Since both parties to the negotiation came with full sincerity, and the fighting was still in full swing at the rear base, the negotiation process was very fast, even fast.
Many means and strategies in negotiations are simply thrown aside, and both parties directly reveal their trump cards. After all, the baseline of the negotiation has actually been set on the battlefield. What can't be brought back with cannon, let alone negotiation.
Crassus did not hint, but made it clear that he still had at least 10 anti-matter bombs in his hand. He only threw half of them in revenge against Chu Jungui last time. Chu Jungui said that although one base was destroyed, at least three bases would be destroyed soon.
It will be completed, and the Federation had better move the orbital base into outer space, otherwise it will be reimbursed in less than half a month if it is hit by a few shots every now and then. By then, the number of generals killed by the Federation on the front line will definitely exceed double digits.
, it would be difficult to talk about an armistice.
Crassus did not give up. He believed that it would not be a big deal if the war could not be stopped. The most he could do was fight to the end. Light Year was just a small force occupying a planet. As long as the Federation exerted its strength, it would definitely be able to level the Light Year.
It just depends on the price. In other words, if Lightyear's appetite is too big and the price is too high, then he might as well fight to the end. The Federation cares more about reputation than money. Although Crassus has no money, he doesn't care about money at all.
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Chu Jungui sneered and said that the Federation's land war was not as good as a dog, so why are the starship crews not as good as a dog? If there was no cessation of war, as long as the Federation starship dared to appear in the orbit of the planet, he would dare to fight, even if it was just a frigate.
That’s right. Federation soldiers are not slaves, not robots. Crassus dares to send a death mission. Once or twice is fine, but who will listen to him if it happens too many times?
Both sides seized on each other's sore spots and chased each other fiercely. The delegation members were not willing to be left alone. They each caught and killed each other. Only the little princess and Lin Xi sat quietly, never making eye contact. Li Xinyi felt a little regretful, looking around and not seeing Kun.
Otherwise, he would not dare to take him out for a discussion.
After bickering for a full 2 hours and 11 minutes, Chu Jungui and Crassus suddenly stopped talking. At the same time, they received news: the federal landing base had fallen.
Chu Jungui looked much calmer and said slowly: "I'll talk quickly. Look, I now have 270,000 more prisoners, 30 landing ships, and 55,000 tons of supplies."
Crassus stretched out his hand directly: "Very good, come back."
These words made Chu Jungui startled and looked at Crassus in confusion. During this period of fighting, Chu Jungui had already known that this was a powerful opponent. How could he suddenly say such a thing? He finally managed to hold him back.
The old nest on the planet, the 80,000 people in the forward base are also the turtles in the urn. The situation is very good, how can it be possible to just repay it with just a word?
Chu Jungui said calmly, "It's okay, what's the price?"
Crassus smiled and said: "This is part of sincerity. Talking about money is vulgar."
To be honest, Chu Jungui was a little confused about what he meant. It was clear that his opponent had just suffered a huge defeat, but he still acted like nothing was wrong. This was a war, not a child's play. However, the other party must have a deep meaning when he said this repeatedly.
He subconsciously looked at the little princess, and then saw Hathaway blinking at him.
Chu Jungui knew that even if she had something to say, it would be inconvenient to say it on such an occasion, so she decided to put the matter aside for now. Anyway, the captives were in her hands, and the spoils of war were also hers. If Crassus wanted to delay, just let him
After all, he didn't know about Lightyear's terrifying engineering capabilities. If he gave Lightyear three days, if he had a larger landing base, he would probably be able to leave a piece of foundation for the Federation.
The two sides had been bickering until the landing base was captured. It was not completely useless. At least they had clarified a few of the most fundamental bottom lines.
The first is an armistice, and it is an all-round, uncompromising armistice. Crassus is no longer allowed to litter antimatter at will, and Chu Jungui is no longer allowed to renovate the orbital base, let alone scrap active warships in advance for the Federation without authorization, and is no longer allowed to force active duty
Soldiers leave their posts.
Secondly, there are the prisoners. The Federation will take back all the Federation prisoners in the hands of Chu Jungui in the form of ransom. At the same time, it will release all the prisoners of Lightyear, including Roland and all the employees of the Lightyear headquarters under investigation, and guarantee pardon for all previous crimes, no matter what is found out.
The ransom was still not found. As for the ransom, the package price is 9.999 billion. This price is the final price and will not be negotiated.
At this moment, Chu Jungui has 700,000 federal prisoners of war in his hands. Counting those captured this time and deducting those killed by the federation themselves, there are still 950,000 at this moment. This ransom is equivalent to 10,000 per person, which is really low.
Ridiculous.
However, the clause includes a clause, that is, those who voluntarily stay in Lightyear are not considered prisoners of war. The Federation will not pay ransom, but it will not hold them accountable. They will still retain their status in the Federation, but they will definitely not have military positions.
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The last one is identity and status. The Federation recognizes Lightyear as a neutral force and will give Lightyear all the rights that neutral forces should enjoy. At the same time, all of Lightyear’s assets within the Federation will be unfrozen and it will no longer have any influence on Lightyear’s economy within the Federation.
