After launching a surprise attack and capturing Dongning and the Grand Canal City on the other side of the river, the human army did not continue to advance into the upper reaches of the river with the advantage of surface power, but stopped to repair. The largest city on the eastern coastline was driven out by the enemy, and the goblin army, which had been defeated all the way, did not immediately launch a counterattack to regain the lost ground after receiving follow-up reinforcements, and the two sides maintained a low-key silent confrontation. The battle front, which should have been hot, suddenly calmed down, and such a strange tranquility made those international relations researchers with a keen sense of smell smell an abnormal smell.

"For the sake of the Federation, we cannot allow humans to negotiate peace with goblins."

Having concluded that the Elven Federation was outrageous, the Secretary of State roared to express his displeasure with the Grand Commander. Holding his chin rather helplessly, and playing with the quill with one hand, His Excellency the Commander sat down in his chair and said slowly:

"Your Excellency, can you stop Will Needham from making a decision?"

Needless to say, compared to Gao De's front desk agent who was infiltrated into a sieve by the Elven Federation, even if he tried his best, he could only keep himself from completely becoming a weak agent like a marionette, Luo Zhengdao did his job a little too well.

In the face of His Majesty King Will Needham, who is a maverick and good at playing with the means of division and disintegration, it is difficult for even the two financiers who are hidden behind the scenes to exert any direct influence on him, let alone take drastic measures when necessary, and arrogantly produce such childish thoughts, which is in itself a harbinger of self-inflicted humiliation. No matter how dissatisfied the Elf Federation is, it can only admonish Luo Zhengdao in a more tactful way, and now what is even more embarrassing is that the elves can't find any competent candidates if they want to speak. Don't look at someone's harem Yaling and elf beauties, if you want to say that you can't find one who can influence his decision-making, the only woman who can do it is still a half-elf, and it is difficult to be effective with both soft and hard hands, is it possible to only watch him sing a one-man show?

The puffed elf secretary of state obviously didn't intend to give up with Luo Zhengdao, and he roared and said:

"We want to sternly warn him not to go further and further down this wrong path."

Hearing this, the Grand Commander looked at his old partner with great amusement, crossed his arms and said:

"Hehehehe, are you going to say this, or am I going to say it?"

When he asked the Secretary of State at once, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief was more open-minded, and politics was a game of chess, and it was a common thing to have gains and losses, and he sighed and said:

"Admit it! We can't stop him from doing anything, so don't make this futile effort that will only have the opposite effect, and prepare for the aftermath! ”

It is the autumn weather, the blue sky is dotted with a few white clouds, but the goblins who set foot on the land of Dongning are in a mood like a rainy day, and they can't find a pleasant space at all!

"Hahahaha, speaking of which, this is our first close encounter, isn't it! Your Excellency Commander Modo. ”

Hearing this, Modo Blackwater was extremely sensitive to the irony in these words, its green face turned a little purple, and the big goblin commander suppressed the fluctuations in his heart, and replied in as calm a tone as possible:

"Oh, you're laughing, Your Majesty, let's get down to business!"

That's right, among the humans sitting opposite the big goblin commander in the conference room, Luo Zhengdao appeared in the middle, this negotiation is about the issue of prisoners of war, of course, this is only a nominal reason.

While maintaining a state of peace is more beneficial to both humans and goblins who are too busy to take care of themselves, to say that both sides can let go of the grievances that have accumulated over the years, sorry, you are thinking too much. The goal that Luo Zhengdao aspires to achieve is to reduce the population loss of the human race and prevent the goblins from deliberately mutilating human slaves, while the goblins hope that the human exiles will no longer block themselves and create artificial obstacles in the overseas immigration plan. Now the two sides are pinching the shortcomings of their opponents, and at the same time they have a lot of scruples, and the actual handling of things is more tricky than when the difference in strength is huge, and how to negotiate this deal, the actual operation is no less difficult than tying a bell around the neck of a tiger.

In the years that Modo Heishui and Luo Zhengdao have dealt with each other, there have been many opportunities to communicate with cannons, which does not mean that the two sides know their opponents very well, and the battlefield and the negotiation table are both game venues that determine the success or failure of the game, and they cannot be completely compared after all.

Suddenly stepping into a new field, everyone is extremely cautious at first, first of all, they have to test each other's details, whether it is an impassioned speech, or a low voice to negotiate, these means are all performances, do not test the other party's routines, so how can they seize the lead in the subsequent confrontation?

