The next day
Central Calendar Year 1639, Month 2, Day 7
It was a cool morning, the cloud was high and the sky was clear, and visibility was good, Since the air pollutant from the resource extraction zones and industries in the Soviet Union had also disappeared since transition, the skies over the Soviet Union became more clearer as the days passed, a man wearing elegant clothes or so-called suits was standing in the lobby, waiting for the members of the delegation
Zerdinsky: Good morning everyone, did you have a good sleep last night?
Zerdinsky greeted the assembled members of the delegation,
Zerdinsky: For today's schedule. After breakfast, there will be an explanation about the events in Moscow at 8:00, then we will leave the hotel at 9:00, At 9 o'clock, we will board the Sokol Bullet Train bound for Moscow which leaves Odessa, then at 15:00 we will arrive at Moscow Central Station, then..
While listening to the explanation, one thing Yagou had felt every day since his arrival in the Soviet Union was that they had a clear concept of the passage of time, each member of the delegation received a delicate piece of machinery called a wristwatch, it could mark the passage of time in seconds and could also be easily transported, then for the military, it might be possible to carry out a simultaneous attack without any time difference, in the context of its effective military application, it was surprising, what was even more surprising, the distributed wristwatch is called Vostok Watches as long as it has battery power through its solar panel or by recharging directly from the electrical current, it will continue to work, and as long as it is in the Soviet Union, the error of time calculation will be only 1 second in 1.000.000 years, he didn't now how to explain it since he didn't understand the construction of the clock itself, Instead of asking that, Yagou has a question about the time,
Yagou: Sorry Mr. Zerdinsky, I heard that the distance between Odessa and Moscow is more than 1000 km... But I heard the explanation that the vehicle called Sokol Bullet Train that we will board today is a vehicle that travels at high speed across the lands
Zerdinsky: That's right, is there anything worrying you?
Yagou: That we will arrive at 15:00, what does this mean? Could you calculate it accurately even in minutes?
Zerdinsky: Yes. Unless it is due to a disaster or accident, it will arrive in Moscow on time
[It seems that the Soviet Union really cannot be measured by our common sense!!]
Yagou: l understand. Thanks for the clarificatio-
Screech --- Shhhg --- Blamm
There was a sound of objects colliding, Yagou looked at the outside and saw a woman collapsed with blood leaking from her head and one strange yellow vehicle stopped beside her and even the whole sound caught the attention of the Qua-Toyne delegation
Hanki: What the...?!
Hanki asked with notable concern and Zerdinsky spat out, It was something that could be said often happened in Soviet territory, an accident involving a Taxi, The accident victim woman collapsed on the ground feebly
Zerdinsky: Wait here a moment, I'll call an ambulance!
Then Yagou ran outside
Yagou: This is not good! She needs immediate treatment
Yagou ran away
Zerdinsky: Please, Yagou wait, the Ambulance with come-!
Zerdinsky shouted as he saw Yagou running at full speed out of the hotel
Zerdinsky: [his minds] What the hell?! How can he run so much without getting tired?!
Zerdinsky thought trying to keep up with Yagou, from Zerdinsky's point of view, a member of a foreign diplomatic mission like Yagou would not be able to treat an injured person, he followed Yagou and ran towards the scene of the incident, Although the crowd was around, no one knew what to do, but Yagou pushed his way through the people and looked at the injured woman, the woman lay on the ground covering her head, blood flowed vehemently with each passing heartbeat
Yagou: وزرةفشهلاشوخزولاوشكصسخثهلشةخهسثخ
Yagou began to chant something and his right hand on the woman's head began to cast a green pale light
Soviet Citizens 1: T-....The wound is..
The wound in the woman's head closed immediately
Soviet Citizens 3: Wha-.....unbelievable! Do you see what's happening?!
Soviet Citizens 2: Look! That man sang something and the wound is closing!
Soviet Citizens 4: In... Incredible, i thought nanotechnology would take awhile to arrive!
Soviet Citizens 5: It's like a magic!
After the woman's wound finished closing, Yagou bowed his head at the expression of the people around him,
Yagou: It's healing magic, is there something wrong with it?
The people made a commotion because his indifferent response was unexpected, the confused Yagou was caught up in that clamor
Inside the Sokol Bullet Train with departure from Odessa with destination to Moscow
Zerdinsky: l can't believe it, I'm surprised, it was mentioned in the intelligence report, but to be able to see the magic with my own eyes... How amazing
Zerdinsky was exclaiming without caring about the listeners around him
Yagou: Is healing-type magic unusual in the Soviet Union?
Yagou didn't feel bad about being praised like this, since his side was the one that received the surprise until now, causing the Soviet side to be surprised for the first time made his heart want to boast a little
Zerdinsky: Yes, not only healing magic, but magic itself does not exist in the Soviet Union
Whole Qua-Toyne delegation's member: EH!?
At Zerdinsky's simple response, the members of the Qua-Toyne delegation shouted in astonishment, Hanki asked to try and get an explanation
Hanki: H-....However, if the communication between the plane and the ground is not communication magic, then how could it be done?
