Taiyuan City.
It was the largest city in Guanlong.
To the west of the city was a vast grassland. To the east was Taiyuan Road, which led directly to the Central Plains.
It formed a line with Tianshui City and Hulun City in the north and south, which separated the grasslands from the Central Plains. It formed a complete dividing line.
If the nomads of the grassland wanted to enter the Central Plains, they had to pass through one of the three cities.
Taiyuan City was a huge defensive line in the west of the Central Plains.
Taiyuan City was the city in the middle of the three cities. Its geographical position was quite advantageous. Whether it was to support Hulun City or Tianshui City, it was the closest to the Central Plains.
In addition, it was located in the middle of two mountain ranges. It was like a giant standing on a narrow road. It had the aura of a man who could hold back ten thousand men.
Therefore, it bore the brunt of the attack. It was the most crucial and most important defensive location in the Northwest.
Naturally, the important people in the northwest, whether it was the officials or the Guanlong Army, were all centered around Taiyuan City. It was the headquarters of all the people of Guanlong.
At this moment.
Li Wuyou had arrived at Taiyuan City.
However, he did not show up with great fanfare. Instead, he hid his aura and landed in a forest outside Taiyuan City.
There were still obvious signs of impact on the ground. Cracks were densely packed, and countless gravel flew into the distance. Some of the surrounding trees and bushes were broken, torn apart, and torn apart.
Li Wuyou changed into ordinary clothes. Coupled with his aura, he looked like a very ordinary old man, and it was very difficult for others to detect him.
He walked out of the forest and directly walked along Taiyuan Road toward Taiyuan City.
This place was already very close to Sourcepeak City. From afar, one could clearly see the appearance of the city. Huge and towering city walls stood tall on the vast plains, like a beast entrenched in this place.
Its black body had a bloody mouth, and the Taiyuan Road was like the tongue of a beast. It was swallowing all the people who were about to enter Taiyuan City.
Since Li Wuyou was already quite close to Sourcepeak City, he could see many people entering the city. There were ordinary citizens, traveling merchants, peddlers, and so on.
These people were people who lived in Sourcepeak City. In the morning, they would go out and work in their own fields. In the afternoon, they would take advantage of the fact that the sky was still bright and return to the city to rest.
Li Wuyou blended into the crowd and listened to the conversations of the people. He felt the atmosphere of Sourcepeak City. At the same time, he also intentionally or unintentionally listened to some news.
He was only interested in listening to the news and didn't really care about it.
This was because a portion of the people from the eastern faction had already arrived at Taiyuan City. These people were in charge of gathering information, so they must have already investigated the entire situation of Taiyuan City.
Li Wuyou was just listening along the way.
He didn't expect the news to bring him anything.
"They won't be coming out tomorrow, right?"
"That's right. Who would come out tomorrow on such a good day? Only fools would miss out on free fish and meat."
"Ha ha! I heard that there is a troupe specially invited from Jiangnan. They will be performing for three days and three nights. This is something I have never seen before. I have to go and take a look!"
The passersby seemed to be talking about something similar. Their faces were filled with anticipation and excitement.
Li Wuyou listened carefully and discovered the whole story.
It turned out that the emissary from the grasslands would be coming tomorrow for a political marriage.
These people definitely didn't know the specifics, but they knew the outcome.
Xiong Chengde's daughter, Xiong Dai, was going to marry a chief from the grasslands. Because of this marriage, the grasslands had promised that they wouldn't use force against Guanlong for 100 years.
This would ensure that the grasslands and Guanlong coexisted peacefully.
At the same time, Xiong Chengde had also promised to build a trade zone between Taiyuan, Hulun, and Tianshui City. This zone would be used specifically for trade between the grasslands and Guanlong.
This would promote the progress and development of both Guanlong and the grasslands and create prosperity together.
This was a matter that was beneficial to everyone. The most important thing was that it could stabilize the situation in Guanlong and bring peace to the people.
