Shang Zhu knew that Sun Yun had been going back and forth between Jianmu Lake and Haojing all the year round, and he was not very familiar with Nanzhou, and he himself was reluctant to say that he had heard Li Qing blow the cow several times on the way south, and said that he knew everything about the grass and trees in the Shanhai Continent, so he kicked Li Qing's calf and asked him to behave well in front of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Li Qing coughed, cleared his throat, and after successfully attracting everyone's attention, he smiled proudly: "The barbarians are actually divided into the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Barbarians, the two barbarians are the same fierce and good at fighting, the Northern Barbarians live far away in the prairies of the North Continent, and the landing mountains and the Great Wall block them, so that they cannot enter Kyushu, and we are now in the South Continent, we may have to face the South Barbarians, so let's skip the North Barbarians for the time being." ”

Xuanyuan is the most powerful country in Kyushu, the country has been established for thousands of years, of course, it is impossible not to attack Nanzhou, but why there has never been a way to attack it, Li Qing by browsing the history books, combined with his many years of military life, summed up three reasons.

First, the countries above Kyushu have mastered the technology of smelting iron in the past three hundred years, and sharper and more resilient iron weapons began to replace bronze weapons and become a major killing weapon on the battlefield, which can be able to resist the sharp weapons of the barbarians.

Second, there is a Qingjiang River between Nanzhou and Dongzhou, the two sides of the strait are separated by more than 70 miles on average, and the widest part is separated by more than 100 miles, and the shipbuilding technology of Kyushu has not yet reached the point where it can safely cross the treacherous Qingjiang River, and there are finless porpoises, fishmen and even sharks in the river, and they can't cross the river, they can't reach Nanzhou, and the word attack can't be said;

Third, Nanzhou is divided into three landmasses: eastern, central and western, and the environment is sinister everywhere. The western continent is full of miasma, non-natives can't adapt, the middle continent is full of water towns, can't do farm work, can't feed too many people, the east continent is full of high mountains, strange rocks, only the feather people will prefer these strange mountains and dangerous peaks, in a word, Nanzhou is not suitable for the life of the Kyushu people, and it doesn't make much sense to fight down.

Also, Li Qing finally added that these three continents are adjacent to the Fairy Forest, and if others don't know the Fairy Forest, even if they don't know the Fairy Forest, can the people of Kyushu who were miserable by those goblins who escaped from the Fairy Forest not know?

As for why Nanzhou did not counterattack Kyushu, Li Qing thinks the reason is very simple.

Yuren Guo holds his one-acre and three-point land to live, and entertains himself in his own country, ignoring everything outside the country, you outsiders play casually, as long as you don't mess with me, if it weren't for the fact that Nanban has been too arrogant over the years, it has provoked them, and even almost made the world forget that they are still as powerful as they were. The barbarians have a low IQ and are lazy, they can burn, kill, loot and save without occupying places, and they like to fight among themselves, not to mention the invasion of other countries. The natives of the Western Continent wanted to attack Kyushu and go to the paradise they longed for to live, but unfortunately there were small countries and widows, and they were not in harmony with each other, so they could not be used to form a unified combat force, so they rashly attacked Kyushu, only afraid that they would die even worse.

Li Qing's words made Ji Zhengmao pause, nodded frequently, and thought to himself, he used to only read sage books, and his ears didn't hear anything outside the window, he was really like a leopard in a tube, a blind man touching an elephant, and his knowledge was really shallow and narrow.

After Ji Zhengwan had a fun time with Ting Yan, Ting Yan lay on his chest and said: "Your Highness should learn more from a few ministers like tonight, so that after inheriting the throne, you can do something, so that the Xuanyuan Kingdom will continue for generations." ”

"I also have this idea, learn from Sun Yun Dasima to lead the troops in battle, learn to discern the current situation from Li Qingmu, and learn to observe the sky and divination from Shangzhu Taibu, and strategize. Ji Zheng is drawing circles on Tingyan's bare back, her skin is as tender as tofu, Ji Zheng likes to touch it very much, "Sister, Ji Zheng doesn't understand something." ”

"Say it. ”

"Since the Duke of Fengguo gave his sister to Ji Zheng, you have always urged Ji Zheng to be diligent in his studies and not to covet women, and after he ascended the throne, he took it as his responsibility to revive the Xuanyuan Kingdom. Did my sister get the order of the Duke of the Kingdom?"

"What does Your Highness think?" Ting Yan looked at Ji Zheng with a smile, his face was flushed, and the eyebrows in his eyes were full of an indescribable charm.

