Chapter 653 The Witch Council in Tiannv City
December 10, 1446, Black Snake Bay, Tiannv City.
Tiannu City, located in the center of Black Snake Bay, is located among the rolling hills of low mountains and jungles. As a trade hub, it is attacked every ten years.
It can be seen from the dents hidden in the gray and white stone patterns and moss on the city wall.
Compared with the empire, this place seems to have stayed a thousand years ago. People wear loose linen robes without trousers, with their knees exposed and only a pair of sandals under their feet.
If it weren't for the two teams of soldiers wearing breastplates returning from patrol under the shade of the trees at the city gate, people would have thought they were back a thousand years ago.
The moonlight flows like water through the winding stone steps and into the town where lights and smoke rise.
On the low hill south of Tiannv City, a gray-white ribbon made of stone steps is wrapped around the green mountain.
When people in Tiannv City look up, they can see the Tiannv Palace hidden in the dense forest. This is said to be the holy palace of the ancient Norn tribe.
Due to many modifications by the Serpents, Norns, Frans and the Black Snake Bay Secret Party, it has long lost at least half of its original appearance.
There are both slender and elegant Doric columns supporting the arched corridor, and flowing and complex carvings covering the gables and steps.
The joints between the bricks and stones have been occupied by a dark green vine with curled leaves and a few drops of moist dew hanging on the stems, shimmering in the moonlight.
The waiter wearing a simple white vest and cloth and sandals stood outside the palace gate, looking at the ground with low eyebrows, not paying any attention to the quarrels of the many witches in the hall behind him.
"Order! Order!" As the lifelong speaker, Otatila knocked on the table expressionlessly, "Quiet!"
Under the authority of the Speaker, the quarreling witches jumped off the table, dusted off the table, and sat back on the rattan chairs.
When the discussion and quarrels gradually stopped, Otadira looked around. A total of eight good-looking witches were sitting on both sides of the long circular table.
Some have long hair, some have short hair, and some are wearing wizard robes, tight skirts or even pajamas. Some of them are holding quill pens and writing quickly, some are leisurely playing with purple crystal balls, and some are stirring hot tea in porcelain cups with silver spoons. It makes a tinkling sound.
But without exception, in terms of appearance alone, they are all slim, young and beautiful women, but their average age is close to fifty.
This is because there are two teenage girls who even out the average age.
Take the Speaker himself, there are nine witches in total here.
Including Otatila, the lifelong speaker of the Secret Party United Witch Council, Lulesi, the leader of the Joan Party, Aisena of the Golden Cross...
Although there are nine witches here, not all of them are here.
There are at least five elderly witches in the deep mountains and old forests of Green Dragon Forest Sea and Black Snake Bay, and the areas where they move are marked as restricted areas.
The Secret Party United Witch Council in Tiannv City is considered to be the largest secret party alliance organization in Black Snake Bay, but it does not mean that all secret party organizations will join.
Therefore, outside the Secret Party United Witch Council, there are at least two or three wild witches who are unwilling to join.
Even many witches who have joined the Witch Council are usually in a state of disobedience.
However, due to the threat of war in the Lilac Corridor, most of the witches in Black Snake Bay gathered in Tiannv City.
They gathered again to deal with three issues.
The first is whether to collectively join the Sacred Axis, the second is whether to get involved in the sugar and grain trade, and the third is whether to accept Horn's visit and bring military assistance from the Thousand River Valley.
They were not familiar with Shengsun yet, and they only got some impressions from the information and businessmen's mouths.
Whether Horn himself is a demon from his own side or a devout fanatic has never been decided in Black Snake Bay.
Some secret parties even said that Horn was a spy for the Pope.
A secret party dominated by alchemists has seized a territory of the Kingdom of Leia. Black Snake Bay finally has an ally. The secret party should have celebrated. But news came that this secret party was a rebel army under the banner of Myrcella, and they insisted on calling the alchemist an alchemist priest.
This kind of behavior of lying to themselves makes them quite shameless.
It's like selling meat and rice cereal with a sign of a dung bucket. Although the meat and rice cereal is good, it still makes you feel nauseous when you look up and see the sign.
So when it comes to whether to join the Holy Axis collectively, the answer given by the Witch Council is to wait until the war begins.
The witches are currently arguing about the second and third questions.
"Are you sure that the sugar and grain trade agreement can bring us more benefits?" Aisena's territory is the farthest away from the Thousand River Valley, but borders the Lilac Corridor. Naturally, she hates Horn.
"Of course, how much commercial tax will be taken away from your trade with the Clove Corridor? But within the Sacred Axis, not only do we only need to collect consumption tax when we sell sugar and spices to them, but we even have a share of the tariffs on their sugar sales and purchase of goods. ." Lulesi explained immediately.
After blowing out a smoke ring, Aisena knocked the table with the cigarette pole: "But before the sugar and grain trade agreement has even started, our interests have been damaged first."
"If it can't bring more benefits, then why do the nobles ban it or even start a war?" Solan, the witch of the Shadow Society, said in a low voice.
"We have spent so much manpower, material and financial resources to support Qianhe River Valley before. Shouldn't they come to help us? Why use the alliance to blackmail?"
"Whenever you use alliances to threaten you, it's because you have no name. The nobles know how to forge a claim before going to war, fool!"
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Even though they were ordered to sit down, the witches still refused to give up and were still forming cliques and taunting each other.
"It's been three days, and a vote must be made today." Shaking her head secretly, Otatila stood up, "According to the rules, my final vote is still the same, with thumbs up for approval and thumbs down for opposition!"
Lulesi, the witch of Ruoan Party, raised her hand first: "I have said everything I want to say, Horn can bring more benefits."
Dawn Sun Witch "Phoenix" Thelomis curled her lips: "He recognizes him as Myrcella's son. He is disgusting and opposed."
Novia, the witch of the Mechanical Soul Cult, gave a thumbs up: "I agree, I like his wind-up gun, and I can't wait to meet him."
Istra from the Dreamless Scholars Club closed her eyes and smiled: "I agree, not because of anything else, but because it's so fun."
The Dreamless Scholars Society is similar to the Dragon Language Alchemy Society, but most of them focus on knowledge services and have profound knowledge of the mind and astrology.
Istria has always been mysterious, and its sparse people have always been famous for doing whatever they want.
Solan from the Shadow Society gave a thumbs up: "I agree."
The Shadow Society is famous for assassinations and smuggling, and its location close to the north allows it to trade through the Ibe River, eliminating the need for smuggling.
As a result, they smuggled spices and brown sugar from the south to the north, and obtained a large amount of money and daily necessities from the Thousand River Valley.
At this moment, Solan naturally supports Horn's visit and joining the Sacred Axis.
Aisena of the Golden Cross dropped her finger: "Based on the current performance of the Sacred Axis, I suspect that they want to annex us and oppose it."
Villanica, the witch of the Tarot Society, who is a loyal supporter of Aisena, and Miria, who is also a member of the Golden Cross, both voted against.
Soon there was a four-in-one vote in favor and four against in the Witch Council, and everyone's eyes were focused on Otatira.
Otatila looked around, but she was embarrassed. She thought for a long time, and then gave a thumbs up with difficulty: "I agree, our strength alone may not be able to defeat these noble coalition forces in Lilac Corridor."
"Damn it." Pouting unhappily, Aisena stood up with bare feet and left. Veranika wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Miria.
"Bang!" Knocked on the table again, Otatila looked around and announced, "We welcome Mr. Horn to visit Black Snake Bay in advance, train our army, and join the sugar and grain trade agreement after the war."< br>
(End of chapter)