When Zu An heard Gongkou Fang's name, he was shocked. There was actually a country with such a weird name in the world.
The Gongkou Fang were a nomadic people living in what is now the Hetao Plain and northern Shaanxi. Although their power was slightly weaker than that of the previous Qiang Fang, they were by no means a fuel-efficient lamp.
Pei Mianman personally took action, and it took a long time to repel their invasion.
It's a pity that nomads are like this. Because of their super high mobility, it is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to completely eliminate them.
In the past few years, these guys have resurfaced from time to time, and Pei Mianman has to put out the fire every time.
Zu An couldn't bear the long separation from her, and began to select generals in the court to replace Pei Mianman's responsibilities in the future.
The wars in the past few years have also made many middle- and lower-level officers stand out. Zaun promoted a large number of famous generals such as Qin, Yu, and Xiangque.
While promoting, he complained that these ancient names were too careless, and they were all the same, and it felt like raising chickens.
There is a very special person among these promoted generals, and that is Ya Chang!
Yes, it was the mummy general who led them in the secret realm before.
He was originally the son of an elder clan in the south. The elder clan surrendered to the Shang Dynasty, so he was sent to the Yin capital as a hostage.
It turned out that this guy did not act as a hostage honestly, but secretly learned various textile and metallurgical technologies in Yindu, hoping to go back and improve the lives of his people.
Unfortunately, he was caught by the soldiers and wanted to be executed. Zu An happened to pass by, and after knowing his name, he rescued him with a strange expression.
Ya Chang burst into tears of gratitude and was willing to go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious service.
As a result, he got out of control, and his military exploits became more and more successful, clearly surpassing other generals, and almost catching up with Fu Hao.
Zu An originally wanted to get some clues about the trial from him, but it was a pity that he just asked questions like a newbie and didn't know. It was obvious that he was assigned the task of guarding the secret realm later.
After spending several years pacifying the forces of Koufang and Tufang, the Shang Dynasty ushered in another powerful enemy - Guifang!
The Ghost Fang is active in the Mongolian Plateau, and is probably the predecessor of the Huns. Its combat power is even more powerful than the Tufang and the Gongkou Fang.
The only good thing is that after these years of Zu An's management, the internal situation of the Shang Dynasty has stabilized, and the national strength has also been greatly improved. In addition, there is an army that can fight a hundred battles, and the generals have grown up again, and Pei Mianman no longer needs to personally take action. .
This war lasted for several more years, and Zu An and Pei Mianman were overwhelmed with logistics in the rear.
The war was too brutal, with numerous casualties on both sides, and even commanders like Ya Chang died on the battlefield.
Because the battlefield was too chaotic, when the Shang Dynasty soldiers snatched his body back, he was covered with stab wounds and his broken arm could not be found.
Zu An silently thought of the bronze hand in the secret realm, and ordered the craftsmen to make an identical one so that he could be buried intact. This move was praised by both the court and the public, who obviously wanted to work under such a kind king.
Zu An was a little confused. He couldn't tell for a moment whether he saw the bronze hand on the body of Ya Chang and then did this, or whether he did it first and then saw the bronze hand. He felt as confused as Zhuang Zhou Xiaomeng. .
Sometimes he even felt that this trial was the real world, and the world outside might be his imagination.
Finished dealing with ghosts
As for Fang's affairs, the Shang Dynasty also needed to cultivate and recuperate after years of wars.
But not long after, Pakistan from the southwest also began to invade.
Zu An was furious: "Damn it, this is a public toilet, I can come and leave whenever I want!"
Over the years, he had been filled with resentment from the successive invasions. This time he finally couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing that the domestic situation was stable, he decided to join Pei Mianman in his own expedition.
Then the two of them cooperated tacitly, and Zu An drove the Pakistani army all the way into the encirclement set by Pei Mianman, completing the first ambush, encirclement and annihilation battle in domestic history.
Ten years have passed unknowingly, and Zu An always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but now as the leader of a country, watching the country prosper under his leadership, the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment left him no time to think about anything else.
Especially since besides Pei Mianman, there is also a beautiful woman like Xiao Tuo serving him in the harem, living a fairy-like life every day, what is there to be dissatisfied about.
Not long after, good news came again.
Pei Mianman is pregnant!
She should have been pregnant ten years ago, but Pei Mianman has been traveling around in recent years, and the two of them have been together less and away more, so they have only recently been free.
After hearing the news of pregnancy, both of them were a little confused. Can a mere soul be pregnant?
However, this thought passed away in a flash and was quickly replaced by joy.
