The World Online
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Chapter 128 - Battle of Zhuolu (Part 2)
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In Yellow Emperor City, after a small dispute, the registration point became calm once again.
Ouyang Shuo smoothly met up with Bai Hua, Mu Lanyue and Siege Lion. What made them surprised was that Feng Qiuhuang also chose to join the Yellow Emperor camp.
With the close relationship of the original Six Tyrants of Handan, it was impossible that Feng Qiuhuang didn't know that Di Chen would choose the Yellow Emperor camp. Like how Chun Shenjun and Zhan Lang who chose to bring the Chunqiu Union, and the Blood Metal Union chose to join the Chiyou camp. If the reason was to be in the same camp as Ouyang Shuo, then it wouldn't have made sense. After all, Ouyang Shuo didn't tell her that he would choose this camp.
Feng Qiuhuang was a rank 3 earl, bringing in 500 men. After registering, she took the initiative to walk to Ouyang Shuo and smiled, "Why, lord Wuyi, are you surprised with my choice?"
Ouyang Shuo nodded. "That's right. I was about to suspect our Shanhai Union had a mole and told you. If not, why would it be so coincidental?"
"Cough cough." Siege Lion, upon hearing Ouyang Shuo's words, started coughing. In truth, it was Siege Lion who'd told Feng Qiuhuang.
Ouyang Shuo stared at Siege Lion, startled, "That's not true, right? I just randomly guessed it. You traitor, putting hoes over bros."
Siege Lion was embarrassed and laughed. "Cough cough, brother Wuyi… this… the weather is nice today. Let's talk about a better topic. With lord Feng's addition, our numbers are far higher than Di Chen's, isn't that a good thing?"
Mu Lanyue ridiculed him. "You were obviously charmed and still feel good about it. Brother Lion knows no shame."
Siege Lion's face turned red. "Yue yue, you shouldn't tease your brother like this."
"Ok, time is about up. We should go meet with our forces and find a suitable place to make camp. If not, we will have to sleep in the wilderness." Ouyang Shuo didn't want to pursue the situation.
After assembling the forces, the 2000-man squad waltzed out of the city.
Consonance Town's Bai Hua, Tsing Yi, and Hong Ying all followed along. Out of the 4 flowers, only Zi Luolan stayed back to defend the territory. Bai Hua brought a 300-man strong squad, who were all cavalry. Their historical figure also made an appearance. He was Zhang Liao, one of Three Kingdom, Overlord Cao Cao's 5 generals.
Zhang Liao and Zi Wenyuan were from Yamen Mayi. He had once worked under Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu.
After the Battle of Xiapi, he followed Cao Cao. Under his charge, he gained many military rewards and accolades. He got out of the white horse trap together with Guan Yu, invaded Donghai, attacked Yuanshang in Ye city, and led the killing of Wuhuan in White Wolf mountain and many others.
After the Battle of Ruxu, Cao Cao appointed Zhang Liao, Lidian, and Lejing. Zhang Liao had defended against Sun Wu's attack, and in the 20-year Battle of Xiaoyaolu, used 7000 warriors to defeat an army of 100 thousand. That battle shocked Jiangdong and caused Zhang Liao's reputation to soar, becoming one of the generals remembered in history.
When Cao Ren came to power, he asked Zhang Liao to continue defending Sun Quan. In Huang Chu's 2nd year, he got an illness. While he was down with the serious illness, Sun Quan was very anxious for him. The 3rd year, he defeated Lufan while carrying the illness. The same year he died in Jiangdong, living for 54 years.
On the side of Fallen Phoenix Town, apart from Feng Qiuhuang, the core players included Qingluan. Their 500 strong force, apart from their 300 sword shield soldiers, included 200 archers. The General was a basic rank General Diqiu.
As for Mu Lanyue and Siege Lion, Siege Lion brought 100 sword shield soldiers. Mu Lanyue's side was 100 archers led by Mu Guiying.
Hence the 2000 strong force had 500 cavalry, 50 heavy armoured cavalry, 1500 infantry, out of which 100 were heavy armoured infantry, 600 sword shield soldiers, 500 archers and 300 crossbowmen. As the ones leading this force apart from General Shi, Mu Guiying and Zhang Liao, there was still the strategist Jushou.
