Chapter 926 Wealth Does Not Show Off, Just Like Walking at Night in Brocade Clothes
"No one likes war." Luo Jie gently stroked the golden beast head on the armrest of the throne and said with one hand on his chin: "But some things that cannot be obtained at the negotiation table must be obtained with swords after all."
Mahara Koji frowned. This young monarch probably did not understand what kind of country he was facing. From his words, it was obvious that he did not intend to accept the mediation of the Japanese country, and was determined to continue to expand the war.
War will bring about security chaos and a sharp decrease in population, which is contrary to the cabinet's plan to turn the foreign continent into a dumping ground for products and a source of raw materials.
"How long does the king plan to continue this unjust war?" Mahara Koji asked in a deep voice.
"Unjust? You mean to say invasion?"
Luo Jie smiled, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A ghost pipe fox picked up a parchment scroll from the bookshelf, turned around and flew back into his hand.
Of course, to others who cannot see the ghost tube fox, this is just a small magic trick commonly used by magicians to capture objects.
Luo Jie casually threw the sheepskin scroll on the ground. The scroll rolled and unfolded on the soft carpet. An ancient map full of historical vicissitudes appeared in front of Mahara Koji.
"Your Majesty, is this...?"
"This is a map of this continent hundreds of years ago. At that time, the empire was just a small human country located in the center of the continent, and other places had been the homes of demi-humans that had survived for tens of millions of years."
Luo Jie sat up straight, crossed his hands under his chin, and spoke calmly, as if he was not arguing, but simply stating a fact.
"The greedy empire invaded the land that originally belonged to the demi-humans, drove the kind-hearted demi-humans out of their homes where they had lived for generations, and treated the demi-humans as inferior people for exploitation and slavery... But what I did was just The leader of the demi-humans is just taking back the homeland that originally belonged to them.”
Mahara Koji took a deep breath and said calmly: "Your Majesty, just relying on an ancient map that can no longer be studied can't explain anything. Besides, even if this map is true, it was hundreds of years ago... If If everyone keeps pursuing things like this, then the dispute will probably end only if one of them completely annihilates the country.”
Luo Jie waved his hand and said lightly: "Historically, this is how the empire rose, and I am just repeating what the empire did hundreds of years ago... Of course, from my heart, I don't want to Seeing that this continent is in ruins, since your country is willing to be the middleman, then I can also give your country some face. "
Mahara Koji was delighted: "So, the king is willing to cease war with the empire?"
"War is only a means, not an end." Luo Jie ordered his maid to get a pen, draw a line on a current continent map, and then threw it to Mahara Koji, "As long as the empire draws this line with If the land in the north is ceded to our country, not only can I cease the war immediately, but I can also sign a non-aggression treaty with the empire for at least 100 years.”
When Mahara Koji saw the map with the black ink lines clearly, his heart sank. The area north of this boundary accounted for almost half of the empire's total territory, and there were also several affiliated human vassal states.
Not to mention that the empire still has the strength to fight, even if it is already dusk, it is impossible to agree to such harsh armistice conditions... No, this can no longer be said to be harsh, but has risen to the level of insult.
Of course, no matter what conditions the other party proposes, he is only a diplomat of the mediating country and cannot make decisions on behalf of the parties involved.
"I will convey your words to His Majesty the Imperial Emperor...but I also ask you to consider the overall situation and reconsider your armistice conditions."
Luo Jie smiled noncommittally and signaled the maid to bring a chair for Mahara Koji.
This obvious gesture of goodwill immediately cheered up Koji Mahara. He realized that the drama of this mission was about to come.
"Mr. Mahara, this war is ultimately a dispute between our country and the empire. Personally, I still hope to maintain friendly cooperative relations with the world on the other side of the door."
Mahara Koji came here to open up trade routes. When he saw Luo Jie taking the initiative to offer him an olive branch, he immediately took out the already prepared product catalog from his briefcase and handed it to the maid on the side to present to Luo Jie.
Luo Jie took the catalog and browsed through it quickly. Most of them were very low-level industrial products. Although the technological content was not high, they were very suitable for the productivity of the current stage of the world.
The price is also fair and reasonable. After all, this catalog must be jointly supervised by the big boss countries to prevent the chickens from taking advantage of the information asymmetry between the two worlds to make huge profits. Eating alone is secondary. The key point is that if the image of the Earth country in another world is damaged, it will be a diplomatic accident that cannot be undone even if the cabinet commits seppuku.
"I'm very satisfied with the products your country provides." Luo Jie put down the product catalog casually, crossed his hands and crossed his legs: "I just have a question. If our country purchases your country's products, how will your country transport such a large amount of goods? Woolen cloth?"
Arnus Hill is located within the territory of the Empire. No matter which direction you go, you must pass through the territory of the Empire. If the Empire insists on blocking the road to the north, even if the Japanese country wants to do business with the demihuman country, they will never dare to use force. Forcibly open trade routes.
Koji Mahara smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "That's why our country hopes that your country can cease war with the empire... and only in this way can our country continue to discuss with the empire about opening up the northern trade route through the passage."
Luo Jie pinched his chin and fell into thought.
War is not about defeating the enemy and everything will be fine. How to occupy the captured land in a long-term and stable manner is the top priority.
In this regard, our own country of demihumans has a natural disadvantage.
The reason why we were able to quickly occupy the northern part of the empire before was entirely because the race here was dominated by demihumans. UU Reading www. uukｎshu.net The proportion of humans is even less than one fifth.
The further inland the empire is, the higher the proportion of humans is, and it will be difficult to completely occupy it.
After all, they have discriminated against and enslaved the demi-human race for hundreds of years. The humans in the empire have long regarded the demi-human race as inferior people, or even uncivilized beasts. It is impossible to tolerate the demi-human race in turn becoming the ruling class.
Therefore, Luo Jiecai has always declared that he wants to establish a country purely composed of demi-humans, rather than a country where humans and demi-humans coexist equally.
Peace talks are impossible.
This time the country of demi-humans is fighting a just counterattack, occupying the moral high ground. Once it accepts the peace talks, if it wants to continue poaching corners of the empire to expand its territory, I am afraid that it will face the fate of the Kukui team.
Out of various considerations, Luo Jie suddenly felt the need to go to the empire in person to pretend... Oh no, he went to the empire in person to talk to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Mr. Mahara, when do you plan to return to the Imperial Capital?"
Mahara Koji was stunned, thinking that Luo Jie was giving an order to expel guests. He sighed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he replied calmly: "This is just a friendly visit, not a formal meeting. Since what I should say has been conveyed to the king, I I plan to take a helicopter back to the consulate in the imperial capital in the afternoon.”
Luo Jie nodded noncommittally and took out a rusty broken sword from the mouth of Gouzi Xiaoke who was squatting next to the throne. The maid held it with both hands and handed it to Mahara Koji.
"This is a sword I found in the Flame Dragon's lair. It has the emblem of the imperial family on it. It may be the sword lost by one of the emperor's ancestors. It can be regarded as a gift from me to the emperor. Please Mr. Mahara, please forward it on your behalf... In addition, I would like to ask Mr. Mahara to send you a message, saying that I will visit the imperial capital in person in three days."