Princess Wenqin was very clever. She knew Long Junhai's words had a deeper meaning, so she asked, "Husband, are you not optimistic about this peace negotiation?"
Long Junhai smiled and said, "I like to hold the initiative in my own hands. Whether to negotiate peace or start a war depends entirely on my mood. With a coalition of 100,000 orcs and 5 million human slaves, it's actually not difficult to defeat them."
"Husband! You want to..."
Princess Wenqin was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. She didn't expect that Long Junhai actually wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to destroy the entire orc coalition!
"People should have some dreams, otherwise what's the difference between us and salted fish? Peace talks will be held tomorrow, and Medusa's million-strong army will arrive the day after tomorrow, so we need to make good use of the day in between!" Long Junhai already had a plan in his mind, and what he had to do now was to make careful deployment.
Princess Wenqin's heart was pounding when she heard this. If Long Junhai's plan could succeed, it would not only completely resolve the crisis of the Minotaur Empire, but also make it impossible for the three major orc empires to recover within three to five years!
"Husband, what should I do?" Princess Wenqin asked excitedly.
"Opportunities don't always come. What you need to do is to get my father-in-law to cooperate and not let some small troubles affect the relationship between the two tribes." Long Junhai reminded.
"I understand. I will go and explain this matter to my father now."
Princess Wenqin quickly left the room. The most pressing thing now was time, and no mistakes could be made!
At this moment in the palace hall, all the civil and military officials were looking for the Bull-Head King to complain, as if they had suffered great injustice.
"Your Majesty! Those damned humans are so lazy and greedy that they do nothing all day and take away so much food from the national treasury for nothing!"
"Your Majesty! That damned Long Junhai keeps diverting money from the national treasury. We're running low on gold and silver!"
"If this continues, it won't be long before the national treasury is emptied!"
"These are all minor matters. The key is that those damned humans are still relying on their numbers to bully us! There have already been many cases of slaves beating their former masters to death in the city!"
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The Minotaur King felt helpless about the reports from the people below. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Now the entire Minotaur Empire needs human protection. In this situation, what else can he do except to be tolerant?
At this time, Princess Wenqin came to the hall. Her appearance made all the civil and military officials very disgusted, because she married a human, and this human was now making things difficult for them everywhere!
"Father, we will negotiate peace with the orc coalition tomorrow. They are bringing a hundred thousand troops and five million human slaves with them. We must be on guard and maintain good relations with the humans. Food, supplies, money, land, and houses must all be distributed. There can be no further delay!"
As soon as Princess Wenqin finished speaking, she was boycotted by all the ministers!
"Princess! You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you manage a household! Do you know how much reserves are left in the treasury? What can we use to distribute to humans?"
"That's right! Our own army is already short on supplies! Why should we give them to humans? We've already given them freedom, what more do they want?"
"They are all pushing their luck! We can't tolerate this any longer!"
Princess Wenqin knew she would face opposition from everyone, but she still insisted, "Father, you must learn to let go now, otherwise it will be too late to regret it later!"
The Bull King pondered for a moment. He knew tomorrow's negotiations would be fraught with danger, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I know exactly what you're thinking, but you must understand: is food important? Money important? Land important? No, none of that matters. The most important thing is life! Without life, there's nothing left! We've reached a critical juncture where our race could be wiped out! What should we do? You can choose for yourselves. If you're willing, cooperate. If you're unwilling, I understand."
"Father! If you don't take a firm stance, the people below won't obey you!"
It is not uncommon to pretend to obey but actually disobey. Now the Bull-Head King's attitude is not firm. Princess Wenqin is worried that if this continues, things will escalate!
"Qin'er! I've done my best! Minotaur are not slaves! What else do you want me to do? Do you want me to kneel down and submit to your husband?"
The Bull Head King has been full of anger recently, but it is difficult for him to vent it. He can only lose his temper in front of his own people. He still has to be respectful when he sees Long Junhai. This kind of experience has never happened before, and it makes him feel humiliated deep in his heart!
Princess Wenqin sighed. She only hoped that things would not get too bad and that the Minotaur Empire could safely survive this crisis!
The next morning, the orc coalition arrived at the city gates. Iron Lion, Black Star, and Bai Rui, the three highest leaders of the coalition, personally conducted the negotiations.
The Minotaur King took a group of generals from the Minotaur Empire out of the city for negotiations. As an outsider, Long Junhai stood on the city wall and watched quietly.
"Husband, do you think this negotiation can go smoothly?" Princess Wenqin asked worriedly.
"It's hard to say. The dignity of your Minotaur Empire is too precious, and the ambition of the Orc Alliance is too great. I don't know who will give in."
Long Junhai guessed correctly. At this moment, the Bull-Headed King and the Iron Lion were in a stalemate as soon as they met.
The main issue is compensation. The Orc Alliance wants five million human slaves, and they want to pay tribute of one million taels of gold and one billion taels of silver to the three empires every year. They also want the land they acquired through previous invasions not to be returned, etc.
The Minotaur Empire was unable to fulfill just the first condition. They used to have only about five million slaves at most, but now they had lost millions of slaves due to the war, and the remaining ones were all liberated by Long Junhai. It could be said that they couldn't even provide a single slave now!
"Ox-Head King, since we all want to negotiate peace, you should show some sincerity! Although you managed to block our attack last time, you may not be so lucky this time!" Military Advisor Bai smiled in a sinister manner, his tone full of threats.
"It's not that we don't have sincerity, but we don't have any slaves. I guess you all don't know the situation within our empire? Now our slaves have long been handed over to the Dragon God Tribe. Not only that, all the land and money have been given to the Dragon God Tribe! The only sincerity we can offer is the little land and money left." The Bull-Head King smiled bitterly. Their once powerful empire has now become nothing!
"What! Gave it to the Dragon God Tribe? The wealth of an empire was given to a small tribe? Are you kidding me?" Tieshi slapped the table and broke it.
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