Chapter 14

"What!?"

"Great Qin?"

Fang Fang Xuanling asked blankly.

"Correct! I have already ordered that from today on, the national title here shall be changed to Great Qin; three days from now, we shall offer sacrifices to the heavens and announce it to the four seas!"

"From now on, Qin will stand alongside Tang, and sooner or later, Great Qin will annex the Great Tang and establish a truly unified nation."

"Not just the Great Tang, but also Tuyuhun, the Turks, Goguryeo, the Byzantine Empire, and the Roman Empire—all will prostrate themselves at the feet of Great Qin!"

Qin Mu opened his arms, his deep voice passing through the hall and resounding over the entire Lhasa City.

Songtsen Gampo was stunned.

The Tubo nobles were stunned.

The people outside the Potala Palace were also stunned.

In the square outside the great hall, all the soldiers gripped their spears tightly, their palms trembling uncontrollably.

This domineering aura, shooting straight into the nine heavens, made them unable to suppress the excitement in their hearts.

The young lord standing in the palace had ambitions that were not limited to the Nine Provinces, but to conquer billions of common people!

How heroic was this?

How domineering was this?

Fang Fang Xuanling was shocked beyond measure, staring dumbfounded at the youth before him.

Too terrifying!

It was truly too terrifying!

What kind of ambition was this?

This youth...

He is simply not human!

"Prime Minister Fang, have you remembered my words clearly?"

Inside the hall, Qin Mu withdrew his gaze from the firmament and continued to converse with Fang Fang Xuanling.

"The sinful... sinful minister has remembered clearly!"

Fang Fang Xuanling nodded fiercely, gritting his teeth as he spat out the words.

More than just remembered?

He had already branded these words deeply into his mind.

No matter what, he must return to the Great Tang and tell the Emperor everything he had seen!

This youth is too terrifying!

Sooner or later, he will definitely become the Great Tang’s most troublesome enemy.

"Prime Minister Fang, I can let you go, but I have one condition."

A smile still played on the corner of Qin Mu’s mouth, making it impossible for anyone to fathom what he was thinking.

"What condition?"

Fang Fang Xuanling lifted his head suddenly, asking impatiently.

"Within one month of your return to the Great Tang, you are not allowed to tell anyone about everything that happened here!"

"When you go back, act as if the decisive battle between Songtsen Gampo and me has not yet begun, and treat everything that happened afterward as if you don't know about it, understand?" Qin Mu stated a condition that Fang Fang Xuanling had not expected.

That is to say.

Fang Fang Xuanling had to act as if he had not participated in the decisive battle between Songtsen Gampo and Qin Mu, but had left Tubo and returned to the Great Tang before that.

The deadline was one month.

After one month, Fang Fang Xuanling could say whatever he wanted.

"Why is this?"

Fang Fang Xuanling had a very strange feeling in his heart.

He had seen countless people, but had never seen anyone Wu Li Ke Qin Mu.

Qin Mu stood right in front of him, yet he could never guess what he was thinking.

Truly terrifying!

"The reason is simple, because I am going to Chang’an with you, and I am going to marry a Great Tang princess!"

Boom!

This sentence was Wu Li Ke a heavy bomb, instantly causing an uproar in the hall.

Damn it!

Isn't this too audacious?

Those Tubo nobles who had become prisoners looked at Qin Mu in disbelief.

Especially Songtsen Gampo, who was already completely bewildered.

He felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart.

Why?

Why is the gap between me and him so large?

From Qin Mu’s previous domineering declaration of annexing the world, to his mutual appreciation with Fang Fang Xuanling, to the final, unimaginable strategy—all made Songtsen Gampo unwilling to accept it, yet he had to admit it.

This youth is much stronger than himself!

Fang Fang Xuanling was also stunned for a long time before he digested this huge amount of information, asking with a trembling voice: "Great King, do you know that you are still the number one rebel of the Great Tang? If you go to the Great Tang as an envoy, wouldn't that be throwing yourself into the net?"

He really couldn't understand what was in Qin Mu’s mind.

He did things too illogically.

"I have my own ways; can Prime Minister Fang agree to my condition?"

Qin Mu said with confidence.

Since he could escape from the Great Tang the first time, he could naturally escape the second and third times.

"This..."

Fang Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and felt that this was indeed a worthwhile deal.

Anyway, it was only for a month; after that, he would report all the circumstances truthfully to the Emperor, and he believed the Emperor would forgive him.

"Good! This sinful minister agrees to the Great King; I will keep my promise within one month!"

Fang Fang Xuanling agreed readily.

"Good!"

"Three days from now, the dynasty will change, and I will accompany Prime Minister Fang back to the Great Tang!"

"Hahaha!"

Qin Mu laughed heartily and turned to leave the palace.

Night fell.

Lhasa City was silent.

Inside the Potala Palace, the candlelight was faint.

Qin Mu sat alone in his bedroom, slowly closing his eyes.

"System!"

He called out in his mind.

