I traveled through time and became the Queen of Ancient Dian

Logistics Officer Hu Yan was trembling, his face was pale, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"Duan Gan...Warrior...He...He..." He pointed to the southwest, his hands shaking like a sieve.

Baona took a deep breath, already having a premonition in her heart. "Warrior Duan Gan, what happened to him?"

Logistics Officer Hu Yan finally broke down and shouted, "He...he turned to stone!"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

Turn into stone?

What kind of confusing operation is this?

Could it be that Medusa's distant relative has come?

General Yuchi was bewildered. "Stone? Old Huyan, are you kidding me? Our warrior Duan Gan is strong and healthy, how could he turn into stone?"

Hu Yan, the logistics officer, wept bitterly and swore to the heavens, "It's absolutely true! I saw it with my own eyes! He stood at the entrance to the treasury, and suddenly... he turned into a dull gray stone!"

Baona frowned, her intuition told her that this matter was closely related to the missing supplies and the fleeing remaining enemies.

Is this a new kind of witchcraft?

To the southwest, a desolate rocky mountain stands tall and majestic, like a sleeping giant beast.

Baona looked at this dead silent place, and an inexplicable uneasiness rose in her heart.

The shortage of building materials, like a tight hoop, firmly bound the reconstruction of the ancient Dian Kingdom.

This dilapidated scene gave her a headache.

The road to reconstruction is long and arduous!

On the other side, the honest Gongye stonemason was waving a stone pickaxe and collecting the commonly used bluestone.

He repeated this boring work day after day, and his heart had long been calm.

However, today, fate played a joke on him.

"Oh my god, what is this?" Gongye the stonemason took a pickaxe and knocked out a kind of stone he had never seen before.

The stone is light gold in color all over, shining with fine light in the sun. It has a hard texture and unique grain, and is far superior to the commonly used bluestone.

"This...this isn't made of gold, is it?" he muttered to himself, his eyes wide as copper bells.

This golden stone, like a ray of hope, illuminates the bleak future of the ancient Dian Kingdom.

Gongye the stonemason trotted back to the construction site, holding the strange stone in his hands. He excitedly called out to Tan Tai, "Master Tan Tai! Look! I've discovered a new kind of stone!"

Tan Taigong was looking at the blueprint at a loss. When he heard Gong Yeshimason's voice, he looked up impatiently: "What new stone? Can't you see I'm busy? Go play somewhere else!"

Gongye the stonemason carefully handed the stone to Tantai Gong: "Master, look, this stone is really beautiful, and it's very hard!"

Tan Taigong glanced at it nonchalantly, and the next second, the blueprint in his hand fell to the ground with a "click"...

Tan Taigong's eyes were wider than Gongye the stonemason's, as if he had seen something incredible.

He snatched the golden stone, rubbing it over and over with his rough fingers, muttering to himself, "My goodness, what...what is this thing made of? Could it be the legendary fragment of the sun?"

The light from this stone almost blinded his eyes!

He had lived for most of his life and had handled countless stones, but he had never seen such a strange stone.

This is not a stone, it is clearly a work of art!

The originally gloomy Tan Tai Gong instantly recovered and became as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"Little Gongye, you've done a great deed! Where did you find this stone? Take me there!"

Bao Na rushed over after hearing the news, and her eyes lit up when she saw the golden stone.

Doesn’t this solve her urgent problem?

"What is the texture of this stone? Can it be used for construction?" she asked impatiently.

Tan Taigong patted his chest and assured: "Absolutely no problem! This stone is several times harder than bluestone, and it also has a sparkling effect. It's simply perfect!"

Baona was secretly delighted, it seemed that the ancient Dian Kingdom was going to take the "rich gold" route.

She proposed to Tan Taigong that this new stone be used in the construction of the new palace and that some modern architectural styles be incorporated into it to create a palace that would be both practical and beautiful.

However, Tan Tai Gong shook his head repeatedly, expressing his strong opposition.

"No, no, this is absolutely not allowed! Our ancestors' rules cannot be broken! Our ancient Dian Kingdom has always used bluestone to build palaces. How can we use such fancy stones? Besides, what the hell is this new style of yours? It's so crooked and not solemn at all!"

Baona held her forehead helplessly, this old stubborn man is really a hopeless case!

She patiently explained, "Times are advancing, and we must keep pace with them! This new stone is both beautiful and durable, and it will also enhance the overall image of the ancient Dian Kingdom. Why not?"

The two argued and the situation became tense for a while.

