king of the castle

Chapter 419 Conditions

"What?!" Roger's words surprised the old patriarch. He threw the barbecue in his hand and stood up, "You are the envoy sent by the kingdom?!"

Seeing that his father was really angry, Man Niu hurriedly said loudly: "Father, Roger is my friend!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Mountain Lion asked his son to shut up, still staring at Roger, "Are you really not lying?"

"What's the benefit of lying about this?" Roger unhurriedly took out a roll of parchment from his arms and handed it to the mountain lion: "This is my commission. 【】"

The mountain lion took the parchment suspiciously, and frowned even tighter.Although he also inherited the unrestrained and straightforward character of the barbarians, he is still the patriarch of a tribe after all, so he still has some discernment.Roger's identity was clearly written on the parchment, as well as the seals of Alonso III and the Privy Council, which didn't look like forgery at all.More importantly, everyone knew that the barbarians were very resistant to negotiations. Pretending to be an envoy of the kingdom would not only do no good to them, but might even cost them their lives. That's why the old patriarch finally believed in Roger's identity.

Although Roger's identity made the mountain lion very unhappy, he saved the lives of his children after all, and the old patriarch felt embarrassed to criticize Roger too much.But at this time, the mountain lion was not as enthusiastic as it was to Roger before. It just ate the barbecue in silence, and the atmosphere in the stone house became a little awkward for a while.

"Master Patriarch, since you know my identity, you might as well tell me what the barbarians have for negotiations." Roger didn't care about this, but smiled as if it mattered: "I am not only the envoy of the kingdom , and also a friend of Man Niu, even if you can't fully agree to your request, you won't suffer if you talk about it!"

When the mountain lion thought about it, Roger was right. Even if Roger couldn't agree to the barbarian's request, he wouldn't suffer if he said it himself.What's more, this human has saved his own children anyway, and his character will not be bad. Maybe it will be useful to talk to him about the barbarian's request?

Thinking of this, the old patriarch changed his original intention, put down the barbecue in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Actually, we didn't ask too much. We just want to hunt and live in this wilderness as before. If the lord insists on paying less tax, it's fine, but Absolutely can’t be like what it is now, where you have to pay a tax of one gold coin for every fur you sell, and every barbarian has to pay a poll tax, it’s too much!”

"I don't think Doug is so greedy." Roger didn't know how harsh the local lords were on the barbarians until now, and he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "No wonder you want to besiege Beifeng Town. Go in and kill that lord."

Roger's words were in line with the mountain lion's heart, and the old patriarch felt better about him. He shook his head slightly and said, "We just want to reduce taxes, and we don't really want to rebel. Killing the lord is not an issue. Cleaned up."

Roger did not expect that the barbarian who seemed to have a rough personality still had a lot of brains on this point, so he couldn't help but nodded to express his agreement with the old patriarch's words.Seeing that Roger seemed to be very sympathetic to the situation of the barbarians, Bai Ling couldn't help but said, "And the priest in Beifeng Town insisted that we all believe in the Supreme God, otherwise we would be declared heretics and the Inquisition Come and destroy us, how can there be such an unreasonable priest!"

Bai Ling's words made Roger even more surprised. Although the supreme god is the strongest god in the world of Turonzo, there is no record of forcing others to believe in him.In fact, the Church of the Supreme God recognizes the existence of other gods. As long as the believers of other gods do not blaspheme the Supreme God, the church will peacefully coexist with them.

And the barbarians have always believed in mountain gods, this is a fact that everyone knows.Father Paul forced them to change their beliefs, which was originally against the teachings of the Church of the Most High God.Paul and Doug colluded to do this, obviously trying to force the barbarians to the point where they could retreat, and they could only rise up against the rule of the kingdom and the church.In this way, the two can use the power of the kingdom and the church to wipe out all the barbarians to achieve their own interests.

After understanding this section, and knowing that the barbarian's request is only to maintain the same situation as before, Roger is more confident in completing this mission.He was silent for a while, and then sincerely said to the mountain lion: "As you know, I am the emissary sent by the kingdom to negotiate, and of course I know the bottom line of the kingdom very well. If I tell you, the kingdom and you are barbaric What do you think if there is no conflict in the demands of man in this matter?"

"This is impossible!" The old patriarch shook his head in surprise, "The lord said that it was the kingdom who ordered the tax increase..."

"Father, this is a lie from the lord. Just like he wanted to kill me and my sister, he wanted to sabotage the negotiation." The barbarian on the side couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "Why can't you understand such a simple truth? Woolen cloth?"

In fact, Man Niu didn't even want to understand the truth of this. Roger told him all these.So as soon as Man Niu's words came out of his mouth, his father gave him a hard blow again, and the old patriarch who beat his son said angrily: "Don't show off your cleverness in front of your father, Roger must have told you this truth. Your stupid brain can't think of any other problems!"

Although the mountain lion beat his son hard enough, he also knew his son very well.After hearing his father's words, Man Niu didn't dare to say anything, but whispered: "Even if it wasn't what I thought, you don't have to hit it so hard...it hurts!"

However, Man Niu's words did remind the mountain lion. The old patriarch pondered for a while and said, "Can you tell me what the real conditions of the kingdom are?"

"The barbarians recognize the kingdom's rule and promise not to pose a threat to the human villages and towns near Changhanfeng." Roger said without hesitation: "The kingdom exempts the barbarians from all taxes and allows you to enter any human villages and towns and trade freely with merchants."

"This is about the same as our request!" Man Niu couldn't help but yelled loudly: "It's all due to that Doug making trouble in the room, otherwise this matter would have been resolved long ago!"

Although the conditions offered by Roger also made Mountain Lion very excited, but he is the head of the clan after all, and he can consider issues much more comprehensively than his son, so he still asked with some hesitation: "Roger, I believe that you and the kingdom Promise, but how to ensure that Doug is not playing tricks?"

Hearing what the mountain lion said, Roger knew that he already trusted him, so he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "How about this, I'll meet with the patriarchs of other tribes first, and everyone have any opinions on the conditions proposed by the kingdom. As for when to sign the agreement, I will talk about it after I solve Doug's problem, and then you will be able to appreciate my sincerity!"

Roger's statement made the mountain lion very satisfied, and the old patriarch slapped his thigh heavily and said: "Okay, it's settled!"