Chapter 508: Public Apology

Chrisman Oliver received orders from the Imperial War Department.

This order naturally required him to negotiate with Vega in person, the purpose of the negotiation was to get Vega to withdraw his troops, with the current situation, if Vega continued to press forward step by step, the empire would have to give up its interests in the Kingdom Dragon City after paying a certain price.

So for this order, Chrisman was both sad and happy.

Happily, once the Empire decided to settle the Vega problem in a peaceful way, then the Empire's Seventeenth Army under his command would not have to directly fight Vega, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Although I don't want to admit it.

However, Chrisman did not see any chance of defeating Vega, even though he was twice as strong as Vega in terms of military strength.

Sadly, as the former chief of staff of the Third Army, second only to Foster Nolan, now he has to grovel to Vega, a former nobody, which makes it difficult for him to spit out in one breath.

Of course.

He was even more afraid that Vega would take advantage of the opportunity to open his mouth, and the empire was unwilling to pay too much price, which would lead him to a dilemma.

So on the next day.

Chrisman went to Vega's camp with the intention of going to the grave and began negotiations with Vega.

Conference room.

On either side of the oval-shaped table sat representatives of the two countriesβ€”

Vega and Chrisman Oliver.

After saluting each other, Vega smiled and said politely to Chrisman and several representatives behind him: "General Chrisman, General Raglan, General Alcott Owen, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed." ”

"Thank you, Vega...... The general's care. ”

The corners of Chrisman's mouth twitched, and several people's faces were a little embarrassed, Vega is now a veritable traitor, but as the generals of the empire, they have to be forced to compromise with Vega, a traitor, this humiliation can be imagined.

"You may be seated. ”

Vega beckoned to everyone: "Everyone is an old friend, so there is no need to be polite, especially Commander Alcott Owen, I was a soldier under your division when I was in Kareni, and I have not thanked you for your care. ”

Vega smiled quite sincerely.

I don't know if people see this scene, and they think that Vega and this group of people are really old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

But the more sincere Vega laughed, the more uncertain Chrisman and the others became, standing in front of them, but the 'devil' who had just buried the lives of 700,000 people with his own hands, no! This kind of speed of careless care for human lives is not exaggerated even if it is compared to the god of death.

Negotiating with a tiger who chooses people?

It's terrifying to think about.

It's like whether you look forward to it or not, the dawn will come as usual.

After some politeness, the negotiations finally began, and since this time the Empire initiated the negotiations, of course, they were the first to come up with a solution.

There are three main solutions offered by Chrisman.

The first condemned Vega for crossing the Imperial border without permission, and for Vega withdrawing a total of four armies, two air regiments, and two naval fleets on the Sea of Dragons near the city of Kareni and the west coast.

As compensation, of course.

The Empire is willing to bear twice the entire military expenses of this Viga Rebellion.

The second asks Vega to persuade the United Kingdom and the Duchy of Baya to withdraw their troops at the same time, and as compensation for the Empire's willingness to pay in advance the 100 war airships that still owe Vega, and at the same time provide the two countries with about 50 million universal gold coins to be paid by Vega on their behalf.

The third and most important one.

While demanding that Vega remove trade barriers, the Empire promised to immediately open restrictions in 137 areas and reduce tariffs on all industries back to before the trade war began.

After reading the plan, Vega understood that the empire had finally made a compromise.

This is unique in the history of the Empire, what ceded Ellkia before, reparations for the war airship, in the eyes of the Empire, was just a bargaining chip to redeem the soldiers, it was more like a commercial negotiation, there was no compromise with whom.

After all, the redemption of prisoners of war is the same in any country.

But this time was different.

This time, in the absence of prisoners of war, Vega's empire was forced by force in the true sense of the word to bow its arrogant head and negotiate with him, a traitor.

And this time the Empire's plan is quite sincere.

Especially the one that compensates 50 million general gold coins and allows Vega to hand over to the United Kingdom and the Principality of Baya is deeply in line with Vega's intentions, the empire knows how to do things quite well this time, and this article has basically touched the minimum negotiation bottom line of Vega.

But this time Vega came to the lion to open his mouth.

He sent the plan back to Chrisman, then slapped the table and pretended to be angry, "General Chrisman, aren't you sending beggars?"

Vega was blunt.

He pointed directly at Chrisman and said: "Your vassal state has attacked the kingdom territory without authorization, and our country has suffered unfair treatment, so it is reasonable to defend yourself and fight back." Moreover, your country has violated international trade laws and caused our country to suffer huge losses, so the dynasty needs your empire to apologize publicly, and compensate our country, including military expenses, customs duties, and moral damages...... and other expenses totaling 2.5 billion universal gold coins. ”

"2.5 billion can be given, but apologize and please forgive us for not being able to do it. ”

Chrisman's face is a little ugly, and the loss of money is small, but to publicly apologize to the dynasty in the international arena is tantamount to acknowledging to the world that the empire has compromised with the dynasty, which also means that one day other countries ask the empire about this matter, the empire cannot deny this matter, which will also become a stain on the history of the empire.

It doesn't matter what country it's in.

Dignity and glory are above all else, and this will be the foundation for cohesion and stability of society.

However, what Vega obviously wants is an apology from the empire, which directly represents the rise of the dynasty, and at the same time indirectly improves the status of the dynasty in the eyes of the world's nations, which will bring considerable benefits in future diplomacy.

Therefore, Vega directly vetoed: "Since your country is not sincere, I don't think there is any need to continue the negotiations. ”

"General Vega, please, wait!"

Chrisman almost gritted his teeth and spat out a few words of disgrace: "The empire will publicly apologize to the dynasty!"

"Hahaha, please rest assured, as long as your country fulfills its promises, our army will retreat immediately. ”

Vega finally smiled knowingly, and then engaged in a war of words with the Empire over other minor matters.

But anything else, such as the early delivery of the war airship, didn't matter, and Vega had achieved its goal, which was to get the Empire to apologize publicly.

This apology is worth more than any compensation.

It turns out that in the life-and-death situation, the efficiency of the empire is still very high.

On the third day after the negotiations concluded, the Empire issued an international proclamation apologizing to the Holy Dynasty.

And this apology announcement also directly caused an uproar in the entire Jialan Continent.