Chapter 946: Marriage
Before the invasion of the demon clan, the strength of the monks of Xizhou was also not bad, with more than 20 million monks in dozens of countries, plus scattered cultivation, there were 30 or 40 million people.
However, the social structure of Xizhou is different from that of other places, and those who have strength basically hold official positions in various countries and are awarded knighthoods, so after the outbreak of the war, the countries of Xizhou cannot mobilize the forces of scattered cultivation.
After the fall of Xizhou, there were only 10 million remnants of the rest of the country, not that there were so many losses, but that many monks had fled, and they would rather go to be loose cultivators than continue to fight.
And among these forces, the power of the five major countries in the West Continent is the strongest, accounting for ninety percent of the number, and Kunlun is mainly to unite these five countries as the main force to resist the demon clan.
These five great powers are Qin, Zhao, Jin, Tian, and Wu, among which Qin has the most people and horses, with more than two million people and horses, and Zhao is the strongest, with three Golden Body Period monks sitting in town, and Jin, Tian and Wu are about the same.
Although there are a lot of people and horses in the five countries of Xizhou, their strength is not very strong, not only do they not have supreme monks, but they also have no monks in the eighth realm, and they are not able to counterattack the demon clan at all, plus their financial resources and territory are all lost, and their equipment is inferior, so they can only always be attached to Kunlun, relying on Kunlun to contain the eighth-order demon king and the supreme demon king of Xizhou, and even the equipment needs Kunlun to provide most of it.
This mode of survival has been going on for several years, and the high-level leaders of the five countries of Xizhou have already made up their minds to go with the flow, and wait until Kunlun or Nanzhou defeats the main force of the demon clan in Xizhou, and then they will each recover the lost territory and rebuild the countries of Xizhou.
However, the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Sect made them aware of the crisis, although the Heavenly Dao Sect had fewer people than the five countries of the Western Continent, but they had a lot of high-level cultivators, and there was ** Yu, an eighth realm cultivator.
They all know what kind of living environment the desert is, it can be said that it is extremely harsh, and although Xizhou cannot be compared with Zhongzhou and Nanzhou, it is definitely better than the desert, so they are very afraid that the desert monks will occupy the magpie's nest and occupy the territory of Xizhou.
This kind of worry is not groundless, because according to the rules of the immortal cultivation world, whoever grabs back the territory in the hands of the demon clan is theirs, and there is no saying that the things will be returned to the original owner.
Your territory was taken away by the demon clan, and you were unable to take it back, then you lost the right to rule, ownership, and others had the ability to snatch it from the demon clan, that was his, if you had the ability, then grab it back.
Obviously, none of the five countries of the Western Continent alone is the opponent of the Desert Monks, so the five countries of the Western Continent are moving towards unity and are preparing for the Western Continent Alliance.
But the five countries of Xizhou usually have contradictions, not big or small, at this time to unite is not a small matter, especially the territory of the five countries in Xizhou is side by side with a barbaric face, the northernmost of the Jin State, the first place to occupy the desert is also the territory of the Jin State, if the desert appetite is not big, only occupy the Jin State, the other four countries may not be the enemy of the desert.
Therefore, among the five countries, the most anxious is the Jin State, for which the Jin State is extremely active, not only sending a large number of envoys to lobby various countries, but also putting forward a proposal for marriage.
The royal family of Xizhou countries has a common characteristic that the royal family is strong and the population is large, and the royal family of the Jin Kingdom has selected more than ten beautiful princesses for this reason, and decided to marry the lords or princes of the rest of the countries to strengthen the connection.
However, the Jin State is a little difficult here in the Qin State, because the lord of the Qin State is the Moon Emperor, and the family is a female cultivator, how can she marry the princess?
In the end, the lord of the Jin State gritted his teeth, selected a prince with the most superior qualifications, decided to let him enter the Qin State of Xizhou, and took out a rich dowry, determined to continue to marry the Qin State.
The handwriting of the Jin State opened an inspiration for the other four countries, although the five major countries of the Western Continent usually had quite exchanges, and there were some marriages, but the relationship was not close, and now under the pressure of foreign enemies, they decided to carry out large-scale marriages to strengthen their ties with each other.
So all countries agreed to the marriage of the Jin State, and at the same time also picked out many princesses to marry each other, the only one who refused was the Moon Emperor of the Qin State, she told the lord of the Jin State to change a princess to come over, the price of a prince of the Qin royal family, and she herself chose to marry the Zhao State.
Zhao Wouji, the lord of Zhao State, originally just made a tentative suggestion, after all, the Moon Emperor was the lord of Qin State, and marrying her was of great interest, but he didn't expect that the Moon Emperor directly rejected the marriage of Jin State and turned to marry him Zhao State, which made Zhao Wouji extremely happy.
Among the five countries, the Qin people and horses are preserved the most thanks to the ability of the Moon Emperor, after she ascended the throne, she worked hard, determined to reform, when the national strength was extremely high, if it was not for the invasion of the demon clan, it would only take three or five hundred years for the Qin State to become the largest country in Xizhou, which was obvious to all in the countries of Xizhou.
So at this time of marriage, Zao Wou-Ki did not think that the Moon Emperor would marry into the Zhao State, the marriage at their level was mainly in terms of interests, so Zao Wou-Ki also chose a son with superior qualifications to join the Qin State, and also chose three princesses to marry several princes of the Qin State.
After a month of preparation, the five countries decided to hold a group wedding, and the marriages between the five countries were all held together, and a total of more than 50 couples got married together.
