Chapter 489; The New Year is approaching

No, there were people from the King of Jin watching over at the court, and he couldn't get the production method.

We had to start from the Han family.

The head of the Han family looked very ugly after receiving the letter.

Speaking of which, they originally chose to cooperate with Duke Zhen Guo, hoping that Duke Zhen Guo would take more care of them when Emperor Hongwen thought of taking action against them.

Secondly, they also hope that the Duke of Zhen can secretly help them get the method of making snowflake salt.

What's the result?

When the Duke of Zhen returned to the capital, he immediately retreated into the Duke's mansion, and suddenly there was no sound.

They also asked him to help, but when their people arrived in the capital, they didn't even see their faces.

It's not as good as King Ning, who didn't benefit from them and followed them several times, although it couldn't be said to have helped them much.

But this feeling makes the Han family feel a little comfortable.

Now that you have seen that they have obtained the method of making snowflake salt, why don’t you, Duke of Zhenguo, pretend to be dead?

What do you think of the Han family?

"I said at the beginning that we should not cooperate with the Duke of Zhen, but his situation is not much better than ours."

"Although he holds military power, does he really dare to rebel?"

"Now that I've given him something, I haven't helped him at all, but now I have the nerve to come over and continue to ask for it?"

"This is something we spent 40% of our resources in exchange for. The market is only small to begin with. How can we play if Duke Zhen Guo gets involved again?"

All the elders of the Han family are very dissatisfied with Duke Zhen.

"Don't you want to give it?"

The head of the Han family is also dissatisfied, but now that cooperation has been reached and the price has been paid, is there still a falling out?

"I know you are dissatisfied, and I am dissatisfied, but today is different from the past, and there are not many people in our Han family that we can rely on."

"The Dong family has now united with the Luo family and the Wu family to block us, and Emperor Hongwen has been ready to make a move."

"What kind of situation will we face if we fall out with the Duke of Zhen again? Have you ever thought about it?"

Everyone who had been complaining just now fell silent when they heard this.

Yes, life is very difficult for the Han family now.

Do you regret it? Of course I regret it very much. Think about the reason why the Han family was able to quickly develop from an unknown small family to what it is now.

The first is to rely on the salt mine resources we control, and the second is to rely on the help of several other established time alliances.

However, the Han family's power has grown a lot in recent years, and they have become a bit arrogant.

The people below the family also spoke openly, and it was widely known that the Han family wanted to replace them as the first family.

This directly caused the relationship between the Han family and the Dong family, the big brother, to decline rapidly. Although they have not completely broken up now, the alliance they once had no longer exists.

Also, when it comes to royal matters, the Han family has been a bit unscrupulous in many matters in the past.

"Why did our situation become like this in just one or two years?"

One person asked a question, and everyone began to think deeply.

The next moment, a name popped into almost everyone's mind.

That's right, it's Lu Yaoyao.

"How did we confront her in the first place?"

Everyone immediately talked about this, and some said that. In the end, they thought that the most correct point was that the first was the Gao family, and the second was the wrong decision of the head of the Han family, who wanted the other three countries to take action to get Lu Yaoyao.

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"What's the use of talking about this now? Things are already like this."

The head of the Han family had a gloomy face. Does he regret it?

Of course, I regret it very much. If I had known things would turn out like this, I would not have faced Lu Yaoyao even if I killed him. It would have been too late to make friends with such a person.

"The most urgent task now is how to reply to the letter to the Duke of Zhenguo, whether to give it or not?"

Everyone was silent for a moment. They have said so much, can you not give it?

If you don't give it to the Han family, they will be completely isolated. When the time comes to face so many powerful enemies at the same time, it will be surprising if they can survive.

"Give it. Not only do we have to give it, but we will also have more in-depth exchanges with the Duke of Zhen in the future."

"The best thing is to get him to rebel. Then we will have the right to support him and maybe we can find a better way out."

Faced with a dilemma, gambling is the only option they have now.

If you don't gamble, you will just wait to die slowly.

In the end, the Han family unanimously agreed to give Zhen Guogong the method of making snowflake salt and work on it further.

How to deepen it? Naturally, it is through marriage. This is a common method used by aristocratic families to interact with each other.

The Duke of Zhen Guo had several sons.

It’s the Spring Festival again, and the first snowfall in Beijing this year came early, but it wasn’t as heavy as last year.

The construction sites at Chengyuan Villa also stopped working early, but the workshops were busy in full swing.

Lu Yaoyao's life was as relaxed and comfortable as ever.

No, Cheng Lixue and the others, who had not been here for a long time, learned that Lu Yaoyao was free, so they all went to Chengyuan Villa to stay temporarily.

Playing mahjong and eating delicious food every day makes me feel a little happy.

"Sister Princess, I heard that there will be envoys from Xirong this year. Do you know?"

At the mahjong table, as soon as Cheng Lixue opened her mouth, Lu Yaoyao's face looked a little unsightly.

Those guys in Xirong disgusted her last year.

"Why, haven't they been beaten to the point of annihilation by Beichu?"

Earlier, Beichu was fighting Xirong again, and later she heard that Southern Xinjiang seemed to have joined in. As for the specific situation, she didn't pay attention to it.

Firstly, she was too busy, and secondly, as long as Dongzhou had nothing to do, she was too lazy to care about the mess.

"The Xirong destroyed the country? How easy is that? They are nomadic people and they run very coldly."

"In addition, won't Nanjiang also join later?"

"Bei Chu had a good chance of winning against Xirong, but then Southern Xinjiang began to attack Bei Chu, so why did they bother to pursue Xirong?"

"I heard just two months ago that the three countries signed an armistice. Xirong compensated Northern Chu a lot of money, and Northern Chu also had a lot of things taken away by Southern Xinjiang."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao was a little surprised.

"So much, Beichu launched this war against Xirong, but ended up making a wedding dress for Southern Xinjiang?"

"That's the situation, but to be specific, it can't be considered as a wedding dress."

Dong Shaner also spoke.

"My father told his colleagues about this before, and I listened to some of it on the sidelines."

"Although it seems that Bei Chu suffered a loss this time, in fact, it was not the case. Why did Bei Chu launch the war at that time? Wasn't it because the situation in his country was not very good and he wanted to plunder Xirong?"

"At least they have accomplished this strategic goal very well. Now Bei Chu has almost recovered, although a lot of things have been taken away by Southern Xinjiang."

"But most of them were not obtained from Xirong? So the loss is not too big for them."

"And what do they lack most? Isn't it a horse farm? This time they got a lot of land in Xirong, which will be of great benefit to their subsequent strategies."
Chapter completed!