Struggle in the Steam Age

"They finally came back." Lawrence showed a relieved expression on his face. This negotiation started from the rescue of Vieques, and it has been almost two months since then. Fortunately, the return of the negotiating team shows that this issue is finally over, and he can also know the final result.

Although before that, the White Eagle Federation also handed over many factories and farms near Huguang City in the northern part of the Federation that had been confiscated from those evil men to Lawrence's hands as a thank you for sending troops before, but that kind of commercial real estate It is completely incomparable with this kind of real territory.

However, it was not until more than two hours and nearly three hours later that Lawrence got the notice that the envoy he had sent before and several guests were about to arrive here. Think about it, too, when Nora flew to the sky and saw the boat, she estimated that she was some distance away from the island, and it would naturally take a while to get to the port.

"Welcome, welcome!" After saluting each other, through introduction, Lawrence learned that these so-called guests were actually diplomats of the Holy Visby Empire participating in this negotiation. Obviously, the situation this time is likely to be like Lawrence imagined. In that way, he should have reaped what he had paid before.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Lord." The leader of the diplomats bowed to Lawrence very seriously, then took a file from a staff member behind him and opened it. Then he handed it to Lawrence and said. "This is the process and result of our negotiation. Please have a look."

"It's really hard for you this time--" Lawrence said as he opened the folder in front of him. This folder looks a little thick, because the main part of it is the previous negotiation records. Of course, the negotiation record delivered to Lawrence has omitted most of the content of small-scale negotiations and only retained the main content of the negotiations.

Otherwise, if there are so many negotiations in two months, even if only those negotiation records related to Lawrence and New Sauer are included, the folders required are several times the current ones. So in order to avoid spending too much extra energy, they simply deleted the content that had little to do with the current situation.

"Let me see--" Lawrence looked at the negotiation record. It was obvious that when everyone's strength was about the same, it was time to put facts and reason. It can be seen from the previous records that all parties are trying to present the facts and make sense. Try to get enough benefits for one's own side bit by bit.

From these records, Lawrence can also see that both the negotiators on his side and the negotiators sent by the Empire have done their best. Doing his best to point out Lawrence's contribution in this war. With their efforts, Lawrence found that he had gained more things this time than he had imagined.

"In other words, the main loot I allocated this time is a new territory." After seeing the last page of the pile of files in the folder, Lawrence finally saw his loot list. The entire list was filled with five or six sheets, but the only two lines on the last sheet of paper were really valuable.

And other things are obviously just to help. For example, because the prizes allocated to Lawrence have territories, there are not many kinds of ordinary wealth. The most valuable are six old sailing boats ranging from 150 tons to 350 tons. That's it. In addition, there are various things that seem to be worth some money.

"The Cruise Islands-if I remember correctly, this place should be the territory of a baron of Elsion? Why do you give it to me now. Is this place wrong?" Take a closer look. Lawrence asked inexplicably about the specific situation of his island.

"Your Excellency, there is nothing wrong with this place." Said the diplomat of the Holy Visby Empire, who should be the second secretary of the Embassy of the White Eagle Federation. "The reason why we negotiated for so long before, a lot of energy was spent on coordination between various countries."

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"Through a series of coordination, we have successfully carried out several important territorial exchanges. After all, for those countries, rather than accepting an enclave far away from their homeland, they are more willing to accept some territories around their islands as their own new ones. Territory." The diplomat explained to Lawrence.

"For example, two of the four new territories, including Pine Island, have been assigned to the White Eagle Federation. After all, they are the real main force this time, and they have not gained anything during the war," the diplomat said. After taking a look at Lawrence, it was obvious that Lawrence had taken away the spoils from the monster before, and everyone knew it.

Although it is true that according to tradition, whoever defeats the monster can get all the spoils of the monster, but if it is on other people’s territory, it is traditionally reserved for the local owner, unlike Lawrence and Nora before. Clean up as it is done.

Of course, if some people really need those things, they can be taken away completely. But this is also equivalent to telling the local owner that I took more in the battle, so in the future distribution of the trophy, I will naturally give up some of the trophy in order to balance the whole.

"Obviously, the other party overestimated the value of the spoils we obtained before." Nora's voice rang through the soul connection in Lawrence's mind. "But there is really no way. After all, we cleaned the site too cleanly this time. And for some reason, we couldn't show them our harvest this time."

"That's right." Lawrence looked a little frustrated, because it meant that the spoils he got this time were less than what he really deserved. But think about the benefits that monster brought to you before. Lawrence suddenly regained his energy. He felt that it would be worthwhile to gain less of these extraneous objects based on the previous gains.

"——So in this operation, the White Eagle Federation acquired a total of 1,100 square kilometers of land and 37 islands. In addition to the Pine Island near Vieques, there are also places not far from the Federation. The Cervantico Islands. These islands are not very fertile. Fortunately, these islands are well located. So after the Federation takes over, they should be able to develop well."

"What about the Republic of New Continent?" Nora asked next to him. As the little puppet who has been with Lawrence, Nora is also well-known. Therefore, when she asked the question, the diplomat only showed a slightly surprised expression, and then quickly answered seriously.

"The Republic of New Continent has only acquired an archipelago that totals more than 220 square kilometers~www.ltnovel.com~ the diplomat said.

"The largest island in the archipelago has an area of ​​only over 60 square kilometers, and even most of the islands don’t even have fresh water, but after acquiring that island, they can be regarded as eradicating the largest pirate on the side of the canal near the Star Sea. Den, by the way, set up an outpost outside of his territory."

"As for the Cruise Islands we got this time--" Lawrence raised his hand to interrupt him when the diplomat was going to introduce him, and then said, "I know the Cruise Islands because this is a distance. The closest island to New Sauer, I have visited the Lord Baron before."

"Ah, then I don't need to introduce it." The diplomat nodded, and then talked about the territory exchange. "Because of the things you did for the empire, the Elysian Empire is very willing to help you exchange territory. After a series of territory exchanges, they exchanged the island closest to us for you."

"According to the original distribution 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 by a vast ocean from our New Sauer Island. But now After the exchange, we moved to an island that is slightly smaller now, but closer to the mainland and easier to control."