In Yangxin Palace Hall, a bowl was placed in front of the empress. There were medicinal herbs and other things in it. It was emitting a very strong bitter smell. Just a whiff of it would make one frown.
The bitterness of a single ingredient in this medicinal cuisine was enough to cover up all the other flavors. Thus, no matter what was done, only bitterness would be emitted in the end.
After drinking a bowl of medicinal cuisine, the empress's face turned slightly red. Her stomach felt as though it was on fire, giving off a scorching sensation.
After a while, the warmth began to spread throughout her body. The empress opened her eyes, took the candy from Hong Luan, and put it in her mouth.
"Let him in," the empress said coldly.
After a while, Feng Hou quickly entered the hall and bowed. "Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Let's see!" The empress used two of her fingers to pick up a piece of paper that was placed at the side. She transformed into a white line and flew in front of Feng Hou before she suddenly slowed down and was caught by him.
Feng Hou lowered his head and looked at the contents of the paper. It was a report on the mining situation of Mount Damo after it had cooled down.
"It's actually possible!" Feng Hou exclaimed after seeing the results. Just this alone was enough to increase the production by two or three times. If two or even three locations were to take turns burning the mountain and more people were sent to mine, the production could increase by four or five times.
The daily output of 400 to 500 kilograms of iron ore was enough to forge more than 15 weapons. In a year, it would be around 5,000 weapons. In two years, it would be 10,000 weapons. For the current Dayao, it would be able to solve its urgent need.
In this way, only half of the weapons for the new army of 20,000 were left.
Apart from using part of the iron ores in Mount Liucui for civilian use, some of it could also be used to forge weapons. In this way, the shortfall would be even smaller. Through some clans in the Yun Nation and the Chen Nation, they would be able to make up for most of the remaining iron ores. The real shortfall would not be much.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. It is truly fortunate to have such a good thing at such a time. Deputy Prefect Ren has made a great contribution this time. I will request for a reward for Deputy Prefect Ren, "Feng Hou said with a delighted look on his face.
Ren Baqian had actually increased the output of Mount Damo's iron ore by so much. This was really beyond his expectations. That Deputy Prefect Ren seemed to have some ideas.
In that case, even if he came to the Department of Ordnance to stir things up, he wouldn't be able to make any suggestions.
"It's good that you are aware of this matter. I will issue an order to mobilize manpower to cut down the trees and transport the materials. You will be in charge of the arrangements. Don't delay this matter, or else you will be severely punished," the empress said coldly.
"This subject obeys," Feng Hou replied.
After Feng Hou left, the empress said, "Call Hong Bao over."
After a while, Hong Bao carried a cloth bag and walked into Yangxin Palace Hall with large strides. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, fortunately, I did not fail you."
At the same time, he opened the package to reveal a box. It was filled with lime powder and a human head.
"Clean it and present it to me." After the empress finished speaking, someone immediately carried the box away. A moment later, the head was presented to the empress.
The empress took a closer look at the head. The face of the corpse was very ugly, but it indeed looked exactly like that person. Immediately, she felt an indescribable sense of irritation in her heart. She waved her hand and said, "Take it away and deal with it."
"Hong Bao, tell me the details," the empress asked again.
"I followed him all the way to Great Xia, and after confirming his route, I waited for him at the Severing Dragon Platform."
After listening to Hong Bao, the empress calculated the time and realized that the Seventh Prince's death happened to be the evening before she was brought to that world by Ren Baqian.
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This time around, fifty winged cavalry warriors followed Ren Baqian, Teng Ji, and Tao Jiyuan into the Mount Liucui iron mine. There were a total of fifty-three winged cavalry warriors including Ren Baqian, Teng Ji, and Tao Jiyuan. At this moment, most of the winged cavalry warriors had already dispersed. Some of them continued to look for prey in the surrounding areas. After all, a flower eagle wasn't enough for everyone.
