The devil is coming

Chapter 220 Territory!
Today is the beginning of spring, but for Shengle City in the north, the shadow of spring has not yet been seen, and the tail of winter still lingers here.
Shengle City is located in the north of the Jin Kingdom, almost under the Tianduan Mountains. Hundreds of years ago, when the savages were still jumping around and causing trouble to the three Jin Dynasties, Shengle City once served as the bridgehead of the Jin Kingdom.
However, that was all a long time ago. Nowadays, in the middle section of the Tianduan Mountains from the western section to here, the savages have become insignificant. Only the eastern section and the snowfields further north still bear the pressure of the savages. That section The Situ family is responsible for the area.
In the eyes of people from Sanjin, Shengle City is a poor place.
One is that the geography is too remote, and the other is that it is too far north. The climate is a bit extreme for most people in the Yan and Jin countries who live in the north all year round.
But Shengle City is not without its liveliness. In the early years, this place was a battlefield. In the past hundred years, with the continuous decline of the barbarians, this place has become a trading transit station. Before the war, it would be an exaggeration to say that this place was bustling with traffic. But there is absolutely no desertion at all.
Right now, there were five people sitting in a private room on the second floor of a restaurant in Shengle City.
The person sitting at the head of the table is the patriarch of a large clan in Shengle City - Bald Hair Successor.
To his left is a scholar, about thirty years old. Although he is dressed as a scholar, his face is weathered and has the appearance of premature aging.
His surname was Zhou Zhengwen, and he was once an adviser to the Helian family. He was arranged by the Helian family to manage their business here for seven years.
The person sitting on the right side of the bald man is a big man covered in furs. The big man has many braids on his head, which hang down and are exposed on his skin. It is covered with tattoos. This is the standard savage dress. His name is Xiong. strong.
War is the cruelest way to integrate. In the Tianduan Mountains in this area, many savage settlements have changed their surnames and gradually become "advanced". They will also go down the mountain to do business.
Sitting opposite, there is a man and a woman. The man is wearing a cloak and the woman is young and beautiful. They are both the bosses of two major local businesses. It can be said that the five people here are the most prestigious in Shengle City. Five already.
After three rounds of drinking, Bald Hair Successor opened up the conversation:
"Haha, I thought I could continue to watch the excitement, but who knew this Yan man could actually be so good at fighting."
Zhou Zhengwen nodded and agreed:
"Indeed, I thought that the Yan people were fighting against the Qian Kingdom. The old family master and the Wen family master jointly wanted to take the opportunity to cut off a piece of flesh from the Yan people. Who knew that instead...sigh..."
Tian Wujing's 20 cavalry took advantage of the road to enter the Jin Dynasty and wiped out two major families in one fell swoop. Like a hurricane, it directly swept through most of the three Jin Dynasties.
The people below seemed to have not recovered yet. When they suddenly raised their heads, everything changed!
Zhou Zhengwen originally had the support of the Helian family, and he could be said to be an indispensable figure in Shengle City. All forces in Shengle City had to humble themselves in front of him.
Now that the Helian family has been destroyed, Zhou Zhengwen has become a younger brother in an instant. Fortunately, he still has some power in Shengle City, and he has accepted some refugees from the Helian family, which has supplemented his strength. Otherwise, he really would not be qualified to sit here. This table is over.
"Speak straight."
Xiong Lie urged while chewing on the leg of lamb.
The Bald-haired Successor didn't mind the rudeness of this barbarian. In fact, hundreds of years ago, they might have been the same ancestor.
Regardless of whether it was the State of Yan, the State of Chu, or the State of Jin, the beginning recorded in their own history books was that the ancestors led their troops to the feudal country on the orders of the Emperor of Xia to resist the invasion of barbarians, savages, and Shanyue.
The fact is that the state of Chu was actually very small at first. That area was basically the territory of the Shanyue tribe. As a result, after hundreds of years of pioneering and conquest, the original owners, the Shanyue people, could only fight guerrillas in the rainforest swamps. .
The original savages were not born to like climbing mountains and living in the mountains. They were the true masters of the original Sanjin land.
However, it took the Yu family hundreds of years to forcefully break into the Tianduan Mountains.
As big as the Helian family, as small as the Bald-haired clan, they were originally from barbarians, but they have been assimilated into Jin for hundreds of years, so naturally they do not regard themselves as barbarians, but as Jin people.
The Helian family is considered the best among the naturalized clan, and they began to "whitewash" their origins very early.
