If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 10: Raising a latent dragon by lifting an iron rod (Please collect it)

General Guan followed Qingsong's lead and said in shock, "How can a mere barbarian girl's star be so bright? That's impossible."

In fact, the stars they saw at this moment were already dim, because it was already past five o'clock in the morning and the sun was about to rise.

The crescent moon has disappeared and the stars have mostly disappeared. The fact that it can be seen at this time proves that it is very bright.

Taoist Qingsong tilted his head to look at him and said, "You may have complained in your hearts before. For a mere Sha Manyu, a little Taoist like me actually drove the most elite cavalry battalion of Dashu to this remote place, and let the dignified cavalry commander lead the team in person."

"I dare not!" General Guan showed a look of panic on his face, and immediately bowed his head to apologize to the Taoist boy.

Qingsong Dao Tong smiled and said, "It is normal for you to feel resentful.

But I want to tell you that I am not trying to torment you.

I am trying to save your lives and the lives of millions of people in your Great Shu Kingdom.

If you don't come this time, Da Shu will be facing the crisis of national destruction in thirty years at most.

If the Qin Dynasty fails to take action, it will be destroyed by the Shaman.

Oh, then it was not the Shaman, or even the Dune Kingdom, but the 'Xisha Empire'."

"Xisha Empire, are you kidding me?" General Guan looked ridiculous.

The black-armored cavalrymen behind them all changed color and were shocked.

The old barbarian in the leopard-skin skirt also followed silently at the back, now with his head lowered, fists clenched, and his whole body trembling.

Qingsong Dao Tong sighed and said, "From Hengsha Pass to here, it's more than 2,000 miles in a straight line. Even if I'm good at the Five Elements Escape Technique, I can only travel 1,500 miles a day (PS).

Xiao Dao started rushing here from yesterday afternoon, and spent the entire afternoon and night practicing his escape technique without stopping and without eating or drinking.

It is still a long way for me to become an immortal. I am still a mortal and I will get tired and hungry.

Did I go through all this trouble just to come here and play a joke on you guys?"

"Think about it carefully. The State of Lu has tens of millions of households, hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, and ten human immortals who are publicly known. When they formed the alliance to destroy Shu, why did they personally go to Shaqiu and take the initiative to propose that the chieftain of the Shaman tribe be crowned king and recognize the status of the 'Shaqiu Kingdom'?"

Guan Huchen was shocked and blurted out, "Could it be that there are experts in Lu who can see the extraordinaryness of the Xisha barbarians?"

The Taoist boy Qingsong smiled and said, "There are immortals in the Kingdom of Lu, but observing the stars and predicting the fate of a country are not peerless supernatural powers.

But the people of Lu considered more.

The Dune Kingdom, which is expected to transform into the Paracel Empire, is a threat to the Shu Kingdom in the south and a huge hidden danger to the Lu Kingdom in the west.

By inviting the State of Dune to join the alliance, we can not only utilize the power of the State of Dune and gather the fortunes of the thirty-six countries together to serve the ambitions of the State of Lu, but also consume the essence of the State of Dune in the war, causing it to suffer great damage to its vitality and the decline of its national fortune. Of course, I now know that the key to the State of Dune is Sha Manyu.

The people of Lu were not clear at that time.

Once the Thirty-Six Kingdoms Alliance successfully destroys Shu and finds that the signs of the rise of Shaqiu Kingdom have not changed, Lu will certainly use other means to deal with it. "

"It's unbelievable and hard to imagine. You have to know that I only had 300 cavalrymen, but I swept across the ancestral land of the Xisha barbarians. During the whole process, I didn't even draw my sword." General Guan murmured.

"You don't believe in astrology?" Qingsong Dao Tong turned around and said calmly, "Long before the establishment of the Thirty-Six Alliances headed by Lu, the Qin Imperial Astronomical Observatory had seen the signs of chaos in the west and reported it to Prime Minister Li immediately.

Two months later, Prime Minister Li summarized the information he had collected from the Western countries and formulated a strategy to quell the rebellion, all of which were presented to His Majesty the Emperor for review.

