Wu Yang Country, a neighboring country of the State of Qin.
This year, the situation within Wu Yang Country was anything but peaceful, with sudden upheavals that could only be described as utterly dreadful.
The root of all this naturally ca from the State of Qin.
Two years ago, internal strife broke out in the State of Qin, and since Wu Yang Country bordered Qin, they quickly received the news.
At that ti, the Monarch of Wu Yang had a sowhat spectator's outlook on the situation, thinking that even though Qin was one of the nine great superior nations, this would surely be quite a headache for them.
To his surprise, the developnts far exceeded his expectations.
The internal strife was quickly quelled, and the entrenched noble families, turned into malignant threats because of the enfeoffnt system, were also eradicated—thus, the State of Qin attained true unity.
The person who accomplished all this turned out to be a newly appointed Defender General by the Princess of Qin.
If it were just this, it would be nothing remarkable.
The issue was that the Defender General had achieved this by abolishing slavery, then using slaves to form an army, overthrowing the noble families' rule.
Moreover, after unifying the State of Qin, the Defender General, in collaboration with the Princess of Qin, implented a series of astonishing initiatives.
This included, but was not limited to, encouraging martial arts nationwide, distributing land to commoners, establishing free private schools, raising the status of craftsn, anding laws...
These policies seed to be solely implented within the State of Qin, but their impact extended far beyond its borders.
Not to ntion anything else, during this period, there were frequent slave revolts in Wu Yang Country, with incidents of slaves fleeing to Qin.
Additionally, many big rchants took their wealth and headed to Qin.
Because there, a complete set of laws protected rchants, and in Qin, their status was higher than elsewhere.
Even many commoners quietly crossed the border into Qin—who wouldn't want to have their land in the State of Qin?
Farming is farming, does it matter where you till the land?
In Wu Yang Country, it was cultivating for the landlords, but in Qin, it was for oneself.
Even though the Monarch of Wu Yang quickly responded, strengthening border security and branding those leaving as traitors, so gaps simply couldn't be plugged, and the decline of Wu Yang's national strength beca an irreversible trend.
— The State of Qin hadn't even made a move against Wu Yang, and yet the country was already in crisis because of Qin.
What does it an to conquer without battle?
It is precisely this.
....
Heavy clouds weighed down, and thunder rolled.
Since a year ago, the heavens seed to be angry, with half of the seasons filled with thunderous roars, never ending.
As the common folks say, even the stingiest girl would have cald down by now after being mad for so long.
Why did it seem like these heavens were being more temperantal than any woman, never ceasing?
In the Imperial Study Room.
Lu Qingshan stood by the window, gazing at the electric snakes occasionally flashing across the ominous sky outside.
Qin Yitian sat at the desk nearby, resting her cheek in her hand, staring intently at Lu Qingshan.
On the desk, official docunts and scrolls were neatly arranged.
"It's been half a month since you last encountered the King of the Otherworldly Ghosts, and there's still no unusual activity from Iron City," Qin Yitian spoke softly.
Half a month ago was when Lu Qingshan last "committed suicide."
Lu Qingshan remained silent, staring at the infinite sky, a sudden realization flashing across his mind:
So, you are also bound by countless rules?
So, this past year of flashing thunder was rely your unwilling yet powerless roar?
"Prepare to take action," Lu Qingshan suddenly said, "The State of Qin already has the strength."
A year's ti, neither long nor short, but the State of Qin has been reborn.
Furthermore, it has limitless potential.
The State of Qin still has vast room for growth.
But Lu Qingshan wasn't planning to wait for it to mature naturally, instead, he was ready to give it a bit of a push.
"Will the General personally lead the troops on this expedition?" Qin Yitian asked.
"Of course, if I don't make a move, not to ntion the sword, even my bones will rust," Lu Qingshan picked up the Dragon Sparrow, strode out, pushed open the door, and his figure disappeared amidst the radiant lights.
...
The transformation of the State of Qin was by no ans the effort of Lu Qingshan alone.
In fact, Lu Qingshan only had the ideas and advanced thoughts, but he had no understanding of how to implent them.
These skills can't be learned without lifelong cultivation and influence.
So all of this depended on Qin Yitian.
Qin Yitian, the Princess of Qin known by word of mouth among the people before Lu Qingshan's appearance, had undeniable governance talents.
With her extraordinary intelligence, she could quickly comprehend Lu Qingshan's expressed ideas and formulate corresponding policies by aligning them with Qin's actual state.
The partnership of the two is what created the current State of Qin.
However, due to the difference in division of labor, Qin Yitian has been extrely busy handling state affairs around the clock over the past year, while Lu Qingshan is quite idle.
Aside from occasionally observing the Qingshan Army's martial practice, he spends most of his ti doing nothing.
A Sword Cultivator can't remain idle.
If that's the case, then let's go out and have so fun.
...
Ti flies, seasons change repeatedly from spring to autumn, sumr to winter.
In recent years, the Dao Source Realm witnessed a "major upheaval."
The State of Qin, one of the nine great superior nations, despite being watched closely by the Otherworldly Ghosts, risked the wrath of the world to launch an invasion war against its neighbor, Wu Yang Country.
Blitzkrieg.
Before everyone could fully react, the war between the two countries lasted barely three days, Wu Yang Country was quickly defeated, and the Monarch eventually chose to surrender.
No one was surprised or doubted that the State of Qin was stronger than Wu Yang Country.
But how could the gap be so wide that Wu Yang Country couldn't even hold out for three days?
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