The envoy from St. Anthony was almost killed by the border defense.
Fortunately, the envoy was not a tough character, and he was able to understand what he was saying through his language proficiency. He made his men lose their weapons in time and did not forcefully approach the defense line.
After receiving the call, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs apologized, but the caller also expressed understanding and did not walk away.
The north of the Phoenix Kingdom directly faces Demon Realm Gate No. 1. Although there is still a certain distance in between, and many demons have gradually "recognized the danger", the frequency of small-scale battles is not low. There are no entrances and exits in the entire northern territory. Soldiers The first reaction when seeing someone approaching is level one alert. If you compare it with the south side that carries out the second level alert first, you will know the difference.
Afterwards, the Central Ministry did not directly intervene, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handled the entire process.
At the beginning, the envoy stated that Saint Anthony wanted information about the distribution of the prostitute demons in the exile. Naturally, the words are not so straightforward, that's what it means anyway.
Naturally, it is impossible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to back down. This is what the military collected through years of operations using fighter planes and the lives of pilots and observers. St. Anthony is a country in the main world. It has closed the door and does not know where to go to repay the favor, and it still wants to prostitute for nothing.
"If your country is in the penal colony, we can still discuss it." This is also a rhetoric. If it is really the country of the penal colony that makes such a request, the words will naturally be different.
Naturally, it was impossible for the envoy to come with a negotiation goal that had no room for compromise. As the negotiations progressed, some compensation plans were gradually given.
Everyone continues to fight.
After struggling for half a month, the envoy became a little unsteady. While providing more compensation, he began to request more information, such as the distribution of forces in the penal colony.
It was not as if other departments were not working at this time. They hurriedly came up with a map specifically for trading.
Military maps are strategic secrets and cannot be easily revealed to others.
The existing civilian maps, flight maps, and trading maps prepared for Fatel and Wengji are not large enough, and they contain some important information, which is risky to provide to the main world.
Making a map specifically for the main world requires a lot of work to filter out key information.
The two sides talked for more than 20 days and finally settled.
It was agreed that the Phoenix Kingdom would provide the floating island of exile and a brief power distribution map, the location of the Demon Realm Gate, and a report on the composition of each demon clan. Saint Anthony produced two tons of gold and one hundred tons of hardy crops, nuts and seeds.
The kingdom's demand for gold is limited, but there are not many options for cross-world transactions. Except for the seeds that are willing to provide a certain premium, other conditions proposed by the other party are not helpful and simply increase the pressure on transportation and escort.
The next trading stage is even more important.
Neither side was willing to place the transaction location on the other's territory. Saint Anthony did not have the ability to transport hundreds of tons of supplies across the island in the penal colony. The Kingdom did not want the other party's people to get too close to its own plane.
The deal went through a lot of wrangling during the negotiations, and it was finally decided that the kingdom would build a temporary military camp near the temporary gate, and the other party would send people through the world gate to receive supplies.
It seems okay, but in fact, Wang Guofang's risk is greater.
Not to mention other dangers, it is not difficult for the divine warriors of the Church of Light to destroy a temporary camp at that location. However, because the existence of the temporary camp will hinder the demons from entering and exiting the world gate, the transportation risk is not great.
But trust must be built step by step.
The garrison task was handed over to the 201st Battalion of the 41st Brigade, and the 1st Brigade sent a small team to set up an observation post a few kilometers outside the camp.
The Blades, like the Night Tribe, have pretty good night vision capabilities, and this team completes airborne deployments at night. It may not be possible to hide it from people in the main world, but as long as it is not destroyed at the same moment as the temporary camp when it is attacked, the news can be spread in time to avoid the loss of additional transport aircraft.
Since our side was only trading a few pieces of paper, and the other side was afraid of running away in the middle of the transaction, the temporary camp was close to the side of the main world, and a tent camp was also gathered with about a dozen divine warriors.
In this state of no mutual trust, it took the two sides more than ten days to complete the first cross-border transaction between the exile and the main world since the big collision.
It was smooth until the end.
It’s not necessarily that the other party follows the rules. According to Wang Qi’s travel experience to the main world, his own map is definitely the most detailed and accurate comprehensive map they have ever seen. This in itself is a kind of shock-as long as he dares to station in the exile, he can The chance of escaping one's own eyes is infinitesimally small.
After all, the result is good. After this first time, if there is another transaction, the negotiation process can be shortened a lot.
Some of the seeds of cold-resistant crops are reserved for agricultural colleges and forestry-related agricultural enterprises, and a few tons are stored. The rest are sent overseas at a low price.
According to recent information, the overall yield rate of outdoor crops that have just been harvested overseas has been reduced by nearly 30%. The gap can be said to be quite large. The number of people chewing bark and collecting grass seeds has entered a period of growth again.
In this case, it is difficult for newly arrived seeds to grow when they are distributed to farmers. It is good to eat half of them before planting.
It takes several years for nut seeds to bear fruit. Once a person becomes hungry, the tree may not survive, and the yield cannot be guaranteed at all.
We can only place our hopes in the Pilates and Black Lotus areas.
The entire floating island of Pilates has formed an industrial chain of certain complexity. The self-sufficiency rate in the production of light trucks and wood gas vehicles can reach more than 80%, including some locally produced four-cylinder gasoline engines.
Industrial advantages make Pilates' overall foreign trade in surplus. Everyone has relatively more money. In the short term, food shortages will only increase imports, and they will not starve to eat grass... Yes, people in this place are already chewing. grass habit.
The situation of black lotus is more complicated. The advantage is that the cities inside and outside the lake are all isolated islands, so there is no need to worry about bandits destroying the planting.
Start half to two regions.
Then look on the map to see if there are other places that can share some of the pressure.
There is an inevitable causal relationship between food shortage and banditry, and the destructive power of bandits on agriculture cannot be ignored.
The candidate production areas must at least be able to suppress banditry and have terrain protection like the Black Lotus area. Secondly, there must not be too many hungry people in the area.
There are still a few places like this. They were either major food-producing areas in the past few years, or the lords and landowners were more considerate of the people.
Divide the remaining seeds equally among them, let them arrange their own planting, and the matter is over.
In view of the later food crisis, edible fungi must also be arranged in advance.
The latest mushroom pack produced by an agricultural enterprise responsible for edible fungi has a purity of 99%. Although miscellaneous and toadstools have not been completely eliminated, as long as the collectors pay a little attention, the risk of poisoning people can be almost ignored.
The main reason is that the last 1% is too difficult to handle. Not only does it require a well-established laboratory environment, but the mycelium packaging process also requires a more professional factory. It is estimated that it will take at least 3 years to increase the purity of the strain by 0.5%. The further you get to the back the harder it gets.
It is very different from other foods. The cultivation of edible fungi takes up the local production capacity of cement. If the production capacity cannot keep up, rammed earth houses can also be used.
In the past, in order to provide foreign countries with the ability to withstand the cold, cement production and brick-concrete technology have been spread out. Now is the time for large-scale construction in various places. Now that edible fungi are promoted, we can only find alternatives.
For those who cannot find the labor force to build an adobe house, it is recommended to use a cave. Even if a natural cave is not enough, a mage can easily dig a hole, which is much lower than using magic to build a wall.
As for whether the local mage is willing to do such a thing, it really doesn't matter. Anyway, the benevolence has been exhausted here, and he will still have to compete with the demons next.
(End of chapter)
