Fifty years ago, Dongping City was a big city, but now, there are only tens of thousands of people in the city, and most of the people in the city have to cultivate their own crops to make a living.

A small number of merchants also rely on local mulberry picking and silkworm raising, weaving cloth and making clothes, captive pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, raising fish and vegetables and selling, etc., all year round to be busy in order to live a little solid life.

Although the previous city lords fought for power and profit, this one wanted to train the army, and the other wanted to expand the mansion and recruit beauties, or he hired cronies on a large scale and replaced all the managers in the city with his own people to enjoy power.

But what these people did after they came to power, everyone could still figure it out, or rather, it hadn't forced them to the extent that they would rather take risks and flee into the wilderness.

However, Chen Wanchuan, the owner of this new city, is different.

After he became the city lord, he has been holding a banquet in the city lord's mansion for several months in a row.

Three meals a day, enough for hundreds of people to eat and drink, in addition to his own subordinates to enjoy, but also those big families in the city, all gathered, every day to accompany the meal, not allowed to leave.

After the former city lord's original treasury was exhausted, the source of food and drink came from these big families.

At the same time, Chen Wanchuan also ordered to gather the young and strong laborers in the city to build eight pagodas and one high platform in the center of the city.

The city lord's mansion was originally located in the north of the city center, and the area in the center of the city was where the market was located.

In order to build this pagoda platform, he first sent people to bulldoze a large area of the entire market, and then dug the soil and gathered the platform, quarrying and piling up.

When the pagoda was built around, it was self-evident that the hard work of cutting and transporting, trimming all kinds of wood, and working day and night is self-evident.

After months of not having time to take care of the farmland, we can't pull weeds and insects, and this year's harvest can be imagined.

The key is to do the work on the construction site, which is more tiring than the usual farm work, which has greatly increased the amount of food for people, and these grains have to be produced at home.

The young men who had been summoned to the past were physically exhausted and even more tormented in their hearts, and they gathered several times to beg the overseers to let them go back and do farm work for a few days, but in exchange for the whipping of their heads and faces.

After Chen Wanchuan arrived at the scene, he also hanged all the people who "looked like" as the leader.

With tens of thousands of people, and inconvenient transportation with the outside world, it is impossible to carry out large-scale transportation, how can it withstand such a toss?

The people in the city, seeing that the rice and grain at home were about to bottom out, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the people in the neighborhood discussed it one after another and fled together.

Fleeing outside is tantamount to giving up this year's harvest in the fields, but it is better to be free from strong labor than to wait for death in the city.

After listening to the descriptions of these people, Su Hanshan was puzzled.

Is there something wrong with this Chen Wanchuan?

To squeeze the people's power and satisfy their own enjoyment, we must first have a relatively stable foundation, and this kind of profligacy as soon as a place is laid, and it is obviously the style of wandering bandits.

But if it is the mentality of a wandering bandit, who would think that a large number of young people will be gathered and what kind of towers and platforms will be built in the center of the city?

After all, it is also a painstaking thing to supervise so many strong laborers, and the truly pure bandits will not be idle and panic and find such boring things to do for themselves.

Su Hanshan was puzzled, took those cavalry together, and asked them what was going on with the new city lord.

The cavalry leader originally wanted to play tricks, but when Su Hanshan made a mistake, he would be honest.

According to what they said, Chen Wanchuan was not originally a rogue bandit, but the leading general of Juma City.

Today, in the wilderness on land, I don't know how many living corpses are hidden, almost no traffic, and the waterways are relatively safer.

Juma City is close to the river, well-informed, convenient trade, large population, fertile land, and the scale can be said to be more than ten times more prosperous than Dongping City.

However, it is precisely because of the large scale and good place that it has attracted the covetousness of many forces.

More than half a year ago, someone joined forces with the outside to launch a rebellion in Juma City, and Chen Wanchuan and his gang belonged to the side that lost in that turmoil, so they fled from the city and wandered around.

“…… Holding a banquet is naturally because the general sympathizes with the hard work of the brothers, and as for building those towers and platforms, we don't know why. ”

The cavalry leader is a knowledgeable person, and after they conquered Dongping City, some people persuaded Chen Wanchuan that it was better to start a new stove here in the future and settle down.

