I, Altria, only want to rule China.

Those civil servants were all from aristocratic families. They looked down on her and had no intention of working for her. Of course, they also thought that she might not be able to defeat the State of Wei, and it was not impossible for them to have this idea that it would be a waste of time to come here.

However, Liya thought it was the former, just like Zhu Yuanzhang. Because he was a beggar, no civil servants looked up to him. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to resort to kidnapping people.

And she was a woman, so it was normal for her to be looked down upon by these literati.

"I wonder what title you plan to take?" Liu Ye asked curiously.

After Liya unified Liangzhou, the Black Tiger Gang was uprooted. It can be said that Liu Ye, who had avenged his great hatred, was now completely loyal to Liya.

"I plan to call myself King Arthur." Leah said directly.

Actually, she wanted to use the title King Wu, but then she thought that there was already a King Wu in the Zhou Dynasty, so she didn't want to compete with others for it. It would be better to use Arthur, since that was her original title.

As for the Dragon King? Em mm...

"Arthur?" Everyone was stunned, but most of the people present were warriors, and they didn't know what was wrong. They just felt it was a bit awkward, but since it was decided by the lord, there should be no problem.

Thus, Leah's title of king was decided by herself.

Chapter 46 Map

Before long, the news that Leah had proclaimed herself king of Xiliang reached the ears of Northern Wei and Liu Song.

At this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was naturally furious when they heard the news, and Tuoba Tao in the Luoyang Palace was even more furious.

He had not expected that the news of the rebellion that came from Xiliang two months ago was not only not suppressed, but Xiliang was actually occupied.

What is Xiliang?

Although Xiliang is sparsely populated, it is a good place to raise horses. Nearly half of Wei's horses came from Xiliang. Now that it has been occupied by the rebels, doesn't that mean that Wei's powerful retreat has been cut off?

The rubbish that is Prince Leping!

Tuoba Tao immediately issued a death order, asking Pi Baozi to lead 50,000 elite troops to retake Xiliang and bring back the head of the rebel leader.

The army, which had been prepared two months ago, finally set out. According to their itinerary, Luoyang to Liangzhou is about one thousand kilometers away.

Now the army is setting out again, and it will take at least a month to reach Xiliang. When Leah got the news from there, it was already half a month after the army set out.

It was reasonable for Wei to react to Leah's claim to the throne, but what surprised her was the reaction from Liu Song.

After she proclaimed herself king, Liu Song actually sent someone to express their recognition of her title to the throne. Not only that, they also sent a lot of gold, silver and food, which was really beyond Leah's expectations.

But after thinking about it, Leah knew what Liu Song was planning.

Years ago, Liu Song fought a battle with Northern Wei. Liu Song was beaten so badly that it fled in panic, abandoning its weapons and armor. If Northern Wei had not run out of food and stopped attacking, Liu Song might have been destroyed by Northern Wei.

In the end, the two sides drew the river as the boundary, which was somewhat similar to the relationship between the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Now that there are rebels in the Northern Wei, Liu Song is of course happy to see it, and hopes that the Northern Wei will suffer heavy losses when suppressing the rebels, so he spared no effort to send himself some supplements.

They wish they could hold on longer so that the Northern Wei would have no time to recuperate and would always be in the process of suppressing bandits. This way, they would have time to develop secretly.

After figuring this out, Leah chuckled. Since Liu Song wanted to support her and hoped that she could hold on a little longer, she might as well ask them for more resources. These guys might just give them to her for free.

Since the Northern Wei had already begun to attack her, her priority now was to repel the Northern Wei army. Not only did she have to repel them, but she had to hit them hard to let them know that she was a tough nut to crack and that they couldn't easily chew.

Thinking of this, Leah ordered people to gather all the soldiers and civil officials to the meeting hall.

The soldiers who received Leah's announcement soon arrived at the meeting hall, but the scene in the meeting hall was beyond their expectations.

When everyone was discussing matters, Liya sat on a small bed with a chopping board in front of her. Only the generals who were entrusted with important tasks by Liya had a chopping board, but there was no bed or other place to sit.

Most people kneel directly on a mat, which is a tradition left over from ancient times.

However, now there is an empty rectangular round table placed in the middle of the conference room, and next to this round table are a number of strange-looking chairs.

Although chairs existed in this era, they were not popular. Chairs were also rather simple in appearance. Only a few aristocratic families had them, and only the most distinguished people could sit on them.

"My lord, what is this?" As the female general here, Hua Mulan has a good relationship with Leah and is one of the most influential among the soldiers, so she asked through the mouths of the crowd.

Liya smiled and said, "Haha, I think kneeling is too tiring for everyone. After the meeting, I saw that everyone's legs and feet became numb due to kneeling for a long time, so I decided to change this bad habit. Let's sit on chairs to discuss in the future."

Hearing what Liya said, everyone was immediately excited. This was the lord's compassion for them, his subordinates. How could they not be grateful?

