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The summer of 704 was a bit muggy, although this weather was quite favorable for the autumn grain, and the rain was strong but short-lived, and the major granaries of the empire, from Wuhu County to South Indian De'an County, from Yuejing County to Wa County, Xiaochun ushered in a rare bumper harvest, and seeing that Dachun grain would usher in another bumper harvest, the whole empire was immersed in an indescribable joy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After more than a year of cessation of war, the empire finally got a respite, whether it was the people, merchants or courtiers and gentry, they all looked forward to this peaceful development time to last longer, although in the Liboa region and the Macedhan region there are still some disgruntled forces operating in the dark, but the open rebellion has been extinguished, as for the covert activities are the affairs of the Imperial Security Bureau, the Imperial Security Bureau has listed these two places as key control areas, a large number of elite forces of the Imperial Security Bureau are working in these two areas, and even later all the novices of the Imperial Security Bureau have used this place as a place to improve their ability level, so much so that almost all of the later important high-ranking officials of the Imperial Security Service had the experience of working in the Liboa region or the Maqihan region, which has become a rather glorious qualification to enter the upper echelons of the Imperial Security Bureau.

On the contrary, after a large number of Japanese soldiers were captured and forcibly exiled, the rebel forces of the Wadi suffered a heavy blow, and after losing their basic support, the rebel forces of the Wadi were quickly cut off by the Imperial Security Bureau and several other pro-imperial family forces, and the establishment of the Wajun marked the end of this overseas enclave completely prostrate under the wings of the Empire.

In early 704, the empire formally signed a peace and friendship cooperation agreement with the Triple Alliance and the Nanyang Alliance, and at the same time as this political agreement, an agreement was signed to establish the Eastern Continent Free Trade Area, which stipulated that the three parties would gradually reduce their respective tariffs over a period of ten years, so as to facilitate the free circulation of goods from the three parties and establish closer ties between the economies of the three parties.

At the same time, the Empire also signed a peace armistice agreement with the Western Peninsula Alliance, stipulating an unconditional and unrestricted ceasefire between the two sides on the current Line of Actual Control, and timely negotiations on the determination of the border line and the positioning of diplomatic relations between the two sides in order to maintain peace and stability in this region.

Wu Feng thoughtfully propped his hand under his chin and slowly fiddled with the documents on the imperial case, the documents of the diplomatic department were particularly frequent during this time, and the negotiations with the Western Peninsula Alliance had entered the stage of substance, and the sovereignty of a deserted island five hundred and fifty nautical miles west of Sikkim had always been a focus of contention between the two sides.

This small island, which was originally a dispute between Sikkim and the Western Peninsula Alliance, was important to the Western Peninsula Alliance, but it was even more indispensable for the Empire, this small island with an area of nearly 60 square kilometers was isolated in the middle of the Latin Ocean, and the most important point was that it was not only rich in forest resources, especially rich in fresh water resources, and the spring water that originated in the mountains in the middle of the island even formed a huge freshwater lake, which was simply a natural supply station for the empire on the shipping route to the New World.

The island can be used as a relay and supply station from Sikkim to Mangadishu and further south to Assab and Lilac, although it is not on a straight line to Assab and Lilac and Mangadishu in the south-central part of the New World, but it is in the middle of both routes, both routes can pass through here, the detour distance is not far, and obtaining supplies here can greatly reduce the risk and stress of long-distance voyages. Commercially and militarily, the island was far beyond any of the islands it now controlled in the Great South and Latin Oceans, so the Empire was reluctant to let go of its sovereignty over the island when negotiating with the Western Peninsula Alliance, and was even willing to make considerable concessions on land.

Due to this marathon negotiation was finally pressured by the West Oran Kingdom, the Western Peninsula Alliance had to make concessions, and finally the ownership of the island fell into the Empire, which was a very important gain in the diplomatic history of the Empire, which ensured that the Empire could have a relatively stable and safe route to the New World, for which Wu Feng even specifically suppressed Cui Wenxiu's plan to conquer Nanmeli in the south, and he was unwilling to anger West Oran at this time, resulting in the failure of this negotiation.

