Chapter 1553 We never interfere in the internal affairs of other countries
A few hundred meters away from the hall where Lingshan and the Leishan people negotiated, separated by a wall, was the territory of the Presidential Palace.
There is a three-story off-white building here, which used to be the palace of successive Semitic empresses. Although it has been thousands of years, special funds have been allocated to maintain it over the years.
Therefore, this place is still magnificent, and there is no trace of time at all.
In a closed room on the second floor of the building, several men sat around a huge conference table, speaking in silence.
The heating in the room was turned on fully, and the temperature was over 20 degrees, as warm as spring.
Several people were wearing only thin shirts, smoking cigars with their heads down. The ice cubes in the wine glasses were about to melt, indicating that they had been sitting for a long time.
The thick smoke from the cigar filled the whole room, making it almost suffocating, and even the people on the opposite side were hazy.
But despite this, no one stood up and opened the window to get some air.
All of them looked gloomy and worried.
The atmosphere in the room was very solemn.
President Bullard was sitting in the innermost seat, biting his cigar and squinting his eyes slightly. It seemed as if he was closing his eyes to rest, but in fact he was watching everyone's movements and expressions.
Sitting on his right were his cronies, including several Thunderbolt members of the Republican Party. At this moment, all of them were like him, holding hands and looking at each other coldly.
Sitting on his left are the negotiators from Leishan. These people now only communicate with their eyes, nodding or shaking their heads from time to time, with very rich expressions.
Through the light, you can clearly see their faces. These people are not the group of people negotiating with Ling Shan Zheng Ax.
These people didn't even come with the entire negotiating team, they came secretly on another aircraft.
They are the ones who can really decide the fate of Lei Shan, and the negotiations outside are actually for others, used to deceive others and tell the public that the government is negotiating with Lei Shan people.
Everyone knows that right now and for a long time to come, the real ruler of the Semitic Republic is Lord Lorraine, the de facto commander of the coalition forces and the deputy commander-in-chief.
Any peace talks that try to bypass Lord Lorraine and the coalition forces are meaningless.
The negotiation outside was for people to see, but Lord Lorraine wanted to show his attitude of not interfering in the internal affairs of the Semites and let the Semites decide the fate of the Semites.
But whoever wants to take Sir Alex Ferguson's words seriously is a broken figure and too immature politically.
In fact, they can't come up with any results. The real power to make decisions is not in their hands. The negotiators of the Republican Party themselves don't know what the bottom line and goals of the government are.
Therefore, the negotiations just revolved around some detailed issues and never got into the essence.
The Thunderbolt people in the room are the big shots who really have the power to make decisions and can use the entire Thunderbolt as a bargaining chip to bargain with the coalition forces.
The Lingshan people in the room represent the coalition forces and Lord Lorraine, and can decide the future of the Leishan people.
Therefore, this negotiation must be kept as confidential as possible, and it must be kept confidential.
Hundreds of thousands of important interests are often involved. Once exposed, it will inevitably cause an uproar and bring many uncertain factors to the signing of the treaty.
In the room, although President Bullard and others were very patient, the Thunderbolt people across from them also looked confident.
As if they were trying to compete with President Bullard, they kept silent from the moment they took their seats, and this wasn't the first day either.
They were not in a hurry, and President Bullard and the people in the Republican Party were even less anxious. They calmly waited for the Lei Shan people to put forward the conditions first, and at the same time noticed the winking expressions of the Lei Shan people.
Watching them sometimes smile, sometimes frown, and sometimes shake their heads, President Bullard was secretly amused, feeling like he was watching a silent farce.
In this negotiation, Uncle Brad naturally has the advantage.
Although he does not have the aura of invincibility like a blue dragon on his left and a white tiger on his right, who can block the gods and kill gods and Buddhas, he does have the support of the majestic Flying Eagle God of War behind him.
Moreover, he has nearly 300,000 troops in his hands. Although the war is currently in a stalemate, he has forgotten that Lingshan has always firmly occupied the strategic initiative.
In addition, there are nearly 600,000 human elites. As long as they give an order, they can join the war at any time and end the war in the shortest time.
Therefore, this sense of superiority in taking the initiative spontaneously emerged, and Brad seemed to be looking down at them from a high position.
At this time, several hoarse "dang-dang" sounds came from the big clock placed in the corner. Brad looked up and realized that the hour finger was already pointing to eleven o'clock.
He couldn't help but let out a long sigh. It seemed that nothing could be discussed today.
President Bullard put out the remaining half of his Havana Gold cigar in the ashtray and prepared to stand up and leave.
There are so many tasks waiting for him to deal with every day in the Republican Government, and he can't spend time with the Thunderbolts all the time. Basically, he comes once a day, sits there for half an hour, and then leaves.
If he hadn't seen the Havana cigars on the table today, he would have left long ago.
Everyone in Lei Shan couldn't help but sigh secretly.
They originally thought that the flash people should be more anxious than them.
