Great Wei Dynasty.
In the middle of the great hall.
The two princes of the dynasty were present again.
However, even with the victory at the border, the two princes did not act particularly arrogant and domineering.
They naturally knew how the two dynasties had won.
Each took the lives of 100,000 elite generals to win the battle at the border.
To really fight a battle, such behaviour would be brain-dead behaviour, but this battle was fought with momentum, not anything else at all.
Naturally, they couldn’t be arrogant.
Moreover, the intention of the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty was still to share the Divine Martial Cannon, and as long as the Divine Martial Cannon was given, then everything was fine.
It was just as the two princes were pondering.
Suddenly, the figure of the Empress appeared.
Inside the great hall.
The Empress came and settled on the dragon chair.
“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor.”
The crowd of courtiers chanted, the hundred officials worshipped, and the two Princes did not dare to be arrogant, and also bowed profusely to show their respect.
Looking at the two princes on His Highness, the empress looked very direct and slowly spoke.
“Yesterday, the Heavenly Supervisor observed the celestial phenomena at night and noticed the calamity of flux and confusion, the land of the Central Continent, lest there be war and chaos, therefore, in consideration of the people of the world, I would like to share the Great Wei Divine Martial Cannon to the two dynasties.”
“With the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon, as a token of friendship between the two dynasties.”
The Empress spoke directly, she didn’t stall for time anymore, nor did she bother to cover up, taking out the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon and gagging the two dynasties.
Sure enough, upon hearing that the Empress of Great Wei had actually brought out a second-grade divine Martial Cannon, the two Princes were overjoyed.
Their goal was the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon, and if the Empress still delayed today, then the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty would not be so polite.
Theoretically, through the analysis of all parties, everyone believed that the Empress would still stall for some time today.
Some say that she is waiting for Xu Qingnian to come out of the gate, others say that she cannot afford to give up, while others say that Wei is secretly laying out a plan to wait until the critical moment to declare war.
But none of these three arguments hold water. Whether Xu Qingnian leaves the gate or is secretly laying the groundwork, it is impossible to solve this trouble.
What could Xu Qingnian do if she came out of customs?
Directly start a First Cla*s War? A chaotic war under the heavens? In that case, Great Wei would not be able to carry it.
The Immortal Sect’s six First Cla*ses, they would not step in until the critical moment and let them take the initiative to kill, there was no way the Immortal Sect would do so.
If they did so, the other powers would not agree either.
The reason why the war between dynasties and dynasties would be forbidden for the first rank is because the consequences that would be triggered once the first rank enters, are unthinkable.
No one wanted a great war, and in fact the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty did not want to lead to a great war either.
But they were also forced to do so.
Great Wei had such a divine weapon, if they didn’t curb it now with a war, then in 20 or 30 years, they would be the ones to die.
It was as if before, when Great Wei was so weak that its foundations were almost gone, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty were just letting the barbarian kingdoms disgust and disgust Great Wei.
Even the Primordial Yuan Dynasty had secretly helped Great Wei some.
All that was done was for balance.
It is true that what the Tusi Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty did was fine, but this was from their point of view.
From Great Wei’s point of view, the two dynasties basically took the point that Great Wei did not want war.
However, everything was going in the best possible direction.
Great Wei handed over the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon, the two dynasties stopped fighting, and everyone developed peacefully in the Central Continent, good for you, good for me and good for everyone.
“Great Wei’s holy grace, our dynasty will never forget it, kowtow to Your Majesty.”
Without any nagging, Prince Tü Xie knelt directly on the ground and bowed towards the Empress, while also looking extraordinarily excited.
Prince Chu Yuan did the same, and the two princes were extremely excited.
However, in the great hall, the Empress’ voice continued to ring out.
“Since it is the second rank, the sincerity of Great Wei is taken out, and the sincerity of the two dynasties must also be there.”
