Chapter 116: Great Victory
These days, the Lingyuan Kingdom where Xuanyuan Che is located relies on the food and grass traded with Gu Zheng, as well as the formula for making gunpowder.
It didn't take much effort to drive the invading Mobei Kingdom out of the border. The soldiers had sufficient food and grass, their morale was greatly boosted, and they turned directly from defense to offense.
They captured the enemy's capital in one fell swoop, leaving them no chance to negotiate peace.
The people of Mobei are all brave and warlike. If we don't conquer them, they will frequently harass the border areas within ten years.
After the grand battle ended, Ling Yuan granted amnesty to the whole country and celebrated for three days and three nights.
In the imperial city of Mobei Kingdom, countless gold, silver, jewelry, rare treasures and precious stones were confiscated. It took a lot of manpower just to transport all these things back.
The Emperor of Lingyuan Kingdom directly asked Xuanyuan Che to send some of the rare treasures over, saying that he wanted to thank the benefactor who saved Lingyuan from the dire situation.
Seeing the countless jade, jewels, jadeite, pearls, diamonds and antiques spread all over the floor, Gu Zheng and Lin Yunxi felt very calm.
Lin Yunxi even just placed these things in a warehouse that had been expanded several times and was used to store vegetables and fruits.
There was no other reason, it was just that the small warehouse that was originally built for these jewels was already full.
The two people's mentality has changed from excitement and surprise at the beginning to getting accustomed to it.
The reason why the couple is on good terms with Xuanyuan Che and the Lingyuan Kingdom behind him is partly because of Emperor Xuanzheng and Xuanyuan Che.
One is the king of a country, and the other is a prince, but they are very humble and do not look condescending or overbearing at all.
On the other hand, although they are in two different time and space, Lingyuan Kingdom is very similar to ancient China in terms of its geographical location and historical culture.
When helping Ling Yuanguo, the two of them felt like they were helping their own country.
After Ling Yuan's great victory, Xuanyuan Che immediately reported the good news to his new good brother.
Besides chatting, the two also talked about the issues of the Nanyang countries.
Nanyang is located in the southwest of Lingyuan State. The area is densely forested, with a large amount of miasma and poisonous insects in the forest.
The Xuanyuan Kingdom has been coveting the Nanyang countries for a long time, as the climate there is suitable and rice can be harvested three times a year.
If we take it, we can use this place as Ling Yuan's granary. Except for major natural disasters or man-made disasters, we don't have to worry about food problems anymore.
A few years ago, Xuanyuan Che led his troops to attack Nanyang, but who would have thought that they had not yet reached the main battlefield.
More than half of the soldiers suffered from vomiting and diarrhea due to the inability to adapt to the climate and the miasma in the forest, and the army was completely defeated.
Helplessly, Xuanyuan Che had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
After this retreat, the Nanyang countries became even more aggressive, relying on the protection of dense forests and miasma to harass Lingyuan Kingdom's southwestern border more frequently.
They often raided villages at night, seized food, livestock and money, and massacred entire villagers if they had a disagreement.
These are all Ling Yuan's people. When Xuanyuan Che told Gu Zheng about this, he was so angry that he kept swearing, but he had no good way to deal with it.
Lin Yunxi was also present at the time, and she took the opportunity to combine the jokes she had seen in modern times with Ling Yuan's actual situation.
I told Xuanyuan Che the story, but I didn't expect him to be so bold and actually implemented it according to the routine in the story.
In fact, Xuanyuan Che also hesitated at the beginning, but the great victory in the battle of Mobei and the support of two capable people, Lin Yunxi and Gu Zheng, made him confident again.
Xuanyuan Che first sent someone to release the news to Nanyang, saying that Emperor Xuanzheng had taken in an exotic beauty in Mobei.
This beauty was deeply favored by the emperor. She was named a noble concubine as soon as she entered the palace and was very popular.
The imperial concubine was not interested in jewelry, but she liked Tianrui silk woven with silk and gold thread.
The gold thread uses a new method of winding gold thread, the color is extremely bright, and it can also emit a fragrant smell.
In addition, the appearance and texture of Tianrui silk are like satin, but softer, and are very popular and sought after by imperial concubines and other noble ladies.
It is said that in the capital, a small piece of brocade can be sold at a price that was unimaginable in the past, and it is in short supply.
Similarly, the price of silk used to make Tianrui brocade has also risen sharply, more than ten times higher than in previous years.
As soon as the false news spread back to Southeast Asia, people immediately brought cartloads of silk to Lingyuan for trading.
As expected, the Nanyang merchants who came here made a fortune.
Seeing this, the people in the Nanyang countries no longer hesitated, relying on their country's superior geographical location and the endless supply of rice at home.
He converted all the farmland into mulberry trees, hoping to make a fortune from Lingyuan Kingdom and become rich.
But these were just illusions created by Xuanyuan Che. At the same time, he purchased grain from Southeast Asia at high prices on the grounds of floods and droughts that had recently occurred in the country.
The people in Southeast Asia were worried about not having enough money to buy silkworm seeds. Once the news came out, they began to sell the rice in their homes, leaving only enough reserves for the second half of the year.
When everything was ready, news spread from Lingyun Country that silk was no longer needed.
Now it was the turn of the Nanyang countries to panic, as all the farmlands in the country were already planted with mulberry trees.
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