Chapter 1140 The Beginning of Negotiations
Because it is impossible to change the status quo, the Japanese government has basically determined the attitude of the United Nations, especially the attitude of the United States, and they are now waiting to pick peaches.
Everyone can go to the other world, and the United States knows all the information about the other world, so Japan should not try to deceive. The United States knows exactly how much benefit it has gained, and there is no possibility of keeping a small treasury. The United States is waiting for Japan to explore and develop the other world well, and then reach out to pick peaches.
This has poured cold water on the original heroic ambitions of the Japanese high-level officials, but they not only did not slow down the progress of development, but urged Star Fortress to speed up the exploration progress. Since the United States knows everything, it cannot let the suzerain country see the vassal country being lazy. They have to speed up the growth of peaches and then respectfully send peaches to the United States.
It's very cheap, but the US military has troops stationed in Japan. If the Japanese high-level officials don't want to be killed by the United States, they have to show their submission to the United States. Of course, this can also be regarded as a kind of patience. Japan can also do it. They are absolutely obedient to the United States on the outside, but they still hope that the country will be normalized in their hearts. Unfortunately, the United States is too powerful at this time.
It's not easy for the leaders of Japan. They treat themselves like dogs and let the United States play tricks on them, just to make the United States relax its vigilance against Japan little by little and let Japan normalize.
The word "endurance" is simply amazing.
It was in this context that the highest commander of the Self-Defense Forces' Gate Office, who endured the ever-accelerating schedule, welcomed the Empire's peace negotiation delegation.
"It's Japanese. Those are the citizens who were captured when the gate was opened." Hearing the familiar language, the soldiers immediately knew that the people on the opposite side were the captured people.
This is a big deal, but when seeing dozens of prisoners, the commander still couldn't hide his excitement. If these people really came to negotiate, then everything would be easy.
"Finally, there is a breakthrough in exploring the other world. This time it's not a strange thing." The commander thought that so many people in the Empire were killed, and he should be scared.
No one in the Self-Defense Forces suspected that this was a trick, because they had modern weapons and were not afraid of the Empire's tricks. They were surprised that the Empire sent the hostages back now. Facing the absolute crushing firepower, they should have sent the hostages back to negotiate with tears and kneeling.
Finally, we can ask the Empire to compensate for the losses. Gold and silver, open markets, open mining rights, this other world is a huge treasure house, a key to make Japan's economy take off again.
Itami Yoshi is still the captain of the third reconnaissance team, and the dead are replaced, but he is still strongly opposed to accelerating exploration. He knows that some imperial prisoners have begun to learn Japanese. It is not too late to explore after they learn Japanese and become guides. They need guides.
How to fight without guides?
It happened to collide with the peace talks delegation in the past few days.
Originally, the priest of the Fa Church, An, has been shocked by the high-tech world and has become a guide. Faith cannot become an airplane or a cannon. It cannot build high-rise buildings in a short time. The imperial capital is considered to be built by the Fa Church. How much manpower, material resources and time were spent, but if the construction team of the earth was allowed to build it, it would only take one or two years.
Father An knew the horror of industry on Earth and was in awe of the technology of the earth, so he was completely transformed into a guide. Any country on the Malfat continent, including the empire, is not the opponent of the earth. However, he didn't know that there was more than one country on Earth, Japan. He thought Japan was Earth.
Father An was very smart. He learned Japanese in a few days and also learned to brush his teeth and use a flush toilet. This made him feel that he was no worse than the Pope, and his knowledge even surpassed the Pope.
Now the guide had to play a role: "Father An, come and see which army of the Empire is the team stationed outside the city wall."
The hostages for the peace talks had been sent to the Star Fortress, but the Knights of the Law Church were still stationed outside the city wall. The Self-Defense Force also agreed. They only had thirteen people, while there were tens of thousands of Self-Defense Forces and various weapons here. They were not afraid at all.
That was the flag of the Law Church, and the red armor. Father An took a breath of cold air. He never thought that he would meet an enemy on a narrow road. He has already betrayed the Facult. If he encounters the Facult Knights, he will definitely be killed. It is best to use the weapons of the Self-Defense Forces to kill them and protect himself: "They are all murderers who kill countless people. They are the Facult Knights. Each of them has the power to fight a hundred people. You must kill them, otherwise they will capture this place."
... The Self-Defense Forces were speechless. Look how scared the priest was. However, they also knew that this unit was very famous in the other world, but no matter how famous it was, it was useless. Their bullets were not afraid of knights.
"They are the envoys sent by the Empire to negotiate peace. They also sent our captured people back. We can't do it." "You don't have to be afraid. Now you accept the protection of our Self-Defense Forces and work to fight Japan. As long as you do your job well, your safety will not be a problem. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Hearing that the Self-Defense Forces are willing to protect his safety, Father An was relieved. Yes, don't be afraid. No matter how powerful the Facult Knights are, they can't be more powerful than the weapons of the Self-Defense Forces.
The peace talks were naturally conditional. Japan did not know much about the Empire's economy, and Father An did not care about this aspect, so the compensation he proposed was just an estimated figure, 200 million silver dollars was enough, and the Empire did not have much money. For modern society, 200 million silver dollars is a drop in the bucket, equivalent to 5 billion US dollars, but for the Empire it was a fatal figure, because the Empire's fiscal revenue was a mess.
The big deal is to open the market and allow Japanese goods to be dumped on the Empire at low tariffs. And mining rights, especially mining rights. With this, Japanese companies can enter the Empire and buy land on a large scale, which means that all the resources of the Empire will fall into the hands of Japan in the future.
Of course, it may not go smoothly. The compensation may fall into Japan's pocket, and the market and mining rights may be intercepted by the United States. But it is still good for Japan, because the gate is in Japan, everything has been discussed, and the principle of proximity can also bring a lot of benefits to Japan, which will drive the industry.
In short, the Japanese negotiators also came to the gate with several plans that have been discussed, and then the first task they arranged was a military exercise to show the strong military strength of the Self-Defense Forces to the Imperial Envoys.
Cannons bombarded, rifles shot, helicopters flew, in short, these special envoys were afraid.
However, the Knights of the Law Church would only be shocked by the magic of the Pope. Those weapons were not worth mentioning in their eyes, because such weapons wanted to kill them, the Knights of the Law Church who were blessed by the Pope, which was simply a daydream.
Because the Mage Knights have their own faith bonus, they are knights and C.C.'s use of faith, their bodies are already full of faith and strengthened to an incredible level, this is a true cult that is invulnerable to swords and guns, not a fake trick.