Trading in another world

With a diplomatic channel opened between Qua-Toyne and the Empire of Brazil, diplomats were going to be sent to Brazil in an attempt to negotiate commercial agreements and even some kind of alliance between the countries. At Myhak air base three diplomats were waiting for their transport, they were the diplomat Alphonse, accompanied by the military officers Admiral Vermilion, the air force commander Hanki and General Balmund.

"Mister Alphonse, are you sure that the itinerary we have been given is correct?"

"I am sure, General Balmund."

"That is strange . . The distance between the two countries is 1000 km, not to mention that from the city of Manaus, where we will stopover, to the capital Brasilia is more than 3000 km, but it says here that it will take us two days to get there."

"General Hanki, I have personally seen the iron wyverns of the Empire of Brazil, they are extremely fast and our basic sense does not apply to them."

As they talked their ride was approaching, an Embraer Phenom 300E executive jet, it was chosen for the low weight that Myhak's runway could support. The diplomats looked on with a mixture of astonishment and admiration at the object, those who had not yet seen any aircraft were in disbelief that it really existed.

"Incredible, now I understand what you meant Admiral Vermilion"

"I wonder what your cities must be like."

A woman stepped down from the jet and introduced herself to them.

"It is a pleasure to meet you gentlemen, my name is Ana Peroline, I will be your guide during your stay in Brazil."

The diplomats boarded the jet and sat down in their seats, everyone was shocked at how luxurious and comfortable they were, it couldn't even compare to a wyvern. The takeoff was extremely smooth and it climbed quickly, with a very high speed.

"Miss Ana, may I ask what kind of magic this iron wyvern uses?"

"Sorry Commander Hanki, but I am not allowed to provide that kind of information, the only thing I can tell you is that our country does not use magic, in our old world that kind of thing did not exist."

That was another surprise to the diplomats, a country as advanced as this one did not have magic, it could be an advantage when negotiating some agreement.

"How fast are we going miss?"

"We are 900 km/h, we will reach Manaus in about a little over an hour."

Flying at 900 km/h was a distant dream for anyone in that world, it was past 6pm at night when they took off, their arrival time was scheduled for 7:49pm.

After an hour of flight they finally entered the Brazilian airspace of Roraima, the city was extremely well lit, even at night the city seemed very alive. Alphonse knew that with such great lighting people could work during the night as well, which would increase production, he noted in his diary that detail that demonstrated the national power of the Empire of Brazil. However, the biggest surprise was when they got closer to the center of the city, gigantic buildings, bigger than he had ever heard existed in Mu and in the Mirishial Empire.

"Look at the size of these buildings, is this one of your larger cities, Miss Ana?"

"Roraima is a small city with only 500,000 inhabitants, the capital Brasilia has over 3 million inhabitants."

That statement shocked everyone.

"How many inhabitants does the Empire of Brazil have?"

"The last count made had about 212 million inhabitants."

They realized that Brazil was a little box of surprises, which were considered too crazy for anyone.

They landed at the international airport of Manaus on schedule, it was late and the diplomats were redirected to a luxury hotel, where they spent the night.

The next day they enjoyed the shock of cultures, the cuisine, architecture and customs were totally different, compared to Qua-Toyne where the majority of the population worked in agriculture, from where all their sustenance came out, but in that city it didn't seem to have this element, the citizens worked mostly in sales or providing services, this was strange for a country that had much of its economy focused on the export of food.

In the afternoon they went to the Manaus air base, where there would be an air show put on by the FABI (Brazilian Imperial Air Force), Qua-Toyne's air force commander was very anxious to see Brazil's ironclad combat wyverns.

A gigantic crash startles the diplomats, it seemed as if lightning had fallen next to them.

The narrator announced:

"There it is, the old darling of the imperial Brazilian air force, the F-105H Thunderchief, this old bomber fighter was purchased during the 1960s, and modernized in the early 21st century, with its upgrade it can contend even against some 4* generation fighters."

