Didn't change it for three days in a row, and then ...... I saw three more monthly passes. So, I can't help but think that if I don't change it for thirty days in a row...... Will there be 30 monthly passes......

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"Yuan and you stay, continue to sort out the materials, if there is something urgent, contact according to the agreed method."

After the explanation, Zhang Yuankong beckoned Zhang Yuanjin, Carmen and Wang Shoujie, who had come over and waited here for breakfast, "You can go", Zhang Yuanhe shook his head disapprovingly.

"Senior brother, to be honest, I still think you are doing too much."

"I'm going to have to check it out."

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It is already the fourth day after the "Zhang Yuanjin assassination" incident, and in the past four days, the major forces in Wurong City have interacted fiercely, and the situation in the city has changed, and the waves are really dizzying.

The first to act was the Taishou Mansion. With unimaginably high efficiency, those officials and arresters who were painstakingly trained by Han Sha were dispatched in all directions to collect evidence and arrest suspects, and these people were also very good, and they were able to quickly clarify the ins and outs without catching the assassins, and the next morning, the Taishou Mansion informed the city: It was the remnants of Taiping Dao who assassinated Zhang Yuanjin yesterday.

"Even they found out where they were hiding! Han Taishou is worthy of being an expert in handling cases, and the temple is exhaustive, it is really ...... Coming of the country week! ”

After all, in just one night, without any direct witnesses, the Yamen not only determined that the assassins were from the remnants of the Taiping Dao in the Wurong region, but even determined the area where they were currently active.

The rumors and rumors all over the city had no effect on Han Sha, he was calm, kept signing and detaining, and issued one decree after another: announcing that there was no need to panic in the city, and those who dared to gossip would be put in prison immediately. Send someone to Qingxi Cave --- the area where the three assassins were hidden, and issue a proclamation, asking the villagers there not to be bewitched and coerced by the demons of Taiping Dao, and if there are clues, they must report to the yamen in time, and if someone can kill the demons, they will definitely be rewarded...... And so on and so forth.

…… And, the most important one: Han Sha moved Wen Yisi Ba Xi Army, asking them to be unified by the Shoufu in this special period, plough the court and sweep the holes as soon as possible, exterminate the Taiping Rebellion, and return Wurong to a Langlang River and Mountain.

In the thousands of years since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, the military and political system has undergone several major changes: what is currently being implemented is the separation of military and political affairs. The military officials of the military attache system are in charge of the army, but at the same time, the various provisions required by the army and the payment of military salaries are in the hands of the local civil officials. Theoretically, this is a good mutual check, which prevents the local garrisons from becoming entity warlords like the envoys of moderation, and prevents the local garrisons from becoming self-sufficient de facto independent kingdoms.

However, for an enemy like Taiping Dao, who had been entangled with the emperor for thousands of years, the imperial court had another system: if it was found that there was a Taiping Dao incident in the place, the county guard could take care of the military and politics before reporting it and waiting for the reply, so as to achieve quick results, and now, Han Sha is invoking this system to make a request to the Yisi Ba Xi army.

…… Of course, he won't get anything.

If it was in the mainland, in those Xia people's armies, those slippery old army leaders might come up with all kinds of ways to resolve this kind of request without harming the peace, but in Wurong, these Yiren officers who had not even learned the official language of Great Xia directly pushed back this kind of request that seemed ridiculous to them. You know, in today's Wurong, even the system of civil and military mutual control has been in vain, from the very beginning, the Yisi Baxi army was cobbled together by the major Yi merchants to pay for it, and then although it was nominally turned into the imperial court army, but in fact, the imperial court did not actually allocate military salaries, and it should be enshrined, and it was still jointly funded by the major local Yi merchants. In this case, Han Sha was able to make very few restraints.

Han Sha did not get angry at Yisba Xijun's mocking response, but patiently communicated again and again, and during this time, the great merchants also recovered from their initial surprise, began to slowly guess his intentions, analyze his bidding, and began to negotiate with each other with someone like Pu Shougeng who was acceptable to both parties.

"It's just an offer."

