Counting the king and his guards, there were only about three hundred people in the Wutanzi Kingdom. The former king actually had thirty concubines.
Tang Ning thought that Chen Huang was the most lecherous person he had ever seen, but in front of the former leader of the Wutanzi Kingdom, he could only stand aside.
Naturally, Tang Ning didn't want to have so many concubines. Even if he wanted to, Tang Yaoyao wouldn't agree to it, and even if Tang Yaoyao agreed, his body wouldn't agree to it either.
Tangning waved her hand and said, "Pretend I didn't say..."
Tangning later learned from Sadiq that only a small half of the thirty concubines were women from the Wutanzi Kingdom.
More than half of the others were either princesses from other small neighboring countries, or he used his status as the leader of the Wutanzi Kingdom to rob passing caravans.
The Western Region has become more and more chaotic in the past two years. After the Wu Tan Zi country changed hands, it also began to develop into a horse thieves country.
Tangning ordered Sadiq to disperse the former king's harem group. They can decide for themselves whether to stay in Wutanzi Kingdom or return to their original place.
In the dilapidated palace, Tang Ning was sitting where the king usually worked. In addition to the king's seal, there was also a booklet in front of him. On the booklet was a directory of the people of the Wutanzi Kingdom.
As the leader of the Wutanzi Kingdom, he currently has 345 citizens under his command, including 80 "Emperor's Imperial Guards". The power in his hands is worse than that of a village chief in the Chen Kingdom.
Of course, the king has the power of life and death over the people, and the guards are also responsible to the king. If the village chief of Chen State does the same thing, Emperor Chen will cut off his head and hang it on the village head.
However, although three hundred people are a bit small, it may not be impossible to achieve great things.
I think back then, the leader of the Xiaowan Kingdom used a thousand people to develop Xiaowan into a superpower with a population of hundreds of thousands in the Western Region. He, Tang Ning, could do the same with 300 people.
Of course, this grand blueprint cannot be achieved by relying on the people of Wu Tan Zi to have children.
Xiaowan initially took the road of making a fortune through business. It took them a few years to complete primitive capital accumulation, and then began to expand the population.
They subdued the horse thieves nearby, abandoned their national prejudices, and invited some scholars from Chen State to help govern the country with extremely generous treatment.
The most indispensable thing in Chen State is scholars, and among these people, only one can pass the Jinshi examination. Some people gradually lose their confidence and dreams, and accept the olive branch thrown by Xiaowan...
After completing capital accumulation and population expansion, Xiaowan began to attack neighboring countries, expanding the population and territory even more intensely. It took more than 20 years to develop the country into what it is today, which can be regarded as a country.
It's legendary.
Tang Ning has no intention of becoming the king of the Western Regions, nor does he have the idea of creating a second Xiaowan. For him, how can he use his identity as the leader of the Wutanzi Kingdom to get the opportunity to talk to Xiaowan and rescue Niang and Tang Shui?
That's the top priority.
However, this small goal has now encountered unprecedented obstacles.
In the war between Xiaowan Dayue and Wusun, at least 300,000 troops were invested, and he only had 400 men under his command. The aftermath of the war alone was enough to kill them dozens or hundreds of times.
When he was troubled by this problem, Sadiq knocked on the door, walked in, and said: "Master of the country, Awahan wants to see you."
Awahan is the old man from Shan Huan Kingdom. He is the oldest elder in Shan Huan Kingdom, and he is now also the representative of the remaining people of Shan Huan Kingdom.
Tangning said: "Let him come in."
The old man walked in, respectfully placed the royal seal on the table in front of Tang Ning, then knelt on the ground and muttered something.
Although Tang Ning couldn't understand what he said, it was not difficult to understand what he meant.
It is also important to be the leader of one country, and it is also important to be the leader of two countries. Since they insisted, Tangning no longer shied away.
After accepting this seal, he becomes the king of the two countries in the Western Region. He has more than four hundred people under his command...
