Chapter 176: Heart of the City
"Yan Shao, after passing this boundary stone, it will be regarded as reaching the boundary of our Nanban!"
Standing in front of a boundary stone that had been weathered by wind, frost, rain and snow, so it was no longer clear that the original text on it had long been clear, Bai Caixing, the daughter of the queen of the Lingxi tribe in the thirty-six parts of the Southern Barbarians, introduced Zhao Yan with joy.
At this moment, Zhao Yan did not ride the Red Dragon Princess, who was always with him, but walked in front of everyone on foot.
Declined the request of Qiye Lao Dao to escort him personally, but had to accept Qiye Lao Dao's retreat and appointed to protect his seven elite disciples of the Dragon Temple, Zhao Yan joined the brigade and went straight to the south, only within a radius of a hundred miles of the southbound road, when there was a martial arts master of the Wushuang national warrior level, he would take the Red Dragon Princess with Wanwan, and make a special trip to learn from others.
Compared to the Retrospective Streamer Illusion on the Frozen Heavenly Pool, even if these peerless national warrior-level opponents defeated Zhao Yan, they only gave Zhao Yan 10 points of free allocation attribute at most, and the least was even only 4 points.
On average, this is 5 points per person.
It's just that all the way south to the boundary stone, Zhao Yan has only fought so many times in more than a month, and there are two times when the "shame" talent is automatically activated, not to mention the failure to defeat, and the opponent is abused to death......
Zhao Yan didn't even know that he also had a new nickname because of this, which spread everywhere as he traveled all the way south, and this nickname was called "Zhao Shihu".
Needless to say, it means that Zhao Yan is actually very strong, and those who defeated him just fell for his trick of pretending to be a pig, so those two guys who were beaten into pig's heads because of the activation of Zhao Yan's shameful talent. On the contrary, they were very proud because they felt that they could be defeated. It is the most direct manifestation of his own strength recognized by Zhao Yan, in short, it is - ha. We're so much better than those idiots!
This visceral sense of superiority may seem a little inexplicable at first glance.
If Zhao Yan is an obscure little character, then it is very shameful to either defeat him or be defeated by him.
But the problem is that Zhao Yan is no longer a small role.
The magical stories of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "Journey to the West" have spread around with time and the flow of population, and the existence of the most eye-catching ideas has made people full of interest in Zhao Yan himself, who created these two magical stories.
And those who have seen good things or are simply hearsay. In order to prove that he is very familiar with Zhao Erlang, he has carried out all kinds of unbelievable exaggerated creations and even more exaggerated recreations of Zhao Yan's already magical experiences.
Sadly enough, in a world where legends are scarce, the more exaggerated the story, the more people will believe it.
Therefore, it is not too much to say that today's Zhao Erlang is the most powerful handsome man in the entire Taikang country.
Being defeated by Junjie at that time, and being defeated by Xiao, is obviously a completely different reason and psychological feeling.
Of course, these things have little to do with Zhao Yan. He was just worrying about what to do now in order to save up enough to lose every month, instead of a shameful waste.
Fortunately, at least until next month arrives. Zhao Yan felt that he should not have to worry about this problem.
Not to mention the vast territory of the 36 Nanban Divisions, the harsh natural environment also makes the 36 Barbarian Divisions generally possess relatively strong physical fitness. The physical fitness has further pushed up the martial arts water quality, and the strength within the scope of Jingyun Mountain has reached the level of a peerless national warrior. Fifty or sixty, that's still there.
"After passing the boundary stone, that is the range of Jingyun Mountain? The environment is still very good, I saw a lot of terraced rice fields-"
He who said this was tactful.
"Sister Wanwan, this is the territory of the Jia'e Department, they are greatly influenced by the boundary stone, many years ago they almost gave up the traditional customs of fishing and hunting, and only cared about farming and doing business, and our other departments are ......."
Bai Caixing didn't think about it until Song Qi'er, the daughter of the chief of the Guishan Barbarian Tribe, who was close to her, coughed heavily in the most critical place, and then subconsciously stopped.
