Chapter 158: Truce
A relaxing time was a luxury for both Sevigny and Xu Yi, and after about an hour of wandering the streets, the two returned to the palace the same way they had come.
No one disturbed the secret conversation between the two after they returned to the palace, and no one knew the specific content of this secret conversation.
However, half a month after Xu Yi left Anweimar City, the Lampari Kingdom suddenly proposed an armistice agreement to the Sark Kingdom.
Although the Kingdom of Sark felt that it was a humiliation for the Lampari Kingdom to propose an armistice agreement at this time, they were unable to resist the offensive of the Lampari Kingdom on the frontal battlefield, so they could only be forced to accept it in the end.
Even for many people in the Kingdom of Sark, the fact that the Kingdom of Lampari was able to take the initiative to propose a truce was really something to rejoice.
The princes and nobles at the top were worried that the Kingdom of Sark would be bulldozed by the Kingdom of Lampari in this way, while the commoners at the bottom were worried that the war had affected their lives.
Of these civilians, the people whose lives were most affected were the people of the small town of Taklin, which was part of the free trade zone in the previous agreement.
Originally, because the town of Taklin was determined to be a free trade zone between the two countries, this originally unknown town became a concentration of merchants from the two countries in an instant, and its fame soared.
At the same time, because the merchants of both countries traded here, the prosperity of the whole town was promoted.
Most of the people in this town used to live in poverty, but with the opening of the free trade zone, their lives have been turned upside down.
There are so many jobs in the town all of a sudden, anyone. As long as there are hands and feet. You can find a job that pays very well. You can even see the opportunity to start a small business on your own, so it is not difficult to make a small fortune.
However, the war between the two countries began again, but the free trade zone was affected, and no more merchants came here, and the town became a dead silence almost overnight.
All the businesses in the town came to a standstill, and the people seemed to lose their life in an instant.
Everyone understands that the Lampari Kingdom is at war with the Sark Kingdom again this time, and they are afraid that this free trade zone will come to naught. The good life they had in the previous period may also become a spring dream and never return.
But just when everyone was feeling hopeless, there was suddenly good news.
The Kingdom of Lampari actually took the initiative to propose a truce!
After receiving this news, the people of the small town of Taklin rejoiced but at the same time refreshed every day, for fear that the kingdom's higher-ups would not agree to a truce.
And as long as the war continues, then they can only continue this hopeless life.
Fortunately, a week after the Lampari Kingdom proposed an armistice, the Kingdom of Sark finally responded, deciding to accept the truce and begin negotiations with the Lampari Kingdom on a concrete armistice agreement.
Although there are many people in the Kingdom of Sark who fear that the Kingdom will suffer a lot in this armistice negotiations. But to the people of the small town of Taklin, it's none of their business.
The only thing they care about. It is whether the free trade zone between the two countries represented by the small town of Taklin will be reopened.
Just three days after the armistice negotiations between the two countries officially began, another piece of good news came that alleviated the fears of the people in the small town of Taklin.
The Lampari Kingdom was the first to ask for the reopening of the free trade zone between the two countries during the negotiations.
At the same time, however, the Lampari Kingdom has also called for the expansion of the free trade zone, which is currently only the town of Taklin, and the expansion of a large area around the town of Taklin, including the three cities near the border between the two countries, into a new free trade zone.
If you look at the map, you will see that these three cities and the small town of Taklin just form a line on the border between the two countries, covering almost all the areas where the kingdoms of Sark and Lampari meet.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the small town of Taklin.
All the townspeople know is that the free trade zone is open again, and they will be able to regain the good life and vitality that they had before!
Just two weeks after the two countries officially signed a new agreement on the free trade zone, the first caravan from the Lampari Kingdom that everyone in the town of Taklin had been waiting for had finally arrived.
However, when they saw a banner fluttering at the front of this extremely large caravan, everyone was stunned.
The flag, which was completely unfurled by the wind, was printed with the pattern of a half of the wings, which fluttered as the breeze swayed and fluttered, as if it would take off at any moment.
You can't be mistaken!
This flag must represent the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!
In the past two years, all kinds of household magic machines have poured into the kingdom of Sark, allowing everyone to see the convenience that these novelties can bring.
And when buying these household magic machines, everyone got a message that in the field of household magic machines, the best is always the new flying brand household magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
However, despite countless examples of this, the New Flying Brand household magic machines were never brought to sell in the small town of Taklin by the merchants of the Lampari Kingdom, and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce itself never appeared.
