From the Erqing grassland to the edge of Dingnan Pass, it takes three days to walk, when approaching a wasteland, a mountain range is gradually revealed in front! There is no edge to be seen before and after this mountain range, the mountain is steep, and there is a pass in it that is the famous Dingnan Pass.

Nanzhou is divided into southern and northern Xinjiang by mountain ranges, but all locals say so, in fact, the whole of Nanzhou is very large, with a Dead Sea desert to the west and a plateau to the east.

Dingnan Pass is the real border between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty, and the garrisons on both sides are all within five hundred miles on both sides of the mountain range!

The difference is that 500 miles behind Dingnan Pass, there is a big city at this moment, which is called Dingnan City! But the real Dingnan Pass in the mouth of the world refers to this Dingnan City.

This city was expanded a few decades ago, and the original Dingnan City was just a large barracks, since the arrival of Hong Zhao...... Everything has changed here.

The entire Great Jin Dynasty, the east-west, north-south caravans, and caravans currently have to pass through Dingnan Pass! In the end, because of the existence of Dingnan City, this place is regarded as a huge commodity distribution center.

At the same time, the development of commerce has driven the local economy, whether it is the various luxury goods of the Shendu, or the grain, cloth and silk of Dongjing, or the medicinal treasures of Xiliang, and even the precious beast Neidan beast bones can appear in Dingnan City.

In addition, there are many immortal cultivators in the immortal realm, and there are all kinds of applied things, elixirs, magic weapons, talismans, and the like! And these dazzling shops and commercial stalls only need to pay a small amount of rent.

And there is almost no city gate in Dingnan City, except for the side facing Dingnan Pass that has a city wall, there is no city wall on the other three sides, it is really because the city is developing too fast, and the city wall restricts the development of the city.

At present, there are 47 fang markets in Dingnan City, and they continue to increase at the rate of one fang market every two years.

All kinds of supporting facilities in the city are sound, and the river that was dug as a moat has become a river in the city!

The city can be regarded as a new big city, with a population of nearly three million, which is not at all smaller than the city of Nanruyang.

The benefit of the city's large population and thriving commerce was that the government's taxes continued to rise, which were then used to build the Flying Cavalry of the Divine Guard, whose prestige was well known.

In such a big city, no one from the south to the north enters the city to check at all, and no taxes are collected, but few people make trouble, because they don't dare! Who doesn't know that Tu Hongzhao, who was the person who knew it back then, was here?

This is the first king with a different surname in the Great Jin Dynasty, he seems to be very wooden, but he is a great immortal general, and the cultivation of immortal roads is not simple, and the people rarely see this king of Dingnan on weekdays, and no one would have imagined that he was a good businessman.

Because of Dingnan City, one-third of the shops and restaurants have shares in the Wangfu, and the resources in the hands of the King of Dingnan are far beyond people's imagination.

If it is said that in the Nanzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty, there was no capital at all, and now Dingnan City is the capital, and the seven or eight cities in Nanzhou radiate hundreds of thousands of miles of land, and Dingnan City is obviously the center.

The king of Dingnan, Hongzhao, is the king of Nanzhou, which also made the court of the Great Jin Dynasty gradually pay attention to it, and began to gradually lay out in view of the continuous growth of Dingnan City, and began to control several important cities near Dingnan City, and Nanruyang City is a typical example.

The key defense outside the city was handed over to the imperial court's Shence army, while the Dingnan Shenwei army outside the city was withdrawn.

At the same time, the imperial court also dispatched an administrator to Dingnan City, removed the original county guard, promoted it to the new Taishou, and gave the Shenwei army that began to restrict the Dingnan army.

The 500,000 Divine Guards were forced to withdraw to 300,000, which was a clear signal that the imperial court was beginning to be wary of King Dingnan.

But the residents of Dingnan City have not been affected, in their opinion, as long as Hong Zhao is here, Dingnan City is the safest and the most satisfying life, as for other people's concerns, they don't think about it at all.

Although the number of Shenwei flying cavalry has decreased, the combat power has not been affected, and the defense of the entire Dingnan City has its own flexible and mature system, and the defense of Dingnan Pass in the southeast direction will not be affected.

On this day, five miles outside the city, a large number of workers were demolishing the pavilion, because the construction of the city wall would begin here! At present, a large number of workers were already making preparations, and there were also immortal masters who used their magic power to transport large pieces of stones! The construction site was busy.

