"Zuo just owes me another favor. Anyway, I owe you as much as before." Mu Qianyu soon felt relieved.
Xiang Ziyou secretly sighed, Your Majesty is your Majesty, a favor is worth so much money.
"This matter has completely wiped out our family fortune." Mu Qianyu thought about the money he spent, looked at Xiang Ziyou and said, "I will leave the money-making matters to you."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best." Xiang Ziyou cupped his hands and said.
"I'll leave it to you. Don't worry, let's go." Mu Qianyu said and disappeared in the courtyard of the Chamber of Commerce.
Now that the Five Elements Spiritual Crystal is ready, the next thing to do is to refine the colorful stone.
In the royal study, Bei Chenye was confirming with Ji Lin the progress of his march into the imperial dynasty, and Mu Qianyu happened to be listening when he returned.
"Since Dayu agreed to borrow the road, our army has been passing through from above. Now, the 1.5 million army has completed the control of the imperial capital and surrounding areas."
"In addition, Dayu borrowed 800,000 troops, and Daxia exchanged 300,000 new troops. Now they have arrived in the imperial territory. General Wu is personally in charge and is training and integrating troops." Ji Lin reported back.
Bei Chenye, who was sitting on the dragon chair, nodded slightly and asked, "Did you encounter any obstacles during this process?"
"Wei Zeng, both the imperial dynasty and the Immortal Sect were extremely puzzled by my entry into the imperial dynasty from the Great Zhou Dynasty, so no one interfered, which made things go a lot smoother for us." When Ji Lin said this, he looked very happy.
The territory of the Shang Dynasty was huge, and the terrain was complex, and the Zhou Dynasty did not border on it, so it was actually very difficult to mobilize and control troops.
As long as there are some obstacles, progress may not be so fast.
Bei Chenye nodded and said: "Cooperate fully with General Wu. We must continue to be vigilant on the roads borrowed by Daewoo to ensure that we will not be plotted when transporting resources and food."
"Yes, the people below are all trustworthy people, and they are always monitoring the movements of all parties. There will be no mistakes." Ji Lin also knew the importance of this matter.
Cross-regional troop deployments are extremely risky. Once any link goes wrong, the outbound troops may be cut off from their home country and suffer huge losses.
Bei Chenye nodded, looked at Mu Qianyu who appeared next to him, and asked, "Madam, what do you want to explain?"
"It's still difficult to complement you." Mu Qianyu smiled jokingly and said:
"Then let me tell you some news. I just came back from the Chamber of Commerce. I have all the Five Elements Spiritual Crystals. I need to retreat for a month to refine the five-color stones."
"One month." Beichenye's eyes dimmed slightly: "It's been a long time."
Mu Qianyu spread his hands with a helpless expression.
Ji Lin corrected him: "Uncle Master, one month can be said to be a very short time to refine such a treasure. It's not that long."
"I mean it's been a long time since my wife and I were separated." Beichenye didn't even look at him, but looked at Mu Qianyu and asked, "Not long ago?"
"It will take a long time, but I have no choice but to endure it for the sake of my great cause." Mu Qianyu comforted him.
Ji Lin had already thought of slapping himself twice, so why should he interrupt when there was nothing wrong? Isn't this asking for his own fault?
"Well, do you need me to help you with anything?" Beichenye asked.
He knew that his wife had quite magical abilities. Although he had never asked what they were, he had great confidence in her.
Mu Qianyu thought carefully and said, "Then help me take care of our home and wait for me to come back."
"Okay." Beichenye agreed very seriously, his deep and affectionate gaze fell on Mu Qianyu's face, as if he was not agreeing to an ordinary thing, but making a lifelong promise.
Mu Qianyu also smiled sweetly when she saw this. It felt good when a man was around. No matter what she did, there was always someone behind her to support her.
And when Ji Lin looked at the two elders with twinkling eyes, he only had one thought in his heart, that is, who is he? Why is he here?
He is quite old and has never done anything harmful, so why should he be punished like this?
Of course, the person involved would not consider his feelings. After the two chatted in the imperial study, they left hand in hand, leaving him to handle some matters alone.
Looking at the memorials piled up in front of him, Ji Lin wanted to cry to death. Not only did he not have a wife, he also had to work. What kind of suffering is this in the world!
That day, Beichen took Mu Qianyu and his daughter out for a day out, and the family of three returned home having a great time.
On the third day, a huge palace suddenly appeared in the sky above the ground outside the imperial city. On the palace plaque were the three characters "Fengtian Palace".
At the same time, large numbers of Imperial Guards appeared. The Imperial Guards surrounded the ground for thousands of miles to protect the emperor who was in seclusion.
The Great Zhou Earth Vein had been strengthened by Mu Qianyu a long time ago, and now it has extremely abundant spiritual energy, making it the best place for refining weapons.
The Fengtian Hall was ablaze with splendor, and Mu Qianyu lay bored on the gilded chair above, reading a book in his hand.
Although it was said to the outside world that she was in seclusion, such an important matter as refining the colorful stones was naturally done by the weapon spirit.
The Qiankun Cauldron in the hall became extremely large, and the white-clothed weapon spirit floated in the sky, waving his hands and throwing the materials into the cauldron in batches.
It's not that the level of the weapon spirit is low and it can't be refined in one go, but that there are too many materials.
Zhengzheng has brought in 600,000 to 700,000 kilograms of materials. With the weapon spirit's current recovery level, it really needs to be refined slowly.
Mu Qianyu also planned to use this period of time to consolidate his cultivation and learn more about alchemy and weapon refining. After all, if he didn't do this, there would really be nothing to do.
Outside the Fengtian Palace, countless spiritual energies gathered, and the people gathered around to marvel at how powerful their majesty was and how he could summon such terrifying spiritual energies.
"Your Majesty is indeed both civil and military, but I don't understand what the emperor's intention is in this expedition?" said an old man in the crowd.
Since Mu Qianyu came to power, she has not blocked the way of speech. She has no restrictions on whether it is the freedom of speech by officials or the people's daily discussions.
She always believes that only by allowing everyone to speak freely can the court be a progressive one. If the avenues of speech are blocked everywhere, it can only mean that the court is about to end.
Therefore, compared to the people of other dynasties, the people of the Zhou Dynasty dared to speak out, even in public places, they dared to say a few words about the emperor.
"Yes, the Holy Emperor's methods are really hard to predict. The Great Shang Dynasty has been so desolate that it has no spiritual energy. What's the use of having a vast territory?"
"You can't even grow food on that kind of land. I heard that some of the weeds have withered. I have no idea why we would occupy such a place."
"No, half a month ago I went to Daewoo to sell tea, and the people there were laughing at me for being ignorant of the king and getting carried away by some small achievements." A man who looked like a businessman sighed.