"Your Majesty..."

From another mansion in Yan City, a call suddenly sounded, interrupting the complicated thoughts in the heart of King Han Wu.

Han Wu looked up and saw that Han Yue, the prime minister of Han Dynasty, was standing in front of him. His face was shadowy in the light of the lights above the table.

Seeing the arrival of his Prime Minister, Han Wu quickly stood up and invited him, "The Prime Minister is coming late at night. He must have something important to tell you. Please take a seat."

After a few breaths, when he sat down on the table below, Han Yue had a rather complicated expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, the King of Wei has sent envoys to persuade other countries to come to Lantian to form an alliance, and it is progressing very smoothly."

"According to the news I have received, the four kings, King Yue, King Ba, Duke Song, and Duke Lu, have already agreed to King Wei's invitation, and I believe they will arrive in Lantian soon."

When Han Wu heard the princes mentioned by Han Yue, he just nodded slightly, but there was no trace of surprise on his face.

Chu State has a vast territory, and these are all princes who have territory bordering Chu State. Seeing that the Lantian Alliance is profitable, they are happy to come, which is not unexpected.

"The Duke of Qin, the Marquis of Zhao, the Marquis of Wei (the Kingdom of Wei was originally a principality, but demoted itself to a marquis at this time), and the Marquis of Shu have also set out on their own journeys, and I believe they will attend this meeting of princes on time."

Regarding the attendance of these four princes, Han Wu can also expect it, because they all have a common identity, vassal states of Wei.

Whether it was done voluntarily or forced, these four princes had almost no chance of resisting the powerful Wei State.

"There is still no news from Yan State in Zhongshan in the north..."

Zhongshan in the north and Chu State in the south are thousands of miles apart, and the Yan State rarely intervenes in the disputes between princes except for surrounding battles. Han Wu was also prepared for the absence of these two countries.

Now that most of the princes in the world have confirmed their attendance at this alliance meeting, and with the Chu Kingdom already confirmed to come, Han Wu only has one suspense left in his mind.

"Prime Minister, has there been any news from Linzi?"

"Your Majesty, we have not received accurate information about our detailed work in Linzi. It seems that Duke Qi is still weighing the pros and cons. As for whether Qi State will come, it is still undecided."

After listening to the answer given by Han Yue, Han Wu's thoughts became more and more complicated.

From South Korea's own perspective, the more princes who come to participate in the Lantian Conference, the better.

The state of Chu was so big and vast that it could be divided among the following countries.

The stronger the princes who come to join the alliance are, the more confident South Korea, one of the victors of this battle, will be, and the more courageous it will be to bite a piece of flesh from Chu, the former southern hegemon.

But from the perspective of the general trend of the world, Han Wu did not want so many princes to come.

It can be foreseen that with the end of the battle against Chu, the Chu State, the only prince that can compete with the Wei State, will inevitably suffer heavy losses and will no longer have the strength to compete with the Wei State.

As time goes by, the strength of the Wei State becomes stronger and stronger day by day, just like the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty who "the world is divided into three parts, and the Zhou Dynasty has two".

If the princes of the world can sincerely unite in the face of the increasingly powerful Wei State, they may not be able to curb its expanding strength and ambitions.

If not, it would be like King Wu meeting the princes in Mengjin in the past, or it would be like the princes disappearing one after another in the past hundreds of years.

Everything depends on how King Wei decides.

"hehe!"

Thinking of this, Han Wu's face showed helplessness and he also let out a bitter smile.

He also said that the princes of the world united to deal with the threat of Wei. At this time, South Korea was tied to the common chariot with the interests of Wei, and it was difficult to get rid of it for a while.

Working together sounds nice, but the discord and bad blood between countries are not so easy to eliminate.

In the face of huge interests, which prince would really give up the benefits at his fingertips to others for the sake of the overall situation.

At least the Dengcheng, Yancheng and other places he was about to acquire were returned to the Chu State in exchange for allies to jointly deal with the Wei State. Han Wu asked himself that it was indeed impossible to do so.

