After Taoyi was occupied by Wei, the king of Wei was afraid that the king of Qin would send envoys to get it back, so he only sent officials to collect taxes and thousands of soldiers to maintain order. The rest is left to its own devices. Other countries were also afraid that the defeat of Taoyi would eventually become an excuse for being attacked by the Qin State, and they looked red, but no one dared to do it. But the Qin State seems to have forgotten Taoyi! Therefore, Taoyi has rarely developed peacefully for nearly 30 years. Due to its good geographical location and convenient transportation, it is now the largest commercial market in the Central Plains. Restaurants, gambling houses, brothels, all kinds of weapons, and male and female slaves can be traded freely. Even the most ferocious gladiatorial fights are legal here! When there was a conflict between the merchants, they were all accustomed to buy a strong slave and put it in the gladiatorial arena, and the life and death struggle between the slaves would determine the interests of both parties. Bystanders can also visit and place bets. As a result, nearly 10,000 slaves have died here for more than twenty years. Their deaths may have been caused by two merchants fighting over a business, or over a new girl in a brothel. Prosperous commerce also brought a prosperous handicraft industry. From shipyards and armor to embroidery needles. There are nearly one million rural and foreign businessmen in the urban area of Taoyi, including 150,000 businessmen and 300,000 handicraft workers.

This morning, in the fog. The shipyards near the water, in general, are preparing to launch new large ships. Coolies on the docks were loading bags of heavy cargo onto the bullock carts on the shore. The Wei soldiers at the city gate had just changed their guards. Most of the shops on the street are still open. A group of black-clad and black-armored cavalry slowly marched forward in the fog! The slaves carrying the work on the side of the road stopped, watched the cavalry team slowly emerge from the fog and then disappear into the fog, and immediately received a whip from the overseer beside him. As soon as the overseer saw the black armor, he knew that it was a unique costume of the Qin army, and at first thought it was a passing Qin mission. When a shipload of goods was unloaded and loaded, and seeing that the horse team had not yet finished, I realized that this was not an embassy with hundreds or thousands of horsemen, but a Qin army with more than 10,000 horsemen. The Wei soldiers guarding the city gate also thought so, and at first thought that it was the passing Qin envoy who entered the city to eat and rest, and they didn't bother to report. When I saw the endless queue entering the city, I knew that this was the Qin army killing! Suddenly my feet trembled in fright, and I almost peed my pants.

After Xin Sheng's troops entered the city, they quickly occupied the city wall and the four gates, as well as the yamen of various official offices. As long as the Wei army laid down their arms, they would not be killed. He also sent two thousand-strong troops to block the roads leading to Chu and sent people to report to Montenegro.

When the morning fog cleared, when the people of Taoyi first walked out of their homes, they found that there were many more black soldiers in the city, and they stood guard and patrolled, that is, they did not enter the house to rob or seal off the streets, as if they were in their own city. Many timid people closed the door and shrank back, but some bold ones still opened the door to do business, and an old proprietor reprimanded the guy: "I'm afraid of it, it's about our ball, it doesn't matter if he is Wei or Qin, the same tax and dinner, they fight their battles, let's do our business!" ”

I can't fight if I want to! As soon as the door of Tao Yiling's mansion opened, he saw that the Qin army was standing guard and patrolling outside the door, and hurriedly closed it again.

The barracks in the city were woken up by the sound of neat footsteps! Half of the people rushed out of the camp gate with their weapons in a hurry, and saw a neat phalanx outside the camp gate, each with a bright sword in his hand and knocking on a black shield, and shouting "Kill, kill, kill!" ”

Taoyi has always been the rear of the Wei State, these soldiers usually stand guard, scaring the people is okay, today when I saw the Qin army suddenly appeared in front of me, I was so frightened that my legs trembled, and the knife in my hand was no longer stable! A commander of the Qin army walked up to them and said with a smile: "Look, hurry up and come out to line up, we will all dismount and accompany you to fight, everyone will kill." We're waiting for your heads to make meritorious contributions? Hurry up and get your officers to come out and fight!" ”

After a while, a fat officer came out of the Wei barracks, and as soon as he walked out of the camp gate, his calf cramped and fell to the ground. The helmet rolled to the ground, his hair was messy, and he said, "Will ...... General, our lieutenants do not ...... Absence! He...... Live over there! ”

"I don't care which of you is there and who is not, there is a war! What we need is your head, grab your sword and come out into battle in battle! The commander shouted.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The Qin army array shouted in unison without knocking on their shields, and marched forward a few steps neatly.

