"Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry to sign this covenant?"

Princess Rhona's voice is not hurried or slow, with an elegant and calm aura.

This made Yang Wei a little unaccustomed.

Princess Rona when she was in the Sherman Empire's Imperial Star was actually a little transparent, and she was easy to stutter when she faced the old emperor.

But now, Princess Rona appeared at the Falling Wind Empire venue with her haughty posture, and successfully lowered the atmosphere in the venue.

This is really, one identity can crush a piece of people.

Edwan looked at the paperwork in front of him, although he was only a few centimeters away from putting pen to paper, now, he could no longer bypass the emissary sent by the Empire and continue the covenant.

"Venerable Princess Rhona."

Edwang closed the folder and smiled apologetically at the three heads of state on the side, the old man and the woman nodded in understanding, closed the folder and waited with a smile.

The four-nation alliance is not just a matter of signing a few words.

Luofeng has completely controlled the political, economic, and military spheres of their country, and this influence and control has gone deep into the bone marrow.

Edwan Wen said: "Today's covenant, we have filed with the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau in advance, and we have obtained the approval of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, so we will continue to push it downward, and now the Foreign Affairs Bureau suddenly intervenes, is there something wrong with us in the procedure?" ”

Princess Rona smiled: "There is nothing wrong with it, it's just that Luofeng is a vassal state of my Sherman Empire, and for today's grand event, why didn't His Majesty Edwan invite my Sherman Empire's delegation to watch the ceremony?" ”

Edwang immediately replied: "Your Highness may not know something, we sent out an invitation, but it is just ...... The Foreign Affairs Bureau did not give us any reply. ”

Princess Lorna was stunned and turned to look at Madame Margot beside her.

The latter said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the person who received the news ignored this news because of negligence in his work before, and we have given him a severe punishment. ”

Yang Wei raised his eyebrows slightly in the corner.

This is a 'work negligence' worth more than 10 million dollars.

Rona nodded lightly and said with a smile: "It seems that we have misunderstood His Majesty Edwan, I have been saying that His Majesty Edwan will never turn his back on the Sherman Empire." ”

"Your Highness Rhona," Edwan smiled charmingly, "and now, can we proceed with the signing of the Covenant?" ”

Rhona remained silent.

She stared at Edwan from afar.

The whole synagogue could be heard of pins dropping.

There are figures behind Rhona and Madame Marg, who do not show their faces because of the self-protection of imaging capture technology.

Then, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Lorna's mouth, as if she had won the battle.

"I'm afraid not," she said slowly, "according to the suzerainty treaty between the Sherman Empire and the Falling Wind Empire, when the Falling Wind expands externally, it must be approved by us, and we will weigh the impact of the expansion. ”

Edwan did not let in the slightest: "I am afraid that you have misunderstood something, today I am in the wind is to conclude an alliance, is to implement a regional alliance with neighboring countries, this alliance will be extremely strong, we will be highly integrated at the economic and military levels, in order to cope with the next active cycle of insect plague, the interests of the people of the four countries will be highly consistent in terms of their own security." This is not an outward expansion of territory. ”

"Really?"

Rona frowned and said, "Then Your Majesty Edwan, isn't the alliance in the suzerain's treaty?" ”

Edwan smiled, "I can inform you very seriously, not there." ”

"But as a vassal state of my Sherman Empire, Falling Wind should fully respect the Sherman Empire's interstellar political status," Rhona said, "Your act of making an alliance without reporting it will be regarded as a provocation to the Sherman Empire." ”

Edwan was a little speechless.

Is this woman brainless? Didn't they just talk about it?

"We reported it."

A chuckle suddenly came from the field, and it was transmitted everywhere by the directional amplification device:

"You have leaked the news yourself, why do you still impose this guilt on us Luofeng? Could it be that the Sherman Empire has become arrogant to the point that a government clerk is more important than the dignity of the country? ”

Princess Rhona's projection turned slightly.

Daodaodao's eyes in the field looked in the direction where the voice came from.

The young general sat quietly in his seat with his legs crossed, his hands and ten fingers interlaced on his knees, and his body was also crooked.

Yang Wei said leisurely: "Your Royal Highness Princess, even if you are so beautiful and noble, you should be reasonable and pay attention to logic. ”

"It turned out to be Count Yang Wei, the heroic general who fired the first shot of the New Federation Expeditionary Ship Regiment," Princess Lorna smiled, "I am really impressed with you, why is your voice hoarse?" ”

"Your Highness, please don't divert the topic, and don't make small talk here."

