Chapter 45, Aoshan City
"Also, Bai Lao," Liu Feng looked at Bai Wen, "Now that the town is fully staffed, there is no plan to build a new village for the time being, you can be in charge of education full-time, I will set up the school as soon as possible another day, and you will be in charge, as for the private school, you will recruit people yourself." In short, no matter what, the growth of these children cannot be delayed. β
"Mayor Mare, I see. Don't worry, I will definitely educate these children well. Originally, his interest was in education, and he was also the deputy village chief before because of the situation, but now he can be relieved to invest in the industry he is interested in, and he can't ask for it. Of course, he wouldn't feel that Liu Feng was depriving him of his power, after all, there was a Bai Jian, and the people of Baijia Village were originally worthy of Liu Feng's attention.
"Elder Wang," Liu Feng turned to Wang Hua again, "You take charge of the daily affairs of the town first, and He Yun assists you." After the meeting is adjourned, you organize a caravan first, and I will go out of the mountain. β
This time, he went out of the mountain in the open, and he took the caravan to do a proper business.
"Okay, that's easy." Wang Hua nodded. With the development of Baizhen, there are more and more people in various professions, you must know that Liu Feng's subordinate territory has the attribute of "the probability of special talents appearing increases by 5%, and the probability of promotion of special talents increases by 5%", and it is not a problem to transfer a few junior and intermediate businessmen.
After a while of discussion and arranging the situation of each person, it was finally disbanded.
Liu Feng thought about tomorrow's itinerary again, thinking about who to take with him. After thinking about it, I still think it's better to take Bai Jian there. It's not just that he has traveled abroad and is well-informed, but more importantly, he has a military guarantee with him. Liu Feng believes that no matter what happens, he will be able to return safely with him.
"It's just him, anyway, there won't be any danger in White Town in the near future." Liu Feng muttered, his fear of death was undoubted.
Early the next morning, Whitetown began to get busy. By the time Liu Feng arrived, the caravan was ready. Even Bai Jian had already arranged the defense and training in the town, and was ready to set off with more than ten guards.
As for Yun Ao, he had already set off with more than a dozen people and some supplies at dawn, and according to his words, the bandits were all active when no one was around. They walked quietly, and no one knew that they had disappeared except for the people who had participated in the meeting and the parties involved.
The caravan was ready, full of several truckloads of goods, all of which were specialties of the mountains, such as animal skins, animal bones, herbs, and so on. Of course, Liu Feng will not take out the best and sell it.
Looking at the few horses pulling the cart, Liu Feng had to shake his head. They exterminated so many bandits, and even looted part of the city guards and a logistics team of Aoshan Town that served them, but they never captured any good horses. In addition to the horses, there are only a few ordinary yellow-maned horses, and they are even inferior to the black-maned horses brought by Bai Jian.
"It seems that I have to think of getting some horses to form a cavalry regiment, and I think it is very majestic when I think about the phrase 'a thousand horsemen roll Pinggang'. It's just that this horse trainer is a rare profession, and there hasn't been one for so long. Liu Feng thought secretly.
As if sensing the mayor's mood, Bai Jian took a step forward and said in a low voice: "I heard that there is a cavalry in Aoshan City, and there are quite a few of them. β
Liu Feng's eyes lit up, he turned over and got on his horseβan ordinary horse, who had been learning from Bai Jianxue these days, shouted "go", and took the lead to walk out of the mountain.
"Is there really a cavalry unit in Aoshan City?" As soon as he got on the road, Liu Feng couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, you must know that this is a sharp weapon for Aoshan City to deter the towns under its jurisdiction. Moreover," Bai Jian looked at Liu Feng, "If you want to become a war horse, at least if you have the quality of a good horse or above, an ordinary yellow-maned horse or something like that, you can also travel on your behalf, and you can't go to the battlefield." β
"What is a good horse? How is quality divided? Liu Feng continued to play the spirit of not being ashamed to ask questions and groped for the basic situation of the game world.
"Horses are divided into inferior horses, good horses, and excellent horses, which are also commonly referred to as inferior horses, medium horses, and superior horses, among which inferior horses cannot go to the battlefield, and only good horses and above can form cavalry units and charge on the battlefield. As for how the quality of the horses is divided, I don't know, anyway, that's it, you can see it. For example, the yellow-maned horse under your crotch, generally speaking, belongs to the range of bad horses, of course, it is not excluded that a few can become good horses. β
"Superior horses, medium horses, and inferior horses, how do they sound like Tian Ji racing horses." Liu Feng muttered in his heart, and continued to ask Bai Jian questions along the way. He believes that with Bai Jian, the "old Jianghu", he can quickly understand many things that others don't know.
