"Brother Yu, you are here too!"
"Brother Xu, why are you here too?"
"Brother Xue, Brother Tian, why are you here?" On the second day after the decree was issued in Luoyin City, merchants from the royal city and around Luoyin all appeared in Luoyin City. For a time, there were quite a few merchants there. The city of Luoyin is even more bustling with traffic, and there is an endless stream of merchants at the city gate.
As more and more merchants came to Luoyin City, many merchants were worried that Bai Yan would regret it, so they could not wait long and hurried to the Weishui River to board a boat to cross the river.
However, seeing that the Weishui River was still a bit turbulent, many merchants retreated and returned to Luoyin City.
The third day when the edict was issued. The number of merchants who came to Luoyin City was about half more than the second day.
The same was true on the third and fourth days, and on the fifth day, the crowds in Luoyin City surged, and all the streets were filled with merchants and slaves coming and going, as well as traveling scholars and people on their way.
At this time, everyone was worried that Bai Yan would go back on his word. Seeing that although the water on the Weishui River had not receded yet, it was still possible to cross the river, so everyone crowded on the bank of Luoyin River from morning to night, preparing to cross the Luoyin River.
But the boats are limited after all. Even if the boatmen are tired from morning to night, less than one tenth of the merchants can cross the river. The remaining merchants can only continue to spend the night in Luoyin City. Although there are countless complainers, seeing countless people outside Luoyin City The craftsmen built one big ship after another, and finally felt relieved.
The sixth day. On the wall of Luoyin City, Xunzhou and Lin Anshun, who were standing on the wall at the moment, looked at the endless stream of merchants under the city gate, looked at the countless figures by the river in the distance, and listened to the bustle of the city behind them. The expressions on their faces , already full of admiration.
"In the past there was Guan Zhong, now there is Bai Yan!" Lin Anshun said with emotion as he looked at the scene in front of him, ignoring Tian Ding beside him.
Guan Zhong once served as the prime minister of Qi State, relying on the actions of enriching the country, nourishing the country, and strengthening the country through business to make Qi the hegemon of the world. But now, the scene in front of Lin Anshun couldn't help but think of Guan Zhong, although Lin Anshun had never seen it. The scene of the Qi State during the Guan Zhong period, but looking back at the ancient records, looking at this scene, perhaps in Guan Zhong's time, the cities of the Qi State were as prosperous as they are now.
"Bai Yan, you deserve this!" Listening to Lin Anshun's words, even Xunzhou, who was hailed as a great talent by the King of Qi and countless officials and scholars in Qi State, did not refute. If it was just a certain amount of money, Bai Yan may be responsible, but he cannot be responsible, but he can be responsible for the plot to gather all the world's news in Luoyin.
Guan Zhong, Bai Yan. The two are separated by more than four hundred years, but the current scene makes people unable to help but put the two together.
See the big from the small. The whole city of Luoyin couldn't see the talent behind Bai Yan.
"It would be great if Bai Yan was from the Qi State!"
"God will not bless our Qi country~! Heaven!" Xunzhou closed his eyes. No matter how good-hearted he was, he couldn't help complaining about the injustice of God. He complained about the injustice of Heaven. Why could a famous general like Bai Yan be so powerful? If you are a minister, you cannot appear in Qi State.
this moment. Lin Anshun turned his head and looked at the gentle Xunzhou with a look of resentment and sadness, and shook his head.
Looking at this scene, who would have dared to believe it if they had not seen it with their own eyes? Just a few days ago, there were less than eleven merchants here, and now, just a few days ago, there was a sea of people.
All these changes were made by the hands of a young man. What's even more shocking is that they all know that this is just the beginning, and there will only be more and more merchants and pedestrians in the future.
"Master Tian, when Qi and Qin are fighting, Bai Yan must not lead his cavalry on the battlefield. If Qin falls, Bai Yan will not be the prime minister of Qin! ...Absolutely not!!!" Lin Anshun took a deep breath and turned to face the country. Tian Ding said.
