I, Altria, only want to rule China.

"Sister, I plan to make Chang'an the capital during this period. Hexi is not suitable for geographical reasons. What do you think?"

Liya had wanted to do this for a long time, but she hadn't carried it out because of the Rouran incident. Now that she has taken over the Western Regions, this matter can be brought up.

In the minds of the ancients, Guanzhong was a land of abundance with fertile fields stretching from Jiaohan on the left to Longxi on the right, the riches of Bashu in the south, and the benefits of Huyuan in the north.

Therefore, from a geographical point of view, Chang'an has been located at the center of the country in many dynasties and is a well-connected transportation hub.

Moreover, the Guanzhong Plain is surrounded by mountains. Since ancient times, it has been a country with four barriers that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, Chang'an's inherent natural conditions destined it to compete with Beijing, Nanjing, and Luoyang for the position of capital.

After Chang'an became the capital from the pre-Qin period to the Qin and Han dynasties, it accumulated more abundant resources than many other places.

Although dynasties changed and important cities like Chang'an often suffered huge blows in the turmoil, many of its resources, especially the intangible cultural resources, were still largely preserved.

In addition, since the Qin State vigorously recruited talents in order to strengthen its own strength, the Guanzhong area has become an important gathering place for talents and a cultural center at that time.

Later, the Qin and Han dynasties further strengthened this characteristic, making the Chang'an area a cultural center. In short, there are many benefits to making Chang'an the capital.

So this is why Leah chose Chang'an as the capital.

Now there are no problems in the Western Regions. What she needs to guard against is the situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Moreover, Chang'an and Luoyang are close. Once there is any problem in the Northern Wei Dynasty, she can respond immediately.

If she remembered correctly, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Tao, would die in a palace assassination in three months.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the Northern Wei Dynasty, she could lead the army to launch a surprise attack. When the new emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not yet decided, she could march northward. If she was lucky, she might be able to defeat the Northern Wei Dynasty directly.

"Set the capital in Chang'an?" Morgan lowered his head and began to think.

As the saying goes, do your job well.

After Leah handed over everything in Hexi to Morgan, she also studied the affairs of the previous dynasty and knew that Chang'an was the capital during the Qin and Han dynasties.

Leah wants to make Chang'an their current capital, which is not a bad thing, but the matter of choosing the capital still needs to be discussed carefully with the ministers.

Although those civil officials are not good at fighting, they are very knowledgeable about the etiquette of establishing the capital, so it would be better to ask them for advice.

"Okay, but this matter still needs to be discussed with the civil servants." After thinking about it, Morgan nodded.

"Yeah." Seeing Morgan agreed, Leah started talking about other things. "Sister, are you familiar with the spells of summoning the undead?" Leah asked.

"Why are you asking these questions, sister?" Morgan did not answer immediately, but was very surprised that Leah asked such a question.

Could it be that her sister knew that she could summon the undead? But that shouldn't be the case, since she has never used it.

Or is it what Merlin said? It's not impossible.

"I was thinking, can we let some of the undead do some of the things that are costly and laborious? For example, the desert highway from Hexi to Xinjiang?" Leah said meaningfully.

Anyway, the undead are not afraid of getting tired or having any physical problems. They are much more useful than humans.

"I can't do it." Morgan immediately shook his head.

"No?"

"Yes, although I do know some magic to summon the dead, the physical fitness of the dead is linked to their physical condition when they were alive. The bodies of ordinary people cannot withstand long-term exposure to sunlight."

Hearing this, Morgan knew what Leah was going to say and explained directly.

Although the idea of ​​using the bodies of the dead to do hard labor is a good one, even bones have a shelf life. In a place like the desert, they will turn into brittle bones in just a few days.

The undead may seem powerful, but in fact they are fragile at the slightest touch. Only fresh corpses are of some use. Once a long time has passed, they are no different from dry bones.

"But your idea does remind me of a better way. It would require a lot of magic power, and I might not be able to do it alone. If you are willing to make some sacrifices, then it won't be a big problem."

Morgan suddenly thought of something, and a charming smile appeared on his face towards Leah.

"What method...?" Seeing the malicious smile on Morgan's face, Leah felt her body go numb, but she still asked bravely.

"I have a magic that can create a clone of myself. This clone is just like me. Even without cement, it can open up a road in the desert. It can even create many water sources on the road. But the price is that it requires a lot of magic power."

"Magic?" Leah frowned.

Chapter 96 Morgan: How about we replenish our magic?

"Sister, you should know that there are many ways to restore magic power, but one of them is very fast. It only takes a short period of time to restore a person's magic power. And as a dragon, the magic power carried in the liquid is even purer..."

