Chapter six hundred and seventy-first major events in life
Daliang City.
Lu Kui was walking leisurely on the leather goods street. From time to time he would stop in front of a shop selling leather goods. If you observe him carefully, you will find that the round jade pendant is always hanging around his waist.
When it moves, the pure white color makes it hard not to notice.
I have been shopping here for half a month, but no one has contacted me. Lu Kui was a little anxious. He even thought about whether Bei Mingce was already dead, so he didn't send any spies here.
Can’t you see your own existence?
But he didn't know that in a shop, a person was observing him closely. This person was seven feet tall and had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were very bright. He was Bei Mingce who stayed in Daliang City to take charge of the fur business.
The person in charge is also responsible for gathering information for Bei Mingce.
Literary and martial arts were a very expensive industry in ancient times. Whether the literati bought books, pens, and ink, or the martial arts replenished their physical fitness and maintained their strongest energy, it was inseparable from the support of huge amounts of money. Bei Ming
There is no support from any force behind Ce. He wants to get ahead all by himself. Especially after becoming a master, the high-end medicinal materials he needs every year are a large sum of money. These fur traders are how he obtains funds.
main channels.
Xu Wan, as one of Bei Mingce's cronies and the main deputy, is responsible for bringing a large number of fur goods to Daliang City for sale, so that he can use the money he earns to buy what he needs. And over the years, he has been
Diligence and hard work brought him a lot of benefits. For example, he received many of the body-refining medicines. Coupled with Bei Mingce's guidance and his own hard work, he managed to reach the peak of energy transformation.
, as long as you continue to work hard, you can hopefully hit the realm of a grandmaster in the rest of your life.
He had been following Bei Mingce for a long time, and he recognized the jade pendant the first time he saw it. Perhaps Bei Mingce had already thought that the descendants of the former Beidi King might come.
Looking to himself, Xu Wan naturally knows the matter about the jade pendant.
He recognized him but didn't show up immediately. Xu Wan just wanted to see who this Lu Kui was and whether this was a trap to lure him into the trap and expose his identity.
After several days of observation, he found no one following Lu Kui. Xu Wan finally felt relieved and prepared to contact this person.
Still walking on the street, trying to expose the jade pendant as much as possible so that interested people could see it, suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder. Out of an instinct, Lu Kui's whole body tensed up, and then
A voice rang in his ear, "Don't be nervous. This person should be the person you are looking for. Now move forward. There will be someone waiting for you in the alley ahead."
After the voice fell, Lu Kui quickly looked around, but did not find anyone suspicious. He knew that the person coming was even better than him. He was already in the late stage of Huajin, and the person who came was probably Huajin.
The pinnacle is even the master.
Lu Kui became excited when he thought of the master. Could it be Bei Mingce? If true, then with the addition of Shen Tuwei and the two masters taking action together, Ji Wang Tang Ao would have no chance of escaping.
The truth is.
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Jizhou.
Tang Ao returned triumphantly with his army, and a welcome ceremony for Shengda was held in the city. In front of all the people in the city, Tang Ao went to the Heroes Monument and placed the martyrs who died in this battle here for them to enjoy.
A lasting incense for future generations.
Guzhou has become one of King Ji's forces, which means that Guzhou is becoming more and more powerful. The faces of the people living here are filled with happiness. They are fortunate that King Ji has not only given them a lot of changes in their lives
, in terms of safety, it also provides them with protection, so that they don’t have to worry about everything they have now being plundered by others, and the people’s motivation is even stronger.
Instead, what rewarded Tang Ao was the surge of people signing up to join the army. In order to protect the fruits of their labor, the people did not hesitate to send their children to the military camps. This is the biggest difference between Jizhou and other places.
, other vassal kings were unable to recruit soldiers, and sometimes had to use coercion to capture young men. In contrast, people in Jizhou were vying to become soldiers, and it also depended on whether their own qualities could meet the standards, not physical health.
, not for those with strong physiques.
Another main reason that prompted Tang Ao to be so selective was the sale of heroic drunkenness in Beidi and the Xiongnu area. Especially in the latter, when the alcoholic content reached 55 degrees, heroic drunkenness was contacted by high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Xiongnu.
After that, the previous rice wine and rice wine were so weak that it soon became one of the necessities on the table of the rich and powerful. In order to achieve the purpose of self-pleasure, high-quality animal skins and very old ginseng
The items were taken out in batches and sent to Jizhou.
Even so, it still could not meet the needs of the powerful. As a result, the business of exchanging people for wine became more and more prosperous.