When the Thirty-Six Kingdoms began to invade Western Shu, the King of Shu urgently sent a special envoy to Xianyang for help. However, Marquis Lieyang had already been transferred from the East China Sea battlefield and was ready to march westward.

Do you know how far it is from the East Sea to West Shu? One hundred and eight thousand miles!"

General Guan didn't know what to say.

Qingsong Dao Tong continued, “To observe a country’s weather through the stars, time and place are very important.

Not to mention the weather, the best location is the observatory near the imperial palace.

The more thorough the preparations for the stargazing ceremony and the more cooperative the emperor is, the better the effect will be.

Even the most skilled sorcerer would find it difficult to observe the fate of an ordinary small country a hundred thousand miles away from his own territory.

Basically nothing can be seen.

There is a saying that goes 'When you look at a mountain from the side, it looks like a peak.'

Under the same sky, we mortals look up at the starry sky, but see different scenes of stars.

The Purple Star you see in your kingdom is just your king, and the star map is one shape.

The Purple Star he saw in his country probably has nothing to do with your ruler, and the star map looks different.

If there is an astrological connection between the star charts, it must be bad news. Either he will invade you, or you will offend him. "

General Guan saw Qingsong Taoist child looking up at the sky, his eyes dotted with starlight, looking mysterious and unfathomable.

He lowered his head and looked down, and saw Qingsong making a seal with his right hand, and his left hand's five fingers flying, constantly calculating something.

Taoist Qingsong didn't notice his gaze and didn't stop sighing.

"When I left Xianyang on the orders of Your Majesty, I was warned by Zhang Jianzheng not to take the star charts observed by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory as the standard.

After the destruction of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms, Xiaodao met the King of Shu and found that the aura of decline that hung over the Shu Kingdom had not disappeared.

From your West Shu Observatory, I saw that Shu's greatest enemy was in the north, which corresponds to this place.

Xiao Dao also saw the root cause of the rise of the Shaman. "

General Guan frowned and asked, "Sha Manyu?"

Qingsong Daotong nodded gently, "Yes, it is her! If you don't find her, the crisis of your Shu Kingdom's subjugation will not be resolved."

General Guan pointed at the "Shaman Yuming Star" that was about to disappear in the gray sky and asked, "Is that the Ziwei Star of the Shaqiu Kingdom?"

"No, the 'Emperor Xisha' is not Sha Manyu, Qianlong is someone else."

General Guan asked again, "Is she Wenqu from the Shaqiu Kingdom?"

“Not really. The culture of Dune Country has not yet taken shape, and the person who is destined to be born has either not been born yet or the timing is not right, so he has no connection with Dune Country.

Or maybe people are already in the dune camp, but they haven't made any progress yet.

There were some signs of Wu Qu, but it died not long ago.

He probably died in the cavalry attack on the camp yesterday." said the Taoist boy Qingsong.

Song Changqing, who was standing behind General Guan, immediately thought of someone.

"Is it Salon?" Zhu Tong also thought of it.

General Guan was puzzled and asked, "Sha Manyu is neither Qianlong nor a civil official or general who assists Qianlong. Then, is she Qianlong's concubine? No, concubines are just vassals of real dragons."

Taoist Qingsong shook his head and said, “From the star map of the Sand Dune Nation, the Sand Man Yu star is at the highest position, and it even has the potential to leap out.

According to information learned from gossip, even the real dragon was raised by her.

Who is worthy of her assisting with the life of a phoenix?
At least the real dragon of the dune cannot be suppressed. If you force it, it will cause great harm."

"I really don't understand, Taoist priest, please explain it to me." General Guan said. The starlight in Qingsong's eyes faded away, and the continuous calculations also stopped.

He turned around and looked around, finally pointing to the rear of the cavalry and shouted, "Bring that old Shaman here."

Everyone turned around and looked back, their eyes fixed on the old man in the leopard-skin skirt.

