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The abandonment of the boat calendar is 223, March 18, the beginning of spring. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The bloated wooden house in the woods was empty, and there were no old men, no boys, and no little swaddling clothes.

Long rocking chairs, high grills, and yellow leaf fans are quietly placed under the eaves, and the thin old clothes in summer and the heavy furs in winter are neatly stacked on two old beds, one large and one small.

The wind of the beginning of spring is very light and cool, blowing through the grill, through the eaves, and through the empty windows.

Gray-black soot rose over the gently swaying chaise longues into the patched wooden hut and landed on the improvised furniture and rough clothing.

Without the breath of a familiar figure, the trail of the beast drew closer, and the small woods soon became bustling again.

......

Qin Du Town also became lively, all because of an explosive news.

"The young master of the Du family and the young master of the Qin family have been sent to Heilin Town!"

That's all the townsfolk talk about.

Abandoning the boat country, a man can join the army when he is thirteen, Du Tianwen and Qin Ziyu are both eighteen, and they are the children of the family, so it is not absurd to let them participate in the management work, but it is rare to start with a third-level town and city directly in the hands.

That's how the young talents of the capital are treated.

Therefore, when the people of the two families organized themselves and appeared on the town road, the discussion of surprise or doubt immediately spread wildly.

There are many soldiers in the Qin family's team, hundreds of sets of bright and flickering silver-gray armor stand, the person in front is tall, draped in a set of jet-black body armor, hundreds of palm-sized armor leaves cover the chest, abdomen, thighs and other vital positions, and even the helmet only leaves two black holes, extremely cold, and a tall horse beast in the crotch, which is daunting.

The black flag was raised by the sergeant beside the black-armored knight, and it was hollowed out with a pattern on it, but it was a 'win' character.

Most of the townspeople just watched the team from afar, because the oppression caused by the hundred people fully armed was really not small, and it always gave people the illusion that they could be killed at any time.

In comparison, the strength of the team from the Du family was much thinner, although there were also beautifully carved light green armor, the number of people was only thirty, but there were many carriages and horses, and more than a dozen vehicles were escorted, which were firmly tied under the thick cloth.

And the young man of the Du family did not ride a horse beast that made people feel cold all over his body like Qin Ziyu's legs, but sat in a simple and elegant pale yellow chariot, with a small tree branch carved on the outer wall of the box, and an emerald green fruit at the end.

This team was far more popular than the Qin family's troops, and even some townspeople approached them and shouted loudly, expressing their blessings and reluctance.

"It seems that this first step out of the town, I still have a point better than the boy of the Qin family. Du Tianwen smiled with his eyes, nodded in response to the farewell of the townspeople outside the chariot, and finally lowered the curtain and slowly spoke to the other person who did not show up in the chariot, his tone was relaxed.

It was the boy Qiao Ximing who was sitting silently, holding the swaddling clothes in his arms with both hands, and a burden was piled up at his feet, bulging, revealing some green edges and corners.

"It's useless. ”

The words were very direct, but the young man of the Du family didn't care, he still bent his eyes and smiled: "It's good that he doesn't have as much fun as me in his heart, isn't he?"

The boy looked through the gap in the curtain at the black flag in the distance.

"That is the family crest of the Qin family, I heard that the ancestors of the surname Qin were given the black flag and the surname Win, after the Emperor abandoned the boat to restore the ancient system, the Qin family adopted the black character as the family emblem. Du Tianwen reclined on the soft wool cushion and explained aloud.

The boy nodded faintly: "Just like the Du family's Gantang branch?"

The young man shrugged his shoulders lazily: "That's right, Du Lizhi was originally one of the ancestors of the Abandoned Boat Star people, and the tree species that the Shennong clan was good at planting, later became the sacred tree of the Du clan." I don't know where the Emperor of the Abandoned Boat learned so many allusions. ”

Looking down at the swaddling clothes in his arms, the boy was silent.

"I'm talking about you, it's really annoying. Du Tianwen rolled his eyes, but unexpectedly had a charming feeling, worthy of that dignified face: "When we first met, I thought you were a talkative person, but I didn't expect the real you to be so silent, which is really boring." ”

These words evoked some memories of the boy, and a trace of reluctance crossed his eyes, and then he recovered as before, and raised his head expressionlessly: "Heilin Town, how sure are you?"

His complaints were ignored, which made Du Tianwen pout, but his expression finally became serious: "How can I be sure, Heilin Town has always been the back garden of the town defenders, and usually neither the Qin family nor the Du family can infiltrate too much power, and I don't know what this Mayor Chang has in mind, so he directly gave up Heilin Town." ”

As he spoke, his hand held his chin: "You say, he doesn't want to get rid of me and Qin Ziyu, right?"

The boy shook his head: "You're just a concubine, if he really wants to do it, the object won't be you." ”

"Can't you be tactful?" another roll of the eye appeared on Du Tianwen's face.

The boy continued his previous remarks: "Chang Mingqi's thoughts are actually not important, how to contain him, that is the problem of Du Qisheng and Qin Yulin, and for you, since Heilin Town has been sent to the door, how to snatch power with Qin Ziyu is what you really need to care about at the moment." ”

"Although you said so, things are so weird that even my grandfather can't understand Chang Mingqi's calculations, and I will mind whatever. ”

The reason behind the two young masters' transfer to Heilin Town, when the old man revealed Chang Mingqi's identity, the boy could probably guess a few points, but at the moment, it was inconvenient to explain more to Du Tianwen, and finally he could only tear the topic away: "Heilin Town has a total population of 40,000 people, nine clans large and small, and the only one who has a connection with the Du family is the Chen family, and the other eight must also have the power of the Qin family, and if you want to really control Heilin Town, you must win over these clans." Do you have an idea?"

