The six members of the Qingshan Sect were a little surprised when they saw the city below from the sky.
After several hours of searching, no decent building was seen. Everyone thought that Dongfeng Island was all an uncivilized barbarian land and planned to give up the search.
I didn't expect that there was actually a city, and it was not that small. Together, the six of them decided to go down and have a look. Even if Patriarch Tianchen was not here, they might not be able to get some information. But I'm afraid of the language barrier.
The six people landed in a remote place on a hill on the west coast. After walking along the mountain path for a while, they reached the main road.
It was completely dark at this time, and there was no one on the official road.
The six of them walked a few miles with confidence before they saw the west gate of the city. This city actually has no moat. At first, everyone couldn't figure it out, but then it suddenly became clear that Dongfeng Island hangs alone on the sea, like an unsinkable giant ship in the southeast of Daxia. What kind of moat is needed?
At this time, the west gate is still open. The city wall is not short, it should be three feet high. From south to north, the city wall seemed to be five or six miles wide, which was about the same as estimated from the air.
When they were still dozens of steps away from the west gate, they heard a soldier standing guard on the left and right sides of the city gate pointing at them and saying something, but no one could understand what these soldiers said. As expected, I am afraid of whatever comes next.
The six of them didn't care so much and continued to move forward. The worst case scenario is that if they are not allowed in, they will fly in. I tried to avoid being seen before, not because I was afraid, but because I didn’t want to be too high-profile. After all, the tree is big and attracts the wind.
Since meeting Wei Sutuo, the old immortal from Yulong Cave, Bai Susu from Wushan Cave, hearing about Immortal Lin Yang, and getting to know Wang San, the six of them have become more and more cautious. God knows when, we will meet another powerful character, and everyone's luck may not always be so good.
Everyone looked forward, ignored the chirping soldiers at the city gate, and continued to move forward. Just as they reached the city gate, these soldiers stepped forward and blocked the six people's way.
"what are you guys saying?"
Qing Yi got angry and shouted angrily at several soldiers. I thought the soldiers would come up and beat him, but when they heard Qing Yi's words, several soldiers were shocked at first, and then immediately became respectful and saluted everyone with clasped fists.
One of the soldiers clasped his fists and said something to the soldier inside the door. The soldier inside the door actually got on his horse and galloped towards the city.
These soldiers stood on two sides, making gestures to invite everyone to enter the city, with smiles on their faces, and a U-turn in their attitude.
How is this going? The six people were confused. He was giggling before, but now he is extremely respectful. The only difference is that Qing Yi shouted angrily. Could it be that these soldiers were frightened after drinking it?
Since they were allowed in, the six people walked in slowly.
But what everyone didn't expect was that those soldiers were always in front of the six people, walking forward while making frequent gestures of invitation. Several soldiers came down from the city tower and stationed themselves on both sides of the city gate again.
The six of them couldn't figure out what was going on, so they stopped thinking about it. As the soldiers walked forward, they looked at the scenery on the street.
The main street heading east is very wide, about three feet wide. It is probably the widest road in the city. On both sides of the street, every ten feet or so, there is a north-south road, and behind the road are rows of small courtyards. The street runs east-west and intersects with several wide and narrow north-south roads. At this time, many people have already started to shine.
The six people followed a few soldiers, and the pavilion they had seen when they were in the sky now appeared in front of everyone. These five pavilions are made of pure wood and arranged in the shape of "qi". There is a pavilion at each of the four corners. Each pavilion is about four feet high and eight or nine feet wide. In the middle is a slightly larger pavilion, which is more than ten feet taller and more than ten feet wide than the pavilions at the four corners. It is connected to the other four pavilions through corridors. The five pavilions are all decorated with double eaves and red lacquer, showing the style of Daxia architecture everywhere.
