Chapter 188: Transformation
After a period of war in Middle-earth, the forces of all parties have formed a balance, if there is no accident, it can indeed be calm for a few years, and the forces of each side will accumulate their own strength, and then they will fight again, but now, under the threat of the Brotherhood Star Sea Empire, some forces have begun to raise troops to conquer other forces. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The forces that are willing to fight for hegemony in the world often love face, and they often need a righteous name to fight, otherwise they will not have set up several princes of Great Xia as puppet emperors.
It is rumored that under the call of some well-known sages and celebrities in Middle-earth, the heroes and heroes of various forces in the world gathered together, the purpose of which was to elect a Ming lord, end the turmoil in the world, unify Middle-earth, rescue the people of Li from the inverted hanging internally, and resist the threat of the Northern Liang and Xinghai Empires externally.
The specific process of this group of heroes is not table, and the final result is said to be unhappy, however, since then, several forces have said that their boss is the lord of today, and he should become the lord of the world, for this reason, the civil officials under the command of all parties started a war of words, and later some celebrities and hermits in the opposition were also mixed in, at the same time, all kinds of rumors, rumors, nursery rhymes, and even some auspicious, gods and Buddha prophecies are flying all over the sky, the purpose is naturally to promote public opinion, coerce public opinion, don't look at these methods old-fashioned and even a little naïve, but, It can often have an unexpected effect, who makes most of the people ignorant, or they are grass on the wall, and whoever says what they say will believe it.
Therefore, no matter whether the person who is said to be the master is really a master himself, as long as the vast majority of people in the world say that he is the master, then he is a master.
If the parties in China and Turkey can really reach an agreement, maybe they can really achieve reunification quickly, but it is a pity that the opinions of all parties are not unanimous, and each has its own interests and calculations. Even if some people of insight realized the strength of the Brotherhood's Star Sea Empire, knew that the situation was critical, and informed all parties, as for what other people thought, it was not necessarily, maybe they really believed it, maybe they thought it was just an exaggeration, or they thought it was just a ploy of some people.
After all, those who can personally feel the threat of the Brotherhood are mainly those forces bordering the Star Sea Empire, and for other forces, the Brotherhood and the Star Sea Empire are still a little far away, and their cognition stays on various rumors and some of the goods they produce. Not everyone can be far-sighted, in fact, the vast majority of people can only see some things that are relevant to them and make judgments from this, so there are authorities who are obsessed with bystanders. For some forces, the Brotherhood's occupation of vast territory was indeed a bit sudden, and they were shocked at first, but, in their opinion, that is, to occupy some barbarian lands, if the Brotherhood really had the ability, why not directly occupy the big states of Middle-earth? It's nothing more than an extra object to consider on the way to dominate the world.
It should be said that there are very few people who really take care of the overall situation, and most people care more about their immediate interests and safety. Therefore, if it is not imminent, life-and-death situation, if you want all forces to put aside their prejudices and work together, it will be extremely difficult.
However, the various forces are paying more and more attention to the movements of the Brotherhood, and so far, most of the various things about the Brotherhood have only heard from others, plus some speculation, and do not understand the actual situation. It's no wonder that the Brotherhood has always been sneaky and elusive. Other forces, what is the matter, either to the world, or word of mouth, so that everyone knows, at least there will be some rumors, the Brotherhood officials are silent, quietly finished, every time unexpected, outsiders do not know what they have in mind, even so, the various forces still try their best to send people to find out the information of the Brotherhood.
"Third brother...... Good...... Many people ......" Li Si glanced at the flow of people in front of him, and pulled Zhang San in front of him, only to feel a little weak all over.
Zhang San was also a little apprehensive, but when he saw Li Si's cowardly appearance, he forced himself to calm down, glared at Li Si, and said in a low voice: "Fourth, why are you stammering, what are you trembling?" ”
Li Sinuo said: "Those people sent before...... There's no news...... I'm not afraid ......."
"Afraid of a bird! When we have made meritorious contributions, after we go back, we will be promoted to become rich, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, and then marry a daughter-in-law. Zhang San scolded, cheered Li Si up, and also cheered himself up.
Zhang San and Li Si are spies sent by a certain force, the reason why they sent two people is mainly because the two of them are relatively shabby, and they don't know martial arts, and it is appropriate to pretend to be a homeless person, in fact, this kind of thing as a spy still has to be done professionally, and the martial artist is the best, but who makes the rules on the territory of the Brotherhood too strict, and the martial artist can recognize it at a glance, and many people will never go back to the territory of the Brotherhood, and there is no news, it is said that they were arrested by the Brotherhood and sent to the deep mountains to mine, and they will never see the light of day in their lives.
In fact, like Zhang San and Li Si, there are still a lot of people who have been sent, and the people who sent them don't expect all of them to hear much important information, even if only one person can find out some of the inside information of the Brotherhood, it is enough, after all, for big people, characters like Zhang San and Li Si are really insignificant.