"I should ask you this question!" Du Tianwen replied a little angrily, far from his usual kind face.

The boy thought for a while: "Huang, Gu, and Abel are three families with heavy profits, and the Du family is better than the Qin family in terms of economic strength, and they can be tied up with benefits, but I am afraid that most of the materials you bring will be spent on them." ”

"That's okay, only if you can win the support of the three clans, these materials will not be reluctant, but most of the heavy profiteers have a weak personality or like to swing on the wall, if there is no one to be a representative, even if they receive benefits, it will be difficult for them to come in handy. ”

"Indeed, the key target can't be placed on them, the most important thing is Kozmo and the Guan family, two-thirds of the military strength of Heilin Town is selected from these two families, as long as they are mastered, and then bought by the three families, as long as there are five clans' strength, it is enough to suppress Qin Ziyu. ”

Du Tian sighed suddenly: "That being said, these two families are firmly in the hands of Chang Mingqi, even if he gives up Heilin Town on the surface, in fact, the real control is still in his hands." ”

The team had approached the entrance of Qin Du Town, and through the gap in the curtain, the boy could vaguely see another group of figures waiting in the distance: "Perhaps, Chang Mingqi will give up his control of the two families." ”

These words made Du Tianwen look at him as if he was looking at an idiot: "Give up the control of Kozmo and the Guan family, do you think that Chang Mingqi guy is stupid?"

The boy did not explain.

The team of the two Qin and Du families moved forward steadily, and the figure of the town entrance in the distance gradually became clear.

The figure is weakened, even if the whole suit is added, it still looks a little slender and long, and it stands out in the team of dozens of people.

"Chang Mingqi?" Du Tianwen's eyes bent involuntarily, staring at the figure in front of him: "He is still here in person?"

The middle-aged mayor's sharp eyes swept across Qin Ziyu's jet-black armor, the queue of hundreds of soldiers, and more than a dozen carts of supplies, and finally stopped briefly on the yellow chariot.

The eyes of the boy and the senior brother crossed the carriage for the first time.

Chang Mingqi's face suddenly flashed with a smile: "Du Tianwen, Qin Ziyu, listen to the order!"

Du Tianwen frowned, got dressed up, and stepped forward at the same time as Qin Ziyu, who had dismounted, and bowed in front of their respective teams.

"There is an order in Xuanwu Nancheng today, brute beasts are rampant, dozens of third-level towns and cities in the south are destroyed before and after, in order to combat the arrogance of brute beasts, all second-level towns and cities need to expand their military strength, so I ordered the two of you to go to Heilin Town to take charge of the left and right armies, for the left and right Sige, and each need to set up a thousand troops within three months!"

There was an uproar!

All the people who heard the military order, whether it was ordinary townspeople or the people of the two families, all showed surprised expressions, and Du Tianwen and Qin Ziyu also suddenly raised their heads, surprised.

They had already received the order to take charge of the army, but the order to establish an army of 1,000 was the first time they had heard of it!

Qin Ziyu's helmet was still not taken off, and he couldn't see his expression, but he suddenly clasped his hands and said: "Mayor Chang, the military strength of the third-level town and city shall not exceed five hundred, this is the rule set by the Emperor of the Abandoning Boat, this time Xuanwu City ordered the expansion of the army, and only increased the limit of five hundred, is the order of two thousand troops a little inappropriate?"

Like the jet-black military armor, Qin Ziyu's voice is very cold and hard, and the momentum is strong, faintly letting people see Qin Yulin's strong shadow.

Chang Mingqi responded lightly: "There is naturally a reason for expanding the army by 2,000. ”

"Please explain it to the mayor!"

"I've decided that after March, I'll regain Xinfan Town!"

The audience was shocked, but Chang Mingqi didn't seem to be enough, and coughed to suppress everyone's discussion.

"Qin Du Town has submitted a request to Xuanwu City for town and city upgrades!"

......

"Town and city upgrades?" Whether it was the Qin family or the Du family, they were all disturbed by this sudden proposal.

On the instructions sent to the two families, the instructions sent by Xuanwu City were written in black and white.

"On March 15, the year 223, Chang Mingqi, the mayor of Qindu Town, a second-level town, submitted an application for a town upgrade challenge, and according to the terms of the upgrade of the town and city of the abandoned boat, the applicant must meet the following conditions:

"1. The number of third-level towns and cities under the jurisdiction shall reach more than four, and those who are not yet complete shall meet the conditions within six months after submitting the application;

"2. The total population of the jurisdiction shall reach 300,000 and the total military strength shall be 5,000, and those who are not yet under the jurisdiction shall meet the conditions within six months. Attached-Due to the recent military strength expansion target, the total military strength condition has been raised to 8,000.

"If the conditions are not met before the assessment date, Chang Mingqi, the mayor of Qin Du Town, a second-level town, and Qin Yulin and Du Qisheng, the patriarchs of the management clan, will be deprived of their status, and the resources of Qin Du Town will be returned to Qin Town and redistributed.

"If the conditions are reached before the assessment date, Qin Zhen and Qin Du Town will face off on the assessment day, including nine military general competitions and one sergeant competition, and the winner will replace the management rights of Qin Town, a first-class town city, and enjoy the right to allocate fifty percent of the resources of the losing side.

"Assessment Day, September 15. ”