Obviously, Bai Caixing, who stopped talking, didn't even know where she said something wrong, so she looked at Song Qi'er with an innocent face.
This made Song Qi'er very helpless, the Jia'e tribe betrayed the tradition of the 36 departments, and gradually lost the courage to fight with the tigers and leopards and fierce beasts, and became as cowardly and life-sparing as outsiders, so it is true that the Jia'e tribe is looked down upon by everyone, but this kind of internal family affairs of the people in the mountains, why should it be said so clearly for outsiders to know, and it is a joke in vain?
"White girl, I asked you to help you find it, are you ready for the medicinal materials to dispel the miasma, as well as mosquito nets and other things?"
Zhao Yan could roughly guess what Song Qi'er was thinking, so he took the initiative to open his mouth to relieve Song Qi'er.
These medicinal materials were not what Zhao Yan, who was not familiar with pharmacology, was looking for, but after he asked his sister Xinyue, he prepared according to the prescription prescribed by Sister Xinyue and made it in the weight of a thousand people.
There is no way, one of the important reasons why Jingyun Mountain has always been occupied by the barbarians is that there are miasma all over the mountain, and if people outside the mountain do not prepare enough life-saving medicinal materials, they will be lucky to live for half a year in a trip to the mountain.
Although he doesn't understand pharmacology, Zhao Yan, who has taken biology classes and learned well, also understands that many bacteria and viruses are transmitted through mosquito bites, so while preparing anti-miasma medicinal materials, he also bought a sufficient number of mosquito nets, hats with scarves and other items.
Speaking of which, it was through the merchants of the Jia'e Department that they were able to get enough of those things, and they were so powerful that they were able to bargain with those merchants outside the mountains...... Ah, Yan Shao, look over there, the Jiabu has already sent someone to greet them, and they are those wearing flower belts. ”
Bai Caixing, who nodded again and again, was already excitedly pointing to the southeast direction opposite the boundary stone when he was halfway through the answer to the question.
As Bai Caixing said, there were indeed more than a dozen barbarians wearing flower belts and dressed more like the people of Taikang than the barbarians of Jingyun Mountain, and walked over briskly.
Zhao Yan noticed. The leader of this group of people is actually wearing a set of official uniforms of Taikangguo. And it still looks like it's super good.
"Taikang hereditary second-class brave man, captain of the Guardian Army, and head of the Shanmanjia Hubei Division, Zhong Rong Erjia, have seen the Southern Pacification Envoy!"
A group of people from the Jiabu tribe wearing a flower belt. Under the leadership of the man wearing the official uniform of Chaopin Taikang, he walked up to Zhao Yan and bowed to Zhao Yan through the boundary stone.
"The name of the pacification envoy is full of Taikang, the real first-class master, can deign to serve as the southern pacification envoy, we Jingyun Mountain...... Finally there is hope!"
The head of the Jiabu who was prostrate on the ground continued to pull his throat and speak loudly in a voice full of emotion, compliments and praises.
Well?
Oh, that's interesting. The news is spreading really fast, and there are really no secrets in the political circles of Taikang Kingdom, and there are holes with big sieves everywhere......
Zhao Yan subconsciously wanted to smile, and officially appointed him as the holy decree of the southern pacification envoy, which had just been delivered this morning, and there were no barbarian people in front of him at that time.
Then. The people who heard that Zhao Yan was canonized as the Southern Pacification Envoy, except for Zhao Yan, only talked about three or five people, and none of them liked to spread secrets everywhere.
But now it's good, even the chief of the Jia'e Department, huh...... Headman. It's all clear, isn't it self-evident what this means?
Zhao Yan didn't need to turn his head to look around to be able to guess what was in his entourage. There are many people who are still stunned because they don't know.
This kind of situation, really...... It's funny.
Zhao Yan laughed. Strode across the boundary stone, and half-knelt on the ground Taikang hereditary second-class brave man, the captain of the Guardian Army, and the head of the Shanmanjia Hubei Division, Zhong Rong Erjia. He grabbed it and pulled it up.
