However, after Lin Ke made his request, Pachakutek only looked puzzled.
“Brother Pharaoh, of course that’s fine.”
"After all, the most important thing for me to do at this World Conference is food."
"I understand not telling anyone else about this beforehand, but how am I supposed to understand your suggestion that we have never had any grain trade?"
"To be honest, after I left here, I wanted to tell everyone that you sold it to me at such a favorable price in such a reasonable and generous way."
"But may I ask, why do you want me to do this?"
Of course, Lin Ke had his reasons for making his request.
After all, as long as Pachakutk raises his demands at the World Conference, many civilization leaders will surely offer corresponding solutions.
Through those solutions, Lin Ke could clearly see which civilization leaders were worth establishing diplomatic relations with, and which were not.
Lin Ke has no intention of establishing diplomatic relations with emperors who have no bottom line and only think about conquering other countries by violence.
Just like that king of the Persian Empire, no one knows whether he will suddenly send his army to the border of the Kingdom of Holy Egypt and then suddenly start a war.
Even without war, simply maintaining a good relationship with such a leader would inevitably lead others who disagree with him to look at Lin Ke with strange eyes.
In any case, these are not what Lin Ke wants.
Therefore, what he needed to do was to keep Pachakutk in its current state and make a request to the World Conference.
Of course, Lin Ke wouldn't tell Pachakutk his true purpose, so after a moment's thought, he explained.
"As the Pachakutk brothers said before, if there are really so many dangerous people at the World Conference, then I must be extremely careful."
“I was unaware of the situation here and only wanted to establish friendly relations with the other leaders, which is why I sent the food from Holy Egypt to the others in the evening.”
"What the Pachakutek brothers said makes me feel that this move is very inappropriate. I'm afraid that this unintentional act may cause some leaders of civilizations to have a bad attitude towards Holy Egypt."
"So, I still need the Pachakutek brothers to do me a favor. Just pretend this never happened."
"However! I have already ordered people to prepare food, and we will be able to set off in the next two days."
"After the World Conference, the first batch of food should arrive at the border of the Inca civilization, by which time the Pachacuti brothers may already be in the capital."
"You don't need to worry about food."
However, as soon as he said this, Pachakutk's eyes widened immediately.
After all, they had only just agreed to buy food, and even Pachakutk hadn't paid yet.
Lin Ke hadn't even left, so in Pachakutk's view, Lin Ke's words seemed very strange.
How did Lin Ke notify the ship that was far away in another place?
Of course, Lin Ke was aware of the other party's doubts, and he simply continued to explain.
“Brother, don’t worry. The man beside me is a magician from Holy Egypt.”
"He is the Grand Magician of the Sun, so he can use magic to send messages to the magicians on the Holy Egyptian ship on another island."
"And our magicians will then send the message back to Holy Egypt. Our Holy Egyptian magicians are all over the sea along this route."
Even Nan Tong, upon hearing this, first widened his eyes slightly before suddenly realizing what he meant and nodded a few times.
“Yes, King Pachakutek, when His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh whispered to me just now, he instructed me to convey this message.”
"Our messages are delivered very quickly."
When Pachakutek heard Nantong say this, he just opened his mouth wide and slowly nodded his head, but obviously, his brain was still processing the information he had received in the past few minutes.
Lin Ke knew that simply saying that wouldn't be enough to convince the other party.
In a typical formal transaction, Pachacutek would typically pay a deposit, and then pay the remaining amount after the grain was delivered to the Inca.
But now, Pachakutek has no chance of seeing the food from Holy Egypt, and Lin Ke's telling him that the goods have been shipped only makes Pachakutek feel that everything is happening too fast.
If this is not understood, then doubts will arise, and these doubts will arise after Pachakutek returns to his residence.
To prevent Pachakutek from having such thoughts at all, Lin Ke continued to speak.
“Brother Pachacute, when you leave, please tell me the location of the Inca ships.”
“I will order my men from Holy Egypt to take some of our food to the Inca ships late tomorrow night.”
"You can buy another small boat and transport them back to the Inca, or you can store them on the boat and take them with you when you leave."
"But in any case, you must keep it a secret and absolutely not let others find out, otherwise, when you make your request at the world conference, it will arouse suspicion."
Upon hearing this, Pachakutek, despite still having many doubts, simply nodded quickly.
In any case, as long as he can confirm tomorrow night that there is Holy Egyptian food on his ships, then he can now completely believe the words of the Holy Pharaoh before him.
"Good! Good! Brother Holy Pharaoh!"
"Then shall we exchange money for goods tomorrow?"
"Don't worry, brother! I'll definitely give you a price you'll be satisfied with! I'm willing to pay you first..."
But before Pachakutek could finish speaking, Link simply raised his hand slightly.
Lin Ke's smile vanished; instead, she became somewhat serious.
This even made Pachakutek feel a bit more clear-headed, after all, Lin Ke had never shown such an expression since he met her.
"No, we'll talk about the money later."
“I will not charge you a single penny until my ships reach the land of the Incas.”
Upon hearing this, Pachakutek froze completely, as if struck by lightning.
Not only Pachakutek, but even his attendants behind him couldn't help but bow and gape when they heard this.
"What?!"
"You don't want anything?!"
"You won't even accept payment until your grain reaches the borders of my Inca Empire?!"
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