William worked very, very hard to resist the urge to strangle Victoria to death. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info unhappy, really unhappy. The kind of people who negate your years of hard work in an instant, your plans for the next few decades, really make people want to go crazy. Although William tried hard to keep his composure, he eventually showed a little gaffe. This expression was captured by Victoria, who then smiled even more pleasantly.

That is, yes, William has already been convinced.

"I see. William nodded to Victoria, "So, let's talk about all the things that the Hereford family needs to join this war, we can talk about it in detail." ”

"Of course. Victoria smiled softly, "We won't let our allies suffer." ”

"Of course, I've always believed in that. After the conversation, William and Victoria looked at each other and smiled, as if the previous conflicts, threats and contradictions had disappeared with the wind in this smile.

Of course, fake, everything is fake. Victoria had understood the reluctance and ambition of the Hereford family. At the same time, William also understood the horror and threat of the Britons. The two sides can no longer maintain a close posture as before.

All this also made William understand a very important thing, that is, in the case that he did not have enough transportation and transportation power to replace seafaring transportation, and his naval power could not overpower Breton, he had no second choice but to stand tightly with the Bretons.

This was also a decision based on William's original choice - William created a developed industrial and commercial country that relied on trade and industry, and for industrial and commercial countries, transportation and material circulation were its lifeblood. In fact, on the very first day of the establishment of Hereford's vast empire, the Bretons had already borne the cause and effect of the people. It's just that at first, William was blinded by a series of victories and honors, and forgot about it for a while.

If, on the other hand, William had created not an industrial and commercial state, but a closed serfdom like the "Russia" in his previous life, then William would have completely ignored the threat of the Bretons blockade - of course, it turned out that the Tsarist Russian serfdom state was rubbish, an option that had not existed in William's choice from the beginning.

For Victoria, William's series of performances also gave her a sense of crisis. A guy like this who is unwilling to succumb to it is by no means a good partner to work with. If he really cooperated in the next war, he would not be able to remove Victoria's sense of crisis. A series of plans to suppress and attack the Hereford family swirled in her mind, and she had already decided that after the Swabian family, Emperor Kalman IV, she would start to fight the Hereford family.

Of course, it is not in the interests of Briton to start another war against the Hereford family and completely crush the Hereford family, let alone the Normandy family. What Victoria wants to do is restrict, to restrain the Hereford family, she wants to confine the Hereford family to the savage and inhospitable land of the Great Frontier, so that the Hereford family can no longer gain too much territory in the empire itself.

In any case, Victoria would never allow the Hereford family to become another emperor, let alone allow the Hereford family to have the power to unite the entire empire, and they would never allow them to unify the entire Ostrogothic Empire. That's it, Victoria secretly made up her mind.

The young man and woman smiled like this, maintaining their demeanor and posture, telling the story of their friendship for a long time, and thinking in their hearts how to stab the bastard on the other side.

In this way, William and Victoria maintained talks for more than two hours, and after full bargaining, Victoria promised to recognize the occupation of the Hereford family in the northeastern states of the central part of the empire, Brandenburg, Lüneburg and Magdeburg, and promised to develop a series of institutions in favor of the Hereford family in the following post-war imperial order.

These include support for the Hereford family's policies such as the "Imperial Customs Union", the "Imperial Unified Market", and the "Imperial Sectarian Freedom of Belief".

In addition, Victoria and William also discussed the ownership of the Duchy of Jutland, and as expected, Victoria firmly disagreed with the surrender of the Duchy of Jutland to the Hereford family - maintaining the independence of the country that guards the entrance and exit of the Polotsk Sea and the North Sea, and limiting the projection of the Hereford family's naval power is Victoria's bottom line. She was even willing to promise William to occupy more, even if it was double, in the rest of the empire, and would never approve of the Hereford family leasing even a port in Jutland that could be used as a navy.

That's it. In addition to the division of land, Victoria also promised to provide the Hereford family with a series of high-tech industrial machines, including the latest lathes, steam trains, and factory steam engines, to provide the Hereford family with a low-interest loan of more than half a million imperial gold, and to promise the Hereford family a series of overseas possessions in the ensuing war to divide the world colonies, including the Indy and Spice Islands.

The Herefords didn't have enough navy anyway, and even if they occupied these overseas colonies, they would have to rely on the people - and even the overseas territories could be said to be hostages in the hands of the Britons. As soon as the Hereford family and the Bretons showed any signs of development, the powerful overseas fleet of the Britons could blockade, occupy and even destroy these colonies at the first time, so that the investment of the Hereford family would be wasted.