"Sir, are you looking for my servant?" Lao Shaman was quite self-aware. Although he was uneasy in his heart, he still walked forward obediently and prostrated himself when he walked over.

The Taoist boy Qingsong smiled and said to General Guan: "Don't underestimate this old barbarian. If it weren't for the trip to the sand dunes with you today, he would have become a high-ranking official in ten years, holding the power of life and death of millions of people."

Lao Shaman looked up, stunned.

General Guan forced a stiff smile on his elegant and majestic face, "Could he be Qianlong?"

"I just used the Qi-gazing technique to look for Sha Manyu, and accidentally saw that the gray-white Qi on the barbarian's head was almost dissipating, but at the core, there was a ray of light purple that was almost disappearing. It was very light, but it could explain some problems."

Qingsong Daotong shook his head, then looked down at Old Sand Barbarian and asked, "Old Barbarian, what is your position in the Dune Country?"

"What position?" Old Shaman looked confused. "What position do you think I hold?"

Qingsong Dao Tong coughed lightly and said, "Let me put it another way. After your chieftain proclaimed himself the King of Dune and the tribe established the Dune Kingdom, what was your official position in the Dune Kingdom?"

"Do these sand barbarians have official positions?" The black-armored knights were full of doubt.

Old Shaman also looked conflicted.

Song Changqing said: "Sha Manyu calls herself Princess Yu, and there was also a Queen Mother Shaqiu yesterday. By the way, isn't Shalong the General of the State?"

Old Shaman buried his face in the ground and said in a trembling voice: "My Lord, please forgive me. I have no official position. I just accompanied the chief for many years. After the establishment of the Sand Dune Kingdom, I was forcibly appointed as the right prime minister by Yu Yatou."

"My lord, I am just a piece of rotten wood, an ignorant and incompetent old barbarian. I can't even read and have never read a book." He wailed repeatedly, trying his best to distance himself from the "top-notch official".

Qingsong Dao Tong chuckled and said, "General Guan, do you understand now?"

General Guan seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "With a prime minister, a general, and a queen mother, there will naturally be a prince. Even if the King of Dune died outside Tianmen Town, the system has been established. After that, we only need to pass on the throne in an orderly manner to restore the 'Dune Kingdom' and then slowly grow and develop."

Qingsong Dao Tong sighed: "Sha Manyu may have acted unintentionally, but she did establish a system for the ignorant Sha Man.

Moreover, she was quite good at judging people. The generals and prime ministers she recommended were all truly the best choices for the Shaman tribe.

Of course, the system alone is not enough, and castles in the air cannot last forever.”

He looked around and said, "General Guan, have you noticed that the Dune Barbarians are not short of iron and copper weapons?"

"Don't they need anything?" General Guan also looked around and didn't see many metal objects.

Qingsong Dao Tong said: "Their weapons are all made of fine iron. Maybe there are not many in the dune, but I want to tell you one thing, the weapons used by the dune king and the five thousand brave warriors were all forged by themselves."

General Guan was shocked. He quickly bent down, grabbed the old barbarian by the neck, and shouted, "You can actually forge iron tools?"

The barbarian's old face was twisted into a ball, with bitterness, despair, pain and fear in his eyes. He said in a trembling voice: "50 miles to the north, there is a large furnace built by Yu Yatou. It can boil red water from black sand. After the red water cools, it becomes black iron ingots."

General Guan quickly turned on his clairvoyance and looked to the north. After searching for a long time, he finally found the "iron smelting furnace" carved out of the stone wall.

If the old barbarian hadn't reminded him, he would have thought it was a strange cave.

However, outside the cave, there was a lot of charcoal ash, and the surroundings were also blackened.

"There's a desert all around. Where do you mine the iron ore?" General Guan asked solemnly.

The old barbarian lowered his head and said woodenly, "There is no iron ore, only black sand. Five years ago, Yu girl used a black stick to roll back and forth in the sand pile by the river. Soon, clumps of strange black sand stuck to it, and then iron ingots were burned out. It was magical. The servants thought she knew witchcraft."