Just then, the young designer Zong Zheng arrived with his carefully designed architectural sketches.

In the sketch, the golden stone is perfectly integrated with the novel architectural style, which not only retains the traditional elements of the ancient Dian Kingdom, but also incorporates the simplicity and smoothness of modern architecture, which is refreshing.

Some young workers were attracted by the creativity of designer Zong Zheng and began to shake their traditional concepts.

"This design is really good! It's much better than Lao Tantai's drawings!" Zhongli the porter said in a muffled voice.

When Tan Tai Gong heard this, he was so angry that his beard stood up.

"What do you know? This is called art! How can you, who can only move bricks, understand art?"

The corners of Baona's mouth rose slightly. It seemed that the situation was about to reverse... She turned to the Queen of Ancient Dian and said, "Your Majesty, let's go and see the planned site for the new palace." The Queen of Ancient Dian's smile, as bright as the moon, calmed Baona's originally uneasy heart.

The two of them strolled in the planned area of ​​the new palace. Ruyue gently held Baona's arm and looked at the open space with bright eyes, as if she had already seen the magnificent palace rising from the ground in the future.

"Baona, I believe in you, just like I believe the sun will rise from the east." Her tone was firm, full of trust and expectations for Baona.

This wave of praise made Baona feel very happy, and her motivation instantly increased!

Who can resist the Queen's trust and blessing?

The news spread quickly throughout the entire workforce as if it had wings.

A Puyang architectural scholar, a notoriously old-fashioned man, also heard the news and came to the planned site tremblingly on crutches.

He pushed the wooden glasses on his nose, squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the glittering new stone and designer Zong Zheng's drawings, his brows furrowed and he said nothing.

The air around seemed to freeze, and no one dared to breathe, for fear of disturbing the scholar's thoughts.

After a long time, the Puyang architectural scholar slowly spoke: "This stone... is quite peculiar, and this drawing... is also somewhat novel. I... will go back and study it." After that, he turned and left, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

What does it mean?

Agree or disagree?

Baona felt like there was a little rabbit in her heart, and she was very nervous.

But at least he didn't deny it outright, which is a good sign, right?

Just as Baona was secretly speculating, Tan Taigong snorted coldly and said in a strange voice, "Huh, research? I see, how can you object to research? This old stubborn man is even more stubborn than me!"

Before Baona could refute, suddenly, there was a noise in the distance, and a panting messenger came crawling over, "Report... Report! Something... happened..." He was out of breath and his face was pale.

"What happened? Speak properly!" Baona's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition came to her mind.

The messenger swallowed and said tremblingly: "The gold...golden stone...vein...collapsed...collapsed!" Baona felt like a bolt from the blue and was completely confused.

The little flame of hope that had just been ignited was extinguished with a "puff", leaving only smoking ashes.

The Queen's trust-boosting effect wore off so quickly?

This plot is going in the wrong direction!

"It...collapsed?!" Tan Tai Gong widened his eyes and his beard stood up, just like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"How could it collapse? This is a divine material given to us by God!" He was heartbroken and beat his chest and stamped his feet. If you didn't know, you would think that his ancestral grave had been dug up.

Gongye the stonemason collapsed on the ground, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over now... all the stones we worked so hard to dig out..."

Designer Zong Zheng looked desperate, feeling that his carefully designed drawings had instantly turned into waste paper.

"My masterpiece...my dream..." He covered his face and squatted on the ground sobbing, even more sad than Daiyu burying flowers.

Baona took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

Panicking wouldn't solve anything, she had to find a solution as soon as possible.

She pulled up designer Zong Zheng and said, "Why are you crying like that? There are tall people to hold up the sky if it falls! Even if the mine collapses, we can still think of other ways!" She turned to look at Zhongli the porter. This usually taciturn strong man also had a worried look on his face at this moment.

"Zhongli, how are the roads near the mine?"

Zhongli the porter replied in a muffled voice, "The road... the road is difficult to travel on. The landslide has blocked the road..."

Baona felt a black screen in front of her eyes. This was simply adding insult to injury. The buff effect plus the debuff effect was simply the start of hell!

At this moment, the Puyang architectural scholar who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up: "Actually... I do have an idea..." He stroked his beard, a glint in his eyes, "We can..."

"What?!" Baona and everyone else looked at him as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw.

The Puyang architecture scholar smiled slightly and said slowly, "We can..." He paused suddenly, leaving the question in suspense, and then slowly said, "Use... bamboo."

Everyone: "???"