Even though he knew that Mr. Wei was in Yanmen, Lin Anshun still couldn't help but express his thoughts. The longer he came into contact with the young man, the more frightened Lin Anshun became. If before, Bai Yan of the Bai family had become famous all over the world for leading his cavalry in deadly battles, With his undefeated bravery, he shocked the nations.
So what is Lin Anshun seeing now. The great talent who stabilizes the country and the country, the capable minister who revitalizes the country and cares for the people! Bai Yan is still young and has the appearance of the Prime Minister of Qin. If Bai Yan does not have the position of Prime Minister of Qin in another twenty years, what will the Qin State look like with Bai Yan as his assistant at that time?
Could it be... like this right now?
"We will leave for Xianyang tomorrow." Tian Ding did not reply to Lin Anshun, but looked at the sky in the direction of Xianyang.
"We're going to see Ying Zheng!" Tian Ding said softly. How could Tian Ding not know what Lin Anshun said? Moreover, compared to Lin Anshun, he was praised by countless people in the Qi State as a clan member of the Zhu Kingdom. He had trained countless talents for the Qi State, and he also knew better how rare Bai Yan was now. .
If nothing unexpected happens and Bai Yan is allowed to grow, Bai Yan will definitely have a place in the post of Prime Minister of Qin in the future. As Xunzhou said, when he, Tian Ding, looked at the scene in front of him, he sighed in his heart, why didn't Qi State have such a great talent, why was he, Tian Ding, allowed to recognize such beautiful jade.
However, no matter how unfair it is, it cannot change Bai Yan's status as a Qin citizen.
"In the past, Bai Qi controlled the six kingdoms and terrorized the world. No one dared to fight and no one could win. However, Bai Qi also died!" Tian Ding said softly.
When Xunzhou and Lin Anshun heard Tian Ding's words, they were both stunned, and then they immediately understood that Tian Ding was planning to attack the temple of Qin.
Bai Qi was so invincible when he led the army in the war, and expanded the Qin kingdom thousands of miles. No one in the six subsequent countries dared to fight Bai Yan, but in the end Bai Qi died in the temple.
And now Tian Ding is obviously saying that now Bai Yan is not leading troops on the battlefield, and even on the battlefield, it may be difficult to defeat, and there may not be a chance, but there will definitely be a chance in the temple. After all, the people Bai Yan offended before, There are too many to count, and the most important thing is that Bai Yan is Bai Qi’s descendant.
As for Bai Qi, he was ordered to die by the king of Qin and died in Duyou.
"Bai Yan sacrificed his life to protect Ying Zheng. He is afraid that Ying Zheng is not King Zhaoxiang of Qin." Lin Anshun said.
Xunzhou was also on the side, looking at Tian Ding.
"Even if King Qin Zhaoxiang is alive, he will not kill the second person of the Bai family again, let alone Ying Zheng." Tian Ding explained softly.
Tian Ding naturally knew that even if he did not risk his life to protect the king, it would be impossible for Bai Yan to end up like Bai Qi. After all, if two generals of the Bai family were sentenced to death in a row, Qin would lose far more than just one. Bai family.
The cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked. If this kind of thing happens twice in a noble clan, everyone in the court and generals of other noble clans will be in danger.
Ying Zheng knows better than anyone else.
"But Ying Zheng is the King of Qin after all, and Bai Qi is the scar between the Bai family and the King of Qin after all. It cannot be removed or erased!" Tian Ding looked towards the Weishui River, and there was a cry caused by the launch of a big boat. After finishing speaking Then he slowly turned around.
When Lin Anshun and Xunzhou saw this, they looked at each other and the scene outside the city before leaving with Tian Ding.
.........amnesty village.
"We in Shecun don't know what great luck our ancestors had to meet such a virtuous man!"
"Who says it isn't! God opens your eyes."
"In the future, we must remember the kindness of General Zuo Geng from generation to generation in the village." In the village, along some stone roads between the houses, the elderly, women and children in the village gathered together and chatted with each other.
The murder case in Amnesty Village cast a shadow over everyone in the village. But later, it was discovered that the real murderer was not drowned. Not only the families of the deceased cried with joy, but also all the villagers breathed a sigh of relief.