Ren Baqian found a place to sit and rest. He was rubbing a cloud crystal in his hand. This was his big harvest from this trip.
At this moment, Ren Baqian heard a mournful cry in the sky. The sound was so sharp that it seemed to pierce through one's eardrums.
"It's here." Teng Ji, who was stabbed into the ground, stood up and looked into the sky.
"What's here?" Ren Baqian raised his head and saw a small black dot circling in the sky. The mournful cry came from this small dot that was circling in the sky.
"Flower eagles usually travel in pairs. If one dies, the other won't survive alone. That flower eagle has found its way here. "Teng Ji said while caressing his long saber. He didn't look nervous at all.
If the flower eagle didn't launch a sudden attack, it wouldn't pose too much of a threat.
In fact, a flower eagle wasn't considered a powerful creature in the Sixty Thousand Mountains. It was just relatively rare and difficult to catch.
Some of the surrounding people raised their heads to take a look. Following which, they continued to busy themselves with the things on hand. Evidently, they didn't care much about it.
When Ren Baqian heard Teng Ji's words, he felt that it was a pity. This kind of animal that was dead while the other wasn't alive was still very touching. It was especially easy to have a good impression of it. This was especially so for young men and women.
"Chirp!" Another mournful cry sounded in the sky.
"That flower eagle is descending." Ren Baqian felt that the flower eagle seemed to have become bigger.
Very quickly, Ren Baqian confirmed his thoughts.
That flower eagle was indeed getting bigger. When it was about 200 to 300 meters in the sky, Ren Baqian could already feel the power of that flower eagle.
Following which, that flower eagle circled in the sky once again. Following which, it ferociously charged in the direction of Ren Baqian, Teng Ji, and the rest.
That's right, it simply didn't think of leaving this place alive.
It only continued to accelerate and carried its entire body weight as it crashed down from the sky.
"Sir, don't move." Teng Ji said. When that flower eagle transformed into a brown silhouette in the sky, Teng Ji leaped seven to eight meters into the sky with his saber.
With a crash, a rain of blood fell from the sky. Two pieces of a corpse with internal organs and blood sprinkled down from the sky.
"If I don't move, I will be drenched in blood again." Ren Baqian knew what Teng Ji was going to do when he saw his actions. He broke into a run and ran to the side.
Even though that flower eagle was crashing over at a slanted angle, it was still going vertically downwards. According to the current situation, when Teng Ji chopped the flower eagle apart, it happened to be on top of his head.
This point could also be seen from Teng Ji's almost vertical leap.
However, Ren Baqian, who had run four to five steps away, turned his head and saw that half of the flower eagle's body whizzing towards him. He immediately cursed, "Damn you."
If he had stood at his original position, nothing would have happened. However, he ran a few steps to the side. However, that half of the flower eagle's body with its wings just happened to split into two before crashing down.
"Sir, be careful." When the winged cavalry warriors at the side saw this scene, they were shocked. This flower eagle flew down at an extremely fast speed. Even though it was chopped into two, the force of the falling half of its body wasn't small. If it was someone else, it would still be fine. However, if it was Ren Baqian, at the very least, his bones would be broken.
A few of the winged cavalry warriors leaped up and pounced towards where Ren Baqian was standing. One of them leaped into the air and kicked the falling flower eagle's body. Blood immediately blossomed. That part of the flower eagle's flesh was directly smashed by his kick, but half of its body was also sent flying to the side.
"Phew!" Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, brother." Ren Baqian wiped the blood off his face and thanked that winged cavalry warrior. He then hurriedly ran to wash his hair and face.
When he came back, the flower eagle's stomach had already been cut open.
"Is there any?" Ren Baqian asked anxiously.
"No, there are only ordinary gravel." Everyone knew what he was asking and immediately showed him the thing that they took out from the flower eagle's stomach. It was just a handful of very small gravel.
Things like cloud crystals could only be encountered and not sought.
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