Chapter 319 The idea of ??the eighth princess is sorry for being late
On May 3rd, Li Xiang took his wife or the Xiliang cavalry and rushed to Tongtianhe City. On the dock of Tongtianhe City were parked the prepared ships and the Xiliang navy army participating in the escort.
The Flying Bear Army troops on another grassland have also rushed to Sanshui City, waiting for Li Xiang to arrive at Sanshui City from the northwest.
Xiliang Xizuosi has planned various routes along the way. They will go straight to the imperial capital this time and will not stop at any place. At most, they will replenish water and supplies at some huge ports.
The lord, mistress, and others will not get off the ship. Once they get off the boat, they will give others the opportunity to peek at Xiliang. There are many forces. They cannot break through Xiliang's defense, so they put the breakthrough point on the lord and mistress.
In their hearts, they only want to take over the entire northwestern land with Prime Minister Li. In the past, even if the northwest was in their hands, they would ignore that area. They didn't pay attention to it before, but now they can't ignore it.
Under the following governance in the northwest, the threat of ferocious beasts has been subdued. There is also a magical species called cold rice. There is no shortage of food in the entire northwest. There is even excess food that is exchanged with other local officials for refugees.
Today, there are 30 million people in the northwest.
According to the development of the northwest region, it won't take long before the population of the northwest is no worse than that of some particularly prosperous states in the Central Plains. Moreover, with vast areas of land being cultivated, the northwest will have a large amount of food.
By then, the former Beidahuang will become Beidacang, and the northwest land will become the food base of Daqian. This land containing countless wealth will fall into the hands of Li Xiang, who is just a butcher in their eyes. They are very worried.
Dissatisfied.
But in the northwest land, Prime Minister Li has hundreds of thousands of troops from the Xiliang headquarters, as well as a large number of the seventh, eighth, and ninth legions. Such a huge army can even join forces with the three families of Liangzhou, Ma family, Han family, and Pang family.
None of them could withstand Li Xiang's attack.
They went to the northwest to fight with Li Xiang. This time Li Xiang came to the imperial capital, this was their opportunity.
With Taoist Master Qingsong around, they can't use force, but besides using force, there are many other ways to solve problems in this world.
For example, I could use a woman to take control of your statue, or place some people around Li Xiang, and then slowly take control of the entire northwest.
The aristocratic families have plenty of time, and they can gradually turn what is in Li Xiang's hands into what is in their hands.
But all this must be based on the fact that they can send people to Li Xiang.
If you can't even get close to Prime Minister Li, what's the point of talking about?
Li Xiang also knew the thoughts of these families, so this time he brought four grand masters and left one grand master to guard Jiuyuan City. If anything happened in the city, the grand master could suppress it immediately.
However, among many people, they only know that there is only one grand master next to Li Xiang. Very few people know about the existence of Ji Mo Sect, and almost no one knows about the grand master from Huang Quan Sect.
As long as Buddhism does not tell the secrets of the Huangquan Sect, no one will know that Li Xiang has three more great masters.
As for whether the emperor knew about Prime Minister Li, he was not sure, because the royal intelligence system could be said to surpass the entire world.
Even among the Buddhist sects there were royal spies. When the late emperor destroyed Buddhism, there were secret spies from the Buddhist sect to cooperate with others, and that was why Buddhism was driven out of Daqian so quickly.
The emperor should know about the existence of Huangquan.
Wu Yating didn't like boating and couldn't stand the bumps on the boat. Li Xiang had no choice but to ask Taoist Master Qingsong to prescribe some medicine for her. His two children were very curious.
This is the first time they have seen such a big river and the first time they have been on a boat.
The Eighth Princess had taken a boat all the way from the imperial capital to the northwest, and she had some knowledge of the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Sitting on the top of the huge blessing boat with Li Xiang, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion every time she saw such a huge boat.
The craftsmen in Xiliang are really the only ones who can't think of anything. There is nothing they can't do. In just a few days in Jiuyuan City, she saw someone in the Qingyuan next door making something that could fly into the sky.
of machinery.
After asking around, I found out that the machine was built by Taoist Master Qingsong's disciples and craftsmen from Xiliang. Their dream was to make a machine that could take people into the sky. In the event of a war, this machine could be used to carry soldiers to the sky.
