Chapter 2490: National Consciousness

If Dan Zuo could be persuaded, perhaps Zhenisi could share in more cross-border and cross-regional trade benefits, and Xia Duo also believed that with the capabilities of the Yierlan side, it should not be difficult to persuade Dan Zuo.

After all, what Dan Zuo cares more about is the relationship with the various countries on the ground, rather than a little bit of trade profit.

By agreeing to it, one would simultaneously win the friendship of Yierlan and Netheril; Xia Duo even felt that even if Yierlan did not make this a condition, once Netheril's Floating City increased in number, Asikeer would take the initiative to propose increasing investment in Zhenisi.

But if all this came at the cost of allowing Yierlan to deeply participate in Netheril's internal affairs, Xia Duo would rather Zhenisi be a wasteland.

Furthermore, the "two countries speaking with one voice in the Northland Alliance" mentioned by Yierlan Ambassador Yinfuyalisi when he came to see Yinaole not long ago was not just a simple statement.

Xia Duo was also present at the time; Ambassador Yinfuyalisi expounded on the common interests of Netheril and Yierlan in the Northland Alliance from multiple aspects, including but not limited to trade agreements, combating Demon Descendants, dealing with Drow, magical cooperation, artistic exchanges, and so on.

Indeed, Netheril and Yierlan have deep historical ties; although there have been conflicts between them, they have never truly been enemies from beginning to end, let alone engaged in war, and on the contrary, they have frequently cooperated over the past few hundred years.

It can be said that among the Northland Alliance, Yierlan and Netheril should be considered the two countries with the strongest foundation for cooperation. In this regard, even Netheril's current ally Yinerfali is not comparable. These two countries are actually more akin to huddling together for warmth rather than having many true common interests.

When the Northland Alliance was established and Keman Suo announced the maintenance of the tradition of "Five Races Equality and Prosperity," the foundation of the alliance between Yinerfali and Netheril was actually no longer very solid.

But, but—

To say it twice, the premise of all this is that Yierlan sincerely cooperates with Netheril to seek development together, but what does Xia Duo see now? It is clearly Netheril's internal affairs, yet Yierlan insists on sticking its oar in!

Can this be considered sincere cooperation and seeking development?

However, Yierlan is now sending people to persuade Yinaole and persuade Buluode, and they might even go to lobby other Great Arcanists and even the Seven Towers.

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For someone like Yinaole who cares more about the big picture, they can use Yierlan's cooperation and Netheril's development as conditions. After all, from the surface, continuing the relevant content regarding Yierlan in the Old Covenant would not bring about much consequence, and on the contrary, the benefits to development are obvious.

As for others, such as Weide, although Xia Duo does not interact much with Weide, he understands this guy quite well. Weide should be considered a serious technocrat; as long as he can see the hope of his ideals being realized, he will likely not care about continuing the relevant content regarding Yierlan in the New Covenant.

And Kelifu is even simpler; he puts Faith above all else and has the least independent opinion. As long as Yierlan promises cooperation or threatens war, Kelifu is easily swayed.

Of course, Kelifu respects the current leadership of the Seven Towers more; as long as the Seven Towers do not speak, he will not easily promise anything.

As for the Seven Towers, with Xia Duo's premise of restricting power, the Seven Towers might deliberately introduce Yierlan to muddy the waters and rely on foreign power to bolster their own standing!

Of course, the current person in charge of the Seven Towers, Badijiaer, should not agree, as most of the lords of the Gustav Tower group have Elven blood.

In the earliest days, the union of humans and Elves was considered a relatively romantic affair, but once there were children, problems arose; Elven society does not recognize these mixed-race children as Elves.

Not to mention that later, when Netheril abandoned Elven Magic and its relationship with Yierlan nearly broke off, most of the Elves who had united with humans returned to Yierlan; during this period, only a few mixed-race children returned with their Elven fathers or mothers.

But even after returning, they would still face prejudice in Elven society; for example, Master Eriwen, who performed the Ascension Ritual not long ago, was a Half-Elf and had returned to Yierlan with his mother.

But didn't he eventually return to Netheril? If Yierlan had room for Half-Elves to develop, why would Eriwen have returned?

One must know that the Elves who were able to take their Half-Elf children back to Yierlan at that time were mostly members of Upper Families, and even then, they could not provide their Half-Elf children with fair room for development.

It is imaginable how much Half-Elf children without Upper Family parents must be detested in Elven society.

The lords of Gustav Tower are mostly descendants of those Half-Elves; they are full of hatred for Elves. Let alone letting Yierlan continue to join the Alliance, they have objections even to normal cooperation.

It is just that when it comes to the power of the Seven Towers, the Gustav Tower group may not necessarily have the final say, not to mention that this hatred has spanned several generations, and it is unknown how much effect it still has in the face of actual power and interests.

Even if Yierlan were to act more ruthlessly, they could completely bring over the Elven relatives or even the ancestors of these Netheril Lords with Elven blood to play the emotional card.

All in all, Xia Duo is not very optimistic that the Seven Towers can firmly oppose Yierlan's interference in internal affairs.

As for the others, because Zhenna's chamber of commerce is actively developing the Elven market, if she cannot deeply recognize the dangers of Yierlan's interference, she will likely not oppose it either.

Duolaisen Huoke, in Xia Duo's view, is simply a person fostered by Elves; the only difference is whether it was Yierlan or Keman Suo who fostered him. He is a typical Pro-Elf Faction member, and it would not be surprising if he did anything.

Bailun and Kangjienio might follow Yinaole's choice, while Braun, Magna, and Keluosi also have their own weaknesses or preferences; the possibility of Yierlan succeeding by prescribing the right medicine is not small.

After all, from the surface, there is no great harm in continuing the relevant content regarding Yierlan in the New Covenant. Netheril is, after all, a human country, and it has survived for so many years; what would it matter if Yierlan were given a seat?

As long as the benefits are sufficient, Xia Duo does not doubt that those people would be willing to give away a few more seats.

After all, in the current era, Netheril is entirely held together by the Covenant; Yierlan was even in it from the beginning, and the Territories that make up this country are each independent, lacking an understanding of the overall interests of the country of Netheril.

They only have eyes for their own little plot of land; selling out the country for enough money is a common occurrence for many lords.

As for ordinary people, the concept of the country of Netheril might just be hearing that the larger territory outside the territory they are in is called Netheril; as for what this country has to do with them, it actually has nothing to do with them.

If you were to tell an ordinary Netherese person to choose between being a Netherese or an Elf, even if not 100%, at least 80% or 90% would choose to be an Elf.

Over the past few hundred years, Yierlan and other Elves have left too deep an imprint on Netheril, and these imprints have become tentacles for Yierlan to effectively interfere in Netheril.

After Buluode arrived, Yinaole had even begun to discuss the legality of continuing the Covenant for Yierlan; it seemed that only a few conditions had not been agreed upon, otherwise there was a great possibility of agreeing directly.

During this process, Xia Duo did not express an opinion; he did not believe there was any need to discuss this issue.