The powerful people among the Xiongnu rarely regard the ordinary people below as human beings. In their view, those people are like toilets. When you use them, they will find you and put them under their butts. When you are not needed, then
It's as far as it goes.
The common people are not regarded as human beings, and now they can be exchanged for their favorite heroes. In the eyes of the powerful, it is a gratifying thing. Without affecting the development of the Xiongnu, more and more people are being
Sent to Jizhou as a slave.
Tang Ao still underestimated the attraction of heroic drunkenness to the powerful. When he returned to Jicheng with the victorious army and heard the specific figures reported by Geng Liang, the logistics general, he was really shocked. "Wait a minute.
Wait, how many people did you say? One hundred thousand? Is that correct?"
"Master, you can't be wrong. To be precise, there are more than 100,000 and nearly 110,000 people. Of course, there are not many real young men among them. The ratio is about twenty to one. Among them
There are also many people from Jizhou who were plundered by Beidi and the Huns before, and they were all released this time." Geng Liang said as if there was no mistake.
"Twenty to one, that means there are five thousand young men, a lot, a lot." Tang Ao said with a sigh, with excitement on his face. As Guzhou also became his own
After expanding his sphere of influence, Tang Ao increasingly felt that the number of troops in his hands was insufficient.
It's a pity that the situation in Guzhou is not much better than that in Jizhou, especially in the past few years, Sang Doubei has only focused on developing the military, completely ignoring the life and death of the people below and the lack of labor force. He has conscripted soldiers several times and even tried to capture young men, so that
The manpower shortage in Guzhou is very serious.
Although Tang Ao occupied it, not only was he unable to obtain effective troops, but he also defeated the Liaozhou Army twice in a row. He also used 20,000 prisoners from those prisoners to supplement the population shortage of Guzhou in preparation for next spring.
After the land is divided, there will be enough manpower to cultivate it.
In this way, the actual number of available soldiers provided by the Liaozhou Army prisoners was only 10,000. On the way back, Tang Ao was thinking that the territory was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more troops were needed.
, but it is obviously not enough now, why not think of ways to buy more slaves. Just like Qian Yan in Daliang City before, he was a slave trader. As long as he can provide a large amount of money, buy some from him
Making slaves of adult men is also a way. Just send Weng Jiu, he is the most familiar with this business.
Unexpectedly, he got such good news when he returned to the city. There were only 5,000 available soldiers out of 100,000 people. This was beyond Tang Ao's expectation. He had always thought that the population shortage in Beidi and the Xiongnu was due to
It will not provide too many people for itself. From this point of view, Heroic Drunk is indeed extremely powerful.
With the 10,000 prisoners, plus the 5,000 men sent by Beidi and the Xiongnu, there are 15,000 men. Tang Ao decided to recruit 15,000 soldiers in Jizhou, and then created a three-man army.
An army of ten thousand people is coming, so as long as we don't encounter a tough battle, the military strength is basically enough.
After leaving this matter to Geng Liang, Tang Ao welcomed his uncle, Marquis Zhongcheng.
Since arriving in Jicheng, Marquis Zhongcheng's mood has become particularly good. Here, he doesn't have to worry about anyone suppressing him or making trouble for himself. He can do things based on his heart. It is really a very comfortable thing.
The only thing that is regrettable is the major event in the life of niece Shen Min. With his brother away, he, as an uncle, naturally has to worry about his niece's affairs. This time he came to Tang Ao for this matter.
The two sat opposite each other. After Zhongcheng Hou stated his intention, Tang Ao's expression became awkward.
As for food and sex, Tang Ao was twenty years old, which was the time to start a family and start a business. Besides, these girls were all beautiful and fragrant. They could only be looked at but not eaten. How could he not have any ideas at all?
But Tang Ao has not forgotten one thing, which is what Xue Fei said as his mother, it is best to remain a virgin before becoming a master. This has only advantages and no disadvantages.
"Uncle, it's not that Ao'er didn't mean it, it was actually something my mother left behind." Tang Ao then told the grandmaster's statement again.
Marquis Zhongcheng had heard about this matter before, so he was not surprised. On the contrary, he had already prepared himself and looked at Tang Ao and asked, "Ao'er, your current cultivation level is in the middle stage of transforming energy."
"Yes."
"Well, if you want to be promoted to a grandmaster, you still need three steps: late stage, peak stage, and quasi-grandmaster. And each step requires countless years of accumulation. Can you really do it?
Are you going to wait? Of course, my uncle is not just saying this for Min'er. You are now also the lord of the two states. You have strong strength, and more and more people are eating with you. I wonder if you have ever thought about it, if you
If you never get married and have no heirs, will the people below you be anxious? As a person in power, you have to consider this."