Chapter 508: Eight Families
Han was puzzled, Tie Kui had already urged him to come forward and bowed his hand to the guard: "Thank you, my lord, it's just that our team has a lot of manpower, so you don't have to bother with your military masters!" ”
The general didn't say much, and instructed the warriors around him: "Just find two people to follow them!" ”
Tie Kui arched his hand, although Han Mo felt a little strange, he didn't ask much.
Soon, two warriors of the Wind Country rode over, and Tie Kui arched his hand and said, "There are two military masters!" With a wave of his hand, he said loudly: "Let's go!" Pegasus went to the front of the convoy and began to enter the customs.
Han Mo saw that the two Wind Country warriors also set off with the team, it was a little strange, Shen Laosan had already rushed forward, knowing that Han Mo didn't understand this matter, he explained in a low voice.
It turned out that these two samurai were to monitor the team all the way to the destination, in addition to the role of surveillance, in fact, it also played the role of a banner, with these two people following the convoy, the people of the Wind Country on the road knew that this caravan was protected by the Wind Country official, and they would not act rashly.
Another reason, in fact, these samurai are equivalent to increasing the protection power of the convoy and earning a few taels of silver.
The Wind Country is now in internal turmoil, and the salaries of these warriors in the Wind Country have become a problem, and they cannot be paid in full.
The samurai of Fengguan were originally only performing the task of guarding the pass, but due to the lack of money, so unconsciously, the nature of the mercenary army was formed, and every time a caravan entered the pass, the pass would send at least two samurai to follow, in addition to monitoring and escorting, the most important reason was to earn some silver.
According to the rules, after each samurai arrived at the destination, the caravan had to take out two taels of silver for his hard work, to put it bluntly, it was mandatory to take out the hired silver, but fortunately, the amount was not large, and for any caravan, it was only a drop in the bucket, which was nothing.
If the caravan escort force is weak, it will naturally ask for more samurai guards at Fengguan, which is nothing more than spending more silver, which not only ensures the safety of the caravan, but also gives the warriors of the Wind Country the opportunity to earn silver, mutual benefit, killing two birds with one stone.
It's just that a caravan like the Guan Trading House that has enough self-protection ability naturally does not need the protection of the samurai of the Wind Country, and the border pass sends two samurai to follow, which is the least number of samurai in the caravan entering the customs.
Han Mo listened to Shen Laosan's explanation, which was quite incredible, and he suddenly understood in his heart that the economic strength of the Wind Country was too weak, and it was no wonder that other countries had never paid attention to the people of the Wind Country, and such a weak country really could not pose a threat to other countries.
Han Mo is also extremely unfamiliar with the political form of the Wind Country, if it is placed in the Yan Kingdom, it must be a big loss of face for the dignified defenders to be hired by the caravan, and the military discipline of the Yan Kingdom will never allow such a thing to happen.
But the Wind Country was so blatant, and he could tell from the looks of the two samurai that they were actually very happy to be hired by the caravan.
After entering the customs, it only took more than an hour to walk, Han Mo saw the mountains in the distance, under the blazing sun, in the eye, it was actually a piece of emerald green, under the distant sky, the white clouds floated, it seemed to be shrouded in the sky above the forest, and there were several mountains like wearing an emerald green coat, straight into the sky, such a beautiful scenery, I am afraid that no matter how good the painter, it is difficult to describe the artistic conception of it.
Only then did Han Mo understand that that night, when asked about the red sleeves' feelings about the wind country, the red sleeves who cherished the words like gold pondered for a long time, and only said the word "so beautiful", but now it seems that these two words are the true meaning of the wind country's landscape.
This is a mysterious, yet beautiful land!
The caravan soon began to enter the dense Great Jungle of the Wind Country, before this, Han Mo already knew that after entering the customs, what he stepped into was actually the boundary of the South County of the Wind Country, but this area belonged to the surrounding area, and it would take a day to reach the center of the South County.
Fengguo is divided into three counties and eight villages, the three counties are Jiaozhou County, Nan County and Yuling County, of which Nan County is the largest, and four of the eight villages are distributed in the territory of Nan County.
The political center of the Wind Country is concentrated in Yuquan Village in Nan County, of which Shenshan City, the largest city in the South Wind Country, is built in the territory of Yuquan Village, and the other three villages are Miao Yi Village, Luotong Village and Chishui Village.
Unlike other countries, the administration of the Wind Country is divided into prefectures, but there are no prefectures and towns below.
In fact, the villages of the Windy Country are equivalent to the counties of other countries.
The shop of the Guan trading house in Nanjun is located in the territory of Yuquan Village, the political center of the Wind Country, so it takes a day for the caravan to enter the Yuquan Village to find the shop of the Guan trading house.
The two Wind Country warriors who accompanied them looked alert, keeping an eye on the movements around them as they went.
Although it is advancing in the mountains and forests, but fortunately, because there are caravans going back and forth for many years, there is a road that is not too narrow in this big mountain, although it cannot be compared with the official roads of other countries, but in such a lofty mountain, it is extremely rare to have such a road that the predecessors walked out.