“I have ordered the Ministry of the Household to make a new list, you should still look at it before saying anything, if you can accept it, the Divine Martial Cannon will be handed over to the two dynasties, if not, we will discuss it again.”
The empress spoke.
Soon, Gu Yan, the Minister of Household, took out a thick stack of lists of supplies and handed them to the two princes.
Faced with the Empress’s request, the two princes did not feel anything.
Although this time it seemed thicker than last time, it was not a big problem.
But when the two princes took the list of supplies and turned the page, they froze in their tracks.
This was not a list of supplies, this was a list of supplies.
“Your Majesty, this …….”
Prince Sudden Evil was a little confused and looked at the empress.
The latter did not say anything.
Gu Yan, the Minister of Household, pointed to the list of several carts outside and said.
“Two princes, the second grade divine martial artillery is of great significance, and Great Wei only has one first grade divine martial artillery, in other words, Great Wei has already taken out its national weapon to give to the two dynasties, seeking peace under the heavens.”
“But these two divine martial artillery cannons, how much they cost to build, can be considered astronomical, these lists of materials, also after detailed calculations, Great Wei did not earn a single penny, completely at cost.”
“If the two dynasties feel that it is unreasonable, then they can refine it themselves, Great Wei will definitely not stop them, and if they need help, Great Wei will also send master refiners to a*sist the two dynasties.”
Gu Yan’s tone was calm, a deal was inevitable, so naturally he would have to make a fortune.
A third grade divine artifact cannon was a price.
A second-grade divine artefact cannon was definitely not the same price.
He was also telling the truth, Great Wei only had one divine Martial Cannon, which was theoretically impossible to say, but it was good to say it for effect, to confuse the enemy.
The two great dynasties would not believe it anyway.
Faced with the words of the Minister of Household Affairs, the two princes looked at each other before they began to go through the list of supplies again.
About a quarter of an hour later.
The two princes were slightly relieved that although the supplies were extremely large, they did not hurt the fundamentals and, frankly speaking, only emptied the treasury.
The money and silver would not affect the foundation, so they could wait for three to five years to tighten their trousers.
Therefore, the two princes only pondered for a moment before giving their reply.
“Dare I ask Your Majesty, when can it be delivered?”
They inquired.
“When the supplies are transported within the capital of Great Wei according to the list, when will they be delivered.”
The empress was also very straightforward, looking as if she really would not continue to delay.
Receiving this reply, the crowd nodded in satisfaction; it was no big deal.
“In three days, my dynasty will certainly transport all the supplies to the territory of Great Wei.”
“My dynasty will do the same.”
The two princes gave their reply.
“Good, in that case, then the matter is settled.”
The Empress nodded her head.
Soon, the two Princes excused themselves and set about preparing the list of resources.
After the two had retired.
The hall was quiet for a good while, a good half an hour, before a courtier finally could not help but speak up.
“Your Majesty, just give them the Divine Martial Cannon like this?”
It was a marquis who was a little reluctant and could not help but ask so.
Just as soon as this was said, the Empress’s voice also rang out.
“It’s only a second-grade Divine Martial Cannon, giving it to them won’t affect Great Wei much, at least within ten years, they won’t be able to build a first-grade Divine Martial Cannon.”
She was confident, and that was the truth, the difference between the second grade and the first grade was too great.
She even dared to say that within a few decades, neither dynasty would be able to research the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
But this could not be said so absolutely, after all, it was unimaginable to raise a nation’s power.
“But no matter what, if this item is handed over, it will be bad for Great Wei after all, ah.”
The latter continued to speak.
“Then what should be done?”
At that moment, the empress frowned slightly and looked at the other party and asked rhetorically.
When this was said, all the ministers understood that Ji Ling was somewhat angry.
But the latter still looked somewhat unforgiving and said.
“Why does it have to be a concession? Is it not possible to declare war? What is Great Wei afraid of?”
“If we really fight, it might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to annihilate the two great dynasties and unify the Central Continent in one fell swoop.”
