Zhongzhou, the Imperial Palace, the upper study. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Du Xianjin, the commander of the Thousand Guards, came in a hurry, and went straight into the upper study, kneeling down towards the middle-aged man with a calm breath and a national face behind the imperial case: "Minister Du Xianjin has seen Your Majesty." ”

This middle-aged man with a national character face is Ji Qian, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire who controls the land of the Thirteen States.

There are three Davids in the Great Zhou Empire, one is the Bauhinia Guard, which is the Son of Heaven's own army, and the most important duty is to protect the emperor;

The third is a thousand guards, and the duties of a thousand guards are more mysterious, serving only the emperor alone, mainly doing some things that are not visible, therefore, in the three guards, except for the Bauhinia Guard, the other two guards do not have a good reputation.

"Stand down!"

Ji Qian said to the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in the upper study.

"Slaves obey!"

Soon, the eunuchs and palace maids all withdrew from the upper study, and Ji Qian said to Du Xianjin: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Du Xianjin said in gratitude.

"You came to see me, but that incident has an eyebrow?" Ji Qian's eyes had a hint of expectation.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the news sent back by the spies of my Thousand Guards lurking in the three holy places, the three holy masters have joined forces to calculate the time and approximate scope of the arrival of the temple!"

"Good. Ji Qian couldn't help but show excitement.

Du Xianjin continued: "The approximate time of the Divine Temple's advent is twenty-eight months later, and the range of advent is within the territory of Yuezhou!"

Ji Qianlang said in a loud voice: "God really helps me in Da Zhou, this time the temple actually came in the territory of my Da Zhou!" Speaking of this, a look of thought flashed on his face, and he continued after a while: "You set off for Yuezhou now, and I will give you a secret decree, if necessary, let Qi Mingdong mobilize the army to cooperate with you." ”

Du Xianjin hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister lives up to Your Majesty's expectations!"

"That's good. Ji Qian nodded: "But you have to remember that the arrival of the temple is not trivial, and it can even affect the national fortune of my Great Zhou, so you must not be sloppy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me, the minister will be careful. Du Xianjin assured.

"Don't worry, go ahead!"

"Retire!"

After Du Xianjin withdrew from the study, Ji Qian fell into memories, a hundred years ago, the world was in chaos, and the Ji family was just a wealthy family, but in that year, a temple suddenly descended from the sky.

The temple was born, and the world shook.

Forty-nine people entered the temple, forty-nine entered the temple, and only nine people came out.

But these nine people all became the world's most influential figures, and Ji Jichang founded the Great Zhou Empire and became the master of the thirteen states.

Liu Zhan founded the Han Empire and occupied fifteen states under heaven.

Xiang Yunlong founded the Great Chu Empire and occupied twelve states under heaven.

Fan Shijun created the Holy Land of Pure Heart, Jiang Yunyan created the Holy Land of Fighting, and Sima Tianji created the Holy Land of Yaochi.

Although the achievements of the remaining three are not as good as the above six, they have all created their own sects, and now they are ranked three of the nine major sects.

The temple did not come for long, only ten days, and after ten days, the temple would fly back to the heavens.

Since the first advent of the temple, everyone in the world has been looking forward to the second coming of the temple, and the three holy lords who have entered the temple have finally calculated the time of the temple's re-arrival after years of calculation.

Thinking of this, Ji Qian's face couldn't help but show a trace of worry.

The advent of the temple is a good thing for the Great Zhou Empire, but also a bad thing, if the people of the Great Zhou Empire can get a chance in the temple, naturally the national strength will become stronger and stronger, if it is replaced by others, once the person who gets the opportunity has ambitions, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic again.

After all, the people who get the opportunities in the temple are all people who have God's favor, otherwise, the ancestor of the Ji family would not be able to establish the Great Zhou Empire and the Liu family and the Xiang family so easily.

Meanwhile.

The two emperors of the Han Empire and the Great Chu Empire also received the temple, which will descend on Yuezhou in the territory of the Great Zhou Empire two years later.

The world that has been quiet for a hundred years begins to have an undercurrent.

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After Song Yan robbed Du Heng, he took Qi Ling'er back to Qingfeng Village.

As soon as he returned to the cottage, an old stick came to report, saying that it was the leading boss of the One Hundred and Eight Villages in the Black Wind Mountain Range, who invited him to a banquet tonight.

Song Yan was a little puzzled, and asked the old stick: "Is there any reputation for inviting me to this lonely knife?"

The old stick said: "You have forgotten the big boss, every year a lonely knife will gather all the big bosses of the cottage together to redivide the territory." ”

After being reminded by the old stick, Song Yan remembered that there was indeed such a thing.

The income of the cottage is twofold, one is from the offerings of the villages near the Black Wind Mountains.

To put it simply, every month, those villages in the cottage will send a protection fee to the cottage, and after paying the protection fee, the cottage will no longer rob these villages in its own territory, and at the same time, if other bandits rob these villages, the cottage will also uphold justice for them.

On the other hand, the income comes from the merchants and dart boards in the territory of the cottage.

Generally, the chambers of commerce and dart bureaus that often walk within this boundary will choose to take the initiative to pay tolls, so the cottages will not rob them, but will only rob those chambers of commerce and darts that do not often pass by this boundary.

Of course, these infrequent chambers of commerce and dart games are also strong and weak, and they dare not rob when they are guarded by powerful warriors.

So, the life of the small cottage is not easy.

Take the previous Qingfeng Village as an example, there are five villages in the site, each village can pay about 12 taels of silver per year, and the five villages together are only 60 taels of silver.

You can receive about a hundred taels from those chambers of commerce and dart boards who often pass by.

Then through robbery, there is about two hundred taels of income a year, that is to say, the three items are added together, and the total income of Qingfeng Village is about three hundred and sixty taels.

But these more than 300 taels have to feed more than 60 people in the cottage.

According to the calculation that a person consumes two catties of grain a day, it will consume 60 catties per month, and 60 people will consume 3,600 catties, which is 18 taels of silver, so the money for buying grain alone will cost 216 taels of silver a year.

The remaining dozens of taels of silver should be used to buy and repair some weapons, after all, you can't let your subordinates rob them with their bare hands.

Therefore, the days of Qingfeng Village were really tight before.

After seeing Song Yan remember, the old stick continued to remind: "Big boss, many cottages know the news of the death of the old boss, and the territory of our Qingfeng Village is relatively good, and someone will definitely have the idea of hitting our territory, so you must be careful when dividing the territory this time, don't let people rob our territory!"

"Old stick, don't worry, I not only want to keep our territory this time, I also want to grab some more territory and come back!" Song Yan said confidently.

[Author's digression]: Second change