Chapter 1024.
Hanhai County.
A light rain fell throughout the night, moisturizing the large swaths of farmland around the county, the wheat grains planted in the fields were turquoise and oily, showing extremely good growth.
Farmers working in the fields, wiped the sweat seeping out of their foreheads, unable to hide the deep-seated smile in their eyes.
If there were no accidents, this year would be another great year of harvest!
They coincidentally cast their eyes towards the not-too-distant Hanhai Dao Palace, and could not help but reveal a look of awe and reverence.
Since ancient times, Hanhai County, which was located in the borderlands of Great Liang, had been barren.
The rolling mountain ranges, arid climate, and the wind and sand that hung from time to time made most of this place a desert Gobi except for a few oases, making it impossible to grow crops.
However, since the establishment of this Dao Palace, the days when it rained in Hanhai County suddenly became more frequent, and the rain was also quite abundant, moisturizing the earth and bringing infinite vitality.
The original condition of the area around Hanhai County was not bad, but there were even large tracts of wasteland that could be reclaimed!
Millions of migrants from the three northern counties were able to take root in Hanhai County.
Many people are privately rumored that the reason why the Hanhai County has become smooth from the barren land is entirely attributed to this Palace.
The Hanhai Taoist Palace is not only the place where Queen Wushu practiced, but it is also the hermitage of State Master Wang Chen!
Two years ago, Princess Qing Yun established herself as the king, changed her name to Wu Wu, worshipped Wang Duan as the State Master, erected the king’s flag in Hanhai and Xihai counties, established the country’s name as Xiliang, and formally declared to join in the competition for the kingdom of Da Liang.
In the past two years, Xiliang has not only successfully absorbed millions of immigrants from the three northern counties, but also traded with the neighboring counties, and its power and strength have been increasing day by day.
As the two counties of Hanhai and Xihai were stabilized and prospered under the rule of Queen Wuji, they showed the weather of a wise ruler, thus attracting many talents to join them.
In the midst of the fragmented Great Liang, the Western Liang Kingdom could be considered unique and attracted more attention!
Including some unsuspecting gazes.
In the Hanhai County King’s Palace, in the Imperial Study Room, Wuji, who was sitting in front of her desk, rubbed her brow and put down the official document in her hand.
Although her Dao cultivation had already reached a very high level, the long hours of reviewing zhengbiao and dealing with piles of official documents still made her feel mentally exhausted.
Thinking of Wang Chen who was hiding in the Dao Palace, this queen revealed a bitter smile.
Two years ago, she had been given the name Wujian by Wang Chen in the new palace she had just established, and had grasped partial control of the Mountain and River Formation before erecting the king’s flag with Wang Chen’s support.
As a result, Wang Chuan secluded himself in the Taoist Palace, which was converted from the new palace, and left all the affairs to her to deal with.
At the same time, he no longer controlled the military power of the New Hanhai Army and the Divine Mechanism Battalion.
Over the past two years, the original Princess Qing Yun has worked hard and diligently, and has quickly grown into a qualified Queen of Wu.
Although she was in a position of power, in her heart, what she liked the most was the days when she studied and cultivated under Wang Chen in the Dao Palace.
However, with the heavy workload of the country, the time that Wuwu was able to stay in the Dao Palace was getting less and less.
It was disappointing to think about it.
“Your Majesty.”
It was at this time that a guard hurriedly presented a secret report, “Urgent news from Great Yan!”
“Hmm?”
Wu Jiu’s phoenix eyes stared, and she immediately took the secret report and unfolded it.
After reading it, she said with a cold snort, “Yan is still not dead set in its ways, and I don’t know what they are relying on!”
Over the past two years, Western Liang had spread its eyes widely through the channels of the Rainflower Sword Scholarship and the Fuqing Chamber of Commerce, and in addition to the many forces of Great Liang, both Great Yan and Great Qi had sent out a large number of spies in order to keep abreast of the movements of these two great powers.
The information Wu just received shows that Great Yan is deploying a large number of elite troops to converge towards Hanhai Pass, and also conscripted a huge amount of supplies, clearly to start the rhythm of the war again.
Two years ago, the Yan army had lost three great martial honors in front of Hanhai Pass, returning with their heads broken and bloodied.
Now that they were actually making a comeback, it was puzzling to Wu Zun.
Because according to past intelligence, in the last two years, Great Yan had only produced one new Sixth Order Martial Exalt.
A mere Martial Exalt, even if he led thousands of troops and horses, what could he do to take down the solidly fortified Hanhai majestic pass?
“Your Majesty!”
Just as Wu Juan was pondering carefully, another guard came to the imperial study to report, “Urgent message from Great Yan!”
It was another secret report from Great Yan!
Immediately, Wu Bing sensed that things were getting a bit serious.
After reading the new report, she finally realized why Great Yan dared to invade Hanhai Pass again!
This time, Wu Shi couldn’t sit still any longer and immediately got up and headed to the Hanhai Dao Palace.
“Master!”
In the cultivation quiet room of the Hanhai Dao Palace, Wang Chen slowly opened his eyes, as if thunder and lightning were flashing in his pitch-black eyes.
He let out a long breath and waved his sleeve, and the door that the quiet room was sealed with opened instantly.
The Wu Jie who was guarding the door immediately revealed a sweet smile, “Master, I didn’t disturb your cultivation, did I?”
In the entire Western Liang Kingdom, she was the only one who dared to do so.
Wang Chen shook his head and asked curiously, “What happened? See how anxious you are, this is not good.”
“I know, there is stillness in every major event.”
Wu Jiu replied bitterly, “But Master, this time we are in big trouble!”
In front of outsiders, she was the Majestic Queen of Wushu.
But alone with Wang Chen, she was still the innocent and delicate Princess Qing Yun!
Wang Dust took the Yan secret report handed over by Wu Jiao and read it, laughing, “I thought it was something.”
“But, but ……”
Wu Jie said periodically, “Yan now has cannons, as well as the Kunlun Dao Palace.”
This secret report revealed that not only had Yan secretly forged a large number of cannons, but it also had the full support of the Kunlun Dao Palace.
The Kunlun Dao Palace was the number one Dao Palace in the world, and had never intervened in mortal disputes in the past, but this time, it actually came down in person, making people feel very unimaginable.
However, it was impossible to fake such news, as it would soon be sensationally spread throughout the world.
“You have the Mountain River Grand Formation, ten Kunlun Dao Palaces don’t need to be afraid.”
Wang Dust replied blandly, “As for Yan’s artillery, they will soon know the difference between the original and the pirated version!”
It was normal for the secrets of artillery to be leaked, after all, nowadays, the Western Liang Divine Mechanism Battalion was far larger than ever before, equipped with hundreds of field cannons, it was impossible to hide them from the ears and eyes of others.
However, casting cannons was not a simple matter, coupled with the fact that the ratios of gunpowder had always been a closely guarded secret, coupled with the fact that Wang Dust continued to improve, he did not think that the imitations that Yan had taken out were much of a threat.
“Original and pirated?”
Wu Jie was confused by what she heard, but Wang Dust’s nonchalant attitude still infected her, and her mood immediately relaxed: “Then there’s no need to draw the troops from Xihai County over to reinforce them, right?”
“It’s needed.”
Wang Dust said meaningfully, “Kou can go, I can also go, it’s time to settle this trouble once and for all.”
“Are you ready?”