“…… In short, concentration camps and forced slavery must be abolished. ”

“…… Piracy is an intolerable crime. ”

On the first day of the negotiations, the commander of the big goblins and Luo Zhengdao led their respective men to the bottom of the work, basically talking to themselves, completely ignoring whether the other party's demands were reasonable or not, just putting their own demands on the table, and strongly urging the other party to accept them in full. This awkward state of communication between chicken and duck may as well be paraphrased from the news release of the old world, which can be regarded as a full exchange of views between the two sides in the atmosphere of warm talks, enhancing their understanding and trust in each other, and probably only pulling out knives to cut each other, this result is really gratifying!

It was expected that everyone could not get along when they met, and after the initial meeting, Luo Zhengdao, who was walking in the corridor, said to the attendant officer behind him:

"Did you record the words that the goblins said?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a summary record, do you want to see it now?"

Taking the minutes of the meeting from the attendant officer, Luo Zhengdao looked at it casually, felt that there was nothing different from his impression, nodded and said:

"These requirements are not excessive, and it is a problem to implement them!"

Nowadays, many parts of the main continent are affected by the melee of demons and demons, the old social order and notification system tend to collapse, and in those places that have become bloody battlefields, humans have no chance to survive as slaves, and have either become victims of war or are used as fresh meat and battlefield supplies by the demons who are not jealous. Luo Zhengdao, who has personal experience, knows very well what the concept of blood war is, it is a high-end war that can be counted in the multiverse, and the poor insects affected by the blood war can only consider themselves unlucky. Leaving aside the question of whether the Second Goblin Empire would faithfully fulfill the terms of the agreement, and even if they were willing to do so, it would be a big question mark to do so.

At the meeting that resumed the next day, Luo Zhengdao stood up with a stern expression and said in a deep voice:

"Commander Modo, we already know what the other side wants, so let's not continue to waste everyone's precious time. This is the text of the agreement that I drafted, take it back and show it to your important people, remember to give me an answer, goodbye. ”

Just like two hedgehogs leaning together for warmth in winter, they will feel cold when they are far away, and they may be pricked by each other's spikes when they are close.

The arrogant Second Goblin Empire, before encountering the authentic Dao Dao of the Traveler, was almost invincible in the process of their rise, and even the opponents of the great power level could only be restrained by stumbling methods.

As we all know, the army is a terrifying beast fed by money and honor, and the goblins have largely completed militarization, and the arrogance raised by this spirit of continuous war is by no means inexplicable arrogance without confidence and self-knowledge, but under the hands of Luo Zhengdao, he has eaten deflated many times in a row, and is facing the practical dilemma of the fall of the main continent. Reaching a reconciliation with the old enemy is undoubtedly in line with rational thinking, but it is not easy to get the goblins to twist this strength when it conflicts with feelings.

Modo Heishui brought back Luo Zhengdao's plan, and the goblin court immediately turned into a noisy vegetable market, and the noise was so loud that even the goblin soldiers who were standing guard outside the main hall heard it, and they couldn't help but look sideways, wondering what medicine the bigwigs in the palace had taken wrong.

"You coward, see if I don't kill you!"

"Oops! If you dare to attack me, die! ”

"Stop, put the chair down!"

"Hey, have you had enough?"

was so angry by the chaos in the court that the goblin emperor who kicked over the throne also knew that life was like a play, it all depends on acting skills, and the goblin bosses are fighting for acting! Don't look at these old dogs who bite each other and tear each other on weekdays, they look like they are lazy and want to die, in fact, they have a keen sense of smell one by one, they are afraid of being forced to take a stand on the issue of marriage, and agree with Will Needham's quid pro quo, they will inevitably be regarded as weak and incompetent, and they are unreasonable to say that they oppose it, and the bigwigs simply pretend to be crazy and stupid in the court, and these old foxes are really too smart.

Knowing that there was no way to make this group of bastards responsible, the Goblin Emperor still had to find a way to come out, and the chief of the military department peeked at it and asked:

"Your Majesty the Emperor, do you think it should be submitted to the Senate for a vote?"

Hearing this, after a little consideration, the Goblin Emperor laughed maliciously, it was so entangled, it didn't make sense that the Senate could stay out of the matter, and everyone would be unlucky, the corner of the Goblin Emperor's mouth twitched a few times, and said:

"Well, send it!"

The Senate is an institutional setup inherited from the state system of the First Goblin Empire, and theoretically speaking, the Senate has more power than the Goblin Emperor, but the decision-making efficiency is inevitably so low that people are speechless. According to the general resolution process, it takes a month to go from the submission of a bill to the third reading, and if there is a sharp conflict of opinions between the various factions in the Senate that cannot be unified, or there is no way to seek a compromise, it is a trivial matter to toss back and forth for a year and a half.