Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Soon, the worried Ren Pingyang returned to the palace and met with the King of Loulan.

"Your Majesty, I've discovered something bad. Qin Ming may have begun to divide us."

"what?"

The emperor of Loulan suddenly widened his eyes, and a sense of fear arose in his heart.

Qin Ming's strength is obvious to all.

No other dynasty in the Western Regions could fight against Qin Ming on its own.

But their advantage is that their own interest alliance is extremely stable.

These small countries can band together to keep each other warm and easily face the threats from Daqian or Xishu.

But now the situation seems to be a little different from what we imagined.

"We don't know where these silks in our market came from, but they suddenly appeared in the market. Someone must have traded with Qin Ming privately."

Ren Pingyang quickly informed the King of Loulan of what he had found out.

After hearing these words, the other party immediately fell into deep thought, then picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote a letter.

"Contact high-ranking officials from various countries and have them come to Loulan to discuss matters!"

The major countries in the Western Regions all have many problems and there are constant frictions.

The reason why they can ensure that this alliance of interests does not loosen, but instead keeps it tightly together.

They often bring people together to discuss matters, resolve disputes and maintain the stability of the alliance.

Ren Pingyang nodded immediately and asked someone to arrange this matter.

A few days later, representatives from various dynasties came to Loulan.

They all received the message sent by the King of Loulan.

Under the leadership of Ren Pingyang, everyone gathered together.

The King of Loulan sat next to the main seat, and there were Tubo, Dayuezhi, Uighur and other countries.

"King Loulan, what did you mean in your letter? Why are there so many goods suddenly appearing on the market?"

The representative of Dayuezhi quickly began to ask questions to the King of Loulan.

The King of Loulan turned and looked at Ren Pingyang beside him.

"You talk to them."

Ren Pingyang walked straight forward and glanced coldly at the people from the surrounding small countries.

"We need to ask the people in the countries surrounding us. I suspect that some of them have colluded with Qin Ming."

"The amount of goods they were able to bring out was truly enormous. There were a full one or two thousand pieces of silk. With such a large quantity, I have sufficient reason to suspect that they were taking advantage of the chaos in Loulan to profit from it."

As he spoke, the Tubo King next to him also nodded slowly.

As a member who was also attacked, he strongly supported Ren Pingyang at this time.

"There are quite a few people like this in our territory. If we want to confront Qin Ming or cut off trade with him, we must do it carefully and resolutely, and avoid having any traitors inside."

"Everyone, think about it carefully. If we don't unite, then we will be no different from a small dish in the eyes of others."

"Isn't it that the reason so many countries in the Western Regions have been able to survive until now is because we can stick together and keep each other warm?"

"But if someone only cares about immediate benefits and gives up the chance for long-term survival, then don't blame us, Tubo and Loulan, for being rude!"

His words were soft but firm.

His eyes scanned the representatives of the small countries around him.

Everyone at the scene fell into silence.

They began to look around at each other.

I want to see who did such a bad thing here.

But after searching for a long time, no one was willing to come forward and admit it.

In the end, it was the King of Loulan who took the initiative to step forward and gave them a way out.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to admit it, but I've made my point very clear today. I hope we won't continue like this in the future."

"This not only affects the markets of Loulan and Tubo, but also causes great harm to the entire Western Regions. I hope you can understand."

While they were presiding over the meeting, they were also constantly observing the expressions of the people below.

But many people don't actually show too many problems.

After showing his noble character.

The King of Loulan did not end the discussion directly, but continued to speak to them:

"From now on, I will arrange a group of soldiers to patrol outside. If we encounter any smuggling convoys, we will punish them severely."

"When the time comes that the smugglers are found and the goods are indeed seized, I hope everyone won't get entangled... Everyone, take care of yourselves."

After the meeting was over.

The King of Loulan and the King of Tubo called Ren Pingyang to their side and began to ask about the situation on Qin Ming's side.

"This Qin Ming is really going to attack us. I can feel that he is using a trick to divide us this time."

The King of Loulan looked a little ugly.

When they gathered to discuss matters before, there would never be such a dead silence.

Now everyone is full of suspicion.

Even the powerful Tubo King and Loulan King were a little annoyed.

The Tubo King standing aside slowly shook his head.

"No, you're wrong. This guy can't threaten us. If we really push him to the limit, we can unite with the Western Shu army and launch a direct attack on them. I believe Emperor Qian will definitely be happy to see this happen."

"But after doing this, there's no turning back. The most important thing now is not to let our alliance fall apart. As for the battle, we can discuss it later."

Ren Pingyang hurriedly advised the two of them.

For Ren Pingyang, they had just negotiated one round with Qin Ming.

At this time, we must directly put both parties in opposition.

The damage to them is naturally very great.

Besides, Qin Ming did not send troops. It was just because of some silk incidents. There was actually no need for them to fall out with Qin Ming.

The King of Loulan also spoke up to advise:

"Yeah, let's first see what that guy's attitude is, and what the attitude is like within our alliance."

After this ceremony, the entire Western Regions suddenly became calm again.

During these few days, except for some royal family members who went out to trade.

No one was found to be smuggling silk.

But soon, King Loulan and Ren Pingyang encountered another problem.

That day, the King of Loulan called Ren Pingyang to his presence and said to him with a worried look on his face:

"Where else can you get refined salt from besides Lingnan?"

"Refined salt? This..."

Ren Pingyang hesitated for a moment.

This is something Qin Ming and his team made. Qin Ming owns many refined salt factories.

But except for the territory of Qin Ming, refined salt was not fully popularized even in Daqian.

The reason they were able to eat refined salt before was purely because Qin Ming supplied it to them.

Now Qin Ming also cut these off.

This naturally caused the Western Regions to become short of money after they had consumed all the refined salt.

Ren Pingyang will not bow to Qin Ming in the short term.

It seems that this road is no longer viable.

After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said to the King of Loulan:

"Your Majesty, I can't find it."