It quickly transformed into a sandbox, every grain precisely replicating the region shared by the three great kingdoms, including the three kingdoms themselves and the areas stretching a hundred li beyond them in every direction.
Every rise and fall of the terrain was displayed in meticulous detail.
The three great kingdoms—the Dragon Kingdom, Tiger Kingdom, and Blade Kingdom—each occupied a different landscape.
The Dragon Kingdom lay upon a vast plain. The Tiger Kingdom was surrounded by dense forests, great lakes, and rivers, while the Blade Kingdom occupied a land of rolling mountain ranges.
Situated amid forests and backed by great rivers and lakes, the Tiger Kingdom mainly relied on fishing, hunting, and gathering.
They kept large numbers of silkworms in the forests, weaving all manner of exquisite silk for sale abroad in exchange for vast quantities of grain and supplies.
Because it lay amid continuous mountain ranges, the Blade Kingdom possessed abundant deposits of heavy metals and was renowned as a nation of smelting. It acquired other resources by selling weapons, and together with the animals and plants of the mountains and forests, its people lived fairly well.
Each of the three kingdoms had its own source of income, and all of them were essentially necessities.
The wealthy merchants of the Eight Hundred Kingdoms most enjoyed importing precious goods from these places, while also transporting vast quantities of supplies there.
The entire Eight Hundred Kingdoms were like a vast commercial system. Every kingdom had its own local specialties, forming its own resource network and exchanging what it had for what others lacked.
At this moment, Li Qing studied the terrain, searching for the most suitable ground on which to employ his methods.
In the end, his gaze settled upon Ashikaga's Blade Kingdom.
"The Blade Kingdom is a land of towering