Chapter 177: The so-called change
Hearing that the treasure had fallen into the hands of the Saurons, Zhao Yu suddenly gasped.
How could this happen? Zhao Yu looked at Shen Mengting in disappointment. But from this woman's eyes, Zhao Yu seemed to see an affirmative sentence.
"That's it! The treasure has long since fallen to the kingdom of Sauron, and it has long since squandered it!"
Zhao Yu's breathing became disordered, and he lowered his head and tried not to think about it. However, the ferocious image of the Saurons, and the joy they felt at possessing the treasure, all took root in Zhao Yu's mind, and they could not be dispersed for a long time.
Qian Hao carefully recited what Shen Mengting had just said, and shook his head again and again, "Hmm...... What does this have to do with the treasure?"
"It's a big deal!" Shen Mengting couldn't help but lift her shoulder, "This country has become powerful by relying on this change." And then they started their aggression against the rest of the human nations on that basis!"
"Oh, I've heard about this incident too!" Jiang Jingwen echoed beside her, "Saying that the strength of the Sauron Kingdom begins with the change of a minister. The name of this minister was Shang Tianying, that is, he promulgated a series of policies that transformed the kingdom of Sauron from a small border country into a huge empire. ”
"Jingwen is right! Anyone who knows a little about human history knows about this famous change!"
"Then what does this change have to do with the treasure?" Qian Hao shrunk his neck in confusion.
"What she meant should have been: The people of Sauron used the wealth of the treasure to make the kingdom of Sauron stronger. ”
Shen Mengting glanced at Chen Tianhao, who interjected, "That's right!
"What?" Qian Hao suddenly took a deep breath, "But...... But history doesn't all indicate that the event of the Sauron Kingdom turning from weak to strong is the 'Shang Tian Martingale Change'!"
"Yes, and my father once told me that some of the policies in the 'Shang Tian Martingale Reform' are indeed very good, and they are also extremely beneficial to the people of Sauron!"
"That was the result of being hoodwinked by Sauron's officials. Shen Mengting lowered her head, but her eyes did not dim at all, and she was still extremely sharp, "History can be tampered with! Who can guarantee that those policies that seem to be luxurious and take advantage of the people are just empty shells with empty appearances in the end!"
Listening to Shen Mengting's words, Qian Hao kept nodding. He also let out a long 'oh' sound, "I can almost understand what you mean." What you want to say is this: Sauron's ruling class deceived their people into enacting so-called good policies, but in fact they were only making a fortune on the treasure they found!"
"Yes! Yes!" Shen Mengting raised her head suddenly, she clenched her two fists excitedly, "That's the case! Otherwise, you have to think about it! How can a country casually enact a few policies and suddenly become strong! If this is the case, then there will be no difference between a weak country and a strong country." ”
"After the Sauron people got the treasure, they turned it into a tool to expand the strength of the country! This is the basis for the Sauron Kingdom to become strong in the future?" Qian Hao followed Shen Mengting's line and reasoned by himself.
"Qian Hao! You're right! I guess that the country relied on the abundant financial resources brought by the treasure, and then made the country strong by recruiting troops. The so-called 'Shang Yang Heavenly Change' is just an excuse! The Sauron Empire wants to hide people's eyes, and they must not let people from other countries know the fact that they have taken possession of the treasures of the Shenzhou Empire. They need to create the illusion of 'changing the fate of the country by their own efforts'!"
"So, that 'Shang Tian Martingale Reform' is a formalist policy?" Jiang Jingwen asked with a wink of eyes.
As I said earlier, maybe the so-called change is just a meaningless shell. But you can't deny it entirely. It's like doing business requires capital, and only with capital can you implement those money-making scriptures that you think are good!" When Shen Mengting said this, the corners of her mouth unconsciously hooked. It was a mocking gesture, with a slight hint of disdain.
"Well, after you say that, I seem to understand everything. Around the year 401 A.D., the Sauron Empire came to our kingdom of Saran and took all the treasures for themselves. Then they took advantage of these treasures and quickly became rich. In the end, he became a hegemon among the human race. Then they began to invade, and slowly evolved into the current Sauron Empire!" Qian Hao's eyes narrowed into two gaps. His mouth kept moving, and there was a constant 'humming' sound during the process.
"yes! That's pretty much how it should be!"
"But Sister Mengting!Why did the Sauron people go to great lengths to arrange this scene? Even if they wanted to hide the treasure, there was no need to create a so-called variation!" Jiang Jingwen asked puzzled.
"Jingwen! This is the crux of the problem! No, it should be said that this is the root of the problem!" Shen Mengting's mouth hooked more obviously, "Treasure is secondary! Making up a successful change for the people is their main purpose!"
Now Jiang Jingwen became more and more incomprehensible, and she completely became a surprised look.
