Chapter 673: 673 compensation
Chapter 673 Compensation
The Mirage finally signed the peace agreement. They agreed to all the demands of the Tang State and compensated the Tang State for 300,000 workers. They also had to compensate the Tang State for 100 million gold coins.
Everyone knows that the Mirage Kingdom cannot afford so much money to compensate the Tang Kingdom, but the Mirage Kingdom still has to sign the peace treaty.
In addition, Mirage was forced to become the first country in the world to recognize the demise of Tang and Qi. They recognized Tang's occupation of Qi and humiliated themselves by submitting a petition urging Tang Mo to proclaim himself emperor.
The Dahua Empire was first of all very dissatisfied with this petition, because Zhao Kai absolutely did not want to see a so-called empire appear on his own border, and an emperor who was equal to him in status.
But the Binghan Empire also issued a statement later on, hoping that Tang Mo would proclaim himself emperor and change the name of the Tang Kingdom to the Datang Empire.
I don’t know what direction the consideration is in. This approach of selling Tang Mo’s favors without any real investment, while at the same time creating quarrels between the Great China Empire and the Tang State, has been regarded as a game by many countries.
Everyone knows that Mirage was the first country to persuade Tang Mo to proclaim himself emperor because he was forced to do so. Mirage was actually one of the countries that was least willing to let Tang Mo proclaim himself emperor.
But the situation is stronger than the people. The Mirage Kingdom has been ridden in the face by the Tang Kingdom's battleships and cannons, so they can only act as the mouthpiece of the Tang Kingdom and honestly speak for the Tang Kingdom according to the Tang Kingdom's wishes.
In addition, they also owed the Tang State 100 million gold coins, a huge sum of money that they must repay as soon as possible.
In fact, the Mirage Kingdom had no money to repay its debts. They bloodbathed Beiyuan City in order to repay Cyric's debts. How could there be any spare money to pay compensation to the Tang Kingdom?
Therefore, most of the money from the Mirage Kingdom must be converted into goblin slaves, and then the equivalent amount of compensation will be paid to the Tang Kingdom to offset the war compensation.
It is obviously unrealistic to only use slaves as equivalent compensation, and the Mirage Kingdom cannot spare so many people to waste - they also need to replenish the troops lost in the battle of Beiyuan City, and resume production. People are needed everywhere. It is simply impossible to capture slaves on a large scale.
Theoretically, every time the refugees are persecuted into slaves to pay off debts, the reputation of the king of Mirage Kingdom among the civilians of Mirage Kingdom will be damaged. Mirage Kingdom has already done something similar once, and they don't want to get worse this time.
You see, goblins are inhumane when they expand externally, and they still have to take some dignity into consideration when dealing with their own people.
Therefore, the 100 million war indemnity of the Mirage Kingdom was actually collected collectively by the Tang State from those treacherous countries.
The negotiation process of Mirage these days is, to put it bluntly, a process of asking for money from all the forces that made Mirage declare war on Tang.
The final result was that the Ice Empire had to secretly provide 10 million gold coins in support to the Mirage Kingdom, and the Lines Empire had to provide 12 million to "help".
Cyric finally gritted his teeth and exempted Mirage from borrowing 20 million gold coins to help Mirage tide over the difficulties.
It looks like the allies are sharing weal and woe, but in fact it is a group of gangsters who paid a sum of money for settling down in order to shut up the brothers who were caught.
In the blink of an eye, the fighting has stopped for more than a month. Although the peace treaty was signed just today, the war has actually ended for more than a month.
The body of Jiang Zhi, the last second prince of Qi State who was eligible to inherit the throne, was found in the ruins, which also meant the official demise of Qi State.
If nothing happens, this country will become history, and the territory of Qi will continue to exist as the territory of Tang.
Large-scale construction has begun, and everything looks like a construction site. The construction speed of Tang State was so fast that it was surprising.
Finally, the Cyric envoy team who came from afar arrived in Linshui. They flew from Dragon Island to Linshui on a C47 transport plane, which gave them a first-hand experience of what an airplane is.
To be honest, they don’t like this kind of transportation because the bumps and the overload during takeoff are very uncomfortable.
But they were frightened by the terrifying speed of the C47. They actually crossed half of the Endless Sea in a few days, which was simply unimaginable in the past.
The only thing that makes them feel depressed is that this C47 transport aircraft is not within the scope of aircraft technology sales this time. All they can buy is a simpler and more primitive three-engine transport aircraft.
The Xirik envoy team that arrived in Linshui did not see the sales staff of Datang Group. The first thing they had to face was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tang State.
The meeting between them was actually not about purchasing an airplane, but about compensation for the attack on Long Island.
The diplomat of the Tang State sat on one side of the long table, staring at the Gobel envoy opposite who arrived at Linshui with the Cyric envoy, and said: "As for Gobel's fleet approaching Long Island, we actually still need Gobel. The Boer Kingdom gave an explanation.”
