Wasn't That Like Throwing an Egg Against a Rock?

The second prince of Khotan was quite sensible; Zhou Wanwan looked at him and nodded approvingly, saying:

See, you're a smart person!

Why are you wasting your time in Great Xia? You should go back to Khotan.

"And your country actually has this kind of artillery? It's quite powerful, pretty good."

The second prince of Khotan's expression suddenly changed:

"Little girl, I've given you all those things, but I can't give you this. This thing is the national treasure of our Kingdom of Kingdom of Khotan."

It's useful in war, but if I gave it to you, you wouldn't know how to use it.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the village chief of Luban Village next door and said, "Try it and see if it works."

The Luban Village studied it for a while before nodding and saying, "Isn't this thing quite simple?"

He pulled the trigger immediately, and the cannon shot out in an instant.

There was a loud "boom" on the opposite mountain, and a lot of soil was blown away. Luckily, there were no trees, otherwise the whole forest would have been on fire.

Zhou Wanwan quickly clapped her hands and said:

"Wow, this thing is amazing!"

This is truly eye-opening! We'll take this!

Zhou Wanwan had always thought that these countries didn't have powerful weapons, but now she realized how ignorant she was.

Based on this calculation, the weapons of the Great Xia Kingdom might not be inferior to these.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him curiously and said, "The weapons of the Great Xia Kingdom should be better than those of your country, right?"

The second prince of Khotan looked pitifully at the cannons and said:

"Naturally, they are much better than us. Our artillery is far inferior to theirs."

However, it took me a lot of effort to research and develop these cannons.

Why don't you just give this cannon back to me? Go get it from the Great Xia army; their cannons are enormous.

If this were on your hilltop, and anyone came looking for trouble, you could just bombard them with artillery.

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "If I fight against the Great Xia army, wouldn't that be like throwing an egg against a rock?"

The second prince of Khotan was so angry that he didn't say a word. Zhou Wanwan had someone roast a rabbit and handed it to him, saying, "You rarely come all this way, have some rabbit! Otherwise, you'll say that our Great Xia Kingdom is bullying you."

The second prince of Khotan smelled it; it did indeed smell quite fragrant. He took it directly, eating it while crying.

"Waaaaah... I don't know who to talk to about this, I just want my golden house back."

As a result, they lost ten more artillery pieces and more than 3,000 elite soldiers.

I was willing to risk losing my elite troops, but in the end, I lost gold bars, grain, and jade.

What terrible things have I done?

Zhou Wanwan sat on the Old Scholar Tree, eating rabbit meat, and said, "Listen to me, thank you. Because of you, the four seasons are warm."

The second prince of Khotan was so angry that tears streamed down his face. He had suffered a huge loss this time, and the worst part was, why was this child so infuriating?

I didn't sleep well that night, but Zhou Wanwan slept very soundly.

The treehouse is very warm inside; the Old Scholar Tree has a lot of energy, so it's warm in winter and cool in summer.

It's even more comfortable than air conditioning.

When Zhou Wanwan woke up, she saw the Second Prince of Khotan propping his head up, having not slept all night.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Oh well, you still need to sleep. You can't change anything."

The second prince of Khotan almost burst into tears. He had tried to escape last night, but he couldn't get out at all.

I don't know what happened, but I kept running into trees and couldn't get past them, so I eventually obediently went back to where I started.

Around noon, more than twenty horse-drawn carriages hurriedly arrived.

The steward of the second prince of Khotan jumped down from the carriage and said, "Second prince, you've suffered!"

The second prince of Khotan looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Check the items. If there are no problems, I'll be leaving."

After having the inspection completed, Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Very good, Second Prince, welcome to visit again."

The second prince was so angry he almost vomited blood. "Fine, I've fallen for you. Zhou Wanwan, I'll remember you. Just you wait and see."

The second prince of Khotan sat in his carriage, growing angrier the more he thought about it. He had worked diligently in the court for so many years and had finally amassed a substantial fortune.

He even made his own cannons and grew incredibly delicious fruits, but he never expected to be defeated by a little girl.

When Zhou Wanwan got home, she saw Feng Yueyao waiting for her at the door. Zhou Wanwan's hand and said, "Wanwan, I've been waiting for you for so many days. Are you so busy? You haven't had time to play with me."

Feng Jiao said helplessly, "Wanwan doesn't have time to play with you! She's very busy."

The two mountain strongholds together have more than 100,000 people; that's a lot to worry about.

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"It's okay, I'm off today, let's go to the orchard!"

The hot springs over there are finished; let's go soak in them.

Feng Yueyao's eyes lit up and she said, "Hot springs? We have hot springs here?"

Yes!

Zhou Wanwan took Feng Yueyao's hand and walked towards the orchard.

The orchard is now lush and green, and although it is winter, all the trees and shrubs in it are laden with fruit.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the pears and said, "These are snow pears, they're especially sweet. There are also peaches, and over there are hawthorns."

Feng Yueyao shook her head and said, "The hawthorns are just too sour; I can't eat them at all."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled:

"I'll make you candied hawthorns tonight! If I make candied hawthorns, they won't be sour."

And over there are grapes, two kinds, one is Muscat, and the other is Mare's Milk grapes.

Zhou Wanwan hadn't expected to see these two types of grapes here.

This is also why she didn't kill the second prince of Khotan; that guy was indeed quite a troublemaker.

Everything he created ended up going to her.

Honestly, she was quite happy, especially since these things were not commonly found on the market.

Zheng Chunhe picked out some ripe fruit and brought it over. Zhou Wanwan and Feng Yueyao enjoyed eating fruit while soaking in the hot spring; it felt wonderful.

While eating fruit, Feng Yueyao said, "Wanwan, we've added so many more people here. Can we support them all?"

Zhou Wanwan ate a peach and said:

"It should be possible, because we harvested a lot of sweet potatoes this time."

I had all the sweet potatoes planted and continued planting them.

We have plenty of food; Cheng Xiao should be bringing me some more in the next couple of days.

Feng Yueyao snorted coldly:

"Cheng Xiao? He would never send you food!"

He's a complete scoundrel; don't trust him.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Of course I can't completely trust him; I'd be better off believing pigs can fly than trusting him."

Feng Yueyao gave a light snort and said:

"I really hate him. My mother was so good to him, why did he treat my mother like this?"

Is that Feng Caigu really that good?

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said:

"How about this? After we finish soaking in the hot springs, I'll take you to the Cheng Family for a look around, and we can pick up some things while we're there."

Let's go see how the Cheng Family is doing.