Zhang San and Li Si were ordinary servants before, doing some chores on weekdays, serving the master's family, and they had never seen much of the world.
There are a lot of displaced people waiting to pass, and the team moves forward slowly, starting from the first conquest of the Brotherhood in Great Xia, the government has collected grain, grass, and soldiers, and then some large and small forces have fought around, and the grain, grass, and soldiers are naturally still looted by the people, once it is okay, and it can be endured twice, but these three times, four times, and five times...... Besides, the war was in chaos, bandits were rampant, and the land could not be planted properly, originally, the war stopped, and they thought that they could live a stable life for a period of time, but who knew that the war in Middle-earth had started again, and I heard that the war was more powerful than before! I heard that there are many rules under the rule of the Brotherhood, and it is difficult to leave the homeland, if it is not really impossible to live, the people are reluctant to leave the homeland where their ancestors thrived, but now it is good, some people who really can't live have to leave their homeland and embark on the road to the Star Sea Empire.
Although some rumors have been spread by various forces recently, saying that the Brotherhood is under strict punishment and strict laws, how harsh it is to blame the people, but the Brotherhood is now also famous, everyone knows that the Brotherhood is very rich under the rule, and those forces said to the homeless people a while ago that as long as they are under the rule of the Brotherhood, they will have enough to eat, and at this time, as long as they can live a more stable life, as long as they can eat a full meal, where can they be harsh or not, and then they can be harshly criticized by those thieves and soldiers who forcibly requisition food, spoil women, and beat the people? I have always heard that the Brotherhood will have money, and it is said that it also robs people, but people only rob those big families, especially the Brotherhood's policy of dividing land is also well known, and it is especially attractive to those who do not have land. It is difficult for the people of the farther states to reach the Xinghai Empire, but it is not difficult for the states near the Xinghai Empire, in the past, Great Xia conquered the Brotherhood and recruited troops from these states, many of them became prisoners, and now most of them stay in Lingzhou, and many of them have also received their parents and relatives under the rule of the Brotherhood, so these states know more about the rule of the Brotherhood, and know that under the rule of the Brotherhood, it is not difficult to eat enough and eat meat. Therefore, although various forces have now strengthened their control over the people under their rule, and strictly ordered that the people are not allowed to flee their hometowns, it is still difficult to prevent some people from secretly going to the Star Sea Empire.
However, it is not so simple to enter the rule of the Brotherhood, everything must be according to the rules of the Brotherhood, if the rules are broken, then don't want to enter.
Because as a spy, Zhang San and Li Si were a little worried, and as a result, under the guidance of a special person, they completed all the procedures smoothly, they breathed a sigh of relief, they thought that this would be the end, how do they know that there is a series of procedures behind, bathing, physical examination, etc., over, the two and some other people formed a group, led by a team leader, and were sent to an eight-wheeled cart.
"Oh, these things are so good, I've never been so happy, hey, where are we going? Said that under the rule of the Brotherhood, the land could be divided? Li Si looked puzzled, at this time, he changed into a new clothes, carrying a bamboo basket, which contained some toiletries, Zhang San was also puzzled, but did not show it.
A sneer came, but it was the leader of the team, who only heard him say: "You think it's beautiful, you just want to divide the field and land, do you still want to divide the house and daughter-in-law?" ”
"Can you divide the room and daughter-in-law?!" Li Si thought it was really okay, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed, and the other team members also believed it, and their eyes lit up one by one.
"You bastard!" Zhang San couldn't help but smack Li Si.
"It's not that you can't ......," the team leader sold a pass.
"Can it really be done? What do you want to do? Zhang San couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, that's easy to say, earn enough to contribute." The team leader said.
"How do you earn contributions?" Li Si couldn't wait to ask.
"Don't think about it, how can the contribution value be so easy to earn, then you have to make meritorious contributions to the Brotherhood, and make great contributions! You newcomers are all bachelors, and you don't have any guarantees, and you don't have any skills, so you will work honestly first, and then talk about it after the inspection period. As for dividing the fields and dividing the land, when you are a brotherhood, you are opening a good church, and you are a person who comes to divide the land and divide the land, how can there be such a light thing? The territory that the brotherhood will occupy with one knife and one shot, you don't have to make a little effort, and simply give it to you? The leaders have also said that no one will cherish what is easy to get their hands on. Besides, there are a lot of people here, and there are not so many fields to divide here. ”
"How long do we have to investigate?" Zhang San asked slightly anxiously.
"It's going to take two or three years."
"Two or three years......" Zhang Sanyi heard that it would take two or three years, and the daylilies were cold, so he couldn't help asking: "Can it be faster?" ”
The team leader glanced at Zhang San, glanced at the others, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, it's okay, go to Funan, Naga to open up the wasteland, fight with the army, if you do a good job, it won't be long before you can divide the land and land, and you can marry a woman over there as a wife, but the risk is not small, like you, if you get sick over there, you may die in a foreign country." ”
"How far are Funan and Naga?"
"It's not far, it's only a few thousand miles."
