In the northern part of the Black Forest, close to the border with the Red Fire Ant Country, negotiations between the two sides have officially begun.

The protagonist continues to put "Little Flower" in charge of the negotiation at first, and later goes into battle himself at a critical moment in the negotiations.

In this negotiation, the Divine Envoy King Legion can be said to have taken the lead, in the previous military operations, they fully made the Red Fire Ant Elders realize their own strength, and in the past through the resale trade of the Raising Belly Ant Clan, they also made the other party realize the value of the special resources of the Divine Envoy King Legion such as honeydew and crowmi.

Coupled with the good news of the other party such as the deliberate blockade of the return of the red fire ant army in the negotiations, and the continuous use of some skills to exert pressure during the negotiation process, the two sides of the negotiation are not actually on an equal footing.

But the elders in charge of the negotiation of the Red Fire Ant Country are indeed very stubborn and conservative, as the "old heart" said, and they will not let go of some terms. In order to reach an agreement as soon as possible and prevent long nights from dreaming too much, the protagonist also has to make some concessions on several terms that have nothing to do with the overall situation.

Eventually, on September 6, the Divine Envoy King reached a contract with the Red Fire Ant Kingdom in [North Forest City], which the protagonist refers to as the "North Forest City Contract".

The terms of the Contract are as follows:

One, the gods made the King's Legion a vassal of the Red Fire Ant Nation.

Second, the Divine Envoy King's Legion fulfilled its vassal obligations to the Red Fire Ant Country, including conditionally responding to the Red Fire Ant Country's military conscription and paying annual tribute.

Third, the Red Fire Ant Kingdom and its vassal states provide military protection for the Divine Envoy King's legion.

Fourth, the Red Fire Ant Nation has no right to unconditionally recruit and command the Divine Envoy King Legion like it does with other vassals. In the event of a military call-up, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King can decide the number of troops to be sent at its own discretion, and the commander of the Legion of the Divine Envoy will command them to cooperate with the Red Fire Ant Nation. During the conscription period, the Red Fire Ant Kingdom is required to provide each Divine Emissary King warrior with a supply equivalent to five-sixths of the Red Fire Ant warrior's own ration.

Fifth, the army of the king of the gods pays tribute every year in spring, summer and autumn, with a total of 30 snail shell honeydew and 12 snail shell crow honey.

Sixth, after the tributary is completed in the three quarters of spring, summer, and autumn, the Divine Envoy King's legion can barter with the Red Fire Ant Kingdom in [Hive City].

The terms of this "Beisen City Contract" basically met the expectations of the protagonist, and also made the Red Fire Ant Country feel very satisfied, in line with their status as a "suzerain".

For example, the first clause stipulates that the Legion of the Divine Envoy King is nominally a vassal of the Red Fire Ant Nation. At first, the protagonist insists on reaching an equal bilateral relationship, but the Red Fire Ant Elders are adamant, saying that the Red Fire Ant Nation will only show mercy to the vassals, and all other ants are the ones to be conquered.

In the end, it was the protagonist who made the King's legion give in on behalf of the gods, and nominally became a vassal state of the Red Fire Ant Country. However, in the subsequent clauses, it can be seen that the Divine Envoy King Legion does not need to fulfill too many vassal obligations, and in fact, the Red Fire Ant Kingdom cannot exercise too much "suzerain" power over the Divine Envoy King Legion.

The second clause is an elaboration of the obligations of the Divine Envoy King's legion, including military obligations and economic obligations, which are explained in detail in the fourth and fifth clauses, respectively.

The third condition is the obligation of the "suzerain" Red Fire Ant State to the "vassal state" Divine Envoy King Legion, which is simple, to provide military protection.

The Red Fire Ant State also has an obligation of military protection to other vassal states, which is the same. With the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Red Fire Ant Nation in front of them, the Divine Envoy King Legion can develop obscenely with more peace of mind.

Moreover, this clause also made the elders of the Red Fire Ant Nation feel that they were really the "suzerain", and appeased their dissatisfaction because the next clause was not quite satisfactory.

The fourth clause sets out the obligations of the Legion of the Divine Envoys to the "suzerain" Red Fire Ants. Although the Divine Envoy King's legion responds to the military conscription of the "suzerain" as required, the protagonist does his best in this clause and gets the power to decide the number of troops to be sent, and the command of his own troops, which is equivalent to a guest army that does not listen to the announcement, and has a strong independence.

In order to achieve this, the protagonist is even willing to make the king's legion surrender to the status of a "vassal". Otherwise, if the Divine Envoy King Legion is recruited at will, and there is no command, it will only become the thug of the Red Fire Ant Country, and shed the last drop of blood in the foreign war of the Red Fire Ant Country.

After all, the protagonist is in a hurry to reach a contract with the Red Fire Ant Kingdom in exchange for an external environment that is conducive to the development of the Divine Envoy King Legion, not to go to the fire for the Red Fire Ant Country.

The fifth clause is the requirement for the Divine Envoy King's Legion to pay tribute, and at the beginning the Red Fire Ant Kingdom antlion opened his mouth to ask for 120 snail shell honeydew and 30 snail shell crow honey, and after the protagonist repeatedly negotiated, the amount of honeydew and crow honey paid tribute eventually dropped by 75% and 60% respectively.

In fact, even if it is the amount of honeydew and crow honey originally required by the Red Fire Ant Country, the Divine Envoy King Legion can afford it, after the Leaf Cutting Ant Country interrupted the trade of honeydew iron ore, the herd of the Divine Envoy King Legion stopped its barbaric expansion, and even so, the honeydew produced now makes it not too late for the Divine Envoy King Legion to consume it at all, and the crow honey is strictly required by the Divine Envoy King Legion to prohibit the consumption of internal ants. At present, there are more than 200 concentrated honeydew of snail shells and dozens of concentrated crow honey of snail shells piled up in the warehouse.

In addition, even with the current amount of tribute, in case the protagonist is unhappy, there are loopholes to exploit, and the red fire ants are speechless to object.

For example, the snail shell protagonist can be replaced with a smaller one, anyway, you didn't say how big the snail shell is! The concentrated honeydew inside the snail shell, I mix it with some water, one snail shell becomes two snail shells, and you don't stipulate the sweetness and concentration, do you?

In short, although this clause makes the Divine Envoy King's legion need to pay a certain economic cost, it is completely affordable, and it can also be "changed" at any time.

The last clause is the trade clause, the excess honeydew of the Divine Envoy King's Legion and the crow honey that he does not eat are always to be traded, and now that the Leafcutter Ant Country has severed diplomatic relations with the Divine Envoy King's Legion, it can only be dumped into the Red Fire Ant Country.

Using trade, the Divine Envoy King's legion can constantly "plunder" the resources of the Red Fire Ant Country, relying on the vast territory and abundant resources of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom to feed itself.

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The negotiating elders of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom have returned to [Hive City], although the Red Fire Ant army has returned to the city at this time, the elders are very satisfied with the fact that they have subdued a powerful vassal state without a war, and have no intention of breaking the contract.

Especially on the third day, the Divine Envoy King's army sent a total of 20 snail shell honey dew and 8 snail shell crow honey tributes in spring and summer, and all of them were of the highest grade with high concentration and sweetness.

The Red Fire Ant Elders, who had not tasted sweetness for many days, indulged in the sweet frenzy, and became more and more satisfied with this new vassal state!