Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

Kaister narrowed his eyes and stared at Qiao Yelan.

"Ahem, my occupational disease has kicked in. After all, this is how we chat most of the time, and I just couldn't get used to it for a while."

Qiao Yelan coughed twice awkwardly. He was used to selling things, so when he spoke, he would unconsciously ask others to work for him and thank him at the same time.

"When Dayan comes to negotiate, you just need to try your best to gain benefits - now let's talk about some benefits that cannot be brought to the table."

"Then if you stay with me for a few more years, I can reluctantly accept this offer."

Grand Duke Caister's eyes lit up.

Qiao Yelan:?

"I mean, the next expansion plan of the Dukedom of Caister."

"Expansion plan? There are other duchies or sanctuaries all around. Unless I go to war, I can't get new territory - but going to war at this time will easily make us public enemies. I am still very afraid of the fighting power of the two border dukes, Windermere and Wellington."

The woman said with a look of disappointment and lack of interest.

"So the only way is to let others take the initiative to join you."

"...Can this be done? The remaining seven of us are all veteran dukes. It is impossible for them to give up the honor of their family."

"It's okay. I can help them look decent."

Qiao Yelan said lightly.

Now Grand Duke Kaster was really interested.

"Where's the target?"

"The Duke of Stafford."

"That guy..."

Caister was thoughtful.

The territory controlled by Grand Duke Stafford is the same as hers, located to the west of Victoria. She controls the border area, while Stafford's territory is closer to Londinium. Ever since the signing of the Grand Duke's Treaty, Londinium has become the tacitly recognized neutral zone by the seven grand dukes, and he has always wanted to take control of Londinium.

Therefore, he always stationed a large number of troops outside Londinium. The reason why he never acted rashly was because he was facing the territory of the Duke of Cavendish.

The territories of these two grand dukes were closer to Lontinium, so they both regarded Lontinium as their own exclusive territory - they stationed their respective armies on the border of Lontinium, watching its power covetously and fearing each other.

"The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. They always think that Londinium will be theirs, so they continue to use the army to increase their weight - even though such an army can be called warlike, and even though it exceeds the number that their territory can support, these two archdukes still enjoy it."

"Never tired of it? Riding a tiger in dire straits would be more appropriate."

The woman gave a mocking smile.

At this time, whoever shows weakness first or can't hold on first will lose, so the two grand dukes can only hold on to the death.

"At the end of last year, shortly after the Ursus Black Snake, Grand Duke Koschei, was driven out of Longmen, rumors began to circulate that [Wei Yanwu has a Dragun by his side], and the Duke of Stafford even sent a letter to Longmen to question this. Of course, this has been classified as a rumor - but His Majesty the Emperor will not let it go."

Qiao Yelan spread out his hands.

"A mere Grand Duke dared to send a letter to question Da Yan. His Majesty the Emperor will not forget this. Therefore, Da Yan will not visit the Dukedom of Stafford for this Longmen Coin project, and will not agree to his voluntary participation."

The woman was lost in thought.

"And will your visit include the Duchy of Cavendish?"

"include."

There was a hint of smile in Qiao Yelan's voice.

He just said, how could the students he taught only cook barbecued pork?

"In this case, Grand Duke Scarford will not be able to get a share of the Longmen coins, and the economic gap between him and Duke Cavendish, who can directly participate in the competition, will immediately widen."

The economic gap means a gap in the number of troops. Grand Duke Cavendish does not even need to continue to increase his military strength excessively. As long as he maintains a military strength comparable to that of Grand Duke Scarford, it will be Grand Duke Scarford who will not be able to hold on.

The circulation of Longmen coins brings prosperity to business and travel, while a region where circulation is not allowed means that it will be completely abandoned in the upcoming commercial frenzy.

The opponent can circulate and benefit from it, but he himself cannot - that will definitely make Scarford even more uncomfortable.

After all, it is more painful to see others making money than to lose money yourself, let alone when others are actually making money while you are actually losing money.

Therefore, the Duke of Scarford will definitely secretly allow the use of Longmen coins for settlement within the territory, in order to attract some merchants to conduct non-public transactions - that would be even better news.

If a region is prohibited from circulating a certain common currency, but the government tacitly allows it to circulate among the people, how prosperous the black market will be? You can guess the answer even if you just use your knees to imagine.

Grand Duke Kaster, who is good at juicing, will not miss such a good opportunity to squeeze juice.

Perhaps the secret order from Grand Duke Scarford allowing the circulation of Lungmen coins would bring him temporary benefits, but there is no doubt that this is just a poisonous wine that will only quench thirst.

"What do you think Scarford will do if he finds himself in a desperate situation?"

"You've been his neighbor for so many years. Don't you know what a gambler will do when he has only one chip left?"

Qiao Yelan's voice is extremely gentle.

"Of course he is eager to take this last chip to the gambling table, and firmly believes that he can turn the tables with it - is it possible that he will exchange this chip for money and live a good life?"

And when the economy of his territory completely collapses, what will be the last bargaining chip in Grand Duke Scarford's hand?

——The army outside Londinium.

If he wanted to make up for the deficit and revitalize the economy and people's livelihood in his territory, the best way would naturally be to capture Londinium.

As for how the situation in Victoria would change after the capture of Londinium, how the other dukes would react, and what he should do - if he could take these into consideration, he would not be in the current situation.

After drinking the first cup of poisonous wine, people will not care what they drink afterwards.

"The situation in Victoria has become stagnant. There must be a powerful storm to really stir up waves in this stagnant water. The decisive battle between the two archdukes outside Londinium must be an excellent opportunity."

Grand Duke Caister nodded slightly.

The best thing about this plan is that she will definitely gain enough benefits from it - and this benefit does not depend on the final decisive battle.

