Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The two long swords that were already out of their sheaths, the blades of which were flashing with cold light between the necks of the two foreigners. And these two foreigners didn't expect Lu Ren to make a sudden move, and they were shocked for a while.

Look at Lu Ren with a wicked smile on his face, but there is a bit of disdain in the wicked smile: "Is it to see Hedes, or to see Bo Handong?" Take your pick! ”

Faris glanced at the sword blade that flashed with cold light around his neck, his throat moved with difficulty, and his voice trembled when he spoke: "Respected Sect Master Lu, you can't do this to us!" The world says you have a kind and kind heart......"

Lu Ren smiled coldly, and motioned to the guard who was going to fetch the sand to take over and restrain Faris, then he withdrew his hand and then bent his fingers and knocked Farisi twice on the foreheads of the two foreigners and said, "People treat me with sincerity, and I should treat them with sincerity, but do you two have the slightest sincerity?" It's just making glass, and you dare to say that you need golden sands and precious stones? I'm here to ask you, are you too money-obsessed? Forget that I told you at the beginning that I had been to the Mediterranean? ”

Faris reacted suddenly, and was naturally frightened for a while, while Termes next to him complained to him in Latin: "I told you not to be so greedy a long time ago!" ”

The two foreigners argued with each other in Latin for a few words, and then Faris still defended himself to Lu Renqiang without giving up: "Respected Sect Master Lu, maybe you have been to the province of Rome and seen glass. But you should also know that glass was not used by all classes of people in Rome, only the aristocracy could afford it, and the common people and slaves could only use shoddy pottery! ”

In fact, this should be regarded as a truth, but under the current occasion and atmosphere, this truth has changed a little. And Lu Ren just smiled disdainfully after hearing it: "It seems that you still don't give up, right?" It's okay, today to open the eyes of you two short-sighted foreigners. It also saves me from being told that I Lu Ren kills people indiscriminately. If I tell you plainly that I killed just two shameless liars, it doesn't matter. ”

The two foreigners lost their temper at that time. Whether they are lying to people or not, they know best in their own hearts. wanted to beg Lu Ren for mercy, but Lu Ren didn't give them this opportunity, and directly asked the guards to tie up the two foreigners. Then he escorted the two foreigners out of the teahouse, so that the two foreigners didn't even have a chance to speak.

It is said that when these two foreigners came from Quanzhou, they were sent to meet Lu Ren as soon as they got off the boat, so many things have not been seen yet. Now that they were escorted out of the teahouse by Lu Ren, they saw the busy scene on the wharf of Yizhou Xiaocheng at this time, and they were also surprised in their hearts.

Let's talk a little bit here. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to a series of natural and man-made disasters, the population of various places was sharply reduced, and the prosperity of various places also decreased a lot. Like later, until the time of the three-point return. Because the three parties of Wei, Shu and Wu were only some local wars, the population actually recuperated to a certain extent, but Shu was still only about one million, Wu was less than two and a half million, and Wei was about four million. In other words, the total population of an area as large as a dozen states at that time was less than 10 million, which was not comparable to the 40 million at the peak of the Han Dynasty.

The current point is in the 10th year of Jian'an. The chaotic situation of the competition has just ended, and it can be said that the current point is the period when the population of the entire Chinese continent is at its lowest. Otherwise, there would not be the sentence "Ten rooms and nine are empty, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles". In other words, in the cities and towns of the Central Plains at this point in time, except for a few, all that can be seen is a scene of depression.

However, Lu Ren's small town of Yizhou happened to be one of the few. Strictly speaking, it is true that the current small city of Yizhou has a population of less than 120,000. However, because Lu Ren currently has only such a small city in Yizhou, and the industry and commerce in the small city of Yizhou are relatively developed, the population on hand in Lu Ren is relatively concentrated, and the population density is relatively high, so it naturally looks more prosperous.

One more truthful word. The concentration of a population of more than 100,000 in one town was already the standard for a relatively prosperous town at that time. For example, Lu Ren participated in the construction of Xuchang, but when Lu Ren left Xuchang in the sixth year of Jian'an, the number of urban residents in Xuchang was less than 300,000. The difference between 300,000 and 100,000 sounds like a big one, but what is the geographical location and political significance of Xuchang?

It's enough to pull here, in short, the busy scene here at Yizhou Wharf has already surprised the two foreigners. When Lu Ren escorted these two foreigners to the city of Yizhou Town, the two foreigners couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Honestly, these two foreigners are not people who have never seen the world. On the contrary, these two foreigners came all the way from the Silk Road, and there are not a few towns and regions they have seen, and there are naturally prosperous places. But in terms of heart, there is no place as vibrant as the small town of Yizhou.

