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Chapter 1436 The Flattered Scottish Messenger

When the Scottish Committee arrived in the City of London, it was welcomed by many members of Parliament and the people of the City of London, which made them feel that they did not come to claim compensation, but returned triumphantly...

This weird feeling made Leslie, the commander-in-chief of the Scottish Covenant Army, dumbfounded.People who don't know think that the English army defeated the Scottish army.

Negotiations with King Charles I took place at the palace, and a compromise was reached on truce and compensation.

The Scottish Committee put forward three conditions, one is the truce between England and Scotland, the other is to abolish the bishop that Charles I forcibly established in Scotland, respect the beliefs of the Scots, and the third is that Charles I needs to compensate the Scots for a total of 300000 losses due to the war GBP.

For these three conditions, Charles I, who was eager to let the Covenant Army withdraw from the territory of England, obviously learned his lesson, and agreed to all of them. The only thing he fought for was the compensation for the Scots. Pay in equal installments for 300000 years.

The Scottish Committee had expected that Charles I would complain or be unwilling to pay the 30 pounds in compensation, but Charles I easily agreed to this clause, which made them feel even more weird.

What happened to the City of London? !Leslie, who was in the Scottish committee, saw that the city of London welcomed them, and the king was eager to send money to him. Is this really what the defeated should have?
"This is not a reparation, this is brotherly aid. If £30 can make the Scots live a better life, then you can take it. I apologize to the 100 million Scots for my barbaric behavior." Charles I, holding the hands of the Scottish envoys, almost burst into tears.

The Scottish envoys were all at a loss.My God, is this still the King Charles they know!

"General Leslie, I intend to make you the first Earl of Living." Charles I offered an olive branch to Leslie, who was nearly sixty years old.

Leslie was completely shocked.He is not an aristocrat, but the illegitimate son of a Scottish militia captain. He was an illiterate man. After 30 years of struggling in the armies of the Netherlands and Sweden, he gradually became a great soldier and became a field marshal of Sweden. Played by King Gustav II of Sweden.

After returning to Scotland, although he served as the commander-in-chief of the Covenant Army, his background was still an embarrassing thing for him, especially under the premise that a large number of officers were served by nobles, his background seemed quite humble.

And the only one who has the right to make a person a nobleman is Charles I, who is also King of England and King of Scotland.

Now King Charles is going to create a title of Earl Levin for him, which simply makes him and his family prominent!

He will not be an illegitimate son, but the first Earl of Living in Scotland, and in the future his eldest son will also inherit the title of Earl and become the second Earl of Living.

There are not many people who can allow Charles I to create the earl himself!
Even Leslie, who once served as a field marshal of Sweden, had to admit that being a nobleman was undoubtedly a huge temptation for him.

"Your Majesty the King, it is a great honor to be appointed by you. After the two countries are at peace and the bishop is abolished, Scotland will still be a subject under your rule. May the two countries be friendly forever." Leslie saw that Charles I seemed to really have The determination to negotiate peace with Scotland has thrown out such a valuable "gift", of course he accepted it bluntly.

Charles I also seemed to be very satisfied with Leslie's response. After signing the final armistice treaty with the members of the Scottish Committee, he personally sent the members of the Scottish Committee out of the palace and greeted them in various ways.

The Earl of Stratford looked at the Scottish committee that had left, and said to Charles I: "Your Majesty, why don't you want to delay the peace talks? If the Scots are dragged out of their temper, they will reduce the compensation for the treaty themselves, and then we can Send them off without paying £30. And give Leslie an earl, who is your enemy, the king..."

"If I don't send them away soon, I will pay them 850 pounds more compensation for every day their Covenanters stay on English soil, and those people in Parliament don't know what demonstrations will be held during the negotiations. Send them away as soon as possible, and after my Royal Guards have become trustworthy under the training of Eastern officers, I will attack Scotland again and take back all I have lost. As for the title of earl, it is only to stabilize Ley Slee’s false title is nothing more than a false title. The Battle of Newcastle taught me many things, false name is the least important thing, the most important thing is to have strength, and before you have strength, you must learn to endure.” Charles I also witnessed the members of the Scottish Council Returning to my residence, I feel complicated.

If Newcastle is the lesson that Charlie learned at a price, then the price is too great, so big that he needs to borrow 40 pounds from foreign allies.

The members of the Scottish Committee returned to their temporary residence in the City of London, still in disbelief that the negotiations had ended so easily.

Instead of being furious, King Charles "kindly" signed a final armistice treaty with them, compensated them with 30 pounds, and also made Leslie, who led the Covenant Army, an earl.

This script is completely different from what they imagined.They imagined that King Charles would be furious, accusing them of betraying their king by the Covenant Army, but instead of being furious, the king became more enthusiastic.

"Lord, there's something weird and wrong about this city of London. I reckon we'd better hurry back to Scotland."

"The king was so kind to us that it made me feel that we Scotland did something wrong. This feeling is worse than losing a battle."

The envoys from Scotland feel that the city of London is full of things that are not right.

"It's really strange, what happened in the city of London...Earl Levin, I have become an earl." Leslie, who was born as an ordinary soldier, still couldn't react.

No matter how unpopular Charles I was with the people of Scotland, he was still the nominal king of Scotland. His appointment would be affirmed by the noble circle, and he would be able to join the ranks of the Scottish nobles.

"Gentlemen, Pym and Hampton, former members of the English Parliament, are here to visit." A Scottish guard guarding the door announced.

(End of this chapter)