Yicong means a person who voluntarily goes with him or joins the army.
It may be difficult for outsiders to believe that more than five hundred Qingxu people actually voluntarily joined the Qingxu Volunteer Army.
Among them were more than one hundred regular pioneering soldiers and more than three hundred civilians who were pioneering wasteland. They were all selected elites with stable personalities and a strong desire to survive.
As for the Sequencers, there is always a bit of pride. They are the beneficiaries of the Qingxu Realm's invasion of the heavens, so very few people surrendered, and many would rather die than surrender, which cost the Taoist priests a lot of effort.
Now the Qingxu Yi is equipped with all the first-order sequencers. There are a total of thirteen pioneers and warriors. All the Nianshi sequence were destroyed by the spiritual backlash, and none of them survived.
In addition, there are special orders such as magicians and pharmacists. It seems that they have something unspeakable and they dare not surrender, so they can only commit suicide.
There are more than a thousand people who have not joined the Qingxu Yicong, and there is a precedent for their treatment.
That is to imitate the practice of the 300 prisoners of the Xuanming Ship and send them to various places in the jurisdiction for labor reform, such as mining in mines, digging ditches and ponds, building bridges and building roads, etc.
In the infrastructure plan proposed by Zhou Bai, the most lacking thing is cheap labor.
Those who perform well and have a strong willingness to surrender can receive better treatment in the labor reform, and may even be promoted to small supervisors. This is "using barbarians to control barbarians."
In Qingxu Yizhong, two additional conditions are added, one is the willingness to integrate into the "Tianxia" culture, and the other is the recognition and loyalty to Zhou Bai's rule.
If a Qingxu person meets the above conditions after serving for a certain period of time, he will be officially entered into the household registration and assigned fields.
Among the first batch of people from the Xuanming, it was less than a year after they were naturalized through labor reform. Two of them performed well and were pardoned.
Both of them were granted household registration in the Anbei Governor's Mansion. Because Zhou Bai gave them the surname Zhou, one was named Zhou Zhong and the other was named Zhou Shun.
By virtue of assisting the government in managing captive laborers during the labor camp, he received twenty acres of fertile land and fifty taels of silver.
Because Zhou Zhong and Zhou Shunzhen had some talents, Zhou Bai chose to reuse them.
The Anbei Governor's Office established a new labor reform department, with Zhou Zhong as the ninth rank, responsible for assisting and supervising his compatriots.
Zhou Shunze was appointed as the Qingxu Volunteer Warlord because of his potential in martial arts and his ability to achieve great physical training in a short period of time.
The military governor is the supervisor of the army. He has the power to question the advice of Yi Cong officers and directly report to Zhou Bai.
Both of them hold very important positions, and it is easy to offend others and become solitary ministers.
Of course, in addition to "old people" like Zhou Zhong and Zhou Shun who are knowledgeable, some "newcomers" also have outstanding performances.
For example, the warrior Andre was the first to start a civil war and defected before the battle. It was people like him who saved the Anbei Governor's Mansion a lot of time.
And because Andre was one of the few Qingxu people who mastered the Tianxia language, he had superior conditions and was able to be appointed as the Qingxu Yicong Commander.
In order to ensure that this person had no evil intentions, Zhou Bai also summoned Yao Ping, the commander of the Xuanyi Guards, and asked him to use his special fate to sense the good and evil in Andre's heart.
Anbei Governor's Mansion, Miwen Pavilion.
Andre was born in a large empire in the Qingxu world. His family was a baron family. He was the second son of the family and had no right to inherit the title.
What can the second son do, apart from basic treatment, he can only find another way out.
Coincidentally, when he came of age, he encountered the craze for pioneering Tianyuan in Qingxu Continent, and countless people signed up to join the expedition fleet.
As a noble warrior, Andrei has outstanding language learning ability, so he will of course be given priority for admission.
During the expedition across the star sea, Andre frantically studied the books and knowledge sent back from the front line. What fascinated him the most was the multiculturalism of the Tianyuan world.
Especially the oldest and ever-existing Tianxia culture, the entire civilization development of Tianyuan Continent is an extension of Tianxia culture.
However, the deeper he understood, the more frightened and uneasy he became, and even a little convinced.
Can such a civilization that stands at the top of the world really be conquered by them?
Just as Andre feared, the squadron he belonged to suffered a devastating blow as soon as he stepped into the Tianyuan realm.
The general-class battleship they were on board barely survived, but as soon as they landed, they were besieged by the local "indigenous" army.
In less than one night, all the third-level senior officials were killed, all peripheral positions were lost, and the base operation was declared a failure.
When several of Andre's companions died in battle, he suddenly woke up and the idea of submitting and surrender quietly sprouted.
Can't join if you can't beat it? Anyway, back to the empire, there was no development.
I have admired Tianxia culture for a long time.
Moreover, according to his understanding, when the heroes of Tianyuan Continent came together, the leader of the separatist regime who could defeat them so easily must have great strength and potential.
