Today is Lichun, but for Shengle City in the North, the shadow of spring has not yet been seen, and the tail of winter is still here.
Shengle City is located in the north of the Jin Kingdom, almost under the Tianduan Mountains. Hundreds of years ago, when the savages were still jumping and wreaking havoc in the Three Jin Kingdoms from time to time, Shengle City once played the role of the bridgehead of the Jin Kingdom.
However, that was a long time ago. Now, the savages are no longer popular in the middle section of the Tianduan Mountains from the west to here. Only the eastern section and the snowfields further north still bear the pressure of the savages. The area is under the responsibility of the Situ family.
In the eyes of people from the Three Jins, Shengle City is a poor place.
One is that the geography is too remote, and the other is that it is too far to the north. The climate is a bit extreme for most people in Yan and Jin who live in the north all the year round.
But Shengle City is not uncrowded. In the early years, it was a battlefield. In the past hundred years, with the continuous decline of savages, it has become a trade transfer station. When there was no war before, it was a bit exaggerated to say that this place was full of traffic. But there is absolutely no desertion at all.
Right now, there are five people sitting in a box on the second floor of a restaurant in Shengle City.
The one sitting in the first seat is the patriarch of the big clan in Shengle City - Bald Inheritance.
On his left is a literati, about thirty years old, although he is dressed as a literati, but his face is weather-beaten and looks like premature aging.
His surname is Zhou and his name is Zhengwen. He used to be a counselor of the Helian family, and was arranged by the Helian family to manage business here for seven years.
Sitting on the right hand side of Inheritance with Bald Hair is a big man covered in fur. There are many braids on the big man's head, hanging down, and the exposed skin is covered with tattoos. This is a standard savage costume. His name is Xiong. strong.
War is the cruelest way of fusion. In the Tianduan Mountains in this area, many savage settlements have changed their surnames and are gradually "jinhua". They will also come down the mountain to do business.
Sitting opposite, there is a man and a woman. The man is wearing a cloak, and the woman is young and beautiful. Both of them are big shopkeepers of two major local commercial firms. It can be said that the five people present are the most prestigious in Shengle City. five.
After drinking for three rounds, the bald hair continued to open the chatterbox:
"Heh, I thought I could continue to watch the fun, but who knew that Yan people could fight like this."
Zhou Zhengwen nodded in agreement:
"Indeed, I thought the Yan people were fighting against the Qian state. The old Patriarch and Wen Ren's Patriarch teamed up to take the opportunity to cut a piece of meat from the Yan people. Who knew that it would be oh"
Tian Wujing's 200,000 cavalry entered the Jin Dynasty through the road, destroying the two major families in one fell swoop, like a hurricane, directly sweeping half of the land of the Three Jins.
The people below seemed to have not recovered, and when they raised their heads suddenly, the sky changed!
Zhou Zhengwen was originally backed by the Helian family. In this Shengle City, he can be said to be an indisputable figure. All forces in Shengle City have to stay low in front of him.
Now that the Helian family is destroyed, Zhou Zhengwen has become a younger brother in an instant. Fortunately, he still has some influence in Shengle City, and he has received some refugees from the Helian family, so his strength has been supplemented. Otherwise, he is really not qualified to sit This table is over.
"Speak directly."
Xiong Lie urged while gnawing on the leg of lamb.
The bald-haired successor didn't mind the rudeness of this barbarian. In fact, hundreds of years ago, they might still be an ancestor.
Whether it is Yan State, Chu State or Jin State, the beginning recorded in their own history books is that the ancestors led the troops to the feudal country to resist the invasion of barbarians, savages, and Shanyue under the order of Da Xia Zi.
The fact is that the Chu State was closed off at the beginning and the country was actually very small. That area was originally the domain of hundreds of Shanyue tribes. As a result, after hundreds of years of pioneering and conquest, the original owners of the Shanyue people could only fight guerrillas in the rainforest swamps. .
And the original savages were not born to like climbing mountains and living in the mountains. They were the real masters in the original Sanjin land.
However, it took the Yu family hundreds of years ago to break into the Tianduan Mountains abruptly.
As big as the Helian family, as small as the bald-haired family, they were originally from wild people, but they have been assimilated into Jin for hundreds of years, so naturally they don't regard themselves as wild people, but as Jin people.
The Helian family is considered to be the best in the naturalized family, and they began to "clean up" their family background very early.
