If Danzo can be persuaded, perhaps Zenis can share more cross-border and cross-regional trade benefits. Shado also believes that with Erlan's ability, it should not be difficult to convince Danzo.
After all, Danzo cared more about the relationship with the countries on the ground rather than a little trade benefit.
By agreeing, he won the friendship of both Ellan and Netheril. Shado even felt that even if Ellan did not accept this as a condition, Askel would offer to join Netheril when there were more floating cities. Zenis increases investment.
But if all this comes at the expense of allowing Erlan to be deeply involved in the internal affairs of Netheril, Shadow would rather Xenith be a wasteland.
Not long ago, Ye Erlan Ambassador Ivor Yaris said when he came to see Iolum that "the two countries share the same voice in the Northland Alliance", it was not just a simple sentence.
Shado was also present at the time, and Ambassador Ivoryaris elaborated on the common interests of Netheril and Ellan in the Northland Alliance from many aspects, including but not limited to trade agreements, combating demons, dealing with drow, magical cooperation, Art exchange, etc.
Indeed, Netheril and Erlan have a deep relationship. Although there have been conflicts between them, they have never been truly hostile, let alone war. Instead, they have cooperated frequently in the past hundreds of years.
It can be said that in the Northland Alliance, Erlan and Netheril should be regarded as the two countries with the best foundation for cooperation. At this point, even Netheril's current ally Ilfran cannot compare. These two countries In fact, it is more like holding together to keep warm, rather than really having many common interests.
When the Northland Alliance was established and Cormanthor announced that he would uphold the tradition of "equality and co-prosperity of the five races", the foundation of the alliance between Elfaran and Netheril was actually no longer solid.
But, but——
Let me say it twice, the premise of all this is that Ellan sincerely cooperates with Netheril to seek development, but now what Xia Duo sees is that it is obviously the internal affairs of Netheril, and Ellan insists on intervening!
Is this a sincere pursuit of cooperation and development?
However, Erlan now sends people to persuade Iolum and Brod, and other great arcanists and even the Seven Towers may lobby.
For Iolem, who cares about the overall situation, the cooperation of Ellan and the development of Netheril can be used as conditions. After all, from the surface, continuing the relevant content about Ellan in the old covenant will not bring much. As a result, the benefits of development are obvious.
As for other people, such as Vader, although Shado has not had much contact with Vader, he still understands this guy. Vader should be regarded as a serious technicalist, as long as Vader can see the hope of realizing his ideals. , he will most likely not care about the continuation of Ye Erlan in the new covenant.
As for Cliff, it's even simpler. He has the highest belief and is the one with the least opinion. As long as Erlan promises cooperation or threatens war, Cliff will easily give in.
Of course, Cliff respects the current leader of Seven Towers more. As long as Seven Towers doesn't speak, he won't promise anything easily.
As for the Seven Towers, given Xia Duo's premise of limiting power, the Seven Towers might deliberately bring in Ye Erlan to muddy the waters and narrow the ocean to respect themselves!
Of course, Badigal, the current speaker of the Seven Towers, probably would not agree. Most of the lords of the Gustav Tower Group have elven ancestry.
In the early days, the union of humans and elves was considered a relatively romantic thing, but once children were born, problems arose. Elf society did not recognize these mixed-race children as elves.
Not to mention that Netheril later gave up elven magic and almost broke off relations with Ellan. Most of the elves who combined with humans returned to Ellan. During this period, only a few mixed-race children followed their elf fathers or mothers back.
But even if you go back, there will still be conservative prejudices in the elf society. For example, Master Yerevan, who recently performed the ascension ceremony, is a half-elf, and he followed his mother back to Yeerlan.
But wouldn’t he eventually return to Netheril? If Yeerlan has room for half-elves to develop, why would Yerevan come back?
You must know that at that time, most of the elves who could bring half-elf children back to Yeerlan were members of upper-class families, so they could not give half-elf children a fair space for development.
It is conceivable that half-elf children who do not have parents from high-ranking families are disliked in elf society.
Most of the lords of Gustav Tower are descendants of the original half-elves. They are full of hatred for the elves. Not to mention letting Erlan continue to join the covenant, they have objections even if they cooperate normally several times.
However, when it comes to the power of the Seven Towers, the Gustav Tower family may not have the final say, not to mention that this hatred has been separated for several generations. It is unknown how much effect it still has in the face of actual power interests. .
Even if Erlan does his best, he can bring over these Elf relatives and even the ancestors of Lord Nese of Elf blood to play the family card.
After all, Xia Duo is not very optimistic about Qita's ability to firmly oppose Ye Erlan's interference in internal affairs.
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As for the others, because the Chamber of Commerce is actively exploring the elf market, Jenna will most likely not object if she does not deeply understand the dangers of Ye Erlan's intervention.
Doraisin Hawke, in Shado's view, this guy was basically supported by elves. The only difference is whether it was Ellan or Cormanthor who supported him. He is a typical elf element, and it is no surprise that he can do anything.
Byron and Congenio may follow Iolum's choice, and Braun, Magna, and Kroos are not without weaknesses or preferences. The possibility of Yerlan's successful strategy is not small.
After all, on the surface, there is not much harm in continuing the content related to Ellan in the New Covenant. Netheril is a human country after all, and it has been here for so many years. What if it gives Ellan a seat?
As long as the benefits are sufficient, Xia Duo has no doubt that those people will be willing to give a few more seats.
After all, in the current era, Netheril is completely held together by the Covenant, and Erlan has even been among them from the beginning. The territories that make up this country are independent of each other, and they have insufficient understanding of the overall interests of Netheril.
It is common for many lords to only see the one-third of an acre of their own territory and betray the country after being given enough money.
As for ordinary people, their concept of the country Netheril may only be heard that the larger territory outside of their own territory is called Netheril. As for what this country has to do with him, it actually has nothing to do with it.
If you ask an ordinary Netherese person to choose between being a Netherese person or an elf, if you don't say 100%, at least 89% of the time, he will choose to be an elf.
Over the past hundreds of years, Ellan and other elves have left too deep a mark on Netheril, and then these marks have become the tentacles of Ellan's de facto intervention in Netheril.
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After Brod's arrival, Iolum had even begun to discuss the legal issues of extending the covenant for Ye Erlan. It seemed that some conditions had not been negotiated, otherwise it was very likely that he would agree directly.
During this process, Chateau did not express an opinion. He did not think that there was any need to discuss this issue.
(End of chapter)