Guanlong had existed in the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty for countless years.
From these countless years of history, one thing could be learned. Guanlong, as the border between the Central Plains and the northwest grasslands, as the border where the Central Plains resisted the nomadic tribes of the northwest grasslands, had truly suffered the torment of countless wars.
Moreover, even if there weren't any major wars, there would definitely be minor ones.
During each autumn harvest, the nomadic tribes of the grasslands would take advantage of the cool autumn weather and the fat and healthy warhorses of the grasslands to come to Guanlong and raid it.
They would loot the villages, food, women, and so on.
This would happen almost every year.
Although the Guanlong army was forcefully stopping them and attacking the nomadic tribes, this situation didn't decrease much. The people still suffered greatly.
In addition to these small fries, there were also some large-scale wars.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had been established for several hundred years and had fought countless wars with the nomadic tribes of the grasslands.
Both sides had victories and defeats.
But no matter who won and who lost, the people who suffered in the end were the people of Guanlong. They were raided again and again by war, lost their families, lost their friends, lost their wealth.
They hated war to the extreme.
Now, the nomadic tribes of the grasslands were going to marry the Xiong family of Guanlong. Although this marriage was somewhat abnormal and didn't conform to common sense, it could avoid war.
The people didn't care much about these things.
The nomadic tribes didn't need to marry the Emperor, and it was the same with the Xiong family. In any case, whoever could bring peace to Guanlong was a true good person.
Whoever could obtain the support and love of the people of Guanlong.
At this moment, the Xiong family was like this.
Since they came to Guanlong, they had done many good things for the people of Guanlong. They developed the economy, reduced taxes, and so on. All kinds of measures made the people of Guanlong continuously improve their living standards.
And now, they were marrying their daughter to the nomadic tribes of the grasslands. This was simply a sacrifice.
Using their daughter in exchange for peace and prosperity in Guanlong, in exchange for the stability and health of the people, this was a great sacrifice for the Xiong family. This made the people of Guanlong extremely grateful to them.
They also loved and respected them.
"Marriage?"
Li Wuyou was mixed in the crowd, listening to the conversations of the people as he walked into the gates of Taiyuan City.
As soon as they entered, they could hear the loud and bustling noises.
It was as if there was a ferocious beast here, cheering and jumping. The feeling was particularly spectacular and magnificent.
The place that he saw was also very lively and prosperous.
The people on the streets, the commoners, and the peddlers all had faces brimming with happiness and joy. There were also many children playing and playing on the streets.
It looked very lively.
And it gave people a feeling of peace and prosperity.
Perhaps the situation here wasn't worse than Jiangnan. Moreover, it could be compared to the most prosperous city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Chang 'an City.
"This Xiong Chengde really has some means of governing a city!"
Li Wuyou looked at the situation and couldn't help but admire him.
Ten years ago, Taiyuan City was still a small and remote city. Many people were unwilling to come here because the nomadic tribes of the grasslands in the northwest often came to fight and harass.
Xiong Chengde had only been here for ten years, but he had changed the appearance of this place.
This person really had some ability to govern the world.
If he was allowed to govern the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would definitely be more powerful than the current emperor and the current ministers in the court. The Great Zhou Dynasty should be quite prosperous and strong.
However, many people in the court were afraid that Xiong Chengde's power and prestige would be too great. There would really be a situation where the world didn't know about the emperor and only knew about the Xiong family.
Therefore, for various reasons, Xiong Chengde brought many of his confidants to this remote place.
At the same time, he really built up his own power.
Whether it was the military power or the power of the court, a large number of people were now under his control.
In fact, he already had the opportunity to seize the Yellow Springs.
"Although letting you be the emperor is definitely a better choice for the Great Zhou Dynasty and the world, it's not for me."
Li Wuyou thought to himself.
"What I want is the faith of the world and the fate of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. Without these, how can I reach the Gate of Heaven?"
