God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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The carriage, surrounded by a crowd, entered the city established by the Yuan family.

Inside the carriage, a brazier provided warmth. Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan sat in the main seat and to the side, respectively, their expressions completely different.

Compared to Yuan Shao's casual demeanor, Yuan Tan, sitting to the side, resembled someone awaiting an assessment, filled with tension and appearing quite restrained.

After years of hard work and dedication, Yuan Tan couldn't help but show his fear in his body when facing his father, Yuan Benchu, the role model praised by the world.

“We haven’t seen each other for many years, there’s no need to be so nervous. The city you’ve built is very good, even better than I imagined…” Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Tan’s current behavior and felt a bit complicated.

Judging from the results, he was indeed somewhat dissatisfied, after all, in its current state, it would be difficult to support the Yuan family.

However, he was only acting this way in front of me, and for a moment I didn't know whether his remaining power was too great or the other party was too afraid.

From the perspective of the father-son relationship alone, this level of behavior can be considered a dereliction of duty on his part as a father.

Thinking about these things, Yuan Shao stopped pointing out the problems in the city with a critical attitude, and instead talked about the city's strengths, which was a way of praising Yuan Tan from another angle.

The establishment of this city was ultimately inseparable from Yuan Tan. Regardless of whether Yuan Tan contributed or how much he contributed, the city was ultimately registered under Yuan Tan's name, so they shared both honor and disgrace.

"It's all thanks to everyone..." Yuan Tan felt much relieved after being praised like this, but he still attributed the credit to the ministers.

Although he was busy with everything in the process, it would be absurd to say that all the credit went to him.

Seeing that Yuan Tan was in a better state, Yuan Shao was even more satisfied. He then began to talk about the past and everyday matters, further calming Yuan Tan down.

It's only because the other party was his son that Yuan Shao had such thoughts; otherwise, it would be a miracle if Yuan Shao had thought of such a person.

As they communicated and interacted further, Yuan Tan lost that sense of restraint and gradually returned to his former self.

Once he had truly calmed down, Yuan Shao began to explain and inquire about the recent situation of the Yuan family.

Although we can obtain information about the Yuan family's recent situation through intelligence, some things are ultimately not as convenient as real-world communication, even when written down.

In other words, what is written on paper depends entirely on one's personal interpretation and cannot accurately express the actual result.

"Judging from the current results, our Yuan family has established itself in this place. These Slavs have no resistance to us, and they have no objection to us cultivating this land. In fact, after learning that cultivating this land can produce more wine, they occasionally act as free labor..." Yuan Tan explained the recent situation and the Slavs living in this place.

"Does he have a particular fondness for fine wine?" Yuan Shao frowned. Even though he had some prior knowledge, he was still somewhat surprised to hear such a question from his son. For a nation or race to pursue not strength and a better life, but simply fine wine—that seemed rather odd.

"For the Slavs, wine is life, and more wine equals a better life. In conclusion, they are on the path of pursuing a better life..." Yuan Tan shook his head slightly, still emphasizing the situation.

When he first arrived in this place, he was also surprised by the Slavs, but after learning more about them, he had gotten used to it.

"Well, with these people here, it can be considered a stroke of luck for us and the old man." With a soft sigh, Yuan Shao also expressed some emotion, reflecting on the hardships they had endured.

A race with simple requirements and no independent cultural ideology might have been recognized as a meritorious group in the past, but nowadays, such a group is extremely difficult to find.

The Han Empire only had a limited number of people who could travel, so everyone was vying for them, which inevitably led to some having more people and others having fewer.

While it is true that establishing a nation abroad requires utilizing the people of other countries, the question of which ethnic group constitutes the majority is of great importance, at least for the people of the Han Empire.

Within the same Han cultural sphere, being a Han cultural country and being a Han people country are two completely different concepts.

As a member of the Yuan family, which had produced four generations of high-ranking officials, Yuan Shao certainly did not want his family to establish a state within the Han cultural sphere.

Perhaps there will be no difference or even any impact in the short term, but what about the future?
Is there really no other meaning behind such a large-scale granting of land and the allowing so many aristocratic families to go out and become feudal lords?
Or was the Han Empire so confident that it could suppress all other countries despite the vast distance?

Or is it that the Han Empire will remain as powerful as it is now decades or even centuries from now?
Just by thinking about the rise and fall of the Han Empire, one knows that such a thing is unlikely. The loss of the Han Empire would be like the emperor losing his deer, with many heroes vying for it, just like his past actions.

At that time, which country, the Han Chinese nation or the nation with Han culture, has a better chance? Even without thinking, Yuan Shao could guess which country would be more likely to succeed.

When everyone is in the same cultural circle, shouldn't there be a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children?
Consider Yuan Shu's legitimate son and his status as an illegitimate son. If he hadn't been capable enough and appreciated by his elders, how could he have achieved what he has today?

If his identity were switched with Yuan Shu's, Yuan Shao would have thought that he could have lost to Liu Bei.
"Father, rest assured, thanks to the efforts of the clan elders, we have done our best to relocate people to this place. Through continuous migration, the Han people who have settled down and developed here have gradually surpassed the Slavs..." Yuan Tan did not realize that this was a method to plan for the future a hundred years later. He just felt that what everyone said made sense, so he chose to follow along.

After all, Yuan Tan still found the Han people more agreeable than the Slavs, even though the Slavs were more obedient than the Han people.

"Very good. It's reassuring to have Gong do things with them." Yuan Shao's words revealed his satisfaction as he thought about the civil officials serving under him.

Whether it was strategy or planning, his level was excellent, even comparable to Liu Bei's men. As for why he lost that war, the biggest difference probably lay with him.

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(End of this chapter)