Chapter 155: Heavenly Palace Live Broadcast System (30)

Nuo Nuo Ma rubbed her forehead upon hearing this, sighing, "Don't you go and lead your Linbao astray! In our house, he gets sleepy the moment we talk about studying, but he's incredibly proactive about everything else."

Xie Yang said with a smile, "Nuo Nuo likes military topics so much, it wouldn't be bad for him to apply to a military academy in the future."

Nuo Nuo Ma glanced at her son and whispered, "He has to be able to get in first! The academic requirements for military academies aren't low."

Feng Zinuo clutched his binoculars, busy explaining the final air echelon of the parade to his little friends:

"Fighter jets! These must be the newest fighter jets! Wow, wow, wow! So amazing! They can do front rolls and back rolls directly in the air... Linbao, I want to be a fighter pilot when I grow up, what about you? What do you want to be?"

Xie Jilin said without hesitation, "I want to be a scientist."

He already knew what a scientist meant; it was someone who could invent all kinds of powerful tools.

He thought, the reason Daliang didn't have big airplanes, high-speed trains that could travel a thousand miles an hour, or little cars that didn't eat feed but only drank oil yet were countless times faster than horse-drawn carriages... was because Daliang lacked scientists.

Although he wasn't sure if he could ever return to Daliang, this wish was the one he wanted to realize the most.

Feng Zinuo said excitedly, "Then it's a deal. I'll be a fighter pilot, and you'll be a scientist. Jinbao, what about you? What do you want to be?"

Xiao Jinbao hugged her rabbit doll, tilted her head, and said in a soft, milky voice, "Jinbao wants to be an aunt."

"Pfft—"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough—"

Nuo Nuo Ba and Nuo Nuo Ma were truly a married couple; they choked on their water as if they had planned it together.

"Well, Xiao Jinbao, you don't need to make a wish to be an aunt; that will happen in the future anyway."

Nuo Nuo Ba teased Xiao Jinbao.

Feng Zinuo glared at his father, "Dad, that's wrong! Our teacher said that without effort, there can be no reward! How can a wish come true if you don't make one?"

"..."

How come the little brat doesn't know about "getting something for nothing" when it comes to his studies? But he sure is sharp-tongued when it comes to talking back to his old man.

Nuo Nuo Ma and Xie Yang exchanged a smile.

The Grand Military Parade, which lasted about an hour and a half, ended here.

Xie Yang and her group packed up to check out and drove to the next attraction—the Recreational Vehicle Nongchang.

All of Great Liang: "!!!"

The children had binoculars and could see the parade scene in front of Tiananmen, but everyone in Great Liang couldn't see what was in the binoculars, though they could watch the Television broadcast.

The images provided by the live broadcast were even more shocking than watching it in person.

From the flag-raising ceremony to the fighter jets at the end trailing colorful ribbons, everyone from the Emperor and his courtiers down to the common people was so shocked they couldn't recover for a long time.

After a long while—

【Oh my heavens! Is this the Grand Military Parade of the Heavenly Palace? It's so imposing! I'm so shaken I can't even speak!】

【So this is the Grand Military Parade of the Heavenly Palace? It's actually got some substance!】

【The Heavenly Palace's army even has troops that fly in the sky!】

【That's not all, didn't they say there's a navy too! Specifically for the sea... come to think of it, there are no enemies on the sea, so why send troops to guard it?】

【There are no enemies on the sea, but there are on the other side of the sea! The people of Linhaifu have gone out to fish and encountered pirates who kill and steal ships; it is said they were disguised as islanders from across the sea.】

【There's actually such a thing? Then why doesn't the imperial court send troops?】

【Sending them is useless; when it comes to fighting at sea, our dynasty's soldiers are no good!】

【If they're no good, they can learn! The Heavenly Palace has a navy, our Great Liang can have one too!】

【...】

"What do you ministers think?"

The core team of the imperial court, who had been summoned by the Emperor to the Imperial Study early in the morning to watch the Heavenly Palace's Grand Military Parade together: "!!!"

