Inquire about the news, then it must be the most convenient place is the tavern, those old men's biggest entertainment hobby of the day is to chat, although the things are sometimes quite outrageous, but from these words to catch the wind, you can always get some useful information.

In fact, there are only a few taverns in Kyoto City that can be said to be famous, but as a result, the Tianyuan Dynasty is in chaos this year, and there is only one dilapidated left.

Xia Luo walked in front of this very familiar tavern, thinking that he could see the same as before, with all kinds of drinking men sitting inside.

But when he walked to the tavern, he was shocked by the ruined scene.

The wooden door is estimated to be decades old, and there are three large holes in the broken door, according to observation, these three large holes should be caused by iron tools, and it is estimated that someone in the tavern is making trouble.

But fortunately, the tavern did not go out of business after all.

Pushing open the door, I saw a middle-aged man sitting at the counter, with a lifeless face.

Now that Xia Luo had changed his appearance to that of a forty or fifty-year-old, he walked up to the shopkeeper and spoke.

"Little Fuzi, you're old too."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper's brows furrowed slightly, and he raised his head to look at Xia Luo for a long time, and then said with a little hesitation.

"Are you...... Are you Li Bujue? ”

Xia Luo nodded.

Seeing Xia Lu admit it, a smile appeared on his face.

"Where have you been all these years?"

"I went to other countries to do something, and recently came back to see my old friend, what about the shopkeeper Zou?"

Xia Luo said as he looked around, as if he was looking for something.

Hearing the words "Zou Shopkeeper", Xiao Fuzi's face obviously showed a trace of worry.

"Zou shopkeeper he...... That's a long story. ”

Shopkeeper Zou is the brother of this little blessing, and a group of officers and soldiers came a few days ago, saying that they were going to collect taxes.

But this year, nearly a hundred years after the taxes have been received, where did the shopkeeper get the money to pay the taxes?

So he was taken away.

In fact, there is basically no difference between this capture and death, because if you are captured, you will basically be sent to work as a coolie, and then you will be a lifelong worker.

After listening to this, Xia Luo looked inside the tavern and found that the tavern had long since lost its former vitality.

Just the old men sat there, drinking tea with a tired face.

Seeing this, Xia Luqiang squeezed out a smile.

"Half a catty of burnt white, a stack of fennel beans."

If it was before, Xia Luo came to drink to eat meat, but the other party's relatives had just been arrested, and according to the rules of the Tianyuan Dynasty, they couldn't get meat on it, so they just ate some fennel beans.

Xia Luo has been drinking sullen wine in the corner, and for some reason, this most spicy liquor actually seems bland and tasteless.

During this period, he deliberately asked a few tea drinkers around him about Xiongguo.

Originally, these people were not willing to deal with Xia Luo, but when they saw Xia Luo put a string of copper coins in front of them, they immediately saw that the money was open.

"Xiongguo? In these years, who doesn't know Xiongguo! ”

"Oh? Tell me? ”

An uncle showed a smile while sharing the money.

"You give us this money, it's really a loss, because the affairs of Xiongguo have long been famous all over the world, and the king of Xiongguo is really a capable person, but he has suffered the people of Xiongguo."

Hearing this, Xia Luo was overjoyed, it seems that Xia Wangong really did what he wrote in his letter.

"Just eight years ago, the king of Xiongguo suddenly started to fight against several surrounding countries, and I heard some young people say that the soldiers of Xiongguo were not human at all, but like a pack of wolves.

That guy, when he sees a person in an enemy country, is like a wolf seeing a sheep, and his eyes are shining! ”

"Oh? Is it? ”

Isn't that a light to be seen?

After all, in the eyes of those people, where is the life of the soldiers of the enemy country, that is, the money and status that can walk, and this most direct stimulation will make mortals obsessed with money and power.

Those people, when they arrive on the battlefield, cannot be called people, they can only be said to be a bunch of weapons of war.

They are indoctrinated with the idea that they don't care about anything but killing their enemies, and they don't even care about their own life and death.

No matter how ruthless the soldiers of other countries are, they will instinctively fear death.

After all, the opponents of Xiongguo are all small countries that are independent of themselves, and the soldiers of those countries will have patriotic feelings?

So whether it is in terms of combat effectiveness or morale, Xiongguo is definitely crushing other countries.

And other countries are very stupid, after knowing that they can't defeat Xiongguo, they choose to cede land and pay compensation, hoping to form an alliance with Xiongguo.

There is no stupid way in the world than this, because Xia Wangong will only accept their kindness, and then use these things that the other party has accompanied him to rest for a while, and then fight back when he is rested.

Although it was only a few short years, the power of the Xiong Kingdom was almost devouring those countries, and it was about to become a powerful force that could compete with the Tianyuan Dynasty and the Northern Tianyuan Dynasty.

As for the future situation, there is no need to think about it, as long as Xia Wangong or his descendants are not cerebral palsy, a three-legged situation should be formed in the end.

Because now the Northern Tianyuan Dynasty and the Tianyuan Dynasty are torn apart, although there is no large-scale war, but the conflict has never been broken.

In this case, it is almost impossible to develop well.

When the latter two fight again, the Xiongguo will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, this may not be a good thing for the Xia family, you can refer to the Qin State.

Because those laws of governance are so inhumane, when the expansion is over, it will inevitably cause a series of problems, and it will be difficult to deal with at that time.

After drinking, Xia Luo handed Xiao Fuzi a piece of broken silver, and this little Fuzi was about to give Xia Luo change, but when he looked up, Xia Luo had already disappeared.

To the east of Kyoto Castle, there is a very large mine.

In this era, the productivity was extremely backward, and the general mines relied purely on manpower, and there were no protective measures, and people often died.

At this time, on this mine, an old man with gray hair was pulling a cart of stones with his life against the scorching sun above his head.

But the man was old and weak, and in the end he still did not hold on, and fell on the way to carry the stones.

Seeing this, a soldier in armor next to him waved the whip in his hand and pulled it down directly.

"You old thing, uncle, I just glanced to the side, you are actually starting to be lazy!"

The old man may be really tired, although his skin and flesh are turned out with a whip, and the expression on his face is also twitching, but he still has no intention of getting up.

"Master Bing, I'm ...... I can't hold this old bone! ”

"What? You're tired of life, don't you want to do it, do you? ”

After saying that, he wanted to whip it down, but before the whip was swung in the air, he was grabbed by a hand.

looked to the side angrily, and immediately showed a smiling face.

"Lord Yan, what are you doing here?"

This Lord Yan didn't say a word, and directly slapped the little soldier, and then looked at the person next to him with a smile.

"Master Li, this is the Zou Liquan you are looking for."

At this time, the old man also seemed to realize something, blinked and looked overhead, only to see Xia Luo standing there with the person in charge of the mine, and the little soldier was touching his face, trembling.

"Shopkeeper Zou, do you remember me?"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper Zou's blurred vision suddenly became a little clearer, and he looked at Xia Luo and shed tears.

Li Bujue...... You ......"

Xia Luo didn't speak, but patted Lord Yan on the shoulder.

"What to do, you know?"

"Don't worry, you absolutely understand!"

Lord Yan smiled as he weighed the weight of the gold in his arms.

With so much money, let alone let him call an unknown person an adult, even if it is grandpa!

Then, Xia Luo took the shopkeeper Zou away.

For the mines, a large number of people die every day, but there is only one less person, and no one cares at all.

It's just that this little soldier, as an insider, I'm afraid that the future will not be easy.