"Let me think about it."
Zhao Yuqing replied that she did not want to give up her desire for independence.
"Okay, no matter how you develop, your father will always be your backer."
Father Zhao understood his daughter's feelings and did not want to force her on such matters.
"Um!"
Zhao Yuqing responded uninterestedly and then returned to her bedroom.
"Is it really not possible for me?"
she asked herself.
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"Wang, the scouts we sent to the surrounding area have returned, and the map of the surrounding area has been drawn."
In the palace, the surrounding guards came to report.
Now, several days have passed since the last invasion of the extraterritorial demons, and everything in Yan Country has returned to normal. Due to the advantages of Yan Country in equipment and numbers, there was not much damage to the group of rebel soldiers who had been severely injured by Zhao Yuqing. Only a few people had knife wounds in non-fatal parts of their bodies.
"Let them send it over."
Duan Tianming said to the guards.
“You also drew a map.”
The Human Emperor suddenly appeared, and it seemed that he was very interested in this.
"Indeed, this is the basic skill of an investigator."
Duan Tianming said.
"We in the Shang Kingdom do have some knowledge of the God-Slaying Continent, but tens of thousands of years have passed, and I can't remember many things."
The Human Emperor said as he looked at the map that was brought in.
"Oh, then could you mark what you remember for us? I'm quite curious about the topography of this continent."
Duan Tianming picked up the map and began to look through it.
"Look, you're currently in the northwest of the God-Forsaken Continent. There should be an inland sea east of Yan Country, but you haven't explored it yet; it's still a plain. The mountains to your north should be the Luolong Mountains, and to the north of that should be a vast grassland and the Broken Dragon Mountains."
The Human Emperor preached incessantly.
"You know quite a bit about this."
Duan Tianming was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this Human Emperor who could only chat knew so much.
"That's right. This is where we had our final battle. Back then, I split the Luolong Mountains in half with a single blow. Look at this valley. Now, a city-state has risen here."
The Human Emperor excitedly pointed to a place on the map.
"Oh, you're pretty good."
Duan Tianming replied very calmly.
"Oh~ It's no fun to talk about it now."
The Human Emperor felt bored and retreated again.
"Call all the ministers."
Duan Tianming said to the guards around him.
"yes!"
The guard went out to arrange a meeting.
Taking advantage of this break, Duan Tianming looked at the map carefully. The terrain of the map was very simple at this time. There were continuous mountains in the north and west, and plains in the south and east.
This mountain range should be the Luolong Mountains, and this plain is the Central Plains where the Yan State is located.
At this time, the rivers and city-states in this plain were marked out, and the approximate population and military size of the city-states were also specially marked.
“The population around here is not small.”
Duan Tianming sighed.
The current development level of the entire Forsaken Continent is probably in the transition period from primitive society to agricultural society. Various city-centered city-states have emerged, especially in the Central Plains, a vast plain suitable for farming. There are a large number of city-states, large and small, and the distribution is very dense.
According to the intelligence, among the city-states this time, the smaller ones have a population of about 3,000 to 8,000, the larger ones have a population of over 10,000, and there are even large city-states with a population of over 100,000.
According to the calculations of investigators, the population of the various city-states discovered in the Central Plains and the primitive tribes that still exist in the Luolong Mountains in the north has exceeded one million.
In the core of the Central Plains, at the confluence of many rivers, there is the largest city-state in the Central Plains today, with a population of over 100,000, named Lingyun Kingdom.
"King, the ministers are ready."
A guard stepped forward and warned.
This suddenly woke up Duan Tianming, who was obsessed with looking at the map.
"good!"
As he spoke, Duan Tianming walked towards the conference room. In order to handle the affairs of Yan State, a conference room was specially opened in the palace to deal with the confidential and important affairs of Yan State.
At this time, all the court officials, including Wu, had taken their seats in the conference room, and everyone was concentrating on looking at the maps in their hands.
"Everyone should have a basic understanding of the surrounding situation."
After Duan Tianming sat down, he started the conversation.
"Your Majesty, this Central Plains region is indeed very rich. With our military strength, we can definitely achieve great things."
Luo Wu said excitedly, as the leader of the generals, how could he not be excited when facing such a map.
"Your Majesty, the surrounding city-states are indeed densely distributed. Since our Yan Nation has just been established, we haven't yet had any contact with the surrounding areas. Many things still need to be carefully considered."
Wu also stepped forward to express his opinion. Now that he is the director of the production department, his focus is naturally on production.
"I also think we can start negotiations first. There's no need to rush into expansion. We can focus on integrating the primitive tribes in the northern mountains and gradually building up the population."
Minister of Construction Wang Shi also followed suit.
"It's winter now, and our population is indeed insufficient. We need to consider expansion. There's a city-state in the valley to the north, and their escape route to the Central Plains has been completely blocked by us. If we can annex their population and gradually subjugate the tribes in the Luolong Mountains, our Yan Nation will surely be much stronger than the other city-states in the Central Plains. Expansion will then be very simple."
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