There had been a lot of rumors before, saying that the gods in the river did not bless them and pardon the village, which made the villagers not worried.
Now that they knew it was the one who was killed, not the river god, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. It was only later that everyone realized that the people who followed the women and children to the village were not officials from Xianyang investigating the case at all, but General Zuo Geng Bai Yan.
Including She Village, the entire Luoyin was the fiefdom of General Zuo Geng Bai Yan.
"Who would have known at that time that that person was actually General Zuo Geng? You didn't know. That day I felt strange why that woman was so beautiful..."
"Me too, at that time, let me tell you, when I saw General Zuo Geng, I felt that he was not an ordinary person, no matter how he talked or behaved..." Some women and children were standing aside, listening to those who had seen General Zuo Geng Bai. Yan's people spoke with great interest.
Many women had envious looks on their faces. After all, that was General Zuo Geng Bai Yan! If it hadn't been for him, all the registered men in the village would have been killed without justice, and even their entire village would have been criticized by outsiders.
Chat room. At this time, some women and children who were talking suddenly stopped talking, and from the corner of their eyes, they suddenly noticed a figure walking not far away.
See this. Not only women and children, but also all the elderly stood up and looked at those people entering the village.
The sharp-eyed women quickly recognized that the young man at the head of those people was the young man they saw that day.
"It's General Zuo Geng! Go and tell Mang quickly! Just tell him that General Zuo Geng is here!"
"What, is it really General Zuo Geng?" The urging voices of women and children, as well as a steady stream of exclamations, rang out one after another.
At this time, some three or four-year-old children were hiding behind their mothers, raising their heads to look at the approaching figure with excitement, nervousness, and longing.
In the end, a few white-haired old men who were highly respected in the village came forward and knelt on the ground.
"Greetings, my lord!!"
"General Cao Min!!!" As the old man knelt down, all the old, weak, women and children nearby also knelt down. Looking at the young man approaching, everyone's eyes were full of gratitude and joy, and they were also full of hope for the future.
"Bai Yan, I've seen you all, please get up!" Bai Yan bowed his hands to the villagers in She Village and saluted, then stepped forward to help the old man up.
"Old man, all the men in the village went to the Weishui River to make a living?" Bai Yan looked at the villagers in front of him and found that most of the villagers in front of him were women, and even the men were all white-haired, old and weak, or Young children.
Seeing this scene, if Bai Yan's guess was correct, all the men in the village should have gone to the Weishui River to make a living. After all, there were countless merchants in Luoyin at this time, and even the common people in Luoyin City could not recruit many people.
"Back to the general, we went to the Weishui River. But don't worry, general. We in the Amnesty Village have all remembered the general's kindness and kindness. We have already told the men that they are here to help and not to take any reward from the general in return. General, you are so kind, all the children in our village who are over eight years old have gone to help!" The old man in the leader said to Bai Yan excitedly when he heard Bai Yan's inquiry.
As soon as these words came out. Bai Yan was dumbfounded on the spot, looking at the grateful eyes of all the villagers in front of him, Bai Yan couldn't laugh or cry.
The simplicity of the villagers exceeded Bai Yan's imagination. Going to the Weishui River to help out like this, working so hard and not getting paid at the end of the day, was not in vain.
"Kou Zhuang, when you return to the city later, you take someone to check. Everyone must pay wages. If anyone is corrupt, they must be severely punished. Children must also pay half the money." Bai Yan turned around and faced all the people in the village. In front of him, he told Kou Zhuang.
"No!" Kou Zhuang heard Bai Yan's order and quickly handed over his hands in ceremony.
"I can't do it, I can't do it, general! I hope the general can take back his life quickly!"
"Yes, general, you can't do it!" Kou Zhuang would not disobey Bai Yan's order, but when the villagers heard Bai Yan's words, they stopped. The white-haired old men and all the women and children knelt on the ground. , crying and shouting for Bai Yan to take back his life, looking like he would never give up.
"Old man, the matter has been decided. Bai Yan made it clear to everyone in Luoyin. Could it be that in the eyes of the old man, She Village is not the place of Luoyin?" Bai Yan quickly stopped the old man in front of him.