Ji Zheng only felt that this moment in the world was the happiest, and couldn't help but kiss Tingyan's mouth again, Tingyan removed Ji Zheng's hand that was touching everywhere, and said, "Your Highness, you haven't answered me yet." ”

"No, I think my sister sent a fairy from heaven to save me. Ji Zheng kissed down Tingyan's mouth.

Ting Yan screamed out, this cry was extremely ecstatic, Ji Zheng felt that all the power of the desolation in his body was awakened, and he suddenly flipped Ting Yan over, pressed it on his body, and penetrated it in one breath......

Led by the Heishui Army, the Xuanshui Army's marching speed was greatly accelerated, and the next day it arrived at the border between the Heishui Kingdom and the Mao Republic of China. The Republic of Mao and Tongbai have always been not on good terms, if they enter the river bank under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Mao, it will definitely cause a fierce battle, in desperation, Sun Yun had to abandon the ship and go ashore, escorted by the army of the Black Water State, to the depths of the South Continent.

Before leaving, Feng Xun informed Sun Yun that it would be a great burden for his army to open up the Tongbai Kingdom, because the military rations that the Heishui Kingdom could provide were far from enough. In desperation, Sun Yun only selected a hundred of the best soldiers from the army as guards to protect the prince, while Sun Sanchuan stayed on the building ship and commanded the rest of the sailors.

This time walking on the border of the Black Water Country, it is not as easy as in Kyushu.

Kyushu has a lot of flat land, and you can drive a carriage along the south, and Ji Zheng who is sitting in the carriage doesn't feel how hard it is. And here are all small hills, although not high, but the mountains are many and dense, there is no so-called big road at all, you can only wind around the path, these are the usual hunters out of the road, small and rugged, very difficult to walk.

Feng Xun told Ji Zheng that he came at the right time, if he came to the Western Continent in the summer, not to mention the miasma and poison or something, just mosquitoes, insects, snakes and rats could make them choke.

The deeper they went, the more demons they found, but fortunately, Feng Xun invited the wizard to open the way in front and drive away these little demons, otherwise, everyone would have fled in a hurry.

It was the first time that Ji Zheng had seen the power of wizards, these guys with strange colors on their faces and wearing long robes, juggling and dancing in front of them, and chanting words in their mouths could repel those demons.

Ting Yan is not only good at dancing, but also good at martial arts, and has saved Ji in danger many times. This made Li Qing, Sun Yun and others amazed, and greatly praised him for being a good person, and it was really right to give Tingyan a girl to the prince.

And the business assistant is thoughtful and thoughtful.

"Haha, His Royal Highness the Prince, you should always believe that there are strange forces in the world at this time. Li Qing saw that Ji Zheng was tripped and fell to the ground by the fibrous roots stretched out by a tree demon, and cut off its fibrous roots with a knife, splashing green juice, which was disgusting and unpleasant.

Ji Zheng smiled awkwardly at Li Qing, thinking about his previous speeches, he felt that he was really as stupid as a frog sitting in a well and watching the sky.

"Why are there demon clans here?" Ji Zheng asked Feng Xun.

Feng Xun replied with a smile: "Your Highness, don't think that the demon clan only lives in the fairy forest, they are everywhere. It's just that the people of our Western Continent know some witchcraft, and there is a witch alliance in charge, most of these demon clans only dare to live in remote places, and dare not approach rural towns. ”

After five days of hard walking on the road, the group finally reached the border of Tongbai Kingdom, and General Fengxun handed them over to General Fu Xuan, who sent chariots and horses to meet them, and left with his army.

After entering the border of the Heishui Kingdom, Shang Zhu wrote a letter to the king of Fu to explain the situation, and the king sent General Fu Qi to meet him.

General Fu Xuan is a middle-aged man who does not smile, he didn't talk much all the way, he and Shang Zhu are obviously old acquaintances, and the two exchanged pleasantries when they met.

The land of Tongbai is much better than that of Heishui country, although there are hills, but it is not as dense as that of Heishui country, there are mostly canyons between the two mountains, and there are small towns in the canyons, and there are big roads between these towns, and Ji Zheng can get on a carriage and walk on the road.

From time to time along the road, I saw refugees pouring into Tongbai Country from various places, Ji Zheng thought to himself, these should be the people who were oppressed by the barbarians and fled for their lives, it turned out that they were going to Tongbai Country, it seems that Tongbai Country has a very high status in the hearts of the people of the Western Continent.

