Chapter Ninety-Six: Negotiations Recorded in History (Part II)
At the same time, the discussion in the orc tent was almost identical to theirs, and most people believed that the Gallents were just trying to find a way to get more benefits in the negotiations, and that the Golden Balance Matt had long known the price of York, but Wolf insisted that everything was about welcoming back the relics, and he was determined not to compromise on this issue. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć In the end, it was High Priest Meghan who opened his mouth to set the tone, and His Royal Highness York must return to the royal court unscathed, and for this, he could give the Gallents some more compensation within his ability. The Orc Relic must also return, and the Gironte can be allowed to send people to participate in this process, but they must not be obstructed, and they must not covet the Relic, otherwise they will do whatever it takes to wage war against the Giron.
Since there is no difference in core values between the two sides, the ensuing negotiations become a war of words over the battle. From that afternoon onwards, the envoys of both sides never appeared at the negotiating table, and Wayne and Matt engaged in heated arguments on behalf of both sides about whether and how much to pay reparations, whether to allow Garon to send observers to participate in the excavation of the orc relics, how to distribute the treasures found, how to release His Highness York, and the preconditions for the release, and the details of the trade. The negotiations were painstaking and slow, and finally, on the evening of the seventh day, Prince Conrad and High Priest Meghan signed a contract on behalf of both sides that was about to change history, later known as the "April Agreement", also known as the "Big Ship Treaty".
The "Agreement" is full of nearly 10,000 words, involving more than 100 articles, but the most important core contents are as follows: First, the Orc Empire openly admits that the military action against Gallent is a unilateral provocative act of aggression, and uses this agreement as a carrier to publicly apologize to the Gallent Empire and its people, express repentance for the war crimes committed, and express condolences to the victims of Gallente. Second, the Orc Imperial Legion withdrew from the borders of the Garente within five days of the agreement taking effect, leaving only one engineer to repair the damaged fortress of Garente until it was restored to its pre-war appearance. Thirdly, the Orc Empire paid Gallant 100 kilograms of gold, 3,000 kilograms of silver, 5,000 sticks and beads, 500 hides and tents, 100 conca beasts, and 200 wolf horsemen as war reparations, and unconditionally released all the subdued soldiers. Fourth, the Orc Empire promised never to use troops against the Orc, unless the Gallent first used force against the Orc Empire. Fifth, Gallant opened Cape Rumbet as a free trade port, and legitimate merchants on both sides could conduct free trade in the free trade port and follow the laws of Gallent, and merchants of the Orc Empire could enter the free trade port through Rock Fortress and Suva Fortress, and caravans that had obtained concession rights could go to various parts of Garent to do business through Cape Rumbet, but they must hire local mercenary groups as guides and escorts, and they were not allowed to bring more than ten guards into the country. Sixth, the royal families of the two sides promise not to restrict the types and quantities of goods involved in trade, but not to use core secrets that harm national interests as commodities, otherwise they will be punished as espionage.
As for the last point, after Matt put it forward, Gallant's envoys had a heated discussion, some people thought that such an agreement was obviously beneficial to the development of the orc empire, and they could quickly shorten the gap with human civilization through the introduction of technology and talents, and some people thought that Gallant could also obtain the unique mineral resources of the orcs through this agreement. Prince Conrad and Wayne were also deeply concerned about this clause, after all, human strength lies in technology and talent, and in the end, the shrewd Fergill stated his point and reversed Conrad's mind. He believes that the current Gallent is far ahead of the Orc Empire in terms of human environment, local environment, and national policy, so if Gallant can maintain such an advantage, it will inevitably attract those core talents who have mastered technology, and it doesn't matter if some declining eliminated technology and middle and lower-level talents flow into the Orc Empire, and if the neighbors are richer, they won't think about robbing other neighbors every day, which is also good for Gallente. Conrad was impressed by Fergill's words and readily agreed to the terms.
Under the main agreement, the representatives of the two countries also signed a by-law, which is the key to the settlement of this incident, and of course, for the sake of the dignity of the two countries, the contents of this by-law cannot be made public. The first article in the by-laws specifies the time of the return of the Prince of York, and it is easy to say, as long as the orcs fulfill the agreement, His Royal Highness York can be free. Second, Gallant agreed to the Orc Empire's military operations in the Lake of Tears, provided that the lake and its associated systems were restored to their original appearance after the event. Third, in the military operation in the Lake of Tears, Giront assigned military observers to participate, and the Orc Empire could only retrieve their own holy relics, and other related discoveries were owned by the Gironte Empire.
The mobility of the orc legion is indeed unmatched, they move quickly, and their physical strength far exceeds that of humans, the next morning after the agreement was signed, hundreds of thousands of orcs finished their last breakfast in the camp, and began to get busy under the organization of the officers, it is not easy to set up a huge tent, and it is even more difficult to put it away now, but fortunately, the shadow of the war beasts and cyclops can be seen more than ten meters high next to each military tent, they can easily pull out the rivets more than a meter long from the frozen soil, or they can easily throw the rolled tent onto the cart pulled by the Conca mon, and then the ape coachman with long arms will line up the cartWhen the giant eagle warriors rose into the sky against the north wind, King Wolf gave an order, and the army of more than 100,000 beasts marched towards the royal court in the north.