Gobel's envoy quickly waved his hand and denied the fact that Gobel's fleet was preparing for a sneak attack: "The Gobel Kingdom's fleet entered by mistake, and there was no intention! Our warships did not cause any actual damage to Dragon Island..." In fact, When Tang State was at war with Qi State and Mirage State, Gobel was preparing to declare war on Tang State - if their fleet's sneak attack was successful, they would join the war within 24 hours.
Regrettably, their sneak attack failed, whether it was a sneak attack by airship or a battleship, they all failed.
So the Goblins, who were unable to use their army to participate in the war, immediately gave up the idea of participating in the war. Their navy had been destroyed, and it was completely meaningless to join the war.
Hence, Gobol still pretended to be deaf and dumb until the Mirage Kingdom was defeated. Even if the Tang Kingdom condemned Gobel’s sneak attack on the radio channel, Gobel did not give any response in this regard.
Tang Dynasty did not want to expand the war in its bones, so after condemning it, it had no intention of declaring war on Gobel. Therefore, the matter was shelved and has been postponed until today.
But now that Tang Mo has taken the lead in selling the aircraft, blackmailing the Gobel Kingdom and Cyric has become an inevitable thing to do.
So, the Tang diplomat sitting there sneered and asked, "Do you believe this explanation?"
Gobol’s envoy was also a veteran and immediately shirks his responsibility: “Although it sounds ridiculous, it’s actually true!”
The strong Tang diplomat looked at the awkward Gobel envoy opposite with contempt, and threatened: "If you don't speak human words and are not prepared to seriously explain the sneak attack on Long Island by the joint fleet of Cyric and Gobel... then We can also do things better in some ways!”
Gobol is also a country with coastal cities. They were really afraid of offending the Tang State, and the Tang Army's terrifying fleet was ordered to go south to blockade Gobol's port.
At that time things will not end well. After all, money is needed to dispatch a fleet. If Tang State really uses its navy, it will definitely not give up until it comes back with a lot of money.
I was a fish -like fish, and Gobert, who had weighed the advantages and disadvantages for a long time, immediately took out the countermeasures that had long discussed it: "Gobbul is willing to compensate 2 million gold coins ... At the same time, he hopes to use the price of 300 gold coins to redeem the captives ..."
Don’t you just want money? Isn’t it okay if I give it? Anyway, if you wiped out my fleet, there wouldn’t be any big losses. Can’t you just use a sum of money to eliminate the disaster?
"Okay, let's do it." He didn't intend to really fall out with Gobel on this matter, and he didn't think Gobel would come up with more money, so the Tang Dynasty's envoy happily nodded in agreement.
After acquiring a large amount of gold coins from various countries at one go, the whole world seemed to be tightening their belts, and Goblin was no exception.
If you continue to rip off Gobel under this situation, the risk is actually very high. Despite the fact that Tang State's current combat effectiveness is very strong, if there is not a few years of stable development, Tang State's economic situation will also have problems.
The Tang diplomat nodded so quickly that it even surprised Gobel's envoy. He even felt for a moment that he might have given too much and he should bargain...
After taking care of the Goblin envoy, the young diplomat looked at the Cyric envoy beside him: "Now it's your turn, Cyric...can you explain your airship and your battleship?" , why does it appear in the waters of Longdao? "
Cyric's envoy also played the same trick of shirking responsibility: "In fact, it was not sent by Lady Sophia. Cyric is a union, not a single family. Lady Sophia is only a member of the council, even if She is the chairman, and there is nothing she can do to stop the directors from making their own decisions.”
“Then what?” The Tang diplomat leaned back on his chair, waiting for the other party to continue explaining.
Cyric's special envoy gave the name of a person who was taken advantage of: "This military operation against the Tang Kingdom was carried out without authorization by Marquis Seriana and does not represent Cyric's collective will."
This Marquise is actually Sophia's archrival, the woman who has been colluding with the dead old man Smiling Tiger and the fat man.
The Tang diplomat spoke directly and asked the most important question: "In order to make me believe these words...how much money do you Cyric plan to spend?"
"...10 million gold coins." Cyric's envoy was also very straightforward and quoted directly.
"It still sounds very sincere... doesn't it? But we don't want similar situations to continue to happen, so this distinguished Marquis Seriana... must be left to us to deal with." The diplomat of Tang State set out the conditions.
“Yes.” Cyric’s envoy didn’t even bargain.
So the diplomats of the Tang State immediately realized something and made it clear: "As for killing someone with a borrowed knife, it is enough to do it once. If there is a next time, we have to discuss the issue of Lady Sophia's credibility."
"...We will convey this sentence." Cyric's envoy was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said.
(End of this chapter)