The more Morgan talked, the more excited she became. This was her sister who came to her on her own, she didn't force her to do so.

As Morgan spoke, Leah's face turned red all of a sudden. She quickly understood what Morgan meant. Morgan was planning to find her to "replenish his magic" like crazy!

While the two of them are replenishing their magic, Morgan's clone will have a steady supply of follow-up magic to carry out the so-called highway construction plan!

If it was just one time, Liya would have reluctantly accepted it, but the distance from Hexi to Xinjiang was almost a thousand kilometers. How long would it take for Morgan to replenish his magic to complete the construction?

Liya immediately waved her hands, no no no, this is too harmful to the body, she would never agree to it!

"Since my sister doesn't want to sacrifice herself, let's forget about it. Let's not think about finding a way out. It's simply not realistic for us right now."

Morgan did not force Leah to do anything, but continued: "Unless you want to unify China, then you can try. But even so, it will cost countless manpower and financial resources. In the end, you might end up being called a tyrant just like Qin Shihuang when he built the Great Wall."

Morgan's words made Leah silent. Building a road in the desert was indeed extremely difficult in this era, several times more difficult than building the Great Wall.

Even in modern times, it took China more than ten years to build it successfully, and it took the technology of the 21st century to complete it!

But now, as long as Morgan and I replenish our magic every day, we can build this road between Hexi and Xinjiang. The price cannot be any smaller.

"We'll discuss this later!" Although Leah knew that this might be the best option at the moment, she still did not agree immediately.

Morgan nodded. She did not continue to force Leah on this matter. She believed that Leah would eventually compromise, but she was just too shy to let go.

Now they should prepare how to establish the capital in Chang'an. Once the capital is established in Chang'an, it will mean that they will tell others that they are planning to establish a country.

In this era, founding a country was not a rare thing. We had experienced the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians before. It was nothing to have one more country now. At most it would become the Seventeen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians.

However, the impact of the founding of the country was huge. It was telling Liu Song and Northern Wei that I have enough ability to be on an equal footing with you. You can no longer treat us as traitors. We are equal in status.

Liu Song might not have any big ideas, but Northern Wei might react.

After all, the land on which they have established their country was seized from the territory of the Northern Wei. Before the establishment of the country, the Northern Wei might have promised them benefits and wanted to recruit them and make them a part of the Northern Wei.

It is just like the Wei and Wu states during the Three Kingdoms period. Before Sun Quan became emperor, everything could be negotiated, and they could pay tribute to the Wei state from time to time.

No matter whether you are sincere or just pretending, as long as it saves Wei's face, it will be enough.

But once Leah established the country, this only possibility would no longer exist.

Then, the first thing to do is to cut off trade between the two sides. No trade in food or various teas and salts will be allowed, because this is an act of aiding the enemy country, and the offender will be beheaded if caught.

Then there is the control of the flow of people. The Northern Wei side will also exercise control to prevent illegal immigrants from appearing. Once these illegal immigrants appear, they will be treated as traitors.

It can be said that once they established their country, the Northern Wei would set up layers of checkpoints for them, which would be all bad.

But if they are all bad, then why did Liya want to establish a country?

The first point is that these checkpoints set up by the Northern Wei Dynasty will not have much impact on them. Instead, the one who benefits and loses will be the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Because the various exquisite glasses, soaps, snowflake salt, white sugar, etc. that they made were actually needed by the nobles of the Northern Wei and Liu Song.

Tea leaves have no effect on Liya and her friends if they don't drink tea. Anyway, they have already developed salt, so people's health will not be affected by not eating salt.

The second point is the issue of personnel mobility, and on this point, Leah really doesn’t have a better solution.

But now she has opened schools and started a nationwide literacy campaign. She believes that within a few years, there will be students who share her ideology and policies. Then, those students who were taught by Confucianism will no longer be needed!

The third point is that once Leah establishes a country, the people under her, whether officials or civilians, will have a sense of belonging.

They will not feel inferior to officials and people from other countries, because they can proudly talk about how great the Longwu country is and how great the Longwu people are.

This is a kind of cohesion from the country or nation, which can bring confidence to all the people under her rule, which is particularly important in this regard!

What's more, the two shortcomings of the previous founding of the country are not a problem for Leah at present, so the sooner the country is established, the better.

Finally, as the two of them were chatting, Morgan leaned his head on Leah's shoulder and heard a slight breathing sound.

"Sister...what are you doing?" Leah didn't know if Morgan was up to something again, so she asked with a hint of caution.

"I'm a little sleepy, Leah, lend me your shoulder." Morgan just closed his eyes and said softly.

"Are you sleepy? Come to think of it, the court meeting is indeed quite early." Leah thought about the time for the court meeting. The ancient people's concept of time is different from that of modern people. They believe in going to bed early and getting up early, so they may start working at five in the morning.

