And it has to be considered as part of the trade income!

"Keep talking." Murphy said in a deep voice as he took the trade list handed over by the diplomat. In addition to these, there is one very important thing that he did not explain clearly.

"Late December, about the fifth day after swapping out those soju."

"Several Pusayan warriors who drank this kind of strong wine went into a state of rage after getting drunk, causing a lot of trouble. Then this kind of wine was banned by the barbarians. Even the rewards that were distributed before The liquor was also confiscated.”

"On about the third day, the barbarian chiefs met with me."

"They asked me how much of this kind of spirit was left in my territory. I said that the brewing of this kind of spirit in Athens is very troublesome. The amount that can be produced now is still relatively small, and it has to be supplied to other people."

"Those barbarian chiefs immediately decided to buy all our spirits at twice the price!"

double.

Including the original increased price, it is twenty times.

If it is true as they say, the profits from this alone will be enough to maintain the operation of the territory.

Speaking of this, diplomat Tobayes also looked serious.

"The price doubled all of a sudden, which made me feel quite strange. So I sent someone out to inquire about the information. After a few days, I finally got some results."

"What is it?" Murphy asked.

"All the shochu was shipped to the shamans of the barbarian tribes. Then I found that some adult men in the tribe who were around twenty years old were selected and sent to the residence of the shamans."

Diplomat Tobayes looked at Murphy, who looked solemn, and said word by word: "I am suspicious!"

"The strong liquor produced in the territory is likely to be able to drive those barbarian warriors into a state of rage!"

Drinking binge! ?

Murphy thought this in his mind and suddenly felt that it was very possible.

Using alcohol to stimulate a violent state, if it is an ordinary person, it may not be able to bear it, and it is estimated that he will vomit on the spot. However, if the target is those strong barbarian warriors, it may have another effect. And there are also those mysterious shamans that are rarely known to the outside world, so the inference of diplomat Tobayes is likely to be true.

If that's really the case.

Then you need to plan carefully for the following things!

Moreover, the brewing and distillation technology of shochu must be firmly in one's own hands.

It looks like we need to send troops to clear out that area.