Zhong Rongtou wanted to insist on bowing down for a while, but in the competition of pure strength, it was not Zhao Yan's opponent who secretly used a hundred refining strengths at all, and he was forcibly pulled up before he could withstand it for three seconds.
"Zhongrongtouren, you are too polite, little brother, I am the first time I came to your land, and everything has to rely on the support of a loyal minister like Zhongrongtouren, who is dedicated to the country, Zhongrongtouren, you praise your little brother so much...... But I'm very passive. ”
Zhao Yan, who won, said with a laugh.
Zhao Yan didn't know what kind of doctrine this Zhongrong head was playing when he made such a place, and he didn't want to know.
Therefore, Zhao Yancai definitely used this most simple and direct body language to warn Zhong Rongtou not to mess around, otherwise he would definitely suffer in the end.
I sincerely believe that only the pacification envoy can fundamentally change the backwardness of our Jingyun Mountain from the wilderness, so that we can enjoy the most advanced things and live the most prosperous life like the world outside the mountain. For this reason, as long as you have what you need, you only need to pat a messenger casually, I want people to give people and things to things, if there is any pushback...... He will be killed by the five thunderbolts of heaven!"
There are many thunderstorms in Jingyun Mountain, and people often die by lightning strikes, and even like the earth world, these people who are thundered by the sky are also considered to be wicked people who do not respect heaven and earth and do not respect filial piety, so the five thunders are very serious oaths.
To be honest, Zhong Rong Erjia's oath really made Zhao Yan slightly confused, he couldn't understand why this leader he had never met dared to make such a heavy bet, and how he came to the conclusion that after he took office as the southern pacification envoy, he would definitely take root in Jingyun Mountain and operate Jingyun Mountain into an iron bucket territory, which should have been hidden behind the fog.
If Zhong Rong Erjia is a hairy boy, then it is understandable that he suddenly did this kind of thing because of impulse and lack of experience, you can see this Zhong Rong Erjia...... Obviously past this age.
That's it, anyway, this is not a big deal, anyway, I will be resident in Jingyun Mountain in the future, and slowly observe his words and deeds.
"Since Zhongrong Touren has said everything to this point, then brother, I'm afraid I will really have a lot of trouble with Zhongrong Touren in the future, of course, Zhongrong Touren, don't worry, brother, I don't like to take advantage of others, and I will not lose Touren and your ministry. ”
Zhao Yan, who was too lazy to think about it, gave Zhong Rongerjia such a promise.
After all, Zhong Rong Erjia took the initiative to come over, the first person among the barbarian chiefs, Zhao Yan couldn't chill the hearts of others - chilled the hearts of those who came after him.
Not. Trouble!
Compared with these intrigues that consume brain cells, it is really still a girl who flirts with girls. It's even more fun!
With this strong thought, Zhao Yan used the fastest speed. ended the earnest conversation with the head of Zhongrong.
But in order to show goodwill, Zhao Yan had to take a large team of people to enter the Jia'e Department together and spend two days in the Jia'e Department.
Zhao Yan took a moment to write another letter to his brother Zhao Pu, who was far away in the capital of Taikang, and expressed his most sincere gratitude to Zhao Pu for really fulfilling his request for entrustment and for his hard work in obtaining this official position as a pacification envoy in the south.
At the same time, Zhao Yan did not forget to say that he had arrived at Jingyun Mountain, and he would hunt the demon tiger at any time. Then kill the tiger and take the inner dan......
After seeing the messenger carrying a letter worth thousands of gold, lying on horseback and running away from Yang Qi, Zhao Yan finally moved his gaze back to the Jia'e Department, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.
As imagined, the settlement of the Jia'e part is located on a hillside, and the chaotic bamboo buildings are all standard "upstairs" is the place of human habitation, and the "downstairs" is the animal house where chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are kept.
Near the animal house is a thatched toilet, but this is some people and some people don't, to be specific - people who have dogs basically don't have thatched toilets, and people who don't have dogs basically have thatched toilets.
Zhao Yan didn't even want to think about it. Why is there such a difference?
