in the name of the queen.

Chapter 191 You don’t want the Queen to know about this, right?

Although the three overseas provinces are also plains, they are not major grain-producing areas. They usually only have enough. In previous years, a small amount of grain was imported as an adjustment.

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

Stanley has arranged for the Samaritans to buy food, which is 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 people from the Val City State, as well as the continuous flow of foreigners who defect to him, food security this year is already difficult, and it is even more difficult to deal with natural disasters.

After preparing the list of captured intelligence officers, Roland personally wrote letters to the Golden Kite Republic, the Kingdom of Tyrol and the Vladimir Empire.

"Dear President of the Republic of Jinyuan, you can see your words like a human being. Recently, residents of your country XX, XX, and XX came to our Hanseatic Province as guests."

"Honored King of Tyrol."

The first two letters were easy to write. The way of speaking was simple, just a direct threat.

He doesn't take the other party's food for nothing. He can pay for it, but he must give a discount.

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

This is also the result of careful consideration.

Politicians are indifferent, and they only superficially care about the life and death of frontline intelligence personnel. If you use your bare hands to extort money, you will most likely be rejected.

If you are talking about a business, whether it is a loss or a profit, it can be discussed.

This quotation can also convey misleading information to the other party, thinking that he is trying to take advantage of the opportunity to gain more benefits!

However, his real purpose is not, but food.

Accumulating grain widely is the wisdom of our ancestors.

If a war is about to begin, I will not panic if I have food in hand.

Purchasing grain requires a lot of money, and when all the Samaritans return, the funds will be available.

Perfect fit.

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

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

No matter how loyal these intelligence officers are, or how hard they endure under torture, those who fail are those who are weak and must be eliminated. This is Sophia's logic.

Taking advantage of Sophia?
Roland pondered for a moment. His cherishing of life surpassed his desire for wealth. He threw the autographed letter into the fireplace, burned it clean, and rewrote another letter.

It's much easier to write to Angelina.

"Miss Angelina, trust is like a trustworthy person, you don't want Sophia to know about the disappearance of the intelligence personnel, right?"

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

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

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

Her Majesty the Queen asked her to come to Vaal 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 Golden Kite and Sussax.

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

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

A loss of this magnitude was enough to undo all her hard work.

The Queen will never praise her for a job well done when she returns home.

As she fidgets, the intelligence chief appears with a letter in his hand.

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

Angelina's face instantly turned pale.

She adjusted her breathing and even somehow received the letter from the intelligence chief.

Opening the envelope, she knew the ending as soon as she saw the beginning.

Unfortunately, those missing intelligence officers were taken advantage of by Roland. Except for a few who committed suicide by swallowing poison, most of them were captured.

Angelina sat back slumped, looking depressed.

Although she had already guessed this outcome, people always take chances, so the news of the bad news still made her a little desperate.

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

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

This was done very smoothly.

The city-state of Vaal has about 120,000 people scattered within its jurisdiction. It was originally thought that this work would encounter huge resistance.

People from the city-state of Vaal have lived here for hundreds of years, so it’s not that easy to just move.

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

As long as someone dares to resist, she will not hesitate to kill the first resister as a warning to others.

Despite being fully prepared, she didn't think it would go smoothly.

After all, this means tearing down homes and driving people away.

In order to reduce resistance, she chose to be polite before fighting, announcing to the people of the Vaal city-state that it would not be difficult for them to leave voluntarily, and she was also willing to pay for the purchase of real estate. Of course the price is a break.

She never thought that these people could leave honestly and still have backup plans.

However, things developed beyond her expectations. Under the persuasion of former executive Tony, the residents in her area were basically evacuated.

Most of these people went to Hansa and settled there.

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

Looking at the empty room, Angelina thought this was a huge victory for Vladimir's empire, but she felt something was wrong afterward.

The vacuum left by the Vars was quickly filled by the Ruriks.

Nearly 50,000 expats have come to Vaal 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.

"it is 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 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 privately. 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.

It is said 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 fool.

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

"The conditions you offered 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.

It is true that he would not take the initiative to be an enemy of Sophia, but the reality is that Sophia took the initiative to target him.

Even if he is no match for Sophia, he can't lie down and not resist, right?

If he's motionless, isn't that XX?

Angelina sighed, a little depressed.

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

She was no match in a literary fight, and she couldn't even start a martial arts fight.

Roland even said that he would not take the initiative to be an enemy of the Queen, and that he was only buying some food for the new immigrants, and was even willing to take the initiative to release the captured intelligence officers.

Of course she couldn't refuse such a generous offer.

Accepting Roland's kindness, she turned around and invited Roland for a duel, but she couldn't do it.

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

"make a deal."

(End of this chapter)