Directly to the city.
The Eighth Princess knows that the most important thing about a city is the city wall. If the Xiliang army can cross the city wall and go directly to the city, with the strength of the Xiliang soldiers, they can open it directly in a short time. By then, the Xiliang army will kill no one in the city.
block.
If Xiliang builds this kind of machine, the city wall array mages will have been wiped out by then, and they will have a new opportunity.
City wall array mages are a profession created by Da Gan in the past to deal with prairie people and monsters. They can cover the city wall with arrays and drive them with Yuan Stone. They can use them to stop flying objects or cultivators and monsters.
Flying monsters can also block spiritual attacks from enemies by entering the forbidden air formation in the city.
After Daqian conquered the demon tribe and the grassland people, this profession declined.
All they have learned is for war. If war disappears, they will lose their usefulness.
Now that the age of great strife is coming, there will be internal battles within Daqian, and border battles between demon clans, prairie people, etc. A huge melee from north to south, from west to east is about to begin.
As the eighth princess of the royal family, he knew that this war would be inevitable, and her brothers would not give up the power in their hands.
The demon tribe and the grassland people will not give up this opportunity to fight for freedom, and the dragon tribe, which has been suppressed by the Royal Navy in the East China Sea, will not give up this opportunity either.
However, there has been no internal strife in the Royal Navy, and its strength is still at its peak. The Dragon Clan cannot break free at all, and they can only wait for external forces.
Waiting for the internal fighting between the Daqian and the emperor to recall the navy army, it will be the time for their dragon clan to turn around.
This war may be even more tragic than the one thousands of years ago.
I don’t know if Daqian will be reborn from the ashes this time or will disappear into the long river of history. This chaos will be even more chaotic than the previous ones. The intensity of the war will not be as intense as the participation of strong men with golden bodies.
Worse than the melee before Da Gan was established.
In addition to his brothers, there are also those aristocratic families. They may still be working hard for Daqian at this time, but Daqian really fell into a melee.
These aristocratic families will also set their sights on the Dragon Throne, which is the throne of power coveted by countless oriental people.
As long as you sit on that throne, no one in the Eastern world will be able to refuse you. Just like today's new emperor, although he is not a master of cultivation, as long as the destiny of the country is still here, he is the well-deserved number one person in the world.
At the peak of Daqian, even a strong man with a golden body had to lower his head when seeing the emperor. He was facing not only the Emperor of Daqian, but also the entire Daqian Empire.
It is a pity that the national fortunes are declining now. Although the emperor is still the best in the world, he has lost the power to suppress the world.
The Eighth Princess turned to look at Li Xiang, who was fishing peacefully. His appearance was the worst among the countless talents he had seen, but your Xiang's strength was well deserved. one.
His strength does not rely on other people's propaganda, but relies on working hard bit by bit with the sword and gun in his hands.
From outside the pass to inside the pass, from the northwest land to the land of Liangzhou, he killed countless people along the way, and he didn't know how many strong men died in his hands.
If it weren't for the power behind her, she wouldn't have known that Li Xiang had faced a great master. When he was at the first-class level, he had fought with master masters and killed the beast king at the master level.
Such illustrious military exploits are rarely known in Daqian territory. Maybe many people know it, but they don't want to publicize it, because in their eyes, Li Xiang is just a butcher who knows how to kill.
What does a butcher advertise about?
Thinking about the eighth princess, she couldn't help but think of the power behind her. She wondered whether Li Xiang would accept the power behind him. During these days in the northwest, she could feel that Li Xiang controlled this place like a finger. He wanted to Just do whatever you want, no one can change what Li Xiang has decided.
The respect that the civilians in the northwest had for the Xiliang army and their enthusiasm for joining the army made her feel horrified. Ask any child in Xiliang what they want to do in the future, and you will hear that they want to be a soldier.
Only a few children who have no talent for cultivation will choose to become a Xiliang official from Congwen.
In the northwest, it is not the Northwest Yamen but the Xiliang army that truly rules this land.
Everywhere you can see soldiers from Xiliang headquarters who have retired from the battlefield, as well as those who can no longer serve in the army. They form local police to protect local harmony.