Zerdinsky: That's using the radio wave. The principle is the same with the wristwatch that had been distributed to everyone.......Hmm, how should I explain this? Just like what I had said before, every piece of technology in the Soviet Union is based on science
Yagou: Everything....even that refrigerator filled with cold air too?
Zerdinsky: Yes, in our previous world, to pursue the cause of every phenomenon, we have developed many fields of science, a radio wave is something developed from physics, the study of the cause of everything, while the refrigerator is developed from chemistry, the study of the change of matter, the Soviet Union freely uses these technologies to improve the nation
The concept of science that Qua-Toyne did not have, it was the moment when the members of the delegation believed they had obtained a state secret, if magic did not exist in the Soviet Union, then the magical technology being studied in the Principality of Qua-Toyne could be presented as a topic of negotiation, the forte of healing magic is in the temporary recovery of wounds
For example, if they proposed simple surgery magic, then it might be possible to establish a clinic that could immediately cure small or medium wounds or shoulder stiffness and there should bea demand for emergency use like the incident not long ago, if there are unsolved diseases in the Soviet Union, then they might as well propose to investigate them together, if they open a magic academy and provide a teacher, they could increase employment and even earn foreign currency, kn the other hand, a deadline could also be offered to import the educational system of the USSR to the Principality of Qua-Toyne
If children could gain knowledge using the Soviet way of learning, then it would be a godsend, be that as it may, it was a significant discovery that the Soviet Union relied only on the knowledge of science, in this world, being able to gather a large number of mages would be advantageous in a war, so mages had strategic importance
however, there was the issue of magitech research development and personnel, also the difference in individual qualities, which presented a great challenge in establishinga large division of mages that was uniformly powerful in the first place, compared to that, as long as someone knew the basics of science, anyone could easily become a powerful soldier, in other words, it was possible for even the citizen of the Qua-Toyne Principality to do so
Yagou: Mr. Zerdinsky, Is it possible to export sciences such as physics or chemistry?
Zerdinsky had already deduced that they were going to ask him that question because of the topic
Zerdinsky: Mmmm... Several days ago, our country has enforced a new law called New World Technology Dissemination Prohibition Law, it is prohibited to export core technology, so we can't particularly give out their content, and maybe that will be under discussion in the next Congress of the CPSU next year, However, if it's only fundamental science knowledge then it is sold as textbooks or the likes at any our bookstore, However... Since translation studies have not made any progress, I think it will be difficult to translate them into your language
From the Soviet point of view, there were many mysterious things in this world, especially the origin of language-related phenomena even when speech is understandable, written letters become different from language and grammar, the Soviet Union had begun a study to translate the materials that had been brought from Qua-Toyne since the first meeting, but the Soviet Union's information about this world was still too scarce and the amount of materials was too small, so which was an extremely difficult test, Yagou interpreted Kravchenko's word as a probability that he could incorporate the technologies although it was certainly uncertain. Yagou decided to take all the books he could
Yagou: However, Hanki, the Sokol Bullet Train is fast, right?
Hanki: You're right, even though it's traveling at such a speed, the interior doesn't sway at all, the seat is also nice and comfortable, however, at a speed like this, an accident will be terrifying...
Zerdinsky: Since the opening of the Sokol Bullet Train in 2005 in our world , there are and have not been any passengers who have died in an accident, it is probably the safest means of transportation in the entire Union
[Sokol Bullet Train]
Hanki: Hmm... I'l believe that, but even after hearing it, I'm still uneasy
While the 5 people approach it with trepidation in their hearts, today was also another safe ride for the Sokol Bullet Train
From Yagou's diary that day
After passing through several large cities, the Sokol Bullet Train we boarded arrived at the capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow, the provincial cities that we pass halfway are even more developed and far surpass the capital of the main countries that populate the Civilized Lands, but Moscow is in a totally different dimension, almost everything moves punctually, the number of the population is huge, and the height of the high-rise buildings is as if they are piercing the sky, there is even a structure that was more than twice as large as the famous Ejey mountain (539 meters above sea level) in my country, for my part, as a member of the diplomatic mission being sent to a country that could build these enormous buildings, I look forward to tomorrow's business meeting, for the national interest of my country, I will work to the best of my ability, it is a great responsibility, but it is fortunate to be present at a historical moment like this
The next day
Central Calendar Year 1639, Month 2, Day 8, Qua-Toyne Working Level Meeting
The conference had begun, an elegantly dressed man began to address the delegation of the Qua-Toyne Principality's diplomatic mission
Patrushev: l am Dmitry Patrushev, Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Soviet Union, we are very grateful that my dear comrades have come, to begin, I would like you to see our request list with which we believe you can comply
He said, Although the Soviets had prepared documents describing various items that helped maintain the opulent lifestyle, they already received the report that the written materials would not be understandable to the other party, so Patrushev's interpreter was reading the document and described each of the articles orally, the content of which made the delegation members look at each other
Yagou: T-.....The total amount for one year is approximately 40 million tons
Patrushev: I have been told that your country is a prosperous agricultural country, the food self-sufficiency rate even exceeds 100% just like us, still, we never thought that your country alone could meet this requested amount, but we want to know how much raw material and food your country could provide, of course we won't ask for an immediate response, however, we don't have much time, so we honestly want to know as quickly as possible
Yagou wrote the numbers of items that Patrushev had cited in his own country's script on the document in his hand, as he looked at him and frowned, he began to speak
Yagou: Fisheries are difficult and I really don't know anything about this 'tobacco plant', Other than that, I think we could provide the other requested items if, it's only for this amount
Patrushev: What are you saying!?