Qin Mu had never forgotten the task the system had given him: sign in at the Potala Palace.

It was just that after conquering this place, there were too many things to do, so Qin Mu had delayed the sign-in task.

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully taken control of the Potala Palace; do you wish to sign in?]

"Sign in!"

Qin Mu said without hesitation.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in at the Potala Palace; starting to distribute rewards!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining five extraordinary people: Song Song Yingxing, Li Li Shizhen, Jia Jia Sixie, Xu Xu Guangqi, and Shen Kuo!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining super wheat seeds, baobab seeds, super oil lettuce seeds, and super cotton seeds!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining technologies: saline-alkali land improvement methods, mineral mining improvement methods, and road construction improvement methods!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining special talents: Yu Yu Huatian and Wei Wei Zhongxian.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1,000 top-tier secret agents!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1,000 capable ministers!]

[Ding! The next sign-in location has been updated; please reach the designated location to sign in as soon as possible!]

Seeing these rewards, Qin Mu was stunned.

Isn't this too awesome?

So many talents, so many technologies, and so many super seeds!

Qin Mu felt that this sign-in reward was tailor-made for him.

First, the five extraordinary people—each one was not a simple character!

Song Song Yingxing was equivalent to a top scientist of ancient times.

The "Tiangong Kaiwu" he authored contained various industrial technologies, handicraft technologies, and agricultural technologies, etc.

Such as production technologies for machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weaponry, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt production, coal mining, oil pressing, etc.

In terms of agriculture, Song Song Yingxing recorded the entire production process of rice seed soaking, breeding, seedling transplanting, and weeding in great detail.

Li Li Shizhen needs no introduction; he was a god-level existence who authored the "Bencao Gangmu".

Jia Jia Sixie was an extremely famous agronomist who authored the "Qimin Yaoshu", especially having deep experience and technology in the research and raising of livestock.

Xu Xu Guangqi was a top talent focused on astronomy and geology; in technologies Wu Li Ke astronomy, calendars, surveying, and water conservancy, no one in the world could surpass him!

Shen Kuo was even more powerful, simply a master of ancient science and technology; the "Mengxi Bitan" he authored almost encompassed all the science and technology of the time, including astronomy, geography, water conservancy, calendars, mathematics, etc., all of which he had mastered.

Possessing these five top talents, it is no exaggeration to say that Qin Mu was equivalent to possessing a million-strong army!

What is the most important thing in ancient times?

Livelihood technology!

Only the development of livelihood technology can create the strength of a nation.

Whether it was the Qin and Han dynasties of the past or the Great Tang of the present, these dynasties possessed the world’s top technologies in their respective eras, including astronomy, geography, arithmetic, water conservancy, agriculture, etc.

It was precisely because of this that these dynasties stood proudly above all nations.

Now that Qin Mu possessed these talents, it was equivalent to already possessing top technologies that surpassed the Great Tang.

Given time, letting these top talents promote their technologies to develop a small Tubo would absolutely be a matter of minutes.

Besides that.

The system also rewarded a variety of super seeds.

These seeds were extremely adaptable, could take root and sprout even in plateau areas, and could be planted without much water or nutrients.

Take the baobab tree as an example; as the name suggests, the baobab tree is Wu Li Ke bread, and its whole body can be used to satisfy hunger.

The bark of the baobab tree is as soft and refreshing as bread, the trunk accumulates water all year round, and the fruit is as mellow and sweet as milk.

It is no exaggeration to say that one baobab tree can directly support a family!

If the entire Tubo region were planted with baobab trees, the problem of food shortages here could be greatly alleviated.

Not to mention there were other kinds of super seeds that could also be planted and grown in plateau areas.

In addition, there were three technology improvement methods, which were also tailor-made for Qin Mu.

Tubo is located in a plateau area, and the vast majority of the region is almost entirely saline-alkali land.

If these saline-alkali lands could be improved to create fertile soil and fields, then Tubo would become a second land of abundance!

There was also mineral mining improvement technology, which was also a technology Qin Mu extremely needed!

The mineral resources in the Tubo region were extremely rich, especially copper and silver mines, which had very high content.

However, this place was still in a wild state, not even having a written language, so naturally, they sat on a treasure mountain without knowing it, not knowing at all that their land possessed such rich mineral resources.

Now that Qin Mu had unified this region, he had enough confidence to mine rich minerals, thereby enriching the national treasury and strengthening national power.

Only in this way could he have the capital to contend with the Great Tang!

The importance of road improvement technology goes without saying; there were almost no roads connecting the cities in the Tubo region.

This also led to the almost complete severance of information between the various Tubo tribes, making it impossible to form a unified force.

If improved roads could be built to connect the various cities of Tubo, it would be greatly beneficial to the economic and cultural development here.

And the 1,000 secret agents and 1,000 capable ministers were all resources Qin Mu currently lacked the most.

"As expected of a golden finger, it’s truly a grand gesture!"