If he performs meritorious service in the future, he might even be able to become a Tianxia noble.
With this longing in mind, Andre wore Tianxia costume and came to the Anbei Governor's Mansion to formally meet Zhou Bai.
Decorated with gold rings, iron rings, gilded door nails and beams, delicate and simple painted beams, eighteen cloisters, bluestone paths, rockeries and flowing water...
When Andre was a child, he followed his father to the imperial capital and attended palace banquets, but he was not as shocked as he is now.
It is not just extravagant and luxurious, but contains rich connotations and pays attention to detail.
He felt that his aristocratic heritage was completely lost in front of the Tianxia culture he liked.
As the political center, the Anbei Governor's Mansion had fewer guards than theirs. Andre, who had witnessed the entire battle between the two armies, knew that this was not because the Governor's Mansion was not strong enough, but because of its open and inclusive self-confidence.
Of course, if there are assassins or troublemakers, the innate masters and monks hiding in the dark will definitely take action to suppress them decisively.
But what he saw along the way, besides making Andre happy and in awe, was that something was a little off.
Walking all the way through the corridors and alleys, when he was almost there, he finally couldn't help but asked the clerk who was leading the way: "May I ask why everyone looks at me so strangely?"
"Compared with your appearance, the appearance of the Qingxu people is not much different. As far as I know, many people from foreign countries have more distinctive features than us."
The little official leading the way couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw Andre's Tianxia dialect was very smooth, and he quickly stopped and raised his hands in response.
He was not someone he could offend when he was summoned by the governor, so he didn't have the pretense of being a central official or hiding anything.
He smiled and said: "An Tongzhi, these officials who come and go are not surprised by your appearance, but by your clothes."
Andre looked at his clothes, a brocade robe with a cloud pattern, a high crown, gold and jade hanging around his waist...
He was a little confused. What was wrong?
This is the outfit he just bought after selling his personal belongings. It is a very representative men's clothing in Tianxia culture.
The little official who led the way took two steps forward, tapped a few places on Andre's body at random and said, "These are the shapes that can only be used by people with a certain status. They are common among nobles. Many officials looked at you just now and thought you were from the house." We have received envoys from other states and counties, and there are countless nobles from Bei'an County."
Andre was startled, fearing that he had violated some taboo, and asked quickly: "What should I do? The governor won't think that I am a rude person."
The clerk reassured Andre: "It's too late to change now. You are not from Tianxia. Moreover, the governor has always been generous to his own people and will not blame you for being rude."
In this way, Andre was uneasy and came to the Miwen Pavilion behind the official Yamen Hall to meet Zhou Bai.
Andre paid homage with great salute and lowered his head: "For foreigners who wear monkeys and wear crowns, please forgive me..."
In order to avoid Zhou Bai misunderstanding, he took the lead in confessing and explaining why he violated etiquette.
While carefully observing and observing Yi Congzhi, who had only met a few times on the battlefield, he was waiting for feedback from Yao Ping behind him.
In less than a moment, Yao Ping concluded that he had no ill intentions and was committed to the governor's office.
Combined with the performance of his luck, he had truly surrendered, and Zhou Bai felt relieved about Andre.
"You rose up in front of the battle and saved a lot of unnecessary casualties for the governor's office. In addition, you have integrated Yi Cong in the past few days, and you have done a great job."
"I give you permission to wear this gorgeous dress. It does not violate etiquette, but I want to warn you that violating etiquette in the Tianyuan world will waste your luck. I hope you will achieve success and become a true nobleman soon."
Zhou Bai stepped forward and personally helped Andre up, looking very generous and caring towards his subordinates.
Andre burst into tears of gratitude and felt a surge of warmth in his chest. This was the master he could be loyal to.
"...There are currently 535 members of Qingxu Yicong. They will follow the unified training of the government army and join the teaching of Tianxia language... Governor, this is the list of five hundred generals, all of whom admire Tianxia culture. Such loyalty is commendable..."
After Andre finished reporting his work, Zhou Bai had a long talk with him in the following time.
Of course, most of the time it was one question and one answer, with Zhou Bai asking and Andre answering.
A subordinate who was born into an imperial noble must have a lot of useful information that would allow him to better understand the Qingxu world.
For example, the Qingxu Realm does not distinguish between upper and lower realms. The continent is composed of major empires, kingdoms, principalities and scattered small countries. Each country is controlled by sequencers.
Above all countries, there is a Qingxu Alliance composed of many high-level sequencers. They have the right to issue recruitment orders to various countries, launch cross-border expeditions, and plunder resources from other worlds.
Based on the comprehensive information from Andre and Heavenly Court, Zhou Bai judged that the true situation of Qingxu Realm was indeed close to collapse.
Too many resources have been overdrawn in advance and cannot be regenerated, causing the underlying rules of the Qingxu Realm to be destroyed, and the world has begun to enter a countdown to destruction.
Even though this time may still be far away, perhaps thousands of years or ten thousand years, this day will eventually come.
