After seeing Vegadov off, Chen Chuan picked up the box, placed it on the table before him, and opened it.
Inside the thick, soft fabric lay a recessed gold seal and a jade disc.
These were the investiture seals bestowed by the Old Imperial Household upon the First People Quizatek Eastern Dynasty nearly two hundred years ago.
The Old Imperial Household had always wanted to make the First People dynasties of Ying Land into vassal states. However, conditions had not been ripe in the early years. As more and more Yono People migrated to Ying Land and their influence grew, the various dynasties realized they could no longer resist on their own and decided to rely on the strength of the Eastern Continent.
But for some unknown reason, it was said that the ship carrying the seals had encountered a storm and sunk midway. At the time, the Eastern Continent had also fallen into civil unrest and had no mind to concern itself with matters in Ying Land.
And so the matter came to an end.
According to Vegadov, these items had been salvaged from a sunken ship. Some members of their faction specialized in recovering wrecks from the sea. Following a lead, they found the location of that shipwreck and retrieved these items.
The two objects were of little use to him personally, possessing at most historical and commemorative value. But if they became entangled in relations, politics, and diplomacy between the two countries, they could be used as a card to play.
After all, they could at least prove that Ying Land had once agreed to become a vassal state of the Eastern Continent. Would that not give me the right to have a say over Ying Land's territory, population, and even resources?
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