Chapter 1027: Killing Two Birds with One Arrow
Chapter 1027 Killing Two Birds with One Stone (Two in One)
"What the hell! What the hell is that? It just flew over in a flash."
On the painting boat, a black shadow blocked the skylight and disappeared from the paper window. The whole room fell into darkness. Then the earth shook and the river wind howled. The huge painting boat seemed to have come to a swamp in a storm, and was hit by the waves and shook continuously.
The young master was startled. He pushed away the pretty lady who had bumped into the headboard, pulled up his pants, hurriedly got out of bed, and opened the window.
He was stunned at first, then looked up.
"My darn thing!"
"By North!"
"What the hell?"
"Xiao Yue, come out and see the gods! Quick, quick, quick!"
The sun is shining brightly over Jishuitan.
The gurgling cold fog flowed and poured down from the icebergs, spreading over the entire lake, like a fairyland on earth.
iceberg!
What a huge iceberg!
Further up, inside the iceberg, there are rocks and weeds...like a big bowl holding up a small bowl.
You need to look up and down, and left and right seem to have no end in sight. It is so huge that it is incomparable, so huge that it makes people tremble with fear and stare in amazement.
When did an island appear on Jishuitan?
The children of the imperial capital have lived here for more than ten years or even dozens of years, and the appearance of the Jishuitan has been deeply imprinted in their minds. They know the condition of every blade of grass and every tree. Their usually extremely broad vision has suddenly become "congested" today!
The contrast between before and after is extreme!
What a great power!
After realizing this, everyone was confused. The system crashed briefly and everyone just stood there, not knowing what to do.
"Back off, back off!"
"All outsiders, please leave immediately! Do not stay! Do not say I did not warn you!"
shhhhhh!
On the banks of the Jishuitan River, figures flashed one after another, tall horses raised their hooves, and soldiers wearing tiger-head armor arrived one after another. There were hundreds of tiger hunters surrounding the river, holding banners with white tigers painted on them and pure red flags.
Yulin Army!
All the Yulin troops in the imperial city were alarmed!
Even brought a red flag!
There are generally four types of flags in the army: teeth, trumpets, pennants, and banners.
The big flag is a totem and the king’s flag; the ivory flag is the military camp flag; and the signal flag is the identity flag.
The signal flags are carried by small leaders in the army, and there are more of them. For example, now, there are more than a hundred people, and there are about ten of them. One is to distinguish between the enemy and us, and the other is to show casualties and observe the progress of the battle. If a signal flag is brought out, it means there is a plan for battle!
The Yulin Army also doesn’t know what’s going on!
Although these young masters love to spend their days in debauchery, they have basic common sense and can tell the current situation at a glance the moment they see the red flag.
What a courage!
Such a large-scale action was not reported in advance!
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, an enemy really has attacked the imperial capital, but the young masters subconsciously excluded this possibility from their minds.
Come to attack the imperial capital?
What a joke!
It is true that there is a war at the border, but it is impossible for the war to spread to the imperial capital, otherwise my parents would have received the news and asked them to pack up and prepare to run away.
"Commander Meng! I've been so rude today and made the brothers nervous. Put away the signal flag quickly! I'll treat you to a drink another day!"
A voice came from above the iceberg, a very young voice.
The young masters wanted to see, but the pleasure boat was too close to the iceberg, their view was completely blocked, and they couldn't see who was talking at all.
Only when I got further away could I see his features clearly, and I felt that the person on the iceberg looked somewhat familiar.
"Liang Qu? Why is it you?"
The leader of the team was stunned. When he took off the armor on his face, it was none other than Meng Qiang, one of the commanders of the Yulin Army!
In the past, when the imperial capital promoted the tiger hunter and fought against the Beiting delegation, it was Meng Qiang who intercepted the information in advance, invited Liang Qu, and pressed the issue on the spot, achieving a good result of four wins in four battles.
This identity.
The two generations of emotions on Jishuitan are each wonderful in their own way.
"Lord Xingyi!"
"It turns out to be Lord Xingyi!"
"I understand now, this island is the Ice Spring!"
"Ice Spring? What is that?"
"I also heard it from my father, but I can't guarantee it's true. He said that a temple in the northwest offended the wife of the Earl of Xingyi. In a rage, the Earl of Xingyi razed the entire temple to the ground and burned it to ashes. Everyone in the temple turned to charcoal.
Not satisfied after that, they dug up all of the other person's roots. A small moonstone vein, combined with Buddhist formations, can absorb the essence of moonlight and produce moon spring water for regulating the body.
That temple was developed based on this small mineral vein. Now the Yuequan Temple mineral vein has been completely dug out. I remember it was in March. It has been almost half a year. Maybe because of the guilt, the Great Snow Mountain has not dared to fart until now!"