When passing through the wind village, that is, the new Ao cottage, Liu Feng also went to take a look, the new Ao cottage has started to operate under the auspices of Yun Ao, and it has started well, and Yun Ao is ready to expand its business.
This time out of the mountain, the speed of the group increased a lot, and they soon walked out of the mountain. Liu Feng suddenly felt in a comfortable mood, far happier than the last time. This time, he is no longer stealing, but has become the owner of this mountain.
"Keep walking, the magnificent Aoshan City is waiting for us." Liu Feng said excitedly.
When passing through Fang Village, Liu Feng did not linger and went directly around. It's just that from a distance, Fang Village is not as prosperous as it was when he came last time.
When I arrived in Aoshan Town, I found that Aoshan Town was also much stricter than before, whether it was patrolling or checking.
"It seems that the destruction of the city guards has a great impact on Aoshan Town, otherwise it would not be so martial law and make people panic." Bai Jian said with emotion. He admired the wit of the young man in front of him, who could forge a path in such an environment.
In Aoshan Town, Liu Feng remembered the grocery store where he bought the town construction upgrade paper when he came last time, it seemed that in addition to the town building drawings, he also bought some other things, which had been kept in the warehouse all the time, and he was too busy to forget those things.
Faintly, Liu Feng felt that the chubby boss was not an ordinary person, and he had the heart to go shopping again, but he was a little worried about extraneous branches. So in the end, I didn't stay in Aoshan Town for long, only took a short rest, and continued on the road.
Out of regret that he could not make the trip last time, Liu Feng is full of expectations for this trip to Aoshan City. I don't know what the other players are like, but he's about to see a real ancient city for the first time.
After Aoshan Town, the population density in the plain area is obviously much larger than in the valley, you can see a village every few miles, dozens of miles down, and pass through a small town during the period, but it looks obviously inferior to Aoshan Town, which can also be seen that Aoshan Town has an important position in defending against bandits.
Only an hour or so later, Liu Feng was able to see Aoshan City.
The city is three zhang high, all of them are built of bluestone, there are city towers on the city wall, there are arrow towers, there are wide moats outside the city, and there is a suspension bridge at the city gate...... All kinds of facilities together form the defense system of Aoshan City. Of course, even a strong city needs brave soldiers to defend it, otherwise all kinds of facilities can only be decorations.
For modern people like Liu Feng, it is impossible to understand the thoughts of the ancients, he has only been to the capital and seen the Tiananmen Tower, the kind of red walls and green tiles are taller and more powerful than the city in front of him, but you must know that there are full of tourists every day, and it is not possible to go casually. For the shock of the soul, there is no violence in the city in front of you.
The city wall, which is more than ten miles long, is undoubtedly the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people. Although this is only the city in the game, the shock to the player is absolutely real. If you can take these pictures and post them online, you will definitely attract a lot of hits, but unfortunately players can't record them.
With the flow of people, when he arrived at the city gate, there were city gate guards interrogating, and Liu Feng handed over his name post. A name tag is a status symbol for a person and a proof of joining the territory. Of course, Liu Feng would not reveal his identity as the mayor of Baizhen in such a famous post.
"White Town, what is this place? From out of town? The team leader in charge of the investigation spoke in a somewhat frivolous tone, looking down on outsiders.
"What the military master said is that we are outsiders, and we have heard of the name of Aoshan City for a long time, but it is the first time we have come." Liu Feng said with a smile. Bai Zhen is recognized by the system and does not belong to any force, but it is within the sphere of influence of Aoshan City, Liu Feng doesn't want to expose Bai Zhen to Aoshan City right now.
"What are you doing?" The team leader glanced at several large cars behind Liu Feng and motioned for his subordinates to go over and check.
"We are businessmen, so we naturally come from afar to do business." Liu Feng turned a blind eye to the guard's movements, and he knew that this was a necessary procedure.
"Since you're a businessman, why do you bring so many weapons, and what do you want?" The squad leader said in an official tone.