"What black stick?" asked General Guan.

Qingsong Daotong's eyes flashed, and he said, "It should be a magnetic iron rod. The magnet attracts the iron sand with a very high iron content in the sand."

The people of Shu State didn't know this, but he knew that in the Qin State, many blacksmiths had mastered the "secret ancestral technique" of making iron sand.

"Could it be that there is a lot of iron sand hidden in the sand of the Liusha River? Our Great Shu Kingdom is still mining in the southern mountains!" The black-armored knights were surprised and happy, with complicated emotions.

Qingsong Dao Tong pondered and asked, "Why did Sha Manyu build an iron smelting furnace fifty miles away?"

"Why?" General Guan went to see the old barbarian. "If this is a place for iron forging, why are there only two old barbarian women living there?"

"Originally there were many young men burning iron there. They were all strong warriors, from the third warrior to the seventeenth warrior, all of them were forging iron there. Last year, the chief went to war and took all the warriors away, and the furnace went out."

After a pause, the old barbarian continued, "Yu girl said that burning the stove consumes too much charcoal. The sand dunes are where the barbarians live. For a few pieces of iron, they burned all the trees and lost their homes.

Also, she found a shallow bay over there, with more black sand.”

"Even if the iron ore is unevenly distributed, as long as there are enough people, it can accumulate into a lot. At least it's better than mining in the mountains in the south."

As General Guan spoke, he started to think in his mind.

With the manpower and resources of the Shaman, they can still equip an army of 5,000 people within a few years.

The Guan family is the number one family in Yingxiang Prefecture, so their efficiency will only be higher.

When I get back, I’ll form a “10,000-person group” to lift weights.

What you are pulling out is not iron, but a mountain of gold and silver!
(PS: This setting is based on The Investiture of the Gods. The original novel clearly states that an ordinary-level earth escape technique can travel a thousand miles a day.

The "day" here does not mean a 12-hour day, but just a daytime, hours.

You may also stop to rest, eat, and go to the bathroom.

Mastered the earth escape technique and can travel 1,500 miles a day.

The following are the speeds of escape techniques in Fengshen: Golden Light on the Earth can travel thousands of miles a day. Earth Escape can travel a thousand miles a day. Zhang Kui's Earth Escape technique can travel 1,500 miles a day, while Earth Escape can only travel 1,000 miles, so he cannot catch up with him.

After the Three Goddesses used the Nine-bend Yellow River Formation to eliminate the three flowers of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, Yuanshi Tianzun taught them the ability to fly across the earth with golden light, which allowed them to travel thousands of miles a day.

But this does not mean that the power system of Fengshen is inferior to Journey to the West.

In fact, I think the Conferred God is very reasonable, because at this time the Twelve Golden Immortals are no longer Golden Immortals, but have been cast down to the mortal world. When they were still Golden Immortals, they still traveled from the North Sea to Cangwu in the morning, and traveled 100,000 miles a day.

By the way, everyone knows that Monkey King can travel 108,000 miles with one somersault.

But do you know how long it takes him to do a somersault? At least ten minutes!

This was said by Wukong himself in the original novel.

The following is the original text: Sha Monk asked, "Brother, how far is it from us to Leiyin?" The Monkey King said, "One hundred and eight thousand miles, and we haven't even walked one stop out of ten." Bajie said, "Brother, how many years will it take to get there?" The Monkey King said, "If you two brothers walk this distance, you can get there in ten days. If I walk, I can walk fifty times a day and still see the sun."

One day, twelve hours, running "Ten Thousand Miles" fifty times.

This should be when you are in a hurry, it is considered the maximum speed.

In some plots, it takes Monkey King half a day to fly a round trip of 108,000 miles.

Of course, this was before Wukong became a Buddha, the Fighting Buddha. After his realm was further elevated, the speed became even faster.

In addition, I have put the PS of the public chapter directly after the chapter, free of charge, and opened a separate chapter, which also belongs to the public chapter.

I will definitely not do this after it is launched.)
(End of this chapter)