Chapter 429 Selecting the location of the accompanying capital
In a hall in Jiangzhou City, twenty or thirty people dressed as martial arts knights gathered here and were automatically divided into several small groups. They were distinct from each other and the atmosphere was very tense!
One of the arms was unusually thick, and the muscles on it were protruding. The strong man with a deep aura stood up suddenly and shouted to the other person:
"Chen Laosan, before I left, I entrusted my brother to you. But why are you the only one who is back alive now?"
The short, fat, black-faced man named Chen Laosan frowned slightly at this time, took a deep breath, stood up and explained:
"Your brother Li Ye died under the hooves of Guan Ning's iron horse. I failed to protect my brother and failed to fulfill your trust. Trust me, this matter is what I, Lao Chen, owe you, and I will definitely pay it back in the future... But I dare
I pat my chest and say, I tried my best to protect your brother that day, I can pat my chest and say that I have a clear conscience!"
When the strong man surnamed Li heard this, he couldn't suppress the unknown fire in his heart, and he cursed again:
"How dare you, Chen Laosan, to quibble now!"
Having said this, the strong man surnamed Li pointed at everyone present and gritted his teeth and said:
"We have already witnessed the capabilities of Yun Kingdom's elite army that day, but none of the brothers who took action could leave alive!"
"The people who are still standing here intact, except for the brothers who are responsible for causing trouble outside and attracting the attention of the Yun army with me, are one by one. They are all on horseback because they are greedy for life and fear of death. They dare not hide in the dark.
Do it!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of many people present suddenly became ugly.
On the day Emperor Yun arrived at Jiangzhou City, the elite Yun army gathered at Hanyang Pier. Their military power was overwhelming, their murderous aura covered the sky and the sun, and the momentum was shocking.
How many self-proclaimed heroes in the past only dared to hide in the dark when the Yun army was dispatched to suppress them. Their legs were trembling and their courage was gone. They watched helplessly as their companions rushed out, and then watched them being easily suppressed by the Yun army.
, ground into meat paste...
Even though it has been a few days since that day, as soon as they think of it in their minds, many people feel like they are in a nightmare, with cold sweat breaking out all over their bodies.
Listening to the brawny man surnamed Li shouting, Chen Laosan immediately recalled the scene that day.
He was extremely fearful in his heart. In the past few days, the things he had tried every possible means to avoid and forget had become his inner demons.
At this time, the strong man surnamed Li pointed at his nose and scolded him. He opened the wound in front of everyone. Chen Laosan immediately stared at the strong man and gritted his teeth and said:
"Crazy Li, don't fart in front of me, Old Chen! Your younger brother is not very capable. He doesn't even know how much he weighs. He just ran into the Yun Kingdom army. I couldn't even hold him back."
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Having said this, Chen Laosan couldn't suppress the violence in his heart. He looked around at everyone with blood-red eyes, and then roared in a low voice:
"It's not like you haven't seen the formations of the Yun Kingdom army before! Ask yourselves, who is not afraid? Who is not afraid?"
Everyone present, looking at Chen Laosan at this moment, subconsciously dodge their eyes as if to avoid him.
When they were secretly planning before, these people in the world who had never seen the elites of the Yun Army just felt that the most difficult people to deal with around Emperor Yun were the masters of the Yun State, and they did not take the Yun State's army seriously at all.
The current thinking and cognition of these people in the world still remains before the world has changed. They still believe that a ninth-level master is enough to break through an army of ten thousand people. No matter how many soldiers and horses they gather, the five ninth-level masters they have gathered will not be able to survive.
In front of a high-level master, he is just a chicken and a dog, and he will collapse in a hurry.
But the result of that day was to tell these people in the world what the emperor's authority is, which cannot be offended! What is the power of the army, which cannot be violated...
"Crazy Li, you are just lucky enough to be assigned to cause trouble in the periphery. You are in a different place, so I ask you, do you dare to do it?" Chen Laosan raised his head and stared at the strong man named Li.
The strong man named Li twitched his eyes and snorted coldly:
"Just fart! You are greedy for life and afraid of death, so don't think that everyone is like you!"
"You are looking for death!"
"Come on, do it!"
Both of them felt that they were right, so they started to argue more and more, and even pushed each other, and had the idea of taking action.
At this time, the martial arts people gathered in this hall came from various sects in the world. Even before this, many people had conflicts and hatreds among them, just because they wanted to assassinate the Emperor Xiao Cheng.
Then they gathered together temporarily.
At this time, due to the dispute between Chen and Li, the atmosphere among these twenty or thirty people in the arena became increasingly tense, and they began to confront each other and become at war with each other.
And just when the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, I suddenly saw someone running in quickly outside the hall, shouting:
"It's not good, it's not good! The army of the Yun Kingdom is here. Many soldiers and horses are surrounding this place!"
