The team has already set foot on the Longchuan Trade Road. It is peaceful along the way, and business travelers often pass by. They all look relaxed.
After traveling for half a day, we arrived at a checkpoint.
Other caravans had to queue up and pay to pass the customs; He Lingchuan showed his badge and waved it to the soldiers, who said "Commander!" and then bowed to welcome them through without saying a word.
Until night, the Gale Army passed through three checkpoints in total, and this scene was repeated three times.
Lu Xun observed for most of the day and finally asked: "Commander He, the checkpoints on this trade road seem to be set up a bit frequently. Also - the soldiers guarding the checkpoints are not the Gale Army, right?"
Although these soldiers are wearing uniforms and have badges hanging on their waists, they are gangsters and have no posture. Only when they see the gale army will they subconsciously straighten their backs.
He heard that Panlong City was famous for its strict military discipline. How could there be such a team?
Of course, Lu Xun was a guest from afar, so he asked a more reserved question.
"No. Mr. Lu's insight is really sharp." He Lingchuan knew exactly what he wanted to ask, "These were originally Longchuan water bandits. After we recruited them, they still stayed here to collect road tax. Every time they passed a checkpoint, they left
Enter the gang’s original sphere of influence.”
"This..." Lu Xun was stunned, not expecting this answer.
After being recruited, the water bandits did not disperse and go to practice elsewhere, but stayed here to watch the road? Originally, they could grab money by fighting with open fire, but now they are holding the official banner of Yuheng City, they no longer need to bleed and sweat, they can just sit on the ground and stretch out their hands to get money.
Already?
It can be said to be safe, efficient and painless.
How could Panlong City, which always had clear distinctions between rewards and punishments, be so lenient to water bandits?
He Lingchuan explained: "The internal situation in Longchuan is complicated. The Xili army that was dispersed by us also hid in Longchuan and continued to deal with us. Moreover, they also received support from outside forces. Such internal and external collusion is difficult to eliminate. Therefore, we divided the water
Bandits, remove resistance."
He added: "Everything will give priority to the safety of trade routes, and other issues can be solved slowly."
"Before I came here, I heard that banditry was rampant along the Xiqiao trade route. I didn't expect it to be in good order now." Lu Xun didn't care how they did it. Anyway, the security on the trade road was much better. "I still want to learn from it."
"Still thinking" means that I originally thought about it but now I don't. The method used by He Lingchuan was originally tailor-made for the Longchuan water bandits, and it would be useless for others to learn it.
Everything must be based on reality.
"There is also a bandit problem in Bailie?"
"Oh, where isn't it? It just varies in severity." The horse was startled by the little wild boar that jumped out by the roadside. Lu Xun patted the horse's neck to comfort it, "You are a bandit here, and we are pirates there."
"Oh?" He Lingchuan was curious, "I'd like to hear the details."
Lu Xun did not expect that he would also be interested in bandits thousands of miles away, so he continued: "The Yangshan Islands are located on the sea twenty miles southwest of Blade Port. They consist of forty-two islands. The smallest one can only accommodate dozens of people.
, and the largest main island, Longji Island, covers an area of more than 1,700 hectares, and the island has mountains, hills, caves, canyons, and even plains and lakes."
He Lingchuan hissed. More than 1,700 hectares is more than 110 square kilometers. This island is really not small.
"Although the Yangshan Islands are my family's territory, pirates have been infested all year round. They rely on the dotted islands to play hide-and-seek with us."
He Lingchuan pondered: "Will they go to the coast to plunder?"
"Basically not, they just rob merchant ships." Lu Xun explained, "The water area of Yangshan Islands is very wide, and it is on the only route to the west. If you want to completely bypass it, you have to walk more than 200 miles. And
There are many winds and waves in the outer sea, but if you pass through the islands, the water surface will be much smoother."
"Are there any civilians on the island?"
"Very few, except for a few ports dedicated to replenishing food and water."
He Lingchuan smacked the mosquito to death and murmured in his ear, which was annoying: "Can't we arrange for the troops to be concentrated for a few sweeps, and then the official troops will be stationed on the island?"
The reason why the banditry in Longchuan is difficult to eliminate is because there are also a large number of civilians living in Shuibo. They have a close relationship with the water bandits, and sometimes the bandits and the people are even indistinguishable from each other. Whether it is the former Xiqiao or the later Yuheng City, they want to suppress the bandits.
It's easy to accidentally get hurt, and once you get hurt accidentally, it will lead to endless resistance, which is extremely difficult to deal with.
In Qianjinzhai, the leader of the Ball Flower Gang dared to come to negotiate with him, but he was convinced that the Yuheng City Army would not dare to rush into Longchuan and kill them.
But the Yangshan Islands don't have this problem. There are almost no people living there except pirates. Why are the Bailie people so polite to them?
"This has indeed been done, but bandits are like weeds. If we relax a little bit, they will continue to grow. And it is indeed a bit difficult to station troops in the Yangshan Islands."
"Why?" If nothing else, Yangshan's main island, Longji Island, is so large. Is there no food and fresh water?
Anyway, there was nothing else to do while on the road, so it was good to chat. Lu Xun sighed: "A long time ago, the ancestors of the Lu family purchased a large territory including Blade Port and Yangshan Islands. At that time, they thought the price was a good deal, but
Only after I bought it did I realize that most of the islands in the Yangshan Islands cannot accommodate people at all."
"Hey? Why?"
"Every seven days, at midnight, the evil spirit will float out from the caves in Yangshan Islands and fill the entire island. This kind of breath is harmless to vegetation, but it has the ability to promote growth, but neither humans nor animals can stand it.
If you stay on the island for a few more hours, you will start to get sick, and you will die if you don't leave." Lu Xun shook his head, "It took us a lot of effort to find out that there is a natural Yinsha turbid vein under the Yangshan Islands!"
He Lingchuan thought thoughtfully: "Earth evil?"
"Yes, it's the Disha!"
There are two qi in heaven and earth, yin and yang. Yang qi is pure and spiritual, and can nourish all things; while yin is evil and turbid, and can wither all things. The two are incompatible and mutually reinforcing. Yang qi floats in the sky, and yin qi sinks in the sky.
Earth. Since spiritual energy sinking into the ground can form mineral veins, so can Yin evil energy. However, such veins are quite rare, and even fewer can connect to the surface.
The Yuan Kingdom was destroyed, and the resentment of millions of people also formed an earth evil, causing no grass to grow in the old land. However, the natural Yin evil earth veins are just the opposite, not harming vegetation, but only harming people and animals.
Disha and Disha are not the same.
"Can't you resist Yuanli?"
"I can't resist it, Yin Sha is too strong." Yuan power has its limits. Can the Yuan Power of Bailie people be comparable to the power of heaven and earth? "If you are near the exit of Yin Sha's turbid veins, a person will not survive for more than two quarters of an hour.
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"And there is also a kind of monster that lives on Longji Island, called the Yin Mo, which can go into the water and eat people." Lu Xun shook his head, "They usually move within the scope of the Yin evil. Travelers who stray into the depths of the archipelago,
Sometimes, instead of being killed by evil spirits, they are eaten alive by these monsters."