Throne of Vientiane Civilization

After all, Woking's identity is too special. As the king's younger brother and a dwarf prince, he came directly to their Great Zhou as a diplomat?

You know, these diplomats are basically permanent.

Although the terms of the UN agreement clearly prohibit harming diplomats of other countries, it is hard to say whether the agreement will still work when the day comes when the relationship really breaks out.

In this situation, it is interesting that Baron actually sent his own brother over.

In the Qinzheng Hall, Zhou Xu, who confirmed the news, looked directly at Huo Qubing and Li Bowen.

"What do you think about this matter?"

Faced with the question, Huo Qubing hesitated for a moment before speaking slowly...

"Your Majesty, I think there are two possibilities. One is that the new king wanted to consolidate his power, so he found an opportunity to send his brother away who might distract him from power."

"The second is that the new king is trying to show goodwill to our Great Zhou."

There was nothing much to say about the first point. Huo Qubing paused for a moment, then focused on the second point.

"In the previous United Nations meeting, Copperforge has always maintained a neutral attitude, and it is obvious that it does not want to get involved in any disputes."

"But the distance between our Great Zhou and Tonglu Fort is too close after all, and the Saint Laurent Empire has been trying to win them over. If they anger us, Tonglu Fort will be the first to bear the wrath of our Great Zhou."

"Under this situation, King Baron of Copperforge sent his brother Vol'jin here as a diplomat, which is equivalent to sending a hostage to us."

"This may not be without the intention of reassuring us, telling us that they will definitely not lean towards the Saint Laurent Empire."

Having said this, Huo Qubing seemed to remember something and quickly took out a document from his desk.

"Your Majesty, this is the report sent by the foreign trade department this morning. Copperforge has stopped purchasing our gunpowder this quarter."

The gunpowder business with Tonglubao is considered a big business within their Great Zhou.

However, Zhou Xu knew that this business could not continue forever, because the dwarves in Copperforge were also studying gunpowder, and it was only a matter of time before they thoroughly understood the formula.

In fact, starting from the second quarter of last year, the amount of gunpowder purchased by Copperforge from them every quarter has been gradually decreasing.

It is highly likely that at that time, the gunpowder research in Tonglubao had already been completed.

The reason why the subsequent purchase of gunpowder was not stopped immediately was, on the one hand, due to the consideration of the alliance with the Great Zhou, and on the other hand, due to the consideration of Baron who had just succeeded to the throne.

As the new king, if Baron cut off this business as soon as he came to power, it would make the Great Zhou mistakenly believe that after the change of king, the diplomatic relationship between Tonglu Fort and them would also change.

They were afraid that Da Zhou would overthink things.

Considering the strength and geographical location of Da Zhou, this is obviously not a good thing.

But it is obviously not in the interests of Copperforge to continue buying like this.

Baron has just taken office, so there is nothing he can do. He can only reduce the purchase volume slowly quarter by quarter. He will reduce expenses in this way first, and then see how the situation develops.

Why did the other party dare to directly stop this foreign trade transaction this quarter?

As of now, the simplest reason is probably that they sent Woking here.

Now that Prince Woking is in our hands, I think the Great Zhou should be able to relax.

Zhou Xu's ideas were basically the same as Huo Qubing's.

As the king of Copperforge, sending Vol'jin here is beneficial to Baron, whether for the first or second consideration.

Even during their brief encounters before, although they had already noticed that Woking was a little afraid of his elder brother, the relationship between the two brothers should not be bad.

Zhou Xu had never expected that Baron would be so straightforward in sending his own brother to their Great Zhou as a hostage.

There are two parties in the Smith Republic, and although Narga, the consul, is just a "worker", as a "senior worker", he also has certain power.

The diplomatic team only has thirty places, and the three parties have packed it full.

Peter and Fisher had both visited Da Zhou and had seen its steam locomotives.

Now that their people are going to come to Da Zhou to live permanently, they naturally have to give them some instructions.

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But even if this was achieved and they were all mentally prepared, it still did not prevent the roaring steam train from completely shattering their worldview in an instant!

This is a cross-era shock that cannot be easily resolved with just a few words.

Even the diplomatic team of the Saint Laurent Empire, which had to wait until autumn to finally arrive safely, was no exception.

In their opinion, this is not just a train, it is the Great Zhou showing off its muscles and intimidating them!

As wave after wave of diplomatic teams arrived at Black Moon City on steam trains, they felt even more awe in their hearts for the country where they would be residing permanently!

During this six months, as diplomatic teams arrived one after another, the palace held a banquet for each group that arrived. In just a few months, four banquets were held, which was a record.

There's no other way. The time interval between each batch is a bit long. They can't wait until the diplomatic teams from all parties are gathered before holding a banquet, right?

This was obviously a neglect to the female warrior team and the Copper Furnace Fort team who arrived earlier.

Let’s not talk about Tonglu Fort for now. Although the relationship between their Great Zhou and the female warrior tribe is good now, this is not a reason to neglect them.

In fact, if the relationship is good, we should treat them well, so that their relationship can remain good.

With the diplomatic teams from various countries successfully moving into the embassy, ​​the affairs of the embassy in Da Zhou have basically come to an end.

But those who understand know that more troublesome things are just beginning.

Compared to the female warriors who basically spent their time eating, drinking and having fun after coming to their Great Zhou, the other three embassies also quickly started related work.

Things were normal over at Copperforge, with basically normal visits. The main reason was that the dwarves were quite conspicuous here, and it was difficult for them to carry out any secret operations.

In addition to their relationship with the Great Zhou, it would be better for them to behave themselves for now.

In comparison, after a brief period of peace and quiet, the embassies of the Smith Republic and the Saint Laurent Empire began to conduct serious espionage operations...