6th month, 15th day, Shanhai City, Xia Palace, west hall.
At 10 AM, all the famous media outlets in China gathered here to witness a glorious moment. The Great Xia Dynasty's Xia King and Stone City Lord Wufu were going to sign a suzerain agreement.
No one expected that the Xia King, who had just returned to China, would drop such a huge bomb.
10 minutes later, Ouyang Shuo and Wufu appeared in the hall together. Under the witness of numerous people, they signed the agreement.
After signing the agreement, Ouyang Shuo and Wufu did not leave right away. Instead, they agreed to answer a few questions from the media.
The moment he said that, all the media reporters raised their hands. They really wanted to know what was going on. Ouyang Shuo smiled and chose the name of the Quick Daily News.
"May I ask the Xia King, is Stone City still a member of the Shanhai Alliance since the Great Xia Dynasty is their suzerain?"
Ouyang Shuo replied, "The cooperation between Stone City and the Great Xia Dynasty is still within the framework of the alliance. This is a closer cooperation within the alliance."
Following which, someone asked Wufu, "Lord Wufu, for you to suddenly accept the Great Xia Dynasty as your suzerain, are you being threatened? Is there anything behind it?"
Wufu was really calm, "The Great Xia Dynasty is recognized as the top territory in the world, and the Xia King is my friend. This cooperation is based on the strategic choice of the territory. There is no inside story."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and continued, "If there was an inside story, why would we need to invite all of you?"
"Haha!"
Friendly laughter broke out in the hall. As for whether or not they believed him, no one knew.
After the interlude, someone asked, "Xia King, as the suzerain of Stone City, what do you think about the recent conflict between Handan City and Stone City?"
After this person said that, the entire hall fell silent as they all looked toward Ouyang Shuo. The media was the most sensitive, and they could feel that this was the true reason behind Stone City's actions.
Ouyang Shuo was mentally prepared, so he crossed his arms in front of his chest and solemnly said, "As the suzerain, the Great Xia Dynasty has the duty to protect the strategic safety of Stone City. If Handan City provokes us or causes trouble for no reason, it will be seen as a challenge to the Great Xia Dynasty. "
This was a declaration of war.
"Hua ~"
The reporters were all so excited that they were trembling as they hurriedly recorded down Ouyang Shuo's words.
"Gossip, big gossip!"
Some reporters had even thought of tomorrow's headline — "The Great Xia Dynasty declares war on Handan City!"
Ouyang Shuo continued to answer a few more questions before the signing ceremony officially came to an end. The moment the news conference ended, the news of Stone City worshipping the Great Xia Dynasty as their suzerain spread across the entire China region.
The entire China region was once again in turmoil.
As the top territory in the world, every action of the Great Xia Dynasty would attract the attention of the masses, much less such explosive news.
Some busybodies even asserted, "China is going to change!"
At the same time, the 4th legion of the Leopard Legion Corps housed at the border of Zhen An Prefecture received the order and immediately rushed to Shanhai City to teleport to Stone City to fulfill the promise of the Great Xia Dynasty.
And as early as a few days ago, the teaching brigade led by Cai Mao had already boarded ten warships and embarked on the journey to Binhai Bay, shouldering the heavy responsibility of establishing the Binhai Fleet.
Stone City had also started to recruit soldiers to prepare for the establishment of the Binhai Squadron.
Hence, all of this was bad news for Handan City.
…
Zhili Province, Handan City.
After learning that the Great Xia Dynasty had signed a suzerain agreement with Stone City, Di Chen felt really bad. To Di Chen, who wanted to take down the entire Zhili Province, this was undoubtedly bad news.
The Yanhuang Alliance had tried to enjoy the suzerain treatment in Yunnan City-State, but they did not get what they wanted. Who knew that the Great Xia Dynasty would snatch it first?
"It seems that our oppression of Stone City a while ago has backfired on us." Di Chen was a little regretful. He did not expect Wufu to be so useless, unable to handle a little bit of pressure.
"What a coward!" Di Chen was furious.
Di Chen's actions were not without reason. He wanted to take down Stone City but was also worried that his actions would attract the attention of the Great Xia Dynasty, which was why he chose to compromise.
Di Chen wanted to use the method of boiling the frog in warm water to slowly eat away at Stone City. Who knew that this frog would not play by the rules and jump into the bowl of the Great Xia Dynasty without any hesitation?
"The old fox took advantage of us." Di Chen was filled with regret.
Juedai Fenghua was speechless. In truth, she had already reminded Di Chen that he should either not do anything to Stone City, or he should deal a fatal blow and not give the Great Xia Dynasty a chance to interfere.
Unfortunately, Di Chen did not listen.
Now, Stone City had totally sided with the Great Xia Dynasty, and the situation in the north was getting worse and worse for Handan City.