Fortunately, he had experience in dealing with the common people before when he was in Gaonu, Shangjun. Otherwise, Bai Yan might have really been in a hurry in the past.
As for the matter of not being in debt, Bai Yan can't talk to these people yet. Everyone in the world likes to take advantage. If he, Bai Yan, does not "lose", how can those merchants and the people of the world take advantage of him and watch his jokes?
"General, don't misunderstand us, but you must not do it! The general personally helped us to redress the grievances of the people in the village. We have nothing to repay. If we are still greedy for the general's money, then how can the people in the village have the face to see others in the future?" !" After the leader of the old man was helped up by Bai Yan, he had a mournful expression on his face, full of pleading.
From beginning to end, in the eyes of these old men, they were unwilling to take Bai Yan's money anymore, as that would be unkind and unjust.
"You have to pay hard work, receive hard money, traffic people and pawns, and support your family. No matter how you do it, this is the morality of the world for thousands of years. Don't shirk it, old people. We have issued the edict of Bai Yan. If we don't accept it, we will abandon Bai Yan." No matter what!" Bai Yan said with a smile.
At this time, Bai Yan suddenly noticed that there was a burly man wearing cloth in the distance, running towards him with a woman. The woman was holding a child of about three years old, and was holding a newborn baby in her arms. baby.
Among all the women and children in the village, the man quickly came to Bai Yan. Upon seeing this, several cavalry soldiers in civilian clothes quickly stepped forward to block Bai Yan, looking at the man with vigilance.
The soldiers all came out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their judgment of an enemy was far better than ordinary people. And that burly man put a pressure on the hearts of all the soldiers, not just in his eyes.
"Hey, pay homage to the general!" When the man saw the cavalry officer blocking him in front, he did not step forward. Instead, he knelt down towards Bai Yan with red eyes and kowtowed vigorously to Bai Yan whenever he disagreed.
The force required for kowtowing is only two or three times, and the forehead will be broken. Fortunately, Bai Yan quickly stopped him.
"It's okay!" Bai Yan told his confidant not to be nervous. Bai Yan had already met this person once in the cell in Luoyin City, but it was a month ago, which was a long time ago.
He was the butcher who was falsely accused.
"If there is no general, my wife and children will all be killed together. I have nothing to repay. I just want to serve the general as hard as a dog or horse. I will repay the general's kindness with my life for the rest of my life!" This burly man of a lot of age, at this moment Looking at Bai Yan with red eyes and tears.
When he was imprisoned in a cell a month ago, no one could understand his despair, especially when he saw his elderly mother, wife and children being imprisoned together. The despair at that time made him almost crazy in the cell.
Full of despair, Mang swore in the cell that if someone could save his family, he would repay that person's kindness even if he died, and the next life would be no exception.
"You have a family and a child, how can you repay your life with your life!" Bai Yan said softly as he looked at Mang and the woman beside him who was leading and holding a child.
"The battlefield is the place of life and death! No one dares to say that if you enter the battlefield, you will survive a hundred battles! Life or death!" Bai Yan sighed, Bai Yan could understand Mang's desire to repay his kindness.
But just like what he said, following him means putting your life on your waist, and you may be in danger at any time. But now that you have your wife and children at home, and you don't have to enlist in the army, why bother talking about taking risks with him.
"It's clear. Ran Mou once swore to God in the cell that the general's kindness will be repaid even with death. I hope the general will fulfill it!" Mou looked at Bai Yan's refusal with an anxious look on his face. A tall and thick man is not as good as a well-educated man. The scholars could only speak of the oaths they had made and kept kowtowing to Bai Yan.
Seeing this, the woman on the side also hugged the child and knelt down, and asked the three-year-old child to kneel down in front of Bai Yan.
This scene. All the people in She Village looked at Bai Yan. Bai Yan sighed and noticed that there was another trembling old woman in the distance, holding a wooden stick and walking towards here step by step. If it is correct, that old woman should be Zhang's mother.
He was going to Xianyang tomorrow. Bai Yan was just worried about the blind old woman, so he came to She Village to visit her.
I never thought there would be another one like this!