In contrast, in order to obtain the above benefits, William needed to commit at least three legions and 30,000 troops to attack Kalman IV in the following war. The two sides agreed to inform each other of the date of dispatch before the start of the war, so as to achieve the purpose and effect of mutual cooperation. At the same time, the two sides also agreed on a series of military cooperation matters...... Of course, these Williams thought he was farting. With the current relationship between the Hereford family and Briton, there are not too many things to do with each other after the two sides join forces. It's better for both sides to fight each other.

Then, Victoria also indicated what Briton needed to gain in this war.

According to Victoria's plan, Lotternia was to establish a confederation with Briton, just like Frisia. In other words, this chaotic state was to be swallowed by Victoria in one go.

William knew that Lotteria was Victoria's meal for herself and the Daruo faction to which she belonged. With Lotternia, the strength of the continental faction can increase by a large chunk in one go. It was not a dream to overwhelm the overseas colonizers in an instant.

In addition to the territory of Loterania, Victoria also took good care of the Duchy of Jutland. The territories previously controlled by the Grand Duchy of Jutland were incorporated into Friesland, and Bremen and Mecklenburg were incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Jutland. At the same time, Victoria hoped to elevate the Duchy of Jutland to a kingdom. Christian, Grand Duke of Jutland, became king and became a candidate for the Empire.

William understood that the reason why Victoria wanted to increase the power of the Grand Duchy of Jutland was ostensibly because of the Archduke's unsparing efforts to help the Protestant League, and was very zealous, but in fact it was to restrain the Hereford family.

The fully strengthened Kingdom of Jutland will be a trump card for the Britons to restrain the Hereford family.

But it didn't matter, William knew that even if he protested, it would be useless. It doesn't matter, he doesn't want to fight.

What he really wanted to argue, and at the same time, the focus of the conflict between William and Victoria was on how to deal with the Swabian family after the war.

Victoria decided to wipe out the Swabian family and split the Kingdom of Great Moravia in two. into two independent kingdoms. The Kingdom of Bohemia in the north and the Kingdom of Austria in the south. At the same time, the influence of the Swabians in Lombardy will disappear completely. Lombardy will exclude the Elector of the Empire. The Carpathian kingdom also needed to elect a new king.

That's it, Victoria completely wiped out the Swabian family, leaving no trace.

As for the other two small henchmen of the Swabian family, the Duchy of Bern and the Kingdom of Franconia, Victoria did not punish too much, and Franknia would cede part of the land to the Kingdom of Lotternia, further strengthening the power of the Briton Continental faction. The Duchy of Bern was an indemnity. At the same time, the two countries were to be "placed under the protection of the Kingdom of Briton."

Finally, there is the position of the Emperor. Victoria did not see any benefit in maintaining an emperor. She thought it would be possible to have a period of vacancy on the throne - of course, it would be better to have it as long as possible. She denied maintaining the title of Emperor of the Swabian family, nor did she think it would be a good idea to make the "Imperial Greats" such as Archduke Christian, the Sarians of Franconia, or the Hereford family, to which William belonged. She didn't even think about asking Queen Briton to become Emperor as the "Queen of Frisia".

Because it wouldn't do her any good.

In Victoria's wishful thinking, the empire would be torn apart, with the various powers either strengthened or weakened, and then placed under the protection of the Britons or shrunk into a corner. In this way, the political situation within the Ostrogothic Empire will reach equilibrium. And the Bretons will take advantage of this balance to become the most powerful nation in the human world.

It was also natural that William was adamantly opposed to this proposal, in which William's plan included the weakening of the House of Sarian, the placement of Bern under the protection of the Britons, and the elevation and strengthening of the Duchy of Jutland. He can say yes to all of this. But he was absolutely opposed to the Swabian family being swept to the end.

On the surface, William's reason was that it would be extremely immoral to completely wipe out such a famous imperial family and a long-standing aristocratic family. At the same time, without the support of Great Moravia, the Carpathian Kingdom will be powerless to face the invasion of the Dark Elves, which is irresponsible for the security of the empire and even the human world.

But in fact, both William and Victoria knew that William did this in order to keep the Swabian family shelter for him - the Swabian family, who had lost a lot of territory and lost his prestige, and could not even continue to serve as emperor, had an indelible hatred for Britton. In this case, they may be able to reach a certain tacit understanding with the Hereford family. Or even realignment. This will be of great benefit to the Hereford family in their future confrontation with the Britons and gain imperial supremacy......

In this way, the two sides negotiated with great sounding sounds, and coerced and enticed on the other, but after talking for more than two hours, no one could convince anyone. In the end, both sides had no choice but to decide to put the matter aside and deal with it after the war......