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Chapter 215 Baisha spiritual change, the order of the kingdom

The outside world thought that Zhou Bai had received the direct support of a hidden faction, so that he had enough extraordinary power to ensure that his ruler survived several invasions of the Qingxu Realm safely.

But now Yan Luo has really seen how unnatural this person is. It has been less than two years since he became a Jinshi, right?
He didn't even see Zhou Bai's movements, the real Xuanwu, who had shocked Ruinan for more than two hundred years before, had already collapsed in a daze.

At most, Yan Luo can understand the actual use of the power of the master, and the other fighting methods at the soul level are completely unknown.

It is not easy to die after agreeing to the Yinshen Realm, but what about the Yinshen's escape from the body?

Squeezing a real person to death is like crushing a chick, so it might be easier to crush him to death.

Yan Luo looked at the withered corpse that had no life breath, his face was pale, without any restraint.

To be honest, he is not afraid of death, but he wants to honor his ancestors before he dies.

"Sinner Yan Luo, begging for five-color gold, willing to help the governor Jianguo." Yan Luo held the treasure, his voice trembling.

Zhou Bai took away the five-color gold, glanced at Yan Luo, and responded indifferently: "Well, get up, and help outside first."

These words were a bit rambling, but Yan Luo understood, and immediately got up and ran out.

"Put down your weapons, put down your weapons, and surrender to the Anbei Governor's Mansion!"

The loyal guards who were still resisting outside the inner gate looked at each other and obeyed orders to drop their weapons.

Of course it's good to not die, and besides, the host has already voted, so why make unnecessary resistance.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Luo appeared at key points throughout the city, personally persuading them to surrender and appeasing the people.

Within a day, Ruinan City returned to calm, and Anmin notices were posted on the streets and alleys.

Although there were still soldiers patrolling, sporadic people began to appear on the streets, and some bold people took the lead to go to the food distribution point opened by the Governor's Mansion to get food.

The governor of Zhou Dynasty didn't even kill the Jiedu envoy. Could it be possible that they would embarrass ordinary people like them?
In fact, Zhou Bai didn't know how to deal with Yan Luo now. Before that, he entered the city with the army immediately, and quietly sneaked outside the Jiedu Mansion.

If a Yinshen real person with perfect three realms doesn't personally watch over and kill him, he will definitely become a disaster if he runs away.

When he realized that Yan Luo and Master Xuanwu were having internal strife, Zhou Bai sat on the sidelines, and even prepared to watch Master Xuanwu kill Yan Luo, so as to avoid embarrassment in the follow-up.

There is no way, who told you to surrender only when the city is broken, how can you deter future generations if you don't die.

But who knew that Yan Luo was so quick-witted, not only guessing that he was there, but also offering the biggest treasure five-color gold at the first time.

In this way, he bought Half-Life, followed by his non-stop appeasement to Anmin, and his previous "merit" in clearing up the nobles in the county, which completely dispelled Zhou Bai's killing intent.

Ruinan City is the seat of Ruinan Jiedu. After Zhou Bai took over, it was restored to the former Ruinan County's prefecture.

Yan Luo's favorite place to work in summer, Liangxin Pavilion, Zhou Baigao sat in the main seat, quickly reviewing the corresponding official documents after entering the city, while Yan Luo waited quietly at the lower end.

Of course, Yan Luo was a little dazed when the host and guest changed positions, but he knew that power had passed away, so he quickly adjusted his mentality and acted respectfully and seriously.

The conversation that ensued could well decide his life, his fate.

Originally, he thought that Zhou Bai would still have to work for a long time, so he intentionally left him alone and exerted his authority.

Unexpectedly, within a quarter of an hour, the thick stack of official documents had been reviewed and handed over to the accompanying secretary for processing.

The efficiency is too high, and the political ability is so strong?
Yan Luo was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't dare to flatter indiscriminately, he just collected his mind and waited for questioning.

Zhou Bai was not polite, and asked aggressively when he came up: "Stubbornly resisting Master Wang and causing innocent people to die in vain, are you guilty?"

Yan Luo knew that this was the logic of robbers. If you hit me, I couldn't resist.

But he still knelt on the ground, not daring to argue at all: "Convicted of the crime, the sinner is willing to spend the rest of his life to pay for it."

"Hmph, tell me why you still don't vote after losing all the surrounding cities." Zhou Bai snorted coldly and continued to ask.

"The lower official came from a humble background, and was supported by his family... He understands that the governor is the capital of a real dragon..."

After a long speech, Yan Luo explained his unwillingness and the reason why he didn't want to escape with Master Xuanwu in the end.

The reasons are sufficient and detailed, and Zhou Bai feels that there is nothing to blame, this is the characteristic of the times, how many outstanding people grow up with the support of the clan, and how many clans rise because of a single outstanding person.

Then he took out five-color gold from his bosom, green, red, yellow, white, and black in rotation, shining brightly.