The horse team came from the direction of the Erqing Grassland, and everyone was watching this scene with curiosity, because when they left Dingnan City not long ago, it seemed that the project had not yet begun.

Zhao Shenjun, who was sitting on the horse, whispered to the prince beside him at this moment: "It seems that this is the prince who wants to guard against the north!"

Chu Gongzi nodded, he had no reason or qualification to comment on this matter, but when he saw the men and horses guarding the Dingnan Military City in front of him, the corner of his mouth smiled, and he turned his head to look at the prisoner cart behind the horse team.

The horse team passed by the construction site without stopping, and directly met the defenders, and the two sides contacted and verified their identities, and then let them go!

It seemed to be an invisible boundary of the city wall, and on the side of the city wall, there were rows of houses, shops, and even straight streets.

"Prince Chu, so let's say goodbye, we have to go to the military headquarters to restore our lives, and Zhao has the opportunity to visit the house again, and it is good to be Lord Chu on his behalf. Zhao joined the army and said goodbye.

"General Zhao is polite, thank you for taking care of me along the way, this time I will definitely mention General Zhao's merits in front of my father. Chu Gongzi's mouth became polite.

Zhao Senjun naturally smiled, so he took his personal soldiers and horses to the military headquarters in the west of the city, and it was fake for him to go to restore his life, because he was far from being in such a hurry.

He was the two Southern Tang spies captured on the way to the military headquarters to report it, so that the reward of 2,500 spiritual baht per person could be pocketed.

The teams of the two sides walked separately to two roads, and at this time, Sedum, who was sitting on the prisoner car, suddenly stretched his waist and said to Fang Yue beside him:

"We're home. It's time to get off!"

"Crackling...... ......Boom!" There was a crisp sound, and the shackles of the two fell to the ground! A sword light struck through the chains and struck a few times.

Then Fang Yue flew up, and the door of the prisoner cart immediately fell to the ground!, and the soldiers escorting the prisoner cart behind the horse team were shocked, and immediately surrounded them amid shouts.

"The Southern Tang Dynasty spies have actually made a mess!

Sedum didn't even look around, and after getting out of the prisoner car, he stretched his waist and said to Fang Yue beside him: "What's going on here?"

Fang Yue nodded and said, "It's quite big, I said, you are really not afraid that we will make such trouble, the Dingnan Army really dares to kill." ”

"These wine bags and rice bags, do you really think they are those iron-blooded soldiers on the front line?"

And in fact, he didn't know why he suddenly felt bottomless in his heart, today's Dingnan City seems to be a little different, how could so many soldiers suddenly appear around, one by one, with fierce eyes, it is obviously an iron-blooded army that has fought a war!

Zhao Senjun's face was pale, these two spies were very honest along the way, but they didn't want to enter Dingnan City but wanted to come nonsense, isn't this clearly unpleasant for themselves?

Do you really think that the Dingnan Army would not dare to kill people in the city? Compared to those martial arts masters of the Iron and Blood Army, many of the pro-soldiers themselves also have disciples who cultivate immortals, and the worst ones are also martial arts level four or five masters!

The Southern Tang Dynasty made a mess, quickly captured, and dared to resist and kill on the spot!" Zhao Senjun roared, and the bright light of weapons suddenly flashed around him.

But at this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared above everyone's heads, and this shadow was very large, but it seemed to be boxy, and the area was hundreds of zhang wide.

Everyone looked up, but because of the light, they couldn't see what it was! Not only that, but suddenly countless thin lines suddenly appeared between heaven and earth!

These threads connect heaven and earth, and each line cuts the space of heaven and earth, and those who are shrouded in those thin threads immediately feel as if they are bound by something, and they can't move at all.

Sedum looked up, opened his mouth with surprise on his face and said, "That's the chessboard!"

The square chessboard envelops the heavens and the earth, and the vertical and horizontal longitude and latitude lines connect the heavens and the earth, this hand is really a powerful supernatural power! Everyone present is unable to move!

A middle-aged scribe came slowly, as if he were out of the world, unaffected by the lines, with a smile on his face, a smile that was soft, but warm enough.

Every step of the middle-aged scribe seemed to be very slow, but he walked dozens of feet and came to Sedum in an instant.

"Uncle Zhu!" Sedum shouted.

"Let's go, it's time for you to go home!"