Out of the 5 territories, only Fallen Phoenix Town had no historical general and no strategist.
The reason was that for people like Feng Qiuhuang who had directly gotten the silver village token without doing the mission, they obtained strength but at the same time lost the chance to get the summoning talisman. Hence, her town till date still hadn't got a historical figure.
In the village building mission, players who got the copper village token could obtain one gold rank special talent. Those that got an iron village token had a 1% chance of getting a king-rank summoning talisman. As for those who got the silver village token, they had a 100% chance of getting a king-rank summoning talisman.
Out of the 10 thousand village building quest participants, 1000 failed, 7200 got the copper village token, 1800 got the iron rank token and only 5 got the silver token. Hence, only 20 people obtained a gold-rank summoning talisman from the village building quest.
Mu Lanyue and Siege Lion had both obtained iron rank village tokens but fortunately received the king-rank summoning talisman. As for Bai Hua and Xunlong Dianxue, they both obtained silver rank village tokens. As for the other 3, if nothing was wrong it would be Xiongba, wandering magic and Wufu.
In the last territory Defence, the top 12 in the Chinese region apart from Shanhai town which used a gold village building token, the other 11 had used silver. This was the 11 that everyone had knowledge of. As for whether others had gotten a silver village token from other methods, no one had any news.
Just as he walked out of the city gate, a system notification sounded out.
"Battle notice: The Battle of Zhuolu, a total of 105 territories are participating, a total of 18 thousand people. Yellow Emperor camp has 40 territories and 8000 men; Chiyou camp has 65 territories and 10 thousand men."
Expectedly, most players chased for the rewards of changing history and thus chose Chiyou camp. If not for Ouyang Shuo choosing the Yellow Emperor camp, the difference in strength would be even bigger.
What was more interesting was that out of the TOP 12 in China, each side had 6. In the Yellow Emperor camp was Ouyang Shuo, Di Chen, Feng Qiuhuang, Sha Pojun, Bai Hua and Wuhu. In the Chiyou camp was Chun Shenjun, Feng Qingyang, Zhan Lang, Xiongba, Wandering Magic and Xunlong Dianxue. Coincidentally, the original Six Tyrants of Handan was split 3:3.
On first glance, it seemed like both sides were tied. However, in the Yellow Emperor camp, it was already split into the Shanhai Union and Handan Union. On the other side, there was still a chance of the unions cooperating with one another.
So be it numbers or strength, the Yellow Emperor camp was at a disadvantage.
"Battle notification: the Yellow Emperor camp, because of lesser numbers, to make it fair, has obtained a 10% Defence increase buff."
This notification made many players from the Yellow Emperor camp heave a sigh in relief.
This was the system's balancing method, only when both sides were equal in power could a fight start. If the difference was too huge, what kind of war will there be? If that happened, it might cause future wars to be one-sided and that was not what the system wanted to happen.
Under normal circumstances, the compensation by the system would be based on the difference in strength. This compensation could be a increase in Defence or an increase in combat power or movement speed.
Apart from that, if the power difference was too huge, a case of nerfing might occur. For example, lowering the Defence, combat power or movement speed of the stronger side.
"Battle Notification: Following the rules of battle, the highest ranked player will be given the title of representative. He has the power to see the camp leader and listen in on military meetings. If the ranks of the players are the same, it will be decided by merit points."
"Battle Notification: Based on rank and merit points, the Yellow Emperor camp representative is Qiyue Wuyi, rank 2 earl. The representative of Chiyou camp is Chun Shenjun, rank 3 earl."
The moment the notification was out, the players were in an uproar. The title of representative, although it didn't give the player the power to lead the camp, gave the two privileges that all players yearned for.
To directly meet the leader of the camp, the representative could meet core people in the camp and make it easier to activate historical people's hiring quests.
Apart from that, to be able to hang around with the leader of the camp and even give opinions on strategies. The benefits would depend on how the player grasped and used it. It wasn't something that words could describe.
Listening in on the military meeting, the representative would have already got into the core of the camp and could learn the tactics and plans of the battle departments. This intel would be of crucial use for the user and his allies in future battle planning. And if the chance permitted, the player could even give his opinion in the meeting and get even more opportunities and benefits.