Thinking of this, Han Wu slowly stood up from his seat, and in the blink of an eye, he came to a light in the room.

He gently used the filament on the side to stir up the light. As the light became brighter and brighter, Han Wu's faint voice sounded in the room.

"Xiangguo, how is the prince doing?"

"For your information, Your Majesty, during the days when Your Majesty left Xinzheng, the Crown Prince was appointed to take charge of state affairs for the time being. With the help of all the ministers, the Korean government affairs are stable."

"It's just that the prince seems too obsessed with chess skills..."

"well!"

After hearing Han Yue's report, Han Wu felt a little helpless when he thought of his prince.

To be honest, Han Wu was a little dissatisfied with his future heir.

This son, who loves Go but has little talent for state affairs, might have been called a sage in peacetime.

But what time is it now? There are frequent wars between countries, and life and death among princes.

If the future of South Korea is left in the hands of such a conservative lord, what will happen...

As his thoughts flowed here, Han Wu couldn't help but think of the Wei State, which was originally a behemoth and was expanding at an extremely terrifying speed. Most of the dissatisfaction in his heart suddenly dissipated.

"well!"

There was another sigh, but this sigh was not for South Korea, but for the blood flowing in his body.

Since you know clearly that you are not your opponent, instead of stubbornly resisting, why not be open-minded and maybe get a good result?

Children and grandchildren will have their own children and grandchildren. At this moment, Han Wu only wants to make South Korea stronger in his hands. As for the final outcome...

It depends on the choice of future generations of King Han.

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Not to mention the rather complicated thoughts of Han King Han Wu in Yan City, a report sounded in Chen County of Wei State, which was more than 700 miles away from Yan City.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Your Majesty, Duke Lu has arrived."

When the news came from outside the door, Song Gong in the room quickly put down the slips in his hand that he had read countless times, and walked out the door impatiently.

"I've met Mr. Song!"

"I've met Lu Gong!"

After the two monarchs exchanged greetings, Song Gong, who was one step ahead, quickly assumed the posture of a half-master, took Lu Gong's hand and walked forward.

After a while, when everyone sat down behind the table, Lu Gong, as the guest, was the first to speak.

"I have troubled Duke Song to wait for so many days. I feel really scared. I would also like to thank Duke Song for suggesting that you and I should go to the alliance together. Otherwise, I, the Lu State, would be despised by the other princes if we went alone."

"This friendship between the Song Dynasty and the Lu Kingdom will definitely not be forgotten. I am deeply grateful to Song Gong for protecting our Lu Kingdom like this."

After thanking Song Gong for waiting for him, Lu Gong's topic shifted to another aspect.

"It's just that this alliance is of great importance after all. I don't know how Song is going to deal with it. We, Lu, can also cooperate with it."

Of course, Song Gong would not wait in Chen County for so many days in vain for the belated Lu Gong. Now that the other party had asked him so straightforwardly, Song Gong simply told Song Guo's plan.

In fact, when the envoys from the Wei State arrived in Shangqiu and invited the Song State to go to Lantian to participate in the alliance of princes, the Song State had already, explicitly or covertly, tested the benefits that the Wei State could give the Song State.

When he heard from the envoy that King Wei might intend to transfer part of the land of Chu to Song, Duke Song, who saw the benefits and believed in the credibility of Wei, promised to go to the alliance.

In other words, Song Gong's trip to Lantian was not without purpose, but he was actually going to get the territory he could.

At the same time, in order to get more Chu land from the Wei State, Song Gong, who was afraid that his own Song State was small and weak, also thought of a way.

That is to bring the Lu State to one's side, in order to increase one's weight in the heart of the Wei State or Wei Wang Wei Feng.

This is why Song Guild waited in Chen County for many days until the late Duke Lu came to visit.

They talk about friendly relations between countries, but in fact, all they are pursuing are naked interests.
Chapter completed!