"To be honest, you should know that you're not in a very good situation right now. William said lightly www.biquge.info "I can take my army of 30,000 men to the west and south as long as I wish." I could easily take Louisiana, and then all of New Asturias...... Of course, the isthmus of Central America is too narrow, and the whole of the New World is too large, so my army will probably stop at the northern part of the New World. ”

Hearing William say this, the two envoys smiled bitterly at each other.

William did not exaggerate, threatening to swallow the entire New World and all the colonies if they rejected him. He calmly and objectively analyzed the current situation, and then explained the feasibility of the coalition army moving south from the perspective of a third party. Sounds tepid. But it is precisely because of this that what he says is credible.

While it is possible to exaggerate, although it is possible that it is only threatening...... But if William is a little bit unsatisfactory, then the threat will become a reality.

The defeat and the total annihilation of the 50,000 expeditionary force were nothing but a headache, but compared to the loss of the entire northern part of the New World and all the colonies, it was nothing.

Thanks to this victory, the Bretons were greatly encouraged. Both the parliament and the royal family passed proposals for additional funds and troops in the shortest possible time.

A hundred-level enemy can't be defeated, and a hundred-and-one-level enemy can't be defeated either. Therefore, the Briton army does not need to be taken care of for the time being, no matter whether it adds another 10,000 or tens of thousands of troops, it is meaningless for the current Visigoths and Asturias.

But the Navy is different.

At present, Visigoths and Asturias still hold the control of the Caribbean Sea. But as time went on, with the addition of Briton's elite navy, it was unknown whether they would be able to retain this sea supremacy.

If the other side really recklessly expands the war, invests more land forces, buys more navy, and invests in this colony, then the two kingdoms will suffer even greater losses. In this case, they, the guys in charge of negotiations, will definitely be pulled out as soon as possible and killed as scapegoats.

But of course, if they just obey the other side, the other party threatens a little, and then surrenders, then they will not end well......

After returning to the kingdom, they will also be pulled out as soon as possible, criticized as traitors or something, and killed as scapegoats.

It's a very sad thing. Defeated, defeated, defeated, defeated, in the case of defeat, if you don't want to cede land and pay compensation, you must continue to fight. But the problem is that if you continue to fight, you will still lose...... In this case, even if the Lord of Radiance is invited over to help negotiate, it will not be beneficial.

Therefore, the guys in charge of negotiations in defeated countries have always been thankless, and such guys are usually the targets and scapegoats pulled by monarchs. If you don't get it right, you are not a person inside and out, and your reputation is ruined.

"It's really bad, I knew it would be like this, it's better to pretend to be sick like someone else, or use some other way not to come here, I'm still too honest, it's really bad. At this moment, in the face of a smile that was close to a cruel smile, and the enemy prince who vaguely saw the meat cleaver in his empty hand, the messenger of Visigoths and Asturias smiled bitterly and bitterly.

"This is too important, so please allow us to ......"

"- You have all the authority of the sovereign. William interrupted them before they tried to prevaricate, and then asked.

Although he did not want to admit it, in the end, the Visigothic messenger nodded and replied: "Yes, I have the full authorization of the king. ”

"So......" William turned his head to look at the messenger of Asturias. And then got the same answer.

"Then there is no problem, now that you are fully empowered, you can lead this negotiation, whether to agree or not to agree to any conditions. Whether or not to sign a peace agreement is within your power, isn't it?"

Hearing William say this, the two envoys looked helpless. The messenger of Asturias opened his mouth, and then tried to argue: "That's what I said, but—"

"Then there is no problem. William interrupted the other party again: "Then, there is no problem. After he finished speaking, he stood up: "Of course I know the difficulties of the two of you. But the question is, the question is, why should I be considerate of you?

- Elise. ”

After William called her name, Elise, who was beside him, bent down very obediently and handed over the agreement that had been prepared long ago.