The people who were still arguing and tense at first were suddenly startled and stopped arguing.
The strong man surnamed Li grabbed the man who came to report the news and said loudly:
"What did you say?"
"We, we are surrounded by the Yun Kingdom army!"
"Impossible! Why was Yun Jun able to find this place?" The strong man surnamed Li gritted his teeth.
"Really, there are Yun troops outside, let's retreat quickly!" The person who reported the news even had a hint of crying in his tone.
The strong man surnamed Li threw him down and walked out of the hall quickly, wanting to go outside to get a closer look.
But as soon as he walked into the courtyard, the strong man looked up, and then his body froze and he stood there blankly.
At this time, the top of the wall around the courtyard was already full of elite Yun soldiers, holding crossbows and looking at the many martial arts people in the courtyard with murderous eyes.
There was only a "pop" sound, and the door to the courtyard was kicked open violently.
Dongchang Fanzi, surrounded by Yu Huatian, who was wearing a python robe and floral clothes, had a feminine temperament and a handsome appearance, filed in.
Yu Huatian looked at the martial arts people in the yard, curved his lips, clapped his hands lightly, and said with a smile:
"Okay, okay! With so many people taken down, our family can handle your Majesty's side..."
Having said this, Yuhuatian Feng narrowed his eyes, glanced at everyone, raised his voice slightly, and said:
"Your Majesty has told us that these people must live. Please pay attention to our family and be measured in your actions."
"I will obey my father-in-law's orders!"
Dongchang Fanzi and the soldiers of the Yun Army all shouted loudly, filling the whole courtyard with awe-inspiring murderous intent. In an instant, these martial arts people were reminded of the power of the Yun Army that day.
For a while, many people even felt scared, their limbs were so weak, and they couldn't even hold their own weapons!
"kill!"
The military orders were shouted violently, and arrows rained down first. Then the masters in the army, Dongchang Fanzi, surrounded and killed them. They blocked a group of martial arts people in the courtyard and surrounded them to kill them. However, the uniformed people did not kill them, but only broke their limbs.
The meridians, all the martial arts are gone.
A large army was mobilized to besiege, and many masters were mobilized. Yuhuatian was also stationed. Some masters were determined to resist, so they took action immediately.
How could a group of people in the martial arts world be able to resist when they were already completely discouraged and had lost hundreds of percent of their fighting power for nothing?
But half an hour later, the shouts of death in the courtyard gradually subsided, and finally became dead silence...
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Jiangxia Mountain, temporarily walking in it.
General Anton Yang Dayan, under the leadership of the palace servants, walked into Xiao Cheng's current bedroom.
Looking up, he saw Xiao Cheng in the dormitory, wearing a purple dragon robe, with his back to Yang Dayan, standing with his hands behind his back, looking attentively at a map hanging in the palace.
Yang Dayan rolled his eyes, and then he knelt down and saluted, shouting:
"Your Majesty, Yang Dayan, is here to greet your Majesty!"
Xiao Cheng turned around, looked at Yang Dayan who was kneeling on the ground, smiled slightly, raised his hand to support him and said:
"Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Dayan stood up respectfully and asked again:
"I wonder if your Majesty has summoned me, but what are your instructions? As long as your Majesty says a word, I will go through fire and water, no matter what!"
Xiao Cheng shook his head slightly and said:
"It's not a big deal. Yuhuan just mentioned you yesterday and said that I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought that I would call you here today to have a meal together."
Yang Dayan was recommended by Yang Yuhuan to serve as an official in the court when Xiao Chengyujia was on his own expedition. The identity of this arrangement was that he was a descendant of the Yang family.
Hearing what Xiao Cheng said, Yang Dayan's face lit up with joy and he quickly said:
"I'm so sorry that I miss you so much."
Yang Dayan, who was only thinking about making progress, did not forget that the Empress Zhaoyi in the palace was his real supporter. She was also the supporter of the entire Yang family, even the Ma, Qu, and Tao families, and all the disciples and former officials in the court.
Backer, core!
Xiao Cheng heard this, chuckled twice, and then said again:
"One more thing!"
Xiao Cheng turned sideways slightly and motioned Yang Dayan to look at the map hanging in the dormitory.
Yang Dayan raised his head and took a look, couldn't help but blinked, and looked at Xiao Cheng in confusion.
The map in front of you is the detailed map of the seven southwest counties that are now newly part of the Yun Kingdom!
"Your Majesty, why are you looking at the map of the seven counties?"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he looked at Yang Dayan with a half-smile and said:
"You can't think of it? I heard that you have been traveling around the seven counties in the past few months, inspecting various cities."
Hearing this, Yang Da's eyes were stunned, and then he suddenly realized and said in surprise:
"Your Majesty is talking about choosing a suitable city and building a new capital?"
