Unless you have put a knife to the enemy's neck, negotiation is a pain in the ass. As the French entered the negotiation table, many problems followed as expected.

As the French hegemonic alliance, the French allies who rely on the French King to survive are very dissatisfied with my arbitrary power. They also hope to obtain a territory that belongs to them through this major reshuffle.

The territorial claims of the Italian nobles and the German nobles are not difficult to resolve. On the contrary, we welcome them to come and make trouble. Because as long as they make trouble, we can make the German nobles who took away the territory at a very small cost behave again.

Come back and beg us to support their legitimacy. In this way, we can't help but beat these guys and knock them out.

The French are being ripped off. The French have nothing to do about it. After all, who has allowed us to control the German territory outside Strasbourg? As long as we have a tough attitude and then conduct secret negotiations with the French supporters, then

If we make some concessions and let our middle-aged family member, who has already obtained the territory and has shown himself to be duplicitous, spit out some from his mouth, all problems will be solved.

It's just that the French have made it clear that they want to use these numerous and weak allies as bargaining chips in negotiations. When those French allies are eager to get on the carriage immediately, end the war and acquire territory, the French express their firm disagreement. Who will let them

They didn't even offer any conditions.

The Duke of Bavaria apologized to the Duke of Württemberg and compensated 10,000 German marks. The King of Austria recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Aragon. At the same time, the border between France and Germany was to be revised, and the territory near the Freiburg area was to be divided.

To the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Aragon will assign the Zaragoza, Pamplona, ​​and Almeria regions to the Kingdom of Castile.

What the French mean is very simple. If you want us to recognize your treaty, you have to recognize our conditions. Our conditions are not harsh either. The Duke of Bavaria who started the war apologizes and admits his mistake. He also pays a symbolic compensation of 10,000 yuan.

The German Mark Kingdom of Aragon split from the Habsburg dynasty's sphere of influence, and each country recognized the independent Kingdom of Aragon. The independent Kingdom of Aragon divided the Zaragoza, Pamplona, ​​and Almeria regions

If it is ceded to the Kingdom of Castile, then there will be no problem together.

Everyone knows what it means for Castile to eat the ceded territory, but the French's appetite is a bit too much. On the map, the Pamplona area is near the Pyrenees Mountains, guarding

The entrance and exit to and from the Spanish peninsula, although the territory is not large, has an important strategic position, and the Zaragoza area is closely connected to Pamplona and is the capital of Aragon.

The largest province in the hinterland of the country. The Almeria region is close to the Strait of Gibraltar. It is the last port for Mediterranean ships before leaving the Mediterranean. It is a place where ships must carry out supplies, and it is also a naturally fertile land. If these three are combined

The place was given to the French. Apart from Barcelona and Valencia, there were no good places in the Kingdom of Aragon.

As for the Freiburg area, I looked at the march map for a long time but could not find where it was. It was not until later that I asked Burkhard, a German, that I found out that it was a place near Strasbourg.

Small town...uh...

In response to the French's behavior of opening their mouths, the Austrians were furious. The Duke of Bavaria said, let us fight the French for three hundred rounds. That's easy to say, will you give soldiers and food?

In response, we responded. The Kingdom of Bavaria compensated Württemberg with 10,000 German marks, and Habsburg ceded the Pamplona and Zaragoza regions of the Kingdom of Aragon to France. Freiburg could also

ceded. However, the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands

The French would retain the territory they now occupied in the Southern Netherlands, that is, the northern part of Old Flanders. French Acadia and half of St. Kitts and the southern and eastern parts of the New World were ceded to the Netherlands,

and recognized all the territories acquired by the Dutch in South Africa.

I don’t know what the Dutch did in South Africa and North America. I also don’t know where Acadia and St. Kitts are, but the general location is in the New World, close to Canada. And the old

The territory in the northern part of Flanders from Liege to the north should be allocated to the Netherlands. Although this area is not large,

, but it was able to gain a huge living space for the Netherlands. Correspondingly, if the French agreed to this treaty, the Netherlands would provide the Austrians who were in financial crisis with an initial payment of three million German marks.

Interest-free loan, annual subsidy of 200,000 German marks, valid for 10 years.

This deal cannot be considered a good deal for the French, but in the end, they tested our bottom line.

