The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 650 Child's Play Response (Happy New Year's Eve, Happy Year of the Tiger!!!)
July twenty-fourth.

It was just dawn.

Northwest of Putian County.

At the mouth of a valley on the border with Blessed County.

There are three rows of rejecting horses side by side.

At each end of the three rows of rejecting horses, fifty soldiers were fully armed and lined up silently.

There was only a narrow road in the middle of the intersection that could have allowed more than ten riders to gallop past.

Dozens of marching tents have been set up on the open land less than ten feet apart.

At first glance, at least three hundred soldiers camped here.

There are also many soldiers standing guard and patrolling in groups within a radius of three miles nearby.

Roughly every two hours, thirty or forty people from the rivers and lakes enter Putian County in groups between the three rows of rejecting horses and the ten rows of chilling soldiers.

Since last night, the land entrances to Putian County, large and small, have been full of such scenes.

A group of 27 people has just led their horses through this temporary checkpoint.

There were only a lot of bags hanging on the horses, but they didn't encounter any embarrassment from the five soldiers at the checkpoint. They only made a simple registration and were released.

After passing the customs, the leader at the front counted the number of people again, and then led everyone to the depths of Putian County.

This group of people is a team formed by twelve Hongchen Inn members including Gu Xinhun and Su Shou after being screened in the town yesterday.

Everyone in Hongchen Inn came with invitations and missions.

The other thirteen Jianghu people included both members of small gangs and rangers.

They come here either to chase fame, or to seek profit, or simply want to try their luck to make a big fortune, and this time they have a chance to exchange for some money.

After seeing a series of measures such as the imperial court's release of the ban on martial arts in Fujian, the issuance of reward orders, and the establishment of customs cards, those who came late and just joined in the fun have given up the idea of ​​​​taking personal risks and still intend to enter Putian There must be something for those who want it.

Perhaps many people can smell the survival crisis of Zhongzhou gestated in the Southern Shaolin fire and Tu Wanfang's present life, but this is undoubtedly a good opportunity for countless ambitious people to change their destiny.

Not long after, the 27-member team had already walked out of the patrol circle.

Gu Xinhun and Luo Luo rode together slowly from the middle of the team to the end.

Luo Bo said: "Master, do you think the court's response this time is too childish?"

"Child's play?" Gu Xinhun, who was walking slowly with the horse, did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Why do you ask this question?"

Luo Bo said: "After seeing the battle of soldiers, I thought of the bitter water we poured out in the restaurant yesterday."

Gu Xinhun asked strangely: "Oh? Is there a connection between the deployment of troops and the breaking of salt?"

Luo Bo shook his head and said, "No, it's just that the shortage of salt in Fujian reminded me of an old thing my husband said."

Lonely soul made a gesture of willingness to hear more about it.

Luobo said: "Mr. said that in... the fifth year after Emperor Jing took office, in order to prevent serious malpractice by salt merchants and salt officials at all levels, a new salt policy was introduced, which opened the way for the people to make salt. , [-]% of the government system is still allowed, and [-]% is allowed to be controlled by the people. Although this salt policy was quite effective at the beginning, the production and reserves of salt increased, and the price of salt soon fell, but it was also the reason why the Red Clothes Sect later entered the economy of Zhongzhou. The lifeline provided the greatest convenience, but now it seems that the reform of the salt administration at that time was not too child's play?"

Gu Xinhun thought for a while and said: "You can't say that. At that time, the supply of official salt in Zhongzhou was difficult to meet the demand, and private salt was rampant. The salt merchants and salt officials were rich in their own pockets. When corruption cannot be completely eradicated from top to bottom, breaking the monopoly of salt sales by increasing the production of salt in the whole of Zhongzhou can be said to be an effective emergency measure. It is only by not solving the problem fundamentally that it nourishes the new Moreover, the Red Clothes Sect will use the power of the imperial court to cover up the problems of the three major secret caves in Pinghai County, so there should not be such a serious shortage of salt outside of Fujian."

After the radish was digested carefully, Gu Xinhun continued: "As for the child's play you mentioned, it must be that in the face of the fire in Southern Shaolin, the local government has been slow to enter the scene to control the fire, investigate the cause, and protect the people; The monsters that could not be killed, the imperial court did not send troops to encircle and suppress them in time; they backtracked on the military restriction order, and issued a reward order of little significance, only thinking of using the hands of the Jianghu people to settle the major issues related to the safety of the people and the stability of Zhongzhou Things, all of the above are too child's play."

Carrot replied: "Yeah."

"Listen to my conclusion, the imperial court is really a jerk and a joke. However, looking at it from another angle, at least we can see that the current situation of the imperial court is not completely hopeless, especially in this special period."

"special period?"

