Chapter XXIII - Negotiations

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After a day of preparation and deliberation, this cross-era meeting that attracted the attention of the entire Star Alliance finally began, however, in the end, the number of people who participated in this meeting representing the highest level of the known civilized world was far from expected, and the two sides sent three people each - the Ya'an side was naturally their three kings, the Imperial side was the Imperial Foreign Minister Wen Chengxinye, the Imperial Foreign Minister Keith Winter Toventden, and the Chairman of the Imperial Foreign Affairs Council Karajan attended the meeting.

In terms of status, the three representatives of the Star Alliance should be slightly inferior to the three kings of Ya'an, according to the "Monarch Law" of the Star Alliance, the status of a super-star civilization ruler should be nominally second only to His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, no matter whether the three kings of Ya'an are willing to accept the canonization in the end, the three representatives of the Star Alliance should be the courtesy of the subordinates.

Of course, at this moment, Wen Chengxinye and the three of them represent the Star Alliance, so their status at this meeting should be regarded as similar, and the king of Ya'an also treats each other with courtesy, and there are three more suspended seats on the originally empty tower, although it is not as exaggerated as the throne of the kings, but it can be regarded as treating each other with courtesy.

"It's a pleasure to represent the Covenant and the three kings to do formal negotiations, and I hope this negotiation can satisfy us all." Wen Chengxin Ye Lao Chi was solemn and was the first to speak.

The majestic king in the middle bowed slightly: "I also hope that this calmness can be completed." ”

"So, let's get started." Wen Chengxinye didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic, "Three kings, the two requirements we made last time, I don't know how you considered it?" ”

The king on the far left smiled slightly, and said gently: "Mr. Wen Cheng, your first request is that we roughly agree, our people uphold the meaning of peace, and need the stability of the four sides of the universe, and there is nothing wrong with joining your alliance, after all, this is a matter for the benefit of the people of the tribe." ”

"The king's words are very good." Wen Chengxin Ye first took a reassuring pill in his heart, as long as Ya'an is willing to join the Star Alliance, then everything else is negotiable, this is the result of a night of discussion and discussion by the top level of the Star Alliance, it seems that there is no need to make much effort in this regard.

Although he was overjoyed in his heart, Wen Chengxinye's face did not show it, and he asked calmly: "I don't know what the second point is your king's opinion?" ”

The female Wang Zi on the right slowly spoke: "Before discussing the second request, I would like to ask a question. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Have you ever learned about our history?"

Wen Chengxinye was stunned for a moment, his head turned rapidly, thinking about the meaning of mentioning this question, however, after being silent for a long time, Wen Chengxinye did not think of the key between the two, and could only reply: "Back to the king, the history of the nobles, although I am new to the world, I also know something. ”

"Can you elaborate on one or two?"

Wen Chengxin Ye pondered for a moment and said: "The nobles were born in the body of the starry sky beast, not on a certain planet like us, in terms of species classification, the nobles should belong to parasitic creatures. Of course, nobles are different from ordinary parasitic creatures, and you have all the intelligent races of the universe. Subsequently, the nobles developed a civilization, no longer limited to the body of the starry sky monster, and began to live on the planet, which led to today's Ya'an civilization. Wen Chengxin Ye looked at Zi, "I don't know if what Your Majesty said is right?" ”

"Mr. Wen Cheng's explanation is basically correct, it's just ......" Zi waved one hand, a silver streamer flashed, and a piece of picture passed quickly, either magnificent or tragic, although the speed of the sweep was extremely fast, but Wen Cheng Xinye and his party were surprised to find that they could clearly remember every detail in the picture, as if this information had been conveyed to their minds through their eyes, "It's just that Mr. Wen Cheng, what you said is not detailed enough, this is the real history of our people!" ”

"It's ...... Is this what the star emblem does? The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Reich, Kyrwinter Toventden, was stunned and surprised, this young representative of the Toventden family is only in his forties this year, and is the fourth son of Prince Toventden, although his background is prominent, but his experience is obviously not as experienced as the politicians of the older generation like Wen Chengxinye, and he easily exposes his emotions.

