Chapter 291 Prepare for a Rainy Day (150 monthly tickets plus more!)
dawn.

The Golden Crow had not yet risen from the eastern sky, but there was already some white light between heaven and earth. Guided by the dim light of the sky, I looked over the entire Gumo City. Every building in Gumo City was stained with blood. The strong smell of blood filled Gumo City. Even those who loved blood would still feel nauseous when they smelled it.

"Hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

"The king has ordered that in order to prevent the spread of disease, all corpses must be burned first and then buried in a pit."

……

Although the Qin army's biggest enemy was Jingjue, not Gumo, the Qin army would "repay" the Gumo people for their actions of adding insult to injury and changing their allegiance after the Qin army was defeated. While the Gumo people were celebrating the wine festival, the Qin army easily captured the city and slaughtered people in the city. The entire Gumo city was slaughtered by the Qin army, and not even a single living person could be found.

Before daybreak, the Qin army, which had been busy all night, collected the corpses in the city under the command of the squad leader, military marquis and other grassroots generals, and transported them outside the city for unified burning and burial. The 20,000 Qin soldiers were divided into two, half entered the city, and the other half camped outside the city.

Gumo Palace.

"How did the inspection go?"

In order to boost morale and to intimidate the Western Regions, Tianxuan, who had issued the order to massacre the city, unceremoniously seized the throne that belonged to the King of Gumo. His tall figure sat on the throne made of silver, gold, and some pig iron. Even though the blood had not yet been cleaned up, Tianxuan remained calm.

Below Tianxuan, Liu Ji, Zhou Bo, Li Shang, Chen Ping, Fan Kuai and others were divided into two rows. On both sides of the throne, Yan Fei and Yue Shen stood beside Tianxuan, one on the left and one on the right. The whole palace was shrouded in a slightly solemn atmosphere. After a long time, Tianxuan spoke in the tone of a ruler, breaking the solemnity.

"Your Majesty, every part of the city has been checked."

As soon as Tianxuan finished speaking, Chen Ping bowed.

"We have used special equipment to detect and confirm that there are no secret passages or secret rooms in the city."

"Very good." Tianxuan was very satisfied with Chen Ping's answer.

"Send someone to invite Gongsun Linglong here. I have something I want her to do." Tianxuan paused and continued. Before the expedition, Tianxuan summoned Liu Ji, Xiao He, Chen Ping and other confidants to discuss repeatedly for several days, combining the intelligence collected about the Western Regions and taking almost all the situations into consideration.

Gumo City has been acquired, and the first step in conquering the Western Regions has been achieved!
"Here."

Following Tianxuan's order, a Qin soldier guarding outside the palace bowed and accepted the order, then trotted out of the city.

When the Moon Goddess heard this, she remembered that Tianxuan was determined to take Gongsun Linglong with him. A hint of suspicion flashed across her beautiful eyes. She bent down and looked at Tianxuan unkindly: "My husband, you are not infected with any weird habits, are you planning to attack Gongsun Linglong?"

puff!

As soon as the Moon Goddess said this, before Tianxuan could reply, someone below burst out laughing. Tianxuan looked over and saw that Liu Ji, Zhou Bo, Zhang Han and the others all had red faces, and it was obvious that they were having a hard time holding back their laughter.

"Moon Goddess, what are you thinking of?" Tian Xuan rolled his eyes at Moon Goddess in annoyance. "My aesthetic taste is normal! The reason why I brought Gongsun Linglong with me is just to let her famous disciples who are good at speaking eloquently go on diplomatic missions to the small countries in the Western Regions such as Qiuci, Dayuan, and Yutian for me, so as to divide the Western Regions to the greatest extent possible."

"It is indeed most appropriate to let someone from a famous family do this."

Yan Fei, who was standing on the other side of Tian Xuan, recalled the famous disciple's eloquent speech that was enough to change other people's perceptions, and nodded in admiration.

"Cough, cough, cough." Suddenly, a rapid cough sounded in the hall, making people wonder if the owner of this sound could cough out all his internal organs. Looking in the direction where the sound came from, the person who made this rapid cough was a white-haired old man with a white beard covering most of his face and a thin figure.

The people around him saw him coughing violently, but no one showed any dissatisfaction. Fan Kuai even brought a stool and carefully helped the old man sit down.

"Mr. Zheng Guo, are you okay?"

Tianxuan looked at this person with some respect and said lightly.

Zheng State!

He was the builder of the Zhengguo Canal, which irrigated hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the Guanzhong Plain, and a famous hydraulic engineer of his time.

"I'm old, and I probably won't live for many years." Zheng Guo finally stopped coughing violently. Facing Tianxuan's question, he smiled bitterly and waved his hands.

"Mr. Zheng Guo, can you do me a favor?" Tian Xuan looked at Zheng Guo with an apologetic look in his eyes. "Of course, you can choose not to do it. If you don't want to do it, I will immediately arrange for someone to send you back to the Central Plains and prepare 10,000 taels of gold for you, which is enough for you and your family to have food and clothing without worries!"

"Sir, what's the matter? Tell me first!"

Ten thousand taels of gold?

This, it must be said, is a huge number. If a person only wants to be a rich man, then this 10,000 taels of gold is enough for a family to be rich for several generations. When Liu Ji heard this number, he was even more moved, as if he wanted to agree to it on behalf of Zheng Guo, and live comfortably with this 10,000 taels of gold.

However, Zheng Guo, the person involved, was not moved at all when he heard the number and asked calmly.

Tian Xuan said in a deep voice: "I plan to ask you to travel around the Western Regions and draw a map of the mountains and rivers of the Western Regions, marking where water conservancy projects can be built, so as to connect various parts of the Western Regions and let the Western Regions fall completely into the control of our Great Qin."

The Western Regions are backed by mountains such as the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains. In spring and summer, the ice and snow covering the mountains melt and rush down to form rivers. As they flow, they merge with groundwater and mountain springs from other mountains, eventually forming a vast water system that covers the entire country and connects all directions.

"Your Excellency, you are so generous!"

After hearing what Tianxuan asked him to do, Zheng Guo was still dumbfounded even though he was a genius in this area.

Tian Xuan said: "Since we want to control a place, we should try our best to hold it in our hands. However, please rest assured, sir, I don't intend to let you leave now. After all, the war is about to start. If you leave, there will be chaos and chaos. If something happens, I won't be able to cry."

"That's good." Zheng Guo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that.

"Brother Zhang, please take someone to escort Mr. Zheng Guo to the vicinity of Jingjue City and explore the mountains and rivers near Jingjue City." After telling Zheng Guo that he didn't need to explore the water conservancy in the Western Regions right now, Tianxuan looked at Zhang Han, who happened to be brought here by him, "Since the Jingjue people have an underground world of their own, we must learn a thing or two about that underground world before going to war with them."

“Even if we defeat the Jingjue people, these rats who call themselves the Ghost Cave Clan will hide in the rat holes underground and give us a headache!”

"Here."

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