The unpredictable weather, combined with the misty fog, is a feeling of humidity that makes people feel uncomfortable.

There are still endless mountains ahead, and it is no wonder that such a place was chosen as a place of exile.

Even if you don't starve to death, you have to be suffocated by this wet atmosphere.

Su Qi'an waited until after the rain had passed, the sky cleared, and he did not continue to move forward with the Dongshan army.

Instead, the special combat team with Tong Zhan, and the rest of the people rested in these big caves, waiting for the news of Su Qi'an's exploration.

After all, the scale of the Dongshan Army exceeded 1,000 people, and such a large-scale operation was good to hide their whereabouts in the forest, but after leaving the forest, they really went to the county seat of Jiaozhou, and it was difficult for them to not attract the attention of others with a killing atmosphere.

The most important thing is that the Dongshan Army has different types of troops, including cavalry and infantry soldiers, and it is quite inconvenient to move in these mountains.

It's better to take a special team that is good at fighting from the forest, and it is more convenient to go to explore the way.

After handing over the Dongshan soldiers to Huang Wenyan and Su Yong, Su Qi'an led Tong Zhan and other special combat teams to explore the road first.

After walking through the heavy mountain peaks for at least half a day, Su Qi'an and his party can be regarded as seeing the road they can walk.

Although this road is not as good as the official road, it is much better than walking on a steep cliff.

Su Qi'an, who was walking on the mountain road, basically didn't rely on the map in his hand.

The map of the three southern states drawn is only an approximation, and it is really useless when it comes to the field.

Now Su Qi'an can only walk while starting to draw a map of the field.

After all, this remote place of exile is the place where he developed his power, and when he stepped into Jiaozhou, he had this opportunity to simply understand the local terrain.

In this way, walking along the mountain road, in order not to attract attention, Su Qi'an and other special combat teams all changed into ordinary people's clothes.

Su Qi'an didn't plan to show his so-called identity as soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou.

In the three southern states, listening to Huang Wenyan, except for the core Nanzhou, the control of local officials in the other two states is not as strong as that of the other states.

It can be seen from the students selected for the imperial examination every year that they are ostensibly among the top ten in the three states in the south.

In fact, nearly eighty percent of these ten people are from Nanzhou, even if occasionally a few students from Jiaozhou and Yuezhou are eligible to participate in the palace examination.

Most of the forces behind them are also from Nanzhou, to put it bluntly, here in Jiaozhou, it is said that the control of the state pastor is only one-tenth compared to other states.

Most of the rest were controlled by the local chiefs, who, in the words of Ryoto, were called priests.

And between the priests and the priests, there is a distinction between high and low, and the number of priests in the three southern states is hundreds of people.

They divided the three southern states into hundreds of different sizes according to the scope of their jurisdiction.

This system, like the feeling between tribes, is that they do not believe in imperial power here, but in the totems of the tribes, which they call the belief of gods.

To put it bluntly, their system is even more backward than the feudal society in Daliang, and they live a slave system.

All the inhabitants of the land, that is, the natives, were slaves of the priests and did not have even the most basic human rights.

It stands to reason that with such a backward and ignorant tribal system, Da Liang's rule should be easy.

In fact, the founding emperor of Daliang did the same, relying on the powerful military power during the founding period, he did not spend much effort to occupy the three southern states.

But the three southern states are too remote, mountainous and difficult to grow food.

The feudal dynasty relied mainly on agriculture, and even if a reckless land like this was occupied, it would not be possible to send heavy troops to defend it for a long time.

Without food, relying only on the logistical supplies of other states, that route is really difficult to climb.

Together with the natives of these tribes, they obeyed the priests, and the priests formed an alliance.

The resistance can be described as quite fierce, and in terms of strength, these indigenous fronts are definitely not the generals of the Great Liang army.

If you can't fight head-on, they can fight from the forest and ambush you.

Under this kind of unguardable attack, the Liang soldiers stationed here complained bitterly.

Moreover, the main defense object of Da Liang was Da Rong in the north, so after being stationed for twenty or thirty years, the second emperor of Da Liang negotiated with these priests and natives.

Da Liang withdrew the Liang soldiers stationed there, and only kept the necessary strategic points, and the rest of the places were all given to the local priests.

But the three states in the south must recognize Da Liang as orthodox.

The priests agreed to the withdrawal of the army in exchange for nominal jurisdiction.

After fighting with the Liang soldiers for so many years, the Liang soldiers are complaining, and similarly, the natives in their hands have suffered a lot of casualties.

To be able to reach such an agreement, at least in exchange for peace, and the rights in your hands.

Naturally, there will be no trouble, that is, because of the existence of this agreement, in exchange for more than 200 years of peace between the two sides.

In Su Qi'an's view, if Daliang's national strength has always been strong, it will naturally not be a problem, but once it gradually declines, there is even a risk of destroying the country.

The three southern states were definitely the first to rebel.

With his geographical location, he can also be like Xizhou, and he can pass all the transportation arteries and send troops to guard them, so that he can become a party of secession.