The victory of this diplomatic negotiation made Wu Feng very satisfied with the work of the diplomatic department, but the further intensification of the struggle in the New World ruined Wu Feng's good mood.

"What, can't the Famini people hold on?" The faint smile on the corner of Wu Feng's mouth is always incomprehensible, everyone in His Royal Highness has almost watched Wu Feng go from a novice who was a little helpless when he just waited for the throne to an old and serious imperial master, and the increasing majesty of Wu Feng is gradually fading, this is the momentum of the imperial power, when he walks on the altar, everyone will subconsciously deify him, and consciously or unconsciously accept his coercion.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Famini have not reacted much yet, but the envoys of the foreign affairs department have sent back the news that the Leeds are determined to force the Famini to withdraw from the agreement signed with us this time, and they even do not hesitate to use some regional interests in the New World as bait to lure the Barozzians and Augsburgs to take the bait, and those small city republics on the Adriatic coast have also been pulled on the boat, the Famini may not be able to withstand such a huge pressure, not to mention that the Leeds have also given them the same generous wishes。 ”

Wang Mi's face was ugly, and it has always been a key task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to win over and divide the powers of the Western Continent, and it has indeed achieved quite good results in the early stage. The Famini have been successfully divided, and are in the interests and status of the land in the western continent, the Famini have always been highly vigilant against the Leeds' attempts to infiltrate and influence the strategic pattern of the western continent, the Hansen alliance is a potential ally of the Leeds, and now the Barozzians seem to have a good relationship with the Leeds.

It stands to reason that the Mini would not have formed an alliance with the Leeds, but this time the Leeds seemed to have the upper hand with the Famini faction that wanted an alliance with the Famini against the Empire, and most of them had vested interests in the New World within Leeds. The abundance of mineral resources in the New World was enough to bring infinite wealth to the kingdom that was becoming increasingly scarce in the country, as evidenced by a series of gold discoveries in the coastal regions. Local products such as rhino horn and agate amber also sparked a frenzy of luxury goods on the West Road, and the land of the New World was full of treasures, especially the gold mines and the slave trade, which attracted a large number of noble merchants with privileges in Leeds, whose seafaring and slave trade had become an important pillar of their economic income, and they were eager to participate in the division of the vast New World hinterland.

And this action is still difficult for the Leeds who are inferior to the strength of the sea on land, and it is a last resort to pull the Famini Empire, which is the most powerful on land, into the camp, otherwise relying on the Barozians alone, the two countries are simply not enough to shake the status of the Tang Empire in this land, and the Augsburgers are obviously still entangled with the Hansen Alliance, and it will take some time to reconcile the battle of will between the Augsburgers and the Hansen Alliance, not to mention that the Augsburgers also have a great appetite in the New World, although their strength is not as good as the Famini, but due to the rapid development of the domestic economy, for the land, the demand for markets and resources is growing by leaps and bounds, which is a headache for the Leeds.

But even if the Leeds are willing to compromise in this regard, time is no longer on the Leeds side, the Leeds can't wait, and if it drags on, I'm afraid the Tang Empire will not leave much strategic development space for Leeds, and the Tang people quickly launched an expansion offensive in the south of the New World after completing the New World circumnavigation, and frantically expanded inland along the two colonial strongholds in the south of the New World and a stronghold in the southwest, which made the Leeds people anxious.

When the Leeds successfully sailed around the New World for the first time, they found that the entire eastern part of the New World had been completely controlled under the banner of the Tang Empire, a series of colonial towns were dotted on the east coast of the New World like pearls, and the few basic and important islands in the Southern Latin Ocean had become the naval base of the Tang Empire. And now the southern part of the New World is gradually becoming a colony of the Tang Empire, if it does not catch up, when the power of the Tang Empire infiltrates the inland of the New World, I am afraid that there will be no chance for other forces to intervene.

It is this series of round-the-circle voyages of the Leeds people that greatly stimulated the ambition and fanaticism of the Leeds people, seeing that the Tang Empire poured into the New World in large numbers, and new colonial points gradually evolved into colonial towns.

(To be continued)