Chapter 986 Her Majesty the Queen
The war between the Four Great Sects and the Five Elements God Court finally broke out. I can see clearly that it is the Five Elements Divine Court, not the Five Elements Spiritual Realm. Now the five-element spirit world can learn to be smart. It hides behind the scenes and makes the local residents of Haozhou kill each other.
But the masters of the Five Elements Spiritual Realm kept moving in the dark. Kidnapping, assassination, sniping, etc., all kinds of methods emerge in endlessly.
The leaders of the Five Elements God Court are all from the Bian State. They are not only familiar with arms, but also attach importance to science, industry, commerce, and civil forces. Although the four major sects have developed for a longer time, they have not made much technological progress. The Dragon Tooth Empire with the best technology in Haozhou did not send out a large army, but was waiting for the military power of the Shang Dynasty.
The Dragon Tooth Empire only dispatched a team symbolically. But the four major sects have a large number of people, and the army is tens of millions; the Five Elements God Court is taking the route of elite soldiers, only a million, but most of them are equipped with ammunition.
The armies of both sides began to assemble and marched to the front line. A brutal war is about to break out.
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Fertility Shenzhou, Ziyang Shenting, Junxian walked around anxiously. Things have been too chaotic recently, and the changes are too fast. The recent series of changes made Junxian a little overwhelmed.
From Xiao Xuan not ascension and returning to the Immortal Realm, the ascension channel was blocked, the human body duplication technology, the Shang Dynasty suddenly announced that the Five Elements Spirit Realm was a traitor to the Immortal Realm, and now the war is about to break out. Pushed to the edge of the cliff.
At one time, Junxian thought that no matter what, he would develop with peace of mind for ten years, even if he swallowed his anger, it didn't matter. But now, Junxian feels a little bit of Li Xian's mood at the beginning - the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on!
So many things have happened in the Five Elements Spirit World, but Junxian can't stay out of it. After all, everyone had previously signed a strategic alliance agreement and swore that they would not be able to renege on their debts. Besides, Junxian didn't want to renege on his debt.
After a while, the senior officials of Ziyang Shenting came over, and Junxian immediately held a small meeting.
"Everyone, you already know the situation you are facing now. What are your thoughts?"
Huang Linhua, the Minister of Industry and Commerce of Ziyang Shenting, was the first to speak: "Teacher, I think this is a good opportunity. I have studied the history of the development of the Shang Dynasty. Wealth and luck. The battlefield is the biggest market! Arms are also the best commodities!
Now, the five-element spirit world war broke out, and we are allies again, and we just dumped goods to the five-element spirit world and Haozhou.
Of course, considering the distance is too far, what we should export are machines, machines for producing munitions, and even a large amount of raw materials. Haozhou is too close to the Shang Dynasty, and the machines that want to produce arms are urgently needed by the Five Elements Spirit World. "
Junxian thought for a while and nodded immediately.
Next to him, Zhongshu Ling Chu Wenjiang also said: "Teacher, I think the worst is the worst. This war can also be used to slow down the development of the Shang Dynasty, and at the same time find out the background of the Shang Dynasty. If there is a chance to fish in troubled waters , we may be able to kidnap some elites from the Shang Dynasty.”
Junxian nodded again.
Afterwards, everyone continued to speak, and Junxian gradually straightened out a complete train of thought. This time, Ziyang Shenting will definitely not be able to get rid of the Five Elements Spirit Realm, and for the time being, although the Shang Dynasty is relatively powerful, everyone agrees that the Shang Dynasty is developing too fast, and the background is not enough. Moreover, the Shang Dynasty was too far away from here, even if they could send a small number of elites, it would not help.
In other words - no matter how hard it is, Ziyang Shenting is safe!
Then, since it is safe, it is natural to toss and toss enough - anyway, Ziyang Shenting thinks so!
In the northern part of Fertile China, the demon clan is invading, but Junxian turns a blind eye, let alone making a move, and doesn't even make a sound, absolutely watching from the sidelines. Instead, he is interested in Haozhou across the ocean.
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The atmosphere is getting more and more tense, and the industrial expo in the Shang Dynasty is still hot, but for some reason, everyone feels an inexplicable tension coming.
At this time, at the back of the Shang Dynasty, Ling Zhifeng stood on the Temple of Heaven, pointed to the luck and holy energy of merit and virtue on the Temple of Heaven, and said to Li Xian: "My lord, the luck seems to be blocked these days, and the light of the holy energy of merit and virtue There's some flickering too. It's all ominous."
Li Xian looked at the Temple of Heaven in front of him, and frowned slightly: "What is the sign?"
"The evil spirit between heaven and earth is increasing, which will lead to this situation. Could it be that... the earth calamity is about to begin?"