Before they came, they had learned that the Lingshan people were having a military spending crisis. It seemed that the treasury was running out of money, and Brad was running up and down trying to raise taxes to make money.
If the expeditionary force spends one more day in Leishan, the Lingshan people will have to pay for one more day. Logically speaking, Brad should be eager to end the war as soon as possible and withdraw his troops as soon as possible.
After they sat across from Brad, they discovered that this was not the case at all. After a few days of observation, Lei Shanren discovered that the old man was not in a hurry at all.
But they themselves can no longer endure it. After all, more than 200,000 Shining troops are galloping across their land. Every day that passes will cause them more losses.
After weighing the cards in their hands, the Leishan people knew that they couldn't wait any longer. When Brad was about to stand up, an old man in the leader suddenly said: "Your Majesty the President, we can join the Republican Party, but..."
His voice was hoarse and weak from smoking too many cigars.
President Bullard showed a victorious smile, sat back, then tapped the table with his fingers, and said domineeringly: "No buts~!
Gentlemen, Leishan people must join the Republican Party and obey the leadership of the Republican Party unconditionally."
Several Lei Shan people looked at each other with pale faces: Such conditions are simply tantamount to surrender~!
"Mr. Peters," President Bullard leaned back, sank into the soft sofa, smoothed the gray hair on his head, and said, "You should have seen in Akadelin these days, the Republican Axis
Within the country, everyone is equal, and national affairs are resolved entirely by voting. There is no question of who rules whom.
So you can safely tell the masses that we Lingshan people did not conquer you, because this is a fact.
Likewise, I will not advertise to the Lingshan people that we defeated you. We are not conquerors.
Everyone, please remember and tell your people that we are the spreaders of democracy and freedom.
This war between us Semites, this war of fratricide, is something no one wants to see, and it is not my original intention, so... let them end it as soon as possible..."
Unknowingly, some Lei Shan people nodded, thinking that saying this would save everyone's face and would not be difficult to accept psychologically, and they could also explain it to the people below.
Seeing someone wanting to speak, Brad waved his hand to interrupt him, and then said: "If you join the Republican Party, you must abide by the rules of the Republican Party. This is non-negotiable.
You must take the initiative to reform your political system, abolish the nobility, redeem the land, and disband the army. These are all necessary. If you can't do it, we will do it~!"
All the Thunder Flashers looked at each other, and then they all shook their heads decisively.
Although they all knew that there would be such a condition, they did not want to simply accept it. The Leishan people sitting here were also nobles.
Such conditions may be a good thing for the common people. But for nobles like us, what is the difference between cutting off a little penis and becoming an eunuch?
Instead of doing this, it would be better to go back and recruit an army and fight to the death with the Lingshan people.
President Bullard did not take it seriously, and smiled and said: "Accordingly, I will not send officials such as governors and city lords to you. The Republican Party will only send some auxiliary personnel to organize the formation and formation of Leishan District Councilors.
election.
According to the principle of democracy, they will be elected by the people of Leishan themselves. I can guarantee that each place in Leishan will maintain autonomy."
It was another condition that surprised the Leishan people. It was not harsh, but too good. It was so good that they couldn't believe it. It was so good that if someone stood eight hundred miles away and smelled it with their nose, they could smell the conspiracy inside.
Bradson smiled solemnly and said: "However, the coalition forces will send Leo, the director of the State Administration of Taxation, and supervisors selected by the coalition forces to supervise the progress of your reforms."
After he finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and proudly admired the wonderful expression of Lei Shan people worrying about gains and losses - this sentence is one of the key points of the negotiation.
He knew that what the Thunder Flash people feared most was not him and the Ling Shan people, but the Lorraine coalition forces. This sentence was a warning to them.
After accepting the conditions, the lightning flash may not be the lightning flash of the spiritual people, but it will definitely become the thunder flash of the human beings. No matter what, Lorraine will not let you go.
Now I'm giving you a chance, accept it peacefully, and you may be able to keep something. But if you don't know better, just wait for Lorraine to lead his million-strong army and kill him.
"Oh, that's right." President Brad seemed to suddenly think of it and said: "Lorraine seems to have discovered the Island of the Dead and plans to go there in the next few days. He told me yesterday that I'd better negotiate before he goes there.
It's over. He can't wait much longer."
Although this sentence seemed to be said casually, it was full of murderous intent.
After President Bullard finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the choking room without even looking at them.
He knew without looking that everyone in Leishan must be dumbfounded at this moment, just like he was at that time.
Brad was certain that this news was the straw that broke the camel's back for Thunder Flash.
Peters lowered his head, closed his eyes and meditated, digesting the island of the dead in his heart which shocked him. He did not expect that humans would find the legendary lair of the high priest of the undead so quickly.
Before going to the Island of the Dead, Lorraine will definitely settle the Semitic affairs completely, eliminate all future troubles, and then lead the coalition forces to fight there wholeheartedly.
Peters didn't know how far Lord Lorraine's patience had reached, but he was probably sure that there was really not much time left for them.