One could say that these two permissions and powers had encapsulated the most core benefits of the war system. How could it not make players jealous? Any player with a brain would understand that the representative player would, if nothing went wrong, become a leader amongst all players and following him would be a good decision.
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Chapter 129 - Battle of Zhuolu part 3
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Like they say, there will always be some people who are happy and some that are sad.
After Ouyang Shuo was chosen as the representative of the Yellow Emperor camp, it was an incredible benefit for Shanhai Union. On the other hand, the Handan Union which had Di Chen at the helm, the difference in feeling and mood was like night and day. The two unions who were originally around the same strength had instantly been swung in Ouyang Shuo's favour.
At the registration point, a few of the players upon seeing Feng Qiuhuang join Shanhai Union's camp, had tried to contact Ouyang Shuo in hopes that they could join too.
The moment the battle notification was released, those lords that had not dispersed became more anxious. They did not care or bother about whether Ouyang Shuo would agree or not and brought their forces and tailed behind Ouyang Shuo's.
As for these players, Ouyang Shuo did not want to reject them outright. To win this battle, only relying on the strength of the Shanhai Union was impossible. If he could unite all the players in the camp to his side, it would undoubtedly increase their chances of winning.
Definitely, things would not possibly go as smoothly as he thought. Firstly, with Di Chen leading the Handan Union, they would definitely reject cooperating with Ouyang Shuo. Additionally, apart from running his own territory, the Handan Union had tried to infiltrate other territories. Thus in the Yellow Emperor camp, there will be some supporters or people who would ally with him for benefits and won't easily join Ouyang Shuo's side.
Secondly, in normal circumstances, lord game mode players are usually more arrogant. Most of them were the inheritors or children of the large families and powers and have become used to ruling over others, making it hard for them to follow another person; if not, they were the top class adventure game mode players who had already reached the peak in that game mode and thus decided to change to lord game mode. Thus they also had no reason or desire to go under and listen to another player.
Hence, for all the players in the camp to unite was a near impossible thing. Ouyang Shuo also did not hold such hopes and in his plan, as long as he was able to make a 5000 men force, then it would have counted as a success.
So, as for the players who proactively showed good intentions, Ouyang Shuo did not reject them. Of course, without understanding their true intentions, he also won't accept them into his camp.
He indicated that after finding a suitable location to build a camp and after settling down, he will then talk about cooperation. With that, a group of players waltzed out of Yellow Emperor city. Such a wild sight was something the players were seeing for the first time as they looked on in awe.
Now was the summer season, the most vibrant and energetic season of the year. Looking at the vast and endless plains, wild grass grew and trees took root. The nameless wild grass grew until it could cover a grown man's knees. As the summer breeze blew across, within the tall grasses, hundreds of beast roars could be heard, seeming really dangerous.
Seeing this kind of spectacle, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not dare to go too far.
He ordered Lin Yi to lead a cavalry squadron along with the spies from the Military Intelligence Division and look for a suitable camping spot near the Yellow Emperor city.
In ancient wars and battles, the place where a camp is set up was done with a lot of knowledge and research and it couldn't be done carelessly.
Apart from that, they also had to avoid the forest or river crossing. Taking into account that Chiyou camp was attacking from south east to northwest, the best position would be the west of Yellow Emperor city. Like this, he could avoid being cannon fodder in an upfront confrontation and could act as a flank and quickly enter the battlefield.
An hour later, Lin Yi and his group returned.
Lin Yi quickly got off his horse and said, "Reporting to sire, we found a mountain slope at the west of Yellow Emperor city. The south side of the slope about 5 km away has a large river. It's very near to the slope and that makes getting water easy. I think that it's a good spot to set up camp."
Ouyang Shuo nodded his head with delight and smiled, "Good, everyone, move out!"
The force started to get busy after they rushed to the camp.
Firstly, they had to burn and cut all the annoying wild grass to make a large enough empty space. Secondly, they had to go to the woods nearby to chop down some trees for wood to build the camp.