So, the French revised their terms, and the Duke of Bavaria was forgotten. As long as the Austrian Habsburg recognized the independence of the Aragonese separatist forces in the Barcelona area, and the Aragonese Kingdom area ceded the Pamplona area,

The Zaragoza area was given to France, the Netherlands withdrew from the northern part of Old Flanders they occupied and the colonies in South Africa, and the French were willing to cede the colonies in North America to the Netherlands and Austrians.

In the terms of the negotiation between you and me, the bottom line of the negotiation between both parties has been tested.

We both had a tacit understanding not to write such a clause in the clause recognizing the inheritance rights of the Habsburg eldest daughter, because we all knew that this was just a temporary truce. For the French, they already knew our east side.

This opponent who has been silent for hundreds of years has to adjust its national policy to deal with us. For us, we just want to withdraw now. If we fight again in the future, the situation may be much better than now.

Therefore, the French want to take away the benefits from the territory of the Kingdom of Aragon, which they have occupied most of, and the pro-French Barcelona region in the north must be independent. It doesn't matter if you have to get Pamplona, ​​but it is close to Castile.

The sub-kingdom, and the Zaragoza region in the middle of the Spanish peninsula must be

The French got it, and the other thing is that the French said they were unwilling to let the Dutch occupy the territory that was already occupied. Then, as for overseas colonies, the French didn't care about those sparsely populated areas, and they didn't care about them.

As long as we can control South Africa's trade routes, that will be enough.

As for us, the Dutch want to keep the living space of more than 30 kilometers that they have gone through a lot of hard work to obtain. If they can't get the territory of North America, they don't want it. But if South Africa's trade routes can

If so, they don't want to hand it over, because it's the territory they gained with great difficulty. The Austrians also have their own ideas, and they are very confused. The Kingdom of Aragon

The independence tendency has always existed. They do not want the Kingdom of Aragon to become independent. For them, it is okay to cede territory. However, the Zaragoza and Almeria regions are so important that they are reluctant to cede them. It is just a show of force.

Faced with the fact that almost 80% of the Kingdom of Aragon has fallen, there is nothing they can do except hope that we will send our troops to kill all the rebels in the Kingdom of Aragon.

We are not that stupid, and if according to their ideas, our empire will suffer more than 100,000 casualties, there will be no benefit at all.

In response, Constantinople on Cheap Daddy's side offered what seemed to be a compromise plan on both sides' terms.

The Austrian Habsburgs recognized the independence of the Aragonese separatists in the Barcelona area and ceded the Pamplona and Zaragoza areas. In response, the French resettled the Aragonese royalists who left the area as compensation. The French

ceded the southern portion of the east coast of the New World, and

In the south of North America, the original Aragonese colony of Georgia, the Aragonese nobles and the royalists in the Valencia region established a new Kingdom of Aragon, named the New Kingdom of Aragon, and recognized the Austrian Habsburg suzerainty.

, recognizing all the rights of the eldest Habsburg daughter.

In this treaty, the French got the result they wanted. Habsburg Aragon was divided into three, a quarter of the area was merged with France, and the half of the Kingdom of Aragon north of Valencia became the new Kingdom of Aragon.

The remaining 35% of the territory is still under the control of the Habsburg Austrians. As compensation, the Habsburgs, who have colonies in the New World, own the Florida protrusion on the east coast of North America and hundreds of kilometers behind it.

area, although there are not many people there.

In this treaty, the French seemed to have taken advantage of everything, exchanging a huge but flashy barren land for half of the brightest jewel in the Habsburg crown. However, something must be gained, and in exchange, the Netherlands

The people in the old Flanders area they occupied would withdraw from the territory they occupied as far as Eindhoven, Breda and

On the Tilburg line, the Netherlands lifted its trade blockade against the French. The French transferred the ports in South Africa to the Dutch. At the same time, the French ceded their territory occupied by the Dutch on the east coast of the North American continent.

.Then, the tariffs on the Netherlands were reduced, and France signed armistice agreements with the Netherlands and Austria respectively. The two sides ceased war for eight years.

Of course, such a distribution is destined to cause considerable losses to the Austrians, and they cannot recover quickly. In order to compensate and help the Austrians, the empire will provide Austria with an interest-free loan of five million German marks, with an annual payment of fifty

The 10,000 will be distributed ten times and paid off in thirty years. The Netherlands will provide the Austrians with 10 million German

An interest-free loan of 500,000 German Marks per year will be issued in 20 years and repaid in 60 years, and then an annual subsidy of 100,000 German Marks will be given. On this basis, the Netherlands and the Austrians will sign an offensive and defensive mutual assistance covenant, and Austria will lower the
Chapter completed!