Chapter 1226 Negotiations between the two parties
If the two parties, the Luosha Republic headed by Peter and the Smith Kingdom headed by Fisher, want to negotiate and need a middleman to mediate, then the most suitable candidate at the moment is undoubtedly Narga, the former King's Hand.
The current situation was somewhat within Narga's expectations.
The fact that the revolutionary army had Peter, a powerful warrior in the Vajra Realm, was indeed far beyond his expectations. But even so, he was only on par with Fisher.
With the advantage of city defense, it is good enough to be able to protect themselves. It is obviously unrealistic to defeat the army led by Fisher.
Narga had realized this when he met Peter before.
However, given his situation at the time, it was obviously inappropriate to say this, so he simply remained silent and waited for the situation to change.
As it turned out, so far, everything has basically been as he expected.
After hearing the news that the Rakshasa Republic was planning to negotiate, Fisher's spirits were visibly lifted. After all, he had this idea in mind a long time ago. If they continued to fight like this, they would only be depleting the internal strength of their Smith Kingdom.
However, when talking to outsiders, he still spoke very toughly.
"Humph! A mere rebel, have you finally given up and are ready to surrender to me?"
He almost said, "Look, you all saw it, they are the ones who need to negotiate, not me!"
He preached all the way and led his troops to the negotiation site in an extremely high-profile manner.
To put it simply, the location was outside the city. The troops of the Rakshasa Republic were on standby inside the city, while Fisher's troops remained on the outskirts of the battlefield. Peter took Narga and Fisher forward at the same time and went to the middle to talk.
Fisher was not at all panicked about this.
He is a warrior at the Vajra Realm level. Even if he really has a bad condition, he can rely on the Qi shield to escape unscathed. He is a man of great skill and courage.
"Lord Narga."
Unlike Smith V, who was a good-for-nothing, the Smith Kingdom had no problems with its internal affairs in recent years, and it can be said that it was all thanks to the other party.
As a general, he would definitely not be good at handling internal affairs even if he became king. He would still need someone to be his king's hand.
Therefore, Fisher has always had some respect for Narga.
In response, Narga nodded slightly in return as usual.
After a brief greeting with the other party, Fisher's eyes fell directly on Peter.
During this period of time, they had many face-to-face fights, so if they really wanted to talk about it now, they were not strangers to each other.
Fisher didn't waste time talking to him and said directly...
"There is nothing much to say about this matter. As long as you surrender and submit to me, I can forgive their crimes and grant them the status of official citizens of the Smith Kingdom. I have said this before and it is still valid now. In addition, I can also enthrone you as a general!"
Fisher had already figured it out in his mind at this point. That guy named Peter was, after all, a warrior at the Vajra Realm level. As long as the other party was willing to surrender, he wouldn't mind giving him some power and status.
In Fisher's opinion, this was already a great privilege. You know, these guys, including Peter, were just slaves of their Smith Kingdom before!
But Peter was obviously not satisfied with this arrangement.
He endured hardships for so many years just to be Fisher's dog?
"I don't accept it."
"Don't push your luck!"
Fisher frowned when he heard this. He has never had a good temper.
The reason why Chunchun was so easy to talk to Zhou Xu before was simply because he didn’t have the strength enough.
But who the hell is Peter? How dare he act so arrogantly in front of him?
For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became tense.
When Narga saw that something was wrong, he immediately spoke out to comfort her.
At this moment, both sides attach great importance to Narga's ability to govern. No matter who is in power in the future, they still hope that Narga can continue to govern, so naturally they have to give face to the other party.
"Since you are here to negotiate, Mr. Fisher should at least listen to his conditions first, so that we can start the discussion."
"You have a point."
Fisher pouted in dissatisfaction, mainly because he didn't want to fight anymore, but he couldn't control his emotions. Now that Narga handed him the ladder, he naturally went down the stairs.
"Tell me, what do you want?"
Seeing this, Peter simply extended two fingers.
"Two conditions."
"First, free all slaves and give them equal status."
"Second, abolish the monarchy and replace it with a parliamentary republic."
When Peter said the first point, Fisher's eyebrows were already twisted into a knot.
But Fisher really didn't want to continue fighting, so he patiently listened to Peter's second condition.
Although he didn't know what the parliamentary republic was, he understood the first half of the sentence about abolishing the monarchy.
Isn't this just not allowing him to be king? !
"You're just dreaming! Don't even think about it!!"
This made Fisher explode.
The slaves who now make up the Rakshasa Republic have all escaped, and it is estimated that their masters are also dead.
Then in order to resolve the civil unrest, he could just promise to pardon the other party's guilt and grant them official citizenship. Anyway, those dead people wouldn't come to settle accounts with him.
But in the other three cities he occupied, the slaves all had owners.
According to the laws of their Smith Kingdom, those slaves were the private property of the slave owners.
If he accepted this condition, it would be equivalent to damaging the interests of all existing slave owners, and his reputation among the black community would inevitably suffer a huge blow! He would even be directly regarded as a traitor and hostile by a large number of black people! He wanted to be a king. Once a king is deserted by his friends and relatives and has no one to support him, even if he is strong enough, he will not have a good ending.
He is not a fool, and Fisher is clear about this kind of thing.
He needed to gain the support of the people at home. In his view, this suppression of the rebellion was a good opportunity. It just so happened that Smith V was dead. After successfully suppressing the rebellion, his ascension to the throne would be a natural thing.
Under this premise, the second condition is even more outrageous.
Indeed, after his grandfather failed in his bid for the throne, their branch became a side branch, and by his generation, they were already the third generation. Compared with the direct lineage of the Smith royal family, each generation was more distant than the previous one.
But it cannot change the fact that his last name is still Smith!
The second condition is equivalent to prying the foundation of the Smith royal family!
No, they are directly trying to steal his throne! How could Fisher, who has been eyeing the throne for a long time, accept this? ! (End of this chapter)
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