To ensure the safety of the camp, its surroundings must have a small wooden wall. The method was to cut two rows of tree trunks, one long and one short, and after burning the trunk, it was buried half into the ground. The long tree trunks will be the outer layer and the short ones will be the inner layer. Then in between both, wooden planks will be set up and divided into two layers such that the part that was protruding could be a defensive wall. The upper layer could let troops patrol and act as sentries while the bottom layer could be a resting area and a storage area.
When they set up the camp, a tent would accommodate 50 soldiers, their tents would be set up facing each other and surrounding the tents, drains had to be dug up. Soldiers were prohibited from going and running into other tents. Every tent area had its own public toilet which was far away from the food and water source. Amongst the various tent areas, there was also sufficient space for movement.
Nearing noon, the camp was finally cleared out. As everyone was busy cutting trees and digging the drains, Ouyang Shuo asked Wang Feng to bring an infantry squadron to follow by his side.
In the camp, Ouyang Shuo took out the main tent that he had bought and set it up together with the soldiers. This would act as a meeting room for everyone to discuss as it was not becoming to talk and discuss all around the place.
As compared to the soldier's tents, this tent was 5 times larger and was like the tooth tent used by the nomads and could have 20-30 people inside.
After building the tent, Ouyang Shuo took out the table and stool crafted by the wooden workshop.
Seeing Ouyang Shuo taking out item after item from his storage bag like magic, Mu Lanyue who was following around him curiously like a baby opened her eyes widely and asked, "Brother Wuyi, how is your storage bag so big?"
Ouyang Shuo explained, "It has already expanded to 1 thousand cubic metres, of course it's big. Ouyang Shuo did not want to dwell further and said, "Since the tents have been set up, quickly call everyone here to discuss what to do next."
"En!" Mu Lanyue nodded her head cutely.
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Inside the main tent, Ouyang Shuo sat in the middle, in his two sides sat Feng Qiuhuang, Bai Hua, Mu Lanyue and Siege Lion. Behind them sat their various assistants and generals.
"Now that we have settled down, for our next step, what suggestions do you all have?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Feng Qiuhuang was smart and knew that since she was the only one not from Shanhai Union, and that they had probably discussed this issue, Qiyue Wuyi was actually just asking her.
Feng Qiuhuang laughed, "Whatever plans lord Wuyi has why not just say it directly. Since my Fallen Phoenix Town joined your camp, I will follow your instructions."
Ouyang Shuo nodded, "I'll be direct then!"
"Haha!" Mu Lanyue suddenly laughed, making everyone look at her with judging eyes. She embarrassingly said, "I find it interesting how both of them are talking, calling each other lords."
Feng Qiuhuang realized it and laughingly said, "That's true, why not we get rid of the formalities. My name is Feng Wu, Brother Wuyi can treat me as one of you all."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and continued, "To make it convenient to lead, my intentions are for our five forces to merge and follow one leader. Specifically separate the forces in cavalry, sword shield soldiers and bow and crossbowmen, these three types. I suggest for Zhang Liao to be the leader of the cavalry, Lin Yi and Hong Ying as the deputies. General Shi will lead the sword shield soldiers with Siege Lion and Wang Feng as deputies. Mu Guiying will lead the bowmen and crossbowmen with Zhao Sihu and Diqiu as the deputies. Jushou will be the military advisor and Tsing Yi and Qingluan will be the deputies."
Ouyang Shuo's arrangement had protected and considered about every area. It not only protected Shanhai Town's postition as the core but also considered about his allies. Of course, the first consideration was based on talent and ability.
For the cavalry, it was mainly the troops from Shanhai Town and Consonance Town, one leader and two deputies ensured the smooth arrangement of commands.
The sword shield soldiers, General Shi had the absolute power and the position of Siege Lion was also considered, making him a deputy and letting him lead a squadron.
The last were the bowmen and crossbowmen. Originally Shanhai Town had 500 and were the absolute core, but Ouyang Shuo decided to give the leadership to Mu Guiying. This arrangement showed his great trust as she was definitely better than Zhao Sihu at being the leader. As the other 200 bowmen and crossbowmen were from Fallen Phoenix Town, Ouyang Shuo arranged Diqiu as a deputy.
Out of all this, probably only Fallen Phoenix Town was at a loss. They had 500 men but because they lacked a general, they couldn't lead the main force and could only support. This was also why Ouyang Shuo was hesitating, only until she expressed her allegiance did he say out his plans and strategy.
