Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 476 Dissatisfaction with the Peace Talks
On the premise that both parties were willing to negotiate, and with Perfectoc's powerful military deterrence as a guarantee, the negotiations were finally able to proceed smoothly.

Although the two sides had very heated discussions on many issues after sitting down at the negotiating table, and it even almost developed to the point of physical violence, at least the war no longer had to be fought.

Perfect sent his initial intention for peace talks to the imperial center via telegram.

Although it was somewhat difficult for the Imperial Center to accept allowing this group of rebels to establish an autonomous region, under the strong promotion of Perfectcot, the Imperial Center still reluctantly accepted the result of the peace talks.

After all, they also knew that it would be a huge expense for the empire to really mobilize elite troops to suppress the riot. At this stage, they naturally had to save as much as possible.

The Steam Knights could indeed quickly defeat the revolutionary army, and even suppress the riot, but the problem was that the Steam Knights' actions were heavily dependent on logistical supplies, and their numbers were also very limited. Could we expect a dozen knights to capture a city?
They can neither do such a thing nor have the need to do so.

After all, wars always involve costs. At times like this, instead of spending huge amounts of money to quell the rebellion, it is better to simply resolve the problem through peace talks.

The imperial center also took into account the cost of suppressing the rebellion, so it reluctantly accepted Perfectoct's peace talks.

In fact, for the core of the empire, peace talks are acceptable. The reason why they feel uncomfortable is mainly because of the dominion promised by Perfectcot.

The Victorian Empire is not the United Kingdom that had begun to decline after World War I. The empire has sufficient strength and ability to maintain its colonies and suppress various problems in the colonies.

This is just like the American War of Independence in the original world. Without the French's help, which cost them everything they had, the Americans would have no chance of succeeding in gaining independence.

Although Americans brag a lot about the War of Independence, it cannot conceal the fact that, except for an expedition to Canada in the early stages of the war, the Americans had always adopted a defensive strategy, waiting for intervention from overseas forces.

Without the interference of anti-British forces such as France, the Netherlands and Spain, which diverted Britain's main energy and manpower, the Americans would have been defeated by the British.

This can be seen in the subsequent war between the United States and Canada, where Canadian militia directly attacked Washington and burned down the White House.

The reason why the White House is called the White House is that after Canadian militia burned it down, the Americans repainted it white to cover up the shame.

Therefore, in the eyes of the imperial center, as the lord of the north, Perfecto holds a large number of troops and can completely crush the revolutionary army in the New World colonies.

Even if they feel the cost is too great and do not want to go to war, they can still get more favorable conditions than they have now, rather than allowing the other side to gain independent sovereignty in fact.

However, this situation is not unacceptable to the Empire at the moment. After all, although the Dominion has gained independent sovereignty, it is still nominally a part of the Empire.

In addition to the arrival of the doomsday, the great changes in the international environment, and the change of the core territory of the empire to the North, even if the dominion has independent sovereignty, it still needs to rely on the empire in fact to survive. After all, without the help of the empire, the New World colonies alone cannot survive this doomsday disaster, let alone the dominions separated from the New World colonies.

Even though the territories occupied by the Dominions are basically relatively more industrially developed areas in the New World colonies, they still cannot rely on their own strength to solve the problem of how to deal with the doomsday crisis.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Imperial Center, the independence of the dominions is just a nice-sounding name; in essence, they are still territories under the control of the Empire.

It was precisely because of this that the Imperial Center, after discussing it and feeling that there were no major problems, agreed to the peace agreement signed between Perfectoct and the Revolutionary Army.

But just because the Imperial Center didn't have much opinion on this matter didn't mean that others didn't have any opinion.

"Count Brandlis, how could you negotiate with these rebels in private! This is betraying the interests of the empire! You didn't even discuss it with me, the governor of the New World colonies! This is an internal affair of our New World colonies!" The governor of the New World colonies angrily found Perfecto and expressed his dissatisfaction to her in harsh words.

Then, a knight's sword was placed on his neck.

"If you can't speak properly, I don't mind the Empire changing a governor of the New World." Perfect didn't even look up. He just waved his hand to signal Samantha to put the sword back before saying, "Governor, I hope you understand that it was because you were unable to solve the riot problem of the revolutionary army that the North sent reinforcements to the New World colonies.

However, you couldn't even guarantee the safety of the generals I sent! Major General Richard was assassinated and his headquarters was even attacked! This was all caused by your incompetence!
When I first arrived in the New World, I was assassinated in the city of New Shock. Now my general has been assassinated again. This makes me doubt your ability!
Not to mention, under your governance, the New World colonies not only have independence issues, but now there are also workers rioting! How useless are you to let so many problems arise in the colonies that the Empire has been developing for less than a hundred years?"

Although the revolutionary army's riots were caused by Perfecto's secret instigation, the problems of the New World colonies themselves cannot be ignored.

When Perfect arrived here three years ago, the independence movement was already in full swing, with independence party members even daring to assassinate imperial nobles in the streets, and it seemed like a powder keg was about to be ignited.

If Perfect had not suppressed this trend with bloody and brutal means, the entire New World colonies would have been separated from the empire if there had been any interference from external forces in the past three years.

As for the fact that the governor did not make effective preparations for three years when he knew that the end of the world was approaching, that was not a particularly serious problem.

Therefore, Perfect had actually been very dissatisfied with him for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that this governor had done a good job in cooperating with her in building the northern border, I'm afraid there would be another governor standing in front of her now.

"Even if all these are my responsibilities, it is not your turn to interfere in the affairs of the New World! I am the Governor of the New World appointed by the Queen!" The Governor of the New World felt embarrassed after being scolded by Perfectcot, so he confronted Perfectcot in a fit of anger.

(End of this chapter)