Chapter 198

Based on this consideration.

Li Er was so understated, just wanting to minimize the impact of this matter, so as to achieve his goal of letting go and reforming.

The Great Tang cannot be in chaos now!

"So that's how it is, that's good."

"I said long ago that the Empress has her own heaven-sent luck!"

"Well said!"

Hearing Li Er say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, I am tired too; if there is nothing else, you may all leave."

"Xuanling, wait a moment. I still have some things about trade to discuss with you."

Li Er waved his hand, letting everyone else leave first.

Only Fang Xuanling remained standing in place.

"What other orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Xuanling, the investigation into the Duke of Zhao must be carried out in secret; absolutely no flaws must be left," Li Er said, looking at Zhangsun Wuji's receding back, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Your humble subject obeys!"

Fang Xuanling nodded solemnly, turned around, and retreated.

I don't want any mistakes at this critical juncture.

Great Qin Wang Cheng, Budalagong.

Qin Mu was sitting on the throne, listening to the ministers reporting the situation in various places.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to your instructions, the former ruler of Tuyuhun, Fuyun, and the former Turkic Khan, Jieli, have been imprisoned together with Songtsen Gampo. The three are practicing the 'Dance of the Prince of Qin Breaking the Formation' day and night, and are now quite proficient."

"Hahaha!"

Hearing this report, everyone present burst into laughter.

Qin Mu also couldn't help but laugh.

This could be considered one of his eccentric hobbies!

Ever since Fuyun and Jieli were captured, Qin Mu sent people to send them back to the Budalagong and imprisoned them in the cells together with Songtsen Gampo.

Qin Mu ordered them to practice the 'Dance of the Prince of Qin Breaking the Formation' day and night, saying it would soon be of great use.

Jieli, Fuyun, and Songtsen Gampo were all heroes of their generation, but now that they had fallen to this state, they were all gnashing their teeth in extreme anger.

But after venting, they had no choice but to honestly follow Qin Mu's orders.

No choice!

Others are the knife and chopping board, and I am the fish and meat!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after months of construction, the first official road between the Tibetan plateau and the Tuyuhun plains has been completed, allowing for mutual passage."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Xin Qiji has led ten thousand soldiers of the Trapping Camp to fully take over Jiannan Dao, and the road connecting Jiannan Dao to the Tibetan plateau has also begun construction!"

"Very good!"

Qin Mu nodded in approval.

These are truly two pieces of good news!

The Tibetan plateau has extremely high terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Establishing a dynasty in such a place has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is not having to worry about attacks from other countries.

With such high terrain, just climbing up takes a great deal of effort, let alone fighting a life-and-death war.

Even if one wants to, one is willing but unable!

This is one of the reasons why the Tibetan dynasty was able to continue for nearly a thousand years.

Of course!

The drawbacks are also obvious.

That is, it is extremely difficult for a dynasty established on the Tibetan plateau to break through its boundaries and achieve hegemony.

The Tibetan plateau is like an isolated island; others cannot get in, and one cannot get out.

And now that the roads to Tuyuhun and Jiannan Circuit are completed, it means a bridge from the isolated island to the mainland! This has extremely significant meaning for Great Qin!

Moreover, among the rewards Qin Mu previously signed for, there was the skill 'Improved Road Construction Method', which allows for the smooth construction of roads regardless of difficult conditions.

This is also Qin Mu's greatest asset!

Coupled with the desperate research of a group of top talents led by Shen Kuo in the Academy of Sciences, it is not impossible to achieve higher efficiency.

"Pass on my order: let Shen Wansan personally go to Jiannan Dao to be responsible for supervising the construction of the trade center."

"Tell him to be bold and do it; he must build the entire Jiannan Dao for hundreds of miles into a trade center!"

"In the future, this place will not just be for trading daily necessities. Weapons, horses, refined salt, ironware, etc., from all countries will be traded here."

Qin Mu ordered solemnly.

At the same time.

Wei Zhongxian had long sent people to convey Qin Mu's words to Shen Wansan exactly as they were.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Jiang Huai has led twenty thousand Iron Eagle Sharpshooters to control the entire Hexi Corridor and has led craftsmen to build eight hundred garrison fortresses. The Hexi Corridor has completely fallen into the control of our Great Qin,"

"Solid as a rock!"

"Not bad!"

Qin Mu nodded with satisfaction.

Having the Hexi Corridor in hand means that the trade between the Great Tang and the thirty-six Western Regions countries all depends on Great Qin's mood!

If they want to give them candy, they have to eat it!

If they want to give them a slap, they have to honestly offer their faces!

This is the importance of channels!

And the Great Tang and Li Er seem not to have realized the mystery of this.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the rulers of the thirty-six Western Regions countries, such as Gao Chang, Yueshi, Loulan, and Jingjue, have all arrived at the Wang Cheng and are waiting for Your Majesty's audience."

"Understood."

Ever since Qin Mu annexed Tuyuhun and captured Jieli, Great Qin's prestige has been completely established.

The surrounding powerful countries already know.

A superpower that surpasses the Great Tang and the Turks has quietly risen.

No one knows what kind of person the monarch of this superpower is.

Especially the rulers of the thirty-six Western Regions countries.

They are the closest neighbors to Great Qin and live in fear and oppression day and night.