Chapter 290: aircraft carrier

First of all, it's the Jiaonan Dynasty side.

The Jiaonan Dynasty matter has already been settled.

Originally Lu Yuan planned to say, the Jiaonan Dynasty matter would still be left to the Ten-Thousand-Year Army.

But the Ten-Thousand-Year Army has been in the north, dealing with the Rakshasa Dynasty.

How could there be time to go south?

However, for the Great Zhou Dynasty, it's not a problem at all; the Great Zhou Dynasty's army isn't just the Ten-Thousand-Year Army.

Moreover, when previously fighting the Rakshasa Dynasty, only the Ten-Thousand-Year Army was sent out; the other units weren't resting at home, they were supplying the Ten-Thousand-Year Army.

This matter has left quite a few people in the Ministry of War dissatisfied.

After all, in everyone's view, Qingbei has researched so many good things; this kind of battle, truly whoever fights will win.

Nobody would be worse than him, Gu Lie.

What gives him the right? Gu Lie gets to eat meat and drink soup, while others can't even get a bone fragment.

Everyone feels this anger inside.

Of course, anger aside, nobody dares to say anything openly.

After all, that's a prince, and the only prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Who dares to say something crooked openly? That's basically asking for their head.

But everyone is holding in their anger secretly.

Now it's fine, the Jiaonan Dynasty matter will be handed over to other people in the Ministry of War to handle.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Army can't spare any hands.

But it's just that the Jiaonan Dynasty suffers.

The four southeastern, northwestern war zones have been idle these days, doing nothing; of course, they were idle before too, but back then everyone was idle, now it's different.

Now that the Jiaonan Dynasty suddenly appeared, shouldn't the Ministry of War personnel properly attend to it?

The Jiaonan Dynasty really suffered misfortune.

That is, an area the size of a province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the four major war zones entered simultaneously from four directions, pulling the most advanced cannons, holding the most advanced guns……

That scene, although Lu Yuan didn't go to the site, when Lu Yuan read the military report, he could imagine the miserable state of the Jiaonan Dynasty.

From the Jiaonan Dynasty's cabinet drafting regulations to its complete end, it took less than a month in total.

Simpler and quicker than when Gu Lie went south to suppress bandits.

After all, this is the Great Zhou Dynasty's four major war zones going into action simultaneously, plus various advanced weapons, so naturally it's fast.

From the start, the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't take the Jiaonan Dynasty seriously; the Jiaonan Dynasty merely became a punching bag for the Ministry of War.

For the Great Zhou Dynasty, the most important thing externally is still the matter with the Rakshasa Dynasty.

What?

Also, the Gilded Dynasty?

What is the Gilded Dynasty?

Does this world have a Gilded Dynasty?

Does the Gilded Dynasty exist?

I don't know, I've never heard of it.

Um... just joking.

As for the Gilded Dynasty, needless to say, the Ten-Thousand-Year Army gave it the full treatment.

Three months ago, the Gilded Dynasty's royal family was captured by the Ten-Thousand-Year Army and escorted back to Huangcheng.

They are still being held in Huangcheng.

As for how it will be handled afterward, Lu Yuan hasn't inquired, but it's certainly not going to end well.

When they were sent back, Lu Yuan curiously went to look; the king of the Gilded Dynasty was a fifty- or sixty-year-old old man.

He looked pitiful; when being escorted back, he must have been subjected to special treatment, resulting in a bruised nose and swollen face.

But don't let his pitiful appearance fool you.

It is said that he ascended the throne at twenty-six and has been fighting the Great Zhou Dynasty ever since.

He has opposed the Great Zhou Dynasty for thirty years.

Before, when the Great Zhou Dynasty's foolish old emperor was in power, the dynasty once lost dozens of cities in succession.

It was this old man who allowed the troops to enter the city and freely commit rape, pillage, and looting.

It was this old man who treated the Great Zhou Dynasty's populace as two-legged sheep.

In the end, it was still this old man who let the city be slaughtered.

Anyway, for these national grudges and hatreds, this old man cannot be redeemed.

In the end, it was determined that he must be killed.

But after all, he is a king who opposed the Great Zhou Dynasty for thirty years, so he can't just be dragged off and beheaded casually.

Naturally, a special day must be found, so he has been kept imprisoned.

By now, it can be said that the Gilded Dynasty has been completely destroyed.

Originally, the people of the Gilded Dynasty could still have fled to the Rakshasa Dynasty.

The Rakshasa Dynasty was initially very willing to provide aid to the Gilded Dynasty.

After all, as long as the Gilded Dynasty exists, these two sides can continue to contend; isn't the Rakshasa Dynasty just the fisherman's gain?

But, since later events happened,

Where would the Rakshasa Dynasty dare to still accept the people of the Gilded Dynasty?

