In March of the second year of Yuanshou, Zhao Xing arrived in Fengjing and went to sit in the palace.

Since the death of Emperor Jing, he has gone to the palace more often. Yuanshou has only been there for two years, and he has already gone there hundreds of times.

Whenever I have nothing to do, I go shopping and chat with Ji Che, and often even talk all night long.

"The countries in the West have always regarded our dynasty as the superior kingdom of heaven. Brother, go over and make sure to magnify the majesty of Zhou!" Zhao Xing said with a smile: "In the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers?

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"Fifth brother, don't worry. When we go to West Jizhou, I will definitely let those vassal countries understand this truth." Emperor Wu couldn't help but feel elated when he heard this: "Okay, well said! Someone is here,"

Ji Che called a right historian: "Record what the eldest brother just said in a book and circulate it to all officials."

Youshi held a pen knife in his hand, the pupils in his eyes rotated, and his ears emitted bursts of white light. Then he heard the conversation between Zhao Xing and Ji Che just now, and recorded it verbatim. When Ji Che saw that Youshi had finished writing, he wrote

He retreated and said what was in his heart: "Brother, the land in West Jizhou was specially left for me by my father to establish my prestige."

"After I became king, this is the first time I sent an important minister on an envoy."

"If I can't even resolve the vassal disputes in the small West Jizhou, I will be ridiculed." "I'm afraid those peace-loving officials will use this matter to criticize you and me in the future."

"I will be measured and will never let Dazhou fall into a war at this time."

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When Zhao Xing heard this transfer order, he understood that Ji Che's decision to send him to take charge of the West Ji State was not emotional. Two concepts need to be clarified here, that is, the West Ji State is divided into geographical scope and administrative areas.

The geographical scope of Xiji State is far larger than the administrative area of ​​Dazhou.

The area of ​​West Antarctica actually controlled by the Great Zhou Dynasty was only one-thirtieth of the entire West Antarctic State (hereinafter referred to as the West Antarctic Continent for ease of understanding).

The administrative region of the Great Zhou Dynasty, "Xiji Prefecture", only occupies one-thirtieth of the West Pole Continent, but this one-thirtieth is more than 60% of the rich land of the West Pole Continent. The rest are either discordant

The territory of the Great Zhou was bordered by either vassal states or barren lands with extremely harsh environments.

Supervisor Si Nong once calculated that it would take more than four hundred years even if he sent Da Si Nong to change the celestial phenomena, adjust the earth's veins, and then mobilize the Tiangong Department to cooperate. This premise is still under the condition of peace of mind for farming and development.

It does not include the cost of garrisoning troops, civil and military officials, relocating people, etc. after it is occupied... From a financial point of view, even if you pay 100,000 yuan, you may not be able to recover even one yuan.

It’s not that the Great Zhou Dynasty couldn’t be defeated, but the cost was too high, so it gave many “vassal states” room to survive.

The West Pole Continent, the farther west you go, the barren the land becomes. After the "Tian Shuang Mountains", what is over there is not called the West Pole Continent, but is called the West Pole Ice Continent, or the West Pole Glacier. Because there is no land at all.

It's all ice.

After knowing this situation, the most militant Dili faction did not want to fight the barbarians over there.

However, the Zhou Dynasty did not want to fight, but the barbarians wanted to go eastward. Who doesn't want to live in a fertile land where spring flowers bloom and flowers bloom?

Some of the tribes founded their country with the support of Taizu and became a vassal state such as the Mosi Kingdom. After the enlightenment of Emperor Wen, they gradually became the Great Zhou Dynasty and became a line of defense for the West Jizhou of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Under this premise, in

If Xiji Prefecture expands its territory or triggers a war, it will be a loss of blood.

The generals sent by the faction went over, and when their minds got hot, they started to fight.

Ji Che sent Zhao Xing, the Sinong Qing, there, so he naturally knew how to settle the account.

In short, one sentence: It is necessary to show the majesty of the Great Zhou Dynasty while not letting the West Jizhou fall into the quagmire of war. At least a large-scale war will not work. Once a war breaks out, then Ji Che’s appointment of important ministers this time will be a failure.

He will be criticized by many people, and the same goes for Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing and Ji Che chatted for many days. The younger brother was very energetic, but he rarely mentioned "war", and war was not mentioned at all. How could he not know what Emperor Wu was thinking.

"Gather the power of the vassal states to fight against the barbarians. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never mobilize the army of Xiji Prefecture." Zhao Xing said. Isn't it just to imitate Wang Xuance?

Seeing that Zhao Xing understood his spirit deeply, Ji Che put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Brother, go ahead, I am absolutely relieved."

"Seven caves, two blessed lands, and strong men from each army, you can mobilize and act accordingly. I have prepared an imperial edict for you. If you feel it is necessary, you can open a state palace in the West Ji State to have an overview of military and political power!