Following the royal family of Chu State, he began to make up fairy tales for his ancestors.
Just one theme, you can say that my ancestors were born of phoenixes, divine cows, or divine eagles, no matter what kind of animal gods they are, just don¡¯t mention to me that they were born of savages!
baldness inheritedThey will call themselves savages, but call themselves saints, although they know that the whole east and even the west call them savages.
? After a long meal, Xiong Lie stood up and said;
"You guys continue to discuss, I will go back first."
He is a person who has a way out, and he is also a person with confidence. There is a warehouse where the savages gather in Shengle City, and there are hundreds of armed people inside. Other forces dare not provoke him easily. Cai, offending him is equivalent to offending a savage settlement in the nearby mountains. How can this business continue?
Xiong Lie, who left the restaurant, went directly back to his place, where there were a lot of wild goods and cages filled with monsters. These monsters were not lethal, and they would be like pet dogs and cats in future generations.
When Xiong Lie entered the backyard, he saw a young man teasing his favorite green eagle.
This is also a kind of monster, with cyan feathers, it is the incarnation of the legendary "blue bird", it can be domesticated and understands human nature.
This green eagle is of excellent appearance and is Xiong Lie's favorite. Ordinary people are ready to touch it, but this young man is holding a bamboo stick and pulling it casually there.
Xiong Lie didn't get angry at all, instead he took the initiative to kneel down on one knee,
road:
"Master Zheng, the slave is back."
Zheng Fan turned around, looked at Xiong Lie who was kneeling on the ground, and said:
"I've told you several times, don't be so polite, we are all on our own."
"Courtesy cannot be discarded!"
"Oh, then you have to at least wait for me to take down Shengle City before saluting so earnestly. Now you and I should pretend to be virtuous and virtuous corporals. It's okay to make an alliance with blood. You give me a jump No, not good."
"" Xiong Lie.
At this time, the blind man came out from behind Zheng Fan, looked at Xiong Lie, and asked:
"What's the attitude of those companies?"
"Mr. Huibei, those families are very afraid of you Yan people now, and they are ready to send people to you to surrender, but what they mean is that the Yan people can send an official to rule here in name, but The real managers are themselves."
The blind man nodded and said, "It makes sense."
It is too difficult and unrealistic for those with vested interests to give up their own interests.
"They have a good idea." Zheng Fan threw the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground, picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, and continued: "Children make choices. I want to save face."
The blind man immediately offered a very perfunctory flattery:
"What the Lord said is absolutely true!"
At this time, Xiong Lie said:
"Master Zheng, Mr. Bei, the sixth prince's letter just arrived in the morning."
"What did he say in the letter?" Zheng Fan asked.
No one will know how big the little six son's business was at the beginning, even if Emperor Yan came down with a decree, and all the business on the surface was handed over to the Ministry of Households, but influence is not something that just goes away.
For example, this Xiong Lie, who was a savage slave at the beginning, was trafficked into the country of Yan and taken over by the sixth prince. While the savage settlement established contact with Shengle City, after a few years, it has become a very influential figure in Shengle City.
Before Zheng Fan was awarded the title of punctuality in Shengle City, the little six mentioned Xiong Lie in the letter, saying that it can be used.
But there is a premise. If you want to use it safely, you have to have enough troops to shock him. With this as a premise, he will willingly repay the favor.
This time, Zheng Fan had more than 2,000 regular troops in the outskirts of Shengle City, and more than 2,000 Jin puppet troops.
To be honest, if you don't consider the loss, you can attack the city. Although the major commercial firms in Shengle City and some local clans can pull out thousands of troops, how can they defend the city in a divided state?
However, it is best not to attack the city if it is possible. It is about to turn around, and Zheng Fan does not want to lose too much capital before the dawn of hope.
"Master Zheng, the master said two things in the letter. One is to ask the slave to listen carefully to Mr. Zheng's instructions."
"What about the other one?"
"The master said that he was grateful for Mr. Zheng for sending him several carts of cornmeal to Yanjing more than a month ago. The master said that he had been eating corn noodles for a month."
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ps: The surname baldness has existed in ancient times, don't laugh.
?Thanks to Liu Xiaodao for being the most handsome and becoming the 79th leader of "Magic Landing", and thanks to Mo Ran Starry Night for being popular.
:. :The most handsome swordsman became the 79th leader of "Magic Landing", thanks to Mo Ran Xingye for his popularity.