A mere one or two doesn't seem to weigh much, but it has the characteristic that it cannot be stored as a magic weapon, so it can only be carried with you.

"To tell you the truth, this five-color gold is enough to buy your life, but you are handsome Yan, so it's hard to deter people who come after you, what do you think?" Zhou Bai played with the five-color gold in his palm, looking at Yan Luo with a half-smile and said.

Cold sweat broke out on Yan Luo's forehead, and he replied calmly: "If you don't kill me, you can demonstrate the justice of the commander-in-chief's dispatch of troops this time. Sinners watch you act like a king, and occasionally give charity, which can also attract some real masters." .”

"Whether to kill or keep, it is naturally the governor's decision, but please believe that the sinner will definitely bring you greater value."

After Zhou Bai listened, he got up and paced back and forth behind Yan Luo, staring at him until his spine felt chills.

After being silent for a long time, he turned to him again: "You are a talent, the ability to govern and the breadth of vision are rare under my command. Since I sincerely serve you, then I will not kill you."

"There are two options. One is to give you a nominal official salary for counseling the government; the other is to demote you to the end and become a township official in the most difficult place."

Yan Luo was thoughtful, and asked with a bow: "What the governor means, the first choice is to be a wealthy and idle person for the rest of my life, and the second choice is to see my own ability, but is there a chance to reuse it?"

"Yes, you have made up your own mind." Zhou Bai confirmed.

After getting an affirmative answer, Yan Luo said without hesitation: "The next official chooses the second one."

Zhou Bai nodded slightly, as if he was not surprised at all: "I will stay in the county mansion recently to help the people, and I will go to Baishazhou when the transfer order is issued."

"Chu Kai, who guards Baisha Town, doesn't understand civil affairs, so you should be his deputy in order to follow the history of the Nine Grades Classics."

Baisha Town doesn't know, but Yan Luo of Baishazhou still knows a little.

This place is a "strange land" of bitter cold, not only famous in Bei'an County, but also known to him when he was the sheriff of Ruinan County.

Connecting Bei'an County and Biancheng County, the land is barren, with white saline soil on the surface, it is impossible to grow food, and there are few people...

Yan Luo smiled wryly, this was really assigned, but he still firmly accepted the appointment, and at the same time he was full of fighting spirit.

Watching Yan Luo leave, Zhou Bai felt a little emotional.

This person's nobility has been exhausted, and after encountering such ups and downs, he still retains his original life, which is quite indomitable.

If he can really make some political achievements, Zhou Bai will treat him fairly and promote him.

And the reason why such a "big talent" was put in a place of bitter cold is of course also related to his next actions.

Chu Kai reported that the environment of Baishazhou has undergone major changes after the recovery of the aura, and it seems to have left the scene of a bad land.

This is not unusual, Zhou Bai had suspected at the beginning that such evil lands could also become treasured lands when the spiritual energy revived.

After Yu Yueyun led people to conduct on-site exploration, he confirmed that the saline-alkali environment in some areas of Baishazhou has improved, and most areas are changing in a good direction.

The original saline substance sinks to form a salt mine, which contains rich spiritual energy, which is regarded as spiritual salt.

The area of ​​the salt lake where Zhou Bai rested has expanded dozens of times, and the salinity has been greatly reduced. It can be used as a source of drinking and irrigation water.

After investigation, it was found that there were dozens of water sources, large and small, just near the ancient commercial road.

This is one of the few water sources that have been increased under the background of the current severe drought. It can only be said that the water vapor is balanced, and the water from other places is balanced to the desert wasteland.

Crossing the vast white soil to the west is Biancheng County in the west of Dingzhou.

Therefore, the strategic location of Baishazhou is actually extremely dangerous. This is the only land passage connecting Dingzhou. In other counties, Dingdong and Dingxi can only be connected through Ningjiang.

In the past, no one paid attention to this passage, because Baishazhou is too big, and there are sandy and saline soils along the way, so it is too difficult to supply fresh water and food.

Occasionally, a small group of merchants would not hesitate to push the grain trucks and water trucks to pass through forcefully, but it would be as difficult as heaven to pass through a large army.

Now that Baishazhou has undergone positive changes and is no longer a barren land with poor mountains and bad waters, it can be foreseen that its strategic position will improve.

With water, land and salt mines, it is the Tianfu Plain in the north, Zhou Bai must control it.

The direction of expansion in the future is very likely to be Baishazhou. Take this plain to use it as a military award, and then continue westward to take down Biancheng County!

Across Dingdong and Dingxi, and completely occupy the northern part of Dingzhou, you can start the matter of proclaiming Bo and Jianguo.

Of course, he still needs to look at the merger and development of other forces, especially Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao.

It really depends on the geographical location, population density, and prosperity. It is definitely better to continue to expand southward.