In fact, they had already reached a consensus before coming to Akadelin. Knowing these things, they couldn't help but refuse to agree.
Peters nodded slowly, looked at the person opposite, and said solemnly: "We can accept the conditions of joining the republican government, restructuring and supervision."
A human sitting in the middle opposite smiled and said, "Then we have one last question left."
Peters looked at him and said: "Yes, regarding other royal nobles, General Belen, what do you think?"
Belen, the general manager of the venture capital company and the director of the Intelligence Department of the Allied General Staff, shrugged coolly and said: "That is your problem, not our problem, dear Peters, Mr. Alva. You are also a royal noble.
But let me reiterate, our human coalition is a force that upholds justice, defends Blue Star, and maintains world peace. It will never interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, whether it is the spirit of lightning or your thunder and lightning."
Peters and Alva couldn't help but hesitate: These damn hypocrites~!
Another fat middle-aged man next to him grabbed the topic and shouted: "General Belen, let's get straight to the point. We can help you kill them. After that, what benefits will you give us?"
Belen shook his head slightly and said: "Mr. Zatan, you are mistaken. Once again, we do not interfere in Leishan's internal affairs.
We have never asked you to do anything, and we will never ask you to do anything in the future. What you want to do is your freedom, and we have no control over it.
Your actions have nothing to do with us, and the coalition will not bear any responsibility for any of your actions."
These words sounded very cold, just like the terms of the contract when Feiying Telephone Company handled the installation business, full of the domineering attitude of a store owner bullying customers.
Peters glared at Martin and Zatan dissatisfiedly, and thought to himself: Old Zatan was as cunning as a loach, how could he have given birth to a son who was so vulgar and stupid.
He coughed slightly, and then said: "For the future of our Thunder Flash, we decided to completely eliminate the evil families that are going against the trend of history, especially the Bartholomea family that is closely colluding with the High Priest of the Undead."
Belen raised his glass of wine to encourage him to continue.
"However," Peters thought for a moment and said, "I need your cooperation. We are the only ones who don't have this ability."
"We will not interfere in Lei Shan's internal affairs." Beren's tone remained unchanged, as if he could only say this over and over again.
This gave Peters, Alva, Martin, and Zaitan a headache. Their two families were at the bottom of the five royal families, otherwise they would not have thought of sacrificing their lives to join them.
It would be a fool's dream to try to deal with the other three families based on their power alone. If they had this ability, they would have done it long ago.
Which of the five royal families is not deep-rooted and has complicated forces. If you want to eradicate the other families, it can only be done with the powerful strength of the human coalition.
Belen smiled at their worried expressions, and after whetting their appetites for a long time, he said quietly: "There are several members of noble families in Akadlin who are currently serving in the Republican government. You can contact them when you have time.
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Martin Zatan said in a daze: "What? My family doesn't seem to have..."
Peters slapped him on the head, causing him to nod violently, and then took over the conversation and said, "It must be true. I wonder which departments these talented people work in?"
"You will know." Belen swung the wine glass in his hand and said: "In the early stage of the restructuring, Lei Shan will also temporarily implement the appointment system like Ling Shan, and some important positions such as governor and provincial councillors will select talents.
In addition, there are still seats reserved for Lei Shan in the House of Representatives and the Senate."
This is to tell them that the reward Lorraine will give them after the deed is accomplished sounds very affordable.
"I'm waiting for your good news." After saying this, Belen also stood up and left the room. He was busier than President Bullard.
After the most important principles and conditions are negotiated, the rest of the trivial work will be left to the people below to complete.
Peters, Alva, Martin, and Zaitan must hurry up and implement their plans. Whether this negotiation will count in the end depends on their final actions.
Two days later, the draft peace treaty text was sent from Belen to Lorraine.
The prince looked at the tired middle-aged man in front of him, then shook the thick negotiation terms, feeling the heavy weight of the paper, and he couldn't read it at all.
He threw the document on the table and said, "So, the negotiation is settled?"
Belen sighed with emotion and said: "The conditions are quite satisfactory. Those two families sold their compatriots very neatly."
Lorraine laughed out loud. Only compatriots would be the cruelest to their own compatriots. This is a universal truth, otherwise he would not have picked them as internal agents.
Belen said: "The only trouble is that we need to send our own people to help them solve it."
Lord Lorraine was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Is the CIA sure?"
Belen spread his hands and said honestly: "No, Thunder Flash has never been the focus of our attention. The CIA does not have rich intelligence on the Thunder Flash situation and the five royal families. If we start rashly, there are great variables in the process."
After saying that, he let out a long sigh again. This experienced intelligence chief was very pessimistic about Lei Shan's future situation.
Fiona, who had been listening quietly, suddenly asked in confusion: "What if it fails?"
Lord Lorraine looked at Fiona strangely, and then laughed out loud.
"If it fails, what does it matter?" Lorraine said with a smile: "It's the Leishan people who are in trouble anyway."
He paused, looked at the blue sky outside the window, and added: "But it's best if they succeed. In this case, we can save a lot of trouble." (To be continued.