Lind was taken aback for a moment, only then recalling that the person across from him was referring to the Queen of the Royal Capital.
After carefully reading the letter, Lind speculated that the King of Anju was hurt by cannon fire, and for a moment he couldn’t think of a way to counter it, so he started writing a mocking letter.
After opening the information received from the Royal Capital, Lind’s speculation was further solidified.
The King of Anju, Alberto, had sent a letter, or rather a “love letter,” to Queen Lilith, which had already spread throughout the Royal Capital. This letter could be seen more as a mockery than a proposal.
Not only did he want to mock, but the King of Anju likely intended to incite internal strife within the Cape Royal Capital. In this disgusting letter to Lilith, he even specifically left a sarcastic remark about the Dukes of the Southwest Borders, clearly insinuating their incompetence.
Letting everyone know that your queen was humiliated by the King of Anju, and that because of the incompetence of the Southwest Borders, the Cape Kingdom did not dare to retaliate against the Anju Kingdom.
At that time, the two Dukes of the Southwest would probably not have it easy.
The two Dukes had to provide the Royal Capital with some explanation, especially now that Lilith’s prestige was rising.
What Lind did not expect was that the other side not only mocked Lilith but also specifically sent a letter to taunt him.
Aside from the fact that he was Lilith’s sworn brother, it was probably because the cannon fire from the Northern Border truly caused this King some headaches.
Once Lind finished reading the intelligence, Lucanus said, “My King, this letter was sent through a Bard’s channel.”
Upon hearing this, Lind realized something and asked, “Is it your colleagues?”
“That’s right. Some of the record-keeping colleagues are currently working for the King of Anju. This letter also contains some copies, and it might flow into the Northern Border, so I intercepted it all out of concern that it might affect our strategy.”
Lind nodded, acknowledging Lucanus’s caution, and then said, “There’s no need to intercept it. This kind of information can’t be stopped. Even if we intercept it this time, next time they will come from Fang Ge’s territory, and the effect will be the same here.”
“As long as they are determined, such information cannot be stopped.”
Lucanus bowed respectfully and asked, “My King, do we need to take action?”
“Of course.”
The format of this letter was utterly lacking in etiquette, and the tone was quite contemptuous towards Lind. If Lind did not take action, it wouldn’t significantly impact the current situation, but it was still very disgusting.
It seems that this time, the proposal was not only to stir the mud of the Royal Capital but even to involve the situation in the Northern Border.
From the intelligence and letters sent from the Royal Capital this time, the other party had already achieved one of their objectives. Along with the letter from Lilith, there was also a letter from Judith.
Lind had previously corresponded with Judith, the Duchess of the Southern Border, but that was only related to cannon transactions. Although she was very enthusiastic towards him, Lind treated it with a formal attitude.
This time, however, Judith wrote a letter asking for help.
This letter was not sent through normal channels but was a true confidential correspondence that even Lucanus did not have the right to view.
The most important content of this letter was Judith hinting that Lind’s background might be problematic, possibly a descendant of the Old Empire. To be honest, Lind did not care much about this.
After all, this could entirely be a trick to win his favor, to make him help the Southern Border through this crisis. Otherwise, why had Judith apparently never mentioned this important matter to the royal family, not even giving a hint?
Neither Klan nor Lilith seemed to be aware of this matter, completely treating Lind’s so-called Old Empire descendant identity as a rumor.
There were plenty of people with black hair and black eyes nowadays, and it was said that Lilith also had black hair and black eyes; could it be that she was also a descendant of the Old Empire?
Moreover, even if this identity were true, it would not affect anything at this point. Unless Judith truly wanted to collaborate with him to support the Old Empire’s restoration.
From the contents of the letter sent by Judith, it seemed she was more likely to be standing in the position of the Cape Kingdom, or rather Lilith, hoping that he could provide assistance.
“Burn it.”
Lind handed the letter to Lucanus. Although Lucanus was wearing an eye patch, he still nodded, snapped his fingers, and the confidential letter in his hand was burnt to ashes.
Compared to Judith’s letter, which Lind saw as obviously a cunning scheme, Lilith’s letter was much more straightforward.
It started with her writing like a younger sister, chatting about her life and recent events in the Royal Capital, followed by some trivial matters, and finally she shyly said that she had been bullied.
This writing style reminded Lind a bit of his younger sister from his past life, and the thought of his sister being teased by a blonde made his blood pressure rise.
But after all, this was not his real sister, and Lind quickly calmed down.
However, at the end of the letter, Lilith expressed a desire for Graywhite Territory to provide updated firearms, as well as firearms and bullets, buying whatever they had. If there were grenades and other weapons, that would be even better.
This was a big order. After hesitating for a moment, Lind decided to treat this queen like his own sister.
Moreover, the King of Anju seemed to have overstepped. Lind was not going to restrict his retaliation to mere words.
“Bring Jefferson over. Forget it… let Jefferson wait for us in Black Iron City.”
Lind set aside the intelligence and letters, took out a piece of stationery, and wrote something down before handing it to Lucanus.
“Deliver this letter to your record-keeping colleagues.”
Lucanus took the letter and retreated back into the shadows.
Although the inspection was already nearing its conclusion, Lind did not end it prematurely but spent two more days having fun with Lena before returning to Black Iron City.
Jefferson had been waiting here for a long time.
“Has there been any trouble with business from the Royal Capital?”
Aside from the smuggling business from Doug’s side, proper weapon trading in the Royal Capital was primarily handled by Jefferson on the surface.
After all, one must put on a complete act; if Jefferson did not engage in the arms business, how could he support Doug’s smuggling?
Knowing that Lind disliked beating around the bush, Jefferson did not conceal anything and continued, “I was about to report to you that the nobles from the Southwest Borders hope we can provide updated firearms and cannons, as well as more shells, including fragmentation grenades and landmines.”
“Hmm… let’s skip the landmines; we can sell some grenades. As for the updated firearms and cannons…”
Originally, Jefferson thought that was the end of it. Although the so-called updated firearms and cannons were models already eliminated by Graywhite Territory, he believed they wouldn’t sell them as before.
“Let’s sell them the old model machine guns; besides that, we can sell them a newer model of firearms, and have the factory set up a new production line for these firearms.”
“What, what?”
Jefferson thought he was hearing things. Selling them old model machine guns was understandable, but a new production line?
Jefferson still knew what Graywhite Territory’s weapon production line represented. Just the production of bullets sold to the Royal Capital was already more than enough; now they were going to set up another production line for the benefit of the Southwest Borders?
“Someone from the Royal Capital said we can sell them as much as they want; this kind of opportunity won’t come again. If they can’t afford it, let them use their materials as a substitute; credit is fine, as long as there are written agreements.”
“Understood.”
Connecting this with some recent rumors he had heard about the Kingdom of Anju, Jefferson quickly figured it out and understood what to do.
