The devil is coming

Chapter 13 Licking the dog, licking to the end
At dawn, Blind Bei found Zheng Fan.
There was no trace of fatigue on his face.
Two people sat in the yard, each with a bench and a small table in the middle. On it were four bowls of white rice porridge, a plate of pickled ginger, a plate of pickled mustard and two salted duck eggs.
The two of them first picked up a salted duck egg in a tacit understanding. Blind Bei peeled the whole egg and put it into the porridge bowl. Zheng Fan knocked a hole in one end of the egg, peeled it a little, and used Use chopsticks to scoop out the eggs bit by bit and eat them.
It can be said that the inn was extremely busy all night last night, and this busyness continues to this day.
But even though everyone has been silent for half a year, when it is really running, it is still in order.
"Lord, this world is indeed different from what we imagined before, and it can be said to be much more interesting."
"Ah."
Zheng Fan knew that he was giving a report to himself, so he was not in a hurry and just waited for Blind Bei to speak slowly.
The information came from last night's interrogation of Young Master and the information obtained by Blind Bei and Xue San. As for Fan Li, he should still be in the barbarian caravan at the moment and he should not be able to come back in a short time.
Blind Bei must have already made a summary by himself. To be honest, Zheng Fan was really afraid that Blind Bei would bring over a copy of the dossier and ask him to review it.
He liked this way of reporting while eating breakfast.
"Lord, don't dislike my nagging. I'll talk slowly from point to point."
"it is good."
"The location where we are now is called Hutou City. The scale of the city is not large. Strictly speaking, it is a satellite city. Including Hutou City, the entire northern part of the Yan Kingdom and the desert area belong to Beifeng. County, almost means province.
The Yan State has seven counties. In addition to Beifeng County, there are six counties: Lesha, Tiancheng, Xiahu, Sanshi, Huwei, and Yinlang. The capital of the Yan State is located in Tiancheng County. It can be said that Tiancheng County is somewhat similar to the Gyeonggi area.
Beifeng County is basically the northern frontline of the Yan State. A hundred years ago, this was the area where the Yan State and the barbarians fought and fought.
However, firstly, because the barbarians divided themselves, the royal court declined and lost its appeal, and could no longer unite to launch a major offensive. Secondly, because of the rise of the three countries of Daqian, Dachu and Dajin, the Yan State had to The focus shifted to the Central Plains.
Therefore, in the past hundred years, although there have been occasional minor frictions between the Yan State and the barbarian tribes, there has never been a major battle involving more than ten thousand people.
Tuman City is the largest city in the Yan Kingdom on the edge of the desert. It was called Tuman City in the early years. Later, due to the tacit understanding and peace between the two parties, the city's name was changed.
This city is also the capital of Beifeng County. It is a big city. The Hutou City where we are located is one of the cities that relies on the defense system established by Tuman City. However, because it is the city closest to the desert, it is in peace. During this period, commerce and trade were relatively developed.
In today's world, Yan, Jin, Chu, and Qian are the four major countries in the world, and there are other small countries that exist as vassals of the four major countries.
The official system of Yan State is a bit complicated. Its political system is actually more like the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasty, where the monarch and the big family rule the world. The royal family is more like the most powerful one among the clans, that is, the leader of the clan.
The Daqian and Jin Dynasties followed the imperial examination system, and the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.
As for Dachu, it is a relatively ancient aristocratic system. "
"Then it seems that the Qian Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom are more advanced?" Zheng Fan asked.
"My lord is wise."
After giving a basic sentence first, Xiazibei continued:
“Logically speaking, the aristocratic system, the clan system and the imperial examination system should be a process from backward to advanced, but the development of a country must not only consider its own factors, but also take into account the historical process.
After the founding of the Yan State, because it had faced the threat of desert barbarians for a long time, in order to unite its forces, it had to delegate the power belonging to the monarch. Until now, this has formed the current situation where the clans coexist.
This kind of system is actually not suitable for centralized power, especially when it comes to external development, it often restrains its hands, just like Sun Shiwan during the Three Kingdoms period.
