Chapter 471: Win-win
"Two, please calm down, don't be too impulsive." Monty said with a hurried smile. Now, his duty is to act as a peacemaker and secretly fight for the best interests of France.
Ritchie knew that Rans would not give in, so he had to give up and agreed to the first article proposed by France.
"As for the request of His Excellency Aubrey to protect the interests of the Aubrey family from violation, there is no problem. I have ordered the troops and no one will infringe on the interests of the Aubrey family. However, there is also a premise, that is, the Aubrey family cannot do anything that harms our interests. Otherwise, our country will not have to comply with any agreement." Lans said.
"This is what I should do. I can answer you clearly that the Aubrey family will never do anything that will harm the interests of France." Ritchie said.
"The last one is that Your Excellency Aubrey wants to become the spokesperson of our country in Nordic Europe. Your Majesty of Our Country has agreed to this one. Our country must enthrone Your Excellency Aubrey as the Governor of Nordic Europe. It should be good if it is only responsible to His Majesty the Emperor." Lan Shi said with a smile. In fact, he was full of disdain and contempt for this position.
Ricci was not very happy. Because Aubrey gave him the instructions to try his best to win the French side's approval of him as the new king of Sweden. If this is not possible, make other considerations. However, it is obviously France's bottom line, and the Frenchman will not give in. Therefore, Ricci had to find a way to get as much benefits as possible in other aspects.
"I wonder what powers the position of Nordic Governor has?" Richie asked.
"Power? I don't know if the nominal Supreme Chief Executive of the Nordic region counts?" said Lan Shi. In his heart, he was already laughing so hard that he couldn't do it. The position of the Nordic Governor has no power at all.
Ricci's face suddenly fell. He had already heard that the Nordic Governor was just a false title and had no practical significance. The power will eventually be in the hands of the French, and Aubrey will exist as a puppet.
This is definitely not something Aubrey can agree to. So, Ritchie must fight for it. "Marty Marshal Lans, you are not kidding. A governor who does not have any real power will have to exchange for a huge fortune. Do you think this is possible?" Ritchie said.
"Why don't you have any actual power? At that time, officials in the entire Nordic region will need to swear to him before they can take office." Lan Shi argued.
The negotiations between the two sides were in a deadlock. After Monty's handling, the two sides started to talk again. And they began to argue for a little bit of profit. Monty really admired Rans. They were so old that they could argue so fiercely with Ritch and the others.
"Mr. Richie, you should know that this is the greatest concession in our country. According to the wishes of His Majesty, anyone who caused this war should be executed as a soldier and war criminal. All those who would be sent to the gallows will be confiscated. Now, not only did we not confiscate the property of the Lord Aubrey, nor did we send him to the gallows, but we also appointed him as the governor of Nordics. This is a great gift from the scholars to him." Lan Shi said.
"But my master has the news that you urgently need. Everyone knows how valuable those treasures are. With them, France can not only recover the losses in this war, but also increase the French treasury a lot. Especially now is a critical period for your country and the United States to rectify the entire Atlantic Ocean. With the addition of this wealth, I believe that your country will be much easier in the future war." Ritchie said. The scholars are already very clear about the importance of those treasures to France, so they have always insisted on refusing to give in.
After a fierce quarrel, the two finally reached an agreement. That is, in the future Nordic government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance must be held by the French. Aubrey will not have the power to remove them. At the same time, Nordic fiscal revenue will be handed over 20% of it to France. In addition, France will station four divisions in Nordic Europe, one in Cappel Schell in northern Stockholm. One in Gothenburg, the other in Oslo, and finally in northern Sweden. At the same time, Nordic will form an army of 200,000 troops, trained and led by French officials. When the war broke out, France has the right to require this army to join the French station sequence. Nordic police forces will also be trained by France.
In this way, the entire Nordic would be completely in the hands of France. If Aubrey had any trouble, the French could immediately drive him from the position of the Governor of the Nordic.
Originally, Rich did not agree to these harsh conditions proposed by France. However, Rans became tough. If Rich didn't even accept these, the French army would immediately march into northern Sweden, and at the same time, the property of the Aubrey family would be confiscated. As for those women, the fate would be even more miserable. Hundreds of thousands of French troops in Northern Europe, but they had not touched women for several months.
Ritchie was very angry about Lanshi's rogue behavior, but there was no way. In the end, he had to agree to Lanshi's request.
As for the issue of Xiao Jie's request to take all the high-quality iron ore in Sweden into France, it was also severely protested by Ritchie. However, compared with life, the value of iron ore is much smaller. Therefore, he had to abandon those high-quality iron ore.
Chapter completed!