Chapter 1344 The Queen's Beauty Trick

What is a nation?

Ning Xiaolan's inquiry caused many people to put down the delicacies in their hands and look at Li Xian.

Li Xian smiled slightly, and instead of explaining, motioned for Yan Ze'an to explain. This approach is actually very arrogant, and I don't even bother to answer your question. Li Xian's actions made Ning Xiaolan look a bit ugly.

Yan Ze'an pondered for a while, and said: "Nationality involves many things, and it is difficult to sum it up in one sentence or a few sentences. Moreover, the Shang Dynasty and the current Shang nation are still exploring.

But if I have to explain, I think that a nation is: a group with the same spiritual beliefs. We have commonality in language, culture, living habits, living area, dreams, etc., and even in politics, economy, art, etc., we are a group of people with a common direction.

Nation is spiritual. The country is material.

However, the scope of the definition of the Shang nationality is mainly the human race within the Shang country; of course, those outside the scope of the Shang country and yearning for the nation are also welcome.

Countries and nations are inextricably linked, but there are also some differences. For example, a country can integrate different races; but a nation, it is difficult to do so. In the process of development, the Shang nation also wanted to integrate into the Yaozu, etc., but ended in failure.

That's all. "

What Yan Ze'an said was a bit fragmentary, but Ning Xiaolan understood a lot. After thinking for a while, Ning Xiaolan forced a smile and continued to ask Yan Ze'an: "Then the country and the nation should have different interests, right? If the interests of the country and the nation conflict, which one will come first?"

Yan Ze'an looked into Ning Xiaolan's eyes and smiled very complacently: "The interests of the people come first!"

Ning Xiaolan's face was a little stiff, but Yan Ze'an's answer was really incisive, she avoided Ning Xiaolan's trap, and even fought back - your Ningguo's thinking is too narrow.

But Ning Xiaolan came prepared after all, and she still insisted on asking many things after that. Especially about the colonial trade, Ning Xiaolan was most concerned about it; but unfortunately, what Ning Xiaolan got was only an official answer. After all, Shang State and Ning State are in a hostile relationship, and Ning Xiaolan does not expect to be able to explore the core secrets of Shang State right now. Today's negotiations and meetings have yielded a lot.

At night, in the dead of night, Ning Xiaolan faced the bright moon and reflected on the investigation during the day. Today's Ningguo needs reform, and learning from Shangguo is the easiest and most feasible way.

The constitutional monarchy, the legal system, the civil system, the merchant nation... a flood of memories rushed over, and Ning Xiaolan sorted out these memories and discussions during the day over and over again, trying to sum up a strategy that is beneficial to Ningguo. But it is easier said than done, Shang Guo has gone a long way on a road that Ning Xiaolan is completely unfamiliar with.

Ning Xiaolan stayed in Shang Country for three days, and personally visited the factories, ports, and transportation hubs of Shang Country. Finally, Ning Xiaolan got in touch with Tang Country and transferred to Tang Country.

Tang State is different from Shang State, Li Xian can use the excuse of "constitutional monarchy" to neglect Ning Xiaolan, but Tang State cannot. Therefore, Li Yulong greeted him personally.

After the dinner, Ning Xiaolan extended an invitation to Li Yulong, asking if he could have a private talk at night.

Then talk about it alone, Li Yulong agreed very simply. Obviously, Ning Xiaolan's personal visit has a purpose, and Li Yulong can also guess it.

Under the bright moonlight, Li Yulong and Ning Xiaolan met in the rockery of Yulin Garden. Ning Xiaolan took off her luxurious clothes and only wore a plain white dress, like a fairy under the moon; but her noble aura was tenacious, which could not be ignored.

The night wind blew Ning Xiaolan's long hair, like a fairy Ling Chen, extraordinary and refined.

Li Yulong watched quietly, feeling unavoidably amazed and appreciative. Such a woman turned out to be an emperor. Suddenly, Li Yulong's heart throbbed a little. After so many years, Li Yulong is actually very tired, and as an emperor, he is lonely. It can be said that Li Yulong and Ning Xiaolan are naturally close in terms of identity.

Ning Xiaolan approached gracefully, came to Li Yulong, bowed slightly: "I've met fellow Taoist."

Tonight, the two are not emperors, but fellow Daoists, fellow Daoists who practice and govern the country. It should be said that the shout of "Friends of Daoism" was very appropriate.

Li Yulong nodded slightly: "Please sit down."

Ning Xiaolan sat down and sighed faintly: "Sitting in this position, I know what it means to be a loner. Before meeting a fellow Taoist, Xiaolan thought that she was the only one in the whole world."

The voice was faint, like weeping like resentment, and the worry of the beauty under the moon could not be ignored by any man. But Li Yulong was not a boy, so he was still vigilant. The woman in front of her is not some Xiaojiabiyu, she is a real emperor.

Of course Ning Xiaolan is not an ordinary woman, she is not pretentious at this time, she just seems to let go of her strong shell. "I have met King Xian before, but I can't seem to communicate. The Shang Kingdom and the Ning Kingdom are two completely different countries, and we can't find a common language.

