Chapter 217 The land of Longxing, the capital is in sight
Chapter 217 The Land of Longxing and the Capital is in Sight
People fight to occupy territory on the ground, and the dragon veins are not to be outdone by each other underground. People with dragon veins occupy cities, villages and towns on the ground. As long as there is enough time, the dragon veins below can be occupied by the dragon veins owned by this person, or
It cannot be said that it was an invasion, but that Dragon Vein chose to belong to the people who occupied this land under oppression.
All of this must have a prerequisite, that is, the person must have dragon veins, at least have dragon scales on his back, and be filled with dragon energy.
This is a question of qualifications. If you don't have this qualification, even if you occupy the land of Dragon Vein for a thousand and ten thousand years, Dragon Vein will not recognize you.
Chang Xiao now has three destinations, one is Shaanxi, one is Jiangsu, and the other is Tianjin.
Chang Xiao had to choose a land of Longxing, so he could only choose from these three places. The drought in Shaanxi for consecutive years has just eased, and people's livelihoods everywhere are in decline. The dragon veins here are filled with all kinds of negative emotions. In this kind of place,
The place is the most suitable for rebellion. Once you climb high, thousands of birds will follow you. The bandits who are currently causing trouble in the Ming Dynasty started here. Occasionally, some of them ran out and were maimed by others, and then came back to gather more people.
The Jiangsu area is extremely wealthy and there are no wars or riots. However, the folk customs are a bit softer and people's lives are affluent. Naturally, they do not want to see changes. This is the most unsuitable place for rebellion. Chang Xiao's father, Chang Youzhang, is in that area now.
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Among the three places, only Tianjin is the least climatic. Tianjin was founded in the second year of Yongle, and the name of Tianjin means "Emperor's ferry".
When Zhu Di seized the throne, he later issued an edict to "build the city, dredge the pond, and name it Tianjin." Although Tianjin has a history of hundreds of years, it is not a critical place now and is sparsely populated. Judging from the current situation, there is really no development prospect.
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No matter how you look at it, if Chang Xiao wants to choose the land of Longxing, he has no choice but to choose Shaanxi.
But Chang Xiao didn't think so. Among the three places, he chose Tianjin almost without hesitation.
First, Tianjin is the place where he has the most dragon veins. More than 450% of the dragon veins he has are in Tianjin.
Secondly, although Shaanxi is a good place, the people's livelihood is in dire straits. It seems that there is no difference in the momentum of climbing up and shouting thousands of birds to follow, raising flags to rebel. In fact, Chang Xiao knows in his heart that this place has no resources, and the biggest resource is
Now they are refugees, and they don't even have enough food to eat. If you want to develop an army in this place, no matter how you develop, you will just be bandits. After fighting against bandits so many times, Chang Xiao has a very clear understanding of what bandits are.
Chang Xiao didn't know what the bandits who would occupy the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Li Zicheng would be like in the future, but the bandits now were just a bunch of rabble, and it was useless no matter how many such rabble gathered.
Moreover, this Shaanxi is the nest of civil strife in the Ming Dynasty. The whole world is staring at every move in Shaanxi. Chongzhen is staring at this area. Once there is any chance of success, Chongzhen will immediately send an army.
Coming to carry out encirclement and raids, Chang Xiao had not yet decided to rebel, so naturally he could not roast himself on the big furnace of Shaanxi.
The Jiangsu generation is indeed rich, and there is a so-called father there who often laughs, but it is really not suitable for rebellion. From ancient times to the present, a place where people's hearts are stable is never a paradise for dreamers and adventurers, and on the contrary, those who
This place is always the grave of adventurers. If you go there and raise your arms, I am afraid that what is waiting for you is that thousands of swords and halberds will pierce your heart.
As a result, Chang Xiao has only one choice, and that is Tianjin, which basically has nothing now.
Also, Li Zicheng will definitely choose the place of Longxing now. The reason why Zhang Xianzhong laid his foundation in Wuchang City and sucked the dragon veins here is that it must not be too far from where his dragon veins gather, and Chang Xiao’s dragon veins
There is no Wuchang among them. Obviously, the dragon veins of Wuchang fall into the hands of Li Zicheng. If Li Zicheng wants to choose Longxing, there is probably no other good place to choose from. It might be in this area. Chang Xiao hopes that Li Zicheng
He fought with Chongzhen first, and he hid in a corner to gather strength and just watch the excitement first. When the two of them were almost fighting, he would often laugh in Tianjin and draw a knife, which was equivalent to stabbing someone in the back.
Therefore, only Tianjin, which seems unimportant, is Chang Xiao's best choice.
Moreover, Tianjin is not a bad place. Chang Xiao’s Tianjin in his previous life was not too bad. The reason why Tianjin cannot develop now is mainly because of the maritime ban. After Zheng He’s voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty felt that it had a better understanding of the world.
A general grasp is that the world is so big that except for Zhonghua Zhengshuo, everyone is a barbarian.
Is this understanding of the world correct? It was correct at the time. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was at its peak. Looking around, there were really barbarians everywhere. It was said that Lin Zexu was the first person to open his eyes to see the world. In fact, Zheng He was more
He had seen it hundreds of years earlier, but the world at that time was completely different from the world Lin Zexu saw!
At this time, after Zheng He saw the world, he felt that this world was just like that. Along the way, he encountered many backward so-called countries. It felt like we were the only countries in the whole world that could be called a country.
