Hong Wu left with a frown. He still had doubts about swallowing the Yun Nation.
It wasn't difficult to conquer the Yun Nation.
The problem was that it would easily drag Dayao into a quagmire.
Those experts who stayed out of the war wouldn't sit idly by either.
If they wanted to stabilize the situation in the Yun Nation, they needed a lot of troops.
However, there was one thing that he immediately did. The next morning, he sent a letter to Tiesuo Pass and handed it over to the current commander of Great Xia, Guide General Zi Ye.
At noon, Zi Ye opened the letter that was delivered to him in his residence. He saw that he looked like a chicken that had crawled out of its claw. After carefully reading the letter, he saw that it was a list of compensation that Great Xia had to pay. This included various funeral expenses, expenses for repairing the city walls, compensation for mental damage … Finally, there was the five million taels of silver that was robbed by the Juruo City Guards. In total, there was a total of 105 million taels of silver, which was the annual income of Great Xia's treasury.
Zi Ye was stunned. After reading it carefully, he felt that he had seen wrongly. After reading it three times and confirming that he hadn't seen wrongly, he tore the letter into pieces.
At the same time, he said coldly, "Could it be that they are crazy?"
Then, he ordered, "Chase them out."
Compensation? What a joke. There had never been such a thing.
In the evening, Hong Wu received the report and reported it to the empress.
"Just as we expected, the commander of Great Xia has chased the messenger back," Hong Wu said.
"Just as I said before, go and get it yourself," the empress said faintly.
"Your Majesty, who should we send?" Hong Wu asked. One had to know that the winged cavalry wouldn't be enough to transport the goods back to Great Xia.
Furthermore, the winged cavalry lacked top-notch experts. The strongest was the winged cavalry's Protector General, who was equivalent to a Spirit Wheel expert.
"Let Li Qianqiu go," the empress said after some thought.
With Li Qianqiu's strength, as long as he didn't encounter a top-notch expert, there shouldn't be any problems.
The next day, the empress, Hong Wu, and Ren Baqian circled an area in Hong Wu's study. Then, the empress used the radio to call for Li Qianqiu.
Two days later, Li Qianqiu, who was resting near Liao City, arrived at Ping City with 6,000 soldiers from the Protectorate of the Center.
The three of them spent the entire afternoon researching in Hong Wu's study. The next day, Li Qianqiu led the winged cavalry, 3,000 soldiers, all the fork-horned cows in Ping City that could be used as mounts, and a large number of water buffaloes that could be used as rations. They headed straight for the west and prepared to cross the Lianyin Mountain Range and head toward Great Xia.
Along with them were the 1,000 grenades that Ren Baqian had prepared.
This thing would be of great use in the face of the Great Xia military formation.
To disrupt the enemy's formation, one thousand pills were enough for three battles. It was more than enough.
Both sides had radios that could contact each other at any time. If they wanted to return, Hong Wu could send troops to attack Tiesuo Pass to reinforce them.
As for the rest, it all depended on Li Qianqiu.
…
One day after Li Qianqiu left, Ren Baqian said to the empress, "Your Majesty, it's time for us to return."
Li Qianqiu's return trip would take at least a month. The empress had been away from Lan City for a long time, and it was time for her to return.
"We'll set off tomorrow." The empress nodded. After saying this, the empress glanced at Ren Baqian again. The meaning behind her words was very clear. Where was the rainbow cloud that he mentioned?
"Your Majesty, the cloud is still on its way. Why don't we wait for another three days?" Ren Baqian hurriedly suggested. Previously, when he came back, he only brought the grenades and some equipment. There was still one extremely important thing that he didn't get.
"In that case, let's wait for another three days," the empress said indifferently.
Although she was already tired of staying in Ping City, there was no harm in waiting for another three days.
After another day, Ren Baqian and the empress returned to Earth together.
It had been more than two months since the start of the war. More than half a year had passed on Earth.
The last time the empress was here, it was still autumn. Now, it was already the end of spring and the beginning of summer. The weather was just right.
The first thing that came into the empress's sight was an unfamiliar room. It was much bigger than the previous house. On one side, there was a floor-to-ceiling window. Bright and beautiful sunlight shone in through the window. Standing at the empress's position, she could see the lush greenery outside the window. In the past, there were only tall buildings outside the window, but now, they were gone.
"Your Majesty, this is our new house," Ren Baqian said.
"Oh!" the empress responded faintly. She wasn't interested in this.
"Your Majesty, follow me. You will definitely like it." Ren Baqian held the empress's hand. It was very soft and warm. He hadn't held her hand like this for a long time, and it made him a little excited.
After opening the door, there was a very spacious corridor. At the end of the corridor was a table and a pot of flowers. Above it was a window.
Diagonally across from Ren Baqian's room was the room reserved for the empress. It was three times the size of the previous room. There was a huge mirror and a row of wardrobes that barely contained the empress's clothes.
Next to the window was a princess bed.
"Your Majesty, this is your room!" Ren Baqian introduced.
The empress tilted her head. In the previous house, she and Ren Baqian had two floors. Now, they were diagonally across from each other.
"I have brought all your clothes over!" Ren Baqian opened the wardrobe and revealed a sea of red.
Almost all of them were red dresses.
The empress was a little happy to see these dresses. Although she hadn't worn most of these dresses, women didn't buy clothes just to wear them.
Seeing them placed there would make people happy.
"Next is this!" Ren Baqian opened another door. The room was surrounded by shelves with a dazzling array of snacks. Most of the things that the empress liked to eat could be found here.
In the middle of the room were three freezers that were filled with ice cream.
Upon seeing this room, the empress shook off Ren Baqian's hand and walked in alone. She took out a chocolate cake, opened it, and put it in her mouth. Then, she walked around the room.
She had a faint smile on her face. Although she felt that this place was very good and liked it, it didn't make her as happy as the candy tree.
Overall, she was still very satisfied.
Ren Baqian leaned against the wall and watched the empress walk around the room with a smile on his face.
"Next is the next floor." Ren Baqian and the empress went to the first floor.
The living room was very big, but they didn't pay much attention to it.
Ren Baqian directly pushed open a door, and what was reflected in the room was a broken light. The room was very big, even bigger than the two bedrooms upstairs combined. It was covered with colorful tiles and was filled with a Mediterranean style. In the middle was a swimming pool that was about 100 square meters. The water inside was so clear that the bottom could be seen.
Next to the pool were three reclining chairs and a side table.
Ren Baqian eagerly introduced, "Your Majesty, you can swim here in the future. Just think about it, swimming here, soaking in the cool water while I serve tea and pour wine for His Majesty. It's so fascinating … I've even prepared a swimsuit for His Majesty! Do you want to give it a try? "
"You seem to want me to give it a try?" The empress turned to look at him.
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