Centered on its capital city, the Kingdom of Flowing Sands expanded southward to the sea, northward to one-third of the Cloud Sea including the Kingdom of Liangjing, and eastward to border the Kingdom of Shalin. In terms of area, the Kingdom of Flowing Sands is now roughly the same size as the Kingdom of Goz and the Kingdom of Shalin.
Since the three parties were contributing roughly the same amount of manpower and resources, any more would make it inconvenient for the ruler of the Flowing Sand Kingdom to manage, so he didn't compete for it.
He understood that if he had to fight for it, with the Great Zhou as his backing, he could definitely beat Goz and Shalin. However, what he didn't obtain through his own abilities might not be able to hold onto. In fact, since the year before last, Yunhai had been waging war against various small tribes, and now the western region was in dire need of rest and recuperation.
If he were to fight for it, after Gorz and Salin leave the Great Zhou, they might all band together and rob it, causing suffering to the people in the west. Why bother?
He had already told Cheng Huaijin that this time, with China becoming one of the three major powers in the west, if you have the ambition to dominate the west, then you should strive to become stronger. You are only eighteen years old and have plenty of time.
Cheng Huaijin neither said he wanted to nor he didn't want to; he simply promised the ruler of Liusha Kingdom that he would do his best to manage Liusha Kingdom well.
Once the territory was divided, the matter was pretty much over.
On the fifth day of the fourth month, the East-West talks, which lasted for half a month, came to an end. The King of Liusha once again hosted a banquet in the palace to entertain everyone.
At the banquet, King Goz and King Salin suggested that the princes and princesses visit the Emperor of Great Zhou and get to know the Great Zhou.
Gu Shouxin naturally had no objection to this. "Come on, I hope that after this trip you will still have the will to go back."
King Goz chose Helian Yi and his unmarried sister, Princess Ciba, who was already an adult. Shalin chose his eldest prince and his only princess.
Other smaller tribes also sent their children out, asking Gu Shouxin and Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites to take good care of them.
Because these princesses and princes needed to go back to make preparations, the departure time was set for early May. As for the Ministry of Rites delegation, Lord Chen would first lead a group back to report, while Gu Shouxin would lead the rest of the delegation to wait here.
On the sixth day, everyone went home, and the palace became quiet, but the streets remained lively.
In just the last two or three months, most of the western forces have gathered in the Flowing Sands Royal City.
As soon as the East-West Conference ended, Gu Shouxin thought he would take a couple of days off and go with his wife and children to experience the charm of the West. However, his little daughter came to find him with a group of people.
Gu Xin, still dressed as a woman from the West, led a group of people dressed as merchants to the embassy to find Gu Shouxin.
“Lord Gu, these people are merchants from the west. They have something to ask of you and are very sincere, so I brought them to see you!” Gu Xin said in a serious tone.
"?" Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian were speechless. This girl was making it seem like they were from two different sides.
"Lord Gu, Madam Gu, I'm here to act as your translator. I hope you won't find me unpleasant!" Gu Xin said earnestly.
"I don't mind!" Cai Xiaolian said with a helpless smile.
"Princess Xin Xin, please!" Gu Shouxin said businesslikely, and sat down in the chair.
Gu Xin smiled at the two of them, then turned to the group of people who had come to welcome Shi Yuding and asked them to sit down. There were twelve merchants in total, and there weren't enough chairs in the room, so Gu Xin naturally asked the servants to add more seats.
Ying Shiyu and the others couldn't understand what Gu Xin and Gu Shouxin were saying, but they could see from everyone's expressions that the officials of the Great Zhou were quite friendly!
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