Basically prevent the growth of dark forces. Even if some gangs are formed, they will be arrested and brought to justice within a short period of time.
The police in these places have the power to kill. As long as they think there is a threat, they will draw their swords and guns to attack the enemy.
Such barbaric law enforcement methods are not seen in Daqian. Most people will have objections when encountering this. However, in the land of northwest, no one has objections to this kind of law enforcement behavior in Xiliang, because they think it is It's legal.
The existence of these agents protects their safety and prevents bandits and robbers in the northwest.
The security of the entire northwest has become very harmonious in the hands of the Xiliang army, and it also reflects Li's relative control over the entire northwest.
With such a desire for control, will Prime Minister Li agree to the existence of the forces behind him?
The people behind her wanted a lot, and they also wanted to get their hands into the Xiliang Yamen and the military. She was worried that there would be a conflict between the two.
The forces behind her are dispensable to Prime Minister Li, but they do not necessarily have to be owned. Once there is a conflict between the two, it will be very uncomfortable for her to be caught between them. Because once she loses the support of the forces behind her, she will be in the northwest. It's hard to get a foothold.
No matter which side she chooses, it will be very difficult for her. If she chooses Li Xiang, she will give up the power behind her.
Then her children will not be able to compete with Wu's children for rights in the future, and once the power behind the choice is disgusted by Prime Minister Li, his children will still not be able to obtain inheritance rights in the future.
The Xiliang army is not like Daqian's army. It is completely controlled by Li Xiang.
So far, no one has been able to infiltrate the Xiliang headquarters. Even those from the Wu clan's Xiliang headquarters are respectful, because those people are only loyal to Prime Minister Li, and the choice of future inheritance is also on Li Xian, and no one else can. Change Li Xiang's mind.
As Prime Minister Li who is about to enter the realm of a master, his lifespan will be extremely long. He will have a long time to choose a successor, and there will be no fight.
The eighth princess was very confused.
Li Xiang swung a big fish and landed on the deck. The guards immediately went over and caught the fish. Li Xiang said with some pride: "It seems that my fishing skills are quite good."
Zhang Qingyun said from the side: "Isn't it because the ingredients are good?"
The bait used by Li Xiang is made of spiritual objects, which are genius treasures for the fish in the river.
Li Xiang didn't pay attention to Zhang Qingyun's words. In Daqian, if a lower official dared to talk to a superior official like this, he would have been demoted long ago, or some means would have been used. Even if he himself didn't care, the people who had been paying attention to him would have Use some small tricks on that person.
If they can get the favor of a higher-ranking person, it will be a very good investment for them.
Isn't it easy for them to be a junior official?
"If you have the ability, you can also catch one!" Li Xiang raised his eyebrows and said to Zhang Qingyun: "As long as you also catch a fish, I will give you a promise. What do you want to do in the future? As long as it is within my ability. I can satisfy you no matter what."
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said: "Really?"
"Wait a minute, send that fish to the kitchen and ask them to make me a steamed fish." Li Xiang threw the bait in his hand into the river, and then said to Zhang Qingyun: "Have you ever seen me lie?"
A proud smile appeared on Zhang Qingyun's face, and he pulled the fishing rod hard with both hands: "Master, I will win this time!"
As he spoke, he flicked hard, and a big fish flew out of the river. The man next to him, with quick eyes and quick hands, caught the big fish with a fish container.
"I'll go." Li Xiang touched his nose in embarrassment: "You're lucky, tell me what you want or what you want to do."
Zhang Qingyun chuckled: "Good luck, good luck! Well, I haven't thought about it yet. Can I tell you when I think about it later?"
"You can take it whenever you want." Li Xiang said, focusing on the fishing rod: "This time I will catch a bigger fish."
Zhang Qingyun put the pole back into the water, looked at the vast grasslands on both sides, and couldn't help but sigh: "If the grasslands on both sides can be turned into fertile farmland, how many people can be fed!"
Cold rice can not only be grown in cold places, but the yield of cold rice grown in such a good place will be higher.
"Wait, in a few years I will knock this place down for you to farm." Li Xiang said with a smile.
