The outside world thought that Zhou Bai had received direct support from a certain hidden sect, so that he had enough extraordinary strength to ensure that he could safely survive several Qingxu realm invasions.

But now Yan Luo has really seen what a rebellious person this is, it has been less than two years since he was a Zhongjin Shi, right?

He didn't even see Zhou Bai make any moves, and the Xuanwu Zhenren who had been powering Ruinan for more than two hundred years before had already fallen down in a daze.

At most, Yan Luo can understand the practical application of the power of the human lord with the operation and cutting method, and he doesn't know anything about the rest of the soul-level fighting methods.

It is said that it is not easy to die after the Yin God Realm, and the Yin God is out of the body and travels?

Pinching a real person to death is like pinching a chicken, so it may be easier to pinch him to death.

Yan Luo looked at the withered corpse that had no breath of life, his face was pale, and there was no trace of temperament.

To be honest, he is not afraid of death, but he wants to die after glorifying his ancestors.

"The sinner Yan Luo, begging for five-colored gold, is willing to contribute to the establishment of the country." Yan Luo held the treasure in his hand, and his voice trembled a little.

Zhou Bai took away the five-colored gold, glanced at Yan Luo, and said without saltiness: "Well, get up, go and help outside first." ”

These words were a bit clueless, but Yan Luo understood them, and immediately got up and ran out.

"Lay down your arms, lay down your arms, and surrender to the Anbei Governor's Mansion!"

The loyal guards who were still resisting outside the inner gate looked at each other and obeyed the order to throw away the swords in their hands.

Of course, it's good not to die, and besides, the main family has voted for it themselves, so why bother to resist uselessly.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Luo appeared at various points in the city, personally persuaded him to surrender and pacify the people.

Within a day, the city of Ruinan was restored to calm, and notices were posted on the streets and alleys.

Although there were still soldiers patrolling, sporadic crowds began to appear on the streets, and some brave people took the lead in collecting food from the grain distribution points opened by the governor's office.

The governor of Zhou Da didn't even kill the envoys, could it be that he would embarrass them ordinary people?

In fact, Zhou Bai didn't know how to deal with Yan Luo now, before he entered the city with the army as soon as possible, and quietly hid outside Jiedu Mansion.

A Yin God True Person with Three Realms Perfection, if he doesn't personally stare at the interception, he will inevitably become a scourge if he runs away.

When he noticed that Yan Luo and Xuanwu Zhenren had infighting, Zhou Bai sat back and watched, and was even ready to watch Xuanwu Zhenren kill Yan Luo, so as not to be embarrassed by the follow-up treatment.

There's no way, who told you to surrender when the city was broken, how can you not die to deter future generations.

But who knew that Yan Luo was so astute, not only guessed that he was there, but also offered the biggest treasure five-color gold for the first time.

In this way, he bought half a life, and the subsequent moments of non-stop appeasement of the people, as well as his previous "exploits" in purging the county wang clan, completely dispelled Zhou Bai's killing intent.

Ruinan City is the seat of Ruinan Jiedu, after Zhou Bai became the master, it was restored to the former Ruinan County Government again, and he did not plan to move south to the governor's mansion for the time being.

Yan Luo's favorite summer office, Liangxin Pavilion, Zhou Baigao sat in the main seat, quickly reviewing the corresponding official documents after entering the city, while Yan Luo was waiting quietly at the next head.

The host and guest were transposed, Yan Luo was of course a little dazed, but he knew that power had become a thing of the past, so he quickly adjusted his mentality and behaved cautiously and solemnly.

The conversation that follows may well decide his life and death, his fate.

Originally, he thought that Zhou Bai still needed to work for a long time, so he deliberately hung him and imposed a horse.

Who knew that in less than half an hour, the thick stack of official documents had already been approved, and at the same time handed over to the accompanying secretary for processing.

Isn't the efficiency too high, and the ability to govern is so strong?

Yan Luo was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't dare to mess around, just sorted out his mood and waited for the questioning.

Zhou Bai was unceremoniously, and came up to ask aggressively: "Stubbornly resisting the king's master, causing innocent people to die in vain, are you guilty?" ”

Yan Luo knew that this was robber logic, if you beat me, I can't resist yet.

But he still knelt on the ground, not daring to argue at all: "Guilty, sinners are willing to spend the rest of their lives to pay for their lives." ”

"Hmph, let's talk about it, why you still don't vote when you lose all the cities on the periphery." Zhou Bai snorted coldly and continued to ask.

"The lower official came from a humble background, and he was funded by his family...... Enlightenment is the capital of the true dragon......"

After a long speech, Yan Luo explained his unwillingness and the reason why he was unwilling to run away with Xuanwu Zhenren in the end.

The reasons are full and detailed, Zhou Bai feels that it is blameless, this is the characteristic of the times, how many people have grown up by the clan, and how many clans have risen because of one person.