Whether it is an animal house or a thatched latrine, improperly disposed of human and animal feces, emitting a stench that will never be pleasant, Zhao Yan, who has lived in a clean environment for both generations. I can't stand the disgusting smell.
For this reason, Zhao Yan even asked several families why with the help of a translator, and came up with an answer that surprised him - the Li people of Jia'e. There is no concept of manure at all, and the biggest effect of manure for them is that it is only easy to attract and breed a large number of strange insects. These insects are then eaten by free-range chickens and ducks, and become valuable natural food for chickens and ducks to fatten up quickly.
Those weird bugs. It is not very possible to enter Zhao Yan's eyes, but those mosquitoes and fleas and other evil insects that have gathered in large numbers make Zhao Yan feel itchy just by looking at them, and he has the serious illusion that he is also crawling with these insects, and he may invade his body at any time because of germs, and then become seriously ill.
Staying in such a sinister environment all day long, you can't die soon, right?
If it weren't for the mansion of the head of the Jiahu tribe and the brick house structure outside the mountain, Zhao Yan wouldn't have been able to stay for two days if he was killed.
In short, it was easy to survive until the next day, and Zhao Yan was so resolute that he couldn't resign resolutely.
But even so, Zhao Yan did not forget that before leaving, he challenged the two peerless national warriors of the Jia'e Department one by one.
Until he finally said goodbye and left, Zhao Yan still didn't understand why Zhong Rong Erjia would "take refuge" with him.
Zhongrong Erjia even sent a hundred Jia'e warriors in order to show his sincerity, and they were all good guys, but they were not as strong as those Sand tribe children in the desert.
In order to prove their particularity, these warriors of the armor and jaw raised a green temperament.
This accidentally annoyed the little Taoist priests of Youlongguan, these little guys learned martial arts at one point, and then gradually developed the psychological stereotype of being proud of everyone.
Therefore, in order not to appear weak, the little Taoist priests also managed to get an apricot yellow flag, in order to distinguish it from the original yellow flag team, they added a golden border to this big apricot yellow flag, making it a legendary yellow flag.
No way?
If this continues, wouldn't this young master even if he doesn't do anything, his subordinates will sooner or later gather the Eight Banners and become the big slave owner who moves against the tide of history?
This will never happen!
Young Master Ben has no interest in being a big slave owner at all.
Therefore, even after leaving the Jia'e Department, before he had traveled a long distance, Zhao Yan issued a series of dead orders that were so resolute that he could no longer be resolute: in the future, he should wash his hands before eating and after using the toilet, he could only drink boiled water in the future, he could not defecate in the open in the future, he would not litter in the future, and he would not spit at will in the future......
If you violate these rules, the punishment will be very severe, the lightest will be a fine, and if you do it again, you will even be slapped in the mouth, or even take off your pants and spank.
When a few stupid people who couldn't change their habits were really punished and lost all their faces, the rest of the guys suddenly became smarter, and everyone carefully maintained their very hygienic image, and never let those pickets catch those unhygienic moments.
After all, it's okay to fine some money, and if you are corporal punishment in public, you will lose face.
Originally, it was just to get sick and not get sick, but such a health regulation actually made the huge team go south for several days, and there was no one who died of an emergency, which made Zhao Yan's hehe wisdom louder and louder.
No one noticed, in fact, the real hero who escorted everyone was Jiang Xinyue, who would boil a big pot of bitter medicine every day and personally supervise everyone to drink.
It's just that as the distance continues to deepen, Jiang Xinyue and the melancholy between her eyebrows become more and more preoccupied.
"Sister Xinyue, turning over the mountain beam in front of you, it is the former site of Zangge City, the former capital of Jingyun Mountain, I have made up my mind to awaken, I want to rebuild this city!"
In order to soothe Jiang Xinyue's mood a little, Zhao Yan said to Jiang Xinyue with his eyebrows before the machine gun arrived at the ruins of Zangge City.
But at least, Zhao Yan's last eight words are true - I want to rebuild the city. (To be continued......)