Yes, garrison rights. In other words, the Jiuzhou Empire's troops could station themselves directly on Heaven Dou territory.
This seemed like a treaty of soft colonization that no country could possibly accept, but Heaven Dou's circumstances were different. The royal family's main force, the Royal Knights, was stationed only around Heaven Dou City and its four surrounding satellite cities, numbering roughly four hundred thousand Soul Masters and ordinary knights combined. Meanwhile, the terms Miho Nishizumi proposed explicitly stated that the Jiuzhou Empire's garrisons would remain at least three hundred kilometers from territory under the royal family's actual control. In other words, they would establish camps in the various kingdoms and provinces, without entering the royal family's autonomous domain.
Even the Royal Guard tasked with protecting Leng Xiyue during her stay in Heaven Dou City would number no more than a thousand.
At the same time, out of their sense of responsibility as imperial troops, they would take the initiative to suppress bandits and fight crime, easing the pressure on local authorities.
In return for this provision, the Jiuzhou Empire was willing to mobilize its industrial capacity, provided Heaven Dou supplied the materials, to equip a mechanized force of roughly two hundred thousand for the royal family. Building on the New Army, it would supply sufficient Anti-Soul Master Cannons and rifles, along with some armored vehicles and tanks.
Sounded wonderful, right? These combat vehicles appeared only slightly behind the Jiuzhou Empire's own tanks, with little difference between them, but in reality, the most essential component-the carbon coating-would certainly not be supplied.
The existence of carbon coating was a core secret of the Jiuzhou Empire. During production, it was simply applied as paint. Aside from Huang Yan, only the cabinet's ministers of armaments and industry knew about it. The carbon coating produced