Conduct imposes additional restrictions beyond those required by law.
These three articles can be regarded as the basic consensus reached in this armistice negotiation, and both sides have expressed their acceptance. Of course, there are countless details to be negotiated afterwards, and implementation is also a vast project. But at least at this point, Lightyear has achieved a miraculous outcome.
The goal is to successfully force the Federation to the negotiating table and achieve a successful conclusion.
As for the ransom, it can be regarded as a concession to the Federation. The Federation is not without money, but this is not a question of money, but a question of face. As long as Crassus dares to pay a ransom of more than 10 billion, the Federation's media will spray him
Even if his body is completely broken, those legislators will pounce on him like wolves and tear him apart. If they don't, the voters will tear them apart.
Chu Jungui's real core interest is Article 3, which is equivalent to legally recognizing Guangnian's equal and legal status in the Federation. From then on, in the eyes of the Federation, Guangnian is no longer a puppet attached to the dynasty, but a need
A formally recognized small country. No matter how small this small country is, it is still a political power.
Chu Jungui is not short of money at all now. It doesn't matter whether the ransom is more or less. This is not measured in hundreds of millions. After the truce, Chu Jungui discovered that there are many ways to make money, among other things.
, the current stock price of Lightyear alone gives him the urge to issue an additional 10 billion shares.
Of course, if he really does this, Lightyear's stock price will most likely start a single-digit era.
But even if we can't issue 10 billion additional shares, it's okay to issue 120 million shares, right? The negotiations here haven't ended yet, and Chu Jungui has already set aside part of his consciousness to start planning the plan.
The second article of the armistice agreement is not completely unfavorable to Chu Jungui. The most important point is that Chu Jungui is allowed to eat some of the prisoners of war. Of course, this part cannot be stated clearly. The details must be put on the table.
It is included in the supplementary agreement. The text of the armistice agreement needs to be discussed and approved by the parliament, but the supplementary agreement will only be discussed and approved in the closed-door meeting of the special committee, which means that it will not be made public. Even so, the relevant provisions are still stated
It's very unclear. If Crassus hadn't explained it, Chu Jungui wouldn't have known how to explain it.
Moreover, this clause has retroactive effect, which means that the group of people previously returned by Chu Jungui, including Roland and Wilson, can resume their status in the Federation. This is what Chu Jungui promised them at the beginning, and now it is finally
There is a chance to fulfill the promise.
The last unimportant clause is that the Federation will grant Chu Jungui an honorary knighthood. The actual benefit is a tax exemption of 10 million yuan per year.
The two sides discussed it until late at night, and finally reached a basic agreement, fixing the above articles in text, and Crassus and Chu Jungui signed their respective signatures.
The efficiency of the negotiations this time was extremely high. Of course, this was just an initial signature. Crassus had to take it back to the Federation to go through the process and have it reviewed by the War Council. Under normal circumstances, the main text of the contract must be followed by more than a dozen supplementary agreements. These are all
That’s another story.
At midnight, Chu Jungui and Crassus finally stood up and shook hands. This time, the smiles on both sides were very sincere.
The problem was solved in one negotiation because the two of them had far faster thinking speeds than ordinary people and had sufficient authority. After talking about it, both parties spoke seven or eight times faster than normal, which was heard in other people's ears.
There was a sharp chirping, the king of Chu was chirping when he returned, and Crassus was chirping as well. The two chirped for a while, and they finally reached an agreement.
This time they shook hands, the two sides held it for a full minute before slowly parting ways. Chu Jungui finally breathed a sigh of relief, this damn war was finally over.
But without the hard work of the Federation, light years would not have transformed from pupa to butterfly. Morgan's two antimatter bombs exploded the transcendent life, and only then could Chu Jungui discover that hidden deep in the ground on the other side of the planet, he was learning from mathematics.
The basic formula is Brother Dao, who has worked hard to climb the technology tree. Without Brother Dao, Zhizhe and Kaitian are the kind of evolutionary routes that have superior collective computing power but mediocre child body proliferation capabilities. The number of troops in Light Years would definitely be an order of magnitude less.
Without the ability to eat hundreds of thousands of federal troops in one go, the war situation will completely turn into positional warfare and guerrilla warfare. Who knows what year or month the war will last.
Thinking about this experience, Chu Jungui was also deeply moved. At least hundreds of thousands of federal soldiers died in his hands, and the number of casualties among his own soldiers exceeded 10,000.
But everything is over.
Originally, Chu Jungui was still a little confused, that is, why Crassus directly asked Chu Jungui to return the prisoners from the last battle for free, but during the negotiation process, he had already understood everything. After the negotiation, the little princess and him
After whispering softly for a few minutes, Chu Jungui finally understood everything.
After walking out of the negotiation hall, Li Xuancheng asked in a low voice: "Now that the scale of the war between the dynasty and the federation is getting bigger and bigger, it is not good for our side to cease the war first, right?"
Before Chu Jungui said anything, Li Xinyi said angrily: "Isn't it enough for a troop that was asked to cut off its rear and die? What, we just deserve to die?"