He was obviously a little unconvinced and said something angry.
But as soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately spoke out to stop them, and Duke An was the first to stand out and angrily rebuke.
“You must not speak nonsense.”
“How can war matters be so childish?”
Duke An stepped forward and reprimanded, and the latter immediately bowed his head, but was still somewhat unconvinced.
On the dragon chair.
The empress watched all this indifferently, then she did not reprimand the other party, but stood up and said.
“No war, it’s the King of Peace and Chaos’s will.”
“The Divine Martial Cannon, was refined by the King of Ping Chaos, and I think that this deal, neither you all, nor I, have too much power to choose.”
After saying these words, the empress turned to leave, and did not stay here any longer.
And the courtiers all chose to remain silent.
Soon, a doubt appeared in everyone’s mind.
That was, where in the world had Xu Qingnian gone, and why had she not appeared for so long?
It had been almost two months since then, and there was no movement at all.
No one could give an answer to the doubts of the ministers.
Two hours later.
The Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty each received news.
The two dynasties also began to discuss the response from Great Wei at the first opportunity.
Sudden Evil Dynasty.
In the main hall.
It was midday and the golden sun was in the sky.
Inside the hall, when the news came back, everyone was relieved.
The hundred officials of the Sudden Evil Dynasty were also afraid that Wei would continue to delay or declare war outright.
They were not afraid of not being able to fight, but they were afraid that if war broke out, it would not be a good thing for the Sudden Evil.
What is the point of winning a battle?
The more chaotic the Central Continent is, the better it will be for the powers elsewhere.
After the three kingdoms have fought it out and run out of reserves, won’t the Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Continents be stupid enough to move?
Today, this is the best news.
No war would be good for everyone.
Only, at this moment, the voice of the Minister of Household Affairs of the Sudden Evil, could not help but ring out.
“Your Majesty, the supplies proposed by Great Wei are a little too much, aren’t they?”
The Minister of Household opened his mouth, the list had already been delivered to the main hall, he had just casually flipped through some of them and felt that something was wrong.
“There is no harm in that.”
On the dragon chair, the Great Emperor of Sudden Evil spoke, he was very domineering and slowly spoke out.
“Great Wei is willing to give the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon to our dynasty, that is already enough, this Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon, let the Ministry of Works start researching, make sure to research the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon in the fastest time possible.”
The Sudden Evil Emperor spoke up, what he cared about was not the resources, but the Divine Martial Cannon.
When this was said, all the ministers nodded.
Just as quickly, the Minister of Works could not help but speak up.
“Your Majesty, in fact, a second-rate Divine Martial Cannon is, after all, a second-rate product, and it would only be incredibly difficult to research it within ten years.”
“Now that Great Wei has the Zhongzhou Dragon Cauldron, it can be said that everyone is like a dragon, if we give them ten years to develop it, even if we refine a first-grade Divine Martial Cannon, it won’t mean much.”
“The iron and ore needed to refine such an important weapon of the state is naturally incredibly precious, and I’m afraid it would be somewhat difficult to refine ten or a hundred of them, Your Majesty, is it really worthwhile for us to take out so many resources in exchange for a single divine martial cannon?”
The Minister of Works bowed his head and said so.
At that moment, the courtiers of the Sudden Evil court also looked at the Sudden Evil Emperor with curiosity.
The Divine Martial Cannon was certainly important, but it wouldn’t make much sense to exchange so many resources for it.
They would be willing to exchange it for a first-grade one, but they would definitely not be happy to exchange it for a second-grade one and bring it over for research.
Unless say, once the second-grade Divine Martial Cannon arrives, within a year or two, they can refine a first-grade one, then it’s still somewhat useful, otherwise, it’s not very meaningful.
“No.”
The Sudden Evil Emperor shook his head as he sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers, then slowly spoke out.