Tangning accepted the seal, looked at Sadiq, and said, "Is there any place in the country for them?"
Sadiq thought for a while, nodded and said: "There are still some empty houses in the country. There are not many of them, so it is enough to accommodate them."
"Then help them settle down first." Tangning said, "Let them live here for the time being, and wait until they find a suitable place later."
Tang Ning is not willing to erase the existence of a country easily. Although Shan Huan is small, they still have their own unique culture. If Shan Huan is allowed to integrate into Wutanzi, maybe no one will remember the name Shan Huan after a few years.
Already.
"yes!"
Sadiq cupped his hands and walked out with the old man with an excited expression on his face.
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The people of Wutanzi were greatly shocked today. First, they learned that the Shanhuan Kingdom adjacent to them was almost destroyed by horse thieves, and then that the Wutanzi Kingdom changed hands.
The last time a rebellion occurred in the country was half a year ago, when the former king bribed the country's guards, led a rebel army into the palace, murdered the king, and then took the position of king himself.
Today, I heard that the king fell in love with the wife of a merchant from the Chen Kingdom and wanted to take her by force. Unexpectedly, these merchants from the Chen Kingdom were so powerful that they directly pulled him from the position of the king.
Although the people were shocked by this, they did not feel much panic in their hearts. Instead, they were somewhat grateful.
Compared with the previous leader, the former leader was violent and licentious, which brought the entire Wutanzi country into a state of chaos. It would be a good thing for the people to have someone replace him as the leader.
What's more, the person who became the leader of the country was a businessman from the Chen Kingdom. How could the people of the Celestial Kingdom look down on a mere Wu Tan Zi country? After they left, the Wu Tan Zi country would still be their Wu Tan Zi country.
Moreover, judging from his attitude towards Shan Heng and what Shan Heng's survivors said, the new king is a kind-hearted person. In this way, today's coup is a good thing.
Wu Tan Zi's country is too small. In less than a quarter of an hour, what happened in the palace can be spread throughout the country. After asking each other, they got the news and the people's mood calmed down.
This is the advantage of a small country. If the Chen Kingdom changes its emperor, it will take at least a month to announce the matter to the world and spread it to all the states and counties. In Wutanzi Kingdom, the guards only need to shout
Just one voice will do.
After a brief period of confusion, Wu Tan Zi's country soon settled down again.
At this moment, a plume of smoke suddenly appeared in the desert in the distance, and a light horse came to the city and shouted: "I want to see the king, I have something big to report!"
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Tang Ning had just finished handling Shan Huan's matter and had only drank half of a cup of tea when the sound of hurried footsteps sounded outside the door again.
Sadiq came in from outside with a man and said with a heavy face: "Master, something bad is going to happen!"
Tang Ning put down her teacup and said, "What happened, please speak more slowly."
Sadiq looked nervous and said: "The horse thieves nearby have united together and plan to besiege our Wutanzi country..."
Tangning glanced at him and asked, "How did you learn about this news?"
Sadiq pointed at the man and said: "Sare is an undercover agent we placed among a group of horse thieves. He came back this time to tell us the news."
The Wutanzi Kingdom has been able to live peacefully in the Western Regions for so many years. Firstly, it is because the countries in the Western Regions have an alliance and the thieves dare not touch them. Secondly, although they are not many in number, martial arts practice is prevalent in the country. Even though they have only
There are about three hundred people, but both men and women can go to the battlefield. Without the force of horse thieves with more than a thousand people, they would not dare to rob Wu Tanzi country.
Now that the Western Region is in complete chaos, each country cannot take care of itself, and the horse thieves in the desert have become more courageous. This is how Shan Heng's country was destroyed. Unexpectedly, they would target Wu Tanzi so quickly.
Tangning looked at Sadiq and asked, "How many people have they gathered?"
Sadiq said nervously: "There are at least 1,500 people. We cannot withstand the attack of so many horse thieves..."