Therefore, even though the Yan State has had peace with the barbarians for nearly a hundred years, and even though the Yan State has the Yan State's iron cavalry that makes other countries extremely fearful, it still cannot proceed from north to south as we are familiar with in the historical pattern. Unite.
But it is precisely because of this system of the Yan State that it will be extremely united internally when facing the oppression of the Qian State and the Jin State, because the powerful families in Yan know that once the Jin State or the Qian State are destroyed by the Yan State, they will Their good days are coming to an end.
At the same time, although the Jin and Qian states had an imperial examination system, because the country had been established for a long time, the scholar-bureaucrat class could not be eliminated, and it became a parasitic class that was no less important than the nobles. It was a bit similar to the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, it also lost its enterprising spirit and ability. .
The nobles of the Chu State only know how to live in a state of intoxication. There is still a large area of ​​desolate land in their own backyard that has not been developed. Therefore, unless other countries take the initiative to cause friction, they rarely go to war with other countries.
There has been no large-scale war between the four countries for nearly 50 years, and they have entered an era of confrontation between the four countries. "
"oh, I see."
"In addition, Your Majesty, there is another very interesting thing. From the county government documents stolen by Xue San, we can get an interesting message, that is, there are also existing great empires in the West, and the exchanges between the two sides are quite close. Western envoys often crossed the desert into the Yan Kingdom, and then transferred from the Yan Kingdom to other countries. It can be seen that the exchanges between the East and the West in this ancient world were much more frequent than in our previous world history."
This is the popularization of geographical knowledge. After Blind Bei finished speaking, Zheng Fan ate his first bowl of porridge.
When Zheng Fan picked up the second bowl of porridge, the blind man Bei Ze began to report on another aspect, that is, the power system of this world.
"The interesting thing about this world is that it has monks, magic, fighting spirit, and warriors. It can be said that the types are quite rich.
That prince, oh, his name is Wang Fuqi, is a disciple of the Wang family in Beifeng County. This time he came to Hutou City specifically to visit, saying that he wanted to experience the desert customs. The Wang family is considered a leader in Beifeng County. Not a big or small family.
The West specializes in magic and fighting spirit, while the East specializes in cultivation and warriors. They are all divided into levels based on nine levels, with nine being the final level and one being the noble level.
Probably, the guard you killed last night, my lord, was not even at the ninth level, or was about to reach the ninth level, that is, he could use a little internal energy.
The wife of the patrol captain I met yesterday told me that her husband was still half a step away from entering the ninth-level martial arts realm, but he could beat a blind man to death as easily as crushing an ant.
This Wang family is also a descendant of the martial arts family. Wang Fuqi is indeed much more respected than ordinary people, but after all, he is a collateral descendant, and his role as a guard is not good enough.
Oh, by the way, the strange mount I saw at the entrance of the inn was probably a brave beast.
According to legend, the mount of the First Emperor of the Yan State was a Pixiu. After the founding of the Yan State, the royal families of the Yan State relied on the blood of that Pixiu for breeding and breeding, creating a lot of hybrid varieties, but even the lowest hybrid Pixiu. Beasts cannot exist except for people with status.
Beijing officials released from outside the capital will probably be matched with one, and there may be more in some elite cavalry teams. "
In fact, for ordinary people, this world is limited to the one-third of an acre of land in front of them. Sometimes they can't even remember the year name clearly, and they just eat the last meal and think about the next meal.
The inn had been open for half a year before, but they knew nothing about this power system. It was enough to show that the sky for the common people was really too narrow.
"These things are not fresh anymore." Zheng Fan put some pickles into the bowl, ate the remaining porridge together, and then put down the bowl and chopsticks.
After stretching, he continued to the blind man Bei sitting in front of him:
"Magic, fighting spirit, warriors, cultivation, etc., are all things that have been poorly written and drawn by people for a long time. But it's like you are tired of watching news about war and turbulent areas on TV and you come to the turbulent area in person. It feels completely different, and now I’m really excited.”
Upon hearing this, Blind Bei nodded and agreed. He was also very excited, and his colleagues were equally excited.