Following the example of the Chu royal family, he began to make up fairy tales for his ancestors.
There is only one topic. You can say that my ancestor was born from a phoenix, a sacred cow, or a condor. It doesn’t matter what beast or god he was. Just don’t mention to me that he was born as a savage!
Bald Hair inherited and said:
"Everyone must have received the news. Ten days ago, Yu Huacheng of the Yu family, the younger brother of the Sword Master, rebelled against the emperor and wanted to hunt down the emperor. As a result, the emperor was rescued by the Yan people, and then the Yan people Nanhou led his army to conquer the capital."
"I knew it a long time ago." Xiong Lie shouted.
The bald man pressed his hands and said:
"How is the Jin Emperor? It actually has nothing to do with us, but from the beginning to the end, the Situ family has not said a word. Have you ever thought about what this means?"
"What do you mean?" Xiong Lie continued to yell.
In fact, this savage, although seemingly rough, is actually as meticulous as his hair. He has four or five settlements' businesses that he is responsible for taking care of.
At this time, the woman named Ning Cuicui, the head shopkeeper of Ning's Trading Company, said:
"It means that although the Situ family has established a country and proclaimed themselves emperor, they don't seem to have any plans to go to war with the Yan people."
Xiong Lie chuckled, picked up the wine bowl, took a sip of wine, and said disdainfully:
"Then the Situ family is scared."
Zhou Zhengwen said: "That's the problem. The Situ family can be cowardly, they can retreat, they can temporarily avoid the Yan people, but what about us?"
Everyone sitting there was silent.
Yes,
The Yan people suddenly invaded the land of Sanjin, causing local snakes like them to panic and fall into the situation of six gods and no masters. Although Shengle City was poor, the people in Guizhou Province suffered the most, and they were all full of food.
Therefore, they instinctively wanted to keep their position and the current situation in Shengle City. In addition, they had a sense of panic towards the Yan people. When they learned that the Situ family had "succeeded" in founding the country, they responded quickly and directly took control. He arrived at Shengle City and at the same time sent people to visit Situ's family.
The Situ family reacted quickly, and the decree stamped with the seal of the Emperor of Dacheng Kingdom came down immediately. Everyone was made a general and had an official status.
Then, there was no movement from the Situ family.
After the Yan people invaded the capital of Jin and killed Yu Huacheng, and the Situ family continued to watch from the sidelines, many powerful families finally reacted.
its not right!
They were jumping around happily here, thinking that the Situ family's army was about to move in, and they could have another fight to see who was in charge of the Three Jin Lands!
But now it's like someone seduced you, and you sat on the wall wearing a red apricot, only to find out that they were just teasing you!
What the hell should I do?
"There are actually two roads before us. One is to move into the Situ family's territory." Zhou Zhengwen said.
"What are we if we leave Shengle City?" Ning Cuicui immediately shouted.
Here, they are local snakes, but if they leave here, they can only be a relatively large group of refugees.
Zhou Zhengwen nodded and said: "The second point is that we also take the initiative to send people to Yan State to find out the situation. We can lower our attitude a little. The previous things can be blamed on a small family. Give the Yan people an explanation and ask them to send a city guard over to express their feelings. In this way, the Yan people will gain face, we will gain face, and everyone will be happy.
In fact, no matter what, whether it was when the old patriarch was here, the Situ family came, or the Yan people came, they must rely on us if they want to manage this Shengle City well. "
"Mr. Zhou's words are reasonable, but we have to look at the attitude of the Yan people. If everyone is amiable and the Yan people don't intend to come seriously, then what if we just give the Yan people a face?" Bald Hair inherited.
"Maybe the Yan people will leave us alone, hey." Xiong Lie said, and then he laughed again and said: "You are also happy to kill someone. It was you who gathered together to say that you would raise a banner to fight against the Yan. Take refuge in the Situ family, and now you are here to say that the Situ family is unreliable and that the Yan people may be coming.
I said, can you make a difference? "
The bald-haired successor snorted coldly and said:
"You are not afraid. Anyway, if the Yan soldiers and horses really come, you can take your people and caravan and hide in the mountains immediately. What about us?"
Xiong Lie wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth nonchalantly and said:
"It's as if our holy race naturally likes to live in the mountains. 800 years ago, this was the territory of our holy race!
