The Great Zhou's efficiency was still impressive. After receiving Zhou Xu's reply, they quickly sprang into action.
After a brief discussion, the two sides directly set the meeting location at the border of the new district.
If Kong Daqian was an experienced old fox, then Morton was a bona fide rookie before him—clever enough, but lacking experience.
When facing an opponent at the level of an old fox like Kong Daqian, if you lacked experience, you had better have a thicker skin, even shameless enough to stink. Otherwise, it would be all too easy for the other party to toy with you.
Morton clearly did not possess the virtue of thick skin. The Elf race cared about appearances, and that meant suffering losses in many situations. This made Morton deeply realize that his little bit of Armchair Strategist ability was completely inadequate in actual combat.
The entire negotiation was basically under Kong Daqian's control, but Morton was not suffering too badly. In fact, the overall atmosphere of the negotiations was fairly relaxed.
That was because the Great Zhou's approach from the very beginning had been to satisfy the Elf race's reasonable conditions as much as possible.
Although they had the Elf race firmly in their grasp, they ultimately wanted the elves to willingly serve the Great Zhou. Naturally, they could not go too far in such a matter. They also had to let the Elf race see their sincerity.
The final agreement was for the Elf race to submit to the Great Zhou. Wright would retain his status as Elf King, while the Elf Forest would be designated as an autonomous region for the elves.
So long as they obeyed the Great Zhou's laws and fulfilled the duties of Great Zhou citizens, the Elf King would be allowed greater autonomy