Chapter 145: The Magnificent Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin captured another county city. His recent attacks on cities were always smooth, as if someone in the city was cooperating with him. Someone opened the city gate halfway through the battle.
After entering the city, he did not have to worry about settling the people. The goddess's protection had already spread to these places. The people affected by the war looked at him eagerly, hoping that they could get some harvest like the people in the north, so that they could survive the winter.
Li Shimin looked at them and felt very uncomfortable.
He ordered that a portion of the army's food be distributed to these civilians. Although the amount was not much, it was enough for them to survive for a day or two. As for what to do after that, he was wondering if he could get some food from the local powerful people.
The idea came up at noon, and the food was delivered in the evening.
The tyrants who escorted the grain carts had smiles on their faces, as if they had been beaten by someone. They had been indifferent to Li Le'ai before, but now their attitude was very respectful and generous. They gave him whole carts of grain for free and did not ask for any price from him. They also said that as long as there was a shortage of grain, just send someone to inform them, and they would help in any way they could.
Li Shimin: ...
Li Shimin personally entertained them with a cordial smile on his face. When it comes to acting skills, he has never lost.
After sending everyone away, the young prince looked at the carts of food in the camp, fumbled with the sword at his waist, lowered his eyes and fell into a brief contemplation.
The ones who threatened these powerful people and made them send food regardless of the cost... should be the Demon Sect.
He thought of the letter his wife had sent him. The last few lines said that there was a new girl serving the goddess, and the goddess called this girl Wanwan.
The Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect is named Wanwan.
He used to be indifferent to the Demon Sect, and even though his own power was far inferior to that of his elder brother, he still refused to cooperate with the Demon Sect. It was not because the Demon Sect was a demon sect, but because the Demon Sect would not hesitate to harm innocent people in order to achieve its goals.
It would be fine if they were fighting against each other, but they chose to use innocent people as fuel to fuel the wildfire that was burning the rival power.
Just for this reason, Li Shimin would never cooperate with the Demon Sect.
But what if the Demon Sect completely changed its ways from now on?
The young prince waved to the soldiers who were eagerly waiting. The soldiers who received the order immediately smiled and rubbed their hands as they unloaded the food from the cart.
The food is delivered to your door for free, so don’t miss it.
Li Shimin entered the military tent. He was the only one in the tent. Sissi, who was hiding in the breastplate, jumped out like a mushroom. Her furry ears brushed Li Shimin's chin. With a flash of white shadow, she was already standing on the table.
"mumu~"
Xixi called out to the bright human twice, then rummaged in her stomach with her little paws and pulled out a shiny four-pointed star.
It waved to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin walked up to it, half squatted down, and looked at it at eye level.
Sissi handed this shiny four-pointed star to the equally shiny human beings.
The four-pointed star fell into his palm, and in an instant, Li Shimin knew the origin and function of this thing.
It comes from the goddess and is the condensation of the goddess' power. It can be used to make a small wish.
"For example, making food grow out of the ground, or something like that."
The goddess' teasing words suddenly passed by my ears.
Li Shimin smiled suddenly, and his smile was very beautiful. Sissi touched the corner of his mouth curiously, and happily nestled into his arms and sat down.
After a while, a sigh was heard in the tent.
Li Shimin put away the four-pointed star in his palm. He stood up holding Sissi and raised his head, as if to see the starry sky through the military tent.
This is not just a small wish; it is clearly the mercy of God, blessing all people and allowing them to regain hope of survival in this severe winter.
He was grateful in his heart, for himself and for these innocent people.
The goddess is merciful.
…
The benevolent goddess was lying down and fishing in the courtyard decorated with jewels as usual. It was only after entering this courtyard that she realized that she had some attributes of the dragon.
Seth's Sharp Comment: [You just like money. ]
The dragon clan likes shiny things. No matter whether they are worth money or not, as long as they are shiny and sparkly enough, they will love them.
The big witch is different, she only likes valuable and shiny things, filling up her piggy bank is her lifelong wish, nothing else.
It's a pity that if a witch wants to go far and smoothly on the road of witchcraft, she has to spend money. All those magic materials are expensive, and the rare ones are even more expensive. To get the legendary ones, one has to go to various dangerous places to find them.
Therefore, Tarona chose to work for the Space-Time Balance Bureau. Not only could he get a salary and compensation, but he could also use the public teleportation array to travel to various worlds. It was like killing three birds with one stone.
very good!
Seth was a little worried: "Ms. Ta, the Destiny Loom hasn't shown up yet. If you keep waiting like this... do you really have to wait until Li Shimin ascends the throne?"
Even if there was a real goddess sitting in the palace for Li Shimin, it would take him at least half a year to unify the Central Plains, not to mention that some areas south of the Yangtze River had already been taken by Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. Their young marshals rose quickly, with hundreds of people joining them every day, and most of them were civilians who could not survive.
In this era when news spread very slowly, the news that "the goddess had descended to protect Prince Li" had not yet spread across the country, and the people at the bottom of society knew nothing about it.
And whoever can give them a way to survive, they will support without hesitation.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling gave these people a visible way to survive. They had nothing to give in return except their own worthless lives.
If they confronted each other head-on, Li Shimin might suffer a loss. He would not attack the common people. Before he could think of an effective and sure-win method, he would choose to retreat.
With this retreat, the time for the unification of the Central Plains would be extended again, and Li Shimin's accession to the throne would be far away.
