Promotion

Following the successful agreement on cooperation at breakfast, and after more than half a day of further negotiations, a preliminary charter was drafted, leaving everyone satisfied.

The Bremen delegation had finally concluded this visit and would soon begin their journey home. Under the charter, Bremen would later dispatch a professional technical team to provide guidance and assistance, working with the Ironblood Royal Court to build the "Water Transfer Terminal" and lay water pipelines.

But that was a matter for later.

The group was scheduled to depart the following morning. Foreign Minister Doroteo would personally see them off, sending the delegation to the border in carriages arranged by the Royal Court, where they would then board a train across the desert back to the Bremen Empire.

That evening.

Gilan was invited once more to Duke Hawks's estate, where he attended dinner at the duke's manor villa.

Duke Hawks had been the first high-ranking member of the Royal Court whom Gilan had met upon arriving. Throughout this visit, the duke had also offered considerable support and assistance.

Given the man's goodwill, Gilan was naturally willing to deepen their friendship.

During dinner, neither of them mentioned work. Instead, like ordinary friends, they chatted about their respective lives and hobbies.

When he learned that Gilan lived like an ascetic—either working or cultivating—Duke Hawks, now past fifty, was quite surprised.

As a great noble of Stuttgart and an elder of the Royal Court with real power in his hands, he was thoroughly versed in the art of enjoyment.

Yet this outstanding young foreign minister of Bremen had no interest in pleasure at all!

"Your aspirations and perspective are far beyond those of an old man like me, haha... No wonder you were able to shoulder such important responsibilities in the Bremen Empire at such a