In the Name of the Queen

Although the three overseas provinces are also plains, they are not major grain-producing areas. Usually, they are just enough. In previous years, a small amount of grain would be imported as a supplement.

This year is destined to be a disaster year. Roland also plans to personally lead a team to the neighboring King Oden’s country to cut wood in the second half of the year. A lot of grain will be consumed, and it must be prepared in advance.

Stanley has arranged for the Samaritans to buy food. It should be more than enough, but eggs cannot be put in one basket, and more must be prepared.

With the addition of the Golden Kite Wanderers and the Val City-State people, plus the continuous flow of foreigners who surrender to him, this year’s food security is already difficult, and the natural disaster is even more difficult.

After preparing the list of captured intelligence personnel, Roland wrote a letter to the Golden Kite Republic, the Tyrol Kingdom and the Vladimir Empire.

"Dear President of the Golden Kite Republic, I am ashamed to see your words. Recently, residents of your country XX, XX, XX came to visit my Hansa Province"

"Dear King Tyrol."

The first two letters are easy to write. The way of speaking is simple, just threaten directly.

He didn't take the other party's food for free. He could pay, but he had to give a discount.

But the discount must be higher than the value of these intelligence officers.

Doing so is also the result of careful consideration.

Politicians are indifferent. They only care about the life and death of front-line intelligence officers on the surface. If you blackmail them with bare hands, they will most likely be rejected.

If it is a business deal, whether it is a loss or a profit, there is room for negotiation.

This offer can also convey misleading information to the other party, thinking that he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to get more benefits!

However, his real purpose is not, but food.

It is the wisdom of our ancestors to store up food.

The war is about to start, and there is no panic with food in hand.

Purchasing food requires a lot of funds, and the funds will be in place when all the Samaritans return.

Perfect connection.

For the third letter, Roland thought again and again, and did not write it directly to Sophia, but to Angelina who was in charge of work in Val City.

Sophia is a very extreme guy, and the weak are not considered human beings in her eyes.

No matter how loyal these intelligence officers are, no matter how hard they work under torture, if they fail, they are weak and must be eliminated. This is Sophia's logic.

Blackmail Sophia?

Roland pondered for a moment, cherishing life more than his desire for wealth, and threw the handwritten letter into the fireplace to burn it clean, and rewrote a new one.

It was much easier to write to Angelina.

"Miss Angelina, the letter is like the person, you don't want Sophia to know about the disappearance of the intelligence officers, right?"

Although many people think that Angelina is a little Sophia, in Roland's opinion, she is not.

There is only one person as terrifying as Queen Sophia in the world.

After the intelligence network was completely paralyzed, Angelina was a little irritable.

Her Majesty asked her to come to Val City, not just to be responsible for one city.

She is also responsible for the western affairs of the empire, including collecting intelligence from countries such as Jinyuan and Susaks.

If it weren't for this secret mission, those Rurik Night Walkers that only the Queen could mobilize would not be her turn to command.

This time, the intelligence network was destroyed, and at least three elite night walkers and seven second-level night walkers, as well as many grassroots intelligence personnel, were lost.

This level of loss is enough to make all her merits vanish.

The queen will never praise her for her good work after returning home.

Just when she was irritable, the intelligence director appeared with a letter in his hand.

"This is the letter that Miss Christine handed over to you. It is said to be from Governor Roland."

Angelina's face turned pale in an instant.

She adjusted her breathing, and she didn't even know how to take the letter from the intelligence director.

She opened the envelope and knew the ending as soon as she saw the beginning.

Unfortunately, those missing intelligence personnel were wiped out by Roland. Except for a very few people who swallowed poison and committed suicide, most of them were captured.

Angelina sat back in her seat dejectedly, looking depressed.

Although she had guessed this result long ago, people always hold a fluke mentality, and the bad news still made her a little desperate.

Her work was going smoothly some time ago, which made her somewhat relaxed.

The first thing she did was to expel the Val people in the jurisdiction and find a way to legally confiscate their property.

This was done very smoothly.

There are about 120,000 people in the city-state of Val scattered in her jurisdiction. She originally thought that this work would encounter huge resistance.

The people of Val City-State have lived here for hundreds of years. It is not easy to move.

Angelina prepared more than 5,000 elite soldiers in police uniforms for these citizens.

As long as someone dares to resist, she will kill the first rebel without hesitation to set an example.

Despite being fully prepared, she did not think this would go smoothly.

After all, this is demolishing the house and driving people away.

In order to reduce resistance, she chose to use courtesy first and then force, announcing to the people of Val City-State that as long as they leave voluntarily, she will not make it difficult, and she is willing to pay for the property. Of course, the price is a bargain.

She never thought that these people could leave honestly and have a backup plan.

However, the development of things exceeded her expectations. Under the persuasion of former executive Tony, the residents in her jurisdiction basically evacuated.

Most of these people went to Hansa to settle down.

Although they lost their real estate, at least they took away their working capital.

Looking at the empty room, Angelina thought it was a great victory for the Vladimir Empire, but she realized something was wrong afterwards.

The gap left by the Val people was quickly filled by the Rurik people.

Nearly 50,000 expatriates came to Val City, and this number will double in the future.

Everything was going well until Roland showed up.

"XX's!"

Angelina couldn't help but utter a curse word from her hometown.

She wanted to kill Roland, but she knew she couldn't.

Killing the Governor is no different than outright declaring war.

She knew the Queen's strategy, which was to first clean up the surrounding small countries and bring order into order, and then expand westward.

