After attending the reception banquet held by the host, to be precise, on the second day of coming to the caves, Bai Zhizhan planned to take a walk around the well-known scenic spots and places of interest in the vicinity, so as to relax his mood and adjust his state so that he could better participate in the negotiations, but he found that he could not do it at all.

On grounds of secrecy, the host forbade the negotiators to leave the palace.

Not to mention going to the places of interest, not even to take a photo outside the palace.

This is also the reason why the negotiations were arranged in another palace, that is, the place is large enough that even if it is equivalent to house arrest, it will not feel aggrieved.

The following day, on the morning of 16 February, the first formal meeting of the negotiations was held under the auspices of the hosts.

This is a meeting in the preparatory stage before the start of the negotiation, mainly to discuss the organization of the negotiation, and to determine the negotiation method and content.

As negotiations begin, don't think about a moment of ease.

On that day, Bai Zhizhan attended three large conferences, and also held individual meetings with representatives of the Empire and the Locka Federation during the break after the meetings.

I was busy until late at night before returning to the East Courtyard Hotel to rest.

For the next five days, every day.

Fortunately, it was only six days of busyness.

As mentioned earlier, the naval negotiations mainly involved the Riman Empire, and the relationship with the Luosha Federation was not too large, and there were not many tangled issues.

What can be discussed, or needs to be brought out to talk, has actually been negotiated a long time ago.

If you have to say, it's to put on a show.

After a few days of negotiations, Bai Zhizhan already has a very clear understanding, Shoufu revealed, the Liangxia Empire and the Manman Empire conspired, it must be true, and there are very few people who know, even the high-level of the governments and armies of the two sides, most of them are kept in the dark.

Confidentiality is well done.

Because there was a conspiracy for a long time, the relevant negotiations were a formality.

As for the outcome of the negotiations, there was nothing to worry about, and the draft treaty was signed basically as originally "envisaged", and then the formal conclusion of the treaty was awaited after the negotiations were concluded.

On February 22, the seventh day of negotiations, Bai Zhizhan gave himself a day off.

Although he was not allowed to leave the other palace, he had been busy for the past few days, and Bai Zhizhan had not been to any place other than the East Courtyard where he was staying, and the negotiation center of the main courtyard.

The outstanding feature of this palace of the Luo Sha royal family is one: large.

Not only are the buildings tall and majestic, but the area is also large enough, not to mention thousands of acres, and the main ones are not used gardens.

Maybe it was originally a garden.

After walking around the palace all day, Bai Zhizhan returned to the East Courtyard in the evening.

Because the ingredients have been delivered and the East Courtyard restaurant is also being utilized, the negotiators should come back for dinner unless there are special circumstances.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Bai Zhizhan was stopped by Wang Kaiyuan.

"Where have you been this day?"

"Wandering around, is there anything looking for me?"

"What do you say?"

Wang Kaiyuan didn't say much, called Bai Zhizhan and walked towards the courtyard where he was staying, and the entourage who followed Wang Kaiyuan had already gone to the restaurant to get a few dinners.

In Wang Kaiyuan's room, the main negotiators had already arrived.

What surprised Bai Zhi's strategic sense was that Zhang Xiaoqing was also there.

She's the main staff?

Even if the audit accountant of the Ministry of Finance does involve a lot of strategic assistance from the financial allocation, there is no reason to let a bookkeeper act as the main person.

Could it be that she has another identity?

"Let's eat first, and while eating, we wait for news."

After Wang Kaiyuan gave the order, his entourage began to distribute the dinner he had brought.

What are you waiting for?

Could it be that the negotiations are over?

As Bai Zhizhan sat down suspiciously, Wang Kaiyuan walked over and placed a stack of ink-smelling documents on his lap.

"The draft reached this afternoon, hurry up and read it."

"You're done talking?"

Wang Kaiyuan didn't say much, just nodded.

Bai Zhizhan didn't ask much, because he had already thought that this was just a draft, and it was still very early before the talks were finished, and at the same time he guessed what news he was waiting for.

In fact, the draft is an informal agreement reached by the negotiating parties within an acceptable range.

The next step is to send the draft agreement back to the country for consideration by the government.

Usually, amendments will definitely be proposed, after all, it is difficult for the negotiators at the front to fully grasp the gist of the negotiations, and the agreed draft will be biased.

Then, it will be necessary to renegotiate.

This kind of thing usually has to be done many times over and over again. For example, during the Hwaseong negotiations, the definition of "capital ship" was revised more than 10 times, which lasted half a month, and even on the day the treaty was formally signed, the final revision was made at the last minute.

The signing of the draft means that the negotiations have achieved phased results.

Of course, it's far from the time to say "success".

At this time, the busiest people were not the negotiators of Bai Zhizhan, but the accompanying staff, especially the telegraph operators.

They had to send the draft out as quickly as possible with a password.

After receiving the callback, the coded message must also be translated.

Although in order to facilitate communication, after all, sending a telegram is a very, very painful thing, the content of the draft is very short, it must be a long story short, and if you can use a word, you will never use a word, but it is absolutely impossible to receive and receive telegrams without tossing for a long time.

If it is a very important article, there is no way to be brief, just to shoot and send a telegram for most of the day.

During the Hwaseong negotiations and the Luntai negotiations, Bai Zhizhan often stayed at the telecommunications center all night in order to get a call back as soon as possible.

Fortunately, this time it was not Bai Zhizhan's turn to defend the radio.

In addition, many of the contents of this negotiation have been negotiated in advance, and the three parties have retained the record, so when making a telegram, a specific code can be used to refer to a certain part of the content in the filing, which greatly simplifies the reporting process and can save a lot of time.

The draft of the negotiations was also divided into four parts, and Bai Zhizhan directly ignored the naval part, because that was the result of his negotiations.

In the other three sections, the terms are very brief and can be said to be concise and to the point.

The first part, that is, the part related to the strategic plan, has not yet been read, and Bai Zhizhan showed an extremely shocked look, which can be said to be completely incredulous.

At this time, Bai Zhizhan found that Wang Kaiyuan had already eaten dinner and was rinsing his mouth with boiled water.

It's pretty exquisite.

It's just that he's in the mood for dinner!

"Eat first, and then talk when you're full." Wang Kaiyuan reminded him, and at the same time took away the documents in Bai Zhizhan's hand and handed over the lunch box that belonged to him.

The main dish is a separate stir-fried back to the pot meat, as well as Yuzhou's kimchi, which is obviously a small stove.

The accompanying chef is a shrewd man, who has long remembered the preferences of the main negotiators, and the stir-fry is very good.

Bai Zhizhan doesn't have much appetite, or his mind is not on it at all, it's just that in this weather, if he doesn't eat enough, he will soon be unbearable.

When Bai Zhizhan was devouring dinner, Wang Kaiyuan gave instructions to his entourage, and then greeted Li Qing.

Li Qing represented the army in the negotiations and was also in charge of the exchange activities between the royal family.

It's just that in the past few days, there are not many exchange activities that focus on enhancing feelings, after all, we can't talk about feelings until the talks are finished and the covenant is landed.

Without a covenant as a guarantee, no matter how deep the relationship is, it is just a mirage.

When Bai Zhizhan was about to finish eating, Wang Kaiyuan nodded, and after reminding him to take the document, he called Li Qing and got up and went to the room inside.