And when they saw such a scene, the two foreigners were also secretly regretting it in their hearts, and said in their hearts, why should they be so greedy and want to take benefits from Lu Ren? With the prosperity and vitality of the small town of Yizhou, and with the skills of the two of them, although they dare not say that they can mix with a lot of wealth and wealth in the small town of Yizhou, there should be no problem if they want to mix without worrying about food and clothing.

Not to mention, these two guys really have this ability, otherwise they would have died long ago after being robbed on the Silk Road, where could they wander around, and finally came to Quanzhou? The distance and danger in between are not a little bit.

It was because Lu Ren thought of these things that he was wary of these two foreigners at the beginning. Now that these two foreigners have been controlled, and it is obvious that they have been frightened, Lu Ren relaxed a little, found a gap and said to these two foreigners: "You came by land, right?" So where were you robbed? ”

The two foreigners glanced at each other, and then the more calm Taimes responded to Lu Ren: "Respected Sect Master Lu, we were robbed of all our belongings by robbers in the area of rest. ”

"Rest in peace?"

Lu Ren secretly activated the chip and checked the map, and said in surprise: "Doesn't that mean that you have almost entered the scope of the Western Regions Protectorate?" It's a pity that the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty has long existed in name only...... No, I'm afraid I don't even have that name anymore. ”

"It seems that no matter how powerful an empire is, it will grow old one day. The current Han Empire is really disappointing. ”

When Taimes said this, he didn't actually mean anything else, but when Lu Ren heard it, he felt very uncomfortable in his body. After thinking about it for a while, Lu Ren said coldly to Taimes: "Your Roman Empire is no better!" Since Alexander, Caesar, and Octavian, you Rome has not had a single hero. Given the current situation in Rome, it won't take many years for it to collapse. ”

The two foreigners looked at each other again, but they really couldn't come up with anything to refute Lu Ren. What Lu Ren said was originally true, Rome around 200 A.D. had already entered a period of decay, and there was no way to return to heaven; The second ...... It's not impossible to insist on saying a few hard words, but didn't their current lives fall into Lu Ren's hands? Where do you dare to argue with Lu Ren about something?

Lu Ren glanced at the two foreigners coldly a few times, then shook his head and said, "You don't have to be so nervous, I won't kill people casually if it's not necessary, and now it's just a warning to you." I'll talk about the ugly things ahead, and if you do things honestly with me, I won't treat you badly. But if you dare to play any tricks with me, or even try to cheat others out of their money as you did in the first place, I will kill you anytime and anywhere. ”

Faris was horrified, and Termes complained to Faris in Latin: "Don't be so greedy!" ”

Faris also replied in Latin: "How did I know that this Lu Ren would be so shrewd? But he doesn't seem to want to kill us yet, and maybe he still wants to get the glass from us. So as long as we keep the secret, we may still be able to get a lot of benefits from Lu Ren's hands! ”

"I hope so!"

Because it was Latin, Lu Ren didn't know what they were talking about. However, because the word glass appeared in the conversation between the two foreigners, Lu Ren understood a little bit, and immediately turned around and smiled maliciously at the two foreigners, but the two foreigners were so frightened that they didn't dare to say more than half a word.

said that Lu Ren was walking on the road of the town with two foreigners tied up with all kinds of flowers, which naturally attracted the attention of passers-by. However, Lu Rendao didn't pay too much attention to it, but led the people straight to the new city of Yizhou City.

The small town of Yizhou has two main large urban areas, the old and the new. Needless to say, the old town was established when the village was first established, and most of the residents of the small town of Yizhou now live there.

The new city is an area that Lu Ren and Shirley later replanned according to their own development, and the biggest feature is that its housing structure is much better than the old city. Let's put it this way, if the housing in the old city is all low-rise low-rise bungalows and affordable housing, then the housing in the new city is high-rise buildings and garden villas.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the residents of the new city are mainly those who were early residents of Yizhou, or those with high status and good contributions. Among the latter, clans like the Mi clan and the Zhen clan live in this area, and many craftsmen with good ability or people who are doing a good job in a certain field can also move here after being affirmed. Therefore, in the old city of Yizhou, everyone is proud to do their best and then get to live in the new city.

The biggest feature of the new city is that the housing conditions are good, and the decoration of these good houses is certainly not bad. For example, when Lu Ren led these two foreigners to the new city now, he casually pointed to a three-story building and said to the two foreigners: "Look at those windows for yourself!" ”

The two foreigners looked at the place where Lu Ren was pointing, and their faces immediately turned extremely pale...... (To be continued.) )