At this time, it is time for us to stand up and make our voices heard, whether it is for the court or for yourselves. Those who support this reform of Lord Shijun should stand on my left hand side; those who do not support or oppose please stand on my right hand side. "
As soon as Jordan finished speaking, everyone present stood on his left side. Those few who hesitated saw this scene, looked around, and stood with everyone.
"Okay." Jordan was overjoyed when he saw this, and the pride in his chest had never been higher than it was now. He suddenly raised his right arm and shouted: "Re-measure the spiritual field!"
"Re-measure the spiritual field!" Several of the monks below shouted out.
"Distributed according to head count!"
"Distribution according to head count!" This time, thousands of people shouted in unison, and everyone's face showed excitement and fanaticism.
Not only in CD, but at the same time, in Jiangyang, Hanjia, Wenshan and other places where the governors of Yizhou counties were located, the same voice was shouted out by countless people one after another.
There are two roads going south from Bodao. One goes directly to Yelang via Nanqin and Pingyi, and then goes southeast from Yelang to reach Lingling County and Guiyang County in Jingzhou. This path has existed since ancient times. The other road going south from Bo Road was dug manually along the mountain. Because it is five feet wide, it is also called the "Wuchi Road". After the Qin Dynasty conquered Shu and reached Bodao, further south there were boundless mountains stretching for an unknown number of miles. The King of Qin was not satisfied with just conquering Shu, so he asked General Chang Meng to lead 7,000 men to dig a road south along the mountain, starting from Bo Road, passing through Nanguang, Zhuti, Tanglang, and then arriving at Wei County in Ningzhou. Later, during the reign of Emperor Shang Wu of the former Shang Dynasty, people were sent to open a five-foot road from Zhuti to the east to Pingyi. Since then, the north, south, east and west have been opened up, allowing smooth communication between Shu, Dian and even Guangzhou.
Since the Five Feet Road was excavated, this dangerous mountain road like a snake with nine twists and turns has become a road filled with wealth in the eyes of business travelers. Jade and agate from the Yunnan region and silk well salt from the Shu region are the most popular goods for both parties. At the same time, bandits who robbed business travelers also appeared on this trade route, large and small, spread across two states and four counties. Many of them have two identities: civilians and bandits. When they are weak, they rob; when they are strong, they become "honest and honest" common people.
Yong Kai is the most well-known bandit along the Wuchi Road. He has more than 700 men and horses active in the Yunwu Ridge area to the west of the Wumeng Mountains. This place guards the north-south five-foot road and the east-west five-foot road, and its geographical location is very important. In this southwest mountainous area, so many of his people surpassed many small tribes scattered in the vast mountains, and their strength was very strong. The terrain of Yunwu Ridge is extremely dangerous, but there is a lake, land, and even a small spiritual field of less than 30 acres in a valley, where Yong Kai set up camp.
The Yongkai family was originally the surname of Zangqi County, and his father worked under the governor of Zangqi at that time. Because he was dissatisfied with the excessive levies and excessive taxes imposed by the then governor, his father repeatedly remonstrated and refused to carry out the governor's orders many times. In the end, the governor found an excuse and sentenced him to death for treason. Yong Kai, who was only 21 years old at the time, dispersed his family wealth, gathered a group of people, robbed the execution ground in Pingyi County in broad daylight, and rescued his father. From then on, he became a bandit on Wumeng Mountain. Because he is a bandit, he cannot be ranked by the state or county, and no one knows what level of cultivation he is now and what level of monk he is. According to popular legend, Yong Kai was extremely skilled in cultivation, good at wielding a broadsword, and was extremely brave. Wumeng Mountain has deep mountains and dense forests, and the roads are dangerous. Yong Kai has been a bandit for more than ten years, and the two counties of Zhu Ti and Zang Da have been unable to do anything to him.
There is also a story about this Yong Kai that is spread among the two counties of Zhuti and Zangda. After he snatched his father away from the execution ground, he burned his ancestral home in a fire and fled to the Yunwu Ridge of Wumeng Mountain with his family and more than 30 servants. There used to be a group of bandits living here in Yunwu Ridge, numbering fifty or sixty people, and the leader was called Mr. Wu. In the early years, when Wu LaoDa was robbing a merchant, he was injured by a monk among the merchants and fled. Yong Kai happened to meet him and saved Wu LaoDa, who was seriously injured and was dying. The two became sworn friends. When Yong Kai's father was robbed, Wu Laoda and several good men followed Yong Kai and caused a scene in the execution ground. Following Yong Kai to Yunwu Ridge, in addition to Yong Kai's own family, there were also several light-hearted young monks he had befriended on weekdays, and together with their slaves, there were about a hundred people in total. Everyone thought that Yong Kai was generous and righteous towards others, so they all recommended Yong Kai as the new leader.
