Everyone was much more cautious about this proposal. After all, it involved deploying military forces and placing them within their own territory, which made everyone wary. This region was simply too chaotic.
If he deliberately dispatched his soldiers to obliterate them, they would have no place to seek justice.
The lords here do not have any powerful backers. If they do, they only allied with them later on and belong to an exploited class. Actually, there's no guarantee that they would fancy them at all.
As for this strategy of hiring mercenary forces, everyone was merely observing for now, daring not to take the lead rashly.
After the conference ended, although representatives of several territories stayed here for a few days, some people went back to deliver messages.
Du You even asked if anyone needed protection, but no one did. In the blink of an eye, these people vanished without a trace. To be able to survive here, everyone had their own survival skills.