"I've got the terms and conditions ready. William said to them, "Look at it, both." Either it is allowed, or it is not allowed. You only have the right to sign or refuse. ”

"--This is not fair!We should at least-" Hearing William say this, the Visigothic envoy could hardly hold back, and protested loudly: "You are so rude, Your Highness Wilhelm! Do you want to insult the great Visigothic kingdom?!"

“...... Of course not. William smiled, and then said, "Visigoths and Ostrogoths are of the same language. We belong to the same people, and I will not insult the Visigoths in any case. ”

Hearing William say this, the two envoys breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that William's attitude had softened, and that he could-

But I'm going to do it anyway. He said, handing over the agreement: "I have limited time, I'm tired of endless ripping, I'm tired of wasting time like this." To make matters worse, it wasn't the royals who wasted my time, but the two counts. ”

William's words were a little excessive, and he almost pointed to the noses of the two envoys and said that they were not good enough.

However, to the surprise of the two envoys, when they heard William say this, they unexpectedly did not speak again. They seemed to understand a little bit of the reason why William was so aggressive as soon as he came up.

Yes, in a sense, their level is really not enough.

The two envoys, despite their noble status and respectful status, were more or less the middle and upper echelons of the aristocratic class. The family also has an illustrious history, having also been active in the mainland's political scene during the Middle Ages over the past few hundred years.

But, after all, now that time has passed, they have lost their independent identity and their own counties. They now have nothing but titles of nobility, annuities, and positions in the royal government.

They are counts.

William is a prince. At the same time, he is also the crown prince. is the heir to the Russian kingdom. So, it is only natural for William to say that their ranks are not equal. William felt insulted for granted. William lost his temper because of this, too, and rightfully so.

To make matters worse, the situation is still in the other side's favor, and the other side is the winner. So even if this matter spread, the two envoys were sure that it was definitely not William who would lose face, but them, the two kingdoms of Visigoths and Asturias.

The most people can say about William is that he is young and vigorous. But for Visigoths and Asturias, it would be said that they did not understand the rules.

Nobility, class, class, honor.

These things are very important. Very, very, very important.

Because it's so important, say it twice.

It was as if after fighting against the coalition forces of Briton and the White Legion, and the result was defeated. The vast majority of aristocratic commanders who say surrender will only look for Prince William to surrender.

It's not that they don't know that the enemy is a "coalition army", they are not idiots, and they are not blind. It is impossible to ignore the Breton army, which is twice as large as the White Army. They also knew that all the people of this Briton army were also present in this war.

But they just pretended not to see it. They just want to ignore Victoria.

- Because Victoria is a woman.

It was also because Victoria was a merchant - although she still had the title of Duchess and even had a large fief in Normandy. More often than not, however, Victoria prefers to flaunt her status as "another Queen of Briton", the executive director of a large Briton company. This is unacceptable to the vast majority of good-looking aristocrats.

"It's terrible. The two envoys said nothing, and watched William leave the negotiation site.

Yes, although de jure William is a prince. But the rise of Hereford's "royal family" is too short. So much so that despite the extremely strong military power and the fact that the territory is by no means small. But there are still many people who see it as an upstart.

The Visigoths and Asturias, Louis XVI and Alfonso, who had great contradictions with William, also had a hard time, or did not want to see William as a person second only to them in terms of "nobility".

Therefore, when they chose the messenger, they consciously or unconsciously lowered the range. bypassed several princes and dukes who were more suitable for status. Only the lower earls were chosen.

In retrospect, it was a wrong choice.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness—"

Knowing that the matter had gotten terrible, the messengers still wanted to save it again. There is little hope, but what if it succeeds?

"I'll expand the war in ten days. William had no intention of stopping, but turned his head and said to the two messengers, "So, you have ten days left." Ten days later, or we sign the contract, and we are all happy. Or the two of you go back and we'll continue to fight. Let's take a look at what the New World will look like in half a year. When the time came, the Visigoths and Asturian Sken refused to send a certain highness to negotiate with me. ”

After saying this, William turned and left, leaving no more chance for them to speak.