(Chapter 1 arrives, there will be chapter 1 later)
"Now that everyone is here, let's start." Prince von Metternich smiled awkwardly. "As for the purpose of this peace talk, everyone must be very clear, that is to end the war between our three countries and restore peace in Europe." Prince von Metternich continued.
"There is no need to say any more. I think everyone is very clear that we are conducting peace talks to discuss how to end the war." Gregor waited for Prince von Metternich to finish his speech, then Straight up. You must know that his behavior is very rude in diplomatic occasions, but now France is in a strong position, so he doesn't have to ask so much. Another important reason is that he is very clear that Xiao Jie will not sincerely want to end the war with Austria and Russia. All of this is just a buffer time. Time to fight again.
Prince von Metternich was flushed by Gregor's robbing. He wanted to reprimand Gregor for his rudeness, but he knew that if he did that, it would bring disaster to Austria. So he suppressed his anger. "As Austria, we should take great responsibility for this war. If we did not listen to Britain's instigation, then the war between Austria and France would not have started. Therefore, we are willing to pay France enough Compensation, to restore France's losses, I only hope that your country can end this war," Prince von Metternich said in a low voice. He had to do so now for the good of Austria.
"We, Russia, also mean the same thing. The reason why we went to war with France is completely a misunderstanding. We are also willing to compensate France in exchange for the friendship between our two countries." Makovsky also said.
"Well, on behalf of our country, I accept the sincerity of your two countries, but what I want to know more is how do you want to compensate us? You must know that in this war, we spent a lot of military expenses and lost a lot of money. Soldier's," Gregor said with a smile.
"It's like this, as long as the French army can withdraw from the occupied Austrian land, we are willing to pay your country 100 million francs in compensation." Prince von Metternich said with a smile.
"What? Only 100 million francs? You must know that the military expenditure we have spent on your country far exceeds this amount. Prince von Metternich, are you kidding me? I have now completely doubted your and your country's Sincerity." Hearing this number, Autov snapped up. In this war, not counting the war against Britain, France has already spent 500 million military expenditures. He was planning to get the money back from Austria, but he didn't expect that people would only agree to give 100 million.
"If it's not enough, we can discuss it carefully." Prince von Metternich said with a smile.
"A one-off price, 1 billion yuan. If there is less, there is no need to discuss. By the way, this is what His Majesty the Emperor of our country means." Otov directly raised France's request as if he was making a business offer.
1 billion? You just go for it. Everyone on the Austrian side looked at Autof with dark faces, thinking that he was talking to the lion. The people on the Russian side were also a little dumbfounded, and at the same time a little worried. Because the peace talks are arranged in this way, first the peace talks between France and Austria, at this time the Russian side is the audience, and then the peace talks between France and Russia. Now that France has demanded such a large amount of compensation from Austria, the compensation they demand from Russia will certainly not be low.
"Your Excellency Ottove, are you joking? Isn't 1 billion too much? Can it be lowered?" Prince von Metternich said with a smile on his face.
Otov didn't answer him, but Grigio took over the conversation: "This is the meaning of His Majesty Andresi, and we cannot change it. In addition, we have another meaning that after your country pays the indemnity , we agree to stop the war under the current circumstances."
"Is there no room for return?" Prince von Metternich said with a bitter face. He had known for a long time that peace talks with France would be a very painful thing. If Francis I hadn't strongly urged him to participate, he would never have come.
"We have to ask His Majesty Andresi for instructions, but don't have too much hope." Gregor said, looking at Prince von Metternich and General Hillier with "sympathy".
"Please be sure to tell His Highness Andresi that our country really hopes to cease the war with your country." Prince von Metternich said again. He is now thinking about how to report this matter to Francis I. He can be sure that it must be the anger of Francis I who greets him. But Hillier didn't say a word, because he felt a little self-blame. If it weren't for the soldiers like them who couldn't beat the French on the battlefield, France wouldn't persecute them like this today. Thinking of this, Hillier tightly clenched his fists, the veins on his hands were exposed, and his knuckles were a little white due to excessive force, which showed how angry he was.
The next step is the peace talks with Russia. Makovsky directly stated Russia's conditions, that is, Russia is willing to compensate France for 100 million francs in military expenses, and the war between France and Russia will end immediately. Because until now, the war has still taken place outside Russia's mainland, so they don't have to humbly ask the French army to withdraw from their land.
"For your country's proposal, we have no dissatisfaction in principle, but it would be better if the compensation was changed to 300 million francs." Otov said with a treacherous smile.
"300 million francs? You really mean it, why don't you rob it? Maybe it will come faster. It's not just France that suffered losses on the battlefield, we Russia also suffered heavy losses, so where should we go? Who wants to pay compensation?" Grand Duke Nicholas roared out of breath.
"That's what you asked for." Gregor said coldly.
"You...!" Nicholas stood up immediately, pointing at Gregor, speechless. He is the grand duke of Russia, the heir to the throne, but a small foreign minister on the other side dared to be so rude to him, how could this make him not angry? At this moment, he felt deeply insulted. If it was in Russia, he would definitely want this person to die in an ugly way. Just about to explode, Makovsky stopped him. "We will convey your country's request to His Majesty." Makovsky said with a smile on his face.
Thus ended the first day of the peace talks, and neither Austria nor Russia expected that France's asking price would be so high. Especially for Austria, the compensation of 1 billion francs is enough to collapse their finances. What is even more annoying is that France is unwilling to return their occupied territories. This is what makes them most unacceptable.
"Your Majesty, you didn't see it today. When they heard about our conditions, the faces of those people in Austria and Russia turned as black as coal. It's really exhausting." Gregor happily told Xiao Jie With today's peace talks happening. Not to mention how happy he was in his heart, he must know that after the restoration of the French Empire, he was ordered to go to these countries as envoys, but no country gave him a good face, and now he finally got his revenge.
Xiao Jie just nodded. He didn't say much~www.mtlnovel.com~ For such a result, he had already expected it.
"Andresi, isn't our request too high? It's hard for them to accept it. It's impossible for us to waste time here. You must know that the British side is almost ready. Wait for the peace talks here. As soon as it's over, the attack over there will start." Otov said with some concern. Although he also wanted to extort more benefits from Austria and Russia, he was still able to distinguish the seriousness of the matter.
"Of course there is a time limit. Tell them that the peace talks must end before the 18th. Otherwise, we will regard the peace talks as a breakdown and the war will continue. As for concessions, we can make some appropriate concessions. For the Russian side, we can Reduce the indemnity to 200 million francs. For Austria, the indemnity can be reduced to 800 million francs. As for the return of the territories occupied by us, we can reply to them in this way. We can return to them the territories north of the Danube and west of the Enns River. , the territory north of the Kitzbühel Mountain must be in our hands no matter what. This is our bottom line, and it will not be changed in principle." Xiao Jie said after thinking for a while.
Gregor and Ottove both nodded, and they understood Xiao Jie's meaning quite well. After talking about other things, the two left. This time the peace talks are scheduled to be held in the morning, and in the afternoon, the countries will discuss themselves, so they have a lot of time for news or other things.