985 Great Han Dynasty (1/2)
Chapter 985 – Great Han Dynasty
Gaia 5th year, 1st month, 2nd day, the 3rd day after Gaia removed the restrictions on the imperial city, the Hanwu Emperor suddenly appointed General Wei Qing to lead 600 thousand troops out of Luoyang to attack Zhongyuan.
Under the leadership of God General Wei Qing, the Great Han guards army was invincible, downing cities and causing many territories to surrender. If nothing went wrong, the Zhongyuan Province would fall under Great Han.
Even the Yanhuang Alliance would not dare to compete against Great Han at this moment.
The moment the news came out, the players felt really conflicted. This was the first time an NPC empire had shown its strength to the wilderness. It was like crushing a branch, sending a chill down one's spine.
Along with the Zhongyuan Province falling into the hands of Great Han, a true empire suddenly stood in the Zhongyuan Region.
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Shanhai City, Xia Palace.
Ouyang Shuo had predicted that the Hanwu Emperor would strike out, but he did not expect the Hanwu Emperor to be so decisive. Who knows whether this change of hands in the mid plain was good news for Great Xia or not.
”What's the reply from West Chu?” Ouyang Shuo asked.
Zhang Liang replied, ”Their attitude is really friendly, but their mentality is really determined.”
”....”
As expected from Xiang Yu. Even when he was facing enemies on all four sides, he was not going to seek help from others.
Ouyang Shuo originally wanted to borrow the hand of the Yanhuang Alliance to totally pull West Chu into the Shanhai Alliance or even merge them into the Great Xia system.
Now, it seemed like his thinking was too simple.
Zhang Liang said, ”My king, it seems like we will not be able to keep Ludong Province.”
For some reason, the Yanhuang Alliance was determined to connect their territories together. If Great Xia did not want an all-out war, they could only watch on as West Chu got swallowed.
”Although that's the case, we still have to do something.”
Ouyang Shuo did not want to see the Yanhuang Alliance expand so smoothly. No matter what, he had to think of a way to hamper their growth.
”Let the Administrative Mentor Court think of an idea.” Ouyang Shuo instructed.
”Yes my king!”
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In the blink of an eye, it was the 1st month, 5th year. At 10 AM, the System Notification sounded out punctually.
”World Notification: The 2nd world auction officially begins. All players who fulfill the conditions will receive an invite that will teleport them to the auction house if they agree.”
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When he was in Lemuria, Ouyang Shuo had spent all the money he had on hand. Using the Golden Stage also cost a million. By the end of the year, despite the dynasty being rich, Ouyang Shuo only had two million spendable gold.
Ouyang Shuo was prepared to be an onlooker in this auction.
City in the skies, auction hall.
A year had passed, and the number of players who were able to attend dropped instead of increasing. Not only the China region, but also the entire world had a huge reshuffling during the 4th year.
The huge waves would eliminate the sand. Those that were still standing now could be considered elites.
Ouyang Shuo's appearance naturally attracted attention. Another famous person was the second person who established a dynasty – Jack, who had become a hero of the western camp.
Looking at the way he was acting, he was probably planning to use this auction to make the Dawson Dynasty more famous. Before the start of the auction, he even went to Ouyang Shuo to greet him.
Ouyang Shuo reached out and smiled, ”Congratulations!”
”Thank you!” Jack felt a little weird.
This memorable moment was shot down by people and would quickly spread around the globe.
Maybe he felt that Ouyang Shuo had gotten one over him, as Jack said, ”I am looking forward to having a face-to-face conversation with the Great Xia Navy in the Pacific.”
”Me too.”
Ouyang Shuo smiled; his face was still really casual.
Although the Pacific separated Great Xia and the Dawson Dynasty, they would still have conflicts of interests.
Along with the Yanhuang Alliance opening up the trade route with North America, the Hawaii islands located in the middle of the Pacific became a hotly contested point. Whoever took control of it could control the Pacific.
Although Ouyang Shuo did not have plans to trade with North America, he still needed to take down Hawaii. Before he left for the second voyage, he had ordered the Yizhou Squadron to send a scouting squadron over to patrol. If conditions permitted it, they were to directly take Hawaii down.
The problem was that he had not received a reply from Yizhou Squadron till date.
This meant that the trip was not smooth. Who knows, they might have already met Dawson Dynasty's squadron. In the 5th year of Gaia, the two dynasties would have a battle over Hawaii.
At this very moment, the auction began.
The auctioneer smiled widely as he walked onto stage and said, ”Now, let's start the auction of the first item.”
A model walked to the front and pulled aside the red silk on the tray, revealing a talisman.
”Merit Talisman: After use, player directly obtains 300 thousand merit points. Base price 500 thousand gold, there's no buyout,” the auctioneer introduced.
The moment they heard his words, everyone took in a deep breath.
Ouyang Shuo was speechless. Gaia really had something against him. Thinking back to the merit point quest system, Gaia obviously wanted a few more dynasties to be born in a short time.
Di Chen, who sat to the left of Ouyang Shuo, became nervous. On this earth, there was probably no one that desired this item more than the Yanhuang Alliance.
”600 thousand!”
”700 thousand!”
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”1 million!”