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Chapter 130 - Battle of Zhuolu part 4
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After listening to his organization plan, Feng Qiuhuang felt that she had an added layer of understanding of Ouyang Shuo. She smiled and said, "Brother Wuyi's organization is great, little sister has no qualms."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Since everyone has no qualms and nothing to say, we will split the tent areas based on the different forces. As for the specific arrangements, I'll leave them to General Shi and General Zhang Liao. Is that okay?"
General Shi and General Zhang Liao immediately got up. "Yes sire, we will not let you down!"
"I have to say before everything starts that the purpose of reorganizing the forces is to form cohesion and to face the final battle together. Throughout the process, if you need to individually complete missions, the union won't have any restrictions. Not only that, if you need help, we can also send backup." Ouyang Shuo explained.
Everyone was selfish. As the leader of the union, if he couldn't give a good response to settle the selfish side of them and made everyone sacrifice their personal gain for the team, this would only cause the union to split apart. Only by building the union upon mutual benefit and showing them that working together was the only way of winning would the union last for long.
Feng Qiuhuang and the rest nodded to express that they understood, seeming very pleased.
Bai Hua asked, "Wuyi, then what would the few of us do?"
"That's true, although we aren't generals and warriors, we ought to do something to help." Feng Qiuhuang added.
Out of the five lords, Ouyang Shuo and Siege Lion had side jobs as generals, Mu Lanyue as a tailor, Bai Hua as a doctor, and Feng Qiuhuang as a knight.
"As for the rest of us, we will also split jobs. I'll be in charge of contacting Yellow Emperor city and finding out news. Bai Hua and Feng Wu will be in charge of contacting other players and choosing the best players, excluding those arrogant ones or those with bad intentions. As for the rest, as long as they accept our organization of troops they can join in. As for Yue Yue, you will be in charge of coordination and contacting each of us." Ouyang Shuo thought for a while before saying.
Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were both female lords with a lot of influence.
Out of all the professional players, Bai Hua held utmost authority, knowing a lot about each lord. On the opposite side, Feng Qiuhuang was playing for the first time and did not know much about the professional players, but about the various leaders of each power, she knew much more than Bai Hua. With both of them working together, they could cover each of their weaknesses. Adding their personal charm, having the two of them in charge of contacting other players was too perfect.
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At 2 PM in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo brought Wang Feng and left the camp towards Yellow Emperor city.
In the
The Yellow Emperor was the son of Shaodian. He was surnamed Gongsun and named Xuanyuan. Like many of the old people from legends, when he was born there was a natural phenomenon, and he could speak not long after his birth. Talent coupled with hard work and honesty made him grow into a well-learned, extraordinary talent that would be able to complete all tasks.
Gongsun Xuanyuan was born at a time when political reform was happening. The once-powerful Shennong was getting weaker day by day, wars waged everywhere, and the commoners suffered.
Shengnong had no power to help the weak, and at that time, Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was rising in power, grabbed his chance. He gathered his troops and started a crusade against tribes to use power to force them into following his will. There was one tribe that wouldn't yield, and that was the Chiyou tribe, which was good at war.
Subsequently, the Fire Emperor, who was equally strong, had invaded the weak tribes, causing the weaker ones to flock under Gongsun Xuanyuan's charge in hopes of sanctuary. The Fire Emperor and Gongsun Xuanyuan couldn't avoid a battle. Gongsun Xuanyuan used a series of methods to increase his power and strength like cultivating morals, organizing the military, studying the weather, growing grain, rearing a group of beasts like the Pixiu tigers, and preparing for the battle with the Fire Emperor. The battle which was known as the Battle of Banquan broke out, and after several intense battles, Gongsun Xuanyuan defeated the Fire Emperor.
At that point, he had become the leader of all the tribes and started giving them orders. After the Fire Emperor yielded, the Yellow Emperor ordered him to send personnel to different areas. The Fire Emperor sent Chiyou to the east, but when he arrived there, he started a revolt against the Fire Emperor. As he wasn't his opponent, the Fire Emperor retreated to Zhuolu and requested assistance from the Yellow Emperor.