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"The front-line camp is interesting to do the wedding scene"
Nanzhou Qin State, Lin Xiao, as the leader of the Nanzhou Alliance, naturally received invitations, a lot of them, and the Moon Emperor gave him two copies, one in the name of the Nanzhou Alliance, and one in the name of his private person, after all, Princess Mingyue is also one of Lin Xiao's friends.
"Alliance leader, will the five countries of Xizhou hold such a huge wedding, will it provoke the raid of the Xizhou demon clan?"
"No, the Dragon Emperor will not do this as long as he is not a fool, everyone is a high-level monk, even if it is a wedding scene, it will not relax, now that the situation is like this, what is the use except to disgust people, maybe it will also cause the same hatred and hatred of the five countries, there is no need for this"
"Then the alliance is going to the wedding?"
"You have to go, the marriage of the five countries is not a trivial matter, this is also an opportunity for the Xizhou Alliance, there are many places where we will cooperate with Nanzhou and Xizhou in the future, we can't help but go, not to mention that it also involves the Heavenly Dao Sect."
Lin Xiao nodded, he has to go both public and private, this is obviously a marriage of interests, since it is interests, then he can't help but go.
"Then what is the attitude of our Nanzhou?"
"Naturally, I support them, although Kunlun has made it easier for the Heavenly Dao Sect to integrate into the mainstream immortal cultivation world, but the sorrows of various countries and sects with the Thorn God have not been counted, the Thorn God has been active in Nanzhou for many years, and he has offended a lot of people."
Lin Xiao replied, although Lin Xiao does not regard the Heavenly Dao Sect as an opponent, he will not give them the opportunity to develop, what can be limited is still to be limited, and they cannot be allowed to get involved in the opportunity of Xizhou, Lin Xiao also needs to support the countries of Xizhou, and when the countries resume development after the war, the countries of Xizhou are important markets for the big factories in Nanzhou and even the big factories of Wuguo.
Lin Xiao set the itinerary, and then asked people to prepare gifts, this time the people who went to the wedding had to prepare a lot of gifts, fifty couples.
Seven days later, Lin Xiao left Xuanyue City of Qin State with more than ten people, and at the same time explained the matter of guarding the battlefield at various high-level, but the Xizhou Demon Clan gave a sneak attack.
Lin Xiao traveled from Xuanyue City to many cities, and through the teleportation array, he came to the Xizhou monk camp in less than half a day, and a royal prince of the Xizhou Qin State personally came to greet Lin Xiao.
"Lord Lin League, please forgive me, the Moon Emperor is inconvenient to greet today"
"It's okay, it's early for us, please feel free"
"Lin Meng's Lord, Please"
Then Lin Xiao entered the Xizhou monk camp, the Xizhou monk was responsible for the defense line stretched for five or six thousand miles, here is only a part of it, and only this one camp was arranged as a new house, and the rest of the places did not change, and the monks everywhere did not relax at all, but strengthened their vigilance.
The reason why Lin Xiao arrived early was because he calculated that the Moon Emperor would look for him in advance, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the Moon Emperor to appear, not only her, but also the lords of the other four countries.
"Mingyue has seen the Lord of the Lin League"
"Xizhou Zhao Guo Zhao Wou-Ki has seen the Lord of the Lin League"
"Xizhou Tian Guotian Xin has seen the Lord of the Lin League"
"Jiang Zhiwen of the Jin Kingdom of Xizhou has seen the Lord of the Lin League"
"Wu Tingyu of Xizhou Wu Kingdom has seen Lord Lin Meng"
The five of them all saluted Lin Xiao respectfully, although they were all the masters of a country, but they were far inferior to Lin Xiao in terms of cultivation and power, they had to maintain a respectful posture.
"You don't need to be polite, I'm an old friend with Mingyue Daoyou, please take a seat"
"Thank you Lin Alliance Leader"
"Lord Lin League, Mingyue has brought all your fellow Daoists to bother you, there are some things I want to discuss with Lord Lin League."
"But it doesn't hurt to say"
"The Lord of the Lin League is a bold person, and the bright moon is not hidden, our five countries are ready to form an alliance and establish the Xizhou Alliance, mainly to deal with the Heavenly Dao Sect, the Heavenly Dao Sect is from the desert, and the living environment of the desert is far inferior to that of the Western Continent, so we are extremely worried that the Heavenly Dao Sect will not leave, so we also ask the Lord of the Lin League to help us."
"Yes, Lord Lin Meng, the sect leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect ** Yu was originally the god master of the Assassin God, and everyone who assassinated the god was punished, but now the situation of the human race is worrying, so Kunlun reluctantly agreed to them to join the righteous path, but it is difficult to say whether they will still do evil things."
"Lord Lin League..."
The five of them all expressed their opinions, worried that the Heavenly Dao Sect's encroachment on the territory of Xizhou was the main thing, of course, the excuse was noble, and it was still the set of good and evil.
Lin Xiao nodded and replied, "I have already understood this matter, and the accounts of the Heavenly Dao Sect and the monks of the world have indeed not been settled, so according to you, how do you think this alliance will help you?"
Lin Xiao opened the price, it doesn't matter if he helps Xizhou, but it can't be in vain, Lin Xiao is not alone, he used to be a martial arts country behind him, and now he is a whole Nanzhou behind him, Lin Xiao represents the interests of the entire Nanzhou, and Lin Xiao must also talk about things in terms of interests.
The five of them glanced at each other, they naturally discussed this point, it is impossible to let people help in vain, there must be benefits, the free one is the most expensive, if Lin Xiao proposed to help them for free, they would not dare to accept it.