Di Chen gritted his teeth and suddenly said, "Since we have reached such a stage, I need to tell grandfather that we need to speed up the progress of that matter. If not, the old fox will really ride on our heads and shit all over us. "
The hibernating Yanhuang Alliance had never given up on preparing for their big move.
Seeing that Silver Hand was not going to bother about the internal affairs of the China region, the old men of the six families of the Yanhuang Alliance could not sit still anymore. During this period of time, they would meet up every few days to plan a counterattack.
Just as Di Chen had said, if the Yanhuang Alliance did not come up with a big plan, they would be slowly eaten up by the Great Xia Dynasty. This concerned the life and death of their families, and the consequences were not something that young people like Di Chen could handle.
The old men of the six families knew that the Great Xia Dynasty was getting stronger by the day. Recently, they had been attacking overseas, and their foundations were getting stronger by the day. Their reputation in China was like the sun in the sky.
Such an opponent was tough to deal with.
The time left for the Yanhuang Alliance was getting less and less, and the chances for them to make mistakes were getting smaller and smaller.
If they were like Di Chen and the younger generation, where Ouyang Shuo easily solved each time, the Yanhuang Alliance would have no way to survive.
The current Yanhuang Alliance could not take such a huge blow.
As a result, the old men had great foresight, using their wisdom and vision to bring out the art of compromise to the extreme. They were preparing for a huge plan – Plan Z.
However, this plan was simply too huge, and the interests involved were too complicated. Along with the fact that it was a negotiation between six parties, each with different demands and animosity between them, it was not something that could be settled in a day or two.
Originally, Di Chen was patient, but after this matter, he could not sit still anymore.
Juedai Fenghua's eyes lit up. She obviously knew about this matter and asked curiously, "How do we deal with the Feng Family? That is a huge problem."
Di Chen was really confident, "Grandfather will have a way." Di Chen had enough information about his grandfather's ability. If he went all out, the entire China would be shaken.
When Juedai Fenghua heard that, she was speechless.
…
Afternoon, Shanhai City, Xia Palace.
Using the chance of signing the agreement, Ouyang Shuo had a detailed discussion with Wufu, and the results were pretty good. At least the two of them had the same goal and did not have many differences.
Wufu was not Xunlong Dianxue, and he would not go to extremes. He was a pragmatist, and from the start, he aimed for the interests of Planet Hope. As long as he could reach that goal, having absolute autonomy was not important.
Yesterday, Ouyang Shuo personally sent letters to Feng Qiuhuang and Gong Chengshi to explain the agreement with Stone City. He wanted to remove any misunderstandings and prevent any problems in their hearts.
Out of the members of the Shanhai Alliance, Mulan Yue and Bai Hua had submitted to the Great Xia Dynasty. Ouyang Shuo had personally kicked Xunlong Dianxue out of the game, and now Wufu had fallen.
Gong Chengshi had visited Ouyang Shuo, and the two of them had an 'ambiguous' relationship.
Regarding this, the outside world had spread rumors that Ouyang Shuo was aggressive and that he had bad intentions when he formed the Shanhai Alliance. He wanted to swallow up his allies right from the start.
Ouyang Shuo could not defend himself, but luckily, he did not need to.
The current Great Xia Dynasty was not something that could be shaken by rumors. Those people who started the rumors were afraid of the Great Xia Dynasty and did not even dare to speak in public.
Toward such people, why would Ouyang Shuo bother about them?
However, even if Ouyang Shuo did not bother about them, it did not mean that the others would not have problems.
Especially Feng Qiuhuang, who was a strong woman. As the only 'seedling' of the Shanhai Alliance, some rumors would unavoidably affect Feng Qiuhuang's judgement.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to make things clear to Feng Qiuhuang to clarify their bottom lines.
In truth, Ouyang Shuo had never planned to totally merge Fallen Phoenix City into the Great Xia Dynasty system. Although Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were both famous Lords in the wilderness, they were very different internally.
Bai Hua was strong, but it felt like she was being forced into a corner. As the big sister of the Consonance Studio and the leader of the front guild, many people had high hopes for Bai Hua.
Hence, Bai Hua had no choice but to be strong.
In her bones, Bai Hua did not value power that much. She would rather be under the leadership of a powerful figure, receive orders, and be able to carry out orders well.
If she really faced everything alone, it would not be her style. As such, Bai Hua agreed to merge Consonance City into the Great Xia Dynasty.
Feng Qiuhuang was different.
Like her name, Feng Qiuhuang was a prideful phoenix. She had an unyielding stubbornness in her bones, and she had a natural control over power.
Speaking of which, Feng Qiuhuang was similar to Wu Zetian in history.
Facing such a prideful phoenix, forcefully merging Fallen Phoenix City into the Great Xia Dynasty system would only restrict her and block her light.
Ouyang Shuo had been looking forward to her becoming the first queen of the wilderness.
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