Because no matter what the result is, Castor will definitely be able to annex the entire Scarford territory and his forces. Whether victorious or defeated, the Grand Duke of Scarford has no right to resist - because the previous economic offensive alone is enough for Castor to completely swallow him up.

By that time, Caister's name will float over the entire area west of Londinium, and more than one-third of Victoria's territory will be in her hands.

What a familiar feeling...

Sure enough, even if the teacher lost his memory, his methods were still so perfect and artistic.

A blush appeared on the woman's face. She slightly clamped her legs together and looked at Qiao Yelan with her watery eyes, becoming more and more passionate.

"You are as good at using such plans as always. The rise of Caister was also due to my father following your plan. He eventually stepped on the corpse of the previous Border Territory Duke and established the current Caister Territory."

"Now, you come here again and bring me such a plan again - I will also step on the corpse of Grand Duke Scarford and lead Caister into a more glorious era!"

Ok?

Qiao Yelan’s face darkened.

Damn it, Qiao Yelan! What on earth did you record?

What is this matter!

"......What did you say about your father? What kind of plan did I prepare for your father at that time?"

"Ah, indeed, you have probably forgotten it, too."

Grand Duke Kaister picked up the cup and took a sip of the already cold tea to calm his burning heart.

"At the beginning of this century, Colombia was still a colony of Victoria. When the Colombians rose up against Victoria's rule and defeated the army of the then Duke of the Frontier in a field battle - and finally achieved complete independence."

"My father seized this opportunity to annex the border dukedom. During the negotiations with Colombia, the two sides secretly finalized the border line. The Castor family sent troops to "recapture" part of the territory, thus laying the foundation for the current situation."

Qiao Yelan was silent for a while.

"Didn't Emperor Victoria and Parliament send troops at that time?"

"That's your plan. They don't want to fight on two fronts. The Gaul emperor is waging war against Victoria at that time."

...It is indeed something I can do.

Chapter 110 Qiao Yelan Does Not Believe in Coincidences

The situation described by Grand Duke Kaster is indeed in line with Qiao Yelan's methods.

You have the right to choose, but the choice is decided by me.

However, what puzzled Qiao Yelan was not how this situation came about. After all, he was also disguised in Gaul. If Vladimir was not in the game, he would probably find that his life trajectory was almost exactly the same as that of King Corsica I.

In the eyes of other countries, Gaul "rose suddenly", and the King of Corsica I also appeared out of nowhere, with a talent for warfare that was almost unparalleled in the world.

In fact, this was only because Victoria was already corrupt at that time, Duke Godottin was unable to cope with the heavy responsibility, and Iberia had no intention of managing the land. All its energy was on the ocean. Therefore, Babel needed a regional continental power to appear in the Crasd Inland Sea area to stabilize the situation in the region and connect with Sargon in the south.

Unfortunately, however, out-of-control ambition ruined everything - in the end, King I of Corsica forgot the responsibilities entrusted to him and turned his attention to Leithania in the north.

——Letania, who was studying the subspace rifts in the Vidunia region at the time.

Then there is no more then.

What Qiao Yelan cares about is not Gaul, but Colombia.

"So, do you know who was responsible for facilitating the communication between your father and Columbia at that time?"

Grand Duke Caister looked at him in surprise.

"Who else could it be but you?"

Indeed, who else could it be but myself?

However, once this is said, it becomes interesting——

Because among the archives currently stored in the Tower of Babel, Colombia accounts for the smallest proportion and is also the region where the Tower of Babel’s network of relationships is the sparsest.

Even for a country as small as Sami, Babel has set up a large number of observation outposts there. Even for a country as autistic as Kjerag, Babel has deep trade exchanges with Shivaash, one of the three major families.

Only in Colombia, Babel has very few means left.

The only arrangement comes from Syracuse discussed earlier. Babel funded a family named Texas to go to Columbia to pioneer, and recently planned to fund another family named Rossetti to go there to expand their area of ​​influence.

Originally, this was already a bit abnormal - you have to know that compared to the west of Colombia, in Bolivar, which is located at the westernmost part of the entire continent, the Tower of Babel is also funding the National Guard under the "democratic government" and the resistance organization [True Bolivarians], and it has both hands and eyes.

Babel's penetration into Columbia seems to be less than its penetration into Kjerag.

If this is because Colombia was founded too recently and the focus of Babel's work has never been there, then what Grand Duke Kaster said today undoubtedly denies this fact.

"Then I shall take it that you agree to this condition?"

"—Is it really impossible for you to stay here for a few more months?"

"I'll leave tomorrow."

"It's okay. At least we still have tonight."

Qiao Yelan:?

"It's just a joke... I couldn't keep you back then, and I didn't have the courage to stay by your side. Now, it's even more impossible."

She stroked her face sadly.

Beneath the exquisite makeup, there are already wrinkles on her face, and the white hair is clearly visible in the gorgeous headdress that crisscrosses her hair.

Lies that cannot deceive yourself only add to your sorrow.

The woman looked at Qiao Yelan, who looked even younger than he was back then.

"Eternal life...what a terrifying thing it is, teacher?"

Qiao Yelan remained silent.

"I lied. It wasn't that you refused to give me the technique to achieve immortality, but I was afraid."

"Whether it's losing my memory, dying and coming back to life again and again, or walking tiredly into a never-ending future with my memories, it's too scary."

Grand Duke Caister sighed softly.

"You told me the story about the devil - do you remember the last words of the immortal who made a deal with the devil?"

"【Time——Please stay at this moment.】"

Qiao Yelan said softly.

"I don't know why you have to live in such pain, but I know it must be something very important - I will help you, teacher."

"......Thanks."

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"PRTS, list my activities over the past two hundred years."