The identities of the young men in the field are different, but they are all well-informed second-generation people. The incident happened half a year ago. They have heard about Liang Qu's heroic deeds in the northwest. He brought back a mineral vein and has been on the road ever since.
But my imagination is limited, and I had no idea how big the mine was just based on words, until it was delivered to me today...
Spectacular!
Unparalleled spectacular!
Even the king’s ship was not so huge, it was simply a miracle!
"This……"
"Wozhi, so cruel?"
"Awesome..."
"Lord Xingyi is a real man. Being his wife is worth dying for!"
After hearing the news, everyone was shocked.
There is no need to explain how awesome Xingyi Bo is; the fact that he is a 22-year-old grandmaster proves everything.
"Role model for learning" in the eyes of parents.
A "good man" in the eyes of girls.
But now it seems that it is not all.
Digging up someone's ancestral mineral vein is like getting a corn on the sole of your foot.
They didn't even dare to think about such a thing. How could they dig out such a large mineral vein from the ground, and how could they transport it from the northwest to the imperial capital? But not only did they dare to think about it, they also did it!
The monks of Yuequan Temple have been chanting Buddhist scriptures all their lives, and they probably don’t know that their own mines can be relocated.
Who can I go to for justice?
"Wuhu! Wuhu!"
On the top of the iceberg, the little mirage dragon heard the discussions and was so happy that it kept circling in the air as if it was the one who did the work.
Hedgehogs, wild boars, toads and other animals also looked around curiously. It was the first time for them to come to the imperial capital, the most prosperous capital in the world.
Is this the majesty of a king?
The golden tiger was extremely looking forward to it.
The Earl of Xingyi was famous throughout the world and respected by everyone. But the Golden-haired Tiger could only rule the country on a small hill in Wohu Mountain.
There is still a lot to learn on your own road to becoming a king!
More and more people gathered to watch, blocking all the surrounding roads, and pleasure boats and cruise ships from farther away moved closer to this place.
The general who understood everything raised his hand and waved it, and more than ten signal flags were gathered and hung on the sides of the horses in unison.
The Ice Spring incident is such a big deal, there must be a "report".
Liang Qu had informed everyone in the morning, and the imperial capital was also prepared, but no one expected that Liang Qu had spent half a day "speeding" all the way from Cangzhou to the imperial capital, thus bringing the date forward by seven or eight days!
Meng Qiang dismounted and shouted, "Brother Liang, didn't you say you would come in mid-September? It's only the beginning of September now, and you scared us for no reason."
"What a coincidence." Liang Qu jumped across several hundred meters and landed on the river bank from the iceberg. "I happened to come to the capital to do some work. The island is in Cangzhou, which is not far away. I thought there was nothing to do, so I just speeded up and dealt with it as soon as possible."
"How long will you stay in the capital this time?" "At least five or six days."
Little Mirage Dragon can enter the fairy island only once every ten days. Last time Mirage Dragon made a request, this time at least he had to inform the court of its response.
"Okay, you said you would treat us, so just remember to wait until later."
"Don't worry, it'll be tomorrow!"
"Lord Li is here. He should be summoning you to the palace. I won't say more."
Meng Qiang had a new understanding of Liang Qu's strength. When he saw the eunuchs coming, he didn't say hello, just made a few jokes and let his men disperse.
The eunuch came up, no doubt about it.
The Holy Emperor summoned.
Han Bingquan's arrival in the capital is such a big event that the Holy Emperor would naturally know about it first.
After asking Long Binglin to park the car on the island to avoid bumping into others, Liang Qu followed the eunuch into the palace again.
"Oh, it would be great if I could have a son like this. I heard that Earl Xingyi was also born a fisherman and became famous in his teens or twenties. When my son is that age, I'll be only in my thirties. I can still enjoy some retirement and maybe even find a concubine." At the dock, the man suddenly sighed.
"Haha, Li Dazhuang, you're daydreaming in broad daylight? Are you suffering from sunstroke?"
"You still want to marry a concubine? Take good care of that tigress in your family first, or I'll skin you alive!"
"Can't you think about it?"
"Okay, if you really want to do that, why not carry two more sandbags and send your son to learn martial arts when you go back! Who knows, maybe your boy is really a genius? Then he can help his brothers get rich together."
"Okay, let's get rich together!"
The workers laughed loudly, but those who were laughed at were not annoyed. They joked with each other, drank the water, and continued to work.
After this incident, the busy dock was filled with a burst of noisy discussions, and order was gradually restored. However, the excitement did not stop. Every household heard the news, ran out of their homes, and flocked to the flooded riverside to see what was going on.
Some people rowed their boats to the shadow of the "iceberg", opened their arms, put their faces against it and felt the coolness.
Don't mention it.
With this big guy around, I feel cool all the time. The September heat is greatly reduced, and I feel extremely refreshed. My skin and flesh all over my body shrinks.
All the ships and people moved towards the Ice Spring.
