Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 436 New Castile

If the arrival of the Empire's fleet on the continent of Sauron caused a storm on the continent, then the port of Valennia where the fleet docked was the center of the storm.

The neutral seaport of Valennia does not belong to any force, but this does not mean that Valennia itself is a neutral city-state. Rather, it is because the original Valennia family has declined before it had the chance to take sides. Various major forces are intertwined in Valennia Port, and no one can completely occupy Valennia Port. This has allowed Valennia Port to achieve a balance in absolute chaos.

"You mean to say that you want to buy the entire port of Valencia?"

The current head of the Valennia family, Dicka, is a drunken and decadent middle-aged man. When he was negotiating with the gray robe, he was not even sober yet, and his nose and cheeks were still red. The smell of alcohol as soon as he opened his mouth was so strong that Rosaline, who was standing beside him, could not help but fan the already smelly air around her with her hands.

"Yes."

The gray robe placed a contract on the table.

"The money above is enough for your family to have enough food and drink. Anyway, you can't collect taxes in Valenia Port, right?"

When the current head of the family heard what the man in gray robe said, he burst into laughter.

"That's true, but since Her Royal Highness the Princess of Castile wants this port, it means that this port still has a lot of value, right?"

There was a gleam in Dicka's eyes.

"Fifty percent, no, thirty percent. I only want thirty percent of the tax revenue. No matter how much tax you collect later, you have to give me thirty percent. And I want other members of the Castile royal family to witness this contract."

The man in gray frowned. It seemed that the head of Valencia was smarter than he thought. Once other members of the royal family of Castile came over, the situation would become even more chaotic, and the contract would become known to everyone. Valencia would become a blood-sucking leech lying on the port. But it made sense. How could someone without some means hold on to the sovereignty of this chaotic port?

Bernice, who came with the gray robe, leaned back in her chair casually and said, "I advise you to accept it directly. This is not only the contract of the Princess of Castile, but also the will of the Empire. The first offer made by the Empire is often the best."

But Dika showed disdain on his face, burped and said, "What empire? I don't know. Even if the empire is as powerful as you say, can it control this place? You don't think you can occupy the entire port with just those ships, do you? I haven't even collected your docking fees!"

After saying that, Dika squinted his eyes and looked at Bernice. Seeing the slim nun's uniform, his eyes lit up and he said, "Of course, if you can accompany me for a night... I don't know what it feels like to be a nun in the empire."

Before he could finish his words, Di Ka suddenly fell asleep, snoring loudly.

Behind Dicka, the other members of the Valenia family looked at each other in bewilderment. Although Dicka had been drinking all day, as the recognized helmsman of the Valenia family, he was always sober no matter how much he drank. How could he fall asleep in such an important occasion today? But considering Dicka's appearance, it didn't seem strange that he suddenly fell asleep in the middle of the negotiation.

Everything in the room froze in an instant, as if time had stopped as he fell into a deep sleep.

The people of the Valennia family wanted to stop the negotiations, but they found that the other party showed no signs of leaving, especially the nun, who seemed to be waiting for Dicka to wake up.

After a few minutes, Dicka suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were full of fear, his forehead was soaked with cold sweat, his palms were clenched tightly, his nails almost embedded in his palms, and his face, which was originally red due to drunkenness, had completely returned to normal, without any sign of drunkenness, as if he had completely sobered up in an instant.

Dicka looked around, as if confirming something. When he saw the nun who had taken out the nail file to trim her nails again, Dicka suddenly pushed the table backwards. However, because he pushed too hard, or his body did not wake up at all, he fell backwards from the chair before he could stand up.

The people of the Valenia family quickly helped Dika up. Seeing the family members around him, Dika said nothing more. He just grabbed the contract on the table with trembling body and signed his name on the paper. His movements were mechanical and stiff, as if there was an invisible hand behind him controlling him.

After signing the contract, he finally stood up from the chair, but his eyes had lost their former sharpness. He turned a deaf ear to the questions from people around him and just murmured, "Don't ask... don't ask anymore."

Generally speaking, there must be professionals present to witness such important occasions to prevent the other party from playing any tricks, but the middleman looked at both sides and only saw Dicka's eyes pleading for it to end quickly, so he had no choice but to sign his name on the contract, indicating that the contract officially came into effect.

"We also need the specific situation of the port. Although the Valenia family cannot collect taxes from the port, you must have other industries and channels to control the port, right?"

Bernice stood up, looking down at Deka with a look as if she were calmly gazing at the stars of the world.

"Yes...Yes, the Valenia family will serve you."

Not to mention looking at Bernice with the same eyes as before, Dicka couldn't even look up and look directly at Bernice now, as if all the alcohol had been expelled from his body along with the cold sweat.

The negotiations were over, and a bigger storm broke out in the originally calm center of the storm. The Valennia family abdicated and completely transferred the sovereignty of the port to Princess Rosalin who had returned from a foreign country. The Valennia family swore allegiance to Princess Rosalin, and the port officially became Princess Rosalin's territory.

Rosaline immediately announced the establishment of a new country, New Castile, with the port of Valencia as its center. Castile, which was divided into seven parts, now has one more part.

Establishing a country with a port is not a strange thing. In the continent of Sauron, there are countless places where a village or town dares to call itself a country. Some places don’t even have a decent castle, but they dare to establish a country by occupying a two-story earthen warehouse. This is also related to the fact that there has never been a unified country in the continent of Sauron. The standards and relationships of the country are very chaotic.

Different parties have different attitudes towards this new Castile, but most people's attitude is "don't bother with it."

Because the new Castile was not established on the original territory of Castile, it had no direct conflict of interest with the separatist nobles of Castile. Even Rosaline's brothers and sisters sent their own envoys to contact them, trying to pull Rosaline and the empire behind her into their camp.

Similarly, the Avars were also testing and contacting, and were even more cautious because they had truly experienced the sea wall. Suspecting that the Avars of Mu Continent had been defeated, the Avars and the silent Dragon Church sent out their envoys.