Chapter 804: The Weaver of the Net

Just as Qingyang Shuo said.

The most powerful of Liu Zheng's armies are, in fact, already abroad, and they are getting further and further away from the Central Plains.

For example, this unit under Huobu Quli.

They are responsible for the Southern Barbarian Lands, and with a momentum that is nearly overwhelming, they have crushed everything in their path; their horses' hooves have already reached Jiaozhi and the Canglan Kingdom.

If viewed through the concepts of Liu Zheng's past life, these countries are actually all in the vicinity of the south.

But if viewed from the current map of the Longyan Dynasty, this place is truly too far away.

Especially the Canglan Kingdom.

Where is the Canglan Kingdom?

In reality, it is the Laos of his past life.

Canglan is the first two characters of the Canglan River, and it was the first unified dynasty in the history of Laos. As for this place, people of the current Longyan Dynasty would not understand it at all; one could even say that no one has ever heard of it. This is absolutely not an exaggeration. In the historical records of Liu Zheng's past life, the Kingdom of Nan-Zhang and the Canglan Kingdom both paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty even established a Military and Civilian Pacification Commission there, which is the so-called Canglan Kingdom.

However.

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Today, Huobu Quli has arrived.

But in Longyan history, he has not.

The Southern Protectorate was originally only in the Liangshan area and did not penetrate deep into such "barbarian lands" as Canglan; this is also due to the arrogance of the Longyan people as a Celestial Empire.

Others also laughed heartily.

The Canglan Kingdom, in these years, can be considered the most glorious time in the history of Laos, but this is only relative. In recent years, they have been in a state of war with Myanmar and Siam, their military is exhausted, and the people are suffering unspeakably.

In the Military Advisor's tent.

He looked at the information gathered by the scouts and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "A mere tiny place, yet so many countries?"

Speaking of Myanmar, Myanmar has a strong presence in the history of the Southeast Peninsula. And the current Toungoo Dynasty is precisely the most powerful feudal dynasty in Myanmar's history.

And then there is Siam.

When King Fa Ngum established the Canglan Kingdom, the Canglan Kingdom was once at its peak in the Indochina Peninsula. He possessed a powerful army, and in terms of spirit, he also used the state religion, Theravada Buddhism, as an ideological foundation, making the ideological cohesion of the entire country and this army unprecedentedly strong.

Having finished with Canglan.

Huobu Quli found it more and more interesting the more he looked.

No wonder the Young Master said that this Southern Barbarian Land could keep him occupied for a few years. Looking at it now, it is indeed true. How could Huobu Quli not know of Liu Zheng's arrangements? The three hundred thousand-strong army in his hands, this time, can by no means return to Longyan.

In addition, there are the Portuguese, who have already begun their Great Age of Discovery and were glorious for a time.

"Interesting, interesting."

They can only expand outward.

They can only fight outward. They can only keep wandering outside, telling the imperial court that they will not return, that they have already gone far away.

Returning.

Would bring great pressure to the imperial court.

They need to create a state within the country where Liu Zheng's military strength is already a vacuum.

In this way.

Even if some dispute occurs within the country, they would not have time to return to reinforce Vice Minister Liu.

That is just how it is.

If Huobu Quli, after this conquest of the Canglan Kingdom, were to lead his great army back to Longyan from this distance, it would take at least nearly a year.

A year.

To protect Liu Zheng so he can continue to live.

Because.

The Lieutenants were all incomparably excited, rubbing their palms together.

Huobu Quli, however, smiled slightly: "Do not rush to conquer too much today; the soldiers are exhausted. Let us rest here in Jiaozhi for a period of time first. As for Canglan, we shall plot it later. Additionally, the several ports must be built urgently. Do not let the progress fall behind."

If there is truly some struggle in the country, in a year's time, the opportunity would likely have long since passed.

"General, then we..."

"Good!"

"The General is wise!"

The Young Master's passion for the Great Age of Discovery has never faded.

He pointed at the large map, his finger circling it, and then smiled again: "Once these few ports are built and our Yinzhou ships set sail, then these few countries will truly be rounded up by us."

When the perspective of Longyan is still immersed in being a Celestial Empire.

They do not know that even the Jiangnan region, which they once thought of as a land of fish and rice and incomparably wealthy, will in the future be surpassed by these coastal areas.

"This subordinate will go do it at once!"

When the various factions of the Longyan Dynasty were still suspicious of each other and engaging in internal strife, no one noticed that at this moment, in the former Southern Barbarian Lands, in the current Liangguang region, a region that would flourish in the future and never stop once it took flight, was already under construction.

Naturally, they would not pay attention to it.

They only know that Vice Minister Liu's army has begun to reach a place where it cannot threaten them, and that is enough; this allows them to breathe a sigh of relief. This allows them to devote themselves entirely to the struggle for the succession.

But they do not know.

They do not know now.

However.

Times will change.

Including Xie Tianyao.

He has the same thought.

A large net began to weave, beginning to sprout at a speed people could not notice, and then flourishing and developing.

If only there were a visual, dynamic map at this moment.

When one day they discover that the land of Zhongyuan, once their source of pride and prosperity, can no longer provide for them, they will finally realize the blow that regret and despair have dealt them.

But by then, it will be too late.

This brightness, though slow,

is nonetheless constant.

You would be able to see it.

On that ancient map, a once-small dynasty begins to grow, slowly, ever so slowly. From the original Zhaoge to the later Great Han, and now to the current Longyan, the vast, unknown spaces surrounding Longyan—once shown as barren and shrouded in mist on the map—also begin to slowly brighten.

Everything begins to flourish.

Every color begins to grow closer and closer to the color of the Longyan Dynasty.

In those once-barren places, people begin to toil; fields appear, and ports begin to be built.

Civilization begins to spread.

Of course, this spread is inevitably accompanied by bloodshed and slaughter.

From Central Asia to the Western Regions, from the Southern Barbarians to Liaodong.

No one can realize

how much Liu Zheng has contributed to the spread of Huaxia civilization.

If it could be said that Liu Zheng was previously resistant to war, to death, and to the wounded,

then now, he can view them with indifference.

A vivid web has been slowly woven.

And the one who weaves this web at this moment is still quietly watching the slaughter before his eyes, within reach, closer than anything else.

The people of the Luo Family are ecstatic.

But Liu Zheng is very calm.

This includes the casualties of Xiao Qian and the Qingzhou Army.

The Prince of Wei stands to the side, furious and exasperated.

War in this era.

And the money and trade wars of the modern society in his past life.

He suddenly has a realization.

Perhaps people living in this world are fundamentally just a pile of data. He, too, is a pile of data, pre-arranged data, pre-programmed genetic sequences.

It is all about winning and losing.

It is all data.

In fact, there is little difference.

It is just that some die in battle, while others die of hunger.

That is all.

The stench of blood, by now, has begun to spread to their nostrils.