“Second rank, it’s just a test, a test to see if Great Wei is willing to fight or not, if Great Wei really dares to fight, it doesn’t matter if there is a second rank or not, if Great Wei is not willing to fight, this means that Great Wei doesn’t dare to fight.”
“They have scruples.”
“I am asking for a second-grade divine martial artillery, but it is just a test. Once the divine martial artillery arrives, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to study it, and if we can refine a first-grade divine martial artillery within three years, everything will be fine.”
“But if we can’t produce a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon within three years, then we will ask the Great Wei for a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.”
The Great Emperor of Sudden Evil spoke up, and he stated the reason.
But as soon as these words were said, all the court officials could not help but frown.
Taking a second-rate product had cost so much, even at the expense of the lives of 100,000 elites.
Now they want to ask for a first-rate Divine Martial Artillery from Great Wei?
That would be somewhat out of line, wouldn’t it?
The crowd was curious, and the group of ministers looked at me and me at you, not really knowing what to say.
Sensing the curiosity and doubts of the courtiers.
The voice of the Sudden Evil Emperor continued to ring out.
“My intention is to rent the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon, not to demand it, and if Great Wei does not agree, then we will continue to exert pressure.”
He cleared the crowd’s doubts.
Leasing.
It was a good idea, but immediately a courtier could not help but speak up.
“Your Majesty, although a lease is reasonable, I don’t think Wei would agree to it, would it?”
It was Chancellor Tuzi.
He continued to enquire.
“Just send someone from the Ministry of Works, to Great Wei to study it, not to lease it to my Sudden Evil, if Great Wei does not even agree to this, and it takes ten to twenty years to refine a new First Grade Divine Martial Cannon, that would be even more dangerous for my Sudden Evil.”
“I believe the Empress of Great Wei will have a choice as to which is right or wrong.”
The Great Emperor of the Sudden Evil was straightforward in his words.
Spend a further sum of silver to study and research in Great Wei, and if this was not allowed, then war would be declared.
Of course, if Sudden Evil mastered the refining method, then there would be no problem, provided it was not delayed too long.
This explanation made the ministers completely understand.
They would die anyway, so they might as well fight for their lives. Sudden Evil did not want to go to war, but if they were forced to, they would still choose to fight.
“All right, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of the Household proceed to prepare for this matter.”
“If there is anything, come back and tell me.”
“Retire from the court.”
With that said, the Great Emperor of Sudden Evil rose, then turned to leave.
After a while.
When he arrived at his chambers, he slowly took out an incense stick.
After lighting this incense, a figure appeared, the figure of the Primordial Yuan Emperor.
“Great Wei has already handed over the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon, so the first step of the plan is considered complete, as for this second step of the plan, it is up to Primordial Yuan.”
The Sudden Evil Emperor spoke, his tone calm.
The smoke transformed into a human form and looked at the Sudden Evil Emperor.
“Once the Second Grade Divine Martial Cannon is in hand, as long as it can be refined within three years, the second step of the plan will be done.”
“But if it cannot be refined within three years, we can only continue to oppress Great Wei, but from the looks of things, Great Wei does not want a battle.”
“That man is right, Great Wei fears war.”
The Primordial Emperor nodded.
At the same time, the topic was brought to the forefront.
“En, if there is a great war, the three great kingdoms will be bleeding to death, those people would not want the Central Continent to be reduced to rubble.”
“We have to be careful of them too, these people are definitely not a bit restless, never mess with them until the critical moment.”
“Otherwise, you and I will both become pawns.”
The Sudden Evil Emperor slowly spoke out.
Another group of people was mentioned.
“That’s natural.”
“But there’s one thing that I’ve never been able to understand.”
“Xu Qingnian, where exactly did he go?”
The Primordial Yuan Emperor was curious.
“Wherever he went, the rumours should be true, he was solidifying the First Grade, otherwise, disappearing for close to two months, could it be that he went to secretly refine the Divine Martial Cannon?”