"Mr. should have taught that it is empty talk to comment on individual or collective behavior without relevant background."

After hearing the words, Luo Bo realized something, showed shame on his face, nodded and said: "Yes, sir said so."

Gu Xinhun continued to guide: "So, the reform of the salt administration at that time was dictated by the background of the times. With the current layout of the imperial court, we should look at the current situation that Zhongzhou is facing."

Luo Bo frowned heavily and said, "Zhongzhou is currently suffering from internal and external troubles."

Gu Xinhun said: "That's right. Even though Wala knocked on the Guan Xing'an Realm, although he didn't go any further, it was the same hand that was caressing the back of the cat's neck. You must always guard against its strength, otherwise you will only be strangled by the neck and let it be at your mercy."

Luo Bo said: "At present, Putian County can only be caused by internal troubles, while Xing'an Territory is caused by external troubles, one is south of the sky, and the other is north, and the latter is closer to Youjing. It is obvious which is more important."

Gu Xinhun said: "Then, it is only natural for the court to focus on the north."

Luo Bo said: "The most important thing is that there is not only one voice in the court, the voices of the Fifth Marquis and Yu Tian are the loudest, and the nine masters also have their own ghosts."

Gu Xinhun said: "The farther the distance is, the closer their voices are to be unified, but the control is getting weaker and weaker."

Luo Bo admitted: "Indeed, aside from the imperial court's selfish intention of uniting with the Red Clothes Sect to weaken the power in the Jianghu of Zhongzhou, the officials in Fujian and Zhejiang have not ignored Tu Wanfang these days, but they have suffered heavy losses. I am afraid that Wanjun's rush to kill may not be effective. , it would be better to spend a lot of money to encourage the people of the rivers and lakes to find a way to solve it first."

Gu Xinhun said: "So, in my opinion, the local government's indifference to the South Shaolin fire must have been secretly instructed by the court in advance, dispatching troops to block the land entrances and exits of Putian County, lenient entry and strict exit to the Jianghu people themselves When it comes to breaking the rivers and lakes, they only control the overall situation and prevent the Red Clothes Sect from burning the fire to the point of uncontrollable."

Radish said bitterly: "The ones who suffer are the innocent people involved."

Gu Xinhun said indifferently: "Tu Wanfang's life is ten thousand taels of gold, and ordinary people's lives are ten taels of silver. In comparison, the lives of ordinary people are as insignificant as grass."

Luo Bo said bluntly: "I am worried that the imperial court's response to Putian County will be like the reform of the salt administration in the past, which will subvert the fundamental disaster of the country, and this time we will see the results soon."

Gu Xinhun was silent for a while, and said affirmatively: "There are two things to worry about now, one is how to deal with Tu Wanfang, and the other is whether these Zhongzhou soldiers are clean? Or the people in Bamin are already thin. Has the guard been infiltrated by Japan, and will they plan to backstab at a critical moment?"

Luo Bo said: "From the latest information sent by the Dark Hall last night, ten of the eighteen guards in the seven counties except Putian County have sent [-] to [-] troops respectively. Funing Guard, Dinghai Guard, Zhendongwei is a reorganized David's office, so it's easy to dispatch personnel, but for small guards like Xinghuawei and Ludaowei, one-third of its troops are drawn out at once, even if all the guards in Fujian The Zhongzhou soldiers in Zhongzhou are completely fine, but once there is chaos in Putian, it will not be difficult for the Dongying people to smash the defense line of Fujian to pieces."

Gu Xinhun said: "This is also a matter of no choice. The so-called high mountains, uh, um, on the one hand, the emperor is far away from the high mountains, and the court is too indulgent. The sparse northern land and Kunlun territory, and Fujian seem to be living under the eyes of the stepmother, but they have been turned a blind eye. The military and political system in the territory has long been strong from the outside, and no one can stand it for long. If Putian County is deep inland, it is still A complete blockade can be carried out. However, Putian County not only has a peninsula in the east, but also has a dozen islands of different sizes. It is very convenient for Dongying to advance or retreat. If not, Hongshang And you won’t go crazy in Putian just because Nan Shaolin is here.”

Luo Bo said: "It seems that Master also thinks that regardless of whether the Red Clothes Sect can inflict heavy damage on the Zhongzhou Jianghu this time, Dongpu will not let it go."

Gu Xinhun sighed, and said, "If I didn't have the information about the Dark Palace, I wouldn't be so pessimistic."

At this point, the team walking ahead of the two slowed down for some reason.

I saw Su reining in his horse and coming closer, saying: "If you find the mark left by them first."

　Another year, how fast! ~~~
　　Chenyuan hereby wishes all book lovers a happy Year of the Tiger, good health and good luck for your family~! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)