Chapter 1601: ""

I still think it is futile to complain to others. It is better to bear it silently.
Dazaiji (Japanese novelist and writer)
Archbishop Innocent won’t be able to show up for the White Horse Kingdom at this time. He just agreed to help Marquis Fittinghof pass the latest requirements of the Dragon Kingdom back to the White Horse Kingdom. As for the truce between the White Horse Kingdom and the Dragon Kingdom He is determined not to participate.
There is no connection between the Vatican Cathedral in the Dragon Capital and the Vatican Cathedral in the White Horse Capital; Archbishop Innocent, as before, passed back the conditions of the armistice brought back by the Marquis Fittinghof. The headquarters of the Holy See, then transferred from the headquarters of the Holy See to Archbishop Aguilar, and finally Archbishop Aguilar came forward to inform the White Horse Kingdom.
No matter how convenient the magical communication channels within the Holy See are, there is still a delay of a whole day here and there, plus the six days that the white horse royal swordsman spent on the road to the Dragon Emperor. King Alfonso from When Archbishop Girard learned the conditions for the opening of the Dragon Empire, the Second Support Army of their kingdom had also been defeated by the two yellow flag elves outside the capital city.
King Alfonso, who was cut off by the reinforcements, was neither willing to accept nor dare to refuse in the face of the harsh and unrelenting truce conditions imposed by the Tianlong Empire; he did not expect that the Tianlong Empire would propose such a situation. Harsh truce conditions.
Once again after several consultations with his own ministers and noble representatives, King Alfonso took the initiative to find Archbishop Aguilar again, and wanted to ask the Holy See to mediate. The last armistice conditions reported by the last dragon empire were based The truce of the country.
Archbishop Aguilar suffocated his stomach, and of course he couldn't compromise because of a whisper of King Alfonso; until King Alfonso took the initiative to make more favorable conditions for the Holy See than the last time. Only then did the contented Archbishop Aguilar agree with a reluctance, and then reported the matter to the headquarters of the Holy See.
Although the Holy See headquarters felt that excessively weakening the White Horse Kingdom was not a good thing, they were not weak in weakening the prestige of the White Horse royal family and the white horse aristocracy; therefore, this time they no longer promised the White Horse Kingdom to pay all war compensation for them.
Without the Holy See paying war compensation of up to 3 billion gold coins for the White Horse Kingdom, just because the White Horse Kingdom itself wants to put together 1.5 billion gold coins in just three months, that would be a disaster; if it is counted every year in the future The compensation that should be paid to the Tianlong Empire is equivalent to the one-year financial revenue of the White Horse Kingdom. The economy of the White Horse Kingdom is definitely going to collapse completely.
An economy that has completely collapsed and the internal chaos of the White Horse Kingdom is the easiest soil for the Holy See, which is about to gain partial sovereignty of the White Horse Kingdom; the people who win the hearts of the people have the world. understand.
After receiving the reaction of the White Horse Kingdom transferred from the headquarters of the Holy See, Archbishop Innocent specifically avoided the White Horse Kingdom Special Envoy Marquis Fittinghof, and went to the Royal Palace alone to visit Bai Feng and reached an agreement with Bai Feng on the truce between the two countries. Brand new agreement.
The province of Galicia and the province of Asturias of the White Horse Kingdom must still be ceded to the Dragon Empire, but the final war compensation amount is the adjustment proposed by the Holy See; they are only willing to replace the White Horse Kingdom in one lump sum. The war compensation of 100 million gold coins will be paid to the Tianlong Empire, and the other four provinces will be paid in installments by the White Horse Kingdom itself.
After listening to the narrative of Archbishop Innocent, Bai Feng asked him with a smile: "Your Excellency Innocent, you mean that the war compensation of the White Horse Kingdom is only one billion gold coins, and it will be paid by your Holy See; then I can’t It can be understood in this way, what is the ransom in Valencia and other four provinces, and how should it be paid, which is completely determined by me?"
"His Majesty Frederick, Valencia and other four provinces are the inherent territory of the Kingdom of White Horse, but they are the warriors of your country that were beaten down with blood and belonged to the spoils of your country. As a winner, your country naturally Is entitled to dispose of his loot."
Then I would say that if these four provinces are not returned to the White Horse Kingdom, can your Holy See agree? Bai Feng, who was quite disdainful of the archaic speech of Archbishop Innocent, still had a faint smile on his face: "Your Honor, the ransom of one billion gold coins in each bank, a total of four billion gold coins will be repaid in ten years. , How about your intention to pay 450 million gold coins every year with interest and interest?"
"Your Majesty Frederick, the ransom of one billion gold coins in each province is not expensive, but it is sometimes too long to pay in ten years. It is better to pay it in five years, and pay 850 million each year with this interest. How about gold coins?" Archbishop Innocent narrowed his eyes narrowly.
The White Horse Kingdom's fiscal revenue last year was only 280 million gold coins, except for various fiscal expenditures, it probably surplus 30 million gold coins; such a country with a total annual financial income of less than 300 million gold coins and an annual treasury surplus of 30 million gold coins , What is the difference between repaying 850 million gold coins in war with interest for one year?
Bai Feng can be sure that the Holy See is absolutely impossible to sit and watch the White Horse Kingdom's demise, so all this must be a means for the Holy See to expand its influence in the White Horse Kingdom; knowing that by doing so will make the White Horse Kingdom fall into the control of the Holy See Among them, Bai Feng still has no way not to do this, because the Dragon Empire, which is in despair, needs this huge amount of war compensation.
Faced with this kind of conspiracy on the bright side of the Holy See, Bai Feng, who was not willing to make a wedding dress for the other party, deliberately provoked the Archbishop of Innocent: "Your Excellency Innocent, as far as I know, The relationship between Archbishop Girard and your lord is not very close. Your lord will help him in this way. Will he be grateful to you after he has made great contributions in the Kingdom of White Horse?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for caring, but Archbishop Ajilar and I are both part of the Great Holy See. We believe in the supreme God of Light. A few minor contradictions will not affect our mutual help and love; The blessing and brilliance that the world spreads to the God of high light is our long-cherished wish. Under the guidance of this long-cherished wish, we will always be the closest brother!"
Okay, no matter how much this is said by Archbishop Innocent, it is true, anyway, I heard that this good Bai Feng was not interested in talking to the other party; after leaving Archbishop Innocent, Bai Feng again Duke Ribbentrop, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire, was summoned to make him responsible for drawing up a truce between the Empire and the White Horse Kingdom.
The cession of the provinces of Galicia and Asturias, the war compensation of one billion gold coins and the four provinces’ ransom of four billion gold coins over five years are only two basic conditions of the armistice agreement; on this basis In addition, the Duke of Ribbentrop also had to formulate some other favorable conditions for the Dragon Empire, as a punishment for provoking war against the White Horse Kingdom.
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