“The material needed for the Divine Martial Cannon should be extremely high quality spirit gold, this is something that Great Wei has completely run out of, but our dynasty has some of it, even if he wanted to refine more Divine Martial Cannons, he wouldn’t be able to do it.”
The Sudden Evil Emperor did not think so.
“En, fine, in that case, then let’s wait.”
The Primordial Yuan Emperor nodded his head.
His figure then disappeared.
And so it was.
In the blink of an eye, three days had pa*sed.
In these three days.
The Sudden Evil Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty each prepared.
Huge amounts of supplies were transported to Great Wei by the truckload, a terrifying caravan that formed a torrent.
With all the supplies delivered, the Great Wei Dynasty did not delay and handed over the two second-grade Divine Martial Cannons to the two dynasties, completing the deal in the presence of many emissaries.
But soon, transporting the return of the Divine Martial Cannons also became a problem.
Great Wei sent its elites to repatriate them.
Fortunately, the journey was peaceful.
That night.
The Divine Warrior Cannon was delivered to the capitals of both dynasties.
The Minister of Works of the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty had been waiting for a long time, and once they had the Divine Martial Cannon in their hands, they immediately began to study it.
And so it went.
Everything seemed very calm, and once again the Central Continent was in a state of silence.
Time pa*sed slowly.
Ten days later, as the engineering departments of the two dynasties frantically researched the Divine Martial Cannon, the two dynasties eventually came up with astonishing results.
Relying on the second-grade Divine Martial Cannon, it was impossible to research the first-grade Divine Martial Cannon.
It was not a matter of material.
Rather, it was a problem of the formation jade, which was terrifying, stacked with an unknown number of layers.
It could be refined, but it was only suitable for the second grade, and if one wanted to refine the first grade, one had to research the first grade Divine Martial Cannon, otherwise there was no way to start.
Therefore, the two dynasties immediately dispatched their hours.
This day, with the two amba*sadors once again arrived in Great Wei.
And as the amba*sadors sent by the two dynasties of the Sudden Evil Primordial Yuan, after explaining their intentions, the Great Wei dynasty was completely shaken.
Leasing a First Cla*s Divine Martial Cannon.
This had become a great joke to the ears of the court, and made them feel extremely humiliated and angry.
Previously, the Second Grade Divine Martial Artillery had been given to two dynasties with patience.
Now in less than ten days’ time, they are even asking for a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon?
They said that they were talking about leasing it so that they could come to Great Wei to study it, but this thing was the true foundation of Great Wei.
The reason it could originally be given to the second grade was that the two great dynasties would not be able to research it for a short time.
But now the two dynasties were insatiable.
How could they not make the whole of Great Wei furious?
Without any hesitation, Great Wei rejected the offer directly.
There was no mercy at all.
But the amba*sadors did not relent, and after several days of negotiation, the two dynasties’ amba*sadors returned.
Only, less than three days later.
Two princes came in their place.
And they brought letters of state from the two dynasties.
They came to Great Wei in person, requesting Great Wei to lease the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon and willing to give all kinds of resources again.
And the intention of bringing the state letters was clear.
If it was not given, it would go back to the very beginning.
For a while, the court was full of civil servants gnashing their teeth in anger.
Even the civil servants began to advocate conquest.
They could not continue to tolerate it.
Inside the palace, outside the Hall of the Nurtured Heart, the medals were piling up like snow.
This time, both the civil servants and the military generals had basically written to ask for war.
But the empress, instead of agreeing to declare war, gave the princes of both dynasties, three months later, to discuss it again.
Again, it was a puzzling delay.
But it also gave the two dynasties hope.
It was far better to delay than to declare war outright.
Only, for the people of Great Wei, they did not understand.
What was the empress trying to do here, anyway?
But at the same time.
The Central Continent Immortal Collection.
In the middle of the valley.
Xu Qingnian also slowly opened her eyes.