The huge iceberg, like a piece of half-melted rock sugar under the scorching sun, attracted a large number of ants.
Moon Tower.
"I have been unable to sleep night and day, but Lord Liang has plenty of leisure time. In just a few days, you have already thought of a way to show off?" The Holy Emperor looked at the "giant ship" on the river and teased.
"Ahem." Liang Qu was a little embarrassed, "I just want to enhance the prestige of Dashun."
"Hahaha." The Holy Emperor laughed and looked at the iceberg on the Jishuitan. "How did you make it so complete from front to back? Without the method of turning the ground into steel, even if there is a way to distribute energy, you can't move it, right?"
Zhenxiang masters do have the power to move mountains, but that doesn’t mean they can do it.
There is no conflict between the two.
"So there is no need to allocate resources. Yuequan Temple is next to the lake, only three miles away from the Blue Lake, and there is an underground river below, which can be said to be a favorable location and time.
I worked together with the white ape to control the water from underground, using the water flow to cut the entire mineral vein from the earth, and then opened up the soil in front to create a three-mile river, which was sent into the Blue Lake in one breath. Once in the Blue Lake, it would be much easier, and we could just send it downstream directly."
"Marquis Xingyi speaks so easily, but this method is not something that ordinary people can do." The general manager sighed.
Others simply can't do it.
Even if one has the ability to point to the ground and turn the mineral vein into a whole, one cannot carry a mountain from west to east. One only needs to have a strong ability to control water.
"Your Majesty has high hopes for me, and I will not let you down." Liang Qu chuckled and changed the subject, "Your Majesty, Han Bingquan has arrived in the imperial capital. I wonder where your Majesty wants to place him? If there is a suitable location, we can make arrangements early."
"Put it next to Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy."
Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy?
Liang Qu was stunned. At first he felt it sounded familiar, then he suddenly realized what was going on.
Isn’t this Master’s martial arts school?
I thought about it.
He asked tentatively.
"My master... is coming to the capital to open a branch?"
I didn’t tell him about the last move, and now we’re coming to the capital to open a branch, but I didn’t even say a word when I was in Pingyang at the end of August?
"It's not a branch." The Holy Emperor shook his head. "Pingyang Prefecture, Huaiyin Martial Academy, you don't know your own hometown? Just put it there."
"what?"
The Holy Emperor laughed and said, "Isn't it your idea that I bestowed a plaque on Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy? Why issue a martial arts master certificate or a great martial arts master certificate?"
"That's right..."
After Liang Qu proposed issuing a "graduation certificate" to prove the apprentices' potential, Yang Dongxiong applied to the court and had already applied for approval, thus reaching a "pilot project."
Today, Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy has been semi-incorporated and has become a joint venture between the government and the people. The president is still Yang Dongxiong, but the essence of the school has become completely different.
There are even special official positions.
A dean of a martial arts academy can be regarded as a sixth-rank official!
The current model is already somewhat similar to the "university" in the previous life, and is constantly getting closer!
Once the “pilot” results are good, it will be a truly official operation!
"So, we can just put this Ice Spring in Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy. Moon Spring Water is not something special. Instead, it is quite good for fourth-level warriors to lay the foundation. It is just right to put it in Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy."
Liang Qu understood.
The beauty of Yuequan water is not a rare thing for truly wealthy families.
There are so many things that have beauty effects.
In the Jianghuai Lake in the past, the mermaid that Chi Lin of the snake tribe bribed him to sell the white ape was one of them. There was not much essence in the water, and one of them could be sold for more than 10,000 taels of silver outside. Even so, it was still priceless. She could directly "return to the age of 18" and enjoy a second spring in her life.
The main reason why Yuquan Water sells so well is that it is cheap and has a high cost-performance ratio. In addition to its high cost-performance ratio, it is also quite effective in regulating the body, making it very suitable as the "medicine base" for apprentices' medicinal baths.
It is indeed a good idea to kill two birds with one stone for Han Bingquan to stay in Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy.
The martial arts academy became famous again, integrated unique resources, had more advantages, and collected a lot of taxes from the court.
And Liang Qu can get a share of the pie.
The Ice Spring was originally a small resource point that Liang Qu brought back so that the imperial court could help resist the political pressure from the Great Snow Mountain. He had no intention of using it himself, so it would be best if he could have a share of it now.
Although the specific sales scale is unknown.
If each family gets a share, how can there be 100,000 silver coins in a year?
Anyway, it is definitely more profitable than simply farming. It can not only cover living expenses, but also cover the expenses for cultivation!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, now that you're here, I don't have to look for you again."
The Holy Emperor raised his hand and threw it.
Liang Qu caught it with his backhand and spread out his palm.
It is the Yin-Yang and Five Elements!
"This……"
"This seed is still with you. You can take it to Jianghuai and nurture it well."
(End of this chapter)