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[b]August 1st, 1900, Senryu, Hiron[/b]

In what may be later seen as a calculated move on the part of the Imperium of Hiron by the Grand Kingdom of Meung due to their recent troubles with the Xiang Warlords, a contingent of diplomats and negotiators sat on the deck of the civilian vessel [i]TES Sakunosho[/i]. It was making steam and sail for a port city of the Meung and then riding to the capitol of Yujin to become before their Grand Prince or his representatives.

The leader of the contingent, Suno Iziro, was perhaps the second greatest negotiator and one of the top diplomats of Hiron. He sat lounging on a wooden recliner as the ship rolled upon the waves, a parasol shielding him from the sun whilst smoking a pipe. Iziri looked over at the man to his right, Takana Takano, a man with a peculiar name that it was probably best not to make fun of him for, and then to the man to his left, Aizo Tsutto. Both were rather highly regarded diplomats within the Imperium, apparently asked for by name by the foreign minister.

The contingent was escorted by a mere two Imperial soldiers who were mostly a token guard. Should the diplomats be taken hostage or even executed, the Imperium would undoubtedly declare war upon Meung not long after.

Within Suno Iziro's pocket were their orders, to go to Yujin and offer a treaty between the Grand Kingdom of Meung and the Imperium of Hiron, wherein the island of Wenshou, an island not far off the coast of Settumese Tara containing the cities of Cao and Mung, would be given to the Imperium of Hiron in exchange for the Imperium making no territorial claim to the mainland territory of the Grand Kingdom of Meung for perpetuity for the furtherance of peace between the Imperium of Hiron and the Grand Kingdom of Meung. The diplomats were to make clear that to not accept the treaty was practically to invite war between the two nations, particularly at a time when the Meung were not well-prepared and dealing with the Xiang as well.