"They are finally back." Lawrence showed an expression of relief on his face. This negotiation started after the rescue of Vieques Island, and it has been almost two months now. Fortunately, the negotiation team has returned.
It means that this issue has finally been discussed, and he can probably know the final result.
Although the White Eagle Federation had previously handed over many factories and farms near Huguang City in the northern part of the Federation that had been confiscated from those evil elements to Lawrence's hands as a thank you for sending troops before, that kind of commercial real estate
It is completely incomparable to this kind of real territory.
However, it was not until more than two hours and nearly three hours later that Lawrence received the notice that the envoy he had sent before and several guests were about to arrive here. Come to think of it, Nora saw the boat after flying into the sky.
It was estimated that it was quite some distance from the island, so it would naturally take some time to arrive at the port.
"Welcome, welcome!" After bowing to each other, through introduction, Lawrence learned that these so-called guests were actually diplomats from the Holy Visby Empire participating in this negotiation. It was obvious that the situation this time was likely to be as Lawrence imagined.
In that way, he should have gained something corresponding to his previous efforts.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Lord." The leader of the diplomats bowed to Lawrence very seriously, then took a folder from a staff member behind him, opened it and took a look.
Then he handed it to Lawrence and said, "This is the process and result of our negotiation. Please take a look."
"Thank you so much for your hard work this time -" Lawrence said as he opened the folder in front of him. This folder looked a bit thick, because the main part inside was the previous negotiation records. Of course, it was delivered to Lawrence
This negotiation record has omitted most of the content of small-scale negotiations and only retained the main content of negotiations.
Otherwise, if there are so many negotiations in two months, even if it only contains the negotiation records related to Lawrence and New Sauer, the folders required will be several times the current folders. So in order to avoid spending too much extra energy,
They simply deleted content that had little relevance to the current situation.
"Let me see -" Lawrence looked at the negotiation records. Obviously, when everyone's strength is about the same, it is the time to present facts and reason. From the previous records, it can be seen that all parties are working hard to present facts and reason.
Principle: Try to get enough benefits for yourself bit by bit.
From these records, Lawrence could also see that both his own negotiators and the negotiators sent by the empire had done their best. They tried their best to point out Lawrence's contribution in this war. And in their efforts
Next, Lawrence found that he got more things this time than he thought.
"In other words, the main trophy I was assigned this time is a new territory." After seeing the last page of the pile of documents in the folder, Lawrence finally saw his list of trophies. The entire list
I wrote on five or six sheets of paper, but the only real value in them was the two lines on the last sheet of paper.
The other things are obviously just a tie-in. For example, because the prizes allocated to Lawrence include territory, there are not many kinds of ordinary wealth. The most valuable ones are six old sailing ships ranging from 150 tons to 350 tons.
That's all, other than that, there are various things that seem to be worth some money.
"Cruz Islands - if I remember correctly, this place should be the territory of a baron in Elysium, right? Why was it given to me like this now? Is this place written wrong?" Looked carefully.
Lawrence asked in confusion about the specific situation of the island given to him.
"Your Excellency, there is no mistake in this place." The diplomat of the Holy Visby Empire, who should be the middle-aged second secretary of the Embassy of the White Eagle Federation, said. "The reason why our previous negotiations were so long
A large part of the time and energy is spent on coordination between various countries."
“Through a series of coordination, we successfully conducted several important territorial exchanges. After all, for those countries, rather than accepting an enclave far away from the mainland, they are more willing to accept some territories around their own islands as their new territories.
Territory," the diplomat explained to Lawrence.
"For example, two of the four new territories this time, including Pine Island, were assigned to the White Eagle Federation. After all, they are the real main force this time and did not gain anything during the war," the diplomat said.
He glanced at Lawrence, and it was obvious that everyone knew that Lawrence had taken away the trophies from the monster before.
Although according to tradition, whoever defeats the monster can get all the trophies from the monster, but if it is on someone else's territory, it is also traditionally reserved for the local owner, unlike before Lawrence and Nora.
Clean it all up like that.
Of course, if some people really need those things, they can take them away. But this is equivalent to showing the local owner that I took more during the battle, so it will naturally be used in the subsequent distribution of loot.
A portion of the loot will be given up to balance things out overall.
"Obviously, the other party overestimated the loot we obtained before." Nora's voice rang in Lawrence's mind through soul connection. "But there is really nothing we can do about it. After all, we have to clean up the scene this time.
It’s really too clean. And for some reasons, we couldn’t show them what we had harvested this time.”
"That's right." Lawrence looked a little frustrated, because this meant that the loot he got this time was less than what he really deserved. But thinking about the benefits that the monster had brought to him before, Lawrence suddenly became energetic again.
, he felt that based on his previous gains, it was worthwhile to get less of these extraneous things.
"——So in this operation, the White Eagle Federation acquired a total of 1,100 square kilometers of land and 37 islands. In addition to Pine Island near Vieques, there are also areas not far from the federal mainland.
The Cervantico Islands. These islands are not very fertile, but fortunately they are in a good location. So the federation should be able to develop well after it takes over."
"What about the Republic of New Zealand?" Nora asked next to him. As a little doll who has been following Lawrence, Nora is also somewhat famous. Therefore, when she asked the question, the diplomat only showed a slight smile.
With a surprised expression, he quickly answered seriously.
"The Republic of Xinzhou only obtained an archipelago totaling more than 220 square kilometers this time," the diplomat said.
"The largest island in that archipelago only covers an area of more than 60 square kilometers, and most of the islands don't even have fresh water. However, after acquiring that island, they were able to eradicate the largest pirate on the side of the canal near the Sea of Stars.
A den, and by the way, an outpost was set up on the outskirts of his own territory."
"As for the Cruz Islands we obtained this time -" when the diplomat continued to introduce, Lawrence raised his hand and interrupted him, and then said, "I know the Cruz Islands, because they are far away
The nearest island to New Sauer Island, I also visited the Baron before."
"Ah, then I don't need to introduce you." The diplomat nodded, and then talked about the territory exchange. "Because of the things you have done for the empire before, the Erysion Empire is very willing to help you.
Exchange territory. After a series of territory exchanges, they exchanged this island closest to us to you."
"According to the original allocation method, you are assigned to Carlos Island with an area of 275 square kilometers. But that island is a three-day voyage from here, and is separated from our New Sauer Island by a vast ocean. But now
After the exchange, we moved to an island that is slightly smaller now, but is closer to the mainland and easier to control."