Li Xian narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "You continue to monitor here, and you will be notified at any time if there is any problem. By the way, this matter should also be notified to the Prime Minister."
"Okay." Ling Zhifeng responded and sat down cross-legged. The omissions in the human robbery last time made Ling Zhifeng dare not be careless at this moment, and stayed at the Temple of Heaven almost all day long. Especially now that there seems to be signs of catastrophe, Ling Zhifeng dare not be careless.
After Li Xian returned to Qingyun Valley, he immediately ordered Yun Feihong: "How is the technology leading to the moon now?"
"It's ripe for a flawless landing."
Li Xian immediately said: "Prepare to launch a manned rocket to the moon. The sooner the better, we need a successful manned test."
Then Li Xian asked Yuan Yong's team to contact Moon immediately to prepare for a cross-world shuttle. This time, you can only succeed but not fail, and you must be in a hurry!
Yuan Yong immediately got busy.
At this time in the Shang Dynasty, although Li Xian seemed to have given up his power, in fact the military, technological and other powers were still in Li Xian's hands. Li Yuanming, the prime minister's power, is only political power, responsible for national stability and so on.
In fact, this is more like a group throwing away burdens, gathering important businesses, and throwing out unimportant businesses, or even businesses that have become burdens.
The core of the current Shang Dynasty is still science, aerospace, industry, and spiritual practice. People's livelihood and politics are secondary.
Of course, a country is a country after all, and many things are entangled with each other, and it is difficult to strictly distinguish them; how to ensure the correct and rapid development of the Shang Dynasty requires the political wisdom of Li Xian and Li Yuanming.
But one thing is certain, as long as the Shang Dynasty continues to expand, the country will be extremely stable.
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Wars are raging on the land of Yingzhou. The Shang Dynasty and the five-element spirit world declared war in the air. On the land of Haozhou, a large-scale war has entered the countdown; and Ningguo in the west of Yingzhou is also undergoing drastic changes.
In the spring, Emperor Ningguo said that he would pass the throne to the eldest princess at the end of the year. At that time, it caused a lot of opposing voices, and even finally caused the tragedy of the prince rebelling and being executed by Ning Xiaolan.
Now, as the end of the year is approaching, a tense and dignified atmosphere hangs over Ningguo.
Suddenly, Emperor Ningguo issued an order—all officials above rank seven in the Houtianchaohui, the imperial capital, and its surroundings should be there as much as possible; especially those from the imperial capital must be there!
As soon as this order came out, coupled with the previous briefings at the court meeting, and Ning Xiaolan's activities during this period of time, etc., the atmosphere in Ningguo immediately became tense. Everyone understands——His Majesty the Emperor is really a 'golden mouth', saying that he will abdicate at the end of the year, it seems to be true!
At this time, Ning Xiaolan also left from the Xiangguo Mansion, and headed for the Princess Mansion on a luxurious motorcycle.
Xiangguo Mansion is Zhang Quan's place, and Ning Xiaolan can come and go whenever she wants. The Princess Mansion is Ning Xiaolan's place, Zhang Quan wanted to enter the Princess Mansion and had to make a report.
Princess, of course it must be different. Zhang Quan should be thankful that although the princess Ning Xiaolan is strong and likes power, she is not a dissolute princess.
But having said that, Ning Xiaolan said that she likes power, but more fundamentally, she still wants to strengthen Ningguo. If I had to describe Ning Xiaolan's current mood, it would probably be - hate iron but not steel. None of the past emperors and princes of Ning Kingdom had enough vision.
Deep down, Ning Xiaolan felt that she had the responsibility to do something for this country. And if you want to do something for this country, you need to stand at the top!
In the prime minister's mansion, after Zhang Quan watched Ning Xiaolan leave, he smiled mysteriously and also proudly. After a series of planning before, Zhang Quan finally gained a firm foothold. At least in Ningguo, ordinary people no longer dare to do anything to Zhang Quan casually.
Speaking of this year, Zhang Quan lived like walking on eggshells. After Ning Xiaolan was named the eldest princess, Zhang Quan was in a very dangerous situation.
After all, Ning Xiaolan is a princess and a woman. In her inherent concept, it is: a married woman throws it out. Therefore, not to mention the Emperor of Ning, even the dignitaries of Ning and even many of Zhang Quan's partners are afraid of one thing-whether Zhang Quan will eventually usurp power and establish a new regime through Ning Xiaolan.
Therefore, in the past period of time, Zhang Quan's life was like that of Lin Daiyu, who didn't dare to take an extra step, didn't dare to say a word, and even smiled more elegantly, not too arrogantly.
One can imagine what Zhang Quan's life would be like in such an environment. But Zhang Quan is not a soft persimmon. He has leaked some important technologies to Liang Guo in the south, and he dared not act rashly by taking advantage of the strength of foreign enemies to involve domestic forces.