But I really envy Xian Wang, he is different from us, he is not a loner, and he does not need to be a loner. "

This point seems to have opened up Li Yulong's chatterbox. Li Yulong nodded: "The constitutional monarchy is indeed very good, but we can only look at it. In fact, I also wanted to imitate the model of the Shang Dynasty, and even borrowed people from the Shang Dynasty to formulate a constitutional monarchy system. However, after thinking about it for a long time, I had to give up.”

"Why?"

"Because Tang State's current system is very suitable. Shang State is Shang State, and Tang State is Tang State. After all, these are two different countries."

When Ning Xiaolan heard the words, a gleam of light flashed in the depths of her eyes, but her face seemed a little melancholy: "In these years, Yingzhou has changed too fast. In a blink of an eye, there are only three countries left.

But among the three countries, Shang State is the strongest and Ning State is the weakest, like a mess of loose sand. I want to truly unify the Ning Kingdom, but those old nobles each have their own ideas and interests.

Now, I can't see the future of Ningguo. "

Ning Xiaolan's words seemed to speak to Li Yulong's heart. But Li Yulong smiled wryly: "Isn't that the case with Tang. Don't think that Tang is good now, but it's just superficial. Nowadays, in Tang, people often talk about the words 'virtuous king' and 'shang country', but rarely Mention your own country. This situation is getting worse."

The light in Ning Xiaolan's eyes became brighter and brighter, she was waiting for these words. But at this time, Ning Xiaolan continued to sigh quietly: "Shang Guo, it is indeed too powerful. If possible, I don't want to be an enemy of Shang Guo. The world is so big, and now I want to go out and have a look. Just like Shang Guo, go to The moon, but another world.

Li Daoyou, do you think we can cooperate? After the cooperation, we will stabilize the situation in Yingzhou on the one hand, and explore the outside world together on the other hand? "

Stabilizing the situation in Yingzhou is very cryptic; but in fact, it is to jointly resist the merchant country, guarantee the interests of our two countries, and let Yingzhou form a three-legged situation.

Of course Li Yulong understood. Looking at Ning Xiaolan's bright eyes, Li Yulong pondered for a while. Finally, he said: "Although the situation in Yingzhou is unstable, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for Tang. The next step is for Tang to expand to other continents.

Yingzhou is still too young after all. "

Yingzhou is too small to accommodate three countries, and I don't care about Ningguo's life or death! This is what Li Yulong meant. Of course Ning Xiaolan could understand, her complexion was a little trembling, and her smile was a little stiff.

But Ning Xiaolan is not a person who gives up easily, so she chuckled at the next moment: "Fellow Daoist said that Yingzhou is too small. In fact, Ningguo intends to develop westward and establish a foundation in Fertile China. Where are you going to go?"

Li Yulong looked at Ning Xiaolan, and the two looked at each other. After a long time, Li Yulong smiled: "There is no such a long-term plan for the time being. At this stage, Tang is mainly dealing with post-war affairs. But it is also very good to visit Fertility Shenzhou."

"Then how about our alliance?"

"……good!"

Ning Xiaolan stood up gracefully, and stretched out her slender hand to Li Yulong.

Shaking hands lightly, Ning Xiaolan smiled brightly, turned around and was about to leave; Night Breeze lifted Ning Xiaolan's long hair, and lightly swept over Li Yulong's face.

Li Yulong's heart throbbed suddenly, but Ning Xiaolan had already stepped forward, as if she was about to leave.

Suddenly, Li Yulong said: 'I'll take you back. '

"En." Ning Xiaolan whispered and walked forward; but whenever Li Yulong was within a step of approaching, Ning Xiaolan would walk quickly to distance herself.

The two walked like this until they reached Ning Xiaolan's residence, and Ning Xiaolan only thanked her; but at the moment when the door was closed, Ning Xiaolan looked at Li Yulong with a kind of... cordial look.

But after closing the door, the smile on Ning Xiaolan's face gradually faded, and the kindness in her eyes gradually turned into a wise and somewhat cold light.

As for Li Yulong, after returning to his residence, the figure of Ning Xiaolan appeared in his mind from time to time. As Ning Xiaolan said, the two were originally "lonely people", but because of their status, they were naturally close to each other.

Unknowingly, Ning Xiaolan's figure was quietly imprinted in Li Yulong's heart.

…………

Lone Bamboo Country, the country that once dominated the eastern part of Lingnan, has now become a different kind of prison. Su Zhongge commanded millions of troops and a large number of robots to completely surround the country and advance a certain distance every day.

Moreover, in the past few days, the Shang army is no longer a regular ten kilometers a day; sometimes it suddenly advances fifty kilometers a day, and sometimes it does not move for two days. Such irregular oppression made the people in Lone Bamboo even more nervous.

The threat of death oppresses the people in Lone Bamboo, constantly challenging the bottom line of madness, breaking records over and over again.

