Avoid war as much as possible, and if you have to fight, delay it as long as possible - this is the agreement between Roland and his father. In order to seize strategic opportunities, cooperation with Canaan has to make a certain degree of concessions.

When Rudolph's business was just starting out, he had received financial support from the Canaanites, and the money plus the equipment and the interest were converted into almost 10 million gold duga, which was now unable to be repaid, and Roland negotiated with Rubin and Colossa to reach a draft of repayment: the Far East would repay the arrears by exporting agricultural products to Canaan, and planned to repay the arrears with interest within five years. Rubin was more aggressive in terms of export prices, and Roland agreed to export agricultural products to Canaan at the most favorable price, which means that the price of agricultural products exported to Canaan would never be higher than the export price to other countries and regions.

Colossa questioned this clause, fearing that the agricultural output of the Far East would not be able to bear the burden of exporting to repay the debt, since it was not an easy task to feed the country's five million people before exporting grain. The living standards of the majority of the people in the Far East are still not enough to have enough food and clothing, and if the common people are left hungry and forcibly requisitioned for grain exports to pay off debts, it will certainly seriously damage the foundation of the Kolas government, and I am afraid that this regime will be overthrown by the angry peasants before the empire has even sent troops to the east.

Roland revealed a little bit of his agricultural development plan to Glofa. The most important supporter of the new government in the Far East was Valentina's "Ring of Harvest", and with the help of the druids in the development of agricultural production, he was confident that within two years the Far East would become the world's largest granary in Vares, and that the grain trade would become the most powerful weapon in his hands on the premise of meeting the needs of the country.

The second theme of the negotiations between the two sides was about the southern border. The Far East and Canaan have a vague border border, located next door to the edge of the Celestial Desert, and border demarcation is a sensitive issue that requires good faith on both sides. Roland agreed to use the Mochizuki Mountains as a natural boundary marker between the two countries, which basically ensured the integrity of the Gobi Territory. As for Rubin's desire to facilitate the Far East to send troops to the desert and assist the Canaanite Legion in controlling the Crystal Mining Area, Roland also frankly told him that the time was not yet ripe.

"Parnia is one of our most important allies, and its interests cannot be compromised, and as for the Naluo Order, the Dragon's Eye, and those psionic warlords in the desert, we can't afford to provoke them at the moment." Roland pondered for a few seconds, then said to Corophas and Rubin, "Please give us five years, the Far East needs five years of peaceful space to grow and develop, and after five years, if Canaan still intends to expand its influence in the Celestial Desert region, we are happy to fight side by side with you." ”

Grofer and Rubin looked at each other, tacitly. Roland mentioned "five years" many times in the negotiations, which shows that he has a relatively clear plan for the development of the Far East in the next five years, and the question is whether the Kolas regime can last five years without collapsing? They don't have confidence in it, and tomorrow's "sanctification ceremony" may help them make a clearer judgment on the issue. The consecration was a success, and the government of Kolas might not be able to hold out for five years; But the consecration failed, and the new regime would surely collapse in less than five years, and there would be no need for Canaan to cooperate with it.

The three of them chatted late into the night, and Rubin doubled as a clerk to sort out the draft agreement reached by the two sides, and submitted it to Rudolph and Joshua in duplicate, and the two lords signed and agreed to the agreement, and the agreement was officially effective.

Glova and Rubin got up to say goodbye, and Roland did his duty to send them to a resort-style villa in the backyard of the hotel to entertain VIPs. On the way, Colossa suddenly made a request that surprised him: "Tomorrow after the celebration is over, Rubin will return to Bethlehem, and I myself want to stay a few more days, walk around, and enjoy the scenery of the Far East, Mr. Roland doesn't mind?" ”

Roland thought for a moment and nodded briskly.

"You're not going to send someone to keep an eye on me?" Grofa asked.

Roland snorted and said lightly: "With your strength, I'm afraid I have to ask a legendary master to come out to keep an eye on you, since whether I agree or not is the same result, it's better to be generous, you can go wherever you want, I wish you a good time." ”

As early as when he first met Glofa, he opened the "Pupil of Destiny" to scout the details of the other party - a level 8 blue sky knight and a level 10 Canaan Templar! The concept of "quasi-legendary" is far from enough to describe the strength of Grofa, "Blue Sky Knight" is an enhanced version of the paladin, and the biggest advantage is the ability to ride a pegasus; This is not a big deal, what impresses Roland even more is his advanced class, the Canaan Templar.

"Templar" is a general term for a large group of transcendent professions, and the common feature is that they are all magical professions, usually as an advanced class for paladins, but the strength of different sects varies greatly. Canaan's Templar is the strongest Templar school in Roland's impression, characterized by the combination of divine and psychic abilities, the divine ability inherited from the Blue Sky Knight, and the psychic ability is a new one, and the maximum level of the Psionic Warrior can be learned at the level of the Psionic Warrior's "Fist of the Emperor". Taking Gorofa as an example, the cultivation of divine arts is equivalent to that of a level 18 holy warrior, and he also has a spiritual cultivation comparable to that of Master Eugen, and his comprehensive strength is not inferior even compared to the legendary powerhouse, not to mention that he is only twenty-three years old, and it is amazing to be able to achieve such an achievement. Whether it is compared to talent or combat power, Roland is not absolutely sure that he can defeat this Canaanite prince, anyway, he can't restrict his activities in the Far East, so it is better to be generous.

"Thank you very much, and we welcome you to Canaan." When he arrived at the door of the guest room, he patted his forehead and said with a smile, "I almost forgot, there is one more thing I want to ask you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I ask you to release a man."

"Who?" Roland asked with some curiosity.

"Anthony Fogel."

"It turned out to be ......him," Roland looked strange, "this is the third person to ask me to do the same thing, Zinovi and Zahar are entrusted by Alberton Weinstein, the richest man in the empire, and they have business dealings with Mr. Weinstein, can you tell me, who are you entrusted with?" ”

"Anthony's father, Jacob Fogel." Colossa replied frankly.

"Jacob Fogel......," Roland thought with a frown, "the big banker who contracted the monopoly of the Empire's taxes and indulgences?" ”

"That's the man."

"It turned out that I caught a big fish, and I knew that Anthony's kid's life was so expensive, and he should have extorted a large ransom from his father in the first place." Roland half-jokingly lamented.