Since both parties to the negotiation came with full sincerity, and the fight at the rear base was still in full swing, 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 for negotiation has actually been set on the battlefield. What can't be brought back with artillery, let alone negotiation.
Crassus did not hint, but made it clear that he still had at least 10 anti-matter bombs in his hand, and 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 completed soon. The Federation had better move the orbital base to outer space, otherwise it would take less than half a month to get shot at every now and then. It has to be reimbursed. By that time, the number of generals killed on the federal front line will definitely exceed double digits, and it will be difficult to negotiate an armistice.
Crassus did not give up and believed that it was no big deal if the war could not be stopped. The most he could do was fight to the end. Light Year is just a small force entrenched on a planet. As long as the Federation exerts its strength, it will definitely be able to equalize Light Year, but the cost is small. In other words, if Lightyear's appetite is too big and the asking price is too high, then it is better to fight to the end. The Federation cares more about reputation than money. Although Crassus had no money, he didn't care about money at all!
Chu Jungui sneered and said that the federal land war was not as good as a dog, so could the starship crew be inferior to a dog? If there is no truce, he will fight as long as the Federation starship dares to appear in the orbit of the planet, even if it is just a frigate. 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 grabbed each other's weak points and chased them fiercely. Members of the delegation 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. She looked around and didn't see Kun's figure. Otherwise, he would not dare to take her 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 long known that this was a formidable opponent. How could he suddenly say such words? I finally got rid of his old home on the planet, and the 80,000 people in the advance base were also a turtle in the urn. The situation was so good, how could it be possible to just give it back with just one 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 puzzled. Even though his opponent had just suffered a huge defeat, he still acted like nothing happened. This was a war, not a child's play. However, the other person said this repeatedly, which must have a deep meaning.
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 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 ground for the Federation.
The two sides had been bickering until the landing base was taken down. It was not completely useless. At least they had clarified a few of the most fundamental bottom lines.
The first is an armistice, an all-round and uncompromised armistice. Crassus is no longer allowed to randomly litter antimatter, and Chu Jungui is no longer allowed to renovate the orbital base, let alone scrap active warships in advance for the Federation, and is no longer allowed to force active military personnel to leave their posts.
Next are the prisoners. The Federation will take back all the Federation prisoners in the hands of Chu Jungui in the form of ransom, and will also release all the prisoners of Lightyear, including Roland and all the employees of the Lightyear headquarters who were under investigation, and guarantee pardon for all previous crimes, whether they were found out or not. from. 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 excluding those killed by the federation itself, there are still 950,000 at this moment. This ransom is equivalent to 10,000 yuan per person, which is ridiculously low.
However, there is one clause in the 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. .
The last one is identity and status. The Federation recognizes Lightyear as a neutral force and will grant Lightyear all the rights that a neutral force should enjoy. At the same time, it will unfreeze all of Lightyear's assets within the Federation and will no longer impose additional legal requirements on Lightyear's economic activities within the Federation. limit.
These three articles can be regarded as the basic consensus reached in this armistice negotiation, and both sides have accepted it. 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 goal, which is to successfully force the Federation to the negotiating table and successfully negotiate it.
As for the ransom, it was considered a concession from Lightyear 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 federal media will spray him completely, and the congressmen will pounce on him like wolves and tear him to pieces. If they don't, 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, Lightyear was no longer a puppet attached to the dynasty, but a small country that needed to be formally recognized. 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 calculated in hundreds of millions. After the armistice, Chu Jungui discovered that there were many ways to make money. Among other things, the current stock price of Lightyear alone gave 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 negotiation here is not over yet, Chu Jungui has already used part of his consciousness to start planning a plan.
The second article of the armistice agreement was not completely unfavorable to Chu Jungui. The most important point was that Chu Jungui was allowed to swallow some of the prisoners of war that he could eat. Of course, this part could not be stated explicitly. The details are to be put into the supplemental agreement that will not be put on the table. The main text of the armistice agreement needs to be discussed and approved by parliament, but the supplementary agreement will only be discussed and approved in closed-door meetings of special committees, which means it will not be made public. Even so, the relevant terms were very vague. If Crassus had not explained it, Chu Jungui would not have known how to explain it.
Moreover, this clause has retroactive effect, which means that the group of people previously collected by Chu Jun, including Roland and Wilson, can resume their status in the Federation. This is what Chu Jungui promised them originally, and now they finally have a chance to fulfill their 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 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 body of the contract must be followed by more than a dozen supplementary agreements, which are all things for later.
At midnight, Chu Jungui and Crassus finally stood up and shook hands. This time, the smiles on both sides were very sincere.
Being able to solve the problem in one negotiation lies in the fact that the two of them have far faster thinking speed than ordinary people and have sufficient authority in their hands. After talking about it, both parties spoke seven or eight times faster than normal. What others heard was a sharp chirping, Chu Jungui chirping, Crassus also chirping, the two of them chirped. After a while, it was an agreement.
This time, the two sides shook hands 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 Brother Dao, who was hiding deep in the ground on the other side of the planet and was climbing up the technology tree from basic mathematical formulas. Without Brother Dao, both Wise Man and Kai Tian would have an evolutionary path with superior collective computing power but average sub-body proliferation capabilities. The number of troops in Light Years would definitely be an order of magnitude smaller.
Without the ability to eat hundreds of thousands of federal troops in one breath, 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 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 met him again 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: "The war between the dynasty and the federation is getting bigger and bigger now. Isn't it a good idea for our side to cease the war first?"
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?"
Li Xuancheng was speechless.