Mom, Mr. Xu has hit the mark again! He even guessed His Majesty’s intention to choose a new capital. He’s really capable!
Xiao Cheng first shook his head slightly, then nodded again and said:
"I am determined to unify the world, so it is too early to choose a new capital... Now, I have to choose a suitable city to serve as a companion capital!"
Today's Yun Kingdom's territory stretches for thousands of miles from north to south and from east to west. It is so vast that it has long ceased to be located in the south. Zhongqing City is no longer suitable as a capital!
It just so happened that Xiao Cheng had drawn the purple Ce card [Accompanying the Capital System] before.
[Purple Ceka, accompanying the capital system
Card effect: After use, you can establish a companion capital. The city that is established as a companion capital will have public support +10. Within three years, the population and business of the companion capital will increase by 30% every year. A maximum of five companion capitals can be established. For each companion capital established, the rate of famous ministers will be
+1%, natural disaster rate -1%, imperial power +5, and the probability of rebellion is reduced.
Card description: Although the Qin Dynasty had its capital in Guanzhong, it still imitated the system of the Eastern Capital of Zhou Dynasty and built a palace in Luoyang.]
While he was out on tour, Xiao Cheng had to take the opportunity to choose a suitable city to serve as his capital!
When he heard that he was only accompanying the capital, not the new capital, Yang Dayan was a little disappointed and a little relieved, and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't know that in the past few months, I have been running around with my soldiers and traveled to many places... But to be honest, there are not many cities suitable for being a capital!"
Yang Dayan bowed slightly to Xiao Cheng, then bowed and walked to the map, pointed at it with his finger, and said:
"Although the seven counties are large, there are not many cities that can serve as the capital."
"Jiangyang County and Dejiang County are too close to Zhongqing City. If the capital is moved here, it will not be much different from before. It is completely unnecessary! And Xiangzhou County is more remote and close to the plateau, so it is not an option."
"The remaining Anshun County is too far north, and the roads are not smooth, so it is difficult to serve as the capital. So in the end, we can only choose a suitable city among Jiangzhou County and Shaoyang County!"
Xiao Cheng nodded with satisfaction and said:
"That's right, keep talking!"
Seeing Xiao Chengyu smiling with approval, Yang Dayan was even more excited and continued:
"Under the rule of Shaoyang County, there are the big cities of Yongzhou and Hengyang Prefecture. Among Jiangzhou County, Yuezhou, Wuling Prefecture, and Jiangzhou City are all rich and prosperous places."
When Xiao Cheng heard this, his eyes moved and he said noncommittally:
"Then what do you think is better?"
When Yang Dayan heard this, he blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and then said:
"Yongzhou has extremely convenient water conservancy and is connected to the southwest. However, there is no danger to defend in the northeast. The soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County of Xia State can march straight in. If this is used as the capital, heavy troops need to be stationed for defense. Moreover, Yongzhou has experienced military chaos, plague, and wars before. The population
There are too many losses, not enough for a capital city!"
"Hengyang Prefecture is dangerous and can be defended, but there are many mountain passes and the roads are not smooth. And like Yongzhou, it has suffered from wars and has a small population."
"Jiangzhou City, uh... By the way, Jiangzhou City suffers from floods every year. Waterlogging is serious in spring and summer, which is not good either."
"Wuling Mansion and Yuezhou are all close to rivers, uh...whatever...it won't work anyway!"
Yang Dayan spoke eloquently at the beginning, but towards the end, he became more and more difficult. In the end, he rolled his eyes and just couldn't think of how to say it.
Yang Dayan's expression became more and more depressed, his voice became lower and lower, and finally he simply shrank his head and smiled at Xiao Chengshan:
"Your Majesty, these were all told to me by Xu Shu, the judge under my command... Hehe, I wanted to show off in front of Your Majesty, but in the end I forgot the rest of the reasons..."
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said:
"I don't know you yet? You didn't know a few words or official documents before. If you are really telling the truth, I still have doubts!"
Yang Dayan smiled awkwardly and defended himself:
"Your Majesty, don't say that. I am different now. Although I dare not say that I know all the words of an official document, I can still understand the meaning of the official document!"
Xiao Cheng had no intention of arguing with Yang Dayan, so he just asked:
"Did Xu Shu ever say, where is the right place?"
Yang Dayan heard the words, nodded and said:
"This minister remembers Jiangling Mansion in Jiangyang County...but I feel that Jiangling Mansion is just a medium-sized city in Jiangyang County. The population is not large, and the place is not rich. It is quite average."
"Jiangling Mansion?"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he subconsciously looked at the map. Jiangling Mansion, which is located between Yixian and Yuezhou, his eyes lit up slightly.