The two walked on the streets of Luyang City, a little silent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I see that her herb basket is full of some low-level first- and second-order herbs, one is only one or two taels of silver, and it is not worth much, but I am afraid that life will be a little difficult. I left her a bag of gold leaves in the shop, which should make up for the family. ”

Gu Xinyue said softly.

With her stealth technique, leaving a bag of gold leaves in the pharmacy was only a matter of moments, and Cao Shanshan was unaware.

Ye Fan shook his head slightly and sighed lightly: "I grew up in Luyang Mansion since I was a child, although Luyang Mansion is not a rich and noble mansion, but the land within a radius of thousands of miles is fertile and abundant, and it will not make the people poor, and it will not be a problem to make ends meet."

The population in Luyang City is significantly smaller than before. But the city was calm and serene, and there were not a large number of new graves, not as if it had suffered a great calamity, but a large number of strong men were missing. Then the only possibility is that the imperial court transferred a large number of laborers.

There are only a large number of lonely old people, women and children left in Luyang Prefecture, and there is a serious shortage of labor, which will lead to poverty among the people! Moreover, many military and labor services have no money to pay, so they have to prepare rations, clothes, and weapons at home, and this makes the people in the city even worse, and they send everything they can eat and use to the front line. Giving her some gold and silver won't solve the long-term problem!"

Since he stepped into Luyang City, he found many problems.

Luyang City looks dilapidated, the city walls are full of vines and moss, and it seems that few people have been sent to repair and clean up. There were many young men in the city, and even the guards of the city were some old city guards, and most of the pedestrians on the streets wore linen coarse clothes, which were far less affluent than they had been for more than ten or twenty years.

Uncle An Cai used to be a squire landlord and had a lot of land in the countryside, but now he is just wearing coarse cloth shirts, eating coarse tea and light rice and steamed buns, and even Ye Hao can't eat enough when he practices martial arts.

Moreover, the four-year-old baby Cao Shanshan was carrying just now said that his father went to military service and hadn't eaten eggs for a long time. It's almost as poor as when he was a teenager and after the death of his father.

Even a pharmacist apprentice has such a hard time, and the life of the ordinary people in Luyang Mansion is only afraid that it will be even more difficult.

What exactly happened in Luyang Mansion?

Since he led the Canglan army to exterminate the big threat of the Blue Wolf Tribe in the Scorching Sun Mountains, there are few places in Canglan to mobilize a large number of soldiers, and the pressure of military service and labor has been reduced a lot.

Could it be that the Blue Wolf Tribe of the Scorching Sun Mountain Range has revived in just one or two decades, and the Canglan Country has recruited soldiers and laborers to continue to clean up?

This is extremely unlikely.

Or is there an accident in the direction of the Donghai River? Donglai County in the Canglan Country faces the sea, and occasionally there are sea bandits and sea beasts attacking.

"Would you like to visit the Ancient City Lord and Old Dean Mu?"

Gu Xinyue knew that there were not many people Ye Fan knew in Luyang City, and these two were elders with whom Ye Fan had some friendships.

"Take a look and go. ”

Ye Fan nodded slightly, not wanting to disturb their lives.

When I arrived at the Luyang City Lord's Mansion, I found that the City Lord's Mansion had now changed hands, and the court had replaced the city lord.

The ancient city lord was seriously injured when he was guarding Luyang Mansion, and he recuperated at home after being promoted, and has not completely healed yet, but he has been able to dance with a knife and a stick, and practice martial arts in the compound.

In Luyang Mansion, Dean Mu has also retired, enjoying his old age at home and studying runes.

But I didn't see Mu Bing, she is in the realm of Wuhou, but I am afraid that she will not stay in the small city of Luyang Mansion.

"Where do we go next?"

Gu Xinyue said.

Ye Fan muttered, "Let's go to the Scorching Sun Mountain Range first to take a look and see if there are any new beast divisions." Then go to Donglai County to see, only the county town can take away a large number of military service and labor service from Luyang Mansion. ”

...

Although it was not very likely that the Blue Wolf Tribe of the Scorching Sun Mountain Range would revivenation, for the sake of caution, it would be better for him to take a look, and it would not take much time.

The Golden Cannibal flies extremely fast.

Half a day later.

Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue flew over the Scorching Sun Mountain Range.

At a glance, the entire Qianli Mountain Range is still a bare scorched earth, the black rocks are not a single grass, and the Wanli Mountain Range is gray and dead, making any living creature feel extremely depressed.

Occasionally, in some places, the streams are verdant.

But there is almost no wild animal activity, and birds are reluctant to pass and stay in this mountain range.

In addition to the burning fire, the entire Scorching Sun Mountain Range was poisoned by all kinds of poisons in the headwaters of the streams, and the most severe damage was caused by fish and wild beasts. Even the insects and ants are extinct.

Gu Xinyue's heart shook.

She knew that this was the place where Ye Fan Wuhou led his troops to exterminate the Blue Wolf Tribe during the period of Marquis Wu of Ye. But without seeing it with my own eyes, I can't imagine that this scorching sun battlefield is so tragic, almost not a single inch of grass is left.

The brutality of this battle even surpassed several major battles in the Ancient Land of the Ancestral Gods.

Ye Fan was a little relieved when he saw this scene.

Within a hundred or two hundred years, it would be impossible for the Burning Sun Mountains to give birth to any new beast tribes. Although his methods were cruel, he left two hundred years of peace and tranquility to the Canglan Kingdom.

"Let's go, go to Donglai County!"

...

Dongnae County.

The closer the two got to the county seat, the more people they found on the official road.

Take a golden bird to see from the sky.

