After the rain, the air is clear and humid

When you inhale it gently, you can feel the bursts of water vapor coming from your lungs.

This is Wenzhou, not only has been separated from Bachang City, but also out of Youlinzhou, he went all the way south along the Xishui, the boat traveled for a month, and finally came here.

Wenzhou is not considered a hinterland, but it is not a remote state, close to the hinterland of the Central Plains, the scenery is beautiful, just because it is located in a basin, so the rainforest is dense, the air is humid, and there are many wetlands, hidden dragons and snakes.

Of course, judging from the natural features of this world, human beings have limited access to the transformation of the world, and they are not interested in transforming them, so they can still retain their original features.

It went south along the Xishui until the small pier was now ashore.

The wharf is small, with only a small number of passenger and cargo ships, and it follows the bluestone path of the port all the way to a small town.

The town is not big, that is, a street, which feels like an old street that he has often seen in his previous life, which has been turned into a place of interest.

On both sides of the old street, there are many people's houses, and only a few shops are occasionally seen.

But Wang Tong has never underestimated this place, because this is one of the nodes of Caoyun, and most of the people who live here are from the Cao Gang.

Cao Gang, speaking of which, there is not much difference from Wang Tong's Cao Gang in his previous life, but the scale is larger and the force is stronger, after all, this is a world where he thinks he is a martial master, along the way, Wang Tong saw a lot of Cao soldiers with long knives on their waists, and most of their cultivation strength is the third or fourth layer of the physical realm, there is no higher, but there are many of them, and they really encounter robbers or something.

In fact, all kinds of water bandits have always been far away from the Cao Gang, how far away they are, on the waterways of the Cao Gang, there are almost no water bandits, of course, the Cao Gang will not do things too much, but they only occupy about one-fifth of the waterways, and in other places, there are still water bandit gangs rampant.

Generally speaking, this place feels like a huge state-owned enterprise to Wang Tong.

It is precisely because of this that the number of shops here is very small, and after walking all the way, Wang Tong found a dilapidated small restaurant and sat down.

"What does the guest officer want?!"

Seeing the guests coming, Xiao Er hurried over, speaking of which, the business here is not too good, it is already a meal, except for Wang Tong, who has just come in, there is no second guest.

Xiao Er's face was courteous, Wang Daodao, "I just came here, I am not familiar with it, bring a few special dishes in your store, and then a few cold dishes, and a pot of wine!"

"Great!"

Xiao Er shouted professionally and turned to the back to place an order.

"After this post town, it is Xiaolu County, where there is a martial arts meeting to be held, my current cultivation has reached the sixth level of the physical realm, and I am a little master walking on the rivers and lakes, participating in a martial arts meeting, making a reputation, and getting a little entanglement is still good. ”

This is Wang Tong's first step into the rivers and lakes.

"Guest, please!"

Soon after, Xiao Er served a pot of wine and three plates of cold dishes, namely pickled fish with garlic, cold salad and green silk dishes, all of which were found here, and they looked good, and the people who watched them had a great appetite.

"Xiao Er, let me ask you, how far is Xiaolu County from here?!"

"Guest officer, you are going to the county seat, not far, not far!"

After listening to Wang Tong's words, Xiao Er hurriedly said, "After our Qingshui Station, there are still sixty miles to the east." ”

"Okay, thank you!" Wang Tong nodded, took out five pieces of broken silver, and handed them to him, Xiao Er immediately smiled, and said to Wang Daodao, "The guest officer went to Xiaolu County, is he passing by, or is he visiting relatives?!"

"I heard that there was a martial arts meeting in Xiaolu County recently, and I also happened to meet it!"

Wang Tong smiled.

Xiao Er's face froze, and he looked a little hesitant, "Guest, are you going to Xiaolu County to participate in the martial arts meeting?!"

"yes, what's the problem?!"

Seeing that there was something wrong with this little er's face, Wang Tong couldn't help but be a little puzzled, the martial arts club is almost everywhere in this world, and it is not a new thing, why is this little second so hesitant, is there anything else that this martial arts club can't say.

"This, guest officer, I see that you are a foreigner, forget about the martial arts club in Xiaolu County!" Xiao Er looked around carefully, and did not find anyone else, so he persuaded carefully.

"Why? Could it be that there will be some conspiracy in this martial arts?" Wang Tong couldn't help but be curious.

"Conspiracy? hehe......"

When Xiao Er heard this, he couldn't help but say, "The guest officer laughed, how can there be any conspiracy, even if there is a conspiracy, how can it be that a shopkeeper like me can know about it?!"

"If there is no conspiracy, why are you so hesitant?!"

"This ......" Xiao Er smiled bitterly, "Actually, it's nothing, Xiaolu County will hold a martial arts meeting every three years, but this martial arts meeting in Xiaolu County is different from other places." ”

"It's different, what's different?!"

Wang Tong's curiosity was aroused.

"Hehe, I don't know about the martial arts associations in other places, but the martial arts associations in Xiaolu County are mainly for the county government to select and hire people. ”

"Pick and hire and catch fast?!"