Yagou: Apart from the tobacco plant, it is possible, that we can fulfill the production...
The Soviet officials were on the move, honestly speaking, the request included items that need to be imported from multiple countries, but for a single country to be able to provide all of them.. No wonder they were surprised
Yagou: Of course, after our country allows it, only...
Patrushev: What's wrong?
Yagou: Our country does not possess the means of transporting this amount to your country, there are large regions of farmland inland, but we do not have the manpower or the budget to transport it to the ports, even if we have transported it to the port, we also lack labor to load all this raw material, above all, we lack ships
Patrushev: Then if approval is obtained from the Principality of Qua-Toyne, can you start exporting the raw materials at this time?
Yagou: I think it's possible
By some chance, a possibility to avoid a potential food crisis in the Soviet Union had come to their sight, the Soviet delegation sat back and a man, bespectacled dandy began to speak,
Lavrov: l am Sergei Lavrov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, if Principality of Qua-Toyne does not mind, we will improve port facilities and build infrastructure, in other words, a means of transportation to the agricultural land region within Qua-Toyne, our country can provide capital to establish the railway network similar to that of the Sokol Bullet Train and thus it is possible for our country to build it directly, what do you think of this proposal?
All Qua-Toyne Delegation's members: Wha-...?!
At that moment the door to the room opened, a man in his 35s greeted along with his companion and sat down in the place of the Soviet delegation
Zhukov: Greetings Comrades, l am the General Secretary of the Soviet Union Vasily Zhukov, I assume that you have already advanced in most of the negotiations
The Soviet General Secretary said calmly
Nino: and I am Nino Nakano, the First Lady of the Soviet Union and Zhu-kun's wife
the First Lady said, the members of the Qua-Toyne delegation saluted and became nervous, they had heard that the General Secretary of the CPSU was the leader of the Soviet Union itself, that a character of this caliber went personally to the negotiations could increase or decrease the Soviets' favor with their country
Zhukov: Already reached the point of the defense system yet?
Zhukov asked the other ministers, the ministers shook their heads and this slightly infuriated Zhukov, from now on he would conduct these negotiations as established
Zhukov: Comrades, sorry for the interruption, we can continue with the negotiations, and btw, easy there comrades, no need to be so tense, just calm down
The Soviet General Secretary spoke, the Qua-Toyne delegation nodded and called down
Yagou: It is an honor to be able to speak with you, General Secretary Zhukov
Yagou said trying to make a good first impression, this had the expected effect and Zhukov had sympathy with the foreign delegates
Zhukov: Comrades from Qua-Toyne, we are aware that you also have needs and that is why the Soviet Union is willing to provide your country with our railway network and etc to accelerate the development of Qua-Toyne in all areas, likewise we could discuss a training program for your army, the latter must be discussed in detail because we have a special interest in your country
This time it was the turn of the Qua-Toyne Delegation to get moing, for the Principality of Qua-Toyne, where water and food were almost free, the country could become rich just by exporting the plants considered opulent and, in addition, they would even receive a port and railway, is there any more favorable term than this?
they also negotiated several other items, and while discussing future preparation for both sides to close the deal, the conference ended favorably
Ten days later
Central Calendar Year 1639, Month 2, Day 18
The Principality of Qua-Toyne and the Soviet Union had agreed on these points :
- The Principality of Qua-Toyne will export all the raw materials and food needed by the Soviet Union
- The Soviet Union will expand the Port of Maihark in the Principality of Qua-Toyne and establish transportation infrastructure from Maihark to agricultural regions
- The Soviet Union and the Principality of Qua-Toyne will continue to discuss with each other to establish a diplomatic relationship
- A currency exchange rate will immediately be launched
- As compensation for the Soviet Union's massive purchase of raw materials and food from the Principality of Qua-Toyne, for a period of one year, the Soviet Union will establish essential infrastructure (water service, electricity, gas service) within the Principality of Qua- Toyne
- Subsequently, the raw material and food will be purchased according to the exchange rate
- The Soviet Union will continue a conference with the Principality of Qua-Toyne to discuss the signing of a non-aggression treaty
- The training program will be discussed at a later date, subject to the change in Qua-Toyne government system to socialist system
The Soviet Union and the Principality of Qua-Toyne were able to establish a favorable relationship, this inseparable friendly relationship that they would create in the future became a ship where both nations shared a common destiny, a ship that defies the violent torrent of this world