Chapter 350 Negotiation

Zoe clutched the corner of her clothes and tried her best to suppress her inner panic - at least not to show it on her face.

She was currently in a wooden house. Although the room was simple, it was very clean.

These are some of the best houses in the slum.

She turned her head and looked around. Her mother-in-law was drinking tea calmly. A little further away, Qiao Xi was looking at her nervously.

Although they are all within the scope of Blood Harbor, this is the first time for the three of them to set foot here - perhaps with the exception of the mother-in-law.

This is the territory of the Church of the Mother of Life.

The mother-in-law asked Josh to contact the Mother Goddess Church. Josh didn't hold much hope at first. Although they were both cults in Blood Harbor, the Steam and Deep Sea Secret Order had not had much connection with the Mother Goddess Church.

The Secret Order has always developed in a low-key manner and almost never actively expanded its territory. Although the Mother Goddess Church has actively expanded, its main target is those people in the upper city.

Moreover, the Secret Order is mainly composed of refugees from the North, and there is little overlap in believers on both sides. This has led to the fact that the two largest organizations in Blood Harbor have little connection.

However, it was not difficult to send someone to look for it. The territory of the Mother Goddess Church was very fixed. The refugees in the North spread the news a little bit and successfully connected with Mira.

Everything went unexpectedly smoothly.

So after taking over the task from my mother-in-law, it didn’t take long before several of them came here together.

In order to show their sincerity, Josh and Zoe came to visit together, and they could also show the relationship between the two parties.

The Secret Order is already quite large, and with the support from Castel, I believe Mira will have to think carefully about whatever she plans to do.

Of course, the main reason why Josh was able to come here was because his mother-in-law followed them - she promised them that she could take them away if they ran into any trouble.

"- The extraordinary people in the Mother Goddess Church are generally not good at perception, and my extraordinary way is the strongest in escape." She told the two of them privately that even if all the extraordinary people in the Mother Goddess Church went out together, it would be impossible to stop them.

Hence this meeting.

Although Zoe was nervous, she tried not to show it. She was no longer the team leader after the operation to rescue Connor, but Hughes still arranged for her to stay here as a diplomat.

Being able to connect and allow Xiu Si to get first-hand information was one reason, but the more important thing was that she actually had a talent that she hadn't even discovered.

She is very adaptable.

Zeus had sensed this when he sent her to teach the banshees to read. Although Zoe was scared to death the first time she went there, she became friends with the banshees not long after.

She seemed to have a kind of affinity that no one else had.

Whether it's the banshee or the islanders when the school was first built, their identities, backgrounds, and experiences are very different from Zoe's, but she manages to get along well with them.

This kind of person is really suitable to be a diplomat.

They didn't have to wait long before the door was pushed open.

Mira stood at the door and glanced at a few people calmly.

Her hair was like a bunch of dead weeds, and she looked even thinner than the last time they met. But her eyes were bright, as if they contained a fire.

"Sorry for the long wait, everyone."

She walked in and nodded to a few people. A believer brought tea and she poured it into the cups for the three people herself.

The sun shone in, and wisps of hot air rose. Mira sat in a chair, her eyes passed over her mother-in-law, paused at Josh, and then turned to look at Zoe.

"I've seen you before."

The last time they met, they were still on the side of the Harbor Guards, and it was with the bolt-action rifles in the hands of the Skitarii that the prince forced Mira and her group back.

Zoe's face flashed with embarrassment, but she didn't say much. Explaining here in a hurry would only show weakness, so she skipped the topic directly.

"We are from Castel, which is the territory of Count Hughes. We are here to represent his will."

After she finished speaking, Josh agreed without hesitation: "That's right."

Mira showed an interested look: "Aren't you from the secret society from the north?"

"Castel accepted the Secret Order." Zoe took over the conversation. "Lord Hughes is the Border Earl. We have a lot of vacant land that needs manpower to open up. Accommodating refugees from the North is part of our plan. In fact, we welcome everyone."

Mira looked at her, and Zoe suppressed her fear and nodded at her.

"Isn't Castel an island? How can it accommodate so many people?"

"Our production capacity is beyond your imagination. As a token of sincerity, Castel is willing to provide a batch of food aid to Blood Harbor."

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After the deep sea war, Castel's originally slightly tight food supply quickly became replenished, and in the foreseeable future, Castel will usher in an explosion of food production.

Zoe didn't know the specific situation, but it was said to be an accident, which seemed to be related to Ash. In short, Castel would not be short of food.

And these surplus grains can naturally be used as bargaining chips in our hands at this moment.

Sure enough, Mira's expression became serious.

Food is hard currency everywhere, especially in the chaotic Blood Harbor at this moment.

The fact that Castel can provide food aid is a testament to its strength - at least they can feed people.

Although the Mother Goddess Church led by Mira managed to snatch food from the upper city, this is not a long-term solution. If they only have food, they will eventually run out of food.

In fact, the prince is already carrying out reforms. After the nobles were cleared out, there are now many more jobs in Blood Harbor and everything is gradually recovering. If everything goes well, these starving people may no longer go hungry in the future.

But in this way, Castel's urgent population could not be met. So Xius decisively sent people to contact the Mother Goddess Church in advance, and tried to lure these people back to the island! As for whether the prince would be furious after intercepting these people, this was not what Xius cared about. Anyway, Blood Harbor could not provide food now, but Castel could, because he had brought people here with his own ability.

If you cannot afford to support the population, someone else will naturally support it for you.

If the prince has any opinions, he can raise them with the Crusaders.

When Mira heard about food aid, her eyes widened and her skinny face became more lively.

She stared at Zoe for a long time before reluctantly looking away and pointing at Josh: “Shouldn’t Castel give priority to recruiting people from the Secret Order? Why did he choose me?”

Josh was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

He originally thought that he could not go back to Castel, but after talking with his mother-in-law, he found out that Hughes did not object to what he did - he even had a tendency to approve of it.

(End of this chapter)