Even if you like it, you don't have to rush to build it, and after three or five years of operation, you can save more food and materials, and the construction will be smoother.

But Chen Wanchuan turned a deaf ear to these words, and the few people who persuaded him did not dare to mention it after that.

Su Hanshan couldn't figure it out, so he didn't bother to continue to figure out the mentality of this kind of person, anyway, the fact was that he had already done these things.

Just ask this Chen Wanchuan what is his strength, and what kind of performance has he had in the past?

When there was nothing more to dig out from the mouths of these cavalrymen, Su Hanshan asked everyone to take them back to the back of the hillside and wait for a while.

"I'll go into the city and take a look, maybe you don't have to leave the city."

Su Hanshan only left one sentence, and then flashed towards the city.

He knew that these people might not have much trust in their abilities, and they were likely to take advantage of this time to want to run away again.

However, with their tired appearance, if things go well, by the time Su Hanshan finishes his work, they probably won't be able to go far.

If things don't go well, then it's wise for them to flee.

The walls of Dongping City are not high, and the guards are sparse.

When Su Hanshan flew in, he almost thought that he had broken into an empty city.

The sun in the sky hung brightly, but the city below was silent.

The city is still on the same scale as it was 50 years ago, and the existing population cannot fill all the houses, and many old houses have been dilapidated and no one has repaired them.

Therefore, the outer areas of the city are all covered with grass on the roofs and broken tiles on the old walls.

Su Hanshan stopped slightly on one roof, and tried his best to leap to a high place, reaching a height equivalent to more than twice the height of the city wall, and his vision rose and expanded.

Only then did I see that in the central area of the city, there were indeed a large number of people.

To the north, there is a magnificent mansion with smoke rising.

The courtyards in the mansion were full of large wooden tables, and it was time for luncheon.

The wine in the city has long been spoiled and clean, and the food is monotonous.

The big families who were under house arrest here were blue and white, and they were obviously very uncomfortable for a while, and they had no appetite.

Chen Wanchuan's subordinates were all very happy.

Chen Wanchuan sat at the door of the lobby, his body was burly, his palms were wide, he filled the entire Taishi chair, his bald head was shining in the sun, his eyes slowly scanned everyone, and his messy beard shook with the action of chewing in his mouth.

His eyes were a little yellow, and when placed on others, it should be a manifestation of sickness and weakness, but when placed on him, it was like a half-hungry beast with half-full eyes, revealing a cruel majesty that made people's hearts tremble.

"What, isn't today's meal delicious?"

Chen Wanchuan's faint words woke up many people who had no appetite on their stomachs, hurriedly picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and took a big bite of rice.

"General Ben is happy with the people, but you don't seem to be very happy, which makes General Ben feel bad."

Chen Wanchuan looked at his subordinates, "Why are you so happy to eat, are there any secrets, teach them!" ”

One of the subordinates who was selected by his sight hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and wiped the oil on his mouth.

"I don't think they've been hungry, and the general is too good to them."

The subordinate said in a loud voice, "Those people who built the pagoda and dug the soil are now eating pig food every day, and if they are also thrown over to work, they will not be so hypocritical." ”

"Also, everyone's family is empty, and it's not interesting to keep them."

Chen Wanchuan patted his bald head, seemed to agree a little, but asked again, "But you didn't work, why are you happy to eat?" ”

The subordinate thought for a while, and said with a smile: "We are overseers, and it takes a lot of effort to draw people, when it is not the turn of the overseer, find a few girls to play, it will be even more exhausting, how can you do it if you are not full?" ”

Chen Wanchuan snorted coldly: "Vulgar, you don't have any other fun." ”

The department was speechless for a while, but someone next to him shouted, "Yes." ”

"Recently, there have been more and more minions fleeing at night in the city, and when we go to catch those minions, we gallop on horseback, shoot a few of them, and when we bring them back, we will see how fast they can run with the horses, and make a few bets, which is really comfortable."

Chen Wanchuan felt bored: "Those fugitive slaves, how fast they can run, it is better to shoot rabbits." ”

The man's eyebrows fluttered: "General, people are not the same as rabbits, although people may not run fast, but in every group of people who dare to escape, there are always a few special." ”

"When catching those fugitive slaves, if they shoot a special few, they can make them dare not run again, if they can't shoot accurately, the more they run, the more scattered they are, and it will be much more troublesome to catch, let's bet on whose eyesight is good."