Not to mention people.

Even if a dog from the Gilded Gold Dynasty crosses the border, the Rakshasa Dynasty must hurriedly drive it out, fearing that over some trivial matter the Great Zhou Dynasty will again pick a fight with them.

Now the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Rakshasa Dynasty…… are still in talks.

That's right.

It's been over four months, the year has passed, and they're still talking.

There's nothing we can do.

We can't not talk!!

A big discovery has been made under Tianchi!

It's not a spirit stone mine, but a purple gold mine!

The purple gold here is an ultra-special rare metal.

How should I put the value of this…

Even cultivators want to possess it!

This stuff has a super-strong effect of neutralizing spiritual power; in the cultivation world, this purple gold is used to make armor.

It's top-grade material.

Of course, it's not quite first-rate, but it's close to second-rate.

The most important thing is, there's a lot of it!!

The quantity is truly enormous!

As for this purple gold, even a super sect like the Linglan Sword Sect would only have a few hundred catties.

But beneath Tianchi, it's several hundred…… tons!

This is only what has been clarified so far.

If estimated, it's probably several thousand tons, even tens of thousands of tons!

How could we possibly go back from such a place?

It's impossible to go back.

But this place's location is very special; if we don't go back, we basically can't find a reason.

There's nothing we can do but drag it out.

Anyway, the two sides have been negotiating, but the Great Zhou Dynasty simply isn't negotiating in good faith.

Speaking specifically, it's too complicated.

To put it simply, let's give an example.

It's like two young people bringing their respective parents, and then the two sides discuss the dowry and bridal gifts.

As a result, the groom suddenly says he doesn't like this bride anymore, he likes the future mother-in-law, and wants to marry the future mother-in-law.

Originally it was proper and proper, but then suddenly it went crazy.

Then this matter is definitely impossible to succeed.

The Great Zhou Dynasty and the Rakshasa Dynasty are just like that now.

The talks were going well before, but then suddenly the Great Zhou Dynasty started acting up, making extremely excessive and rude demands.

The Rakshasa Dynasty was so angry they flicked their sleeves and left.

But anyway, who's stronger now?

Obviously it's the Great Zhou Dynasty that's stronger.

So, the Rakshasa Dynasty, after being angry and flicking their sleeves away this time, will still have to obediently sit back at the negotiating table to continue talks next time.

Then the Great Zhou Dynasty again starts acting up, driving people away again.

Anyway, over these four months, the Rakshasa Dynasty has been driven away four times.

Not a single talk has succeeded.

And over these four months, the Great Zhou Dynasty has long since repaired the railway on the Tianchi side.

Of course, this railway definitely isn't built all the way from the Imperial City to Tianchi—that's too far; even building it over two or three years would be a stretch.

Tianchi is very close to Xinyu, the westernmost province of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The railway from Tianchi to Xinyu is only a few hundred li, easy to build.

After it was built, the mining facilities there were also set up.

Now every night, the Great Zhou Dynasty's trains run from the Tianchi side back, transporting ore.

After a while, the Rakshasa Dynasty isn't stupid either; they've also figured out something.

They know why the Great Zhou Dynasty always ends up acting up in negotiations, causing the talks to fall through.

They also know there's something beneath Tianchi.

After all, the trains every night carry full loads of goods from Tianchi back to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even if the Great Zhou Dynasty's secrecy measures are excellent, the Rakshasa Dynasty at most wouldn't know what's being transported, but they wouldn't fail to realize the Great Zhou Dynasty is stealing their stuff.

Now the Rakshasa Dynasty is also anxious.

In just one day, they'll lose the equivalent of several trainloads of their own stuff.

But just the Rakshasa Dynasty being anxious won't help.

The Rakshasa Dynasty has absolutely no way to deal with the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Let alone stopping the Great Zhou Dynasty from mining in their own Tianchi; even sending a small squad to get close and observe to see what the Great Zhou Dynasty is mining…

Before they could even get close, two high-explosive shells came flying in.

Over these four months, up to now, the Rakshasa Dynasty still doesn't know what the Great Zhou Dynasty has found beneath Tianchi.

Now the Rakshasa Dynasty has already allied with several dynasties from the Ou Bei Continent, jointly pressuring the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's just to make the Great Zhou Dynasty withdraw quickly.

However...

The Great Zhou Dynasty simply doesn't bother with them.

Anyway, the Great Zhou Dynasty already occupies the Tianchi area, with the Ten Thousand Years Army stationed there building fortifications.

Especially the Wula Mountains, the Ten Thousand Years Army has completely taken over.

Holding the Wula Mountains amounts to one man holding the pass against ten thousand.

So, they simply don't bother.

Now, the dynasties over in the Ou Bei Continent basically send official documents to the Great Zhou Dynasty every few days.