Seth's concerns are based on the above.
Tarona remained calm and even comforted her temporary partner: "At this moment, it's a competition of who can keep calm. I have plenty of time. What about the holder of the abnormal current stage?"
Moreover, after she became a demigod, the [Loom of Destiny], which was merely a projection of the Loom of Destiny, could no longer detect her whereabouts, and even her power could not be detected.
Sissi comes from the Summoning Book and her power belongs to her, as does the wishing star made of her magic power.
Li Shimin's reputation will grow.
There are many people in this era who cannot survive. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling can only give them short-lived hope, which may be fulfilled today and tomorrow, but there is no certainty about the future.
Li Shimin was different. The hope he gave to the people was tangible and could be harvested and eaten.
People who grow crops care most about the crops in the land, not who the boss above their heads is.
War cannot destroy a noble family, but it can easily destroy the only hope left for the common people throughout the year.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are good, but they are not as good as Li Shimin. Li Shimin is the most suitable king for this era. Only he can bring the greatest hope and the best future to the people of the world.
The Tang Dynasty lasted for thousands of years and was a prosperous era.
This is the greatest hope, this is the best future.
The more successful Li Shimin is, the more restless the person behind the [Destiny Loom] will be, and he will take action soon.
While Li Yuan has not yet become emperor, and while Li Shimin has not yet won the hearts of the people.
If he loses this chance, he will never have another chance.
in addition……
Tarona propped up his head and looked down at Wanwan, who was sitting cross-legged beside the flowers, with her fingers pointed toward the sky, lost in deep meditation.
She picked up a piece of stardust from the star cluster beneath her, blew out a breath of fresh air, wrapped the stardust, and flew into Wanwan's brows.
It was visible to the naked eye that Wanwan relaxed her tightly locked brows, and the boiling internal energy in her body slowly calmed down.
She had probably guessed who was hiding behind the [Loom of Destiny]. After all, there were not many people who met the two conditions of wanting to dominate the world and wanting Li Shimin to die.
Before these two conditions, there is actually another condition: the person must be very powerful. He must first be confident that he can dominate the world.
See, the range is actually quite small, isn't it?
Seth thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an idea, so he decided to look through the documents again. The cat's paws with pink pads made a loud noise as they flipped through the electronic documents that simulated paper.
There are a lot of names here, and he estimated that it would take some time to read through them.
Tarona was happy that his attention was diverted. The [Destiny Loom] would eventually show up. Driving anomalies had its price. That person wouldn't be able to help for long.
The era of the Tang Dynasty is coming, and time is running out for that person.
Tarona has been busy browsing forums recently.
The future of the Demon Sect will inevitably be led by Wanwan. Under the guidance of Tarona, Wanwan has given up her original intention to turn to the center and overthrow the Tang Dynasty. As long as she is alive, her cooperative relationship with Li Shimin will be unbreakable.
As for what would happen to the Demon Sect after her death, Li Shimin estimated that it would have been gone by then, so the affairs of the sect would be left to future generations to deal with.
From now on, the evil sect and even the righteous path will be controlled by Li Lizhi, who has achieved great success as a grandmaster.
Tarona's purpose in turning over the forum was for Li Lizhi.
This world is a world of medium martial arts. Strictly speaking, it is a world of medium martial arts that is about to evolve into a world of high martial arts.
The reason why this world has not evolved into a high-level martial arts world is because there are not enough people in the world who have achieved the Broken Void achievement. As long as a few more people can achieve the Broken Void achievement, this last evolutionary restriction can be completely broken.
As for those who had left the Broken Void in the past, if nothing unexpected happened, they all went to the nearest high-level martial arts world and started a new journey of life from then on.
Without exception, all of these people who left in the broken void were the founders of their lineage. Almost everyone who came after them has been walking and searching on the path they created.
It is impossible to reach the realm of breaking the void by just practicing according to the secret manual.
But it is still possible to reach the Grand Master level.
Tarona was not going to let Li Lizhi learn the martial arts of this world. Only by being completely independent of any faction in the world could Li Lizhi stand firmly on her own position and on the side of the Li family.
The forum is omnipotent. Many officers have been to the high-level martial arts world. Either out of curiosity or for other reasons, each of them brought back some local specialties.
For example, martial arts secrets.
Just two minutes after the post was published, thousands of floors of buildings were built below, and continued to grow at a rate of more than three hundred floors per second.
Seth was also enlightened. He saw that many agents' IPs were in the mission world. It turned out that all the agents who were still on the mission were so multitasking?
[Normal.] Tarona said, [There is no such thing as slacking off at work.]
It's more fun to slack off while getting paid.
Tarona flipped through the replies and found that her colleagues had contributed at least a thousand secret books of the high-level martial arts world to her, a large part of which were the treasures of some major sects. She didn't know how they came into contact with these secret books.
Suitable for girls to practice...with a high limit...
Tarona searched for a while according to this standard, and then his fingers stopped flipping through the replies and his eyes fixed on the 107,400th reply.
This is a secret book from the royal family. The most important thing is that this world of high martial arts is only one step away from evolving into a world of cultivating immortals.
The royal family of this world has produced no less than ten people who have broken the void, and among them, two are princesses and one is an empress.
This is a secret book that is very suitable for girls to practice, and its upper limit has been proven.
Its name is "Liu Yun Fu".