Chen Wanchuan was a little interested, and was about to ask again, when suddenly his eyes changed slightly, and his figure disappeared suddenly.

The four legs of the Taishi chair are still in place, but the back of the chair has been shattered and it is difficult to read.

Chen Wanchuan's figure appeared directly in the depths of the rear lobby.

At the same time as he flashed away, a golden light lit up in the air, illuminating the entire courtyard in a golden color, and everyone's movements were frozen in this golden light.

Su Hanshan landed violently and smashed the Taishi chair, but did not hit the target.

The other party actually sensed it a moment before he emitted a golden light and dodged it in advance.

But when he knew that the martial arts of this world started from spiritual training, he had a vague guess, and he was not too surprised.

As soon as the golden light was released, everyone had not yet reacted, and Su Hanshan slapped his backhand.

The force of the palm pierced through the air, and the person who had just spoken was torn apart, and blood splashed on several soldiers and bandits at the same table, causing them to scream and jump out.

The entire courtyard was in chaos, and it quickly spread to the entire City Lord's Mansion, drawing knives and running, and the sound of jumping over the wall was endless.

"I didn't even scare everyone to give up resistance and be captured, it seems that you are not one of the few special people."

Su Hanshan's voice was cold, and his words were said to those corpses, but his eyes kept looking at Chen Wanchuan.

Judging from other people's descriptions, this Chen Wanchuan's combat power should only be similar to that of a person in the Heavenly Ladder realm who has just trained to the lumbar spine.

It can be used to weigh the martial arts characteristics of this world.

Chen Wanchuan also stared at him, without saying a word, feeling Su Hanshan's killing intent, he didn't ask the other party at all, his ten fingers kept bending and stretching, and there was an inexplicable sound in his body, like hot water rolling.

It's not an ordinary iron pot boiling water, but the feeling that after the water in the sealed big iron furnace is boiling, the majestic fire is burning, and the whole iron furnace is buzzing and shaking.

Just as the two of them were staring, some of those soldiers and bandits, who didn't know how their brains were, witnessed the scene just now, and they didn't even think about the difference in strength at all, and their mouths were not clean, so they swung their knives and killed Su Hanshan.

Su Hanshan turned his back to them, and without looking at them, a wave of qi had bloomed on his back, shattering all the steel knives they waved.

A large number of steel shards were reflected back and stuck in them.

Chen Wanchuan shot at this moment when blood was splashed everywhere and the miserable howl had not had time to be made.

He lunged forward, and when he raised his hand to punch, the entire City Lord's Mansion, hundreds of people inside and outside, even if they were not in this courtyard, felt that their eyes were dark.

The martial arts of this world, because they have not practiced internal strength, are worse in terms of the scope of entity destruction, and the agility of the body is also somewhat insufficient.

But against living creatures, the methods of local warriors are more efficient.

Tens of thousands of people in the city would rather abandon the city and flee, without thinking of gathering together to rebel against this new city lord, not just because he had hundreds of soldiers and horses under his command.

is even more because, on the day he entered Dongping City, he showed amazing strength.

At that time, Chen Wanchuan's battle with City Lord Liu was only three punches, and City Lord Liu was killed on the spot.

The strong fluctuation of the fist intent caused the people on the entire nearby street to be mentally shocked, dizzy, tinnitus, and want to vomit, but they can't ease it for a long time.

But that's just his deliberate move, when Chen Wanchuan really goes all out, his fist intent won't waste too much on others.

So these hundreds of people only felt that their eyes were slightly darkened, and there were no more negative feelings.

However, Su Hanshan felt that the entire lobby was weightless and plummeting at this moment, cracks appeared on the roof, walls, and ground, and what poured in from the cracks was not light, but extremely intense, faster than light.

In the terrifying darkness, an invisible monster, encompassing heavy power, slammed down on him.

The first realm of martial arts, refining the soul, and the second realm, fist intent channeling.

When a person who has condensed the psychic fist intent attacks the enemy, his body may not be destroyed, and his five senses will be blasted first, and his soul will be rushed and scattered, resulting in absurd intuition that defies common sense.

(End of chapter)