This is the current public opinion, but I have to admit that this attack is the right time, but also the right reason, obviously everyone knows in their hearts that this is "borrowing the topic to play", but in Wurong, a place where there have been three Taiping Road uprisings in a row in the past few years, even the most opposing political opponents, no one dares to stand up and say that this is "too much".

And while the two sides are fighting against each other...... It's ridiculous, whether it's announcing "The thief is in Cheonggye-dong!" The military of the county guard, who still roared loudly and said, "My generation will be able to exterminate the demon thief", did not seem to have any interest in Cheonggye-dong itself. Except for a notice on how to look at how to deal with it hastily, nothing superfluous was done.

…… If you are interested, it seems that Zhang Yuankong is the only one left.

"I'm going to have to check it out."

It's not that Zhang Yuankong really believes that there will be clues about Zhang Yuanjin's assassination there--- in fact, if everyone didn't know that Han Sha had not been able to get any military resources as a direct subordinate, there would probably be rumors in the city now that he had started this assassination by himself. Even the three Zhang brothers seriously considered this possibility, of course, in the end, they still thought that there should be someone else, and Han Sha just happened to meet and reacted.

"It's too risky. I don't see any stake in inducing a county guard to do such a thing. ”

As for Zhang Yuankong's idea of going to Qingxi Cave, Zhang Yuanhe strongly opposed it from the beginning, thinking that it was meaningless, and Zhang Yuankong just smiled mildly and explained his thoughts.

"I don't expect to find anything there...... But ah. ”

In less than ten years, the flag of rebellion was raised three times, and what really interested Zhang Yuankong was the "Taiping Three Rebellions" itself.

"What's there, what's it like there? What is it that makes them follow Taiping Dao to the battlefield again and again? I'd love to know about this. ”

"This one...... It's actually simple. ”

This question made Zhang Yuanhe shut up and agreed with Zhang Yuankong's decision, but it made Carmen sneer, and when Zhang Yuankong asked, he refused to answer.

"Since you've decided to go there, let's see for yourself. I'm a money-taker, not a money-giver to answer questions. ”

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The sun had just risen, and before the air could be roasted by it, Zhang Yuankong and his party had already boarded the carriage of the Wang family. Cheonggye-dong is located in a coastal mountainous area, and it takes more than half a day to get there, even by horse-drawn carriage, so the group needs to stay there for the night.

"Wrap it up on me!"

Patting his chest happily, Wang Shoujie said that the Wang family has a trading station there, and everyone can live there, everything is convenient.

"You're welcome."

The day after Zhang Yuanjin's assassination, Wang Shoujie took Zhou Fuhai to visit--- although there were some unpleasant quarrels with each other because of their attitude towards Taiping Dao in Wuming, but on the whole, the two sides were still friendly. During the conversation, Wang Shoujie heard that Zhang Yuankong intended to go to Qingxi Cave and his party, and immediately said that he was going to go over in the near future, so everyone should stop by.

"Da Zhenren is really kind-hearted...... In fact, the reason why that place was Gu by the Taiping Dao ...... Well, persuasion, you get there, and you'll see it at a glance. ”

Sitting in the carriage, Zhou Fuhai, who was smiling, said this while pouring tea for Zhang Yuankong.

"Huh? Are you familiar with it? ”

"I'm afraid few people are more familiar with it than I am."

The fast-moving carriage shook quite violently, but Zhou Fuhai's hand was steady, and not a drop of water was poured out of the cup, and after pouring tea for Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanjin, he put down the pot, sleeved his hands, and bent down slightly.

"Da Zhenren, Sanzhen Zhenren, the first Taiping Dao incense hall in Wurong area, is exactly what I built."

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Today's Zhou Fuhai is the most trusted housekeeper of the Wang family, and there is no one. Serious, old, and steady, it is recognized as an example that young people should learn from, even if it is Wang Shoujie, he is often mentioned by his father: "You can have the steadiness of Lao Zhou, I dare to hand over this family to you." ”

But when he was young, Zhou Fuhai was recognized by his elders as a "restless" person.

“…… Willing to block the huge waves in the middle stream, shame in the poor and accompanied by the peaks. ”

With a self-deprecating laugh, Zhou Fuhai said that when he was young, he was so arrogant and uneasy.