After walking for about three hours, everyone saw a magnificent river, and the people of Tongbai called this river Anhe. This river, which originates from Zulong Mountain, meanders through Tongbai Country, and finally flows into Jianmu Lake, nourishes 80% of the people of Tongbai Country, and the ancient city of Pancheng, the capital of Tongbai Kingdom, is also located on this river.

General Fu Xuan led the people to divert the route along the Anhe River to the north, the flat land on both sides of the river, built with dense houses, pedestrians on the street one after another, and the river was lined with wooden boats and bamboo rows. After leaving Kyushu for a few days, everyone finally felt the lively atmosphere of the city again.

"There are still more than 200 miles away from Pangu City, it is not the time, before dark, it is estimated that we can still walk more than 100 miles, it seems that we will not be able to arrive tomorrow. Shang Zhu said to Ji Zheng.

Ji Zheng nodded, he saw that outside the window, many children were swimming naked on the river, and some naughty children climbed on the bamboo raft and jumped into the water like a winter melon. The weather in Nanzhou is very different from Kyushu, Kyushu is already cold at this time, everyone wears sweaters and burns charcoal at home to keep warm, here is just feeling autumn, slightly cool in the early hours of dusk, and the rest of the time is as hot as summer.

In the evening of the same day, General Fu Xuan led everyone to live in Xuancheng, which was fifty miles away from the ancient city of Pan. Most of the soldiers from both countries remained outside the city and set up camp, and only a few of their own soldiers were allowed into the city.

Walking on the road, Ji Zheng found that the houses here are very different from those in Kyushu, the walls facing the street are very high and there are no windows, the blue brick structure, the front door is low, the eaves are very low, the main building is taller, and the eaves are relatively high.

"This is a local architectural feature, called a seal, if Your Highness is interested, you can find time to go in and have a look. Shang Zhu said.

"That's what I thought. "Ji Zhengdao.

The people of the city were also very curious when they saw such a stranger with long hair and robes and strange clothes walking in, and they stopped to watch, and some children were running after him.

Fu Xuan asked the local city lord to arrange a mansion for Prince Ji Zheng and his ministers, and after settling down, he immediately led them to the Full Moon Tower for dinner.

Ji Zheng has gradually adapted to the hodgepodge of dishes here, and is eating chicken, when he suddenly remembered the teacher's teaching: the five flavors are refreshing, and now he eats them with relish, which is really a sin.

Ting Yan sat next to Ji Zheng, eating food quietly, and suddenly shivered, looking at the street in the distance.

Two teenagers, one tall and one short, walked slowly on the road, walking barefoot, their clothes in tatters.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Ji Zheng asked. He looked in the direction that Ting Yan was looking, the two teenagers, the older one tied up his long hair and bandaged the bun with linen, thinking that it was not from the Western Continent, and he inexplicably had a good impression of them.

"Your Highness, it's nothing. Ting Yan withdrew his gaze.

"Someone, give these two young men food. Ji Zheng understood that Tingyan came from a poor place, and he couldn't see others suffering the most, so he ordered someone to give the food to the two teenagers on the road.

Seeing Ting Yan and Ji Zheng behaving so strangely, the other people also looked at the two young men, seeing that they were ordinary in appearance and shabby clothes, and they didn't understand Ji Zheng's intentions.

Beggars are everywhere, why give them to these two teenagers alone.

"Your Highness shouldn't be able to see that they are here to touch porcelain, right?" Li Qing muttered quietly.

"What do you mean?" Sun Yun was puzzled.

"It's okay, I just think Your Highness is too easy to deceive. Li Qing lowered his voice, as thin as a mosquito.

Sun Yun shrugged his shoulders, sandwiched a piece of beef, stuffed it into his mouth, chirped, and ate it again.

Shang Zhu looked at the two teenagers, and then at Ting Yan, and seemed to understand something.

When the rest of the officers saw that there was nothing to look at, they lowered their heads and ate their own food. It didn't take long to eat, and I heard that the shopkeeper was arguing with the two teenagers, and the quarrel was very loud, and it reached everyone's ears from time to time, but because it was a little far away, I couldn't hear what they were arguing about.

Fu Ju sent two guards to mediate, and one of them came back to report it not long after, and the reason for the quarrel was that the two teenagers wanted to thank the nobles who gave them the food in person, but the shopkeeper refused to let them. At first, the attitude of both parties was very good, but then somehow they quarreled.

Fu Xuan replied lightly that he knew, and then told the guards not to let these two teenagers disturb Prince Ji Zheng's meal.