After Yong Kai declined several times, he saw that everyone was very firm, so he said: "You all think highly of Yong and recommend me as the leader. Yong is really frightened. If Yong is the leader, everyone should follow Yong's advice. There is a condition, otherwise, you will nominate someone else for the position of leader of the village."
Everyone in the Wulao people said: "Since we sincerely recommend the virtuous brother as the leader, we will naturally agree to any conditions."
Yong Kai then said: "Once the number of people reaches a hundred, it is inevitable that there will be disputes between each other. The most urgent task is to establish rules first. We are not allowed to kill or steal each other. Any disputes between men and women should be decided by the elders. Men and women must first establish rules. They are not allowed to have sex privately, and weddings and funerals must be arranged..."
As a result, the Yunwu Ridge was in order under Yong Kai's management, and everyone was happy. Even if it meant robbing merchants, Yong Kai had formulated a series of rules. This made his reputation more and more famous, and more and more people joined him.
One day, Yong Kai was in the valley instructing some young people in the art of bow and arrow, when he suddenly saw a person running towards him from the entrance of the valley, it was one of his right-hand men, E Hu. This Ehu is usually good at using a spear, and his cultivation among them is second only to Yong Kai.
"Brother, it's not good." The Ehu man shouted loudly before he arrived: "Boss Wu has been taken by someone, and that person is coming here."
Yong Kai couldn't help being shocked when he saw Ehu with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes. Yesterday, he received news from the informant at the foot of the mountain that a business trip with a strange face was going to pass through the Five Feet Road at the foot of the mountain today. Firstly, this businessman's face was unfamiliar, and secondly, he did not display any familiar flags. Generally speaking, it means that protection fees have never been paid to them. After learning the news, Ehu and Boss Wu went down the mountain early this morning with more than 20 good men to give this small group of strange business travelers some color. In Yong Kai's eyes, with Ehu and Wu Laoda, two monks with extremely rich fighting experience, holding the battle, a group of small businessmen was nothing. All the business travelers who walk on Wuchi Road all year round must come and pay homage to the pier before they can pass through unimpeded. These rules that have been established for many years cannot be broken.
"What's going on?" Yong Kai asked in a deep voice, suppressing the surprise in his heart.
"That group of people came for us." At this time, Ehu had long lost his usual heroic spirit of looking forward to Shenfei, and his dark face was covered with big beads of sweat. "Only one person took action. Boss Wu and I didn't even get through three moves before he beat us to the ground. After the man knocked us down, he didn't take our lives. He just asked me to come back and report. He took Boss Wu behind. Follow. I said I want to meet you, big brother."
"What!" Even though Yong Kai was usually calm, his face changed color after hearing these words. He knew the skills of E Hu and Wu Boss very well. Even he couldn't resist the two of them together, let alone several. He defeated the opponent within one move, "How could such a master appear in a place like this?"
"The people who came are coming towards me, but they didn't hurt either of them. It's natural that they're not officers and soldiers. Could it be that they're here to fight? But why would such a skilled person come to this inhospitable place? "Yong Kai's brows were furrowed and he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
"Brother, look," Ehu pointed at the mouth of the valley, "those two are already here."
Yong Kai followed E Hu's hand and saw that the leader was tall and handsome. Although he was wearing common clothes, it could not conceal his unique and outstanding temperament. This man was holding Wu Laoda in one hand. Although his steps were not hurried or slow, he could still cover a distance of several feet with one step. Behind him was a fair-skinned middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties. He had a natural demeanor and followed the young man in front of him, which showed that his cultivation was also extraordinary.
These two people were none other than Zhou Xing and Du Chou. Gu Xi
I am not here to bring you weapons, I am here to bring you order!
This was the first thing Zhou Xing said after seeing Yong Kai. This sentence was later said by many people, including Yong Kai. A few years later, most people who study history in the world said that Emperor Zhou Xing of the Han Dynasty conquered Yong Kai, which showed that he had already deliberately planned to betray the Jin Dynasty. Some people scolded Zhou Xing and said that he was a careerist and conspirator, while others praised Zhou Xing and said that he had unique insight and was able to take the lead in making arrangements in Yizhou's chaotic situation that year.