Then he took out the five-colored gold from his arms, and the blue, red, yellow, white, and black colors rotated, and they were brilliant.

It doesn't seem to weigh much, but it has the property that it can't be put into storage, so you can only carry it around.

"To tell the truth, this five-color gold is enough to buy you a life, but you Yan Dashuai is not dead, it is difficult to deter future generations, what do you say?" Zhou Bai played with the five-colored gold in the palm of his hand, and looked at Yan Luodao with a smile.

Yan Luo broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and replied calmly: "If you don't kill me, you can show the justice of the governor to send troops this time." Sinners watch you walk in the way of kings, and occasionally show kindness, which can also attract some true masters. ”

"Whether to kill or stay, it is naturally in the governor's thoughts, but please believe that sinners will definitely bring you greater value."

After hearing this, Zhou Bai got up and paced back and forth behind Yan Luo, staring at him until his back was cold.

After being silent for a long time, he turned in front of him again: "You are a talent, and your ability to govern and the breadth of your vision are rare under my command, since you are truly effective, then I will not kill you." ”

"There are two choices, one is to give you a nominal official and a knight for the government; The second is to go down to the bottom and become a township official in the most difficult place. ”

Yan Luo thought for a moment and asked, "What does the governor mean, the first choice is to be a rich idler for a lifetime, and the second choice is to look at my own ability, but there is a chance to reuse it, right?" ”

"Yes, you figured it out for yourself." Zhou Bai confirmed.

After receiving a positive reply, Yan Luo said without thinking: "The next official chooses the second." ”

Zhou Bai bowed slightly, as if he was not surprised: "Recently, I stayed in the county government first, helped Fu Min, and then went to Baishazhou when the order came down." ”

"Chu Kai, the town guard of Baisha Town, is not familiar with civil affairs, you go to be his deputy, for the history of the Nine Pins."

Baisha Town doesn't know, Baishazhou Yan Luo still knows a little.

This place is a bitter cold "strange place", not only famous in Bei'an County, but also known about it as a punctual county of Ruinan County.

Connecting Bei'an County and Biancheng County, the land is barren, and there is mostly white salt soil on the surface, which cannot grow food, and it is inaccessible......

Yan Luo smiled wryly, this was really a assignment, but he still firmly accepted the appointment, and at the same time his fighting spirit was high.

Seeing Yan Luo say goodbye and leave, Zhou Bai was a little emotional.

This person's nobility is gone, and in the face of such ups and downs, he still retains his green and yellow life without being damaged, which is quite indomitable.

If he is really capable of making some political achievements, Zhou Bai will also treat him fairly and promote him.

And the reason why he put such a "great talent" in a bitter cold place is, of course, related to his next moves.

Chu Kai reported that after the revival of the aura, the environment of Baishazhou has undergone great changes, and it seems to have departed from the style of the Badlands.

This is not unusual, Zhou Bai had suspected that with the revival of aura, such a bad land could also become a treasure land.

After Yu Yueyun led people to conduct field exploration, he confirmed that the saline-alkali environment in some areas of Baishazhou has improved, and most areas are changing in a good direction.

The original saline material sinks to form a salt mine, which is rich in spiritual energy, which can be regarded as spiritual salt.

The salt lake where Zhou Bai rested has expanded dozens of times, and the salinity has been greatly reduced, which can be used as a source of drinking and irrigation water.

After investigation, there were dozens of water sources in the vicinity of the ancient trade road alone.

This is one of the few water sources that have increased in the context of the current drought, and it can only be said that the water vapor balance has balanced the water from other places into the desert wasteland.

Crossing the vast white soil to the west, it is the border city county in the west of Dingzhou.

Therefore, the strategic location of Baishazhou is actually extremely dangerous, this is the only connected land passage in the whole Dingzhou, and in other counties, it can only connect Dingdong and Dingxi through the Ningjiang River.

No one cared about this passage before, because the white sandbar was too big, and there was sand and salt soil along the way, and it was too difficult to supply water and food.

Occasionally, there is a small group of merchants who push grain carts and water carts to force their way through at any cost, but it is difficult to pass through the army.

Now that Baishazhou has undergone benign spiritual changes, and it is no longer a barren land with poor mountains and bad waters, then it can be foreseen that its strategic position will be improved.

There is water, land and salt mines, it is really the Tianfu Plain in the north, and Zhou Bai must control it.

The direction of expansion in the back is very likely to be Baishazhou, take this plain for military merits, and then continue to the west to take the border city county!

Across the east and west of Dingzhou, completely occupy the north of Dingzhou, you can start the matter of building the country.

Of course, he also has to look at the merger and development of other forces, especially Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao.

If you really look at the geographical location, population density, and prosperity, it is definitely better to continue to expand southward.

Although Longfeng County has experienced the devastation of the last encirclement and suppression of generals and a series of natural and man-made disasters, its population still has more than 700,000 and great potential.