This time, it was the first time that the flag of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce appeared in the small town of Tackerin.
As for why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not appear in the small town of Tackerin before, the people in the town have long inquired, knowing that this is because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is not the Chamber of Commerce of the Lampari Kingdom, so it will not enter the free trade zone between the two countries on behalf of the Lampari Kingdom.
But this time the free trade zone is restarted, why did the new flying chamber of commerce come?
And the flag of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce fluttered at the front of the caravan, and it was also the most conspicuous, putting on a leader's posture, why is this?
In addition to the fact that the leading Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is somewhat surprising, the caravan itself is also amazing.
In the past, many caravans from the Kingdom of Lampari used freight magic locomotives to transport goods, but they were often mixed with traditional freight carriages.
The main reason is that the price of the freight magic locomotive is relatively high, and some small chambers of commerce cannot afford to equip it for the time being, so they can only continue to use traditional freight carriages.
But now this caravan, from beginning to end, there is not even a trace of a traditional horse-drawn carriage.
Looking back from front to back, a long convoy of large freight magic locomotives crushed the not-so-wide dirt road leading to the town of Taklin, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Such a caravan, just from the outside, looked extraordinary, far superior to any caravan in the Lampari Kingdom before.
Is it just because this time it is the New Flying Chamber of Commerce leading the team?
Everyone watched with wide eyes as the caravan approached quickly, and when the flag of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce fluttering at the front was less than a kilometer away from the town of Taklin, a pure white magic car that shimmered faintly in the sunlight drove out of the dust at high speed.
It should have been running in the dust for so long, but the magic car was still as clean as new, and it didn't look like it was even a little dusty.
Such a magic car that looks extremely smooth and has a different aesthetic just by looking at the shape is particularly shocking when it comes out of the flying dust at high speed.
Seeing this magic car, Puyol, the mayor of Taklin Town, who had been waiting outside the town for a long time, turned his head and glanced at several big people around him.
"Go up and greet you, don't be rude. A middle-aged man with a stern expression, a broad face, and a rather dignified look said in a deep voice.
"Yes. Puyol hurriedly answered, and as soon as his hand was raised, the orchestra that had been prepared on the side of the road began to sing a song to represent the welcome, and a group of children who had also been prepared for a long time stood on both sides of the road, desperately waving the flowers in their hands.
Then a crowd of people greeted them.
The magic car driven by Xu Yi slowly stopped, and after getting out of the cab, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the children and orchestras on both sides of the road.
This inevitably reminded him of the situations he used to see on television when he was on Earth.
"President Xu, welcome welcome ......"
As soon as the middle-aged man who was still dignified in front of Mayor Puyol just now saw Xu Yi, he immediately burst into a smile like a flower, strode up to meet him, and took the initiative to stretch out his hands to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi smiled and stretched out his hand to shake him: "Director Erwin, it's really a shame to let you come to greet him in person." ”
This middle-aged man is none other than Paula Erwin, the head of the Commercial Department under the Council of the Kingdom of Sark.
This time, the Lampari Kingdom and the Sark Kingdom reopened the free trade zone, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce led the Lampari Kingdom caravan to come to Taklin Town represents an extremely important significance, and the high-level officials of the Sark Kingdom attach great importance to it, so they naturally want to send the most important people to come.
If it weren't for the fact that this matter was ostensibly only about business, it was not just Paula Erwin, the director of commerce, who came forward on behalf of the Kingdom of Sark.
Hearing Xu Yi's words, Director Erwin laughed: "President Xu is too polite, I learned that you are going to come in person, but there are countless people in the kingdom who want to come and meet you." I can still stand here with the light of this identity, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't know where to line up. ”
Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that this Director Erwin was quite funny.
However, this person is the director of commerce, and he often comes into contact with businessmen, so he has naturally learned a set of good skills to see people and talk nonsense, and he can be regarded as a real guest of the Sark Kingdom this time, and it is normal to deliberately compliment himself.
"I'm not a beauty, so it's not interesting to see me. But when it comes to wanting to see me, let's build the road first, it's more convenient, isn't it?"
Erwin looked at the Lampari Kingdom caravan that had stopped behind Xu Yi, and looked at the dust flying in the sky, showing an embarrassed smile. (To be continued......)