In the afternoon, the rangers of the Northern Army returned to the ruined walls of the Rock Fortress, and there was no trace of the orc legion standing on the walls. Behind them, they could see in the distance that several tall giant buildings on the Kas River were moored at the mouth of the Lake of Tears, and the orc warriors on the shore of the lake used ice axes and shovels to dig a temporary drainage channel, but fortunately, the winter snow in the Luoshen Mountains melted very slowly, and the amount of water injected into the Kas River was very small, so the drainage channel did not need to be dug very deep, and it was estimated that the plan to dry up the Lake of Tears would be implemented in a few days.
Megan and his students accompanied the army to sacrifice Frix, the Bear Knight Byer, and the leopard warrior who had worked for him as a coachman, as well as a small group of orc warriors, who stayed behind to explore the bottom of the Lake of Tears and welcome back the orc relics. Meghan and the others were invited by the generous Prince Conrad to live in Cape Rambet, which gave Bishop Alger more time to reminisce about the past with his former enlightenment teacher.
Liang Ke was a little depressed about the sad fate of his temporary worker, His Royal Highness the Prince actually designated him to be this observer, this is really a thankless errand, if you keep an eye on it, it will inevitably have some disputes with those grumpy guys, if you turn a blind eye, I'm afraid you can't explain it to Conrad, he really can't think about how to deal with this task, so he simply shook his head and put this trouble aside. Happily, Master Simon brought some good news, the material alliance that engraved the Spirit Gathering Array that could kill people had sent someone to send it, but the dragon blood that was needed most still couldn't be found, which Liang Ke could also understand, the dragons walking on the continent were very rare, if no one risked death to go to Dragon Island, I am afraid that no matter how much money was spent, Liang Ke could only wait patiently for the opportunity.
Since Deborah was injured last time, it seems that her mental state has also been affected, and she has been depressed, and Liang Ke didn't see this at dinner today, which always reminds him of the figure of the bed, and asked Xin Jiaer to find out that Deborah is sick. After dinner, His Royal Highness summoned him and asked Liang Ke about how to ensure the interests of Gallant. Liang Ke didn't think about this matter, Conrad asked, he was in a hurry, and simply said two, if the thing is a living thing, it can be taken away if it is related to the beast clan, if it is a non-living body, it can be taken away with the beast totem mark, and the rest will be intercepted by force, and the prince of York will be killed if he doesn't give it. Conrad was quite satisfied with Liang Ke's statement, and smiled and asked for some details.
After talking about business, Prince Conrad suddenly asked about Annabelle's experience of swimming in the lake that day, Lao Liang thought that the arrogant young lady had sued him in front of the prince, so frightened that he blinked, and after thinking about it again, he still told how Miss Annabelle was in distress that day and how he saved people, and of course he deliberately ignored the part of artificial respiration. Conrad finally frowned after hearing this, only thinking that his good daughter was crying when she came home, and she was relieved that she had been frightened because she had been sullen recently. The two of them gossiped for a while, and by the time the worried Liang Ke returned to his residence, most of them had already fallen asleep.
Liang Ke pushed open the door of Deborah's room, and through the dim candlelight, Deborah could be seen lying sideways on the bed, covered by a pink velvet quilt, which could not hide her graceful posture. Liang Ke stood at the door and knocked lightly, Deborah turned over, squinted at the door with charming eyes, and saw that it was Liang Ke, she quickly struggled to prop on the edge of the bed and wanted to get up.
"Lie down and don't move. Liang Ke closed the door with his backhand, walked quickly to the bed, and gently helped Deborah cover the quilt.
"My lord, Deborah is so useless that you can't eat the supper I made myself. Deborah's voice was a little weak, and it sounded even more pitiful.
Liang Ke pushed a strand of hair in front of Deborah's eyes behind her ear and whispered, "Don't say that, I never asked you to do anything for me, I really don't need to." You have to rest well, take care of your body, in a few days, I think we will leave the city, if you want, I can take you with me, my promise, will be done. ā
"My lord, I am willing! No matter where you go, Deborah will be with you, please don't leave me, okay?" Deborah struggled to get up, opened her arms, and hugged Liang Ke's arms tightly, she hugged so hard that even a monster like Liang Ke's physique could feel the pressure coming from her arms. Liang Ke's nose came from the unique aroma of Deborah's head, this aroma was a taste he had never experienced, he felt that his whole body was so soft and relaxed, so comfortable that his muscles trembled slightly, his two big hands could not control the two petals of Deborah's elastic buttocks, at that moment the comfort in the brain reached the extreme, and even appeared a short blank. At present, what kind of gentleman is she doing, Lao Liang turned his heart sideways, and a big mouth was about to kiss Deborah's pink neck.