Munitions Empire

Chapter 445 433 is filled with familiar flavors everywhere_2

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or maybe... have old li consider shooting himself six more times, and we'll force hirobumi ito to cede honshu island as well?

looking at the scene in front of him, which resembled a vegetable market, the "treaty" content was just too concentrated, almost nearing 100%. it's likely that after this war, the textbooks of sheng country will surely gain a new term similar to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society.

just casually counting: hmm, dorne, suthers, leite, songmu, poplar, ice cold, gales, and the empire of nanla... exactly eight nations, triggering some special effect, tang mo's guilt feeling +1, deterrence +1, unlocking the achievement "scars of the old empire"?

as for the usual mocking, somehow, it seems that strange additions keep piling up...

tang mo shook his head, banishing these strange thoughts from his mind. after everyone had put forward their demands as previously agreed, he also put forward his thought, "after agreeing to these terms, to compensate great tang group for all its losses, and the war... will be over."

he didn't specify his conditions, but to the goblins' ears, this phrase about compensating all losses of great tang group seemed far too vague, enough to make one's heart hang in suspense.

soon, their judgment was confirmed, as the beautiful paper from yulin was pressed in front of them. the goblins finally understood what it meant to be outrageously demanding.

to give an analogy, at this moment, they were like nervous young men asking for a bride's hand in marriage. when the bride's parents mentioned the dowry figure, their faces bore an expression of utter shock.

after harboring the thought of taking zheng country for himself and embarking on a path of domination, tang mo started to analyze the issue from another angle.nôv(el)b\\jnn

this time he fought alongside eight countries to declare war on sheng country, which for him was also an act of desperation.

his warships were too few to search all of sheng country's vessels in the endless sea and attack them, so he had no choice but to utilize the navies of various countries to compensate for his lack of military strength.

however, looking at the issue from the perspective of maximizing benefits, although great tang group emerged utterly victorious this time, the profits from the war were noticeably diluted by the involvement of various countries.

therefore, even if tang mo had the capability to obliterate sheng country this time, he wouldn't make his move under such circumstances.

what he wanted was to take sheng country for himself and turn it into his own territory, not to divide it among eight countries. that would not be in the interests of great tang group.

"we can't afford that kind of compensation! mr. tang, our country is very poor..." the head goblin envoy began to bargain.

the angle from which he approached was quite tricky, demonstrating the capabilities of sheng country's diplomats—through years of war with zheng country, they had honed a quite skilled diplomatic team.

competing over trade routes was pointless for sheng country, as they were unable to maintain a grip. their navy had been severely damaged, their merchant ships captured or sunk, leaving them completely powerless to sustain their original scale of maritime trade. thus, fighting over this was meaningless.

he wouldn't care about the small things anymore. find your next adventure on empire

now, tang mo was preparing to take the big things, to remind these goblins that they were still meat on the chopping board.

"since you're so poor, we'll just have to look for valuable things ourselves." tang mo picked at his ear and showed an impatient look, "gentlemen, it seems that shireck wants to keep the war going..."

"wait a minute! just wait! we'll compensate! we... we will..." the shireck envoy immediately softened; shireck really couldn't keep going anymore.

if the war ended, they could still recover, develop, and recuperate. at the very least, they could bully zheng country and gain some benefits.

but if the war continued and their maritime trade remained crippled, then shireck would truly be finished. although they wouldn't collapse directly due to a lack of food like the taren kingdom, it wouldn't be much better.

thus, the goblins envoys, who had begun to throw in the towel, in principle agreed to the great tang group's demands for compensation in slaves.

as for the number, they still had to bargain—great tang group wanted 300,000, and shireck was willing to give 100,000. after much negotiation, the final number settled on was 200,000...

afterwards, because shireck had no gold coins to compensate other countries, they started borrowing from the great tang group, pledging simple collateral: selling some more slaves to the great tang group. a robust slave for 10 gold coins, a fair price.

then shireck negotiated the total amount of compensation with the other countries, ultimately bringing the price down to 300,000 gold coins per country. thus, the total amount of compensation shireck had to pay was 2.7 million gold coins.

in the end, shireck had no choice but to offer up another 100,000 slaves, barely fulfilling the requirement of compensating each of the nine nations and powers 300,000 gold coins.

then the two parties began to discuss the issue of trade tariffs. shireck clearly did not want to give up this significant income; after intense disputes, they managed to keep fifty percent.

the great tang group got ten percent of shireck's tariffs, and the other eight countries each got five percent, which was a satisfactory outcome for everyone.

the rest was relatively simple. after signing the agreement honestly, shireck, as the last of the old four dominant naval powers in the endless sea, handed over the control of the western endless sea.

although they still maintained their navy and their fleet was still formidable, everyone knew that the endless sea now had only one overlord.

and the great tang group got everything they wanted before the war had started!

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not feeling well today, only 4,000 words. here is one update... apologies.