Below, a minister responsible for these matters, swift with news, reported back.
"Nanzhao Country has already agreed. Can they accept the division of their entire nation into three parts, with a section handed over to direct governance by Chu State?"
Xie Ning was astonished upon hearing this.
This time, Chu State's restructuring of the three southwestern countries offered terms to Dali, Nanzhao, and Song Country that were neither overly harsh nor particularly lenient.
The demand from Chu State was for the three southwestern countries to be split up, based on the innate quantity of Inborn Grandmasters, with one Inborn being able to confer half a county as a country, into several smaller nations led by an Inborn Grandmaster each.
If this demand were met, then Nanzhao Country, which originally spanned two counties, would be split into three small countries of only half a county each.
Another half county would be reclaimed by Chu State to become directly governed territory.
