God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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While Yuan Tan and Yuan Shao were discussing, the carriage continued to move forward slowly without stopping.

The people surrounding the carriage gradually changed from fully armed soldiers at the beginning to civil officials and other government officials who arrived later.

The carriage stopped when it reached the city gate, causing the two people inside to cease their conversation and get out of the carriage to look at the person standing at the gate.

"I didn't expect there to be so many people here. Thank you all for your hard work." Before anyone else could react or act, Yuan Shao bowed and expressed his gratitude for everyone's efforts during this time.

Faced with this expression of gratitude, many people were slow to react and simply accepted it on the spot, while even those who reacted quickly didn't have time to completely dodge it.

Those who were truly at the very front had enough reaction time to understand what Yuan Shao was doing, but instead of scattering, they firmly agreed.

After agreeing, he bowed to Yuan Shao again, and Yuan Shao returned the bow with half a bow.

Seeing this, Yuan Tan's eyes showed some regret.

After so many years of effort, these civil officials only acknowledged his efforts and were willing to help him with his work.

As soon as his father appeared, these civil officials immediately showed their obedience, proving that he was indeed his father's subject, not his own.

However, even if such thoughts were in mind, it would not affect the subsequent welcoming banquet and celebration banquet.

It was during these two banquets that most Slavic people learned about Yuan Tan's father, Yuan Shao, but their memories of him were not deep.

After all, being able to host such a banquet means there's no shortage of alcohol. Most Slavs come to this place just to get some free drinks, and they don't really care about getting to know anyone or anything like that.

As long as there's wine to drink and meat to eat, working won't be a problem. Even if working is a problem, killing people won't be a problem either.

Once the order is given, we'll kill whoever we say we'll kill!
However, this lively atmosphere did not last long. Intelligence, or rather, related diplomatic letters, from the Parthian Empire arrived in Yuan's territory.

"Father, this is a letter from Parthia. Please take a look and see how we should handle it?" Yuan Tan hesitated for a moment after glancing at the letter in his hand, but then took it to Yuan Shao for instructions.

Upon hearing these remarks, Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Tan carefully, then shook his head and said, "This is a matter for you to handle, not for me to handle."

“But…” Yuan Tan was about to open his mouth to explain his reasoning.

“No one is born knowing how to handle these things. Before I arrived, you handled them very well. Now that I’m here, I shouldn’t be an obstacle to you.” Yuan Shao waved his hand casually and said seriously, “I’m here this time to see how you’ve performed, not to deprive you of your rights, nor to take them back.” “Understood, Father!” Yuan Tan looked at Yuan Shao with serious eyes and nodded heavily, indicating that he understood.

"Don't pay too much attention to this kind of information. Sometimes it can mislead you. But even if you fail, it's not terrible. The Yuan family is not small. A failure once or twice is not so terrible for the Yuan family." Yuan Shao's tone also carried some concern.

Compared to his previous development path, the current path is clearly easier to follow and has a higher probability of success. Even if he suffers losses, the cost will not be higher than when he failed.

He never hesitated before, so how could he possibly let his son hesitate?
After confirming that he was truly in control, Yuan Tan began to scan the information in the intelligence report, and then read it aloud: "Father, Vologus V hopes that we will send troops to support their Armenia and block the Roman army that is coming from that direction."

"This decision should be made by you, not me." Yuan Shao, who had already made his plans, did not give a direct answer, but instead threw the question back to Yuan Tan.

“The Roman army is very strong and also very difficult to deal with. Armenia itself is a vassal state of Rome. Helping Parthia resist the Roman army from this direction might be a losing proposition…” Yuan Tan explained his thinking directly and pointed out the advantages and disadvantages. In essence, he was somewhat unwilling to participate in this cooperation.

Because the profits are not substantial and the risks are high, most normal people wouldn't want to go.

"Perhaps you could ask them; they would offer their own suggestions, and you can make the answer you believe is right based on those suggestions." Faced with this result, Yuan Shao first nodded, and then gave his suggestion.

"Understood, Father!" Yuan Tan, awakened by these words, realized that he was not alone, but had a team of civil officials who were all smarter than him and could provide more direction and thinking ability.

While the two waited, many civil officials arrived one after another. Yuan Tan then posed the question to everyone present and waited for their conclusions.

“Since it’s an employment and a request, there will naturally be corresponding compensation. Since V of Vologis didn’t mention this in the documents, it can only mean two things: either the other party wasn’t prepared, or they are waiting for our offer.” Xu You directly looked at the issue from the perspective of the stakeholders, and then guided everyone in this direction.

The decision to send troops or not essentially boils down to whether there are enough benefits to be made, and the current issue is whether Parthia can provide those benefits, the benefits they need.

“With the arrival of a large number of Han Chinese migrants, the Han Chinese have regained their dominant position in this area, but the population is still insufficient. How about we take this opportunity to replenish the population?” Feng Ji glanced around and directly put forward his idea.

An idea that would be completely illegal within the Han Empire would be subject to fewer restrictions outside of it.

“However, this behavior and action cannot be used as a condition for negotiation with the other party. We cannot only consider the Yuan family, but also the influence of all the aristocratic families on the outside world. If this matter is discovered by Vorogenis V or by other Parthians, the other party will be on guard, which is tantamount to offending other aristocratic families. Although we are not afraid, there is no need to cause trouble for the other party under such circumstances, especially when we still need the help of the Han Empire…” Shen Pei directly pointed out the risk of this choice of interests.

Bringing this kind of thing out into the open, isn't that just asking for trouble?
Even if Vologius V was a fool, did everyone else have to be a fool?

What kind of power needs a large number of people and population? It must be a power that can settle down locally and survive...

(End of this chapter)