"Therefore, I can only get rid of you. Moreover, I have to completely smear the name of the Xiong family and make all the faith and fate you have obtained disappear."
"Transfer all of it to me."
"Xiong Chengde!"
"You better be prepared!"
Li Wuyou smiled viciously, then continued to blend into the crowd and walked into the distance. Before long, he had disappeared into the crowd on the street.
He had to find a place to stay first, then go to the encampment of the East Military Depot here to meet his subordinates and confirm some information about the marriage banquet.
He also wanted to understand more details and prepare to do some things at the marriage banquet.
He wanted to break the relationship between the Xiong family and the nomadic tribes of the northwest.
He didn't even care about starting a war.
As long as the Xiong family lost the support of the nomadic tribes of the grassland, he would also lose the support of the people of Guanlong.
That would be enough.
When the Xiong family lost the support of both sides, even if he had the Guanlong army, it would be useless. He only needed to deal with him casually, and the Guanlong army wouldn't dare to do anything!
In the worst case, even those loyal to the Xiong Family in the Guanlong Army could be dealt with.
He wouldn't give them any chance to breathe.
…
At the same time.
The Xiong family!
Because Xiong Chengde's only daughter was going to be married, and to a nomadic tribe of the northwest.
For the Xiong Clan, this was a very grand event, and also a very important event.
At this moment.
The entire Xiong family was shrouded in red. It was a festive color. All the servants were busy, decorating the Xiong family from inside out and cleaning everything.
It made the Xiong family look really bright and beautiful.
In the backyard of the Xiong family, Xiong Chengde and Xiong Dai were sitting together.
This was a backyard.
The Xiong family was one of the most powerful families in the entire Taiyuan City, and even in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. Their backyard was also quite extravagant.
Exotic flowers and plants were all things that were almost impossible to grow in the northwest. However, Xiong Chengde invited skilled craftsmen to move them here.
Then, they successfully planted them here.
At a glance, there was no difference between this place and the flourishing scene in Jiangnan.
And it seemed that because of the variety of these exotic flowers and plants, it was even better.
In this patch of exotic flowers and plants, there was a rockery. The rockery was also made of rare stones, and everywhere it showed the wealth and luxury of the Xiong family.
Under the rockery, there was a pavilion.
In the octagonal pavilion, Xiong Chengde and Xiong Dai were talking.
Xiong Chengde was an old man over fifty years old. Because he had been busy with the affairs of the imperial court and the construction and development of Guanlong, his face looked older than his age.
His hair was already white, and his beard and hair were all white. There were still many wrinkles on his face and forehead, and he looked a little old. However, his eyes were shining brightly.
It gave people a feeling that they did not dare to look directly at him.
Opposite him was the only daughter of the Xiong family, Xiong Dai, who was about to be married.
This woman was also incomparably stunning. Her pair of eyebrows were simply unparalleled. Regardless of whether it was her figure or her face, they were practically flawless. More importantly, there was a valiant and formidable aura around her body.
This Xiong Dai was also not a simple pretty girl from a humble family.
Born in the Xiong family, she had received strict education from Xiong Chengde since young. She had dabbled in poetry, astronomy, geography, zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She was almost a perfect young lady of a great family.
On the other hand, she also learned martial arts. When she was in her teens, she even disguised herself as a man and was sent to the Guanlong army to undergo some training.
This caused Xiong Dai to have an aura that ordinary women could not see.
A cold and decisive aura.
At a glance, she was also a heroine, a woman with an almost indescribable heroic aura.
However, at this moment, the expression on this woman's face was not very happy. There was even some unconcealable melancholy and sadness.
She was unhappy because she was going to marry the leader of the nomads.
Xiong Dai had lived in the Central Plains since young, and enjoyed the treatment of the Xiong family that was almost comparable to the imperial palace. There was no other woman in the world who could enjoy such treatment.
Now, she was going to the nomadic grasslands in the northwest.
She could not accept it.
Moreover, she did not like the leader of the nomads …
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