They're protesting, condemning, and whatnot.

Anyway, it's just a messy bunch.

The Great Zhou Dynasty just treats them as if they're farting.

Ignoring them, like a turtle chanting sutras.

As long as they don't empty out what's under Tianchi, the Great Zhou Dynasty won't withdraw.

These past four months have basically been these events.

For now, there hasn't been any major trouble; everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Nothing major.

Otherwise, Lu Yuan wouldn't be leisurely commuting every day with his briefcase, driving a small car to teach at Qingbei.

The only thing to watch out for is not to push the Rakshasa Dynasty too hard.

Otherwise, the Rakshasa Dynasty might truly unite with the other dynasties of the Ou Bei Continent, forming some kind of joint expeditionary force, which would also be trouble.

After all, that dynasty also needs to maintain its own image.

Otherwise, you'd say, you hit this one and that one, making yourself look like a warmonger, which really isn't good.

You say, Liyan… could she be pregnant again?

Early morning, at the grand residence.

In the master bedroom here, Lu Yuan sits on a small stool, washing his second wife's feet.

These clean, beautiful feet, coated with vivid red nail polish, are practically a work of art.

While Lu Yuan was washing his wife's feet with his head down, Gu Qingwan, sitting on the bed's edge, suddenly interjected.

Lu Yuan, head lowered, blinked in a dazed way as he looked up at Gu Qingwan.

Huh?

Gu Qingwan looked at Lu Yuan with a serious expression and said:

Liyan had been feeling nauseous in the days before she left; Sister estimates that she's pregnant again.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said:

No way, when Liyan was pregnant before, she had no morning sickness.

In response to Lu Yuan's words, Gu Qingwan couldn't help but roll her eyes at her man and said:

The condition of being pregnant is different; it's not that if the first had no reaction, the second also won't.

Lu Yuan blinked, asking, 'Is that really the case?'

But having said that, it's not impossible.

My eldest wife has been back for a few months, but just left a few days ago.

These past few months, my second wife couldn't do that, so basically it's all been Liyan's.

I'm so strong, so impressive.

Her getting pregnant again isn't really surprising.

Then you didn't check at the time to see if there was?

Lu Yuan, while resting his wife's beautiful feet on his leg and wiping them with a towel, curiously asked:

Nowadays, everyone is a cultivator and can use spiritual sense to probe the other's body.

Of course, the precondition is that the cultivator is defenseless.

However, after my eldest wife returned home, she's definitely defenseless, so if I use spiritual sense to check, I should be able to find out.

Gu Qingwan shook her head slightly and said:

No, Sister didn't think much about it back then; this just occurred to me just now, and I guess Liyan didn't think much either.

Saying this, Gu Qingwan suddenly blinked, looking at Lu Yuan with some excitement and said:

Brother, take Sister to the Linglan Sword Sect; it's a good chance to see Liyan, and anyway it's convenient for us to go to the Linglan Sword Sect now.

It's convenient.

In these four months, both Lu Yuan and Gu Qingwan have already reached the peak of the Huashen realm, and are about to enter the Xu void.

We can also try to open a small spatial rift directly to the Linglan Sword Sect.

We'll get there in a day or two.

We don't need to, like Lu Yuan before, fly for a whole month.

Go find Liyan?

Hmm…

Indeed we should go, because Lu Yuan has recently been thinking about something.

That is the bloodline awakening liquid.

A year has passed, and the two of them can drink another drop.

After drinking a drop last time, the two of them embarked on the path of cultivation.

If you drink another drop now, that would likely bring an even greater increase.

But you can't do that now.

Lu Yuan immediately said:

"If you do it now, no, you still have one or two months until you give birth; don't fuss, we'll talk after you give birth."

Besides, the first battleship and first destroyer are about to start construction; I need to keep an eye on them, so I have no time.

We'll talk after we finish these.

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Gu Qingwan immediately said in a coquettish voice:

"By the time you finish these, Liyan will already have been born~"

Hey.

Hearing Gu Qingwan's words, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Qingwan, saying:

"Hey, you think I don't want to go see Liyan? Then who am I busy for?"

Seeing Lu Yuan's look, Gu Qingwan couldn't help but laugh, then said in a coquettish voice:

"Oh dear, it's sister who's wrong, here, sister gives you a reward, hurry up and kiss~"

After saying that, Gu Qingwan lifted her beautiful foot and sent it toward Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan: "???"

……

At the dinner table, Lu Yuan ate while looking at a drawing beside him.

The Gu Qingwan serving Lu Yuan rice beside him couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Little brother, what exactly is this? It doesn't even look like a ship."

Lu Yuan raised his head, looked at Gu Qingwan, and raised his eyebrows somewhat proudly, saying:

"Aircraft carrier."

(End of chapter)