On the road on the ground, I saw a large number of people densely packed with millions of people, pushing small carts, or carrying hand burdens, rolling convoys formed a huge torrent, carrying a large amount of grain, wood, arrows, knives, guns, equipment, sand and gravel, walking on the official road, and transporting them to the direction of Donglai City.

On the mountains outside Donglai City, there are even more large army barracks stationed, no less than a million of them, and there is almost no edge in sight. Most of them are the banners of the soldiers of the Canglan counties.

"Sure enough, it's Haiphong!"

Ye Fan's face suddenly became heavy.

It is only by gathering the army from all over the Canglan Country that it is possible to form such a scale.

It must be that there is something wrong with the coastal defense of Dongnai County!

Otherwise, such a large number of troops and laborers would not have been mobilized from all over the Canglan Country to gather in this Donglai County.

In this army, I saw the banner of the Canglan Monarch's Guard, as well as the banner of the 100,000 Ningbian Army who once guarded the Lieri Mountain Range.

It seems that even the monarch Ling Feizhuo also drove the expedition and appeared in this Donglai County. I'm afraid that Princess Ling Jiaojiao will also come along.

"Go to the city and find Dean Cao Hao. ”

Ye Fan groaned slightly.

He didn't know what the situation was in Canglan Country now, so he didn't dare to go to the monarch to ask, and the only person he had a friendship with was Cao Hao, the dean of the Donglai County Court. I want to know what the situation is in front of me, but I'm afraid I have to ask Cao Hao for clarification.

In the sky, Ye Fan scanned the county town.

In the county, there are almost everywhere with a sea of people. A lot of soldiers and wounded.

Soon found out that in the martial arts courtyard of the county government, he found an old man with rosacea who was lecturing a group of martial artists.

"Go to the county court!"

"Bang!"

The golden bird swept its wings, flew into the city of Donglai County in an instant, and landed in the open space of the county courtyard.

It flew so fast that it fell like lightning from the clouds, and a flash of golden light disappeared so that no one in the city saw it, thinking that the sun was too strong.

Inside the county court.

A little old man with a rosacea nose, with his hands behind his back, with an extremely proud look, holding his neck high, was in front of many teachers of the county academy, giving a lecture to a group of hundreds of young martial artists who were admitted to the county academy this year.

"Since the old man became the dean of the county government martial arts academy, the most outstanding student he has taught, a generalissimo of the Canglan country, Ye Fan, after eradicating the green wolf tribe for the Canglan country and making immortal achievements, he went to travel to Dongzhou. One is Gu Han Sword, who broke through the realm of the Martial King in one fell swoop and was accepted as a disciple by the Asking Heart Sect, one of the seven major sects of Shenwu.

Of course, it is too difficult to learn from them, and the old man does not force you to take them as your goal.

However, the rest of the Wuhou period is also full of talents, such as Princess Ling Jiaojiao, Mu Bing, Qin Yuer, Cao Youwen, Jiang Youxi, Ao Lie, Li Hao and a number of others who broke through Wuhou at a young age, there are countless people. You should at least follow the example of these predecessors and become the pillars of the Canglan Country. ”

Cao Hao bragged about his exploits and agitated before letting the teachers and hundreds of Wuzun students disperse.

This group of students all grew up when he was the dean, and it is not a gold plastering on his face.

As soon as he turned around, he was about to leave, but he saw two men and women with hats and robes standing silently under the eaves not far away, looking at him with a smile.

"Leaf..."

Cao Hao and Ye Fan were very familiar, and they could see that it was Ye Fan at a glance, and they couldn't help but be surprised, and their faces were full of surprise.

But when he saw Ye Fan wearing a hat, covering his figure, only revealing his eyes, as if he didn't want to show his true face, he was afraid that there was something else hidden, he hurriedly put away the words in his mouth, and said, "When did you come back?"

"The disciple has seen the dean, how are the deans doing all these years? I just came back today, and I was about to take a look around Donglai County, so I will visit the dean first!"

Ye Fan bowed and smiled lightly.

"Haha, it's very good! It's rare for you to come back, let's go and drink a few jars, and we won't return if we don't get drunk! This girl is also the first time to come to Donglai County, right? Let's go drink together!"

Cao Hao laughed heartily, looked at Gu Xinyue next to Ye Fan, and warmly invited.

Ye Fan nodded, and Gu Xinyue followed Cao Hao to Cao Mansion to drink.

Cao Fu.

Inside a silent kiosk.

"Looking at your cultivation breath, it seems to be the realm of the Martial King, congratulations, counting, in just over ten years, two Martial Kings have been born in succession in Donglai County. When you come back this time, you will live in Canglan Country for a long time?"

Cao Hao took out the best wine he had treasured for decades, looked joyful and excited.

"Well, I've been a martial king for a few years. However, this time I came back to Luyang Mansion to pay tribute to my father and mother, and I came to Donglai County to visit the dean, and I can't stay longer, I'm afraid I will have to leave in a few days. I can't explain the reason, but I ask the dean to forgive me!"

Ye Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He couldn't even stay in the Zixuan Dynasty, and he didn't dare to stay in this Canglan Country for too long, so as not to cause disaster to the Canglan Kingdom.

If Cao Hao knew that he had provoked the Purple Phoenix Sect, the giant force of Shenwu Dongzhou, and Mandongzhou was chasing and killing him, I am afraid he would not be able to sit still. Even the strength of the entire Canglan Country is not as powerful as a finger of the Purple Phoenix Sect.

"The old man knows that King Wu is not without troubles. The higher the cultivation, the greater the troubles and enemies you will cause, and if you don't want to show your true face and appear in Donglai County, there must be a reason for you, and I won't ask much. Drinking, getting drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows, less troubles!"

Cao Hao picked up a jar of third-order Wuhou wine and took a few big sips, brushed his sleeves to wipe the wine from his mouth, and sighed. (To be continued.) )