For rashly provoking a war in the west, what awaits her will definitely not be the Queen's praise.

Although she was unhappy, Angelina had no right to refuse.

She picked up the pen and quickly wrote a reply.

Her attitude was very clear. She could accept Roland's conditions, but some details needed to be discussed. She wanted to meet with Roland.

The meeting place agreed upon by both parties was in the middle of the Rodinia River. The two parties met at a small hill without accompanying anyone.

There is no shelter around here, so there is no way to ambush, only two people can meet.

Roland did not refuse and wrote her a reply three days later.

"good."

Angelina was well prepared and rode north on her white horse.

Although she must accept the result of the compromise, she must show force to Roland before compromising.

Roland must be told that the Vladimir Empire is full of talents.

Not only are the generals extremely powerful in combat, but the intelligence personnel engaged in special work are also very powerful in combat, and even the civil servants are also full of martial virtue!

She is now the person in charge of Vaal City, and of course she is a civil servant.

If Roland couldn't beat her, a civil servant, in a one-on-one fight, he would at least have to let her bargain.

Soon, at the appointed time, Angelina met Roland.

Roland stood calmly on the hill and looked at her calmly, "You are late."

"I didn't, I even arrived a few minutes early!" Angelina didn't expect that Roland would talk nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth, and she was almost speechless with anger.

But she quickly calmed down.

Calm down, must be calm, think about how Queen Sophia would deal with such a situation?

She was a little frustrated to find that no one dared to talk to the Queen like this, unless her life was rented. Of course Roland wouldn't either.

As expected, she was still too weak, Angelina silently blamed herself.

Seeing that she was still protesting, Roland asked with a smile: "What level do you hold in your country?"

"According to your level, it is considered deputy ministerial level." Angelina tried to calm down and answered calmly.

In fact, she lied somewhat. Her current level is not equivalent to deputy department level, but equivalent to department level.

She temporarily takes over the deputy ministerial level responsibilities at the level of the main department.

Of course Roland knew what level she was, and this was what he was waiting for.

"Angelina, you are the acting deputy director, and I am the real director. According to diplomatic etiquette, you should arrive ten minutes in advance and wait."

Roland's words sounded like nonsense, but they were true.

Agreeing to negotiate is a diplomatic activity even if it is conducted in private. It was indeed rude for Angelina to arrive only three minutes early.

Angelina lowered her head silently. She almost ran away, but the remaining reason stopped her.

Control your anger, Angelina!

Her Majesty the Queen has warned her more than once that people can have emotions, but they cannot be slaves to them.

Roland did this on purpose, just to anger her so he could gain the upper hand in the negotiation.

She bit her lip and said like a gnat, "I'm sorry, I'm late."

"It doesn't matter, we Sussex people are all gentlemen and we won't care about such a trivial matter."

Roland looked at Angelina in surprise, not expecting that she could control her emotions.

I heard that she spent a long time in the Arctic Glacier, Queen Sophia’s exclusive training place. It seems that the Arctic ice really encourages people to grow.

Roland cheered up and no longer regarded Angelina as a brainless coward.

"Tell me, why do you want to meet me?"

"The conditions you offer are too harsh and exceed the upper limit of what I can bear. Although our country is a major grain-producing country, the quantity you want is too much. Putting aside the price, transportation alone is a troublesome matter."

"Don't worry about transportation. I can contact the caravan and bear the freight." Roland said calmly.

Anyway, the Samaritan was responsible for the transportation, and he was happy and generous.

Angelina was a little confused. Is Roland really just here to buy food?

Seeing her puzzled expression, Roland said with a smile: "There are hundreds of thousands more people in my jurisdiction this year. We need a lot of food, so we have to buy more and save it. The relationship between your country and our country has not been finalized yet. Since the fight hasn’t started yet, we are not enemies.”

Angelina looked at Roland alertly and asked in a low voice: "You want to start a war? I will never sell food to enemies who are preparing to attack our country!"

Roland glared at her angrily and asked calmly: "Miss Angelina, do you think I have abnormal intelligence? What are the benefits of attacking your country?"

Angelina was speechless for a moment.

There is really no benefit.

Just being marked as an enemy by Sophia is enough to give everyone a headache.

How many countries pray every day not to be invaded by the Vladimir Empire? Who would provoke a crazy giant bear on land?

Angelina couldn't find a reason to refute, but she always felt that something was wrong.

Looking at her suspicious expression, Roland said calmly: "Maybe you don't believe it, but I definitely don't want to actively antagonize Her Majesty the Queen of your country. I can swear that."

His eyes were clear, unavoidable, and full of sincerity.

Angelina stared at Roland carefully, trying to find traces of lies in his eyes.

However, what Roland said was true, but he used clever words.

He really wouldn't take the initiative to become an enemy of Sophia, but the reality is that Sophia took the initiative to target him.

Even if he is not a match for Sophia, he can't just lie there and not resist, right?

If he doesn't move, wouldn't that be XX?

Angelina sighed lightly, feeling a little depressed.

Roland had controlled the rhythm of the conversation from the beginning, and she passively followed along.

She was no match for a verbal fight, and she couldn't even start a physical fight.

Roland said that he would not take the initiative to become an enemy of the queen, and he was only willing to buy some food for the new immigrants, and was even willing to take the initiative to release the captured intelligence personnel.

Such generous conditions, of course, she couldn't refuse.

She couldn't accept Roland's kindness and then turn around and challenge Roland to a duel.

After a long silence, she stretched out her right hand.

"Deal."