"You want to!" Shen Mengting raised her chest, "No matter how much wealth the treasure has, there will be a day when it will be spent." But it is different to make a 'change' worthy of the people's affirmation. According to the existing law of successful reforms, a successful reform can bless a certain country with 30 years of strength! Of course, this is not the most important thing. ”
Shen Mengting paused deliberately, and she cleared her slightly hoarse voice.
"The most important thing is that Sauron's ruling class can fool the people. They will make the people think that it is because of what their ruling class has done that makes the country strong. They are also constantly sending a message to the people, only by following our ruler can you people have a good life!"
"Ahh......h Oh yes, I seem to get it!"
"Understood!Qian Hao!" Shen Mengting pursed her lips and smiled at her with satisfaction.
"They're really poisonous! In this case, wouldn't they be able to enslave the people forever?" Qian Hao made a gesture forward.
"That's what they want to do. Speaking of this, Shen Mengting's expression became serious again, "They are trying to enslave their country forever...... No, it should be said that all mankind. Sauron's favorite method is to put on the banner of 'incomparably noble', and then do something that hurts the heavens and reason. ”
"They will completely hide the matter of getting the treasure of the Shenzhou Empire, and then make a reliable "change" from it. Then they put all the power of their wealth on themselves, and told the people they ruled that everything was a gift from them. ”
"Of course, there is a more important reason for this. That is, once the country is strong by a certain change, it can be used to highlight the greatness and power of this group of rulers. And if you rely on treasure, you can't highlight this effect at all. Moreover, the rulers of Sauron would have told the people that they were rulers because of their greatness and greatness. As a result, they have the capital to rule over the people forever. ”
"That's the way it is!"
Shen Mengting almost said a lot of words, many of which paused and swallowed because of the handover of breath. However, no one interrupted her in every passage.
"Original...... That's right!"
"Now you all understand!" Shen Mengting looked around again.
"I've heard about the cruel side of the Sauron Empire earlier!" Chen Tianhao twisted his body a few times casually, "Listening to you talk like this today, I found that it was really as terrifying as the legend!"
"You haven't really seen the horror of that country......!" Shen Mengting seemed to be thinking about something, her gaze gradually lost focus, "The people in this country are just as terrible!"
"But now it's certain that something!" Qian Hao's eyes involuntarily aimed at the werewolf, "The treasure is 100% gone!"
With Qian Hao's gaze, everyone also said that their eyes were on Özturk.
Today, Özturk clutches the sides of the paper and twitches his hands from time to time. He must have used a lot of strength, but because the back of his hand was full of hair, there was not much bruise.
"This ...... The ......," he said, looking incredulously at the paper in his hand, "...... No...... No...... It shouldn't be!"
"Captain!" Kapil tried to gently photograph Ozturk's farewell.
However, just as the troll's hand was about to touch his target, Ozturk suddenly swayed.
"No, I don't believe it! It's not true! The treasure must be there!"
"Ozturk! You don't want to run away from reality. You should know very well that the treasure is long gone!" Shen Mengting raised her head.
"No! I just don't believe it!" Ozturk threw away the paper in the book, and the paper floated around him like a boat leaf until it slowly floated down, "I don't believe it......! I ......," he looked around quickly, panickingly, "by sure...... It must still exist, it must be around this hall!"
With a grin, the werewolf ran off into the distance. He must have started the so-called 'treasure hunting' again, but everyone here, including Kapil, knew it was all in vain.
"I know...... It must be there! it must be there!" Ozturk scurried frantically down the hall.
"Wow! I think he's a little crazy!" Shen Mengting narrowed her eyes slightly, mobilizing her eyes as Ozturk moved.
"He's been like this for a long time!" Qian Hao also twitched the corners of his mouth, and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, I think it's better to leave him alone!" He casually shook his arm at the crazy werewolf.
"Yes, leave him alone!" Shen Mengting nodded, but then she rubbed her lips again, "But then again, even if you care about him, he won't listen." He seems to have recognized the death of 'the treasure is good'. After that, Shen Mengting also threw a mocking glance at her partners on both sides.
Kapil also looked at everything, and actually sank his shoulders helplessly. He sighed heavily, and his arms drooped. Because he was a troll, his arms seemed to be very long, and he felt like they were almost touching his knees.
"Sister Mengting, so what should we do now?" Jiang Jingwen asked in a low voice.
Shen Mengting clasped her arms with both hands, raised her head high again, and looked at the dark ceiling, she gradually replenished her breath into her chest. After a long time, she suddenly lowered her head again, "Anyway!
"Yes, it's better to go out than stay here!" Qian Hao couldn't help but wipe the longbow on his back. In the same way, he looked around the area, wondering if there was still a road in the hall.
"Don't worry! There must be other ways to get out! Since someone has placed the treasure here, there must be a way to come back in and get it in the future!"