"Scared!! Thousands of miles! ”
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Whether it is risk or distance, ordinary people will not consider going to Funan or Naga Kingdom, Zhang San Li Si and all of them in this group stay, and the job they have to do is to participate in the construction of some projects in Yuezhou, there are many groups like Zhang San and Li Si, most of them are composed of displaced people, so as to quickly settle these displaced people, and also let them learn some rules under the rule of the Brotherhood, and at the same time can prevent some spies and the like, in short, there are many benefits. It is because of the work of these displaced people that various facilities in Viet Chau have been built at an astonishing speed. Groups of displaced people like this do not work as day workers, they are fed three times a day, paid according to the standard, and have one day off for seven days.
Although the work is not easy, it is satisfying for most people to be able to eat enough three meals a day and see some meat.
On the first day of rest, Zhang San and Li Si went to the street, led by the team leader according to the rules, otherwise, let them go to the street alone, and it is estimated that they don't know how to walk on the road.
"Do you need someone to teach you how to walk? We're not little babies. ”
At the beginning, Zhang San, Li Si and others didn't care, and they felt that they were also slaves of the big people's families, and they had seen the world, so they were naturally different from these mud legs. On the street, the two wanted to leave the sight of the team leader and inquire about some news, but as a result, not far away, Zhang San and Li Si were almost hit by a high-speed four-wheeled vehicle, and the whole person was so frightened that their faces were colorless.
"Let the two of you not listen to Lao Tzu's wandering, everyone has seen it, according to him, crossing the road, according to the rules, he deserves to be killed, and the owner of the car is not responsible. Remember, you have to take the zebra crossing when crossing the street......" The team leader was a little gloating, and took the opportunity to use Zhang San and Li Si as negative teaching materials to educate others about some traffic rules in the city.
Zhang San and Li Si were both a little scared and stupid, and then they followed the team honestly, listening to the team leader's explanation, and they didn't dare to say anything. However, they muttered directly in their hearts, why are there so many rules, all kinds of penalties and fines, and the bustling city in front of them has changed in their eyes, like a treacherous dense forest, full of dangers and traps, and those goods, but they are beautiful and novel, but they are expensive thieves! What a pit man!
Because of the identity of the spies, the two of them naturally stood on their master's side, and they did not have much good impression of the Brotherhood's rule, with a hostile attitude, in their opinion, all kinds of things under the Brotherhood's rule were simply perverse, angry and resentful! Of course, the two of them couldn't say such a word, they just decided that the things of the Brotherhood were not good.
As time passed, Zhang San and Li Si gradually adapted to the life of the engineering team, and there were often injuries on the construction site, and the witch doctor would treat the workers, unlike the rigidity and severity of the general staff of the Brotherhood, the witch doctors were relatively gentle, and would always give some help to some people in difficulty, and the people under the Brotherhood generally respected the witch doctor.
The witch doctor's leisure time for healing will also tell some of the teachings and some truths of the witch god cult, all of which ordinary people never think about, but when the witch doctor says these truths, many people have to rethink their lives, especially some people who used to live in a muddy life, often have the effect of enlightenment and enlightenment.
The engineering team occasionally organizes workers to watch some dramas, but in fact they are all old-fashioned dramas, some absurd things in feudal officialdom, landlords and bullies, the government forcibly expropriates land rents, and poor families end up ruined.
As the days passed, Zhang San and Li Si's thoughts were also changing little by little, even if the two of them didn't notice it, but the two of them began to worry, did they take the risk to explore the secrets of the brotherhood? Do you want to go back to where you came from?
In fact, there are many people like Zhang San and Li Si who have entered the Xinghai Empire with some purposes, although the rules and regulations under the rule of the Brotherhood are already quite strict, but if the population increases rapidly, it is difficult to be foolproof, and it is impossible to mobilize too many manpower and material resources to carry out espionage work and catch some small shrimp. Therefore, while strengthening the improvement of management and system, the education of outsiders is enhanced, using the old-fashioned tricks of the earth, but it is extremely effective for the people of this era, especially those who have been forced to leave their homes, to resonate with them, to make them agree, so that they can quickly integrate into the rule of the brotherhood, and take the initiative to maintain the rule of the brotherhood.
As for those spies sent by various forces affected, it can only be said that they are extra, some of them simply live and settle down honestly under the rule of the Brotherhood, abandoning their original identity, anyway, the Brotherhood is so big under the rule, the rules are strict, those big people in Middle-earth can't control the affairs of the Star Sea Empire, if they have the intention to be incognito, others can't find it, and from then on, the sea and the sky will be wide.
This is also human nature, if you can live a stable life, who wants to worry all day long? If you can hold your head high, who wants to grovel? Even if some people will return to Middle-earth out of a sense of belonging to the power they belong to, or someone's loyalty, but the various experiences and experiences in the Star Sea Empire have broadened their horizons, their minds have changed, and a seed has been planted, and it is unknown what will happen in the future. (To be continued.) )