Wen Chengxinye frowned, obviously, the side of the Star Alliance is slightly inferior to the current negotiation, after all, the opposite side is the king of a super interstellar civilization, and the majesty cultivated by staying on the top for a long time is even Wen Chengxinye is under pressure to deal with, let alone a young man like Kyle Winter.

Zi nodded calmly: "That's right, this star emblem is like a flowing year, it can quickly reflect the image in the user's mind and transmit it to the viewer's mind, it belongs to the fifth level of the star emblem, in your words, that is, about the seventh or eighth order." ”

"Thank you for your understanding," Wen Chengxinye took over the topic and skillfully shifted it, "I wonder if the scene that the king showed in the [Flowing Water] just now is true?" ”

"Our people naturally don't need to deceive Mr. Wen Cheng on this matter, and in the near future, if someone of your side learns the language of our people, you can go to the people to ask, and we naturally can't hide this matter."

"Your Majesty is only suspicious, not suspicious, and the king doesn't have to worry too much." Wen Chengxinye once again skillfully eased the awkward atmosphere at the negotiation table, but the original serious expression on his face did not fade, on the contrary, the heaviness in his heart deepened a point, "In this way, the aristocratic civilization has existed much longer than ours?" ”

"Among the known intelligent races, our race has not found a race older than our race, since the birth of the first starry sky giant beast [beginning], our race has been born with it, at that time the universe was chaotic, the heavens and the earth were slim, and the planet for the survival of all things had not yet been determined, so it is speculated that there was no intelligent race." The female king elaborated blandly, and there was no pride and ostentation in his words, but the more so, the more it represented their certainty in their speculation.

Wen Chengxinye was silent for a moment before he spoke again, with a slight heaviness in his tone: "From the image you gave the king just now, your subordinates can see that although the nobles were born very long, they have not developed civilization, or civilization has always been very rudimentary, and it cannot be compared with the civilizations that some nobles have encountered, perhaps the civilization was born later than the nobles, I don't know if you can tell your subordinates whether there are some external factors restricting the development of nobles?" ”

The king on the far left replied gently: "It's okay, that's all in the past, a long time ago, although our people inherited the benefits of the star beasts, under their protection, they could travel the universe without much restrictions, but at the same time they were also burdened by the star beasts, and they couldn't get a completely free body, and the kind of needs hidden in the depths of our bloodline made us unable to leave the star beasts, and could only live in their bodies, therefore, because of the limitations of the environment, the civilization level of our people has not made much progress, until later, our people's biotechnology finally made a breakthrough, In one fell swoop, the needs of the race that have bound our race for hundreds of millions of years will be able to travel in the vast universe. ”

"The aristocratic experience really amazes the ministers, thinking that the development of my Star Alliance has also been tens of thousands of years, the knowledge is not extensive, the experience is not much, but I have never seen a magical race like the nobles, presumably once the news here is transmitted back to our country, Your Majesty and the citizens must also have the general sigh of the ministers." Wen Chengxinye's expression was sincere, although he said flattery, he could make the listener feel his sincerity, like a spring breeze.

The female king spoke again: "Mr. Wen Cheng praises falsely, although the time of your civilization is short, it can develop rapidly, which also makes us sigh to ourselves. ”

Wen Chengxinye smiled slightly and calmly accepted Zi's praise. This is the negotiation table, not a friendship meeting, and those who should be modest should be modest, but they should not weaken their momentum.

"Yet," the king who had been majestic and silent in the middle suddenly spoke, his golden pupils opened, and the huge majesty made Wen Chengxinye instantly froze, and immediately restrained his smile, and sat upright, "Although our race has been weak for a long time and has drifted away from the universe, there has never been an old precedent of calling a foreign race an emperor, so we really can't accept your request this time, and I hope that the emperor of your country is Haihan." ”

Although he said modest words, the majesty contained in them made Wen Chengxinye feel Ya'an's deep determination, so it seemed very difficult to get Ya'an to recognize the legitimacy of His Majesty Charles I.