I wonder if those lords would think like this for their subordinates? Maybe for some individual ministers, but they would never treat everyone equally.

"As for the table, there is a sign in front of each table with your name on it. You can sit according to the name on the table. As for each piece of paper in front of the table, you can write down your own thoughts on this meeting. I will read it. Of course, if you don't have any thoughts, you don't need to write. You are not allowed to write meaningless nonsense.

In this way, if these people have something they are embarrassed to say in the meeting, they can also use this notebook to secretly convey the message to Leah.

"Okay, everyone look for your name and sit down." After Leah finished speaking, everyone looked at the name on the sign and found their seats.

After everyone sat down, they found that the more people were valued by Leah, the closer they were to her seat. It seemed that this seat also represented the important position of each person in Leah's heart.

All the generals and civil officials kept this in mind.

"I'm sure you all know why I called you all here this time, but before we discuss this matter, I want to show you something."

"Ning'er, let me show you the map I drew." As she said that, Leah asked the maid beside her to put down a roll of white paper on the wall.

After the white paper was completely spread out, everyone discovered that it was actually a map.

"Everyone, take a look at this. This is my latest map. What do you think of it?" This time, Leah has mapped all seven continents on Earth.

However, Leah did not draw the countries of the seven continents in detail. She only gave a general introduction to the countries around China. The real detail was only in the Chinese region.

The soldiers stared in shock as they watched Leah hang the map on the tent.

"My Lord, did you make this map yourself?"

Li Lin looked at the map hanging on the wall in surprise. He couldn't help but stand up from his chair and walked to the side of the map. He found that it clearly marked the current territories of the Northern Wei and Liu Song, as well as their Liangzhou area.

Leah deliberately used some colors to make it easier for everyone to distinguish them.

Not only that, the map also shows where there are mountains, lakes, deserts, grasslands... These clear pictures seem to be integrated into their eyes.

When have they ever seen such a precise map? Leah's move was truly a dimensionality reduction attack!

"Of course, the authenticity of this map is absolutely the highest in history. Probably in the next hundred years, there will be no more accurate map than this one. Although there are some places I have not been to, I have also taken them into consideration." Leah nodded.

Who hasn't looked at the map of China carefully?

Chapter 47: Unfortunately, she is a girl

Normally, no one could remember this map so clearly, but she could remember even the time travel books she had read once before in her mind after her rebirth, not to mention the maps she used every day to find her way around.

"My lord, according to the map you drew, is our Chinese land only such a large area in this world?" After looking at the map, Mulan couldn't help but point to other places.

She really couldn't imagine that the land of China was only such a small area on the map drawn by Leah. Hasn't it been said since ancient times that the Central Plains is the center of the world? Other places are all barbarian lands.

"Yes, we Chinese do not occupy much land, but that is because people in the past did not know how much land there was in other places. Now you know, so I plan to unify China and conquer these areas in the future!"

Leah pointed around the Chinese land, especially Tibet, Qinghai, and Xinjiang.

As for North Korea and Japan, let's talk about it after she unifies China. As for places farther away, the same goes for Europe.

It is easy to conquer a region, just like Mongolia, all you need to do is conquer Europe. But it is not easy to conquer those lands and make them think of themselves as Han people.

This would at least require the destruction of their civilization, and only by teaching them our own civilization would that be possible.

In ancient times, the farther away a place is, the more difficult it is to manage. Even if you conquer it, there will be rebellion, so you can only stabilize the area around you first.

After it is stabilized, it is best to gradually erode the surrounding areas and then stabilize it, just like boiling a frog in warm water.

"My Lord, how come there are several pieces of land so far away? Have you been to these places?"

Hua Mulan pointed curiously at several other continents that had separated from Asia, Europe and Africa. Leah simply drew the plates on them without adding any details.

If the map drawn by the lord is true, then these continents are also real? Then how can such a distant ocean be crossed?

Can the ship still sail that far? Even if it can, won't it get lost?

"I haven't been to those places, but someone has been there, and I heard about it from someone else, so I added those continents. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. If we have a chance in the future, we can verify it. Now we have no right to verify it. Mulan, there is no need for you to think about those irrelevant things.

"Liya shook her head.

"Oh." Hua Mulan reluctantly turned her eyes away from the map. The map drawn by Leah was too detailed, making it difficult for them to look away.

Not to mention the distant places, but in Xiliang, there is really no problem at all, and it is even more detailed than they know.

Isn't this lord only a 15-year-old girl? How can she know so many things? Even if she has been practicing since her mother's womb, it's not that scary!

Whether it was his superior martial arts, cultural level, or broad knowledge, he was far beyond the current people, like an alien. Could he be the reincarnation of a god?

It's just that this lord was a bit unlucky, and was born a girl. Otherwise, how could he have thought of competing for supremacy like those heroes?