The two of them have been in this world for too long, and everything around them is so real. They have long been accustomed to it, and they even subconsciously feel that it was just a dream.
When she was pregnant in ten months, Zu An took great care of Pei Mianman.
Unfortunately, there were no problems in the end.
Pei Mianman had difficulty in giving birth!
The Wenpo of this era can do nothing but ask the mother to exert force, and the doctor is more like a witch doctor, who is no different from a magician to a certain extent.
Although Zu An put forward various methods and suggestions, unfortunately he was not an obstetrician and gynecologist after all, and he had no practical experience in childbirth. In the end, he could only watch her die in childbirth.
The moment Pei Mianman closed his eyes, Zu An felt as if he was struck by lightning and couldn't believe this was true.
But the people around him were used to it and tried to comfort him.
In this era, people are limited by technological and medical standards. People's life span is not very long. Every time a woman gives birth, it is like entering the gate of hell.
Everyone has long been accustomed to similar examples. Although the queen has a special status and is very capable, she is no different from other women in this matter, and the gods treat her equally.
But Zu An wasn't used to it, and he didn't catch his breath after a long time. Xiao Tuo was beside him and comforted him gently.
Although the king was a little decadent, the court was still running as usual. Fu Yue waited for the important ministers to study the queen's funeral.
Because the king was so affectionate and the queen had made extraordinary achievements in the past, everyone planned the most solemn funeral and the most magnificent tomb for the queen.
Zu An couldn't keep delaying the burial of the queen, so he had to personally host the funeral and send her off for the last time.
Because of Pei Mianman's death, Zu An seemed to have lost his soul. He often hid in the palace to drink, and then had fun with Xiao Tuo and other harem concubines, as if this was the only way to numb himself and leave him no time to think about certain things. Heart-wrenching things.
Fortunately, he and Pei Mianman have been running the country together in these years, defeating the heroes of neighboring countries, and his own national strength has also grown day by day. In addition, the team of court ministers has also matured. Although he does not deal with government affairs much now, the country can still run as usual.
In this way, time passed by like a fleeting moment. Decades passed by and Zu An was getting old. His lifespan was a miracle in this era.
He personally sent away Fu Yue and many other ministers, and even Xiao Tuo passed away a few years ago. After him, you also sent away many concubines whose names you can't even remember.
After every carnival in the past few decades, lying alone in the palace in the dead of night, he always felt that he had forgotten something, but no matter how much he thought, he could not remember it.
He was a little confused at first, but as time went by, he even forgot about this confusion.
In recent days, he suddenly had an enlightenment, as if he could faintly smell the breath of death, and he knew that his life was not long.
But he was in a calm mood. He had been the emperor of the world for more than fifty years and had enjoyed everything. What else could he be dissatisfied with?
Until one day, he couldn't sleep at night, so he got up and took a walk in the palace. Unknowingly, he came to a dilapidated house, and then he was stunned.
He vaguely remembered that this was his early residence, and he couldn't even remember why he kept this room in the first place.
Subconsciously pushing the door open, I found a lot of dust in the room.
Obviously, the palace maids could also feel the Lord's thoughts. In the early years, he would come back from time to time to visit. At that time, no one dared to neglect, and the room was kept clean.
But later, the king gradually stopped coming, and they naturally neglected to take care of it.
Zu An came to the bed and sat down. He was very quiet and didn't know what he was thinking. After sitting for a while and about to leave, he suddenly felt a bright light in the corner of his eyes.
The moonlight outside the window came in, and something seemed to be reflecting.
He subconsciously searched for it and found that something seemed to be stuck deep in a gap beside the bed. The location was so tricky, no wonder so many palace maids were cleaning and didn't find it.
He reached out and groped for a long time, and finally took out the contents.
It was a pendant with a flaming symbol on it.
As the king of a country, he is used to seeing too many rare treasures, but the pendant in front of him is really ordinary.
But the moment he saw the pendant, his whole body trembled. He finally remembered what he had forgotten all these years, and he also remembered the purpose of coming to this world.
Because this was the pendant that Pei Mianman gave him to prevent black inflammation.
Perhaps because the two of them were playing too wildly in this room, the pendant accidentally fell into the gap. The two of them were busy with their affairs and soon forgot about it.
"Manman..." At that moment, the old man on the bed burst into tears.
Immediately afterwards, his eyesight was dazzled, and the surrounding space was distorted. Zu An woke up and found that he had appeared in another world.
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Insomnia, I’m really sleepy now, so that’s this chapter for today