"At that time, I did a lot of ridiculous things."

Zhou Fuhai, who left home alone, ran to the rivers and lakes, and even joined the Taiping Dao, and the intelligent and courageous Zhou Fuhai soon became an important figure in the Taiping Dao, and was sent back to Yuanzhou to carry out preaching work.

"Back then...... It's really a lot of trouble for the imperial court. ”

But one day, Zhou Fuhai "woke up", so he left the Taiping Road and returned to his original life. Extraordinary ability, thoughtful arrangement, and the ambiguous attitude of many local families, to ensure his safe exit, and then, he was recruited by the Wang family, and gradually became the most credible housekeeper of the Wang family, he is almost sixty this year, and sometimes looks back on his youth.

"It's ridiculous, it's like a hilarious nightmare."

Smiling and shaking his head, Zhou Fuhai said.

Regarding the Qingxidong area, Zhou Fuhai's opinion is that it is inevitable that there will be a civil uprising there, and even if he is not bewitched by the Taiping Dao, there will definitely be some other sect coming here, because the people there are really ...... Too barbaric, and stupid.

“…… Although it is Xia Min, it is almost the same, and it has not been educated at all. ”

At first, he organized a preaching in the Wurong area, and achieved some success, but he also failed to develop a very loyal congregation. Later, in accordance with the above requirements, Zhou Fuhai and his colleagues went deep into the mountains to preach to those mountain people who had been farming and hunting in the mountains for generations.

"Insensitive, completely insensitive."

According to Zhou Fuhai's description, it is probably the most barbaric and backward area in Yuanzhou, and there are even traces of slash-and-burn cultivation in many places, and things like the education of saints have no effect on them. No matter how you communicate with them, they just look at them with a look that is either indifferent or evasive, and they are more like a group of walking dead than human.

"Live for the sake of living...... Every day is a mechanical repetition, and I don't know what excitement is at all, even if I calculate, I only have the most humble and lowly calculations. ”

Soon, Mr. Zhou grew tired of the seemingly never-ending one-sided exchanges: no matter what he asked or said, the other party always gave a low "oh" without any other meaningful answer. If they give something to themselves, they will take it quickly and ...... And then there was no more, still a low "oh", without any other meaningful answer.

Such days were repeated for a long time, until one day, Zhou Fuhai saw a villager drowning his newborn son in the stream at the edge of the village, and this incident was like a fuse, which finally made him explode.

"Until now, they're still killing infants...... The child was immediately drowned in water. This kind of behavior is like a beast. The most hateful of all, although this is only done by some poor people, in other places, it is said that it has become the custom of the whole Yuanzhou, and what they have ruined is the reputation of all the local people. ”

"Infanticide?"

"yes. When he was born, he drowned, and when he drowned, he didn't even shed a tear, as if it were a matter of course. You reprimand him, and he doesn't even understand why you're reprimanding, and just stands there, staring at you blankly, like a piece of wood. ”

Recalling the beginning, Zhou Fuhai said that the reason why he was determined to leave Taiping Dao was precisely because of this infanticide incident, at that time, he angrily denounced "ignorance of human morality, almost the same beasts", and even beat up the father who was actually inferior to animals, but was criticized by other colleagues that this was not the attitude that should be had when preaching.

"From that day on, I woke up suddenly."

Is it for such a group of barbaric, ignorant, illiterate and unreasonable mountain people, who want to consume their youth and become a thief wanted by the government?

…… That day, Zhou Fuhai suddenly felt that he was really ridiculous.

"Uncle Zhou, he is always a good person."

Adding with a smile, Wang Shoujie said that even now, Zhou Fuhai often gives porridge and medicine, or comes forward to raise funds to build roads and bridges, and has always had a good reputation in the four miles and eight townships.

"I'm not a good person, but I can do it, so I want to do it."

Sighing, Zhou Fuhai said that the most important thing for a person is to read, to be ashamed, to be educated, and to look at the gratitude of those who receive alms, he will also feel warm.

