After a little arrangement, two more waves of envoys arrived, one from Fatel and the other from St. Anthony.
Fatel's permanent envoy was asked to come to protest, saying that information about the penal colony had been betrayed without consultation with him.
There was no need to pay attention to this kind of protest, and there was no need to argue, because with a clear conscience, the map given to Saint Anthony only outlined the national border of Fatel, and the internal terrain was completely blank.
Wang Qi is more concerned about the strategic aspect.
Although Fatel's protest could be dismissed with words, he still sent a map.
This map uses the blank outline of Fartel as the core, and makes a certain expansion of its eastern and western parts.
On the one hand, it can help Fatel fight against the demons of gates No. 2 and No. 5 more effectively, and it also has the effect of disturbing the mind.
The so-called blank map that only includes outlines can easily make people suspicious. They came to protest because they must have the intention of testing how much terrain information they have. But if you really respond from this aspect, you will be inferior. What you give them is still a blank outline. Compared with the detailed descriptions from abroad, it is more likely to make people suspicious.
It's not that they have to scare the other party, but the current situation on the demon side is like the calm before the storm. There may be big moves at any time, and the conflicts in the penal colony must be left to be resolved later.
Saint Anthony's envoy came again, hoping to send some mages to settle in.
The reason is high-sounding: "The demons represent complete evil and chaos. We cannot bear the people being harmed and hope to provide some help in the war."
It looks like they've done a lot in the month since the map and seed deal was completed.
Wang Qi was not a survivor of the hand-washing sled back then. He could analyze a lot of things based on the massive military information and his experiences traveling to the main world.
The main world is not monolithic, otherwise it would not be like that.
Therefore, the so-called war support cannot fall solely on Saint Anthony. It was probably after the exchange students were sent back that they immediately launched diplomatic operations and reached a partial agreement before finding their way here.
There is still a month until the temporary door is closed. If the talks drag on for half a month, there will be no time to complete personnel actions later.
Under this precondition, the envoy should have already obtained the bottom line of the negotiation in order to reduce the loss of the negotiation.
For our own side, having high-level mage foreign aid is not a bad thing in the general direction, but we cannot just nod and accept it.
Wang Qi called Levin and people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain his requirements:
“First, preaching is not allowed on our territory.
Second, those who violate military orders and spy on military intelligence must be tried by a military court. Violations of criminal and civil laws must also be enforced according to our laws.
Third, we do not provide accommodation in military camps. We will provide free accommodation and pay food subsidies in the demilitarized zone. Their mages can run individual businesses such as prop shops on their own.
Fourth, we guarantee that no senior mages will be thrown into the battlefield where they will die during military operations.
The above is a must-sign clause. If it is possible to achieve it, let them make a guarantee that no church will be built outside our territory, in the entire Southern District and Eastern District. "
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's difficult to talk. They want us to deploy local defenses as soon as possible when the world gate opens. In order for us to agree, they are willing to increase the number of magicians above the fifth ring to more than 500."
The only reason for the other party to make such a request was that they were eyeing their own mobility through the previous seed transaction.
Wang Qi shook his head: "Too few, the seventh ring is about the same. If they are willing to guard it by themselves, we can send some steel bars and the like. There is no need to talk about the rest."
The doors are opened too randomly, often covering thousands of kilometers, and a round trip including ground preparations takes at least six hours. Flying this distance with a barbarian bull would be too expensive to establish a defense line. If the demons can do it within a week like in the early days. As far as launching cluster operations is concerned, the pressure on the Air Force to stop them is too great.
There is no benefit to such a big risk. The demons are blocked in the exile. It is hard to guess how many lives their own soldiers have lost. Even if they withstand it, the demons will still kill in the exile.
The kingdom is too small, and after decades of development, it only has relatively strong fighting power near the border.
The diplomats reluctantly received the instructions and left. Wang Qi explained the bottom line to Levin again:
"The treatment can be compromised, it is best to receive a salary.
We must not let up on overseas operations under any circumstances, as this is related to the life safety of our soldiers.
Keep an eye on the matter of not being allowed to preach. If the other party doesn't agree, there's no need to continue the discussion.
They also worked hard to restrict their overseas missionary work. If they rebounded too much, they tried their best to keep the southern district. "
"Yeah, I'll follow up."
The bottom line is similar to what he requested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but there is still room for negotiation. In addition, the tightness of the management of the mage group can be discussed as additional regulations.
Diplomacy, in layman's terms, means giving in to each other in a quarrel until both parties can no longer retreat.
The requirements here were too different from the other party's expectations. After three days of talks, St. Anthony's envoy could not withstand the pressure. It seemed that his bottom line was not low enough and asked to go back for advice.
The envoy's own team had a magic flying vehicle, but it was too slow. Wang Qi didn't like taking advantage of this little time, so he arranged a Manniu transport plane to send the envoy's flying vehicle and people to the Light Church camp together.
The Light Church camp has been stationed for several years. It is obviously some kind of strategic arrangement, and the other party is probably not willing to abandon it easily. Opposite the temporary gate seems to be the Sea of Goddess. The surrounding situation is relatively complicated. There are at least three countries and two churches that can cause trouble on a large scale. There are too many uncontrollable factors.
Comparing the two, Wang Qi still prefers to deal with the other party through the camp.
It took seven days for the envoy to go back and forth, and there was not much left before the door was closed.
Levin went upstairs to say hello: "The envoy from Saint Anthony is here this time, and he is accompanied by an archbishop."
Wang Qi thought for a moment and waved his hand: "Ignore it. Prohibition of preaching is the bottom line. If you don't agree, let's stop talking. We don't lack that few magicians."
"yes."
Wang Qi opposed preaching, not only because of concerns about religious ideas, but also for future considerations.
If the kingdom survives the Three Realms War, it will definitely take the opportunity to expand. For example, the environment in the northern area is good. The monsters that were originally dangerous have also been killed by the demons. The surrounding area can reach nearly one million square kilometers when gathered together, which is enough to support a A country with a population of over 100 million can only support a large and complex industrial chain cluster if it has a population base.
The three major churches in the main world are all armed churches with their own violent institutions. Even if they can control it within the country, they cannot control it outside the country. If they are allowed to expand wantonly, they will be in trouble in whatever they want to do.
The one side held the bottom line and refused to give in, while the other side relaxed on the missionary front, but could not completely give up the military requirements. As time slowly passed, the talks finally broke down.
It's not over yet.
Before talks collapsed, the envoys proposed two separate motions.
One of them requested that the kingdom provide various supplies to the Light Church camp in the northern district on a regular basis, and the other party would pay gold directly. This agreement also came with a statement that the kingdom would not take the initiative to attack the camp. It was not painful, so a motion was made the day before and the supply agreement was signed the next afternoon.
In order to sign it as quickly as possible, the supply agreement did not even come with a list of goods and quotations, but was executed directly at the market retail price.
The second item is for the kingdom to transport a group of divine warriors from the camp to the floating island where the temporary world gate is located when the gate opens next time. This agreement lacks time to discuss in detail and lacks guarantee clauses. Whether the payment can be settled later can only be seen. The other party is credited.
