"Well, no. City Lord Wu replied very simply, "Otherwise, I would have gone out early, do you think I am very comfortable being the city lord of Laoshizi here?"

Yan Saburo raised his eyebrows, but he didn't get into it: "Then the so-called 'guardian', there are no clues?"

"It's just that monster. The city lord of Wu thought for a moment, "I have followed it, but it has the ability to stealth, and it will be lost after a few miles; Afterwards, it gathered dozens of two-headed wolves to lay siege to us, and I lost many of my men. I didn't mess with it anymore. ”

"Wait. Yan Saburo raised his hand to interrupt him, "Dozens?"

"If I'm not counting my heads, at least a few dozen. How?"

"We were attacked at Yingri Peak and were ...... by a large group of Nauro That is, a two-headed wolf attack. Yan Saburo emphasized, "Before entering Taoyuan." ”

"It seems that these things can really enter and exit Taoyuan freely?" the city lord of Wu muttered, "The people of Taoyuan also know that I am hunting wolves, and a large number of villagers have persuaded me bitterly that the two-headed wolf is the guardian saint here, and as long as it appears on the battlefield, tens of thousands of troops will also be frightened and demoralized." ”

"Tens of thousands of ...... Team?" Yan Saburo smiled, "It's exaggerated, although I first arrived in the Taoyuan Realm, but I see that the residents here are more than 200,000 at most, where is the tens of thousands of troops?" Assuming a population of 200,000, excluding the old and weak, women and children, and then removing the disabled, the number of young and middle-aged people who can carry weapons to the battlefield is less than 30,000 or 40,000 at most, that is still the statistics of the entire Taoyuan Realm, how can there be so many people in a single team?

Yan Xiaoyou observed carefully. City Lord Wu shook his head, "You don't know much when you first arrive, otherwise if you stay for ten days and a half more, you will know that this place is not as simple as it seems." Do you look at the scale of Pantugou, like a small city with a population of tens of thousands?"

Not really. Yan Saburo didn't know much about this city-state, but he also knew that it was not small, but the population living here was small, and it was even more sparse.

However, the pavement of Pantugou is relatively neat, horizontal and vertical, the main street is also neat, and the city of tens of thousands of people has at least a capacity of more than 100,000. Yan Saburo has paid attention to Shengyi's Xicheng expansion plan, and knows how difficult it is to plan a city, from the ground to the ground, from the street to the building, it must be carefully considered. Why did Pan Tugou make such a big plan?

The young man remembered that when he and Bai Ling entered the city, they walked past many dilapidated houses along the way, and it could be seen that they had been abandoned for a long time, and some of them had half collapsed.

A strange thought flashed through his heart.

Chitose also let out a soft "wow".

"You mean, there was a bigger population here?"

City Lord Wu shrugged his shoulders: "According to the local elders, Pan Tugou was very lively twelve or three years ago, with a population of no less than 300,000 and a prosperous industry, and it was by no means as deserted as it is today. ”

Even if he was mentally prepared, this number still exceeded Yan Zailang's expectations. He couldn't help but be moved: "What happened next......?"

The city lord of Wu sent a peanut to his mouth, and sure enough, he said, "Plague." For more than two years, six or seven out of ten Pan Tugou died, and less than 90,000 people survived. From small to large, the number of population reductions in the entire Taoyuan Realm can be reversed. ”

"Ninety thousand?" Yan Saburo frowned, "After the epidemic, there are still 90,000 people in Pantugou, but now there are only 30,000 or 40,000 left, right?

"Dead or escaped. City Lord Wu rubbed his hands, "The plague is finally over, followed by war,"

Yan Saburo was slightly stunned: "These people don't want to die?" After the epidemic, it is even more important to spare your life.

Chitose chuckled in his ear, "You're so naïve. ”

City Lord Wu also waved his hand: "Little Brother Yan has ever experienced a war?"

"Once or twice. "What really made him see the cruelty of war was the war between the two countries. As for the long-term conquest of the motherland, he is in a small border town, but he does not feel it deeply.

"I heard that before the plague broke out, there were many large and small forces in Taoyuan, and the friction was already white-hot. ”

"There's also a war in Taoyuan?"

"Absolutely. City Lord Wu snorted, "I have walked through every corner of Taoyuan, this is a Jedi! The territory is so big, and people are so capable of giving birth, a pair of men and women will become twenty or so after thirty or forty years, what do you guess will happen in the end?"

Yan Saburo replied without thinking about it: "War." ”

Land is limited and the population is growing endlessly, which means that resources per capita are becoming thinner and thinner. When it is reflected in the forces formed by the group, it becomes more and more willing to expand abroad.

However, the total territory of Taoyuan Realm is so large, the total area cannot be expanded, and the forces of all parties are demanding to live, and the only way out is war!

Dump each other and compete for resources in the hope that they can survive better.

"Yes, war. Wu City Lord said, "The people of Taoyuan are ignorant, few of them can write, and I haven't found a few books in the whole territory, let alone local history books." But I suspect that there have been many such wars. ”

He smiled: "Have you ever raised Gu?"

Yan Saburo was silent, he already understood what City Lord Wu meant. Taoyuan has a good name, but in the end it is very different from the outside world?

City Lord Wu leaned back into the chair: "What are you going to do in the back?"

"Hunt down the sea god, find the realm of dying, and leave Taoyuan. Yan Saburo didn't think twice, "It's the same as your goal." ”

City Lord Wu drank the last sip of wine and threw the pottery bowl on the table: "Okay, count me in." ”

Yan Saburo asked him, "How many people did you bring into Taoyuan?"

"Four hundred and thirty-seven. City Lord Wu stared, "There are still three hundred and sixty of them." Counting the Pantugou people, my army has more than 4,000 people. ”

Yan Saburo raised his eyebrows: "There are so many?" Pan Tugou only has more than 30,000 people, and the army of the city lord of Wu has more than 4,000, which is equivalent to one out of ten city residents enlisted.

"Nearby towns and townships also came to defect. City Lord Wu smiled, "It's not easy to eat enough these days. Those who don't have land have to work hard. ”

He stood up: "The monster has run away, and your sea god has also run away, can you track them?"

"Yes. Yan Saburo was not discouraged, "The Seagod Envoy knows from you that Nairo is likely to be the key to finding the Dying Realm, so she will focus on searching for Nairo later. ”

City Lord Wu thoughtfully: "If you find her, you will also find Nai and Nailuo?"

"It's the opposite. If you find Nairo, you will also be able to find the Seagod Messenger. Yan Saburo smiled a little, "It just so happens that I put a little tracking spell on Nairo, and I can chase it later." ”