Wen Chengxin Ye was silent for a moment, and made a final effort: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent a holy oracle yesterday, saying that as long as the nobles are willing to recognize the orthodox status of the empire, there is no need to pay tribute within 10,000 years. ”

The king's voice in the middle was as cold as a clear spring, and his tone was as indifferent as an empty valley: "There is no need to think about it, our people are willing to join the Star Alliance, accept the coordination of the Star Alliance, and are also willing to deal with your country on an equal footing, and treat each other as friendly neighbors, this is the common will of our people, and there is no way to back down." ”

The atmosphere at the negotiation table suddenly turned cold, and the young Kyle Winter couldn't stop wiping the cold sweat on his head, only to feel that the majesty of the king in front of him was something he had only seen in his life, even his father, the master of the Heyland, Prince Toventden, was far from it, even if he was the co-lord of the empire, His Majesty Charles I, who had been on the throne for nearly a hundred years, was slightly inferior, and he was a little shallow in his experience when he suddenly undertook such pressure, and the tension in his heart could be imagined.

You know, he has heard the inside story of this, he doesn't know if the specific development of Ya'an is as magical as the female king said, but the top military experts in the empire have already speculated that as long as the total population of Ya'an exceeds the number of gigabits, once the war starts, it can drag down the entire Star Alliance, plus the Star Alliance has a natural lack of intelligence, the king of the other party has found out a lot of news through a thing called "Yuta", once the war starts, the Star Alliance is definitely at a natural disadvantage.

Moreover, the heavy responsibility of the war, even as the son of Prince Toventden, did not dare to bear it easily, so to speak, once the war began, his future could be regarded as coming to an end, not to mention what would happen to the empire, his father, Prince Toventden, probably would not let him go.

When Kelvin was struggling with whether to open his mouth to adjust the atmosphere, Karajan, the chairman of the Imperial Foreign Affairs Council from the Tosenke clan, had already spoken: "Three kings, this matter is not in a hurry, we can discuss it later, as long as the nobles are willing to join the Star Alliance, it is a family, and it is easy to say anything." ”

"Good." The king on the left smiled mildly and spoke first.

Karajan continued: "Your Majesty, since the nobles are willing to join the Star Alliance, we will naturally be honest with each other, and in this regard, we present a map of the territory of the Star Alliance, which contains the cultural landscape of the empire and the distribution of the territory, which can be regarded as a little bit of our country's heart. ”

The left-handed king smiled and nodded, and the map created by Jin Yu flew up in the air and came to the hand of the left-handed king: "Your country has a heart, but I'm really sorry, the culture is poor, our people did not prepare a map in advance to give your country, so we can only draw it by hand on the spot, I hope the three envoys will forgive me." ”

"It doesn't matter." Wen Chengxinye also adjusted his emotions.

The left-handed king made a move with one hand, and the golden threads in the void were pulled out of thin air, intertwined with each other, and quickly intertwined into a huge picture scroll, the style was exquisite, even the art masters of the empire would be amazed by it, such a picture scroll was not like a map at all, it was simply a piece of art treasure, and this king came at his fingertips, like a fairy in the world.

This time, even Wen Chengxin Ye was dumbfounded, not only for the artistic quality of that king, but also for the divine void creation technology.

"This, is this something that the Star Emblem can do?" Wen Chengxin Ye muttered.

In less than a moment, a map with gold lines as the bottom and various colored lines distinguishing the territory has been completed, and the whole looks exquisite and beautiful, like a picture scroll jumping on the paper.

"Look, everybody." The king on the left raised one hand, and the whole picture scroll flipped in the air, facing Wen Chengxin Ye and the three people, "Ya'an has a total of eighteen constellations, sixty thousand galaxies, and countless people of all ethnic groups. ”

The king pointed with one hand and pointed to a red constellation in the middle: "This is the Anyang constellation where we are currently located, and we are in the capital of Ya'an - Anyang Star, Anyang Star was established more than 400,000 years ago, and has always been the center of Ya'an, the place where Ya'an's sacrifice is located, and the three of us are the three high priests of the present generation." ”

"Therefore you do not need to call us kings anymore, but call us by name, and I am the priest of the red robe, and this is Eclipse, the high priest of the present day."

"We have been meditating in this Anyang Temple for many years, and we can also make decisions on behalf of the people on behalf of the people in all major events, not subject to feudalism and democracy, this is the national policy of Ya'an for generations, governing the people for all generations, and continuing to this day."

With a calm look in his eyes, he carefully explained the history of the Ya'an people, and also let Wen Chengxin and Ye really begin to understand this mysterious civilization...... (To be continued.) )