Therefore, it's not that the senior officials of the Qingxu Alliance don't know that Tianyuan World is difficult to fight, but they are helpless.
Among them, the expedition fleet has an important task, which is necessary and even the first task for landing the warships, which is to plunder resources and try not to consume any resources in Qingxu itself.
Among the resources to be plundered, the ones with the highest priority were not copper, iron, food, or even spiritual minerals and elixirs.
What needs to be plundered most is the luck of the Tianyuan world. Feeding back the world with the luck of the world at the same level, there should be a glimmer of hope.
So how to plunder luck? It's simple and straightforward, just win the battle and defeat Heaven.
A roundabout way is to land in Tianyuan's mainland and capture as many destiny hubs as possible.
This is the first time Zhou Bai has heard the word "luck hub", and it did not appear in the previous announcements from Heaven.
It seems that this invasion, the Qingxu Alliance believes that victory is inevitable, so the mission issued must be captured at once.
Andre didn't know much about the Luck Hub. In his understanding, the Luck Hub was a city or a place where the population gathered.
This is why one Cangshan spiritual vein can attract three general-level battleships.
It turned out that their target was not only the spiritual veins, but also Bei'an County.
Under Zhou Bai's governance, Bei'an County has withstood various natural disasters, with abundant grain harvests, full warehouses, and many people living in peace. It is a qualified luck hub.
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If Bei'an County is 100% a transportation hub, then Bei'an City, as the political and economic center, will account for 70%.
If you get Bei'an City, you get Bei'an County.
However, from the perspective of the expedition fleet, it was easier to capture the county city than to capture the spiritual vein. Therefore, two general ships landed near Cangshan Mountain and one landed near the county city.
Luck hub? Tian Gong Monument?
Zhou Bai suddenly understood, no wonder only the county level and above have heavenly monuments distributed, heaven has already been laid out.
After Andre left, Zhou Bai found the Tiangong Monument standing in the center of the Governor's Mansion.
Because of his preconceptions, he believed that the Tian Gong Monument was just a place where Heaven released tasks and announced information, so he subconsciously ignored it.
This is the first time Zhou Bai has carefully observed the Tiangongzi Monument in Bei'an County since he took over the county government.
It is three feet high, three feet wide and about one foot thick. The base is dug into the ground and blends perfectly.
What appears to be a jade-like bluestone is wrapped around circles of symbols on the sky stele, as if they were copied from an ancient text.
When you stare carefully, your thoughts will naturally be absorbed. Each symbol exudes a mysterious light, as if telling some kind of precious inheritance.
Zhou Bai squinted his eyes slightly, glanced at the top of the sky monument, and used the perfect Qi-gazing technique at full power.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths, still can't see clearly, the origin point is consumed...
When the number of one hundred and thirty-one was reduced to one hundred, the next moment, a vision of luck appeared in Zhou Bai's eyes.
Bei'an City gathers the luck of the entire county. The sky above the city is as vast as a sea of clouds, and the Anbei Governor's Mansion is at the center, weaving a red network of institutions and laws through which luck shuttles.
Coincidentally, this Tian Gong Monument is located in the middle of the Governor's Mansion, occupying a pivotal position, and the luck will naturally come closer.
If it was just a matter of gathering and transferring, that would be okay, but this time Zhou Bai saw clearly that a considerable part of his luck was swallowed up by the Tiangong Monument.
Then, above the Tiangong Monument, a link transporting luck soared into the sky.
The Qingxu Realm comes to seize the luck of the mortal world, and so does the Heavenly Court. But in the past, they used the imperial court to offer sacrifices and select Jinshi as a cover, but now they are openly plundering.
Zhou Bai was extremely sensitive to luck. He estimated that if the Qi transport of the Tiangong Monument was cut off, it would at least increase the Qi of the Anbei Governor's Mansion by another 30%.
How about forcibly refining it?
However, this idea only appeared for a moment before he was rejected by himself. Regardless of whether he could refine it or not, even if the refining cut off the luck and offered sacrifices, what would happen if the Heavenly Court noticed it.
My little arms now can't hold my thighs.
Qi Luck, Qi Luck, is related to Qi Luck. Doesn’t the Qi Luck Heavenly Book only deal with Qi Luck?
When in doubt, Zhou Bai would not leave his golden finger unused.
He acted immediately, calling out the Heavenly Book to instill his thoughts while placing his hand on the monument.
The spiritual platform suddenly shook, and the Book of Luck naturally turned to the penultimate page, which was the page before the bronze door.
When the page of the book was pointed at the Tiangongzi Monument, the source points decreased rapidly. Before Zhou Bai could feel distressed, the number had already returned to zero.
And on this page, just like the bronze door, the appearance of the Tiangongzi stele is also printed on it.
Done!
Zhou Bai suddenly realized that he was the current owner of this monument.
Being able to gather a county's luck to the maximum extent is actually an important weapon in suppressing the system and the legal network!
The name calls the Heavenly Monument of Luck?
