novelraw Chapter 1109 - 1103: Imperial Conference
Chapter 1109 - 1103: Imperial Conference
The spaceship landed at the Mingluo City spaceship base.
Due to Jino's insistence, Wanyan He, Hai Mu, Aguda, and representatives from more than ten other empires had to agree to temporarily seal the Crystal Stone Mine on the spaceship.
Everyone handed the spaceship over to the base management staff while each dispatched a representative to stay at the base to guard the spaceship, and the rest headed to their respective empire stations in Mingluo City.
Wanyan He hurried to the Flying Leopard Empire's station in Mingluo City along with Aguda, Liang Bao, Fan Chen, Xiao Gang, Wang Qian, Gong Yu, and Cui Yuan to briefly explain the situation.
Everyone looked at Wanyan He, and Aguda said:
"Your Highness the Prince, you are the Eldest Prince, we all listen to you."
Wanyan He nodded and said:
"Aguda, you and I will immediately return to Wentian City through the Transmission Array. I must explain the situation to Father face to face and have him rush to ally with the Youming Empire's Emperor to take advantage of this rare opportunity and settle this matter."
The representative of the Flying Leopard Empire stationed in Mingluo City is an elder named Tao Ming.
Tao Ming said:
"Your Highness, this matter is too significant, please hurry back."
Wanyan He said:
"Liang Bao, and Xiao Gang stay and guard the spaceship at the base. We must not allow any opening of the Crystal Stone Mine until we return."
Liang Bao said:
"Your Highness, rest assured."
Wanyan He brought Aguda, Fan Chen, Gong Yu, and others to a Transmission Array in Mingluo City and returned to the capital city of the Flying Leopard Empire.
In the Imperial Dynasty Hall, when the Flying Leopard Emperor heard the Eldest Prince Wanyan He recount the events, he was shockingly speechless.
"What, He'er, you really got the Purple Origin Star leader to directly agree to change the Crystal Stone distribution ratio? How is this possible? It sounds like a dream!"
The Second Prince Wanyan Ying listened, feeling discomfort, and said sourly:
"Father, this Purple Origin Star Crystal distribution ratio isn't solely determined by the Purple Origin Star savages; it requires Great Dragon Empire's consent. Currently, it hasn't succeeded yet,
and Great Dragon Empire will absolutely not agree. I think the Eldest Prince is just getting excited for nothing."
Wanyan He laughed:
"Second Brother, I worked immensely hard to persuade the Purple Origin Star leader to agree to change the Crystal distribution ratio, don't pour cold water on this."
"I'm not pouring cold water, just asking you to calmly face reality and not celebrate prematurely."
"How is this premature? The Purple Origin Star leader decided to reduce Great Dragon Empire's share by one-tenth, Flying Leopard Empire gets 5%, and another 5% goes to other empires evenly. This is a rare opportunity,
it just happens that we can almost ally with Youming Empire and other empires, forcing Great Dragon Empire to agree,
humph, Great Dragon Empire has monopolized 30% share for over two years, and has profited considerably; other empires are very dissatisfied, so this is the perfect chance for change,
Father, you must seize this opportunity. I've already coordinated positions with Youming Empire and other empire representatives on Purple Origin Star, and everyone unanimously agrees to the new distribution plan,
I think with so many empires on board, Great Dragon Empire will eventually have to yield, right?"
Flying Leopard Emperor pondered for a moment, nodded, and said:
"He'er, you're correct, it's indeed an opportunity. I think White Elephant Emperor shares our thoughts; now, if the three major empires each get 20% Crystal share, then it would be fair. I will immediately go to Youming Empire to discuss positions with White Elephant Emperor."
Flying Leopard Emperor rose and went to Wanyan He, patting his shoulder appreciatively:
"He'er, you really impress me. This was originally an impossible task, one I didn't have confidence in myself, yet you accomplished it. Not bad, not bad, young blood is truly formidable!"
Beside them, Second Prince Wanyan Ying sourly reminded:
"Father, whether it succeeds or not is still uncertain."
Flying Leopard Emperor chuckled and turned to Wanyan Ying, saying:
"Ying'er, even if it doesn't ultimately succeed, considering your elder brother's ability, getting this far is already incredibly challenging and worth learning from, of course a lesson for all of us."
Wanyan Ying glanced at his father, lowered his head, and said:
"Yes, thank you for the lesson, Father. I will certainly learn from elder brother!"
"That's right."
Flying Leopard Emperor, accompanied by a team of guards, walked out of the palace, laughing excitedly along the way.
...
The Great Dragon Empire's office in Mingluo City was currently convening an emergency meeting, attended by high-ranking personnel seldom seen in recent years.
The Emperor of Great Dragon, Flying Leopard Empire's Emperor, Youming Empire's Emperor, and emperors of more than ten empires involved with Purple Origin Star's distribution rights attended the meeting.
The last meeting of this high standard was over two years ago, when gathering to discuss Yang Xiao's newly proposed collaboration plan.
Unexpectedly, over two years have passed, and here they are again, to discuss Crystal distribution rights.
The Emperor of Great Dragon was furious and spoke in a deep voice:
"The purpose of everyone gathering here today is well understood; in my view, the current situation is completely absurd,
back then, the distribution plan was also collectively determined by over ten emperors, what rights do the Purple Origin Star savages have to unilaterally change it?
I tell you, I firmly object and will proceed according to the previous plan, with no room for discussion."
The Great Dragon Empire stood firm, coldly sweeping a glance at the ten or so emperors present.
Flying Leopard Emperor immediately said:
"Ha ha, Dragon brother, don't be angry, since everyone is here, let's speak our minds and discuss some new collaborative plans,
two years ago, we signed a new collaboration plan with Purple Origin Star's leader Yang Xiao, looking back now, it was a decent plan,
it efficiently resolved miner shortages and conflicts between Witch Star people and Purple Origin Star savages,
over the past two years, regardless of our distribution share, I believe everyone received significantly more Purple Crystal Stones than before?"
All the attending emperors nodded in agreement at Flying Leopard Emperor's words.
"However,"
Flying Leopard Emperor shifted his tone, looking at Great Dragon Emperor, and said calmly:
"The plan may have worked well for Witch Star people and Purple Origin Star savages, but it had major deficiencies for our internal Witch Star empires,
more than two years have passed, these deficiencies should be corrected, wouldn't you agree?"
The White Elephant Emperor and the others echoed:
"Indeed, some issues should be amended."
"Great Dragon Empire's solo claim of 30% Crystal share is unfair."
"Great Dragon not only monopolized 30%, but also bought 40% in auctions, exacerbating this unfairness."
"Dragon brother, learn to be content, we smaller nations are short on resources."
...
The emperors took turns criticizing Great Dragon Empire.
The Emperor of Great Dragon was inwardly alarmed, thinking to himself, lama, they must have pre-discussed this tactic to corner me. Is surrendering inevitable?
Yet, faced with the joint criticism from over ten empires, even the Emperor of Great Dragon felt some insecurity.