Hence, Gongsun Xuanyuan ordered his men to gather up all the tribes for a war against the Chiyou tribe. The result was that the tribal alliance led by Gongsun Xuanyuan crushed the Chiyou tribe and beheaded Chiyou. After that, his reputation and authority flew upwards, all the tribes recommended him to be the Son of God, replaced Shennong as the leader sent by the gods, and named him as the Yellow Emperor.
History states that the Yellow Emperor tribe traveled here and there and didn't have a permanent living spot, living like nomadic tribes. The Fire Emperor's emperor calling had to do with fire, and people called him Lieshan, meaning fire mountain. Growing plants and grains in the wilderness, he probably came from a farming tribe. Chiyou came from the east, and they said he used metal weapons and was fairly advanced, probably coming from a farming tribe too.
In truth, the nomads and the farmers probably did not split up, but they had differences in ideology. Hence the Battle of Banquan was a battle between farmers and nomads and also a battle between their ideologies. The Battle of Zhuolu was instead a battle between the Chinese ethnic group and the Dongyi ethnic group.
Shennong wasn't a confirmed person, but a sort of ideology that extended beyond a tribe which lasted for hundreds and even thousands of years. Hence, his legend was instead deemed as a period in time.
Fire Emperor, Yellow Emperor and Chiyou were all heroic figures during the Shennong period. On ideology, they were all like Shennong, only coming from different tribes. In a period when the main strength was declining, they all wanted to obtain land, people, and money. Hence, the war raged on and finally ended in the Battle of Zhuolu, making the Yellow Emperor the hero of heroes.
The current event was just after Gongsun Xuanyuan had defeated the Fire Emperor and just before the Battle of Zhuolu. This period, both sides had been at a standstill for a very long time.
Because the Chiyou tribe came from far away, they had to build their own Chiyou city. The city was destroyed by water, making them build a stronghold up in the mountains. The Chiyou stronghold was made up of 3 connected strongholds and was less than 10 kilometres away from the Yellow Emperor city.
Apart from this, not far from the Yellow Emperor city was a Fire Emperor camp which was where the Fire Emperor tribe had gathered. Yellow Emperor camp players could rush there to find side missions.
Ouyang Shuo and Wang Feng were prepared to enter the Yellow Emperor city via the west gate.
At the two sides stood two guards. They wore a black linen dress, and around their necks hung a necklace made up of beast teeth. They each held a stone axe in their hand, and it was made of a wooden handle and an axe head that was grounded from a rock, looking extremely sharp.
After checking his identity tablet, they allowed them to proceed.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to use gold to bribe them to ask for infomation. But if he thought about it, gold was something such a primitive society didn't know about.
After entering, he didn't go straight to see the Yellow Emperor.
Although he was the representative and had the right to see the leader, if he disturbed him for no reason, it would make him annoyed.
The Yellow Emperor tribe, apart from the Yellow Emperor and his bride Leizu, consisted of Fenghou, Limu, Changxian, and Dahong, 4 important officials. Fenghou was the prime minister, and Limu was the general. Changxian was the inventor, and Dahong was good at training troops.
Ouyang Shuo was ready to use Leizu as his breakthrough point. His confidence stemmed naturally from the unique coloured silkworm from Shanhai Town.
As the leader of females in the olden times, Leizu created the method of keeping silkworms and obtaining silk from them. She also made everyone respect the emperor, grew mulberry, forced people to wear clothing, started marriage laws, gift traditions, respecting one's mother, and she cared about the welfare of the people. All this was started by her.
As the bride of the Yellow Emperor, she naturally lived in the tribe palace. Of course, based on the building levels of the ancient people, even if it was a palace it was just a mud building.
The palace was situated in the middle of the city, and there were guards at the door. It was extremely spacious and took up a tenth of the city, showing the importance of the king and his bloodline.
Like the other buildings in the tribe, the palace was built with a mud base and a straw roof. A wooden skeleton was strengthened with mud to make the walls, and the roofs were covered with straw.
There wasn't only one building in the palace, and it was a combination of 4-5 rooms which made it look very majestic. The main hall was 8 meters tall and the highest point was 10 meters. The stairs alone were already a meter high. The outer walls of the palace were made with yellow mud which hardened and that made it look very strong and solid. Once it dried, it wasn't afraid of the rain, and the color was vibrant.
