Chapter 354 Diplomacy
After Roland rejected all the new church application reports and warned them, those who had been hoping to use this as a test and guess what Roland was thinking also put away their own little thoughts and continued to implement the military reform honestly.

While implementing the military reform, under Roland's instructions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the War Committee finally took action.

With the Executive Committee's diplomatic request in hand and after dozens of days of preparation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to deal with various external forces.

However, the border blockade policy has not been relaxed. The War Committee chose to let diplomats go to the border to deal with representatives of various forces. Anyway, there were no great nobles, kings, or emperors among the representatives who came to visit this time.

They are all ordinary aristocratic diplomatic envoys, they can just find a place to chat.

In Apocalypse City, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in a hurry, with a large number of people moving around and making final preparations for the diplomats' trip.

Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to communicate with the elite of other countries, most of the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are low-level spellcasters with enhanced thinking abilities, and the proportion of knights is relatively small.

For this trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has built an elite diplomatic team with the full support of the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since this exchange is mainly based on human forces, the diplomatic team is mainly composed of humans, but in addition to humans, other races have also selected at least one diplomat.

"Hannah, don't be nervous."

At the gate of Apocalypse City, diplomat Leslie looked at his comrade who was breathing a little faster, smiled, and spoke in a relaxed tone.

Diplomat Hanna glanced at him, sat quietly, took a deep breath, and adjusted his state.

"Hey, don't worry. It will take some time to get from Tianqi to the border. There is no point in adjusting now."

Leslie shrugged and spoke in a relaxed tone.

Hannah was a little discouraged by what he said. He moved closer to Leslie and asked in a low voice.

"I remember that you were on the list of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' first diplomatic activity. Tell me, what are the diplomats from those countries like?"

"Well, a bunch of self-righteous nobles, what else could it be?"

Hearing Hannah's question, Leslie raised his head slightly, thought for a moment, and spoke casually.

"Relax, what we learned in the Ministry is enough for us to face them. Besides, this time is different from the last time."

As he spoke, Leslie's mouth corners slightly raised, and he continued.

"They came to us now."

Hannah was also a little curious after Leslie finished speaking, but just as he was about to say something, Leslie spoke again.

"The car is here, get ready to get on."

Following Leslie's gaze, Hannah saw the carriage approaching and nodded silently.

The diplomatic team boarded the carriage and quickly rushed along the cobblestone road toward the border city.

After arriving at the border city, the diplomatic team quickly got into work mode and began to communicate one by one with the envoys from various countries staying in the city.

According to the requirements of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should adopt a policy of seeking common ground while reserving differences with various external forces and implement the diplomatic requirements of the Executive Committee as much as possible. If any problems or difficulties arise, they can be selectively put aside and discussed in detail later.

However, the Executive Committee's minimum requirement is that all parties recognize the War Council's rule over Donnar and allow each other to conduct normal commercial trade.

As long as this minimum requirement can be met, then we can talk. If even this requirement cannot be met, then there is no need to talk.

In addition to these two requirements, if other conditions can be negotiated, such as: border demarcation, abolition of the unequal treaties signed by Eleanor, freedom of religion, etc.

Of course, these executive committees just mentioned them casually. It would be great if they could be negotiated. If they can’t, it doesn’t matter.

After all, once the War Council defeats the United Army and unifies all forces in Donnar except the Greenskin Warlords, they will have no other choice.

Although the Executive Committee's requirements were not high, the diplomatic team assembled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not relax but worked at its best.

Since its establishment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the only one among the major departments that has no clear achievements.

Among the current major departments, even the Management Department, which is only responsible for religious belief affairs, has made many achievements. It has brought all kinds of religious beliefs of the War Committee under control, and all kinds of messy cults have also been struck hard by the Management Department and wiped out cleanly and efficiently.

It can be said that the Administration Department managed religious affairs in an orderly manner. Even during the war, ordinary officials within the Administration Department who were not drafted to the battlefield successfully suppressed the birth of cults, nipped a large number of cult beliefs in the bud, and ensured the stability of the War Committee's rear.