Yang Wei smiled:

"Sitting here are the privy dignitaries of the four sovereign states, and every decision made here affects billions of human beings in every aspect.

"It is reasonable for the Sherman Empire to exercise the power of the suzerainty over the Falling Wind Empire, but in matters outside of the power of the suzerain, the Sherman Empire should try not to interfere.

"You also know the current interstellar situation, although the democratic camp led by the new federation was hurt by the Sherman Empire, they did not hurt their vitality, but increased their bitter hatred for the imperial camp, if the Sherman Empire forcibly put pressure on Luofeng...... IMHO, this could have disastrous consequences. ”

Rhona's smile quickly retracted, "You're threatening the Sherman Empire, right?" ”

"Please don't always bring the Sherman Empire out, it is indeed the most powerful empire in the galaxy, but you are not the spokesperson of the Sherman Empire."

Yang Wei said slowly:

"You can't represent the Sherman Empire until you get the will of His Majesty the Great Emperor Sherman, I want to think about it......

"You seem to be just an image ambassador hired by the Foreign Affairs Bureau, representing the image of the Sherman royal family and expressing the importance you attach to the vassal states of the Sherman Empire.

"I can responsibly tell you that we have felt the importance you attach to Luofeng, but for now, please do not interfere with Luofeng's normal political activities."

"Your Excellency Yang Wei!"

Madame Marge said in a fixed voice, "What you are facing now is my Royal Highness the Princess of the Sherman Empire!" ”

"Major General Yang Wei!"

Edwan frowned and said, "Don't be rude to Princess Rhona!" You're too arrogant! ”

Yang Wei immediately got up and gave a military salute: "Yes!" Your Majesty! ”

"I'm sorry, Princess Rhona."

Yang Wei smiled:

"I'm just warning you of some logical errors, and I don't mean to embarrass you, and I definitely don't mean anything disrespectful to the Sherman Empire.

"If you're embarrassed, it only means one thing, and you may have a little bit of a loss.

"I'm done."

Edwan said softly: "Rona, don't be like Yang Wei, he is young and vigorous, and his heart is faster. ”

Princess Rhona had a somewhat resentful look in her eyes.

Edwan smiled as if no one was around:

"Luo Na, our alliance this time is compliant and reasonable, the procedures and declarations that should be taken have been completed, if Luo Naling wants to come over to watch the ceremony, we will receive you with the highest diplomatic etiquette, Yang Wei, this guy, I will let him personally make amends for you."

"I have sent the contents of the covenant to your formation, so you can take a closer look.

"This alliance will definitely not cause any harm to the Sherman Empire, on the contrary, it can increase the size of our camp and increase the interstellar influence.

"You should understand me, although the new federation has converged a lot, we are still a thorn in their eyes, we must improve our ability to protect ourselves, and I want to make the people feel more secure."

"Yes," Princess Rhona said, "we'll be right there." ”

Edwan smiled, "I'll wait until you come to give my speech." ”

Rona bowed slightly, and the stereoscopic projection was suddenly cut off.

"Come," Edwang picked up the pen beside him and said softly, "Everyone, you can sign." ”

The three heads of state on the side nodded with a smile, bowed their heads and signed their names, exercising the power of heads of state.

Soon, the four leaders took up the covenant and showed it to all sides.

There was thunderous applause all around.

Yang Wei sat down with the crowd, and before he could return to his standard posture of tilting his legs, a thumbs up came to the side.

"Well done, Major General Yang Wei."

Yang Wei squinted and smiled, raised his eyebrows lightly at the big brother next to him, and didn't say anything.

The flow of the conference has been adjusted a bit, and the heads of state of the three small countries have made speeches one after another, interspersed with documentaries and propaganda films.

About two hours later, the Sherman delegation arrived at the scene, and Edwang took the initiative to greet him and give him warm applause.

Princess Rhona was seated next to Amilia, and Madame Margot and the staff of the Foreign Affairs Bureau were all placed in prominent positions in the first or second row.

In this way, Luofeng expressed the importance they attached to the Sherman Empire.

The Sherman Mission seems to feel that respect as well.

The last part of the conference was Adwang's speech.

He ascended to the middle round platform with a calm demeanor, paper manuscript in his hand, looked around amid applause, and kept laughing with his hands behind his back.

"It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure to have you here today."

Edwang cleared his throat, looked down at the speech in his hand, and muttered a few times:

"I'm sorry, I think I prepared this script...... It's really terrible, it's all official rhetoric and diplomatic rhetoric, and everyone wants to see me send out a press release later.