The Wei officer was frightened and shouted, "We surrender!" We surrendered! ”

The horse team of Montenegro arrived in Taoyi the next day, and praised Xin Sheng for taking Taoyi without a single soldier. He immediately ordered: "Taoyi City will now only enter people, not people, Brother Hei, Zhang Jin, bring the prisoners to the city wall, transport rolling wood and stones, and immediately strengthen the city defenses." Xin Sheng's cavalry was ready, and when the infantry arrived, he immediately went south to attack Jinxue County! Meatloaf took people to raid all the casinos in the city, immediately stopped all slave trade, and told the slave trader that a slave who had died of starvation and illness in the past few days would be punished according to the murder of Qin Law. ”

"No!" Several generals left in response!

Montenegro came to the government and ordered someone to immediately take over all the documents and files, and summoned several chief officials of Wei for questioning.

After a while, three people brought and knelt in front of the main case in Montenegro. The leader was a white and fat middle-aged man who was so frightened that he was drenched in cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "Foreign Minister Tao Yi ordered Wei Bin to meet the general. The foreign minister and the Great Qin Lieutenant are relatives, and I hope that the general will look at the face of the Great Qin Lieutenant and spare his life! ”

"From today onwards, Taoyi has been renamed Daqin Taojun, and I am Taojun's fake guard. I ask you, how many people are there in Tao County? How much arable land? How much tax does a month get for merchants in the city? Montenegro asked.

"This ...... This minister really doesn't know, Tao Yicheng knows better! Wei Bin trembled with fright.

"You are related to the Great Qin Lieutenant? What dear? Montenegro really had a bad impression of this guy who didn't know anything, but since his surname was Wei, it was possible that he was related to Wei Yi, so he asked.

"My cousin's cousin and niece are married to the elder of the Great Qin Lieutenant! So the family of the national lieutenant is always the cousin-in-law of the foreign minister. Wei Bin said, much bolder.

"What does this have to do with the national lieutenant?" Montenegro asked again.

"A few years ago, my cousin-in-law's cousin's daughter married the second son of the national captain as a concubine!" Wei Bin said again.

"Hahaha!" Black Mountain and his subordinates on the side laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt! It took a while before he came back to his senses and said to Wei Bin, "Since you are a relative of the Great Qin Captain!" Then Ben Shou will let you live. Come on, send Lord Wei and his family out of the city! Prepare them with dry food and wine, and don't go hungry! ”

"No!" The two pro-soldiers immediately stepped forward and took Wei Bin out!

"You're Tao Yicheng! Answer what I just said! Montenegro said to a middle-aged man with a long beard.

"Song Lei, the foreign minister, returned to the county to keep his words, there are 280,000 households in Taoyi, and 30,000 merchants from various countries. There are 1,530,000 acres of fertile land. There are 43 large merchants, 345 medium merchants, and more than 2,000 small merchants in the city, and the monthly tax can be 820,000 gold. The old palace and other public properties are rented, and the monthly rent can be 30,000 gold! Song Lei replied without humility or arrogance.

"Song Lei, what nationality are you, I see that your answer is fluent, you are in charge of Taoyi's affairs, right?" Montenegro asked.

"The ancestors of the foreign minister are the Song royal family, and when he was a child, he was a Song, Qi, Qin, and Wei for nearly 30 years, and he will be a Qin person from today onwards! The population, money and food of Taoyi are all recorded in the heads of the foreign ministers, and Song Lei is willing to serve Daqin. After Song Lei finished speaking, he made another Confucian hand salute.