Mr. Zhao was moved when Ji Che heard these words.

The rebellion of King Liang happened just over a hundred years ago!

What's more, Zhao Xing is not his biological brother. Working under Emperor Wu is just a word: cool.

But it was a relief. Zhao Xing thought for a moment and felt something was amiss: "The chaos in West Jizhou is nothing more than scabies, so why is it so big?"

Ji Che said: "This is exactly what I am going to say next. Based on the latest battle reports compiled from various places in the West Antarctic Continent this year, as well as the deductions of the officials, the imperial court discovered that the strength of the Sith Kingdom in the West Antarctic Continent has increased rapidly.

Expanding!" "Since last year, Ji Si and others have repeatedly deduced based on military intelligence and battle reports, and have come to a shocking conclusion: the Sith State has overtly and covertly controlled 80% of the small countries and tribes in the West Pole Ice Continent."

Zhao Xing frowned when he heard this. He had indeed heard of this Sith country in his previous life. It had risen rapidly since Emperor Wu's reign and became the overlord of the West. But now that Emperor Wu had just succeeded to the throne, why was it so strong?

With this doubt, Zhao Xing set out from Fengjing in early April. He was accompanied by four adjutants, Mi Fu, Chen Shijie, Hu Yang, and Zhang Tianxing, as well as the foreign troops of Prince Jinke. The Shensu warship was marching in the palace.

The Shensu warship was a reward from Emperor Wu, and it was a precious and low-grade artifact.

As a warship, even if it is a low-grade treasure, it is very impressive. It comes from the Shensu Guard, one of the three imperial guards. Although Zhao Xing did not take the initiative to ask for people, it still takes a lot to drive this military artifact.

people.

Emperor Wu assigned him 500 Shensu guards. Shensu, Luanyi, and Jinwu were the emperor's three imperial guards. They were not dispatched even during the reign of Emperor Jing. But now Zhao Xingtong has given him 500 guards.

"Since the Sith tribe established their country in the first year of the Great Rule, their national power has grown by leaps and bounds. This is very unusual." Zhao Xing was reading all the information about the Sith Kingdom.

He had gone through all the military officers' deductions and the military intelligence by himself.

"Li Boqian once realized Yuan Feng in the West Pole Glacier. Now the Sith tribe has risen and established a country, and continues to grow bigger. Could it be said that there really is a super powerful copy in the West Pole Sea?" The time when the clan will truly gain some kind of enhancement will probably be earlier.”

Zhao Xing pushed back to the Jingxinli period and transferred all the old information from the Jingxinli period to check.

"Qitian Temple also appeared during the Jingxinli period. At least Hua Xianzi can be sure that she participated in world affairs during the Jingxinli period. Could it be that Li Boqian enlightened through the glacier, the Sith tribe founded the country and became hegemonic, and Qitian Temple was born? Is there any connection between them?" "Such a variety of things are definitely not coincidences. The West Pole Ice Continent has a big secret!" A trace of thought flashed in Zhao Xing's eyes.

"There was a super version of the copy in the Xuanhuang Realm in the previous life, but the players didn't find it, so it's not impossible."

"If that's the case, I have to think about it and make some preparations in advance." Zhao Xing thought of the Moyun Vine seedlings in the Chunyuan Space. "If I find something extraordinary, I can only raise my eldest brother." ....

Tianyong Prefecture is in the east of Zhongzhou, while Xiji Prefecture is in the west of Zhongzhou. The two are extremely far apart, spanning twelve continents. The distance is so long that without such a long-distance teleportation from the Fire God Altar, it would be impossible to maintain such a A huge empire. Even if you prepare in advance, take the shortest route.

It also took Zhao Xing, Prince Jinke, King Bingtu, King Crow and others more than three months to enter the West Jizhou. Once they arrived in the West Jizhou, they had to rely solely on flying, because the West Jizhou was no longer Lihuo. Within the teleportation range of the altar, even Zhenjun Lihuo's path cannot touch this extremely cold state.

Going west, it gets colder and colder.

Arriving in the western part of Xiji Prefecture, passing through various counties, it started to snow one after another. "We set out in April and walked for more than three months, and now it's only the middle of August." "In the western part of Xiji Prefecture, it started to snow. It’s almost halfway into winter.”

"The winter solar term has become active, and all the exercises, martial arts, and spells related to cold, ice and snow have been slightly enhanced."

"On the contrary, fire techniques, martial arts, and spells have all been weakened." Zhang Tianxing stood on the boat, looking out at the snowy world outside, "It's so cold."

"I heard that people in Xizhou have thick hair and are generally short in stature. People in Binglu even have organs like gills behind their ears. It's true that the weather supports a person." Hu Yang also lamented. "According to the information, To say that Xiji Prefecture is the richest land in the Western Continent seems to be a relative term." Chen Shijie looked down at the land below, "The ground veins are weak and the soil is barren. It is completely incomparable to other states."

