In ancient times, it generally only took about three hundred years for a dynasty to go from prosperity to decay and decay, and this was the case for almost every dynasty.

From the very beginning, when the dynasty was first established, the king was ambitious and ambitious, and wanted to create a foundation for all generations, and everything was vigorously and resolutely, and the whole dynasty developed rapidly and gradually moved towards prosperity.

Then, all kinds of evils slowly appeared, and the ruling class was like a collective loss of mind, and all kinds of deaths were carried out until they themselves were killed.

Eventually, a new dynasty emerges, repeating once again the old path of decay and decay, and each dynasty seems to be unable to escape this curse.

So, could this have been the case with the tribes of ancient times?

In fact, there are already signs of this in the Taihua Department, but the Nanhua where Zhao Hao is located is a new territory created by the Ji Zhou family, and they are equivalent to the initial stage of a dynasty, so there are no signs of decay.

The territory of the Taihua Great Chieftain is different, here, it has been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, and all kinds of signs of decay have slowly appeared.

It's like the Luobei Elder's Territory next to Nanhua.

At first, Zhao Hao didn't feel anything, because there was no one on the north bank of Luoshui.

After four days, they had traveled more than 500 miles through the overgrown hills and basins, and finally saw the traces of the farmland.

That night, the Great Elder of Nanhua took the initiative to recruit Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang into his tent, and said with some embarrassment: "Haotian, have you prepared any gifts for the elders of the territories along the way?" ”

Zhao Hao nodded without hesitation and said, "I prepared some, but I don't know if it's suitable." ”

The Great Elder of Nanhua then asked, "What have you prepared?" ”

Zhao Hao said like a few treasures: "Meat and leather goods, pottery and ironware, horses and carriages, knives and coins, etc., Zhennan Fort has them, I have prepared some, and there is also foreign beast meat, close to the existence of divine beasts, and you can also send some if necessary." ”

The Great Elder of Nanhua nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "You may not know the preferences of these people, or you can take out some prepared gifts, plus mine, and we will send them together in the name of the entire Nanhua?" ”

Zhao Hao really didn't know the preferences of these people, he nodded again without hesitation: "Great Elder, you say, what do you need to send?" ”

The Great Elder Nanhua thought about it for a while, and then muttered: "Forget about ordinary meat, they don't lack these, and if you want leather goods, you don't need too much, an ordinary elder like Luo Bei, just pick a few exquisite ones." If you want to use ironware, it's not necessary, your Haotianling's pottery is good, you can send some. Carriages and horses are the best, but they should not be sent too much, just a carriage and a few horses. Knife coins and corner coins are more exquisite, and you can give more them. By the way, guess what's they lacking the most? ”

Zhao Hao thought for a while, and then estimated: "They should be the most lacking in the existence of alien beasts and close to divine beasts." ”

The Great Elder of Nanhua nodded slowly and said, "Yes, they lack this, and besides, this is also their favorite." This time, I also prepared some alien beast meat, but it was far from yours. Otherwise, I have a thousand catties of exotic beast meat, and you, how about a hundred catties of Kui beef, four dislikes, and saber-toothed tiger meat? ”

This is just a trivial matter, Zhao Hao still nodded without hesitation: "No problem, you can send whatever you think is appropriate." ”

Early the next morning, the Great Elder of Nanhua took Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang to start preparing gifts, after he picked out the things, they were all loaded in exquisite wooden boxes, and after almost a cart, he ordered a relatively old looking guard, with a few people, driving two carriages and a few horses, leaving the big team and galloping eastward.

Zhao Hao can see that the Great Elder of Nanhua picks out those things that look good, such as deerskin and beautiful pottery bowls.

At first, he thought that the wooden boxes brought by the Great Elder Nanhua contained some precious gifts, and for a long time, they were almost all these bells and whistles, so to speak, except for horses and exotic beast meat, everything else was basically useless.

Does an elder like all these bells and whistles?

Not to mention, people like it.

Less than three days after the Great Elder of Nanhua sent someone to deliver the things, they actually followed the person who delivered the things to meet him.

This Elder Luobei, that's called a fat, it's like a big beer keg.

To be honest, Zhao Hao has never seen such a fat person in Taihua Continent for so long, these days, everyone seems to be running around for food, who can raise such a fat?

This guy is a little too fat, but the clothes are quite exquisite, exquisite and even give people a luxurious feeling.

Perhaps it was the gift from the Great Elder of Nanhua that was just his taste, and the Elder Luobei was quite enthusiastic about their party, not only promising to let the generals and princes along the way provide food for their party, but also insisted on inviting them to Luobei City as a guest, so that he could fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

Luobei City was actually not on their way to Kunlun Ruins, so the Great Elder of Nanhua would order someone to leave the team to give gifts.

However, since they were so warmly invited, it was not easy for the Great Elder of Nanhua to refuse, so the group could only detour down the road, wasting more than a day of time, and followed this Luobei Elder to Luobei City.

This guy, after following Elder Luobei and his party to the residence of Luobei City, Zhao Hao knew what luxury was.

Along the way, Zhao Hao observed very carefully, the clansmen under the rule of Elder Luobei did not have the spirit of the clansmen of Nanhua at all, and even the clothes were not as good as the clansmen of Nanhua, which proved that the territory under the rule of Elder Luobei should not be as developed as Nanhua.

However, Elder Luobei's residence is much better than that of Elder Nanhua, that is called a luxury, and almost all the things that can reflect luxury in this era are used by this guy.

It's like the hall where they feast, this is no longer called the hall, it should be called the hall, because the whole place is a huge wooden hall, and the inside and outside are beautifully carved, even if it is the table where they eat, it is also extremely exquisite.

As for the food, it was all meat, and although they were all ordinary beasts, they were quite chic.

When they feasted, there was even a group of maidens dancing in the main hall, and there were even some strange musical instruments.

These are all things that Zhao Hao didn't expect.

He really didn't expect to see these things in ancient times.

This guy is simply hollowing out his mind to pursue pleasure!

Zhao Hao took a closer look and found a problem, this guy didn't seem to know that the Great Elder of Nanhua had been estranged from their leader's family, and he was really enthusiastic about their party.

Even, even when he offered to send someone here to trade things for knife coins and dimes, this guy agreed.

What this guy means seems to be that as long as you give enough benefits, it's easy to say anything, as for the relationship between the big chief's family and the Ji Zhou family, he didn't mention it.

The pursuit of pleasure and ignorance of political affairs is the beginning of a dynasty's decay.

Looks like this guy has come a far, far way on the road of decay.