You must know that Bei'an County is almost twice the size of Longfeng County, and it can only exceed one million people, not to mention the gap in resource production and commercial trade.

In addition, before the spiritual change occurred in Baishazhou, Zhou Bai formulated a general strategy that first unified the east, vigorously developed the naval division, and then presumed the west with absolute military strength.

On 5 August, all the officials transferred from Bei'an County were in place, including the county government team headed by Ji Hongzhe, the county warden.

As early as when Lu Ding started to occupy Pinghe County, Zhou Bai wrote a letter to Ji Hongzhe, who was the head of Pinghe County at that time, and persuaded him to come to his side to serve, at least he would not treat him badly.

However, at that time, Lu Ding was strict, and the prospect of the independence of the Anbei Governor's Office was still unclear, so he was not in a hurry.

Until this time before the army sent to Ruinan, Lu Ding was also leading the army outside, and Ji Hongzhe finally took his family out of Pinghe County with the help of Xuanyiwei and successfully crossed the Ningjiang River.

The timing of this refuge is very ingenious, not after the success of the raid on Ruinan, so he was appointed by Zhou Bai as a civil affairs officer of a county, and you must know that the Anbei Governor's Mansion has jurisdiction over two counties.

With such a heavy responsibility, Ji Hongzhe is also officially loyal to Zhou Bai, and there is no embarrassment of status reversal at all.

At the same time as Ji Hongzhe took office, 35 local officials in the six counties of Ruinan had completed their work reports.

They will be sent to study at the government school in Bei'an County for three months, during which the affairs of the six counties will be handled by the chief or left second officials appointed by the governor.

If, after three months of study, the political examination and study assessment are passed, then the official can be reinstated or even promoted.

This is also one of the measures formulated by Zhou Bai before he prepared to step out of Bei'an, and there must be a set of regulatory procedures for how to deal with the prisoners.

It should not be because the territory is expanding too fast, which will lead to a decrease in strength instead of increasing.

According to statistics, Ruinan County has a population of more than 800,000, and the county has less than 100,000 stone of grain stored, and the summer harvest grain has been reduced by 30% compared with previous years, and it is currently being put into storage. A total of 3,250 spirit stones and 50,000 taels of gold were obtained...... The specific figures will need to be checked for some time. Ji Hongzhe took office as a new official and quickly handed over a detailed account to Zhou Bai.

In addition to the army, this is the general gain from the capture of Ruinan County, and the profit must be a big profit.

It's just that if you want to reach the level of development of Bei'an County, it will take time to govern, and at this time, even the people's hearts have not been completely recovered.

Looking at the luck of the new group of county governments, even the luck of the government during the besieged season is not as good, and all that is scattered and gathered is only white gas, and only a circle of red gas in the center stabilizes the overall situation of the county.

This is because the time is too short, the government decree has not yet been passed, and the people have not yet approved the system.

However, because Ruinan was facing Longfeng County, which was controlled by the state government, and wanted to take root as soon as possible, Zhou Bai specially ordered half of the summer harvest grain to be handed over, so that the people could have enough grain in their hands to support the autumn harvest.

Ahem, he doesn't have the confidence to be exempted directly, because judging from the current general trend, he has to continue to expand non-stop.

Two days earlier, on August 3, the first self-reliant man had appeared, and he was still in the north.

That is Zhao Qi, the king of Xiyuan County in Liangzhou next door, a few feudal kings who have stayed in the territory since the founding of Daxu.

Zhao Qi took Daxu's immorality and morality as the reason, and went to the king of Xiyuan County to rebel.

He started with Xiyuan County, and in seven days he conquered two other counties in the north of Liangzhou, and looked at the wind everywhere he went.

Under the condition that the foundation of luck was strong enough, Zhao Qi called Liang Hou and directly established the Northern Liang Kingdom.

Then the dragons of the world rose together, from the south to the north, from the east to the west, there were feudal towns in response to the founding of the country.

As of August 8, Zhou Bai returned to Bei'an County, and in just five days, the grass head team of one county and one township is not counted, and there are 15 self-established countries with a name in the world.

Of course, the foundation of these hidden dragons and heroes is not as thick as that of Liang Hou, and most of them are viscount states and baronal states based on county dynasties.

Only Zhong Xiang of Jinghu Xiangzhou established the Chu Xiang Boguo with the land of three counties, and there was also the Yuanlong of the Western Shu River that suddenly appeared, and the Banan Boguo established with the land of two counties.

In view of this situation, even if the Qingxu Rebellion in the Central Region has not yet been pacified, Xuzhou is still under the control of the Qingxu Army, and the Daxu Imperial Family must immediately throw out the sealing order.

Wang Xiu sent news from Shenjing that by the end of August at the latest, before autumn, the imperial court would definitely issue a decree on the closure of the country.

At that time, it will be true that all nations will stand side by side, and princes will compete for power.