In the sub-nest [Beisen City] located in the northern part of the Black Forest, close to the border of the red fire ant country, the negotiations between the two parties officially began.
The protagonist continued to let "Little Flower" take charge of the negotiations at first, and later went into battle himself at a critical moment in the negotiations.
In this negotiation, the God Envoy King Corps had the upper hand. In previous military operations, they had fully made the red fire ant elders aware of their own strength. In the past, they had also let the other side know in the past trade through the Lit-belly Ant clan. Realized the value of the special resources of the God Envoy King’s Legion such as honey dew and crow honey.
In addition, during the negotiation, the two parties intentionally blocked the return of the red fire ant army and waited for the other party's good news, and continued to use some techniques to exert pressure during the negotiation process. The two parties in the negotiation were not actually on an equal footing.
However, the elders in charge of negotiations in the Red Fire Ant Country are indeed, as "Old Heart" said, very stubborn and conservative, and will not let go on some terms. In order to reach an agreement as soon as possible and prevent long nights and long dreams, the protagonist also had to make some concessions to the satisfaction of the other party on several terms that had nothing to do with the overall situation.
Finally, on September 6, the Angel King Legion and the Red Fire Ant Nation reached a contract in [Beisen City], which the protagonist called the "Beisen City Contract."
The terms of the Contract are as follows:
1. The God Envoy King’s Legion became a vassal of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom.
Second, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King performs vassal obligations to the Red Fire Ant Nation, including conditionally responding to the Red Fire Ant Nation’s military conscription and paying tribute every year.
Third, the Red Fire Ant Nation and its vassal nations provide military protection for the Divine Envoy King’s Legion.
Fourth, the Red Fire Ant Nation does not have the right to unconditionally recruit and command the Divine Envoy King's legion like it does to other vassals. If there is a military call-up, the Angel King Legion can decide on its own the number of troops to send, and the commander of the Angel King Legion will direct it to cooperate with the Red Fire Ant Nation's operations. During the recruitment period, the Red Fire Ant Nation needs to provide each Divine Envoy King warrior with material supplies equivalent to five-sixths of the ration for the Red Fire Ant's own warriors.
5. The Divine Envoy King’s Army pays tribute every year in spring, summer and autumn, with a total of 30 snail shell honeydew and 12 snail shell crow honey.
6. After completing the tribute in the three quarters of spring, summer and autumn, the Divine Envoy King’s Legion can conduct barter trade with the Red Fire Ant Nation in [Hive City].
The terms of this "Beisen City Contract" basically meet the expectations of the protagonist, and also satisfy the Red Fire Ant Nation, which is in line with their status as a "sovereign nation".
For example, the first clause stipulates that the Divine Envoy King's Legion is nominally a vassal of the Red Fire Ant Nation. At first, the protagonist insists on reaching an equal bilateral relationship, but the elders of the red imported fire ants are resolute, saying that the red fire ant country will only show mercy to its vassals, and all other ants are objects to be conquered.
In the end, the protagonist gave in on behalf of the God Envoy King's army and nominally became a vassal state of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom. However, from the subsequent clauses, it can be seen that the Angel King's Legion does not need to fulfill many vassal obligations. In fact, the Red Fire Ant Nation cannot exercise too many "suzerain" powers over the Angel King's Legion.
The second clause is an explanation of the obligations that the Divine Envoy King Legion needs to fulfill, including military obligations and economic obligations, which are explained in detail in the fourth and fifth clauses respectively.
The third condition is the obligation of the "sovereign country" the Red Fire Ant Country to the "vassal country" the God's Envoy King's Army. It is a simple one, which is to provide military protection.
The red fire ant country also has the obligation to provide military protection to other vassal countries, and this is treated equally. With hundreds of thousands of troops from the Red Fire Ant Nation standing in front of them, the God Envoy King's army can grow with greater peace of mind.
Moreover, this clause also made the elders of the Red Fire Ant Nation feel that they were really the "sovereign nation" and appeased their dissatisfaction because the next clause was not to their liking.
The fourth article elaborates on the obligations of the Divine Envoy King Legion to the "sovereign country" Red Fire Ant. Although the Legion of God's Envoy King is obliged to respond to the military call-up of the "sovereign country", the protagonist has tried his best on this clause and obtained the power to decide the number of troops sent and the command power of his own troops. It is equivalent to an incompetent army. The guest troops who listened to the announcement were very independent.
In order to achieve this, the protagonist is even willing to surrender the God Envoy King's Legion to become "vassals". Otherwise, if the God's Envoy King's legions are recruited at will without the right to command, they will only become the thugs of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom, shedding the last drop of blood in the Red Fire Ant Country's foreign wars.
After all, the protagonist is anxious to conclude the contract with the Red Fire Ant Country in order to exchange for an external environment that is conducive to the development of the Angel King's army, rather than to draw chestnuts from the fire for the Red Fire Ant Country.
The fifth clause is a stipulation on paying tribute to the Angel King's army. At first, the ant lion of the red fire ant kingdom asked for 120 snail shell honeydew and 30 snail shell crow honey. After repeated negotiations with the protagonist, the price of honeydew and crow honey was The number of tributes ultimately dropped by 75% and 60% respectively.
In fact, even the quantity of honeydew and crow honey originally requested by the Red Fire Ant Nation was affordable by the Angel King Legion. After the Leafcutter Ant Nation interrupted the honeydew iron ore trade, the Angel King Legion’s herds stopped In order to prevent barbaric expansion, even so, the honeydew produced now is not too late for the Angel King Legion to consume it, and the crow honey is strictly required by the Angel King Legion to prohibit the internal ant members from eating it. Currently, there are more than two hundred snail shell concentrated honeydew and dozens of snail shell concentrated crow honey piled in the warehouse.
In addition, even with the current amount of tribute, if the protagonist becomes unhappy, there are still many loopholes that can be exploited, leaving the fire ants speechless to object.
For example, the protagonist of the snail shell can be replaced with a smaller one. Anyway, you didn't say how big a snail shell you want! I mixed some water with the concentrated honeydew inside the snail shell, and one snail shell became two snail shells. You didn’t specify the sweetness and concentration, right?
In short, although this clause requires the God Envoy King Legion to pay a certain economic price, it is completely affordable and can be "changed" at any time.
The last clause is the trade clause. The excess honeydew from the Angel King’s Army and the crow honey that is not consumed by itself must be traded out. Now that the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom has severed diplomatic relations with the Angel King’s Army, it can only be dumped to Fire ant domestic.
Using trade, the Angel King Legion can continuously "plunder" the resources in the country of red fire ants, relying on the vast territory and rich resources of the red fire ant country to nourish themselves.
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The negotiating elders of the Red Fire Ant Country returned to [Hive City]. Although the Red Fire Ant army had returned to the city at this time, the elders were very satisfied with the fact that they had conquered a powerful vassal country without fighting and had no plans to break the contract.
Especially on the third day, the Divine Envoy King's Army sent a total of 20 snail shell honeydew and 8 snail shell crow honey tributes in the spring and summer seasons, and they were all top-grade products with extremely high concentration and sweetness.
The fire ant elders, who had not tasted sweetness for many days, were intoxicated with sweetness and became more and more satisfied with this new vassal state!
