Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 617: The Scene of Prosperity and the Joy of Bliss

As for the most important person captured this time, Princess Yelu Yanxiu of the Liao Dynasty's Zhao State, Zhao Mu gave her a suitable place to stay.

Zhao Mu did not confer a title on her, but treated her like his slave. He placed her beside him as a female official. However, this so-called female official was just a tool for him to have fun at any time.

Although Yelu Jinnu felt sorry for Yelu Yanxiu, she still had to depend on Zhao Mu's face to survive. How could she save Yelu Yanxiu?

During this period, envoys from the Liao Kingdom also visited the Qi Kingdom. They brought gifts and sincerity, intending to redeem Yelu Yanxiu and then make peace with Zhao Mu.

However, Zhao Mu directly rejected the Liao Kingdom's conditions. He said that Yelu Yanxiu had already become his woman, and there was no need to let her return to the Liao Kingdom to bring shame.

When the Liao envoy heard this, he was not angry but happy, and directly proposed to Zhao Mu that the Liao was willing to form an alliance with the Qi State.

Moreover, the Liao envoy said that if Yelu Yanxiu was not enough, then Zhao Mu could send envoys to carefully select women from the Liao royal family.

But Zhao Mu still said what he said before, he would personally go and get the Liao royal family woman back. There was no need for the Liao to send someone to marry her.

Facing the threat from Zhao Mu, the Liao envoys lost their previous arrogance and instead put on a smiling face. The Liao even proposed, for the first time, that they were willing to cede land to Qi, pay tribute every year, and send a royal daughter to marry. They only wanted to make peace with Zhao Mu.

However, Zhao Mu was now full of vigor and dignity, and had the majesty of the former Tang Tian Khan. He did not listen to the words of the Khitan envoys. He just asked them to go back and prepare for war, waiting for Zhao Mu's army to come and take revenge.

The Liao envoys suffered a setback and had no choice but to return in disgrace and prepare to go to war with the Qi State.

During this time when he was back, Zhao Mu dealt with various backlogs of official business on the one hand, and spent time with his concubines on the other.

Zhao Mu favored everyone, but he also had his own preferences. He was well versed in the art of collecting and replenishing.

When he was with the women he really loved, he would be in yin and yang mode, such as when he was with Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju, Mu Wanqing, Wang Yuyan, Li Qinglu, Hu Yanjin, Ah Zhu, Ah Bi, Musha, Princess Anping, Princess Xiao Qian, Princess Chai, etc.

But although he had this magical power, he was not made of iron after all. After being equally affected by the rain and dew, he also felt a little weak. Whenever Zhao Mu felt a little weak, he began to exploit Yelu Jinnu, Yelu Yanxiu, Queen Wang, Zheng Cairen, and the princesses of the royal family who were captured from the Uighurs. He took the yin and yang from them to restore the lost energy.

It is often said that Ji Xiaolan can have sex with five women a day, which is already amazing. But Zhao Mu has martial arts skills and these nutrients, so having sex with fifty women a day is not a difficult task.

But Zhao Mu was not a devil. Although he regarded Yelu Yanxiu, Queen Wang and others as nourishment, he did not suck their marrow out of them. His harem was large enough, and taking a little from each of them would not have much impact on their bodies. After all, you have to take it slow and not exhaust the pond to catch all the fish.

But seeing her son's endless visits to the harem, Zhao Ji, as a mother, was also a little worried, fearing that Zhao Mu's body could not bear it and that he would die early due to excessive indulgence.

However, Li Qiushui told Zhao Ji to relax and just wait to have a grandson.

Although most of the women who were with Zhao Mu were robbed by him and had no feelings for him, Zhao Mu treated them equally and brought them supreme happiness. Even Queen Wang and others thought that being robbed by Zhao Mu was not a bad thing.

At least Zhao Mu never interfered with their preferences, and he even allowed Queen Wang to worship Zhao Ji's tablet in her bedroom. But what Queen Wang couldn't accept was Zhao Mu's bad taste. Sometimes when Zhao Mu came to see her, he would leave the warm and comfortable big bed alone. Every time, he would press her on the altar of Zhao Ji's tablet. In front of Zhao Ji's spirit tablet.

Now, Zhao Mu works in three shifts for twelve hours every day.

Four hours for work, four hours for eating and sleeping. The remaining four hours were either for watching singing and dancing or hanging out with his women. Sometimes he would take a bath and have everyone help him bathe.

Since Long Xuan and Hong Luan saw his current appearance, they were both envious of his leisurely life.

But Zhao Mu's extravagance and lust did not end there.

Zhao Mu felt that the bathhouse built by the King of Xixia for Pasha was too small. It was totally unable to accommodate his huge harem. Zhao Mu also wanted everyone to wear the gauze and stand in the bathhouse to serve him.

He also ordered people to build a "Hua'e Xianghui Tower" for him, and then built a large bathhouse inside that could accommodate dozens of people. He could hold a "Blissful Banquet" in it from time to time, just like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Although the Kaiyuan Prosperity has become a thing of the past, Zhao Mu now wants to restore it as much as possible. Although he cannot become Emperor Xuanzong of the Kaiyuan Prosperity, he also wants to enjoy the blessing of the prosperous times when "the clouds resemble colorful clothes and the flowers resemble faces".

So he did it right away. After Zhao Mu planned the land, he ordered the Ministry of Works to build the "Hua'e Xianghui Tower" for him.

Although Zhao Mu's move was a way to destroy the country by "large-scale construction projects", he was not a person who was "extravagant and lustful".

After all, only poverty and extreme desire can bring disaster to a country. But now Zhao Mu is not poor, but also very rich.

Not to mention that Zhezong would give him annual tribute. Just the commercial tax revenue from Lingzhou City and the huge wealth he looted from the Uighurs in Xizhou were enough for Zhao Mu to spend his whole life in peace.

Zhao Mu was also very fair to the craftsmen. Although the construction of Hua'e Xianghui Tower was carried out day and night, Zhao Mu ordered the craftsmen to work in three shifts and paid them enough wages. He also used the best materials.

After investigation by Cong Longxuan, it was found that during the construction of Hua'e Xianghui Tower, officials at all levels had engaged in corruption to varying degrees. When Cong Longxuan told Zhao Mu all this, Zhao Mu waved his hand and told him not to worry about it.

After all, for such a large project, if the leaders and subordinates did not take some benefits, they would not work so hard. As long as the embezzlement was not cutting corners and was not too excessive, it was understandable for everyone to take a few hundred taels of silver.

Faced with Zhao Mu's mentality, Cong Longxuan was convinced. However, that was all Zhao Mu's own money, and he did not use a single cent from the national treasury, so Cong Longxuan could not say much. The matter was thus evaded.

With Zhao Mu's unsparing investment, the legendary "Hua'e Xianghui Tower" of "ultimate bliss" was once again presented to the world.

The people of Qi were all proud of this towering building, as if it was a symbol of the prosperous times.

Zhao Mu also introduced the hot spring water into it as soon as possible, and then mixed with his concubines and beauties in the harem.

(End of this chapter)