An ancient society will always dig a fire pond in the house to use to cook and to keep warm during the winter. Hence to solve the problem of the smoke, a hole must be opened in the roof. If a hole was opened, however, it would leak, as such a thatched roof must be made. The whole system looked very reasonable and practical.
One had to admit that such primitive structures were wild but beautiful, easy but practical. Ouyang Shuo was thinking that if Sun Xiaoyue saw such structures, she would be in awe.
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Chapter 131 - Battle of Zhuolu part 5
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Ouyang Shuo brought Wang Feng with him and went to the door of the palace.
The two guards stopped them and warned, "The palace is a sacred ground, random people can't get close. Who are you? Please leave."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and respectfully said, "I'll have to busy Brother to report that representative Qiyue Wuyi has something to give to the queen."
The guard was stunned. Ever since he was named as the representative of the Yellow Emperor camp, all the NPCs in the camp automatically learnt of his existence.
Hence, when they saw that he had come up to the door himself, they didn't dare to be disrespectful and their attitude changed by 180 degrees. They said embarrassingly, "Oh so it's representative Qiyue Wuyi, please wait for a moment, I'll go and report."
"Thank you." Ouyang Shuo nodded.
After 10 minutes, the guard returned and said,"Her majesty invites the two of you to enter."
Ouyang Shuo and Wang Feng followed behind the guard and walked into the palace. Along the way, he looked at the design of the palace, it was simple and practical, a typical wild style.
The guard brought them to a side hall and said,"You guys can enter yourselves, her majesty is waiting for you inside."
"Thank you for your help." Ouyang Shuo expressed his thanks once again.
Walking in the side hall, Ouyang Shuo saw a young and beautiful woman sitting on the main seat, her features were distinct and her nose had a high bridge. Her long hair was let down without any jewellery on it, seeming very natural and warm. She was wearing a white sleeved gown, the end of the gown only reaching her knees, displaying a pair of healthy and beautiful legs.
On her shoulder hung a yellow shawl and was tied around her waist. On her forehead was a gemstone that was tied by a chain, making her look honorable. Apart from that, a swallow shaped jade hung around her neck. This was definitely her majesty Leizu.
In the sides of the hall sat 3 young women and 1 cute little girl. Their dresses were similar to Leizu, only lacking the jewelry on her forehead. One of the girls looked ugly and Ouyang Shuo guessed that she should be the Yellow Emperor's fourth concubine Momu. With that conjecture, the other two women should be Nujie and Tong Yu.
As for that little girl who looked to be 11 or 12 years old, Ouyang Shuo could guess her identity. There was a chance that she was the Yellow Emperor's Daughter. She looked very dainty with long eyelashes, large eyes, and white succulent skin making her look like a little doll.
She was wearing a silk gown which showed a pair of soft arms. The gown was pure white and didn't have any patterns, only being tied around the waist by a belt made up of numerous gemstones. The gown covered till her knees and she wore a pair of boots made of deer leather. Her straight black hair moved in the wind and there were small braids tied with a white silk string at the sides of her head with a few white feathers stuck into it.
She also wore a flower wreath, and around her neck was a swallow shape gemstone, even her right hand had a bracelet made up of gemstones, making her seemingly wild and playful.
Ouyang Shuo didn't know what exactly to call Yellow Emperor's concubines and wife and used the most formal way, bowing forward and saying, "I'm representative Qiyue Wuyi, greetings ladies!"
In his eyes, their clothes were filled with the style of the ancient wilderness. However in their eyes, the outfits of Ouyang Shuo and Wang Feng were also very weird and special.
As it was a battle map, Ouyang Shuo was obviously dressed as a general. Be it the Mingguang armor or the Tang sword, in their eyes it was like god weapons.
One must know that in the era that they live in, it was the stone age, even the Chiyou tribe only used copper weapons. Weapons and equipments made by metal was something that they couldn't fathom.
The little girl was very lively and active. She wasn't afraid of strangers and upon seeing Ouyang Shuo, she ran down from her seat. It looked like she wanted to touch Ouyang Shuo's armor, especially the shining circle guard at the front of the armor.
Leizu warned, "Mei'er, don't be rude."