It would be better if I were a man. Now, if I want to drink and chat happily with the lord, I have to consider whether it is disrespectful to the lord!

After all, the lord is a girl, and she is so beautiful. If she were to pull her, she would be accused of disrespect that day and might even lose her head.

Leah didn't know that everyone had thought about so many things. The theme this time was not just the map, but how to guard against the counterattack of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

So Leah said, "So everyone, please share your opinions."

"My lord, this should be relatively simple. Now that we have the magical weapon, explosives, invented by you, it won't be difficult to defend against the attack of Wei."

After hearing what Leah said, the soldiers were not too worried. Although the enemy's strength was several times that of their own, they were confident of victory over the 50,000 elite troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Although grenades are not very effective in attacking, they are very useful in defending a city. Not to mention 50,000, even 100,000 can blow up your entire army!

However, the result would be that the material consumption of gunpowder would be too high, and after this battle, we would basically be back to the situation before liberation.

Leah also knew this. It was indeed not difficult to defend against Wei's 50,000 troops.

The difficulty is how to quickly replenish the gunpowder after the battle. During this period of time, they have already plundered all the gunpowder around Xiliang.

Leah tapped the chopping board with her fingers and thought for a while. It seemed that she still needed to find a saltpeter mine. By the way, she would like to let everyone know how to quickly obtain saltpeter.

Leah thought about the news she had seen before about saltpeter mines. As for saltpeter mines, based on the national provincial division, my country's saltpeter resources are extremely abundant.

They are distributed in 14 provinces and regions across the country.

Among them, Qinghai, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Yunnan and Xinjiang are the most abundant, accounting for more than 90% of the country. Jiangsu, Shanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Henan and Tibet also have rich reserves or newly discovered mirabilite resources.

Now these areas do not belong to her, so she cannot take them for the time being, but there are saltpeter mines in Gansu Province, which is Liangzhou, which she currently rules.

The saltpeter resources in Gansu Province are mainly distributed in Hongliusha Mountain in Yumen City, Zaoyuanzi in Jinta County, Yanchi in Gaotai County, and Xiaogouping in Minqin County.

Now Leah can only send people to look for materials nearby. As long as they can find them, they can mine them immediately, and she doesn’t have to worry about not having enough materials in a short period of time.

And if she conquers Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Tibet later, the saltpeter problem will be perfectly solved!

"Since everyone thinks there is no problem, we will supplement the battle plan later. Now let's talk about these three regions." Leah said, pointing to Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang on the map.

"My lord, what's wrong with these three places?" Everyone looked at the three places that Liya pointed out. They knew a little about the Western Regions. Aren't Tibet and Qinghai barbarians? It seemed that the Murong clan fled there.

Although these places are very large, they actually don't have very many people. The land is vast and sparsely populated, but the resources are extremely abundant.

For example, Qinghai is such a big place, but it has a population of only over 500 million in modern times. If you think about how many people there were in ancient times, you can imagine how many people there were.

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Chapter 48 Future Planning

Qinghai, which was also called Tuyuhun at that time, is a group of people living here who are a combination of the Tuoba tribe of the Xianbei people, the Murong clan, Tuyuhun and a minority of Han people in the Central Plains. All together, there are probably only about 20 people.

Is 20 a lot?

The entire Xiliang has only about 50 people, but the Qinghai area is very large. With only 20 people in such a large area, that is naturally very small!

Qinghai is located in a plateau area with low temperatures, thin air and harsh natural conditions, which also leads to a small population and a lack of water resources and agricultural production conditions.

Moreover, there are no large plains and rivers around Qinghai, and there is a lack of water resources and agricultural production conditions, which limits the conditions for population growth.

Finally, there is the influence of historical and cultural factors. Qinghai Province historically belonged to the Western Regions. Its traditional folk culture is quite different from that of the Han areas. In addition, due to inconvenient transportation, it is difficult to attract outside population.

This is also why, although this is such a large area, the ancient Central Plains did not take it. There was really no need to take it. Even if it was taken, no one would be willing to develop here. It would be more convenient to let them be their younger brothers.

And below Tuyuhun is Tibet, and the same is true here.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the three regimes of Cao Wei, Shu Han and Eastern Wu were in a state of check and balance against each other.

Among them, the Cao Wei regime controlled the vast majority of the Central Plains, had the largest territory and the richest resources, so its combat effectiveness was naturally the strongest among the Three Kingdoms.

Because Dongwu controlled the Yangtze River and had its back to the sea, it was able to become rich and powerful, ranking first and second in strength among the Three Kingdoms.

The Shu Han regime was the only one located in the southwest region, where the environment, resources and other conditions were very limited.

Many friends may have such a question: instead of frequently challenging Cao Wei in the Central Plains, why didn't Shu Han occupy the nearby Tibetan region to expand its sphere of influence?

This brings us to the poor environmental conditions in Tibet and Qinghai.