While the six people were carefully observing these pavilions, the door of the central pavilion opened, and ten people walked out quickly, including the soldier who originally rode into the city. The person in charge has white hair and a beautiful face, wearing a crown of advancement, a three-color soap robe, and a sashes around his waist. Except for the soldiers, the other eight people seemed to be well-educated, because four of them had swords, but the other four did not.
"Dare I ask if you are a visitor from your hometown?"
The voice of the white-haired and ruddy old man in the middle came from a distance. It was very loud and full of energy.
"There are actually people from Daxia?"
The six people couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that the visitor's words were standard Daxia Mandarin. I thought I couldn't communicate with the people from Dongguo Kingdom, but now it's easier.
But what does this mean? Could this person be from Daxia? Otherwise, how could he say the word "homeland"?
In the flash of lightning, Qing Yi stepped forward to greet him, saluted him and said, "We are from the Great Xia Dynasty."
"Haha, you are indeed a distinguished guest from your hometown, please come quickly!"
"After more than fifty years, someone has finally arrived from my hometown!"
The white-haired and ruddy old man was overjoyed beyond words, as if he had been looking forward to it for many years. Busy inviting everyone in. The old man turned around, and a few tears actually flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he secretly wiped them away with the lapel of his clothes.
The six people followed the old man and a few people around him and walked towards the middle pavilion. After a few soldiers saluted, they trotted towards the west gate.
Passing through the vermillion-lacquered gate, there is a corridor, and walking along the corridor for more than ten steps, there is another gate. After passing through the gate, what comes into view is a large hall, which is quite spacious. The old man welcomed everyone into the upper seat and sat in the middle. The remaining eight people were seated on the left and right sides. This person turned out to be the monarch of the Eastern Kingdom? !
"I would like to ask you, distinguished guests from your hometown, what should you call them? How did you get to Donghao Island?"
The monarch of Dongchu Kingdom asked with a smile to the people sitting on the right side. At this time, two maids were serving tea to six people.
"Returning to the country, I tell you that we are Taoists from the Qingshan Sect in Xishu County, Daxia. We accidentally entered the treasure island because we were traveling."
Qingxuan stood in long clothes and stated his intention to the monarch, but he also concealed his true intention.
"Not the king, not the king!"
The old man waved his hands repeatedly.
"It turns out that he is from Qingshan Sect in Xishu County! When I was young, I was in Lin'an, the capital of Daxia, and I was fortunate enough to meet the head of your sect."
"Headmaster Fang is our senior brother and the former headmaster. Qinghao, the current headmaster, is our senior brother and the disciple of Headmaster Fang."
Qingyi Qingxuan heard that the monarch had actually met his uncle, the former head. Very friendly. They both stood up and bowed to the king. The four disciples also hurriedly bowed down.
"Please get up quickly!"
The king hurriedly helped everyone up.
"My name is Wu Bing. My father Wu Jian is the advisor to Emperor Xia. When he was twenty years old, Emperor Xia wanted to determine the territory of the East China Sea, so he sent five large ships to the north, east and south. As deputy commander-in-chief, my father led a fleet of 2,000 people heading south, and I traveled with him. Starting from the capital of Lin'an and the Qiantang River, we headed south along the west coast of the East China Sea. It lasted more than 2,000 miles, stopping at shore for supplies along the way, which lasted for several months. I arrived at this Anchovy Island."
It turned out that this old man's name was Wu Bing, and his father turned out to be Yilang beside Emperor Xia.
"At that time, Dongfeng Island was sparsely populated, with only tens of thousands of locals. Its language was similar to the dialect of Funing County in Daxia. It must be the descendants of those who survived across the ocean for thousands of years and who took root. "
"My father saw that this island was very huge, eight hundred miles long from north to south and more than two hundred miles wide from east to west. The mountains on the island are continuous and rich in all kinds of fruits. It is an excellent place for jewelry. So he decided to leave some people behind. We built a city and stationed ourselves here to educate the people of the island for use by the Great Xia. To prevent future enemy occupation from outside the territory. My father left me skilled craftsmen, various technicians, doctors, farmers and soldiers, a total of a thousand people. My father continued to lead the fleet to Explore South.”