At that moment, Blind Bei, who had just finished one bowl of porridge, said while changing to another bowl of porridge:
"Lord, there are two things before us now. One is to find the way back."
"It can be removed once." Zheng Fan said without hesitation.
Although he was scared of this strange world, Zheng Fan really never thought about going back. He came to this world through euthanasia. In the previous world, he had no relatives and was tortured by illness for several days. Years ago, when I left, I had no worries, so there was no such thing as finding a way home again.
Blind Bei didn't seem to be surprised at all by Zheng Fan's response, but the choice was Zheng Fan's. He still had to say what he should say, so he continued:
"The second thing is that according to the plan previously commanded by the Lord, we need to expand our strength."
Now, what we have is an inn, and it is just an inn.
In the past six months, the development of the inn has been in a state of stagnation from its establishment to the present.
Because at this scale, the money earned can be regarded as a decent life. If you manage the relevant yamen and gangs, you can also get a certain degree of protection and be in a very safe position. "
It's not that Feng Siniang and others are unable to run the inn to a higher level, but it's not necessary. As stowaways in this world, they have no backers and no foundation. It's okay to achieve this level of the inn. If it continues to expand, it will probably be targeted by wolves.
Of course, the reason why they no longer worry is that firstly, Zheng Fan's awakening has determined the route, and secondly, they themselves have a tendency to turn into wolves.
"First of all, what we have to do is money and influence." Blind Bei said slowly, "This is the initial stage. In this initial stage, money and influence are separated.
Because at this time, it is too dangerous to have money but no influence. "
"Tell me the specifics." Zheng Fan reminded.
He knew that among the seven demon kings, Blind Bei should be more like a think tank.
"From small to large, since we are now in Hutou City, then I will make our next plan centered on Hutou City.
Let’s first create our own power in Hutou City.Under the premise that the prerequisite for rebellion is not yet mature, our power can only develop in the dark side. This is what our group of people is good at.
First control a few small gangs in Hutou City, and then gradually become the largest gang in Hutou City, recruiting a group of subordinates who can be used to run errands. At least, we don’t have to do anything like last night. Go do it yourself.At the same time, it is necessary to further enhance relations with the official forces in Hutou City.This is the first stage of the Hutou City strategy.
In the second stage, we can form our own team of horse bandits in the desert. While robbing, collecting protection fees, and primitive accumulation, it is best to collude with the official forces in Hutou City and have a channel to share the spoils.
The third stage is to form our own caravan and whitewash ourselves through the previous primitive accumulation and the relationships with other big power backgrounds established in that process.
After these three stages are successful, the Hutou City strategy will be successful.At least, we have established a firm foothold in Hutou City in this world, and we need to re-plan the next development. "
at the end,
Blind Bei added another sentence:
"Please Lord, please correct me."
Zheng Fan shook his head and said honestly: "I have no other opinions. I think your planning is very good. You have to eat your food one bite at a time. Well, that's the truth."
"My lord is wise."
"..." Zheng Fan.
This flattery is too blunt.
"If there's anything I can do to help, just tell me directly, although I..."
"What my subordinates need is trust from the Lord!"
"Well...I trust you very much!"
Zheng Fan said seriously.
Blind Bei shook his head and said, "No, Lord, you don't."
"I really, really trust you!"
"No, Lord, you don't."
"You are smart, I believe you!"
"No, Lord, you haven't yet."
"I really trust you!"
"No, Lord, you still haven't."
"I...I trust you!!!"
"still none."
"I feel relieved to leave the matter to you."
"No, Lord, you have not."
"Please, I trust you!"
Zheng Fan shouted until his voice became hoarse.
next moment,
In the mustard dish, three pickles floated on their own and fell into the porridge bowl in Blind Bei's hand.
The blind man smiled,
I took a bite of porridge with the pickles.
Very satisfied and authentic:
"Thank you, Lord, for your trust."
"Ah."
Zheng Fan nodded politely. He felt that he should keep some distance from this strange blind man now.
Blind Bei put down the porridge bowl, picked up the handkerchief in his sleeves, wiped his mouth, and said softly:
"I'm done licking, you continue."
(End of this chapter)