Chapter 1114: Discussing the Situation

"Bailie's location and output are all very good, and it has a deep connection with Lingshan; but! If the cost of keeping Bailie is too great, exceeding Bailie's gain to the Mou Nation, then..." The weighing of a big nation is often accompanied by the sacrifice of small forces.

"So Lu Zhensheng has been desperately proving that Bailie is very useful to the Mou Nation. He may not be able to fathom the Mou Emperor's mind, but he instinctively felt the danger." He Lingchuan sighed, "Unknowingly, Bailie still walked to this step, all blaming the Lu family main branch for being weak."

Placing the hope of life on others destined a tragic end, the difference was just whether that day came early or late.

Looking at the sand table again, the Soul-Gathering Mirror felt the urgency: "Then, what do you plan to do?"

"Nothing." He Lingchuan shrugged, "Still the same, they fight theirs, I develop mine."

"Ah?" This answer was beyond the mirror's expectation; it thought its master would speed up and take Bailie first, "Aren't you afraid Bailie will be swallowed by the Ya Nation?"

Did He Lingchuan have the ability to make the Ya Nation spit out the fat meat it ate? The mirror was anxious for him.

"Don't be anxious." He Lingchuan laughed, "Do you think the Ya Nation will swallow Bailie in one bite?"

"Won't it?" The Soul-Gathering Mirror felt its brain wasn't enough.

"It could have done so long ago, why is it still rubbing against Lu Qinglin on the front line?"

"Uh..."

"The Ya Nation and Beijia have always been secretly connected, and attacking Bailie may also be part of their strategy." He Lingchuan threw the flag onto Bailie's territory on the sand table, "If I were the Great Chieftain of the Ya Nation, I wouldn't swallow Bailie in one bite, to avoid violent retaliation from the Mou Nation. After all, after taking Bailie, the Ya Nation would border the Mou Nation, and it certainly wouldn't want to receive all the war pressure from Beijia."

"A better way is for the Ya Nation to continuously attack Bailie, forcing the Mou Nation to divide troops to rescue, thereby continuously bleeding and consuming combat power. This step is also the Ya Nation cooperating with Beijia's combat plan."

"So, the Ya Nation's invasion of Bailie must last at least a year or two, and it must be intermittent, letting the Mou Nation be exhausted by rescue, and finally it can give up Bailie. At that time, the Ya Nation swallowing this prey will be effortless." He Lingchuan's own thinking was becoming clearer, "Although the Ya Nation's combat is wild and fierce, looking at the Great Chieftain's past style, it is steady and not adventurous, which is why it reuses generals like Wulu."

Since taking in the Bailong tribe branch of Wanzai Feng, He Lingchuan had been paying attention to collecting information about the Ya Nation, especially the famous battles of the Ya Nation in the past, all of which had to be carefully analyzed.

After all, this was a neighbor that was annoying and couldn't be moved away.

"In the future, Bailie should be dangerous but not urgent; I also have time to deal with things on hand." Others coveted Bailie, but he was not anxious, "The biggest variable is actually in the Mou Nation. If it suddenly loses to Beijia and the situation turns sharply, the Ya Nation will accelerate the annexation of Bailie. But judging from the current situation, this possibility is very small."

The Mou Nation's foundation was still very thick, and there was still huge war potential that had not been developed.

"When the Mou Nation views Bailie as a chicken rib, a pity to abandon and powerless to keep, it is when the Ya Nation is about to annex Bailie." He Lingchuan's eyes flashed, "If we intercept at that time, what do you think the reactions of the Mou Nation and Ya Nation will be?"

"The Ya Nation will definitely be furious." The mirror chuckled, thinking it was happy, "As for the Mou Nation, uh, anyway it is going to abandon Bailie, what does it matter who takes it?"

"Of course it matters." He Lingchuan smiled, "When I take down Bailie, that's called fat water not flowing into outsiders' fields. As long as the Ya Nation can't take it, the Mou Nation will be happy."

Besides, he had friendships with Lingshan and the Mou Nation, so Bailie falling into his hands was always better than falling into the Ya Nation's hands, right?

Then, the difficulties he would face after taking Bailie would be greatly reduced.

"As for Lu Qinglin—" He Lingchuan relaxed after thinking it through, "He is also defending Bailie, and let him show off at the border. But he is already a Mou Nation general and cannot stay for long. After he is transferred back to the Mou Nation, who will defend Bailie?"

The mirror muttered: "Isn't it still Lu... Qingbin and his sister?"

"Lu Zhensheng and his son suppressed Old Six Lu's family, but they still have to rely on others to defend Bailie. Tell me, can Old Six Lu and the rest of the Lu family not be cold-hearted?" He Lingchuan laughed, "If Lu Zhensheng and his son hadn't dug a hole for themselves, how many counter-espionage plans would I have to use to achieve this effect of being separated in heart and morality? So, might as well give them some time, let Lu Zhensheng and his son make a mess."

He stood up and stretched: the idea was set, the plan to seize Bailie was postponed!

Since he had nothing important to do, he would simply accept the missions from Lingshan and the Mou Nation, temporarily leave the Yangshan Archipelago, and go to the Shining Gold Plain for a walk.