For example, Li Jiansheng, the once evil emperor of the Rongfang Kingdom, organized hundreds of thousands of experts to go to Guzhu Kingdom to arrest the common people. No matter men, women, old or young, as long as the birthday is suitable, all will be taken away. For a moment, the wailing in Gu Zhu's country was earth-shattering, and the resentment was billowing, almost covering the sky.

However, everything is still going on, no one is in charge, and it is impossible for someone to take care of such nosy matters.

This evening, Li Jiansheng watched the last group of people arrive, and finally gathered 660,000 people who were born on a cloudy day in a cloudy year. Guzhu Country now has a population of several billion, and it is very easy to find 660,000 people like this.

These people are all sealed, only their eyes can turn around, and their eyes are full of fear. Groups of soldiers placed these people in the positions designated by the formation. After being so busy for more than three hours, they were finally placed.

Suddenly, with a wave of Li Jiansheng's hand, a super large formation with a radius of more than 30 kilometers was suddenly activated, and the billowing evil spirit rose into the sky. Not only 660,000 people were trapped, but also more than 100,000 soldiers.

"Li Jiansheng!" The generals roared, and the soldiers roared.

Li Jiansheng looked down from a high altitude with a cold expression: "To summon the gates of hell, in addition to the souls of people born in the cloudy year, the moon, and the cloudy day, you also need the army spirit of the soldiers. In fact, when you are participating in this matter, your Fate is doomed!

Be angry, be resentful, the more angry you are, the more secure the gates of hell will be!

rise! "

Around, a large number of top masters vacated and urged the formation to run together, and the light of the formation broke through the sky.

The big formation oscillates and circles, streams of light formed by streams of evil spirits shuttle, as long as they are caught by the streams, no matter if it is ordinary people or master soldiers, all flesh and blood will be scattered in an instant, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul.

There were screams, roars, and curses, but it was of no avail. Even, there are still many remnants of the common people, who suddenly rolled towards the remnants of the soldiers—it was time for revenge.

Distorted souls floated into the air one by one, turning into bricks; while angry emotions, evil spirits, etc., were like glue, joining all the souls together, gradually forming a large city gate.

Unlike the Xing Kingdom that opened the gates of hell with the guidance of the country's lucky golden dragon, this time it was formed entirely by using grievances and so on.

The souls gradually piled up to form a tall city gate, surrounded by gray mist, quite a bit of an artistic conception of deep clouds, but it is a pity that the place is full of the breath of death.

The Gate of Hell took shape quickly, suspended in mid-air like the Gate of Heaven. The tall Gate of Hell was dark and heavy, looming in the gray mist, full of indescribable gloom. And the night, also cast a layer of coldness on the gate of hell.

On the left side of the gate is a turbid yellow river flowing quietly, with bones floating inside; on the right side of the gate is a pale green river, in which translucent souls float up and down.

On the central gate, there are ox head and horse face reliefs, black and white impermanence reliefs, and the legendary eighteen hell reliefs.

However, this time, after the door was opened, a proud figure suddenly floated out from inside. His whole body was surrounded by dark purple light, and his face could not be seen clearly, but the crown on his head was particularly eye-catching.

He stood at the gate, with a pair of cold eyes scanning the surroundings, and a mighty voice echoed between the heaven and the earth:

"It's you again. In just a few years, you opened the gates of hell twice, interfered with the operation of the underworld, and caused heinous slaughter. You are guilty!"

Sen Leng's gaze was directed at Li Jiansheng's eyes, carrying an oppressive aura of coercion from heaven and earth, as if he wanted to force Li Jiansheng to bend his knees.

However, Li Jiansheng was a former emperor after all, and now Li Jiansheng and others are all imprisoned here by the Shang Kingdom, and there is nothing to be afraid of. What's more, the practice of Immortal Realm is rising rapidly, even surpassing the most glorious moment of ancient Immortal Realm. Everyone's cultivation base is higher and courageous.

So Li Jiansheng yelled angrily: "Where is the bull * ghost * snake * god, dare to come to the world to shout! Take it down!"

Although the surrounding masters were a little dazed, the sudden appearance was obviously not within the plan; who would have thought that it was just opening a gate to hell, and it seemed that the king of hell appeared.

But everyone is a master. They have just experienced the baptism of war, and when they heard Li Jiansheng's words, they acted suddenly with a tacit understanding.

Countless souls scrolled, instantly sealing the gates of hell, isolating the figure of the king in the world on the side of the fairyland.

"Presumptuous!" The king was furious. With a wave of his hand, he defeated all the souls and was about to retreat. However, it was too late.

Li Jiansheng released his luck as an emperor, which is not much, but one attack is enough. The luck of the emperor engulfed the power of many masters, forming a kingly giant palm and smashing it down. With irresistible power, the kingly giant palm grabbed the king's figure.

"Seal!" Li Jiansheng yelled, and the king's giant palm suddenly turned into a rope, and the surrounding masters moved one after another, and an unknown number of seals fell in an instant. After a cup of tea, the dark purple figure of the king from the gate of hell was grabbed by Li Jiansheng like a stone sculpture, and he grabbed his neck.

The king's figure from hell opened his leopard eyes wide, and there was countless anger rolling inside, but everything was useless.