After the foreign enemies became stronger, Ningguo relied more and more on Zhang Quan's "Xinghuo Liaoyuan Group", and Zhang Quan gradually expanded, participated in shares, established factories, groups, infrastructure construction, etc. Through such means, Zhang Quan indirectly controlled almost 30% of Ningguo's industrial power and affected the lives of nearly half of the people.
Not only that, but in the name of security, Zhang Quan formed a total of about 500,000 troops piecemeal, large and small. These troops can usually be regarded as security, but at critical moments they are the army. There are even some masters among them!
So far, Zhang Quan has firmly established himself, and Ning Xiaolan cannot do without Zhang Quan's support. It can even be said that Ningguo is inseparable from Zhang Quan.
But Zhang Quan did not relax, because no matter how he thought about it, Zhang Quan still had the deadliest crisis - Ning Xiaolan herself. Zhang Quan was not sure if Ning Xiaolan would strangle him to death one day. Zhang Quan believed that Ning Xiaolan could do this kind of thing.
But it seems useless to say these now. Men have a quirk that the more dangerous a woman is, the more they like it; Ning Xiaolan is about to become a queen, Zhang Quan feels excited just thinking about it. What's wrong with the danger, I Zhang Quan is happy!
The dust will settle in the morning of the day after tomorrow, but today, Zhang Quan needs to go to the Ningguo Palace to discuss related matters with the Ningguo emperor and nobles.
From the current point of view, there is no problem for Ning Xiaolan to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, but the biggest problem is not Ning Xiaolan, but social thought, system and so on. Even after a year of deliberation, there are still too many people in Ningguo who oppose the appearance of the Empress, and even many common people are skeptical.
Queen, is it reliable?
Even the countries around Ningguo are ridiculing - Ningguo has no pillars, so that the rooster is always in the morning and laughs generously.
When Zhang Quan came to the court, most of the officials had already arrived, except the emperor. Not long after Zhang Quan arrived, the old emperor of Ningguo also appeared.
At this time, Emperor Ningguo looked a little haggard. The changes in the country, the brand-new development situation, the conflict between old and new powers, and the strong rise of Ning Xiaolan have exhausted the old emperor physically and mentally. In fact, Ning Xiaolan is already handling many national policies of Ningguo.
After the Emperor Ningguo sat down, he looked around and looked at Zhang Quan first: "Xiangguo, I heard that the Xinghuo Liaoyuan Group has almost affected the lives of nearly half of the people?"
Zhang Quan's heart tightened, knowing that the most critical moment had come. If I don't cope well today, the consequences will be disastrous. At this time, the old emperor of Ningguo finally had a showdown.
Zhang Quan stood up steadily, and said slowly, steadily, and without any tension: "Under the leadership of His Majesty and the guidance of the eldest princess, Zhang Quan did his best, but still only changed the lives of half of the people. , is Zhang Quan's crime.
Next, Zhang Quan will continue to work hard to improve the environment of Ningguo and the lives of the people. Strive to be on par with the Shang Dynasty, every household has surplus food, and each person can eat three meals of meat every month.
Now the Brilliant Star Group is researching the latest 5,000-ton fishing boat. It is estimated that the catch of one fishing boat is enough to meet the food needs of a town.
The minister roughly calculated that as long as there are 3,000 ships, it is enough to make up for the food shortage of Ningguo. "
I'm not asking you this! Emperor Ningguo was about to get angry, but then he was taken aback for a moment, but fell silent. In fact, Zhang Quan not only answered the question of Emperor Ningguo, but went a step further:
Your Majesty, our influence is not to control, but to improve people's livelihood, and we will continue to improve in the future.
But, if you dare to attack me, believe it or not, I will starve Ninguo to death!
In Zhang Quan's seemingly gentle words, there is a cold threat. In fact, almost all of Ningguo's current technologies are in the hands of the Xinghuo Liaoyuan Group, especially the large ships are 100% in the hands of Zhang Quan. As long as Zhang Quan said a word, Ningguo's marine business would be paralyzed.
Now Ningguo's food is almost dependent on the ocean; the output of the ocean is directly related to the stability of Ningguo.
The drought is already very serious, and Ningguo is developing industry and commerce at a high speed, catching up with the Shang Dynasty, so that more people are engaged in industry and commerce, and the agricultural population is decreasing. In addition, Ningguo is also expanding outwards, and the population is increasing. Increased dependence on the ocean.
If you want to use the ocean, you need a big ship. It's a pity that the big ship manufacturing technology is completely mastered by Zhang Quan.
For this alone, Zhang Quan forced the old emperor of Ningguo to make concessions. Not to mention the rest.