*the messenger, receiving yet another letter, looks highly nervous before addressing the diet*

Ermm my noble men, my Count wishes to ask whether it was... wise to pay the English a total of 18500 florins for an alliance after they had attacked us and we are even allowed to take one of their cities? Would a lower amount not have sufficed?

OOC: The balance on that was very generous. Generous alone would have raised the relations and made em accept. Could have saved over 4-5k florins!