"Thirty percent of my plant troops are unable to exert their full combat effectiveness here. The further west we go, the more serious the situation becomes." Midai closed his eyes and meditated, looking at the world. "Only 30%?" Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing were surprised. Look at Mi Fu.

Everyone had never been to Xijizhou, and they all expressed different emotions. Mi Fu's emotion attracted the attention of the other three people.

Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing even felt that Mi Fu was bragging.

But Mi Fu is really not bragging. The environment in his small world of Star Market is also extremely harsh. After serving as an official in such a place for a long time, Mi Fu's soldiers have evolved and adapted to the extreme environment. Mi Dai doesn't want to and Zhang Tianxing, Hu Yang explained, because these two people were from noble families.

For three months, he had only had casual acquaintances with these two people.

He got along well with Chen Shijie: "Shijie, you are good at the three methods of underground palace, splitting the earth, and Ksitigarbha. If you can split the earth to induce Yang Qi to rise, then use the underground palace method to prevent the earth's energy from sinking, and use Ksitigarbha to restore the earth's veins. With the power, my plant troops can exert their full strength." Chen Shijie shook his head and said: "I don't know if it will work after going down. I heard that some areas don't even have ground, they are all ice."

Hu Yang said with a smile: "We have to do it even if it doesn't work! We are about to enter a war zone, and we can't let Mr. Zhao take action." Zhang Tianxing thought deeply: "Not bad."

The four of them were chatting outside.

In the cabin, Zhao Xing chatted with Prince Jinke, King Bingtu, King Crow and others about the situation in the Sith Kingdom. In his previous life, Zhao Xing came to the West Pole State very rarely. The main reason was that it was too poor.

There is absolutely no money to be made.

The Xiji Prefecture controlled by the Great Zhou Dynasty was not much smaller than the Pinghai Prefecture, with only two blessed lands and seven caves. Not to mention the rest of the Western Continent.

The transportation is also very inconvenient.

Doing tasks and downloading dungeons in a place like this is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you don’t have much fuel and water, so you really don’t have much motivation.

"Prince, what masters are worth noting in the Sith Kingdom?" Zhao Xing asked. Although he knew a lot of information, Prince Jinke was a local after all, so he might be able to discover some unusual places. Prince Jinke said: "First The strong one must be the king of the Sith Kingdom, ‘Dius’. He calls himself the ‘Great Lord of the Sith’, but he has never taken action.”

Zhao Xing asked doubtfully: "Oh? He didn't take action, or is it because everyone who saw him take action died?"

"Perhaps as the Duke said, everyone who saw him take action has died." Prince Jinke said solemnly, "He is known as the strongest man, mainly because there are fifty venerables under Dios. "Half of the venerables were taught by Dios."

"Because they are different from other sages, they will call Dios the great holy master." Zhao Xing listened quietly.

According to the intelligence, the fifty sages of the Sith Kingdom are all at the peak or perfect level of combat effectiveness.

The Fifty Life Palace Realm is nothing in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the Western Continent, the Fifty Life Palace Realm is at its peak and perfect, which is quite a lot. The Life Palace Realm, as the name suggests, is to build the Life Palace.

Being able to reach the peak and perfect level means that the life palace is approaching perfection, and every move is in line with the law of heaven. At this point, at least a low-level rule field can be born. Even if no one has seen Dios take action, it may be possible to cultivate Twenty-five venerables came out. This alone is enough to be called the strongest person in the West Pole Ice Continent.

"King Bingtu, King Crow, you have been at war with the Sith Kingdom since the Great Reign. Tell us how you feel." Zhao Xing looked at the other two strong men. Among them, King Bingtu was already at the realm of the Palace of Life. He had I have had the experience of fighting against His Holiness.

"I fought against Lord Ulic of the Sith Kingdom seven times." King Bingtu recalled.

"The earliest one was in the 20th year of the Jingxin calendar. At that time, Dios had not yet established a country. He was just the great lord of the Sith tribe, and Ulic was the lord under him."

"At that time, I was responsible for mining polar ice at Mount Wei in the West Pole Glacier. Mount Mount is not a real mountain, but a continuous iceberg area. There are many precious materials there, such as Mount Mount. Ice stones, extremely low ice, cold marrow, jade beads, etc."

"The first time Ulic and I fought, we had a conflict over collecting these treasures."

"I was at the third level at the time, and he was only at the fourth level. Seeing that I had no choice but to run away, I knocked him into the sea, thinking that he would definitely die, so I ignored him..." King Bingtu recalled: "No. I thought that he was not dead. When we meet again in fifteen years, he broke through to the early stage of the third level. At that time, I was at the peak of the third level."

"We met again in the "Weishan" area. The second time we fought, he escaped from my hand."
To be continued...