For a moment.
Apart from Lunzan Nongnang, who had become a headless corpse, all the kings of the Western Regions had submitted!
After all the edicts were sent out, Li Chengyuan laughed and said,"In that case! Let the feast continue! What I promised you will not be left behind! In the future, the Great Zhou would be the strongest country! You'll be glad for today's decision!”
However, only the monarchs of some small city-states smiled awkwardly and agreed.
Li Chengyuan didn't care. He was waiting.
After a while, Xiang Yu walked up to Li Chengyuan from the back of the hall, reeking of blood. He whispered,""Your Majesty! All the flies have been dealt with!"
Li Chengyuan nodded slightly.
The subordinates and guards that the Sovereign had brought with him had all been killed. He had nothing to worry about now!
"Send them on their way," he whispered.”
"Yes, sir!"
Xiangyu immediately nodded and stepped forward.
Li Chengyuan walked towards the harem. He did not have much time to waste. The most important thing was to close the market. There could not be any mistakes.
The monarchs saw this scene.
Supi Khagan, King Zhangzhung, and Dangxiang Khagan, who had been discussing how to attack the Great Zhou, were all stunned.
They suddenly had an extremely ominous premonition.
"Kill them!"
At this moment, Xiangyu shouted loudly. The guards beside him bared their last fangs!
"No!"
"Li Chengyuan, you will die a horrible death!!!”
"Li Chengyuan! I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!!!”
Countless mournful cries sounded, but it did not last long before the entire hall fell silent.
Xiangyu shook off the blood in his hands. He looked at the scene that was like purgatory and said in a deep voice,""Deal with it immediately! His Majesty still has to attend court tomorrow!"
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In the rear palace, Li Chengyuan heard that the main hall had quieted down, and his footsteps quickened.
Setting up a banquet to kill the Monarch was only the first and simplest step in his plan to unify the Western Regions.
He couldn't underestimate every step he took next. He had to deal with it with all his might.
The first was publicity.
During this period of time, relying on the new paper-making technique, the Great Zhou Imperial Court had already produced a lot of paper.
It was originally used to make a dictionary to make the Great Zhou completely Chinese, but now it was all made into newspapers.
Li Chengyuan's plan was to publish the news of the various monarchs submitting to the Great Zhou in a newspaper and then distribute it to the entire Western Region.
Not only that, he also wanted to describe the good of the Great Zhou in the newspapers to deepen the yearning of the people of the Western Regions for the Great Zhou.
This was only the first step.
The second step was to send people to the capital cities of the various countries to take back the power, which might cause another bloody storm.
After that, it was time to consolidate the forces and so on.
However, Li Chengyuan was confident that he could complete it.
This was because there was one thing he relied on the most. There was no grain in the autumn harvest, but the Great Zhou had a lot of grain. This would be the final trump card to unify the Western Regions!
However, it was still too early to say that. He still had to take it step by step. The first thing he had to do was to get the newspaper out.
Li Chengyuan put away his thoughts and was about to walk towards the workshop in the palace.
However, a person walked over.
The person was called Elder Zhou.
Teacher Zhou was one of Li Chengyuan's family members who had fled Chang 'an with him. He was also an old craftsman.
Many of the new inventions of the Great Zhou in recent times were completed under his leadership.
This time, Elder Zhou walked over, holding a colorful item in his hand.
Li Chengyuan's eyes lit up. He asked first,"Elder Zhou! Azurite made it?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Elder Zhou hurriedly nodded.”
As he spoke, he raised his hands and presented the glass cup in his hands.
Li Chengyuan took the glass and examined it.
The workmanship was not bad. It could reflect some brilliance under the sun. Although it could not compare to modern glasses, it was a good treasure in ancient times!
"Well done! With this Great Zhou, they could become completely rich!”
Li Chengyuan said happily.
The Great Zhou was very poor now. Not only was the imperial court poor, but the people were also very poor.
The salt and iron tax was also built on the foundation of the people's wealth. Li Chengyuan did not want to use grain to exchange for money.
The development of the country required a large amount of money. Li Chengyuan had to find a way to make money.
Li Chengyuan, who was in the Western Regions and the first stop of the future Silk Road, immediately thought of the glass.
Coloured glass was a best-seller for the nobles in both the Great Tang and the distant West. It was definitely a hard currency to earn money.
Now that he had colored glass, he could only wait for the unification of the Western Regions to open up the market for colored glass!
Everything was developing in a good direction.
Li Chengyuan could not help but smile. He looked at Elder Zhou and said,"Elder Zhou, work harder in the future. Try your best to make more glass so that the Great Zhou's national treasury can be filled in the future! When the time comes, I will give you all official positions!”
"I will not disappoint Your Majesty!"
Elder Zhou quickly agreed. This was something he had never dared to think about before. After being deeply grateful, Elder Zhou left excitedly.
Li Chengyuan shook his head and laughed. In the Great Zhou, there were no scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen. As long as they were capable, they could walk up to the stage.
As he spoke, Li Chengyuan walked to Zhangsun Wugou's bedroom.
At this moment, Zhangsun Wugou seemed to be applying medicine.
Li Chengyuan looked at the glass cup in his hand and looked at the guard outside the door.""Give this to me!"
With that, Li Chengyuan left the palace and began to prepare for the newspaper.
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