Wanbao Lady

Chapter 405 Negotiation

"What do you mean by this?"

The hand holding the chess piece paused, and Chongfan looked intently at the person opposite him.

Meng Baisheng did not answer immediately, but said earnestly: "Let me ask you a question. If there are two countries, adjacent to each other, with equal national strength, but the country in the south has a superior environment and abundant land, while the country in the north has a bad environment and its people are brave and good at fighting... then, what do you think will happen?"

When these words came out, Chongfan was stunned for a moment, and various historical events from his previous life emerged in his mind.

"I think... I understand a little bit." She sighed.

If we don't fight, it would be totally unreasonable!

And this is not just a small fight, it is definitely a large-scale fight that can last for many years, involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops!

Meng Baisheng smiled faintly, "So, that's why the higher-ups came up with this idea. Draw out the spiritual energy from the ground veins and lock its upper limit..." Having said that, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "It will prevent the environment from giving birth to top powers. In this way, they won't dare to invade without permission, and can only live in the North in an orderly manner!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man put down a chess piece with a "pop".

"For thousands of years, although the Northern Barbarians have had occasional frictions with our Great Zhou, they have always been minor fights and have never dared to invade on a large scale. The northern border of our Great Zhou has been stable for so many years, and I don't know how many casualties have been reduced invisibly."

"The higher-ups have always done this just to protect themselves! After all, according to the national strength of the Great Zhou, if they wanted to march north, the Northern Barbarians would no longer exist."

At this point, the old man suddenly changed the subject, "However, now, many years later, perhaps the power was not contained enough, so the vast snowy river in the far north did not have enough spiritual energy to support it, and part of it collapsed."

After he finished speaking, there was silence for a moment before the sound of chess pieces dropping began to be heard again.

"Then, is there any way for the court to save the situation?"

However, the old man opposite said calmly: "The Spirit Gathering Pillar has cost too much effort from above. It is impossible to cancel it hastily. We can only say that we should try to reduce the impact and losses as much as possible. After a while, everything will be peaceful."

Can there really be peace?

Is this spirit-gathering pillar, which cost a huge amount of manpower and resources to build, really just to weaken the Northern Barbarians and ensure stability on the border?

"But, I heard that the war has started on the border."

The old man nodded and did not deny it. "The higher-ups have already sent messengers to lobby. The chaos won't last long."

-

A few days later.

The royal palace of the Cangyuan tribe.

I saw a burly man with his eyes covered and his eyes wide open, looking extremely angry. "Do you think that you can make up for our losses and calm our anger by taking some random things? I tell you, you are dreaming!"

He pointed at the envoy holding the imperial seal in front of him and cursed.

The envoy did not take it seriously. He spoke in the other party's language, neither humble nor arrogant: "Sir, let me correct you. These are not random things. Whether it is the treasure we promised to suppress the snow river, or the rare spiritual plants, minerals, elixirs, spiritual stones and other things, they are all what you need at the moment. They are priceless treasures! They are really the sincerity of our Great Zhou!"

Another envoy also bowed and stepped forward, saying, "We have an old saying in the Great Zhou Dynasty: He who knows the current situation is a hero. I believe that neither we nor your side want to see the situation escalate, which is not good for everyone. Why don't we all take a step back and let this matter go."

"Where is the Spirit Gathering Pillar?" a Du Meng asked.

"You have already sent envoys to our country before, and I believe you all know the decision."

"Then don't you want to absorb our earth's spiritual energy?"

"I am sincere here. Such disasters will not happen again in the future, and you can still live as before."

"You guys! I'm so mad at you!"

Just as the burly Du Meng was about to take action, he was stopped in time by the relatively rational people around him.

"Geto, you absolutely cannot do that! Killing the messenger will only make the situation worse, and it won't do any good except to vent your anger!"

Hearing this, the burly man's chest heaved with anger. Finally, he angrily shook his hands and turned his back.

-

Lingzhou.

Instrument workshop.

The so-called Weaponry Institute was an exclusive weapon-making institution under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. The Demon-Suppressing Compass, Demon-Suppressing Sword, Sound-Transmitting Mirror and various magic weapons needed by the imperial court were all made by the people of the Weaponry Institute.

On this day, Fang Duan, the dean of the Instrument Making Institute, received such a task.

"What? Refining a treasure within five months to stabilize Yuanbei Xuechuan?"

Fang Duan said in shock.

The messenger smiled and said, "President Fang, your ability is obvious to all! You also know that the barbarians in the north are not good at refining weapons, but the snowy rivers in the far north are not only related to them, but also to us. Think about the floods in Yongzhou and Shuozhou, isn't it because of this? If we can refine a treasure, it will solve the problem once and for all, and we won't have to worry about it!"

Hearing this, Fang Duan glanced at the other person and wanted to complain, but he held it back.

Yes, you don’t worry anymore, but I do!

The snowy rivers of the Far North stretch for 100,000 miles, so this is no small project!

I don’t know how much hair I will lose this time.

Fang Duan touched his hat, thinking about the sparse hair inside it, and felt like crying but had no tears.

He sighed helplessly, "We still don't know the terrain of Xuechuan, and the treasure we have refined..."

Before he could finish his words, the messenger took out a thick scroll as if he had expected it. He said, "This picture was drawn by the northern barbarians themselves. It is clearly marked from top to bottom, left to right, and right to left. Take a look."

Seeing this, Fang Duan immediately took the scroll and unfolded it at the top.

Wow!

The scroll fell to the ground with a swish, and then it stretched out like a carpet, getting longer and longer, and gradually rolled away from the feet.

Gudong.

He couldn't help swallowing, feeling a chill in his heart.

Looking at the scroll, he saw that it was exactly as he said, with every detail carefully marked, with almost no missing parts. His expression became a little better. But when he saw what was drawn below the snowy river on the scroll, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

"Wow! There is a volcano hidden under this snowy river!" he said, pointing at the scroll.

The visitor did not comment, but continued to smile and asked, "How is it, Dean Fang?"

"This... I'll try my best!" Fang Duan sighed.

After sending the other party away, he immediately waved his hand to his trusted people behind him and said, "Go, call all the people in our courtyard who have no work to do!"

"Yes!"

-

Thanks to the compromise of the Cangyuan tribe and the repair and improvement of the formation, the spiritual disorder gradually disappeared.

Even the Feng Shui momentum driven by it has also declined a lot.

In Yongzhou, it was a rare occasion that the rain stopped and the sky cleared up without any monks to quell and suppress the rebellion.

After saying goodbye to Baicaomen, Xu Zhi and others, the three demons set out on their journey back to the mountain.

In a good mood.

While looking at the mountain and river scenery below, they chatted casually.

"Why did the Cangyuan tribe suddenly withdraw their troops?"

"Maybe...some conditions were negotiated with the imperial court!"

"That's good, so that the people of the two tribes won't be dragged into this unprovoked disaster."