The city of Xizhou is being rebuilt, and all the tents are set up outside the city.

Not long after following Ashina Nuji, they saw a group of majestic war horses.

Horses are also different from each other.

Even though Sang Jueqian had no knowledge of horses, he knew at a glance that these horses were definitely not ordinary horses, and their spirits were different.

Sang Jueqian had wanted to learn horse riding before, and when he saw these horses, his desire to learn horse riding was aroused again.

Sang Jueqian was thinking about it when he heard Li Junyan's voice.

"The prince is indeed trustworthy. These horses are all in good health."

Ashina Nuji raised his chin proudly, "Of course! I'm not like you people from the Great Zhou, doing business with one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, which is not real at all."

Li Junyan didn't get angry when he heard this. Instead, he chuckled softly, "Since the eldest prince said so, I'll definitely have to add some sand to the salt I give you later."

Ashina Nuji was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean? How could you add sand to salt? Is this what a great prince like you should do?"

"Of course. If I don't do this, how can I live up to the Grand Prince's evaluation of the people of Great Zhou? As the Prince of Chen, I should lead by example."

"No..." Ashina Nuji couldn't speak clearly, "I said this about the Great Zhou. As a prince, shouldn't you prove your innocence? How can you..."

Li Junyan put away his smile and looked at Ashina Nuji coldly, "Why should the great Zhou Dynasty prove its innocence to a small border country like you?"

"you--"

Ashina Nuji was surprised at first, then angry, "Does the Prince of Chen really think that he can rest easy with the goddess as his backer?

Are you trying to start a war with the Turks by belittling them like this?

If a war really breaks out, the Turkic cavalry will surely crush the Great Zhou, and then the goddess will not be able to protect you."

After watching the passionate Ashina Nuji, Li Junyan turned his head to look at Lin Qi, "Are we going to blast the mountain to get the stone today?"

Lin Qi replied respectfully, "In reply to Your Majesty, we are indeed going to blast the mountain to obtain rocks today. We are ready now and are just waiting for Your Majesty's instructions."

"Give me the intercom."

Lin Qi took out the walkie-talkie from behind his waist and handed it to Li Junyan with both hands.

Li Junyan pressed the button on the intercom, "Let's start!"

Seeing this, Ashina Nuji sneered, "What are you talking about with a black box in your hand? As if anyone can really hear you—"

Before he could finish his words, he heard voices coming from the black box.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Although the sound sounded a bit awkward, it was indeed coming from inside.

Ashina Nuji was shocked. "What...what is this thing? Why is there someone talking inside? And what did you just say about blowing up the mountain?"

Li Junyan just glanced at Ashina Nuji indifferently and did not answer him.

"Prince Chen, you——"

Ashina Nuji had just said these few words when a rumbling sound was heard in the distance, and the ground and mountains shook.

"What's going on!" Ashina Nuji's face turned pale with fear. "Is it another earthquake?"

Li Junyan still stood straight, "Don't panic, Prince. We just need some stones to rebuild Xizhou. I had someone blow up the mountain."

"Blow up the mountain? Does Prince Chen know what he's talking about? How can a mountain be blown up? What can be used to blow it up?"

"The eldest prince seems very curious? Let's go and take a look together."

Li Junyan left after saying this, not worrying at all whether Ashina Nuji would follow him.

Ashina Nuji did not disappoint Li Junyan at all. After hesitating for a moment, he followed him and said, "I want to see if you are bragging or not."

A quarter of an hour later, Li Junyan and Ashina Nuji stopped together.

Not far in front of them, the smoke had not yet completely dissipated, but one could almost see that the ground was in a mess, covered with stones of all sizes.

The not-so-high stone mountain had been blown to pieces.

Two dusty-faced men ran over and saluted Li Junyan respectfully, "Your Highness, this is our first blasting and we don't have much experience, so we only blew up half of the mountain.

We already know where the problem lies, and we will conduct a second explosion shortly, which will definitely allow us to destroy the mountain directly."

Li Junyan nodded with satisfaction. "It's not bad to be able to do this for the first time. Let's get ready! The Turkic prince is here too, let him take a look at our Great Zhou's new weapons."

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never let the eldest prince down."

Ashina Nuji, "......"

What does it mean to never let him down?

How come he didn't know what he expected?

Li Junyan waved his hand, letting the two men leave, and turned to look at Ashina Nuji, "Prince, what did you say before? The Turks want to go to war with the Great Zhou? Is that true?"

Ashina Nuji gritted his teeth, but the next moment he forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "What do you mean by war? What is the prince talking about? I was just joking before, why did the prince take it seriously?

The Turks and the Great Zhou have always lived in peace and have been at peace for so many years. How could they possibly go to war?

Besides, the prince and I still have a deal to make! It is impossible for us to start a war."

Li Junyan frowned. "Is that so? Why do I remember that the eldest prince didn't say that just now? Didn't he just say that the Turkic cavalry could flatten the entire Great Zhou?"

Ashina Nuji gritted his teeth again and said, "Your Highness heard it wrong, or maybe I didn't explain it clearly. What I meant was that the cavalry I will send to Your Highness will be able to flatten the ground of Xizhou."

"So that's how it is!" Li Junyan suddenly realized, "So that's what the eldest prince meant. Why didn't he make it clear before? It almost caused a misunderstanding."

"It's my fault. I didn't explain myself clearly. I won't do it again next time."

Ashina Nuji's attitude was unprecedentedly good. No matter what Li Junyan said, he took the blame on himself.

Seeing that Li Junyan's expression had eased a little, Ashina Nuji smiled and said, "I think the deal you mentioned earlier about exchanging war horses for tents is very good. I would like to exchange it with you for 5,000 tents. What do you think?"

"I think it's good."

"Then it's settled!" Ashina Nuji made the final decision, fearing that Li Junyan would go back on his word.

Li Junyan smiled and nodded, "Okay, then it's settled."

Ashina Nuji looked down at the gravel at his feet, hesitated for a moment, and then took the initiative to ask, "Prince Chen, what did you use to blow up the mountain? To be honest, there are also some stone mountains in Turkic. I have always wanted to clear them away, but I don't have a good way. Can Your Highness help me?"