Even so, Leah was a little speechless. If you want to sleep, just go to your room and sleep. Why are you leaning on me?

Leah wanted to clap her hands and tell Morgan to go to his room and sleep, but after extending her hand, she hesitated and retracted it.

Forget it, just rely on it, it’s nothing anyway.

Because Morgan was leaning against her, Leah didn't dare to move for fear of waking her up. After a while, Leah felt a little bored.

With nothing to do, Leah could only turn her head and look at Morgan. Seeing her eyebrows trembling slightly because of closing her eyes, she felt that her sister was really beautiful.

Unlike the fox eyes that always sent teasing hints to him before, Morgan at this moment seemed to have taken off all his disguises and looked like a harmless little white rabbit.

Chapter 97 Morgan: I must push down my sister

What little white rabbit? This is Morgan's disguise. Thinking of Morgan's touching her, Liya blushed. Morgan without the disguise is the big bad wolf!

The fragrance of Morgan's body lingered in her nose, making her heart beat wildly, and made Leah want to kiss Morgan's forehead.

But Liya stopped herself from thinking about it. She would never do such a thing!

An hour passed like this, and Morgan still didn't seem to be waking up. Leah felt her shoulders ache. After thinking for a while, she gently said to Morgan, "Sister? Sister?"

After calling a few times, Morgan showed no signs of waking up and was sleeping soundly.

Leah was a little helpless, so she had to carefully reach out her hand, put it on Morgan's waist, and then picked up her soft body horizontally.

Morgan's body is very light, soft, and most importantly, very fragrant!

Leah thought about it, then opened the door of her room and walked to her bed. Just as she was about to put Morgan down on the bed, Morgan opened his eyes.

"Sister, what are you doing? Are you trying to do something bad to me?" Morgan looked around and realized that this was Leah's room. Now he was being placed on her bed by Leah.

Morgan's face was not angry at all, but rather showed a bit of joy and excitement. Could it be that her sister had come to her senses? She knew to take the initiative to attack her sister.

At this moment, Morgan felt as if he had eaten strawberry marshmallows, and his whole body was sweet.

"No, you fell asleep on me. I just put you on the bed." Leah rolled her eyes and said helplessly.

"Oh, it seems so." Morgan thought about it, and seemed to be feeling a little sleepy as he was talking.

But at this moment, in this scene, isn't it very suitable for developing something?

Morgan looked at Leah above him, then reached out his hands and put his arms around Leah's neck, looking as if he was ready to be picked.

Liya was stunned for a moment. She was about to put Morgan on the bed, but Morgan was holding her neck with both hands. How could she put him down?

"Sister, what are you doing? Why are you hugging my neck?"

“I feel safe this way.”

"You hold me like this, I can't let you go."

"Sister, in this morning and in this situation, don't you think we should do something?" Morgan revealed a charming breath from his mouth.

"What?" Leah was confused.

I have been so frank, do I really have to ask her to speak out? My sister is not a fool, right?

Morgan had no choice but to ask more directly: "Happy things?"

"I don't know what can make me happy. Let go. I'm going to make a surprise inspection of other departments." Leah said expressionlessly.

How could Leah not know what Morgan wanted to say?

To be honest, with such a beautiful woman actively flirting with her every day, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't moved. Even now, her heart was pounding.

It’s just that Leah is a tsundere, and she feels embarrassed about that kind of thing, so she can only pretend that she doesn’t understand.

She likes pretty girls, but she only appreciates them. She is very rational in her relationship. Although they have had that kind of thing, but...

But Leah hadn't finished her thoughts. Seeing that Leah hadn't made any move, Morgan knew that it was basically impossible for his sister to take the initiative to attack her.

It seems that I have to take the initiative myself. Thinking of this, Morgan exerted a little force, and before Leah could react, she was brought directly to the bed by Morgan.

In a spinning motion, Leah found herself being pushed down on the bed. Morgan was pressing on her, looking at her with a pair of peach-like eyes. Leah's heartbeat quickened for a moment.

"Sister, haven't you always wanted to find a way out in Hexi and Xinjiang? How about we start taking action now?" Morgan teased.

When Leah heard this, her face suddenly turned red. This woman, Morgan, wanted to force herself on her again.

Leah wanted to resist, but found that her body was so weak that she couldn't exert any strength at all.

"Well... that... sister, it's daytime now..." Leah could only remind Morgan of the current time. Woman, don't go too far!

"Daytime is the time to do serious work. Otherwise, how can we unclog the pipes at night? Don't you think so?" Seeing Leah looking like a weak little white rabbit, Morgan raised the corners of his mouth.