The Soul-Gathering Mirror asked again: "This mission from Lingshan is so far away, do you really want to do it? What's the benefit?"

"How much do you know about the Shining Gold Land and the Qian River basin?"

"Ah?" The Soul-Gathering Mirror was blank, "Before you got this booklet, I hadn't heard of it."

This mirror woke up from a long sleep and had been sleeping in Beijia's Qing Palace before, so how could it know the changes in the world outside? He Lingchuan walked to the sand table and restarted the supernatural power.

Soon, brand new mountain and river terrain floated on the sand table.

There was no lack of mountains or water here, with diverse landforms, mountains, rivers, plains, snowy regions, lakes, plateaus, peninsulas, and the Soul-Gathering Mirror even saw several bare deserts.

This vast land was located on the northeast side of the Ya Nation, looking at it across a big lake.

For He Lingchuan, this was another brand new world.

The Soul-Gathering Mirror looked for a long time: "Why does it look so familiar?"

"Maybe you've been there?" He Lingchuan hinted, "This place has a very long history."

"I..." The Soul-Gathering Mirror remembered, "My first master had been there, but that was a long, long time ago, and it wasn't called the Shining Gold Land then!"

His first master? That was over two thousand years ago.

He Lingchuan pointed to the sand table: "Let's talk about the recent one. About one thousand to eight hundred years ago, a powerful empire rose in this area, called the Shining Gold Empire."

The mirror interrupted: "It didn't last long, did it? The glory of the empire only lasted two hundred years?"

"Two hundred years, very sturdy. Most small nations are like revolving lanterns, and very few can last over fifty years." For hundreds of years, "turmoil" had been the theme of this world.

"The Shining Gold Empire disappeared, leaving only the plain named after it. Later, various small nations constantly appeared in this region, mutually invading, annexing, and replacing, but a powerful kingdom like the Shining Gold Empire never appeared again. To this day, it is still a pile of small nations. I heard that the relationship between them is very complex." He Lingchuan sighed, "I heard that the relationship between them is very complex."

"Neighbors always have disputes." The Soul-Gathering Mirror thought for a while, "Hey, did you see all this from the book?"

"More than that. I also attended a few classes at the Imperial Academy in Lingxu City, which specifically taught about the humanities and customs of various places in the world. Two of the classes talked about the Shining Gold Plain." The Imperial Academy in Lingxu City held public classes for the public from time to time, and even outsiders like him could audit and ask questions. Shao Jian's book could only record over 160 years ago; the current situation of the Shining Gold Plain had to be paid attention to by He Lingchuan himself: "There are twenty-four nations, large and small, there, not counting various ownerless areas, and natural and man-made disasters never stop, known as the Land Abandoned by Heaven."

Beijia is the Nation Favored by Heaven, but the Shining Gold Plain has become the Land Abandoned by Heaven.

The Soul-Gathering Mirror asked a question: "What is the reason for this?"

"The old pedants at the Lingxu Imperial Academy summarized the reasons as history and blood feuds." He Lingchuan had developed the habit in the Panlong world, and he listened very carefully in class, "That place has been broken for nearly a thousand years, and most people have no concept or yearning for a unified empire; some nations have accumulated deep hatred over the years, and after generations, even ten generations of families were destroyed, they are still attacking each other."

"In short, it is summarized as a historical legacy problem. Of course, this kind of public class will not teach more in-depth content. Some deep-seated reasons may not be suitable for ordinary people." He Lingchuan laughed, "Actually, I really want to go to the Shining Gold Plain for a walk, these missions are very suitable."

The Soul-Gathering Mirror didn't understand: "Why? Isn't such a big Yangshan Archipelago enough for you to toss?"

This master is busy all day, still feels he is not tired enough? "To be honest, it's not enough." He Lingchuan smiled slightly, "Being a leader is energetic, you don't understand."

After being busy for almost a year, various tasks such as tourism and trade, internal affairs, military protection, and foreign exchanges in the Yangshan Archipelago were basically on the right track, forming a positive cycle of self-sufficiency and surplus in the economy, frequent foreign trade exchanges, and military strength growing day by day, and the external environment had stabilized.

Three months after he took down the Yangshan Archipelago, he solved Beijia's open guns, Bailie's dark arrows, and the pushing of Lingshan and the Mou Nation, successfully gaining the disguised permission of the two great empires of Mou and Beijia, which allowed him to stand firm and develop in the brand new world.

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But He Lingchuan did not intend to handle these matters personally.

He was already a regional lord and should not manage every trivial detail. His direction for effort from now on, which was also where the difficulty lay, was to take a high-level view and use people effectively.

His old subordinates had grown alongside him, and those who could still remain in their posts now all had some real skills; they should be taking on the majority of the construction pressure for him.

If they couldn't share the load, then he would replace them.

As for He Lingchuan himself, he had more important things to do.

The mere Yangshan Archipelago could be semi-delegated now that it had been built to this point.

Hadn't he worked hard for over half a year just to eventually become a semi-hands-off proprietor?

(End of chapter)