After walking for most of the day, I occasionally met some people from the Windy Country, but they were all wrapped in black cloth towels on their heads, and their prey was hung around their waists, most of them were hunters from the Windy Country.
Han Mo frowned slightly, he had been in the Wind Country for most of the day, but he hadn't seen the houses of the Wind Country people, which made him very strange, didn't the Wind Country people live in houses?
Shen Laosan was beside him, he couldn't help but whisper his questions, Shen Laosan hurriedly said: "On behalf of the people, there are not many people scattered in the Fengguo, mainly concentrated in the village. After a pause, he continued: "Every village in the country of wind gathers dozens of 'falls', and each 'fall' is a big surname, there are thousands of people, and dozens of 'falls' form a big village. Wait until further on...... Yes, there are less than thirty miles ahead, and it seems to be the gathering place of Miao Yizhai, and when you get there, you can see the houses of the people of the Wind Country! ”
"Fall?" Han Moqi said: "I haven't heard of this name!" ”
Shen Laosan said with a smile: "People who don't come to the Wind Country often won't be too clear about these things. Leaning closer and asked, "Agent, do you know what the people of the Wind Country believe in?" ”
Han Mo smiled and asked, "What is it?" ”
"Snake God!" Shen Laosan said in a low voice, glanced at the two Wind Country warriors in front, and saw that they didn't pay attention to this side, so he said in a low voice: "The people of the Wind Country say that they are the descendants of the snake god. In their Windy Country, there is a legend that the serpent god was married to a woman and gave birth to many children, eight of whom have been passed down from generation to generation...... This is the Eight Masters of the Wind Country! ”
"Eight of the Wind Country?"
"Yes!" Shen Laosan nodded and said: "There are eight major villages in the Wind Country, each village has dozens of villages, but those who can serve as local officials can only be elected by the 'Fuluo' in the village!" ”
The more Han Mo listened, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help frowning.
Shen Laosan scratched his head, as if he felt that his language ability was not very strong, and after sorting out his thoughts, he said softly: "That 'Fuluo' is the fall of the eight families of the Wind Country, and there is only one Fuluo in each village, according to the people of the Wind Country, the other falls are all branches of 'Fuluo', only Fuluo has been passed down by the descendants of the snake god since ancient times, and the other falls are branches of other heirs, and they are subsidiary tribes of Fuluo...... Just like Miao Yizhai not far ahead, their fortune seems to be the Tart Ge family, the local officials of Miao Yi Village can only be served by the people of the Tart Ge family, and the other people have to obey the orders of the Tart Ge family, in their eyes, the Tart Ge family is their main family, belonging to the nobles of the Wind Country! ”
When Han Mo heard this, he faintly understood something, but he felt that the situation of the eight families of this Wind Country was quite similar to the situation of the Nine Great Families of the Yan Kingdom.
There are also countless affiliated families under the Nine Great Families, but the Nine Great Families of Yan Country are the meritorious families of Yan Kingdom, while the Eight Great Families of Wind Country are the descendants of the legendary snake god.
What is the descendant of the snake god, Han Mo doesn't believe it, I'm afraid that a long time ago, the ancestors of the eight families of the Wind Country made up the story of the mystery, for the people of the Wind Country who believe in the snake god, the legend story is far more effective than other means.
At the beginning, the Eight Families obviously did a lot of work, so it was passed down from generation to generation, and the Eight Families were really regarded as the descendants of the snake god by the people of the Wind Country.
Of course, Han Mo couldn't reveal these thoughts, let alone reveal them in front of the people of the Wind Country, otherwise for the people of the Wind Country who believed in the snake god, it would be a great stain on their belief in the gods, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Han Mo was very curious about the strange administrative system of the Wind Country, and was about to ask more, when suddenly, he faintly heard an extremely strange voice coming from the front.
After he practiced the "Qi Sutra", his facial features felt beyond ordinary people, and the convoy walked freely, but Han Mo could hear the faint voice, with shouts, mixed with the sound of swords and gees.
Han Mo frowned, and couldn't help but rush forward, rushed to Tie Kui's side, and said in a low voice: "Iron dart head...... There seems to be an anomaly ahead? ”
Tie Kui frowned, glanced at Han Mo, then closed his eyes, listened sideways, and quickly said: "There is a situation ahead, everyone stops and protects the goods!" ”
The two Wind Nation warriors also sensed the abnormality, drew their sabers, and urged their horses forward, but they were actually at the front of the convoy, and one of the warriors had already said in a loud voice: "You don't have to be afraid, so-and-so is here, protect you!" ”
Han Mo glanced at the two Wind Country warriors, but he didn't expect that when they encountered an abnormal situation, these two Wind Country warriors really came forward, it seems that the work ethic of the Wind Country mercenaries is really high.
The convoy had stopped, and the men of the trading house had gathered around the wagon, and on the outer floor were the dart masters with weapons in hand, ready to fight.
The red sleeves had already clapped their horses and came forward and followed Han Mo's side, so naturally they wanted to protect Han Mo.
Soon, the sound of swords clashing in front of him became clear, and a voice was heard shouting: "Catch the pig woman...... She's the leader of the redheads! ”