"It was originally planned that after ten years, Daxia would send new personnel and replace all the personnel. I didn't expect it. For some reason, I haven't seen anyone from my hometown for a long time, and I haven't seen my father's fleet passing by. Another time. Five years and still no one has come.”
"Actually, after ten years, no one came from Daxia, so we spent five years to build a big ship. Although the big ship is far inferior to the tower ship, it can still carry a hundred people."
"When the ship was completed, dozens of sailors were sent to trial it. Unfortunately, the ship sailed less than a hundred miles westward when it sank in the sea under a hurricane, and dozens of sailors were also killed. Since then, there has been no With the thought of building ships, I look forward to the arrival of people from my hometown. I have been looking forward to it for fifty years."
Wu Bing burst into tears as he spoke.
"The ship sank into the sea, which made us realize that something might have happened somewhere, otherwise my father would not have abandoned us, but I didn't dare to think about it. So I issued an order that all people in Daxia could stay with the island. Intermarriage could also occur among people in Daxia. However, there were not many women on the island at that time, only about 200. Most of them were skilled craftsmen, weavers and doctors."
"At the same time, we will encourage marriage and childbirth, expand farming and weaving, invite local people to the city, open schools, and popularize Chinese and Chinese characters."
"Twenty years after coming to the island, Dongchuan City was finally built. Another five years later, a new city started to be built two hundred miles north of the island, called Anchuan City. Anchuan City was completed ten years ago."
"The two cities have a total population of 45,000 people, and the population outside the city is 87,000. There are 70,000 more people than when we first came to Anchovy fifty years ago. The number of descendants of people from Daxia has also increased by more than 4,000 people."
"There are two languages in Dongbo Island, the official language of Daxia, and the Funan dialect of Funing County, Daxia. Several soldiers who were on duty at the city gate happened to speak Funan. Some of them can understand the official language, but they can't. Talk. There are still too few schools."
"The next eight people are brothers who stayed together. They are responsible for the five departments of industry, agriculture, commerce, education, and military. Although they are not as good as the three ministers and nine ministers, they still have the same burden."
"Dongan Island has two cities and fifteen towns. There are more than 3,000 people in the island's government, various types of soldiers, medical and educational personnel. Among them, there are 1,600 soldiers, 500 in each city, and 500 in each town. forty."
"We try to streamline the agency's officials and soldiers as much as possible, freeing up more personnel and energy to focus on city construction, education, industry and peasants, etc."
The six of them had had three cups of tea before Wu Bing finished his story.
It turned out that the fleet of Daxia fifty years ago was led by his father. Wu Bing led the thousands of people who stayed on the island and fought alone for fifty years. Finally, he built two cities and fifteen towns, more than doubling the population. He made great military exploits for the safety of the chokepoint on the southeastern sea of Daxia. Extremely admirable.
Thinking of this, the six people walked down to the lower level in unison, bowed to the eight ministers on the left and right, and then kowtowed to Wu Bing. Prostration is not for power. Nine people have worked hard for fifty years and deserve this worship!
When Wu Bing saw the six people kowtow to him again, he hurriedly stepped forward, leaned over and helped the six people up.
"Distinguished guests, please don't make such a big gesture! Let's just be friends of the same generation. There is no red tape on Donghao Island."
"Besides, I always mock myself as the Prime Minister of Dongchu County. If you, the distinguished guests, insist on calling me, then just call me the Prime Minister of Wu County. Hahaha!"
The six people stood up and laughed when Wu Bing made him laugh.
"Yes, Wu County Cheng. Haha!"
Wu Bing recalled it, his mouth went dry, and the maid looked at the tea to everyone. After drinking half a cup of tea, Wu Bing said to the six people: "I haven't asked yet, are the six distinguished guests from my hometown coming by boat?"
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