"Elephant the people in Cheonggye Cave...... It's just a bunch of hooligans. I don't understand the reason, and I don't want to listen to your reason. ”

“…… In short, it's the villain. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Fuhai finally came to such a conclusion.

"The villain doesn't know the past and the present, the villain is said to be profitable, and the villain is afraid of power but not virtue."

Therefore, Xuanfu warned or something, Zhou Fuhai felt that it was useless, these rude mountain people who had not even read the book, and who did not even have a sense of reverence for the Holy Master of Dacheng, did not understand the reason at all. Their "rebellion" is simply a kind of gangster madness, as long as the imperial court can ensure a quick response and suppress it in time, it is enough.

"These people don't study, they don't cultivate themselves, they only know how to live desperately, give birth, and give birth, and after a few years or ten years, they will rebel, and the court will suppress them, kill a group, and they will be peaceful for a few years."

As if prophecy, Zhou Fuhai said slowly: "From the last time to now, it has been peaceful for many years." ”

Saying so indifferently, it seemed that something cold came out of Zhou Fuhai's body, Zhang Yuanjin scolded hatefully, and said: "Taiping Demon Dao, bewitching ignorant people to die, they really should be killed!" Zhang Yuankong didn't scold, but he also felt quite uncomfortable, and shook his head slightly, as if he wanted to shake off this feeling.

…… Outside the window, there is an endless bamboo forest, constantly falling backwards, and the carriage has been galloping in this mountain road for two full hours.

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When the sun began to slide to the west, Zhang Yuankong and his party finally arrived at their destination.

Here, it is one of the commercial stations set up by the Wang family, and from here to the north, to the east, about two miles of road, there is a small inland port. Every year, the Wang family transports large quantities of goods overseas through Wurong, from here they are unloaded, loaded, and then transported to Wurong Port, and in this process, the Wang family needs to hire a lot of temporary manpower, which is also a considerable income for the local mountain people.

"Qingxi Cave, in fact, is just a general term, there is no such cave."

Drawing emptily in the air with his hand, Wang Shoujie told Zhang Yuankong that all the mountains in front of him can be collectively called "Qingxi Cave", and how many mountain people are scattered here, probably even the Wurong Mansion, which regularly collects poll taxes, is not really clear.

"There are always tens of thousands, but they are scattered."

In the mountains, it is not easy to cultivate, looking around, Zhang Yuankong sees all the square inch of soil, at the foot of the mountain, at the bend of the river...... Even, on the slopes of the hills, which are not too steep, terraces have been reclaimed layer after layer.

It was getting late, but there were still people farming in the fields, as Zhou Fuhai had said on the road, the people here seemed to be surprisingly indifferent or numb, and the carriage passed by them, but it could not give them even the slightest alarm, even if someone turned their heads to look at it, their expressions were completely as if they were looking at something dead, their eyes were dull, and they were not a little angry.

"In the first place, Zhang Zhizai and they were here to make an accident?"

"Yes."

Obviously very familiar with this place, Zhou Fuhai pointed out to them, that was the place where Zhang Zhizi set up a village, and where he was caught and dragged to death on the ground with two horses.

"Here, there were ten guillotines lined up at that time...... The blood is flowing like a river. ”

Sighing, Zhou Fuhai's description always used a very steady speed of speech, but listening to it, Zhang Yuankong couldn't help but feel a chill rising from his back.

"Therefore, a foolish man and a foolish woman, that is, a foolish man and a foolish woman, as soon as he was bewitched by others, his brain was hot, and he rushed out, thinking that he could grab something to share, but as a result, he became a thief."

Compared with other sects, the morality of Taiping Dao is far simpler, but in Zhou Fuhai's opinion, it is not something that these villagers can understand.

"The only thing they can understand is the slogan 'Wait for the rich and the low, both rich and poor'...... How ridiculous, for something I don't understand at all, being tricked into dying by others. ”

Looking at these walking corpse-like villagers in front of him, Zhang Yuankong's brows became tighter and tighter, although he did not fully accept Zhou Fuhai's assertions, but indeed, this village, these villagers, gave him no pleasure in his first feeling.

"Master Zhou."