As for other departments, it goes without saying that other departments are also important forces in promoting the development of the committee.

Only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has almost no achievements. The last time Roland asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek support from the countries of Rasinal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs messed it up and only obtained some intelligence.

Therefore, everyone in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches great importance to this diplomatic activity and they must prove their abilities.

Thanks to their efforts, combined with the advantages of the War Council, the diplomatic situation can be said to be very good.

After learning from various channels that Kan'aozu was killed by Roland, diplomatic envoys from various countries agreed to the two minimum requirements of the War Council.

In their view, the War Council will sooner or later be the only force in Donnar. As for the United Army, it will be swallowed up sooner or later. The only question is how the War Council will swallow up the United Army.

Apart from the two minimum requirements, the negotiations on other conditions were relatively smooth.

Regarding the border issue, the Northern Kingdom and the War Council quickly reached a consensus. The Northern Kingdom acknowledged that the War Council would own all the territories of the Central Kingdom, and the border between the two countries remained in its original position.

After all, the Kingdom of the North is now powerless, the current king is very old, and there are many internal conflicts over the throne. The gray orcs, orcs and humans are fighting against each other, and civil war is almost imminent. How can it have the energy to argue with the War Council about territorial issues?

The Northern Kingdom didn't want to care about all the mess outside. If the legendary war hadn't broken out in Donnar, the Northern Kingdom wouldn't have thought of sending an envoy over.

Therefore, since neither the Northern Kingdom nor the War Council wanted to cause trouble, the two sides quickly reached a reconciliation.

However, compared to the Northern Kingdom, the talks between the War Council and the Silver Empire were not so smooth.

After the collapse of the Central Kingdom, the Silver Empire tore up the agreement it had made with the Central Kingdom, and threw the heroes of the Rose War to the border, asking them to develop the buffer zone that had been tacitly formed between the two empires.

Now, these heroes have already established a firm foothold in the buffer zone. It is impossible to order them to withdraw again.

Although the Silver Empire was suppressing the heroes of the Rose War, it was reasonable to suppress them in the rules, but it was not good to force them to withdraw because of the requirements of the War Committee. The main reason was that the Silver Empire did not want to provide compensation to these border nobles. If they were to give up their current territories, they would have to cut their own flesh. How could that be possible?
Therefore, the Silver Empire naturally could not agree to the War Council diplomats' request to follow the previous border demarcation.

In addition to the border issue, the Silver Empire also had an ambiguous attitude towards the traitorous treaty signed by Eleanor of the United Army.

The envoy of the Silver Empire said that the treaty could be negotiated, the land and power could be given up, but the principal and interest had to be repaid.

The diplomats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who were responsible for negotiations with the Silver Empire were speechless at the Silver Empire's outrageous demands.

The War Council is not a pushover. They are asking for such a huge amount of money. Are they crazy?

In response, the diplomat naturally changed the subject flexibly and ended the negotiations hastily.

Afterwards, in private, the diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs successfully obtained intelligence about the Silver Empire with their flexible tactics.

The Silver Empire is a country based on the aristocratic feudal system. Although the Silver Family is the only dominant family, the power of other nobles is also very large.

Therefore, although the Silver Family did not intend to ask the War Council to fulfill the treaties, they intended to abolish these treaties as a requirement and make the War Council recognize the current occupation of the buffer zone by the border nobles in order to reach a reconciliation with the War Council.

However, the Silver Family thought so, but the other nobles did not think so. They had also signed a treaty of sale with Eleanor. The Silver Family was willing to bear the losses, but they were not.

Therefore, they placed their own people into the diplomatic team and tried to ask for money from the War Council under the banner of the Silver Empire.

Of course, this is just the surface situation.

After multiple investigations and wiretapping, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quickly came to the conclusion that the Silver Family must have known about these circumstances, and that these nobles who leaked the information were most likely doing so on purpose.

If the War Council agrees, the Silver Family will gladly accept the compensation, and if the War Council refuses, the Silver Family will deliberately use these nobles as shields.

After understanding the general situation, the diplomats of the War Committee naturally struck back hard.

