Chapter 756: Who Could Have Guessed This?

Regarding the clamor and insults outside, Liu Zheng had always turned a deaf ear.

For these past few days, he had been waiting.

Waiting for the people arranged by the Prince of Wei.

Without the daily, day-and-night, rumbling sounds of mountain blasting, he had slept quite soundly these past few days.

Xie Fang and Xie Ming had both come to look for him several times, but they had all been driven away by the fierce-looking Pei Qianyun.

He had to admit it.

This suddenly appearing Tomb Cluster had truly helped him out.

Because after wiping out the 200,000-strong army of Liaodong, there were still 300,000 troops left in Liaodong. Yet Qiao Yuan had remained completely still. If one were to look at it normally, since Liu Zheng had been blasting the mountain here for so long, as the Liaodong Jiedushi, Qiao Yuan should have come over to take a look regardless.

However, he did not.

The situation was already very clear.

If Liu Zheng wanted to sit in the position of Liaodong Jiedushi, he had to topple Qiao Yuan.

This Longyan Dynasty's biggest human trafficker.

He was guarding against Liu Zheng, and naturally, Liu Zheng was also guarding against him. Where did the people trafficked by the biggest human trafficker of Longyan go? There was only one path, and that was from Liaodong, then down to Nanyang!

Remnants of the Prosperous Tang!

If Qiao Yuan wanted to contend with Liu Zheng and the imperial court, the only path he could take was that of the Remnants of the Prosperous Tang.

But once he chose this path, he would never be able to turn back.

But for Liu Zheng's side, the pressure would naturally be immense as well. 300,000 troops were already a force he would find difficult to swallow; what if these Remnants of the Prosperous Tang brought another 300,000?

As of now, he only had 100,000 soldiers in his hands.

With 100,000 soldiers, how could he deal with 600,000 soldiers?

Liu Zheng had been suffering from a headache.

Now, the appearance of this Tomb Cluster had solved his urgent need.

As for the Western Regions Governor's Office.

Liu Zheng actually did not care much about it anymore.

Others might fight and scramble for it, but he would not.

The reason was simple: the current world landscape had already undergone tremendous changes. With the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of several European countries could no longer be stopped; the British Empire and the Dutch Empire would both be the first in Europe to initiate the Great Age of Discovery. The Great Age of Discovery was coming, and the Silk Road was actually already beginning to gradually withdraw from the historical stage.

The Yinzhou ships were now beginning to be mass-produced under Liu Zheng's orders.

Hundreds, or even thousands!

A fleet of this magnitude was currently being kept hidden by Liangzhou, but once brought out, it would certainly be able to shock the whole world. Therefore, Liu Zheng's focus at this time was on those straits and those ports.

The Western Regions?

Let those poor children fight over it.

Finally.

More than ten days later, the group of tomb-raiding masters found by the Prince of Wei arrived one after another.

This was the first time Liu Zheng had truly seen these "Gold-Touching Captains." There were over twenty people in total, and good heavens, they were of all sorts: tall and short, fat and thin, hunchbacked, one-armed, with shifty eyes, and those with hard-trained bodies... in short, not a single one of them was a normal person.

"What are you standing there for? Pay your respects to Vice Minister Liu!"

The Prince of Wei said angrily.

Only then did the group tremble and bow respectfully.

Vice Minister Liu!

This was the world-renowned Vice Minister Liu! These people naturally knew who Vice Minister Liu was. Upon meeting such a big shot, each one of them acted with extreme reverence; if they could gain the appreciation of Vice Minister Liu, they would have enough to live on for the rest of their lives!

The Prince of Yong whispered from the side: "These tomb raiders are all people with incomplete life fates; Vice Minister Liu should not get too close..."

Liu Zheng smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

His gaze was currently fixed on a thin young man among them. This young man wore green robes and had a cold, lonely expression. He looked very ordinary and appeared extremely unsociable. It was obvious that he was being ostracized by those old veterans; their eyes all indicated that they did not know him, and they even sneered at him.

This young man, however, remained cold throughout.

Tucked into his waist was only a very short peach-wood sword.

That vacant gaze made him look like a dead man.

He was somewhat out of place among the crowd, even somewhat abrupt.

Liu Zheng returned the greeting, then chuckled as he looked at the young man and asked, "What is your name?"

The young man was slightly stunned, while the others cast envious glances!

He knows how to play it!

He really knows how to play it! He easily succeeded in attracting Vice Minister Liu's attention! Damn it, if I had known, I would have pretended to be like that too.

"This humble one is Wu Zhen from Qingzhou, greetings to you, my lord."

The young man bowed slightly.

Liu Zheng nodded with a smile and then walked out, with the group following him. After this Tomb Cluster was placed under martial law, Liu Zheng's tent had been set up inside. So, as soon as he came out, he saw the sea of people outside the cordon; countless people wanted to know what had happened inside.

When this group arrived at the Tomb Cluster, Liu Zheng finally stopped and said, "Masters, although I, Liu Zheng, do not know much about your trade, as the saying goes, a country has its laws and a family has its rules. A team must have a leader so that when we work, there can be a proper procedure. Do you all agree?"

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed.

"Vice Minister Liu understands!"

"The lord is right!"

"In our line of work, we must have a head!"

Someone began to recommend a middle-aged man with a sinister appearance.

"My lord, the leader this time must be our Lao Qian!"

"That's right, there is no one else but Lao Qian! In our trade, he has the most seniority! What kind of tomb is there that he cannot raid?"

That Lao Qian looked arrogant.

"Pfft, Lao Zhou is not bad either!"

"Exactly, Lao Zhou has raided several major tombs!"

The group of people argued in a mess.

Liu Zheng looked at that Wu Zhen, but he showed no reaction to this. However, at this moment, he was frowning as he looked at this massive Tomb Cluster, lost in thought.

When he watched it in his past life, Liu Zheng knew that the matter of tomb raiding was extraordinary, filled with all kinds of difficulties and obstacles; if one were not careful, not to mention losing one's life, it was feared the entire tomb would be destroyed along with it. Since it concerned the Imperial Jade Seal, Liu Zheng had to be cautious.

He looked around and smiled faintly: "Everyone, this matter is of great importance and requires caution. Since there is a dispute over this, how about I pose a question to everyone?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

The Prince of Yong and the Prince of Wei were also looking bewildered.

Vice Minister Liu is posing a question?

What could he possibly know about tomb raiding?

Before they finished laughing, Liu Zheng said calmly: "Above this Wangchuan is the place where the three mountains and one river of Liaodong converge; in the study of Feng Shui, this is called 'a crouching tiger and a coiled dragon'!"

The crowd was shocked upon hearing this.

Especially that Wu Zhen, who looked over in disbelief.

Clearly, they had not expected that this Vice Minister Liu would be so proficient in the study of Feng Shui.

Liu Zheng continued to smile: "Therefore, I believe the tomb that appears here will certainly not be small."

"Why don't we all make a guess based on the current level of excavation as to how large this Tomb Cluster is, how about that?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole scene went silent.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Who could guess something like this?

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