Bending down politely, several white-haired and bent old men looked at each other, walked over timidly, and asked Zhou Fuhai for some more wages.

"The dolls are very tired, the package is too heavy, and it is too hard to pull it up."

These people didn't know Wang Shoujie, although he was standing next to him, but the object of his plea was to Zhou Fuhai, bitterly confiding in the meager amount of money now, and the hard work, hearing half of it, Wang Shoujie was already a little unbearable, and said: "Uncle Zhou......"

"Nope."

Responding quickly and resolutely, and waving his hand gently, Zhou Fuhai seemed to have not noticed that Wang Shoujie had opened his mouth, and he told those old people that there were always 10,000 people scattered in the mountains here, and if they were unwilling to do it, then let others do it.

He did have extraordinary respect for Zhou Fuhai, and it wasn't until those old people staggered away that Wang Shoujie asked why he refused to agree to those old people's requests.

"I went over there to see it...... It's a very small wage, much cheaper than the price of the goods at home, and these people ...... They are indeed poor. ”

"That's not the case, young master."

Returning to that gentle smile, Zhou Fuhai told Wang Shoujie that good deeds are not done like this.

"Young master, capital is capital, wages are wages, and good money is good money."

After putting the money, seeking profit, and profit into the pocket, and then taking out a part of it and distributing it, that is the way to do good deeds. Like Wang Shoujie, the money that could have been used for good deeds was spread into the wages in vain, and it was useless.

"No one will thank you, young master, they will only laugh at you behind your back."

"But."

At the other end of the river, where the Wang family loaded the goods, the wages were much higher than here, Wang Shoujie asked Zhou Fuhai, why couldn't the same wages be paid on both sides?

"Young master, how much money should be paid, it's not up to us to decide."

Smiling respectfully, Zhou Fuhai explained that in the place where the goods are loaded, no matter how little money there is, no one will be willing to do it. And here, these people don't do it, and naturally there are other people who can't eat enough to do it.

"How much wages should be paid, these people set their own money, we really can't decide."

While the two were talking, there was a faint cry of a baby in the distance, at first, several people did not pay attention, but soon, this faint cry became more and more obvious, closer and closer.

"Don't cry, good baby, don't cry......"

Coaxing in a low voice, a middle-aged woman--- her body was already slumped, holding a wooden basin and walking slowly, walking past several people, walking to the side of the stream, squatting down, and then ...... Dip the basin in water.

“…… What are you doing! ”

Almost at the same time, Zhang Yuanjin and Wang Shoujie rushed over one after the other, one knocked the woman away, and the other scooped up the wooden basin--- which was bloody and was a baby boy, still convulsing.

"What for?"

It was not easy to be knocked into the stream, and the woman struggled for a while before she got up, not afraid, nor angry, but just looked at them in a daze, and asked.

"What for?!"

Laughing angrily, his face was already flushed, and Wang Shoujie said: "This is a human life...... You can do it! --- heard Carmen next to him say coldly: "This is her child." --- was stunned for a moment, only to find that the woman's body was still red.

Ignoring Wang Shoujie, as well as Zhang Yuankong, Zhang Yuanjin, or Zhou Fuhai, Carmen walked over slowly, gently hugged the withered woman who seemed to have been cut down a tree, and said something in a low voice--- very strange, when she spoke, the woman's face no longer had that numb, indifferent look, like a frozen pond, and a rich expression appeared.

"You guys, I really don't understand why she drowned her own child?"

Retrieving the tub, the woman shuffled back to her hut, and as for the child, she did not even look at it again. And Carmen, Carmen, she also dragged back to a few people with heavy steps, and asked this question.

"I really don't understand...... Indeed, if you ask such a question, it already means that you do not understand. ”

Glancing at Zhou Fuhai, Carmen said: "They can't afford to raise it, it's as simple as that, there is not enough food to feed another mouthful of people." ”

looked at a few people coldly--- it was the most tired look she had ever seen since Zhang Yuankong met Carmen.

"Great real person, what do you often say about the difference between Yixia and Xia? I don't understand this thing. ”

"I, Carmen, only know one difference: the difference between someone who has been hungry and someone who has never been hungry......"