Ariel glanced at Cream next to her, and suddenly thought that asking guild members to form a team to go out to borrow money was a plan she had made at the beginning of the year. At that time, Cream had not joined the guild, so it was not possible at all.

know this.

After thinking about it, Ariel said: "If we really want to talk about the funding gap...although it is large, it is not so urgent. At the beginning of this year, I asked all guild members to do it themselves when they are free.

Pulling a group of people to borrow money from towns outside the marginal provinces is just to make the matter as big as possible."

Sweet cheese: "How to say?"

Ariel took a breath and continued: "In the border province, we are rebels, so of course we have to face frontal oppression from the imperial army. But on the other hand, if I want to win this battle with the imperial army,

To fight, it will definitely require the cooperation of Tianhong Province and Diliao Province. Even if the entire province cannot cooperate, it will also require cooperation from several of its cities with us."

"However, the flow of raw materials into marginal provinces has almost been cut off. Without a way to obtain raw materials, we have no way to communicate economically with those provinces. Our exports will soon be cut off, and our imports will not be available."

Things can be imported. Under such circumstances, if you still want to have economic contact with other people, the easiest way is to borrow money from them and promise heavy profits."

"As long as someone in these provinces is willing to lend us money, it is equivalent to binding them to our marginal provinces. Since their interests are bound to us, then in order to protect their own interests, they will fight with the Imperial Army

It is natural for them to fight against each other and help us secretly."

After hearing these words, Sweet Wine Cheese suddenly felt a little incredible and interjected: "You are so naive! Under the current situation, will anyone lend you money? We are about to fight, and others

It’s probably too late to divest!”

Ariel sighed, nodded, and said, "Yeah... I'm worried about this kind of thing right now."

Sweet Cheese waved his hand: "Besides, they are loyal to the empire after all, right? Those aristocratic landowners are the subjects of the Blue Bay Empire after all. How could they abandon the empire for such a small profit?

?When the time comes, the empire will crush them with a slap, and they will lose more than they gain."

Cream on the side couldn't help hearing that Sweet Wine Cheese was constantly undermining Ariel's confidence in her plan, and said: "You can't do anything left or right, but don't forget that you are also a member of Mermaid Song.

First, after the imperial army comes, you will also be a traitor who will be exterminated!"

Hearing this, Sweet Wine Cheese suddenly raised the corner of his mouth, put on a confident smile, and said: "I knew you would definitely treat me with this attitude. But don't worry! I'll give you a good beating before

I will never leave here before my second brother. Moreover, I can do what you can’t do!”

Ariel was stunned for a moment, looking at the girl with doubt in her eyes.

Seeing Ariel looking at her like this, Sweet Cheese was extremely happy! She put her hands on her hips and said cheerfully——

"Please beg me? Hehe, I knew you would beg me one day! Let me tell you, although I have completely cut off the surname Bilan, I still know two princes and ministers! Just like Tianhong Province now

The great lord Wisconsin Brooke, and the great lord Morgan Hardy Georgia of Diliao Province. These two old guys take people to the capital every year to celebrate my birthday, and the gifts they give are also very luxurious. Although they have not met

You have never met me, but you have heard my voice.”

"It was also the troops of these two lords that sent people to rescue me before. Although they were blind and didn't believe my words, they still recognized me as the former eldest princess."

"President Ariel, do you know what you are going to do next? Hum! It is of course useless for you to ask other guild members to visit and borrow money from them. But as long as I go, I believe they will immediately borrow money from them.

Lend us the money! When the time comes, we can use this money to defeat the second brother's army, and then we can directly counterattack Hanhai City! Fight to his throne!"

Looking at Sweet Cheese's current self-satisfied appearance, Ariel sincerely felt that although this girl had changed a lot of bad habits, she was still starting to repeat them.

In other words, there are still some inherent thoughts in her mind that have not been eradicated.

These two great lord commanders each rule the entire province and hold a lot of power in their hands. If these two provinces are willing to rebel together, it will be a great help to resist the Blue Bay Empire!

But, this is simply nonsense!

Before Meng Lang was not dead, these two great lords were still willing to relax the border blockade and let their merchants do business with the marginal provinces. But now Mermaid Song is accused of murdering the emperor.

After that, these two big lords immediately blocked the border. It is precisely because of their blockade that goods from the marginal provinces can neither go out nor come in.

After all, they are still big lords and have a lot of land in their hands. If they can earn a lot of taxes by liberalizing trade, they will certainly not have a problem. But now this is really about becoming rebels, how can they be so

Relent easily?

If they had relented so easily, they should have known long ago that Sweet Wine Cheese was in the border province, so it would be impossible for them to send their own people there to borrow money and they would just turn down the offer.

In other words, Ariel felt that even if she asked Sweet Wine Cheese to find these two great lords, the most likely outcome would be that these two great lords would directly order her to be imprisoned and provided with good food and drink until the empire

After the army came and flattened the marginal province, they sent the "former" eldest princess out and returned it to Hanhai City as capital to atone for her sins.

