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"This is the intelligence about the Red Blood Alliance. Their leader is also very mysterious and has never been mentioned before. However, from the various goods they have intercepted, it can be seen that they have always been assisted by the powerful forces in the direction of the Shenmu Kingdom."

Qin Ming took out a shipping list.

It records the recent assistance received by the Red Blood Alliance.

Because of the appearance of this group of people, Qin Ming summoned a group of secret guards, led by Liu Yueli, to conduct the search.

The cargo convoys were quickly found.

They all provided supplies to the small forces in various places that participated in the Red Blood Alliance.

Among them are weapons and equipment.

Even the armor that was strictly controlled in the Shenmu Kingdom was included.

When Chang Baishan saw the word "armor", he immediately took a breath.

"How come they even have armor? Could it be provided by the government? That's impossible, right?"

"This is also what I'm confused about. If they're transporting armor, the first thing they need to do is hide its traces. However, after I arranged for Tongbao Pavilion to investigate for a while, even they don't know where the armor came from."

Even if Tongbao Pavilion wanted to provide armor to Changbaishan and their Wulin Alliance, it had to be transported outside the Great Wall after going through many detours.

It was hidden for a month before it was taken out.

The armor they made was not made of metal, but was made by hand from bamboo.

The defensive capabilities can be imagined.

But the batch of armor intercepted by Qin Ming was different.

They are all metal armor.

It looks like there are traces of large-scale manufacturing, which is quite surprising.

"It's also possible that there's a force hiding in their territory that has never appeared. If that's the case, we must be careful."

Qin Ming has always suspected that the old ministers who surrounded Hua Yunhong were dishonest.

They had divided up the resources of the defeated small countries without telling Hua Yunhong, and had kept them in their hands ever since.

The reason why it has never been revealed.

It is probably because Hua Yunhong’s father was still alive a few years ago.

The other party may also know some secrets of that year.

But Hua Yunhong didn't know that his rise to power was actually very hasty.

Even the old emperor didn't have much time to prepare.

Because their previous emperor died suddenly.

This led to Hua Yunhong heading north and Hua Yuanzheng heading south, and the two fought in Shenmu City.

Hua Yunhong, who was promoted in a hurry, naturally didn't understand many things.

"You mean... the Red Blood Alliance is related to the old nobles of the Shenmu Kingdom?"

"But weren't they all killed by Hua Yunhong?"

Speaking of this, Chang Baishan suddenly felt overwhelmed.

He is not the kind of person who likes to manipulate power.

Now they suddenly realized that there was a force that had been quietly reaching into the Western Regions while they were busy in the Western Regions and the Shenmu Kingdom.

No one knows what they are going to do, but the existence of the Red Blood Alliance is obviously in opposition to Daqian.

"Those who can be killed are just pawns. If the Blood Alliance can still exist after they are killed, it means that Hua Yunhong has not touched the root of this matter."

"Makes sense."

Chang Baishan chewed over Qin Ming's words repeatedly, and then immediately thought of a key point.

"If they've put so much effort into it, they must have some ulterior motive. What's the Red Blood Alliance's biggest goal right now? You should have figured it out by now."

"Not yet, they just want to expand."

Qin Ming rarely shook his head.

The Red Blood Alliance has never shown any interest in anything.

If they are coveting Daqian's technology, Qin Ming can use technology to lure them out.

If they are greedy for money, Qin Ming can also use the same method to lure them out of their hole.

But this group of people has never really raised the banner of resistance against Daqian.

It is just expanding gradually, dragging half-dead forces into its own camp.

This is very strange.

Qin Ming didn't understand what they were thinking.

I also noticed that they were gathering their forces.

That's why they made this trip to Shenmu, and specifically called Chang Baishan back to rely on his strength to cooperate with the secret guards and Liu Yueli in the investigation.

"Is there a route for those caravans?"

"Have."

"Leave it to me. Liu Yueli and I will check it out."

Hearing that the other party was willing to agree to this matter, Qin Ming nodded with satisfaction.

Then they handed over their caravan transport routes to Changbaishan.

After Chang Baishan took a quick look, he left and prepared to do something.

After he left, Elder Song quickly came to Qin Ming and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, the recent preparations for the school have been stuck, and we don't seem to have much money on hand. Should we inform the court about this?"

"No, wait a moment."

Qin Ming frowned slightly and did not continue to approve silver from the court.

Elder Song was stunned for a moment.

This was the first time he applied for help from Qin Ming, but it was put on hold.

Originally, after they developed the technology of electrolytic silver in Daqian, the output of silver mines soared dramatically.

This also made the entire Daqian extremely rich in silver.

There is more silver on the market, and what comes with it is a decline in purchasing power.

For this reason, Chen Shimao specifically found Qin Ming, hoping that he would stop spending money lavishly.

Only by saving some money and reducing expenditure can they prevent the silver from continuing to depreciate.

Qin Ming naturally listened to the other party's opinions and had not forced them to transport silver here recently.

This also led to the reconstruction of the Western Regions becoming slow.

Originally, the Western Regions was like a gold-devouring beast during the reconstruction process.

A huge amount of silver is consumed every day, but there is no place to transfer this silver, so it can only be continuously subsidized from Daqian.

This has become a habit of theirs over time, and Qin Ming has recently been helping them change it.

For this purpose, special arrangements were even made for the cities below to report on income, expenditure and taxes.

Elder Song was somewhat puzzled by Qin Ming's transformation.

He suddenly spoke:

"Your Majesty, I just heard outside that you didn't tell Commander Chang about the Red Blood Alliance business. Why is that?"

It’s different from what Qin Ming and Chang Baishan said just now.

In fact, the Red Blood Alliance has industries in the Western Regions.

But Qin Ming did not mention it to Chang Baishan and arranged for him to leave.

This made Elder Song, who arranged people to cooperate with Changbai Mountain, feel very strange.

"This matter... is strange."

Qin Ming's eyes flickered and he spoke softly.