Shen Mengting took a big breath. Things have developed so far, and it is really far beyond her imagination. Although she was surprised by the treasure, it was fortunately taken by the Saurons more than sixty years ago. Now, the Sauron Empire should have passed the dividends of enjoying the treasure.
However, the matter of the treasure must still have far-reaching implications, and the most direct thing is the change in the strength of human countries. Without the treasure, the Sauron Empire would not have been strong enough to annex the four kingdoms as it is now, and thus have the ambition to unify humanity.
"Alas!" Shen Mengting sighed heavily. She thought about the most powerful human nation that had ever been, the Shenzhou Empire.
Even if it no longer exists, it will still have such a profound impact on future generations.
"Sister Mengting, what are you thinking?"
Just as she was thinking about it, Jiang Jingwen's question made Shen Mengting come back to her senses. She instantly focused her gaze and quickly shook her head.
"Ahh
"Hey, Kapil, why are you standing in a daze, why don't you go with us to find the treasure?" Ozturk's reproach came from a distance, and he stared at Kapil with his jaw protruding.
"But...... Captain ......"
"But what is it! Hurry up and help me find it!"
At Ozturk's urging, Kapil finally got moving.
Looking at the behavior of the two foreign assassins, Shen Mengting kept shaking her head. After exhaling a breath of helplessness, she still faced several of her companions.
"So, let's do it too!"
"Ahh
Shen Mengting quickly expanded her chest, she tilted her head and stared at Qian Hao, "Of course it's action!
Qian Hao was stunned for a moment, then he muttered some vague words, and nodded to himself, "Yes! Now is the time to find ......a way out!
Shen Mengting rolled her eyes violently, and with her skillful shaking movement, she immediately sent an order to her companion: that is, to find a way out.
Qian Hao and Zhao Yu, and of course Jiang Jingwen, were separated.
Seeing that Chen Tianhao was still in place, Shen Mengting casually asked him, "Hey, what are you going to do next?"
Chen Tianhao looked at the thin sword tied to his waist before shaking his head at Shen Mengting, "I don't know!
"Listen to that werewolf, you're leaving the League of Assassins, so you haven't made up your mind for the future?"
When Chen Tianhao heard this question, he shook his head expressionlessly, "No! To be honest, I didn't even think that I could escape, so naturally I didn't set a goal in the future!"
"Oh?
"Yes!" Chen Tianhao was overheading, his gaze looking ahead seemed to catch something. It could be seen that he was recalling, "You don't know how terrible the Assassin Alliance is!" There was a bit of sadness in his expression.
'If you have nowhere to go, can you choose to join our team?' Shen Mengting's heart was brewing this sentence.
But in the end, these words still only hovered in her mouth, and Shen Mengting thought that it was better to wait until it was safe to get out of the mine before mentioning it.
"You can also find a way with us! as long as you go out, then everything is easy to say!" Shen Mengting patted Chen Tianhao on the shoulder.
Chen Tianhao smiled self-deprecatingly, "Yes! If we don't find a way out, I guess we will all die of hunger!"
was told by Chen Tianhao like this, and Shen Mengting realized that they had not eaten anymore. Fang Cai's nervousness caused her to have no time to take care of her stomach at all, so she didn't have the slightest hunger.
Also, they may not have closed their eyes for a long time.
From time to now, Shen Mengting doesn't know how much time has passed, and she has gradually blurred the concept of time. She wanted to calculate how long it had been, but she could hardly calculate.
Feeling that her head hurt a little, Shen Mengting simply stopped thinking about anything else, "I'll look for it in the west, you can find it here!"
Shen Mengting glanced at Chen Tianhao.
Chen Tianhao was also about to step forward, but just when he raised one leg, he suddenly wanted to say something. He looked at Shen Mengting, who was about to go away, and moved his mouth.
"Hey!"
Chen Tianhao's shouting made Shen Mengting stop suddenly, she slowly pretended to be over, and a surprised look was placed on her face.
"There's something I've wanted to say to you, and to the other girl!"
"Huh?" the surprise on Shen Mengting's face was even worse, "What words?"
Chen Tianhao lowered his head slightly, "I'm sorry! I was involved in this matter." I'm sorry to hold your companion hostage in order to accomplish what I want to accomplish!
Listening to Chen Tianhao's sincere apology, Shen Mengting shrugged her shoulders disappreciatively, "Ha! So that's the case?" she clasped her arms with both hands, "I think...... If you have anything to say, I'll tell you later! I'm going to find a way out!"
Seeing this, Chen Tianhao chuckled awkwardly, "Well! This is also the case!"
"Then hurry up and help us find a way out!" Shen Mengting immediately turned around.
Always looking at the woman's back, Chen Tianhao sketched such a question in his mind: Who is she?