Although Longfeng County has experienced the last encirclement and suppression of generals and a series of natural disasters and man-made disasters, its population still has more than [-] people and has great potential.

You must know that Bei'an County is almost twice the size of Longfeng County, and it can only break through a million people, not to mention the gap in resource production and commercial trade.

In addition, before Baishazhou's spiritual transformation occurred, Zhou Bai's general plan was to unify Dingdong first, vigorously develop the navy, and then use absolute military strength to level the presumed west.

On August [-], all the officials transferred from Bei'an County were in place, including the county government team headed by the county governor Ji Hongzhe.

As early as when Lu Ding started to occupy Pinghe County, Zhou Bai wrote a letter to Ji Hongzhe, who was then the official of Pinghe County, Cao, and advised him to come to work by his side, at least he would not treat him badly.

However, Lu Ding was very strict at that time, and the prospect of Anbei Dudufu's self-reliance was still unclear, so he was not in a hurry to leave.

Before sending troops to Ruinan this time, Lu Ding was also leading the army outside. With the help of Xuan Yiwei, Ji Hongzhe finally left Pinghe County with his family and successfully crossed the Ningjiang River.

The timing of this visit was very ingenious, not after the successful attack on Ruinan, so Zhou Bai was able to appoint a county civil affairs officer when he came up. You must know that the Anbei Governor's Mansion only has two counties under its jurisdiction.

With such a heavy responsibility, Ji Hongzhe also formally pledged his allegiance to Zhou Bai, and there was no embarrassment of status reversal at all.

At the same time that Ji Hongzhe took office, all 35 local officials from the six counties in Ruinan had completed their work reports.

They will be sent to the government affairs school in Bei'an County to study for three months. During the study period, the government affairs of the six counties will be handled by the chief official or assistant official appointed by the governor's office.

If after three months of study, the political review and study assessment pass, then the official can be reinstated or even promoted.

This is also one of the measures that Zhou Bai formulated before he was about to step out of Bei'an. There must also be a set of regulatory procedures for how to deal with the demoted prisoners.

It cannot be that the strength does not increase but decreases because of the rapid expansion of the territory.

"According to statistics, the current population of Ruinan County is more than 250. The grain stored in the counties and counties is less than 5 shi. The summer harvest is [-]% lower than in previous years. It is currently being put into storage. A total of [-] low-grade spirit stones and [-] taels of gold have been obtained. It will take some time to verify the specific figures." Ji Hongzhe took office as a new official, and soon handed over a list to Zhou Bai.

Except for the army, this is the general gain from the capture of Ruinan County, and it must be a huge profit.

It's just that if you want to reach the level of development of Bei'an County, you still need time to govern the government. At this time, even the hearts of the people have not been fully recovered.

The luck of Guanxin Group's prefecture was not even as good as that of Dufu when it was under siege. What gathered here and there were only white qi, and only a circle of red qi in the center stabilized the overall situation of the county.

This is because the time is too short, the decree has not yet been passed, and the people have not yet recognized the system.

However, because Ruinan faced the Longfeng County controlled by the state government and wanted to take root as soon as possible, Zhou Bai specially ordered that half of the summer harvest grain be turned over, so that the people would have enough grain to last until the autumn harvest.

Cough, he didn't have the confidence to get free, because judging from the current general situation, he will continue to expand without stopping.

Two days ago, on August [-]rd, the first hero who established his own country had appeared, and it was still in the north.

That is Zhao Qi, the king of Xiyuan County in Liangzhou next door, one of the few kings who has stayed in the territory since the founding of Daxu.

Zhao Qi used Daxu's immorality as an excuse, and went to Xiyuan Junwang to rebel.

He started with Xiyuan County as his foundation, and within seven days he captured the other two counties in the north of Liangzhou, and wherever he went, he looked down on the wind.

With a strong foundation of luck, Zhao Qi called Liang Hou and directly established the Northern Liang Kingdom.

Then the dragons rose up all over the world, and from south to north, from east to west, there were feudal towns responding to the founding of the country.

As of August [-]th, Zhou Bai returned to Bei'an County. In just five days, other grass-headed teams in one county and one township are not counted. There are [-] famous independent countries in the world.
Of course, the foundation of these potential dragons and heroes is not as strong as that of Marquis Liang, and most of them are viscount and baron kingdoms based on the county dynasty.

Only Zhong Xiang of Xiangzhou in Jinghu established Chuxiang County with three counties, and the sudden appearance of Xishu River Yuanlong established Banan County with two counties.

In view of this situation, even if the Qingxu Rebellion in the Central Region has not yet been settled, Xuzhou is still under the control of the Qingxu Army, and the Daxu Royal Family will immediately issue a decree to enshrine the country.

Wang Xiu sent news from Shenjing that the imperial court will definitely issue a decree to close the country by late August at the latest before autumn.

At that time, it will be true that all nations will stand side by side, and princes will compete for supremacy.

(End of this chapter)