However, don’t be afraid. Don’t think it is too painful to live in the mountains and escape now. After a long time, you will actually get used to it. "
The barbarians claim that they are also barbarians, because in the eyes of the barbarians, the word "barbarian" inherently carries an affirmation of strength and tyranny.
The savages do not call themselves savages, but call themselves saints, although they know that the entire east and even the west call them savages.
After squeezing the bald inheritance, Xiong Lie stood up and said;
"You can continue to discuss, I will go back first."
He is a person with a way out, and he is also a confident person. The savage settlement has a goods yard in Shengle City, and there are hundreds of armed people in it. Other forces do not dare to provoke him easily. After all, everyone is seeking for help. Cai, offending him is equivalent to offending a savage settlement in the nearby mountains. How can this business continue?
After leaving the restaurant, Xiong Lie went directly back to his own place. There were a lot of wild products piled inside, and there were many cages containing monsters. These monsters had no lethality. In future generations, they would be like pet dogs and cats.
When Xiong Lie entered the backyard, he saw a young man teasing his favorite green eagle.
This is also a kind of monster beast with blue feathers. It is the incarnation of the legendary "Blue Bird", which can be tamed and understands human nature.
This green eagle was in excellent condition and was Xiong Lie's favorite. Ordinary people were not allowed to even touch it, but this young man was holding a bamboo stick and pulling at it casually.
Xiong Lie was not angry at all, but took the initiative to kneel down on one knee.
Road:
"Master Zheng, I'm back."
Zheng Fan turned around, looked at Xiong Lie who was kneeling on the ground, and said:
"I've told you several times, don't be so polite. We are all our own people."
"The gift can't be ignored!"
"Oh, then you have to at least wait until I really take Shengle City before you can salute like this seriously. Now you and I should pretend to be polite and virtuous corporals, and we can ally with blood. You can't do this for me. No, not good."
"..." Xiong Lie.
At this time, the blind man came out from behind Zheng Fan, looked at Xiong Lie, and asked:
"What's the attitude of those families?"
"As for Mr. Hui Bei, those families are now very afraid of you Yan people and are already preparing to send people to surrender to you. But what they mean is that the Yan people can send an official to rule here nominally, but The real managers are themselves.”
When the blind man heard this, he nodded and said, "It makes sense."
It is too difficult and unrealistic to ask those with vested interests to give up their own interests.
"They have a pretty good idea." Zheng Fan dropped the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground, picked up the tea cup next to him, took a sip, and continued: "Only children make choices. I want to save my face."
The blind man immediately gave a very perfunctory flattery:
“What the Lord said is absolutely true!”
At this time, Xiong Lie said:
"Master Zheng, Mr. Bei, the letter from the Sixth Prince just arrived in the morning."
"What did he say in the letter?" Zheng Fan asked.
No one knows how big Xiaoliuzi's business was back then. Even if Emperor Yan issued a decree and all the business on the surface was handed over to the Ministry of Accounts, influence is not something that can be easily dispersed.
For example, this Xiong Lie was originally a savage slave. He was sold into the Yan Kingdom and was taken in by the Sixth Prince. After some sorting, he was sent back to the Jin Kingdom and Shengle City to support him while contacting some people near the mountains. The savage settlement established contact with Shengle City. Over the past few years, it has become a very influential figure in Shengle City.
Before Zheng Fan was awarded the title of Shengle City Guards, Xiao Liuzi mentioned Xiong Lie in the letter and said that he could be used.
But there is a premise. If you want to use it safely, you must have enough troops to shock him. Only with this premise, he will repay the favor willingly.
This time, Zheng Fan had more than 2000 regular troops in the suburbs outside Shengle City, as well as more than [-] Jin puppet troops.
To be honest, if we don't consider the losses, we can attack the city. Although the major trading houses in Shengle City and some local wealthy families can also recruit thousands of troops, how can they defend the city in a fragmented state?
However, it was best not to attack the city if possible. The situation was about to turn over, and Zheng Fan did not want to lose too much capital before the dawn of hope.
"Master Zheng, the master said two things in the letter. One is to ask the slave to listen to Master Zheng's words and do things."
"What about the other one?"
"The master said that he was grateful to Mr. Zheng for sending several large carts of cornmeal to Yanjing more than a month ago. The master said that he has been eating cornmeal for a month."
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PS: The surname Baldness has existed since ancient times, so don’t laugh.
Thanks to Liu Xiaodao for becoming the 79th alliance leader of "The Devil Comes", and thanks to Mo Ranxingye for being so popular.
(End of this chapter)