Therefore, sending the sweet wine and cheese there would undoubtedly be sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth, but it would cause one to lose an assistant.

At this time, William also saw the sad, helpless expression on Ariel's face, with a bit of a wry smile.

After thinking for a while, he understood the relationship, and then turned his head to look at the sweet cheese next to him who was still looking proud.

After seeing that the expressions of these two people were not so relaxed, the smug smile on the corner of Sweet Wine Cheese's mouth slowly dissipated.

After waiting a few more seconds, she stopped laughing: "What...what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this?"

"If you can't even get the market lady to sell you the fish for half the price, then it's even more impossible for you to borrow money."

While Sweet Cheese was still thinking about the meaning of this sentence, Cream turned his head and faced Ariel and said: "President, otherwise, we would directly admit that we are the murderers of Meng Lang and Blue.

How about claiming responsibility for this assassination?"

Hearing Cream's words, not only Ariel was stunned, but even Sweet Cheese was also shocked.

Ji Lian continued: "According to my intelligence network, various resistance organizations in the entire Blue Bay Empire are now inspired by the death of Meng Lang and Blue. They have expressed their appreciation and hope for our Mermaid Song.

It means joining. Some rebels are even moving towards us. However, because we have never directly admitted that we are responsible for this assassination, these rebels are hesitant."

"So I think if we admit this directly and are willing to use this incident for propaganda, then I believe that there will definitely be a large number of idealistic rebels who will want to join our organization and fight for us against the Imperial Army.

Add some strength!”

This is indeed very reasonable. Ariel is not unaware of how big a fuss this assassination has caused in the entire Blue Bay Empire. Just in January before the assassination was reported to Hanhai City, some rebels passed through

After learning the news through various channels, they immediately began large-scale operations to attack cities and villages. Such turmoil (harmony) did not even receive any resistance at the beginning, until after Tide and Menglang ascended the throne, under the leadership of Duke Jinguo

Under his leadership, these rebellions were gradually quelled.

Therefore, if Ariel really declares responsibility for this, I believe it will attract a considerable number of resistance forces to join forces...

"This is indeed a good idea. But..."

Ariel said decisively——

"I will never admit that this assassination was committed by our Mermaid Song. Not only that, I also insist that our Mermaid Song went to rescue the Azure Thirteenth with the heart of not being willing to ignore death.

Real reinforcements. Because once we admit it..."

Ariel glanced at the mulled cheese next to her——

"For Sweet Cheese to be willing to join the Mermaid Song, this confirms the fact that she committed brother-killing and betrayed her."

Sweet Cheese was stunned, his mouth slightly opened, and he looked at Ariel in front of him with a somewhat incredulous expression.

Before that, she had always felt that the guild leader, apart from being strict, had a good brain and some far-sighted qualities.

But at this moment, she felt a touch of tenderness from the president. She really cared about this girl who claimed to have severed ties with the royal family.

This kind of care made Sweet Wine Cheese a little unclear for a while whether he should be grateful or accept it openly. After a long time, his face turned slightly red, but he was speechless.

Ji Lian exhaled and looked helpless again: "President, this won't work, and that won't work... So what should we do now? The Imperial Army will attack soon, and we don't have much time..."

This is really a problem. Now, Ariel can only rub her head, suffering from a splitting headache.

If there is really nothing we can do at that time...

Ariel turned her head and glanced at the little white cat who was still sleeping on the counter.

When the time comes, how about directly lifting the Demon King’s seal?

That's right, if you really can't defeat him, then lift the seal of the Demon King. Anyway, we will die together and die together!

When she thought of this, Ariel suddenly understood how some people in those legends and stories felt like they were trying their best to release the evil demons. It was this kind of situation where they were forced into a desperate situation and there was no other way.

This method of dying together can be used.

Squeak - touch.

The guild door opened and closed again.

What came in this time was mochi.

This little vampire girl is carrying her bow on her body. Since it is daytime, she looks listless now, her eyes are drooped, and she staggers two or three steps every time she takes one step.

The person who came in with her was none other than her mother Nuomi.

Compared with her daughter Mochi, Nuomi's spirit is not very good, but she is still okay. She took her daughter's hand and walked to Ariel and greeted the other two guild members present. Then, she

He took out a heavy bag from his pocket and handed it to Ariel's hand.

"this is……?"

Ariel weighed the bag a little, and there was no doubt that it was full of coins!

Nuomi smiled and said: "Miss Ariel, I'm really sorry. We are a clan of the night. After leaving the Marginal Province, those noble lords are still not very willing to approach us. Therefore, we can only find peace and harmony.

Some of our businessmen borrowed money. After asking several people, they could only borrow so little... I'm really sorry..."

Seeing the tired faces of Nuomi and Mochi, Ariel just wanted to say a few polite words. But at this moment, an idea suddenly entered her mind!

Her eyes widened, and she stopped saying those kind words. Instead, she stepped forward and grabbed Nuomi's shoulders and said, "Ms. Nuomi! Those who are willing to lend money...have their names been recorded?!"

Nuomi was a little surprised, but nodded and gave her daughter a little push.
To be continued...