What a bullshit treaty! That was negotiated between you and the United Forces. If you need money, go to the United Forces. Why are you asking our War Committee? We have no money.

There is no money and no life. All treaties are just waste paper unless they are signed by the War Council.

The War Council is now undergoing transformation and has no resources or money to fill this huge hole.

If the Silver Empire had a smaller appetite, it would not be impossible for the War Council to spend some money. However, the Silver Empire was asking for too much, and the amount of resources and money it wanted was staggering.

According to the plan, if the War Council makes every effort to repay these debts, it may take ten years or even longer for the War Council to repay them completely.

Unless everyone in the War Council is crazy, no one will accept the Silver Empire's unreasonable demands.

All the resources for the War Committee's war preparedness plan were accumulated by the War Committee itself, and the Silver Empire did not provide them with any support at all.

Faced with the War Council's firm refusal, the Silver Empire and the War Council naturally parted ways unhappily.

However, only the Silver Empire had so many troubles, and the rest of the visiting forces basically reached a settlement as quickly as the Northern Kingdom.

Forces like the Grape Lords' Alliance, the Silver Empire to the west and south, and the Grand Duchy and Kingdom of Donnar that had never interfered with the War Council, basically completed the reconciliation smoothly.

In addition to these national forces, the Foreign Affairs Department of the War Council also received dwarf representatives from the North Sea and silver dwarf representatives.

As for the former, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is naturally very enthusiastic. Anyone who has used the strange machine knows the role it played in this war. The soldiers who had previously resisted the green tide at the northern wall generally spoke highly of the strange machine.

The soldiers naturally noticed the tenacious and powerful fighting ability of the dwarf artificer.

The northern wall previously gathered all the extraordinary people of the entire war committee, so diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also recruited there.

Therefore, they are quite respectful to the dwarf artificers within the committee, so they are also very friendly to the bay dwarves who are of the same origin as them, from the North Sea.

After learning about the ideas of the Bay Dwarfs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately passed the news to the Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee forwarded the news to the current leader of the dwarfs within the committee: Siqi.

Let Siqi rush to the border and have a good talk with the representatives of the same ethnic group sent by Beihai, and strive to get more deceptions, no, more autonomous territories to come.

The Executive Committee had already informed Siqi in advance that as long as he was willing to come and abide by the Golden Rule, the War Committee's previous promise would still be valid, and the Committee would accept as many people as came.

Not to mention a few autonomous territories, even if the entire dwarf race moved here now, the committee would be happy to accept it.

The committee now lacks everything except land.

Compared with the good attitude towards the dwarves, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not so friendly to the silver dwarves who had previously chosen to flee to Sinnar.

You chose to run away in the first place, and now you want to run back? You are dreaming.

However, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a bad attitude towards them, it still reported the situation to the Executive Committee.

In response to this, thirteen executive committee members, including Roland, summoned the dwarf elders who were currently in charge of the Silver Clan within the committee.

After consultation and discussion, the dwarf elders of the Silver Clan decided to refuse to recognize Hamar as the patriarch of their clan and to establish a new branch.

Since they occupy the Silver Gate, the Silver Dwarf elders will declare that they are the orthodox Silver Clan. As for the exiled Silver Clan led by Hamar, they are naturally not orthodox.

At the same time, under the name of the New Silver Clan, it was formally incorporated into the War Council, became a member of the War Council, and provided the War Council with the legal basis for occupying the Silver Gate.

The Executive Committee also agreed with their idea.

Therefore, after the Executive Committee and the dwarf elders reached an agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also received new orders from the Executive Committee.

After receiving the order from the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also knew what they should do.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the document issued by the new Silver Clan composed of Silver Dwarf elders and told the Silver Dwarf representatives sent by Hamar that the Silver Clan had joined the War Council. What is this Silver Clan you are talking about?
Could it be that he thought the Baiyin Clan was destroyed and wanted to take advantage of it and wipe out the entire clan?

Under the testimony given by the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the silver dwarf representatives sent by Hamar finally left in disgrace.

(End of this chapter)