"Miss Ana, what was that huge bang just now?"

"That occurs when the speed of sound is exceeded."

"How fast is that 'fighter'?"

"If I'm not mistaken it's over two thousand kilometers, but I apologize for not being able to give a more approximate figure, I'm not really into military stuff."

That statement only underscored the certainty in them that they should get a non-aggression pact with Brazil, if they became an enemy they doubted that even one of the great powers could resist.

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02/11/2024, Palácio do Planalto

The current emperor of Brazil, Luiz de Orléans e Bragança was in his office reading documents, since the sudden transfer his workload had practically quadrupled, he cursed that this had happened during his reign, the economy was in a bad way thanks to Covid-19, with the situation gradually recovering, his real concern was the tension on the northern border, Venezuela armed and financed by Russia and Iran was threatening to invade Guyana. But now if nothing was done in a short time then everything would fall apart.

The biggest surprise in this new world was the existence of "magic", a type of phenomenon that they came across when they made contact with a country 1000 km to the west, called the Principality of Qua-Toyne, everything indicated that the military had much to gain from this new discovery. In addition, the continent of Rodenus had a greater abundance of oil than the Middle East, especially a nation called the Kingdom of Quila.

" Your majesty, the diplomats are waiting for you in the conference room."

"I will be there in a few seconds."

Contrary to the standard norm where negotiations would follow with the prime minister, he personally decided to negotiate with these kingdoms.

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Alphonse was a little nervous, what kind of person should be the emperor of such a powerful nation? Would he be a tyrant with a desire to expand? Responding to his thoughts Alphonse entered the conference room, unlike the monarchs Alphonse knew he wore a simple suit, much like what he saw many Brazilian citizens wearing, such simplicity was hard to see.

The diplomats greeted the monarch by bowing to him.

"It is a pleasure to have you in Brazil, I hope you have had a good impression of our nation."

"Everything here is amazing your majesty, we are very impressed with what we have seen."

"I am glad to hear that General Balmond. I'm someone who doesn't like to waste time on lengthy regulations and procedures, so I'd like to get right to the matter at hand."

"We share the same thought your majesty."

"Good, the first subject I would like to address is about trade, from what I understand both of our nations are major exporters of food."

"You are right sir, our annual production is very large, which allows us to export food to neighboring countries like Quila."

"I understand that your nation is facing major problems in this area due to a black water?"

"That is correct, it floods our crops and destroys the vegetables, as well as being difficult to get rid of."

"I'll be straight to the point, we would like to import this black water from Qua-Toyne."

"Excuse me sir, but could you please know the reason for that?"

"That black water is called oil and is also what drives everything within this country."

"What would we gain from that?"

"We would allow the transfer of basic technologies between our countries, some examples are the piped water schemes and railroads to do the long distance transportation, plus all the construction and logistics would be on our task."

It was an extremely tempting proposal that was being offered.

"We accept the deal."

"Good, I will leave the documents to my ministers. Moving out of the trade area and into military matters."

Admiral Vermilion and Commander Hanki chimed in.

"The Empire of Brazil wishes to establish a non-aggression pact between our nations."

"Qua-Toyne accepts the pact without any problem."

Commander Hanki then decided to roll out his cards.

"Our country wishes to acquire the purchase of 'aircraft' from Empire of Brazil."

"I'm sorry to tell you, but I won't be able to approve this, a few days ago the technology leak prevention law was passed."

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During the weeks the following agreements were approved:

- The Principality of Qua-Toyne and kingdom of Quila established trade relations with the Empire of Brazil, where they would provide abundant oil in exchange for infrastructure technology, the entire logistics network was in charge of the Empire of Brazil.

- A non-aggression pact was formed between the Empire of Brazil, the Kingdom of Quila and the Principality of Qua-Toyne.

- An exchange rate was established between the currencies of the countries, in the proportion of 1 real to 3 gold coins.

- The nations will continue with their diplomatic channels to extend their relations.