Chapter 1026: Meeting of the Two Princes (II.)
Lyudmila vaguely heard that the Canaanites had the intention of stepping on two boats, and her pretty face immediately sank, and she said coldly: "I'm sorry, my family only accepts official envoys today, so please go to another hotel to stay." ”
"Mira, wait a minute, I'll receive these two distinguished guests." From far to near, a tall and handsome young man came down the stairs, and his bright smile invisibly eased the tense atmosphere of the scene.
"This is Roland Colas, Rudolph's son, Sindra's chosen one." Rubin tilted his head slightly and whispered to Grofa.
"Mr. Soult, I didn't expect to meet you again so soon." Roland walked over and shook Rubin's hand.
"That's why people always say that things are impermanent." Rubin smiled a little awkwardly. He had recently traveled to the Fort of Atonement as a secret envoy to represent the Marquis of Canaan with Rudolph, and Roland was present to witness the unpleasant meeting.
"This must be Prince Gropha, and I will be fortunate to meet him."
Roland looked at the young man behind Rubin with a smile, and the handsome image of the other party left a very special first impression on him, and he couldn't help but think of the so-called "neutral beauty" that was popular on the earth before crossing over. If Corofa Zion crosses over to the earth, this beautiful appearance is enough to crush a large number of popular "little fresh meat", not to mention that compared with those idols artificially created by plastic surgery, drugs, makeup and other means, this Canaanite prince is a truly natural "prosperous beauty".
Of course, this does not mean that Glofa's charismatic attributes are high enough to compare with him, because beauty or ugliness is only a subjective feeling, different races and different cultural backgrounds have different evaluations of beauty and ugliness, and charm in addition to the surface image also includes temperament, conversation, demeanor, charm and other spiritual characteristics, so although the charm of beautiful creatures is usually relatively high, but only beauty will not be much higher than ordinary people, but those creatures with strange images but can leave a strong impression may be extremely attractiveThis is like the difference between realist paintings and impressionist, abstract, and surrealist paintings. The artistic value does not depend entirely on how realistic the picture is, otherwise the artistic value of any painting is not as good as that of a photograph.
At this moment, Grofa felt a sense of being awe-inspiring by the treasures of art. Roland is the kind of beautiful man who is diametrically opposed to himself, tall, handsome, sunny and hearty, but what surprises Grofa even more is that the other party exudes an indescribable temperament, like a flame in the dark, radiating warm light and heat, but he does not dare to get too close, otherwise he will be in danger of being burned. Aside from the radiance of divinity, Grophas couldn't think of anything else.
In fact, Roland had just been upstairs talking to his father about Canaan. The geographical environment of the Far East is quite complex, in addition to the surrounding small city-states, such as Kitland, Parnia, and the cities of the Northern Gulf, there are two large neighboring countries, not to mention the giant of the Holy Assanian Empire to the west, and the Gobi Territory to the south is next to the Canaanite Princes.
The Empire is currently the number one enemy in the Far East, and if you want to withstand the pressure of the Empire, you must not create another strong enemy in the south, otherwise it will be attacked by the two great powers of the Empire and Canaan, and it will be almost impossible for the Kolas regime, which has a shallow foundation, to survive.
Based on the above geostrategic analysis, Rudolph actually wanted to live in peace with Canaan. The problem is that the Marquis of Joshua is really too deceitful, and half a month ago he conveyed his attitude towards the Kolas regime through Rubin Soul, in addition to urging Rudolph to repay the debt with interest, he also made a number of arrogant demands in the tone of Lao Tzu ordering his son, such as asking Rudolph to transfer the privilege of the empire to collect grain at a low price in the Far East to Canaan, such as ordering the Kolas army to go south to the Gobi as soon as possible, and assisting the Canaanite army to divide the separatist forces in the Twilight Valley - what Parnia, the Nalo Order, The Dragon's Eye and the large and small Witch King families in the desert were all swept away, and then the two sides jointly developed the rich local magic crystal resources.
Grain, the only commodity in the Far East that can be used at the moment, is the lifeblood of the new government, so how could it be possible to turn the imperial preferential system that was so hard to overthrow to the Canaanites?
As for the joint dispatch of troops to sweep the Twilight Dales and jointly develop the magic crystal resources, it seems fair at first glance, but in fact, it is full of traps with evil intentions.
At present, all the forces in the Far East are concentrated on the Western Front to prepare for the imperial crusade, and there is no spare strength to spare troops to fight in the great desert of the south; What's more, a part of the rights and interests in the Twilight Valley belong to Parnia, how can the Kolas government go to war with this very important friend, in fact, even cult forces like the Naraku Order dare not easily offend.
Taking a step back, even if the Empire has no intention of sending troops to the east, and the Korath Legion and the Canaanite Legion jointly control the Twilight Dales, the next joint development is an empty word.
From mining, beneficiation, ore washing to the subsequent refining and processing of ore, it has to go through a series of very complex technological processes, which is called "metallurgical chemical industry" on the earth, a typical capital and technology-intensive high-end industry. The industrial capacity of the Far East is still basically in the stage of handicrafts, so what can be used to compete with Canaan, which has a much stronger industrial capacity, for mining development? In the end, he became a Canaanite worker, doing low-end work with little technical content such as mining in the mine, making a small profit by working hard, and most of the profits were taken away by the Canaanites. The Canaanites can proudly proclaim that this is called "industrial division of labor", that labor is glorious regardless of whether it is high or low, and that anyone in the Far East is willing to suffer this sin, let alone a thankless effort!
Because of these contradictions, the last time the Köras and Rubin Soult met was not very pleasant, and in the end they could not reach any consensus. Rudolph was therefore apprehensive, fearing that the Marquis of Canaan, in his anger, would lead to an imperial crusade and send troops on the southern front to attack the Far East, which was the last thing he wanted to see.
Neither can we sell out the interests of the country too much, nor can we sit back and watch the deterioration of geopolitical relations, Roland is also a little worried these days. The reason why he decided to hold the ceremony in public at tomorrow's ceremony, knowing that there was a risk of failure, was to establish a mainstream ideology in the Far East as soon as possible, with Sindra faith as the core, nationalism and patriotism as the symbol.
By uniting the five million people of the Far East through this common ideology and forming a national cohesion, Roland would have the confidence to make a comeback even if he was caught between Canaan and the Empire and fell into a passive military position. The big deal is to retreat to the countryside to fight guerrilla warfare with the troops, the vast territory of 4.3 million square miles in the Far East has enough strategic depth, and the ideology established along with the "sanctification ceremony" will also win the Kolas regime 5 million public support, and the expeditionary force from the empire and Canaan will not be able to control the vast countryside even if they occupy all the cities in the Far East, so they can only passively fight a confused war of law and order, wasting financial resources and troops in vain but not seeing strategic prospects, and falling into the vast sea of the people's war in the Far East, and finally can only choose to withdraw their troops.