Great!

The Emperor wants to imitate the Heavenly Palace and establish a navy again.

The proposal is good, but it costs Silver.

Establishing a regular army is easy enough; just draft a batch of able-bodied men for military service.

But a navy... besides people, you need ships, right?

And they can't be ordinary fishing boats; they have to be large ships that can carry men and weapons and withstand strong winds and waves, and that burns money.

Everyone looked sympathetically at the Minister of Revenue, who had a bitter expression on his face.

"Your Majesty..."

The Minister of Revenue was so worried he was about to cry.

There was truly no more Silver to be allocated!

Xiao Yanze felt heavy inside.

How could he not know the national treasury was empty?

The Late Emperor reigned for over ten years, and not only did he fail to fill the treasury, but because he blindly sought peace, he took the initiative to sue for peace with the warlike foreign tribes, paying out a great deal of Silver.

In his opinion, such things should never have had a beginning!

And now, the foreign tribes, having tasted the sweetness, were becoming increasingly aggressive, stirring up trouble at the borders from time to time with the intention of making Great Liang pay.

To say something treasonous, it was fortunate his father had passed away; if he were still on the throne, the reparations would continue to happen.

By then, the treasury would be empty, and it would be time to cede territory.

The foundation laid by his ancestors was almost destroyed in his father's hands.

He wondered if, in the afterlife, the old man was being scolded by his ancestors while they twisted his ears.

"Your Majesty, it is not that this minister disagrees with building a navy and showing our national prestige, but this spring and summer, there were droughts and floods in various places, leading to a very poor autumn harvest; I fear it won't even reach one shi. The prefectures have followed Your Majesty's orders to open the Grain Warehouse for disaster relief, and we don't know how long we can hold out. As for the navy... could it be postponed?"

Xiao Yanze frowned and said nothing.

The Minister of War fully understood the Emperor's thoughts.

The alien tribes outside the passes and the island nations across the sea are all eyeing Daliang covetously.

Once they cannot resist the invasion of the alien tribes, the common people will not only go hungry, but every household will also have to send out able-bodied men to fight, and by then, they might not even be able to save their own lives.

Thinking of this, the Minister of War paused abruptly; he seemed to have grasped why the Sky Screen world would hold a Grand Military Parade for the public to see.

"Emperor! Your subject understands!" He excitedly shook his beard, "The Grand Military Parade in the Heavenly Palace is not a mindless act; they are intimidating the alien tribes! Thereby achieving the goal of winning without a fight!"

……

The Recreational Vehicle Nongchang that Xie Yang and the two families went to is located in a village under the HR District.

Legend has it that during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a summer palace was even built here for the imperial family.

It is just that the era is truly too distant, and no ruins of the palace were left behind, so there is no way to verify whether it is true or false.

But the scenery is truly good—blue skies, white clouds, green mountains, and clear waters attract tourists living in the big cities built of steel and Cement to come for outings and excursions.

Gradually, the local villagers became prosperous by relying on farmhouse entertainment.

Villagers with vision saw business opportunities in this; not only did they open farmhouse entertainment businesses at home, but they also contracted the idle fields in the village and started Recreational Vehicle Nongchangs.

The Nongchang covers a wide area and is composed of a Recreational Vehicle camping area, a Planting experience area, and a farmhouse barbecue area.

After Xie Yang and her group arrived, they parked their cars in the parking lot built by the villagers' pooled funds and walked a few hundred meters along the indicator icons to reach the entrance of the Nongchang.

A week ago, Nuo Nuo Ma had already booked two family-style Recreational Vehicles through a group-buying platform; after arriving and verifying their identity information, she received the Recreational Vehicle keys and water and electricity cards.

It was fortunate that they booked in advance; if they had come on the spur of the moment, let alone a Recreational Vehicle, they wouldn't even have been able to rent a barbecue grill at the farmhouse, and those in the long queue had already been waiting for an entire afternoon.

(End of this chapter)