"I'll tell you a few words that I wasn't going to say."

He threw the manuscript aside, held the podium with both hands, and saw a starlight in front of him, and he could see familiar and unfamiliar faces in the audience.

He laughed and spoke slowly:

"The country of Falling Wind was founded by a Grand Duke of the Sherman Empire, and this is a very distant history.

"To this day, Falling Wind is actually one of the oldest existing galactic polities.

"When I was very young, I knew that Falling Wind was a country without full sovereignty, and that we were highly dependent militarily and diplomatically on the Sherman Empire, the most powerful in the galaxy, which was both a blessing and a constraint.

"At a very young age, I questioned my father because I didn't understand how much pressure the word empire had to endure in today's galactic environment.

"When the new federation tries to subvert us by all means, turning us into their colonies, into their money printing machines for dumping inferior goods and plundering good resources, and turning our people into slaves bound by the two chains of money and foreign culture!

"That's when I realized why my father alienated me and why he beat and scolded me.

"My immature thoughts will only pull the falling wind into the endless abyss.

"The conflict with my father lasted for more than ten years, and I met my dear friend, Major General Yang Wei.

"He was my brother, a mentor and friend who gave me the most encouragement mentally, and it was he who used that cannon to awaken the numb souls of me and many people at the scene.

"He told me that the leader of a country must be responsible for all the people of the country, at the very least, so that they can stand in the jungle of human civilization in the galaxy with food and clothing, and a good leader can make his people proud to be in this political system, can make his people gain dignity, and can come up with solutions when his people encounter dangers and difficulties.

"I started working towards this goal, and I was thinking about how to give my people dignity.

"It's hard, it's really hard.

"Luofeng is a vassal state of the Sherman Empire, and we have exchanged our heavy silver for the military protection of the Sherman Empire.

"This year's silver, originally I think, the biggest nightmare of this country, when the people in power do not have enough sense of responsibility, indulge in their own material enjoyment and do not develop the economy, this year's silver will be equally distributed to every person who falls into the wind, and then there will be contradictions such as domestic transfer, unbalanced regional development, and high concentration of wealth.

"Under normal circumstances, such a government system can no longer exist, but the strong military deterrent power of the Sherman Empire can give the Falling Wind Imperial Family peace of mind.

As a result, generations and rulers of the Falling Wind family fell into a cycle of self-depravity.

"Until the new federation's full-scale aggression against the falling wind this time...... Of course, what the new federation says is, come here to fight terrorism.

"You know, what was I thinking when the most prosperous area of Ellandor was directly above here, full of ships of the New Federation?

"I'm thinking, when will Luofeng be able to use his own strength and sufficient confidence to tell them that this is the territory of Luofeng and the airspace belonging to the people of Luofeng!

"The dignity of the people, the strength of the country, this is my only dream in this life!

"I want to make poverty disappear in the wind, I want to reduce injustice and oppression to the lowest level, I want the fleet of the wind to have the strength to protect each of our administrative stars, I want to make the political arena clean and honest, and I want every soldier not to die in vain because of backward equipment!

"I want to make sure that no invader can act recklessly at the door of the falling wind!

"Today is the day when our Falling Wind Alliance was officially established, which is an important step for us, and we will work closely with the three friendly countries with an equal and win-win attitude, and use the relatively developed technology of Falling Wind to provide technical assistance......

Offstage, Rhona turned her head to look at Emilia and saw the collagen on the latter's face, which was also the light under her eyes.

Madame Margo kept looking down and writing something, as if she was a little worried.

In the back seat, Yang Wei sat there quietly, but sighed slightly in his heart.

Edwan, I'm still in a hurry.

Today, when he shouted, he almost said that he would seek the independence of the wind and return power to the people.

But it is understandable that he has been holding back for too long, has suffered too many grievances, and has endured too many humiliations with this country.

In that case, be prepared to shed blood.

The development of contradictions will inevitably lead to a harsh war, and even if there are other means to mediate it, it is necessary to prepare for the worst.

If we are not prepared for a war, war is almost the enemy's highest priority.

Yang Wei lowered his head and typed a line on the watch, thought about it carefully, hesitated a few times, and still sent it.

He didn't want to do this, he was afraid that the pure mechanical civilization he had created would get out of control, and brew a sapient machine crisis no less than that of the high-level insect swarm in the Outlands.

But now, there is no room for him to hesitate.

Who made his old brother suddenly a little willful.

[Law, the first and second regulations on the development of the Dark Star Fleet have been lifted, and the expansion of the army is allowed. 】

[Received.] 】

(End of chapter)