"Master Mingjian, it's really because the road has not been smooth recently, and this is just to prevent thieves. I think when we set off, there were hundreds of people and dozens of cars, and now there are only so many people and so many cars left. Liu Feng deliberately sighed.
"Although I sympathize with you very much, it's not easy to do, you have so many outsiders, and you still have so many weapons, if someone finds out......" The team leader dragged a long voice.
Liu Feng knew what he meant, called him aside, took out ten taels of silver and quietly stuffed it into his hand, and said in a low voice: "It's not easy for us to come out, and please ask the military master to make it convenient." β
"This ......," the squad leader said but stopped.
Liu Feng looked helpless, hesitated, seemed to have made a decision, and took out another twenty taels of silver and stuffed it.
Of course, he didn't care about the dozens of taels of silver, but he still understood the truth that wealth was not exposed, otherwise it would only cause more trouble.
Sure enough, when the team leader saw this, he quickly put away the silver, smiled on his face, and whispered: "Okay, you can put away your weapons and hide them later, and then go to the city." But I also want to remind you, don't make trouble in the city, otherwise ...... "Originally, the captain of the ten taels of silver squad had already planned to let these people enter the city, just to show his role, but he didn't expect to get an extra sum of money, which was enough to cover his income for several months, and he had a good feeling for Liu Feng, so he reminded him."
"I know, I know. Please also ask the military master to take care of him, and come to visit the military master when he goes back. Liu Feng was very cooperative.
Before returning to the convoy, the team leader became serious: "Since you are outsiders, pay ten taels of entry tax and go in." Although he had a good impression of Liu Feng, the team leader did not forget to knock on the stroke at the last moment.
Now it is still in the initial stage of the game, copper coins are still the mainstream of the game, and ordinary people only have a few pennies to enter the city, and now this guy actually let more than a dozen "outsiders" pay ten taels of silver, which is still the result of Liu Feng's dozens of taels of silver before, and his greed can be seen, which makes Liu Feng hate itchy.
Spending money to buy peace is an eternal truth, Liu Feng laughed with him, paid the money, hid his weapons, and went into the city.
Passing through the wide city gate, the line of sight suddenly became clear, and there were more people in the city. This is only a living area, and there are also some restaurants and inns on the street, which are basically prepared for the guards stationed at the city gate and the guests who want to enter and leave the city.
This place is too close to the city gatekeeper, Liu Feng is reluctant to live here, so he finds someone to inquire about the location of the market, and goes straight to the market.
The market area is in the East Side, and they entered it from the South City, and there was still some time on the way. Liu Feng had a calm face and looked at the pattern of this mountain city.
The wide bluestone street, with a neat layout of houses on both sides, is mostly made of wood. However, although there are many people, they are a little scarce compared to the huge scale of the building.
"Mayor is still angry?" Seeing Liu Feng's calm face and not speaking along the way, Bai Jian took the initiative to speak.
"Nope!" Liu Fengkou is not right.
"Actually, the mayor should be happy!" Bai Jian was solemn.
"Why?" Liu Feng was a little interested.
"The reason why the mayor is angry is not that he cares about the dozens of taels of silver, but because he is wrong, and he is angry in his heart. But to think about it another way, if Aoshan City is full of greedy villains like this, it may not be a blessing for Bai Zhen. Bai Jian explained.
He didn't say much, but Liu Feng had already woken up. Yes, if they are all such money-greedy villains, Baizhen will develop more rapidly, and the process of annexing Aoshan City will be greatly advanced. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be happy.
But thinking of his own actions, Liu Feng was a little angry. For the current Bai Zhen, force is enough for the time being, but resourcefulness has always been a shortcoming. Several old guys in the three villages are people who have never seen the world, and the only newly recruited He Yun is a middle-level intelligent general, but he didn't come with him to be in charge of the town's affairs, so he had to go out by himself in case of trouble.
As for Bai Jian, of course, he had the ability to deal with such a trivial matter, but Liu Feng didn't dare. He is a military general, the dignity of a warrior cannot be violated, the more masters the better, once such a compromise happens, it will definitely affect his future strength, Liu Feng does not dare to try. Besides, Liu Feng was still afraid that this guy would use force in a hurry.
"I need a lot of strategists, and I need them with diplomatic expertise." Liu Feng was talking to himself and stepped into the scope of Dongcheng.