Ouyang Shuo was surprised, this young girl was the Yellow Emperor's daughter Xuanyuan Mei, the girl which legends say were super ugly? But she looked totally different from what they described, such a cute girl, how was she ugly? I guess it must be what their descendants had guessed and made up.
Ouyang Shuo liked Xuanyuan Mei and took out a small dagger from his storage bag, handing it over to her and said, "This is a little gift for the princess."
After being warned by her mom, although she really liked the dagger, she didn't dare to accept it. She looked at it sadly with her big eyes while turning back and looking at Leizu.
"Since it's a gift, accept it!"
"Thank you, Mother!" Xuanyuan Mei giggled and accepted the dagger thanking Ouyang Shuo, "Thank you, visitor from afar, I really like your gift."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "It's good that little princess likes it." After Xuanyuan Mei returned to her seat, Ouyang Shuo said, "Respected queen, I have a gift for you, I hope you allow it."
She nodded, after the little situation with Xuanyuan Mei, her impression towards Ouyang Shuo was very good and she also became very warm, "What gift? If it's too expensive then I rather not."
"Don't worry, although it is rare, it is useless in other places. Only you can use it to its true value." Ouyang Shuo explained.
"Oh, there's such a thing?" Leizu's interest was piqued.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and told Wang Feng to bring up the gift that he prepared. It was held in an exquisitely crafted wooden box and inside were 30 colored silkworms and some unhatched eggs.
The reason he brought the eggs was because he was afraid something would happen to the silkworms during the teleportation.
Leizu signalled the maidservant to get the box and place it on the table. Upon opening it and seeing the slowly crawling coloured silkworms, she was both shocked and surprised, "Is this a type of silkworm?"
"That's right." Ouyang Shuo nodded, "It's a very rare type of coloured silkworm, not only are the colours on their body different but the silk that they spit out are also coloured."
She smiled, "Very good, I really like this gift."
Ouyang Shuo's preparation was far more well done than what she expected. He took out the 7 coloured silk from his storage bag and said respectfully, "This was made from the silk for you to admire. If you don't mind, please accept it."
The reason he took out the silk was to prove that he didn't lie and that the coloured silk was true and secondly was to give those as gifts to the other three concubines. When giving gifts, the worst thing is bad preparation and missing out on people. If that is the case, one might enrage people and that was a mistake that Ouyang Shuo naturally wouldn't make.
If one of the concubines didn't receive a gift and hated Ouyang Shuo because of it and fanned some flames in front of the Yellow Emperor, then all his hard work would go to waste.
As they say, everyone has a spot for admiring and understanding beauty. Seeing the silk, all the ladies were unexpectedly touched, their expressions became more warm and wasn't as expressionless as when he had just entered.
Ouyang Shuo was delighted as he knew that his plan had worked.
As the main wife, Leizu was obviously very smart and Ouyang Shuo's little antics didn't escape her eye. She was very impressed by his planning and smiled, "For letting me keep such a gift, I will give you one in return. What do you want?"
Ouyang was stunned, before he came he did not expect such a situation. The reason he gave the gifts was to make her like him and increase the good feelings that the Yellow Emperor has on him and make it more convenient and easy for him to do things, he didn't expect there to be a reward.
Ouyang Shuo said sincerely, "It's just a small gift with my thoughts, as long as you like it, it's okay, I don't need a gift in return."
Leizu shook her head, "No. The coloured silkworms are of great help to the tribe and it could be said to be an epoch-making contribution, making the colours of our silk more vibrant and exciting. Such a contribution has to be rewarded. Why don't I give you a manual to grow the silkworms to complement it."
Leizu took out a book made of leather and asked the maidservant to pass it to Ouyang Shuo.
He took it, had a look and was amazed, saying, "Thank you queen for your gift!"
[Leizu's Sericulture Handbook]: After using, raise silk production by 20%.
After receiving the reward, Ouyang Shuo was very smart and knew that he should not stay any longer, "Queen, it's already late and I have to rush back to the camp outside the city, please allow me to leave first."
She nodded, "Since it's like this, I won't keep you for any longer."
"Yes!" Ouyang Shuo said and with Wang Feng, they slowly left the side hall under the lead of the maidservant and walked out of the palace.
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