Anyway, the three states in the south are places where birds don't, even if the Great Liang destroys the country, they just have a new owner.

When the time comes, it will still be its own high degree of autonomy, and there will be no damage to them, so why not.

But Da Liang's nearly 300-year reign has not been without any results.

In the core of Nanzhou, the control of Daliang officials is basically seventy or eighty, and the best economy and the best troops are all in Nanzhou.

As long as Nanzhou is in control, the priests and natives on the left and right want to be reactionary, and they are also under the control of Nanzhou.

The strategy set by Emperor Daliang was to vigorously develop Nanzhou, and as for Jiao and Yuezhou, as long as they were obedient.

And the fiefdom of the six princes of Yuezhou is there, even if it is chaotic, it will not be too chaotic.

On the contrary, it was Jiaozhou, and he became a child without a father and mother, and he didn't care about it at all, which led to extreme chaos in the territory, all kinds of things would happen, and there were no rules and regulations at all.

This is not an exaggeration by Su Qi'an, just as they traveled the mountain road in front of them, but in just a few miles, they encountered no less than three or four waves of robbery.

Although these people are bandits, they are different from those in Xizhou, they are very ruthless, even if they pay money, they will unceremoniously kill people and sell goods.

Killing people and selling goods is completely based on their own preferences, and there are no rules to do.

But it's a pity that this time, they met Su Qi'an, and Su Qi'an was unceremonious to these people.

Tong Zhan and the others divided five by two, and cleanly slashed them on the spot.

After dealing with several waves of bandits, and going a little further, Su Qi'an and the others finally saw the county where the people lived.

This county seat is called Tucheng, although it is a county seat, but both in terms of scale and height of the city wall, it is far inferior to any county in Xizhou.

The city wall is all made of mud and bricks, and the height is only less than three zhang, which is really worthy of the name of the earth city.

Although the city is not large, the gate is still guarded by officials.

No matter where you go, avoid not charging money to enter the city, the fee in Tucheng is not very high, only a hundred wen.

It's not that they don't want to overcharge, but this place is so poor that even if it's a hundred wen, at the end of the day, they can't satisfy a few.

Su Qi'an didn't deliberately make trouble, quietly paid the money, and prepared to enter the city.

When he first arrived, he didn't know much about the local customs and habits of Jiaozhou.

This time I entered the city to take a good look at myself, and there was no need to embarrass these city guards.

Just as Su Qi'an was about to enter the city, suddenly, a hurried voice sounded behind him.

The voice sounded weird, not at all in the language of Da Liang, it felt like chanting some kind of incantation.

Su Qi'an came back, and in the distance, more than a dozen people were wearing animal skins, with dark complexions and faces

There are all kinds of tattoos depicted on it.

Reading the words he didn't understand, he strode forward, and this was not the most surprising.

These big men in animal skins carried bamboo chairs made of bamboo tubes on their shoulders, and on the bamboo chairs, one was of short stature.

But he wears a fur hat on his head, a strange makeup on his face, and holds something resembling a long whip in his hand.

At this time, his eyes were slightly closed, his arms were folded, and he looked pious.

Along the way, the people who entered the city avoided one after another, and some even knelt down and bowed on the spot unconsciously.

These kneeling people, Su Qi'an saw it, they were all local natives, they were very religious, their hands were folded, and their heads were clubbed on the ground.

Not to mention how weird that scene is, after all, in Da Liang, a society where imperial power is supreme.

The only one who can make the people kneel and worship is His Majesty today, the Suliang royal family.

This is also in the three states in the south, I am afraid that I can only see this scene, and in other places, as long as I don't kneel down to worship the royal family, I will definitely be arrested and sent to the official.

The person on the bamboo chair didn't need to think much to know that this person should be a local priest.

As for how high the level is, Su Qi'an doesn't know.

But what is certain is that his status is very noble, and not only the natives along the way have bowed down one after another.

The officials guarding the city, with a respectful look on their faces, walked forward quickly, and said something to the big man at the head.

As he spoke, he motioned to enter the city, but these beast-skinned men did not defend the city at all, so they directly bumped into him and strode into the city.

The guards of the city covered their chests with their palms, rubbing them to relieve the pain in their bodies, but they still kept a smile on their faces.

It was only when the priest disappeared that the city guards changed their faces in an instant.

muttered quietly, "Phew! What a thing, isn't it just a little priest, crazy and crazy, a dog looks down on people, what kind of thing, waiting for one day my uncle will turn over, and sooner or later I will get it back."

This official was obviously insulted and scolded by the priest in front of him more than once.

At this time, a joking voice suddenly sounded in his ears, "I'm very good at talking, so I don't know if I have the ability to turn over in the future."

The face of the city guard changed suddenly, and he turned his head sharply, looking for the source of the sound.

Under his glance, Su Qi'an entered his eyes, looked at Su Qi'an with a smile, and the city guard confirmed that what he just said was this person.

The city guard had anger on his face, although he couldn't deal with the little priest, but it was more than enough to deal with the civilian in front of him.

It just so happened that the anger in his heart had nowhere to vent, and since it was sent to the door, he naturally wouldn't be polite.