Wang Tong frowned, this is not a strange thing, there are a lot of martial arts clubs in the world, different martial arts clubs may have their own purposes, like this kind of martial arts club that focuses on the selection and appointment of officials, it is also normal for the martial arts club to focus on the selection and appointment of officials, in this sense, the martial arts club in Xiaolu County should belong to the official nature of the martial arts club, maybe it was opened by the county government, so he asked, "Could it be that the martial arts club in Xiaolu County is just for the purpose of selecting and hiring fast?" Once every three years, I choose to catch fast every time, and there are too many fast catches in Xiaolu County, right?!"

This is where Wang Tong is puzzled, you said once or twice, choose a catcher, choose some catch fast Wang Tong is still understandable, but this is once every three years, and the purpose of each year is to select and hire a catcher, it seems weird!

"The guest officer doesn't know, this Xiaolu County, although it is only a small county, but it is close to Kunyang Lake, you also know, three thousand miles of Kunyang Lake, water bandits are rampant, on each island on the lake, there are water bandits entrenched, inexhaustible, Xiaolu County, suffer from it, every year there will be water bandits ashore to rob, and every time, a large number of fast catchers will be killed, and even head hunting, so, every three years the martial arts meeting, is to select and hire these headhunters, mainly for the locals of Xiaolu County, after all, only locals will be in order to maintain the land of the hometown, become a fast catcher, outsiders, even if they can be famous in the martial arts, it's impossible to be willing to stay in Xiaolu County. ”

That's just as well!

Wang Tong understood, Kunyang Lake water bandits rampant is not news, there has been a long time, this is mainly because of the large area of Kunyang Lake, and the text is complex, the most important thing is that there are many islands in the lake, and connected to the surrounding wetlands, the concealment is extremely strong, relying on the geographical advantage, coupled with a body of martial arts, it can be said that this group of people is difficult to be exterminated, even if they are exterminated, they will be reborn, after all, Kunyang Lake itself is the best hiding place, you have worked hard to suppress a large number of water bandits, I can't say that there is a desperate martial arts master who escaped here, and once again pulled out a group of water bandits, these are not news。

Because of this, the people around Kunyang Lake are deeply affected, some people have a common enmity with the water bandits, and the other part of the people are hooked up with the water bandits, the situation is extremely complicated, whether it is the imperial court, the sect, or the local wealthy families, they can not really exterminate the water bandits, so they cannot achieve real control over Kunyang Lake, and the only thing they can do is to enhance the strength of the Quartet, so that they can have the strength to confront the water bandits.

This is also the real reason why Xiaolu County and several surrounding counties monitored by Kunyang Lake hold a martial arts meeting every three years, select capable people, give heavy rewards, and induce them to fight with water bandits and consume each other, which is like adding fuel to the tactics, although cruel, but it is also effective, and it can maintain local stability.

Therefore, generally speaking, except for a guy like Wang Tong who doesn't know anything, other people in the rivers and lakes will go around this kind of martial arts, after all, no one wants to be tied up in such a small county town where water bandits are rampant, and every day is too dark and dark, and even worried about it.

"Kunyang Lake bandits, this is a good breakthrough!"

Wang Tong thought secretly, after eating and drinking, he touched the iron sword on his waist, and walked leisurely in the direction of Xiaolu County.

Xiaolu County, a little lively, no, it should be very lively, this is completely out of Wang Tong's expectations, in his mind, like this kind of perennial bandits, dead people are helpless in a place, it should be very depressed is Changli, is it because of the martial arts association, but this is not right, even because of the martial arts association, it has become lively, but the degree of prosperity in this small county town is not something that can be created in a short time.

However, soon, he knew the reason, according to common sense, Xiaolu County is close to Kunyang Lake, which is the most seriously eroded place by bandits and bandits, no one wants to live here for a long time, the imperial court must not be willing to give up a county town because of the trouble of water bandits, after all, the area of Kunyang Lake is too large, and the area of the handover is also large, if every place that is handed over with it is abandoned, then where will the face of the court go?

Therefore, at the beginning, the imperial court used this place as a place of exile, exiled some criminals here, and even some death row prisoners were exiled here, and according to the size of the crime, it was stipulated that they should not leave the county seat within a few generations, which is the largest source of population in Xiaolu County, and it is precisely because of this that the local folk customs are very strong, which is one, and second, in order to prevent these prisoners from escaping, into Kunyang Lake as bandits, which is also the proper meaning of the question, think about it, a group of prisoners, were exiled to the place adjacent to the bandits, and these water bandits will run out to rob the place as long as they have the opportunity, once they are robbed by the water banditsThe chance of falling into the grass is much greater than that of ordinary people, so the imperial court not only exiled many prisoners, but also sent several powerful masters to manage them, the descendants of these people, and slowly formed some local martial arts families, such as Xiaolu County, there are six such martial arts families, these six can be traced back to the first batch of prisoners and officials who were exiled here eight hundred and seventy years ago, the Wu family.

(End of chapter)