Chen Qing and the others felt the natural disaster last night when they were on their way back to Xiliang City. The scouts they sent out came back after dawn. The scene they described made Chen Qing and the others terrified. If they had hesitated a little at that time, I'm afraid they will all be affected a lot, how can they be as unscathed as they are now.
There was still some distance from Xiliang City, and dust was flying in the distance. Standing in front of the army, Chen Qing could clearly see that it was Shen Lian who was riding a black tiger with his daughter Xiaoke to the front of the formation.
Shen Lian rode the black tiger, and Shi Shiran entered the military formation and came to Chen Qing.
Xiaoke said in a sweet voice, "Mother, dear."
Chen Qing no longer cared about maintaining her dignity, hugged her daughter, looked at Shen Lian and said, "Why did you come down the mountain?"
Shen Lian smiled and said, "I'm very restless. I want to travel far away, so I'll send my daughter back first."
Chen Qing thought of the natural disaster last night and sighed: "No one can stop you from going or staying. Xiliang City has gone to the great enemy of Daxi Kingdom. There will be no threat in the future, and I can't find an excuse." I’ll leave you alone.”
Shen Lian said softly: "Although I have gone, Xuandu Temple has been entrusted to a Taoist, Liu Mengde, to guard it. If mother has something difficult to decide, she can send someone to Xuandu Temple."
Chen Qing said: "Where are you going next? I have collected a lot of information about strangers over the years. They are all in Xiliang City. You can come back to the city with me and have a look."
Shen Lian put his hands behind his hands and said, "I am about to return to the city with my mother, and I also have something to tell you."
Chen Qing asked: "What's the matter?"
Shen Lian's eyes were deep and he said calmly: "Jianguo."
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Xiliang City officially became the Xiliang Kingdom, and Chen Qing also wrote a letter of credence and handed it over to Shen Lian, expressing his submission to the distant Great Xia.
It turns out that Daxia is the head of all kingdoms, and the king of Xia is the king of kings. Anyone who builds a country needs to submit to Daxia, otherwise if Daxia knows about it, it may lead to a crusade. Moreover, this letter of credence was also given by Shen Lian to enter Daxia. A pass that helps indicate origin.
Shen Lian didn't leave immediately. He waited until autumn, joined a caravan, and left with them.
The merchants knew that he was the young master of the Xiliang Kingdom, so they treated him with courtesy, because the Xiliang Kingdom was now the most powerful country in the thousands of miles away.
Even though they come from the great Yin Shang and can do business with the greatest Xia, the merchants still maintain the virtue of humility and do not easily provoke disputes.
But this caravan was not able to complete the journey from Daxia to Xiliang just by relying on humility. There were also Qi practitioners among the caravan guards.
Shen Lian was sitting in the caravan's carriage, or carriage. This carriage was a tall building, built very solidly, and was pulled by two mammoths similar to those on Earth in previous lives. It could travel thousands of miles every day.
Just these two giant beasts are enough to destroy some small cities, but the merchants are not plundering, but trading.
Tianyi, the king of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, had always prohibited merchants from provoking disputes. Even if they went out to hunt, they should leave a side on all sides to allow the prey to leave.
Tianyi's benevolence convinced the refugees outside the Yin and Shang Dynasties, made the Qi practitioners in the country respect him, and made the officials from top to bottom work together to fight for the whole country.
Even the King of Xia was full of praise for Tianyi's kindness.
Shen Lian heard many stories about Tianyi in the carriage. Most of the stories talked about his virtues, and occasionally there were a few words about Tianyi's strength.
He also became curious about Tianyi. Naturally, it was Mingjun who could make his ministers respect him. However, even those extraordinary Qi practitioners in the Yin and Shang Dynasties were impressed by him, which was definitely not what Mingjun could do.
Shen Lian had some guesses about Tian Yi. He was a man who was a saint on the outside and a king on the inside. He was by no means simple.
The caravan was heading to Daxia. Shen Lian originally thought it would be difficult for him to meet Tian Yi, but news came on the road that Tian Yi was summoned by the King of Xia to Diqiu.
Diqiu is the capital of Daxia.
There are some true or false news about Tian Yi after entering Daxia, but one thing is certain, that is, the King of Xia did not mention when Tian Yi will go back.
Some people say that Tianyi may never return to Yin Shang, because the power of Yin Shang threatens the rule of Daxia.
King Xia Qi is a brave and wise leader of the world. He wants everything to surrender under his feet, so people like Tian Yi, no matter how virtuous they are, will arouse King Xia's dissatisfaction as long as they threaten his rule.
Because of Tianyi's incident, the businessmen were very uneasy. This uneasiness spread and everyone's mood became a little depressed.
Without Tianyi, the Yin Shang would decline, the merchants would lose their blessing, the wealth of the Yin Shang would only become the source of trouble, and the Qi practitioners would also lose a stable environment for practice.
There was only one person in the carriage except maybe a black tiger.
Black Tiger was lying at Shen Lian's feet, sleeping lazily, sticking out his tongue from time to time and drooling, as if he had dreamed of some delicious food, while Shen Lian was standing at the window. They had just passed through a wilderness, a bare wilderness, No grass grows. I heard that this place is called Zhuolu. There was a great war in the past. Although the resentful spirits of those who died in vain have dispersed, the resentment has not completely dissipated, so no vegetation can grow here.
After passing Zhuolu, we entered the territory of Daxia. Even if we traveled thousands of miles in a day, it took two years.
Along the way, the merchants collected all kinds of goods, and the variety was eye-opening to Shen Lian.
Just because of Tianyi's incident, they didn't know if they could sell this batch of goods. The merchants were even more afraid that after arriving in Daxia, they would be pathetic people at the mercy of others when they heard the news that Tianyi was executed by the King of Xia.
The most special thing about Daxia is that there are only slaves and nobles, not civilians.
It would be a very tragic thing to become a slave, and almost no descendants would be able to escape. The Yin Shang also had slaves, but the Yin Shang also had civilians. The kind Tianyi gave slaves the opportunity to become civilians, but slaves in Daxia did not have such an opportunity.
The Yin Shang not only accepted people from other countries, but also accepted slaves who escaped from Daxia and turned them into civilians.
Maybe this is where Tianyi offended the King of Xia, or perhaps Tianyi offended the nobles of Daxia.
The nobles of Daxia were headed by twelve families, namely the Xiahou family with the surname Si, the Youhu family, the Younan family, the Zhenwu family, the Tongcheng family, the Bao family, the Fei family, the Qi family, the Zan family, the Xin family, and the Ming family. Shi, Zuguan Shi.
The bloodlines of these twelve noble families are the most noble bloodlines in the human race. It is not due to the glory of the family, but the nobility of the bloodline itself. They can tear apart tigers and leopards when they are born, and they can almost be as powerful as ten thousand men in adulthood. In terms of strength, powerful nobles are not even weaker than Qi practitioners who have mastered the soul, and are even more tyrannical.
The Xiahou clan is the royal family of Xia, and the name "Xia" in Daxia is also taken from the name of the Xiahou clan.
I heard news along the way that nothing happened to Tianyi, and the merchants were able to sell their goods. Finally, they arrived at Diqiu.