It’s just that what Zhou Xing, the party involved, thinks about at this time is that I want to protect the interests of the business center I am about to establish, and I need to build this five-foot road flowing with wealth into a safe and efficient wealth channel. His method of protecting commerce, which is the most common approach in his world, is something that no one in this world would imagine, let alone understand. There are two roads from Ningzhou to Shu. In addition to the Wuchi Road in the east, there is also the Lingguan Road in the west. This Lingguan Road goes from Shu through Yuexun County to Ningzhou. In Zhou Xing's view, this means there is competition. His fiefdom has just been established, and he cannot tolerate not firing the first shot.
Regarding the geography of this world, he originally thought that it was exactly the same as that in that game. However, when he traveled from Shangluo to Shangluo, he was surprised to find that although many places were consistent, there were also many places that were not consistent at all.
Just like Shu. With his background in the Shushan Sect, he was extremely familiar with the territories and even the Yunnan and Guizhou territories. In his impression, Yunnan and Guizhou were not much different from Shu. Although there were mountains, there were not as many mountains as he saw now. He clearly remembered that there was a black swamp that stretched for thousands of miles over the Yunnan region. It was filled with black air all day long and there were few humans and animals. After he came here, he vaguely mentioned this matter to many people before and after, but no one knew about it. This forced him to suppress these doubts in his heart.
Based on his experience accumulated from all aspects in later generations, only places with developed commerce and trade will develop into big cities. Although he knew clearly in his heart that when it came to the geography of Shu, CD was naturally the first. But cd is cd, that is cd Wang Huangfuying's fiefdom, not his Zhou Xing's fiefdom.
Since Du Chou gave him an analysis of the turbulent political situation across the country and even Yizhou that day, he has seriously considered how to strengthen his own strength in order to protect himself from possible turmoil in the future. After thinking about it this way, he realized that his territory now lacked everything.
There is a lack of well-trained sergeants, which requires a large population, and his territory now only has more than 4,000 people.
There is a lack of weapons and armor, which requires a lot of leather and pig iron, as well as skilled craftsmen. If you want to make high-end weapons and armor with talismans, you will need weapon talisman masters and a large amount of spirit stone, animal blood, etc. According to Du Chou, a soldier wearing armor and holding a sharp blade can ignore dozens of soldiers with the same skills but with bare hands.
He is still short of food and spiritual grain. In short, everything is in vain.
Du Chou did not support Zhou Xing's idea of subduing the bandits at first. First of all, he has crossed a boundary. Secondly, he couldn't understand why he wanted to conquer these bandits.
Protect business travel safety?
This is a matter for the government along the way.
Besides, bandits are rampant, and those business travelers still travel through this almost only passage all day long.
As for what Zhou Xing explained, protecting the safety of the trade routes would bring more business travelers and would be more conducive to building Bo Road into a trade center at the southern end of Shu. He was dubious about this.
Although he had experienced many people, he was trapped by the influence of traditional concepts. He believed that territorial construction was to promote farming and pay low taxes. This finally gave Zhou Xing a sense of superiority in knowledge.
And Yong Kai's performance when facing him made Zhou Xing even more shocked. He also secretly doubted in his heart that the time traveler really had some domineering spirit.
Before he came, he and Du Chou had a very detailed understanding of Yong Kai's intelligence, and the two of them had repeatedly deduced the conditions that the other party might propose, so that they could provide the other party with bargaining chips.
Yong Kai and others are gangsters. Although they live a worry-free life, there must be some among them who want to make progress. It's okay for civilians. Many people live in confusion all their lives. Those monks are not willing to bury their talents in the mountains. Even if they are willing, what about their children? Everyone wants their children to live a better life, instead of being born in the mountains without being able to see the colorful world outside.
Zhou Xing can give their descendants legal status.
Zhou Xing can also give them better cultivation techniques.
Zhou Xing can give them more supplies.
Zhou Xing can provide them with better medical care.
However, when Zhou Xing proposed the first bargaining chip, Yong Kai was still hesitant, while others such as Boss Ehuwu and others were already full of excitement. If Yong Kai hadn't agreed yet, they would have already accepted the offer.
"With the noble status of a prince, he can look up to us, but without these benefits, I am afraid that all my brothers will follow the prince." Yong Kai finally said, "It's just that what Yong can't understand is that the prince What value do you see in these mountain people like me?"
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