"Jun Cheng, you may not be able to do it, what do you think of the position of grain Cao!" Montenegro asked. Although the grain cao is not as big as the county king, he is in charge of taxation and has great power.

"Song Lei is willing to serve the county guard!" Song Lei said.

"Captain Tao Yi is also willing to serve the county guard!" The middle-aged man wearing the general's uniform on the side also kowtowed and said.

"Look at your soldiers, I'm ashamed of you! Not all wine bags and rice bags are qualified to serve Ben Shou. Take your family with you and go wherever you go! Montenegro said coldly, not bothering to ask the name.

Two of his own soldiers stepped forward and invited him out.

The next day, all the infantry troops reached Tao County. Montenegro said to Xin Sheng: "You take 20,000 light cavalry, attack Xuecheng, recruit all the ox carts in Xuecheng, and transport all the money and grain from the treasury to Taojun, and I will send 10,000 infantry to meet on the road." There are the most slaves in the Chu country, and you have rescued all the slaves who have seen the Tao, given them dry food, let them come to Tao County by themselves, and tell them to come to Tao County to be free people. After doing this, you 20,000 men will be divided into four parts, and each of you will attack the county town on the road to the south. Every time a city is captured, only the money and grain of the treasury are robbed, and the slaves are freed. Your final goal is Pei County. I'll be there! ”

"No!" Xin Sheng responded, and immediately took his subordinates and set off!

Montenegro summoned the generals again and said: "If we want to stay in Tao County for a long time, we must buy the hearts of the people here, they have a deep misunderstanding of Daqin!" Miron took the lead in sweeping the streets of the city, filling in the potholes. With the military engineers and the county engineers, dozens of Yuanxuan (ancient public toilets) were built in all corners of the city, telling the people of the city that abandoning ashes and defecating everywhere would be punished with hard labor! Remember to post the "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" everywhere, send someone to interpret it on the spot, and let the soldiers sing it when they work! ”

"No!" Mi Long replied.

"Meng Hao, set up a few shower spots, purchase more Gebu clothes, and let all the slaves and beggars take a bath and change into new clothes! Then let the remaining military doctors and fairies in white check their bodies. Let the elderly and disabled be responsible for cleaning the streets and guarding the enclosures. The young and strong built the walls with the prisoners of war. Remember to pay as you work! ”

"No!" Meng Hao responded.

After explaining the matter, Montenegro changed into civilian clothes and took Song Lei and more than a dozen plainclothes soldiers to walk around the city.

At this time, Tao County was dirty and messy compared to other cities in the Qin State. The streets have been mixed with people, animals, vehicles and horses for a long time, and they have been uneven, and they are casually mated with mud, and the streets are full of mud when it rains, and dusty when they are sunny. Cow dung and horse dung were not cleaned up in time, and passers-by were everywhere on the streets. As soon as the sun came out, it still stinks. Crowds of beggars on the streets.

"There are usually many hooligans and ruffians in the city, who call themselves young heroes and collect protection money from merchants, and since you entered the city, they have all disappeared!" Song Lei said.

"Starting tomorrow, you will take people to register from house to house, and all the unemployed hooligans will let them leave, and those who remain will be transferred to the labor camp. Buy all the properties and stores that are sold at a low price! Montenegro said to Song Lei.

"No!" Song Lei responded.

The largest inn in Tao County is called Jishui People's House, and the decoration is exquisite and very clean. Drafted as a temporary residence for generals. In the evening, Montenegro and Autumn took a bath and lay down in bed. Running around continuously, Qiu was tossed by the carriage, and his pretty face was very haggard. However, he was still very happy to snuggle in Montenegro's arms, and said softly: "I can finally have you alone for a night!" ”

"I'm going south tomorrow, twenty days at the fastest, and a month at the slow! During this time, you have a good rest and wait for me to come back! Montenegro said.