After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1322 Building a Wall
This information is extremely valuable to the current Yao Kingdom and to King Yao who is worried about how to deal with Qingyang.

Fan Shuang did not doubt the truth of the news. On the one hand, it made sense. Otherwise, how could He Lingchuan, a stranger who had just arrived in a strange place, gain a foothold so quickly and develop so rapidly in just two years without strong external support?
Secondly, the news is not difficult to verify, just send someone to Blade Harbor to inquire. Yao Kingdom is different from other small countries on the Gold Plains. It also has caravans traveling around the world.

He Lingchuan saw that it was almost done, so he changed the subject again: "By the way, my caravan will be returning in seven days. There are many empty cars this time, so I can bring some bamboo cloth back with me."

Bamboo cloth is not a valuable thing, so it is just a convenience.

Fan Shuang readily agreed to this small matter and guaranteed that it would be delivered within four days.

He Lingchuan rubbed his hands again: "By the way, there was a Yao royal family mark on the bamboo cloth sample you gave me last time. I felt familiar with it at the time, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it. Until I went back to Yangshan Islands-"

"Oh?" Fan Shuang picked up a piece of braised lamb and asked casually, "Where have you seen it before?"

"More than two years ago, I bought the Yangshan Islands and began to explore the nearby waters. My men salvaged some shipwrecks in the bay, among which was a set of exquisite armor, which seemed to be used for ceremonial purposes or worn on important occasions. This mark was engraved on the armor."

Armor with the royal seal of Yaoguo? Fan Shuang then paid attention: "You brought the armor here?"

"I brought it." He Lingchuan took out a full set of armor from the storage ring, placed it on a chair beside him, and pointed to the mark on his fingernail: "Am I remembering it correctly?"

Fan Shuang observed it carefully, and nodded after a while: "It is indeed a royal mark. It's strange, why did it appear in the Yangshan Sea?"

"There are many hurricanes and sea monsters off the Yangshan Islands. In the past, there were also evil spirits that lingered for years, and countless ships have been wrecked." He Lingchuan explained, "The wreckage we excavated even includes ancient ships that are five or six hundred years old."

The underwater situation in the Yangshan waters is extremely complicated. Even with the help of Yinhui, the salvage work of the wreckage in the archipelago has not been completed until now.

Fan Shuang asked seriously, "Can I take this armor back and present it to the royal family?"

"Of course." Otherwise, why did He Lingchuan take this armor across the ocean? He stretched out his hand to the side, and a beautiful box appeared on the floor, which surprised Fan Shuang. "When my men found the armor, it was in this box."

Later they discovered that there was also a royal seal on the lid of the box.

Fan Shuang quickly called his followers in, carried away the armor and boxes, then toasted He Lingchuan to express his gratitude, and continued to talk about bilateral trade, occasionally interspersed with some interesting things about Lingxu City.

He Lingchuan asked casually: "I remember Huang, Huang what was that, who often hung out with you in Lingxu City, was also a Yao person?"

"Good memory, Huang Shen."

"Oh yeah, how is he doing recently? Has he returned to Yao Country as well?"

"Still in Lingxu City."

He Lingchuan let out a long sigh: "How can he stay in Lingxu?"

The incident in the Heavenly Palace that year caused Lingxu City to expel a large number of foreigners in just four months. He Lingchuan heard that Lingxu Imperial College suddenly lost 20% of its students. Not only the students, but also the foreign teachers were driven out of Lingxu City.

"First of all, he is from Yao. Lingxu City expels outsiders, but it does not include people from Yao." Fan Shuang smiled, "Most Yao people live a normal life in Lingxu City, so it is not affected much."

He Lingchuan suddenly realized that Beijia still cared about his younger brother.

"Secondly, Huang Shen studied the Imperial Palace Construction in Lingxu City and participated in a lot of construction work before, so Lingxu City kept him to build the city wall."

"City wall?" He Lingchuan sighed, "Thinking back to the past, why did Lingxu City need a city wall?"

At least not before he left.

He still remembered the first time he saw Lingxu City from afar. Bai Ziqi beside him said that Lingxu City did not need city walls.

Because the enemy can't reach there at all.

He Lingchuan has done a lot of business with Beijia in the past two years, and has sent a lot of people to Lingxu City to inquire about various news. Of course, he knows that Lingxu City officially started the wall construction project half a year after the changes in the Heavenly Palace.

The reason why the construction was delayed for so long was because of endless arguments within the Lingxu royal court. One faction believed that building a wall would show weakness to the enemy, and the world would think that Bega was no longer strong and confident. The other faction believed that the war situation was becoming increasingly severe, and in order to prevent such attacks and increase the sense of security of the Lingxu people, it was necessary to build the wall in a pragmatic manner.

This incident sparked a vigorous discussion in Lingxu City, so heated that it even exceeded the attention on Mou War.

How could a local war thousands of miles away be more important than the safety of the people of Lingxu City?

Now the wall has been built in Lingxu City, which shows that the pragmatists finally won the argument.

"Yes, Lingxu City didn't have walls before." Fan Shuang said with a smile, "I heard that if Lingxu City is to be built, then it's fine. But if it is to be built, then it must have the best wall in the world."

"The first in the world?" If you dress up a fig leaf beautifully and draw a map on it, does it stop being a fig leaf? "How long will it take to build this wall?"

"A month or so ago, Huang Shen complained in a letter that the foundation of the city wall was almost ready, but the higher-ups suddenly changed their minds and wanted to solve the waterlogging problem at the same time, so everything had to be redone!"

"Is there still flooding in Lingxu City?"

"In the past three hundred years, the east and south sides have been flooded several times. This time, they said they would control the flooding together."

He Lingchuan smiled and said, "Won't this business get bigger and bigger?"

"Then, there are at least dozens of formations embedded in the wall to ensure that it cannot be destroyed by artillery fire or internal enemies. In addition to being sturdy, it must also be beautiful. Expert craftsmen were invited to carve 108 relief statues on the inside of the wall, all of which are more than 50 meters tall. There are mezzanines, checkpoints, and broken stones inside the wall. The wall must be able to accommodate five carriages running side by side to transport soldiers and food, etc."

Too much wine will lead to leaks, too much talk will lead to mistakes. Fan Shuang drank a lot and started talking: "He used too many terms, I can't remember them. Anyway, I think what he meant is that this wall will take a long time to repair."

He Lingchuan toasted him again: "It's been a long time since Lingxu City built such a large-scale project, right?"

"Haha, isn't it?" Lingxu City continued to use the old foundation left by the Immortal Sect, and the expansion scale stopped two hundred years ago. In other words, two hundred years ago, Lingxu City was almost the same as it is now, and later it was just renovated and maintained on the original basis, and there has never been such a brand new super-large project.

"Every move we make will bring in a lot of money." Fan Shuang rubbed his fingertips, "But Beijia is not short of money either, if there is money, we can make it together."

(End of this chapter)