, the rest are just primitive tribes.
Based on this understanding, Ming Dynasty gradually closed the door to the country. This strategy cannot be said to be wrong at the time. If the world continues to move forward along the original track, this strategy is even correct!
However, the changes in this world have been very small in the past few thousand years, but they have become very rapid in the hundreds of years when Zhonghua Zhengshuo closed his eyes. The Central Plains, which originally took the lead in everything, gradually
Everything is behind.
Of course, there is also an extremely important factor, that is, the decline of the Immortal Way in Middle-earth, which directly led to the rise of foreign races. The relationship between the Immortal Way and the Human Way is extremely wonderful. The place where the Immortal Way prospers is the center of the world, and the place where the Immortal Way falls is the center of the world.
The situation of barbarian tribes is consistent with that of later generations where technology flourishes and is an advanced place, except that the immortal way is replaced by technology.
Chang Xiao felt that if he went to Tianjin, he would be able to run a good business. Even if the sea ban could not be lifted, it would not matter. In any case, the sea is a good place to hide troops. On land, how many troops you have are under the eyes of others.
But when we go to sea, the situation is completely different. As long as there are enough food and medicine, it is not a problem to find an island and hide tens of thousands of people in it. Moreover, the island is isolated and there is no risk of news leaking. Of course, Chang Xiao is just a
It's just a small plan. How to implement it will have to be discussed slowly. At the very least, if he wants to go to Tianjin to operate, he still needs Chongzhen's nod.
It took Chang Xiao ten days. With the help of Desire Light, Pure Light and Purple Light, he finally found a way to hide the dragon energy. A monk like Chang Xiao who became a monk halfway could not compare with the knowledge of the Immortal Family.
Existences like Shangru Yuguang and Jingguang, who have been exposed to Taoism and magic since they were born, are even more incomparable to old people like Ziguang.
The purple light is now broken into seven sections, and it cannot be restored to its original state for a while. Even Chang Xiao's method cannot put it back together. We can only wait for time for the silver-gold purple light sword to put the broken body back together. However,
Chang Xiao is willing to give the golden essence to Zi Guang to swallow, and the process will not be too long.
According to the suggestions put forward by the three people, Chang Xiao compressed the dragon energy that was about to escape at any time into the elixir furnace in his lower abdomen, and used the golden elixir to suppress it. In this way, Chang Xiao's golden elixir kept absorbing this energy.
Dragon Qi is also very beneficial to cultivation, but it will take time to completely suppress it.
Chang Xiao's team rested for more than ten days. At this time, Wuchang City had completely fallen into Zuo Liangyu's hands, and Zuo Liangyu also received the imperial edict to return to Beijing to report on his duties. Wuchang City was actually built by Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong died.
, the rebels in Wuchang City were completely disintegrated, and were almost 100% killed by Zuo Liangyu's men. The people in Wuchang City were also killed and died, and it almost became an empty city.
, although Wuchang City was only occupied by Chuchu, there would not be any trouble. After all, if there are no people left, what kind of trouble can happen?
Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, Zuo Liangyu immediately made arrangements for Wuchang City, took hundreds of people with him, and rushed towards the capital with a little anxiety in his heart.
It happened that Chang Xiao also decided to go back to the capital, so the two of them went together.
The two of them talked happily along the way. The reason is very simple. Zuo Liangyu can even be said to be very flattering and often laughs. Zuo Liangyu is a famous general and is also very proficient in the way of being an official. In the late Ming Dynasty,
These generals are generally very familiar with the ways of serving as officials, and they were forced to do so. Yuan Chonghuan didn't quite understand the ways of being an official, so he was executed in Lingchi!
In fact, Zuo Liangyu made the same mistake as Yuan Chonghuan this time. He saw that the time was not ripe and did not send troops to attack the enemy. However, Zuo Liangyu was lucky and captured Wuchang City. This time he returned to Beijing to avoid death.
But the consequences were still unpredictable, and Zuo Liangyu still felt uneasy.
Chang Xiao was a celebrity around the emperor, Chongzhen's nephew, and a relative of the emperor. Chongzhen even personally arranged for Chang Xiao to join his army to gain merit. In Zuo Liangyu's view, Chang Xiao would definitely be able to say that in front of Chongzhen.
Although he won the battle with someone who could speak with him, Zuo Liangyu knew very well that he was now a guilty person, and he naturally wanted to make good friends with someone who could speak with him. Having someone with him was better than nothing, so
Along the way, Zuo Liangyu had a heart-to-heart conversation with Chang Xiao, and gave him some small and not very valuable gifts if nothing happened.
Zuo Liangyu had heard the rumor that Chang Xiao would kick the gift-giver out. At first, he tried it out, but Chang Xiao actually accepted it, which made Zuo Liangyu feel happy. You must know that sometimes the person giving the gift is not willing to accept it.
I can't accept it all because your gift is too thin, but because I don't want to have anything to do with you. Zuo Liangyu's current situation may not be able to be avoided by some people even if they want to. Since Chang Xiao is willing to accept his things, then...
This shows that at least in Chang Xiao's mind, his problem is not too serious.
Chang Xiao had another thought in his mind. He had the same idea as Zhang Xianzhong at this time. What he wanted to do was to dominate the world. The most important thing to dominate the world was to recruit talents. To dominate the world, it was not just about dragon energy.
Dragon Veins can achieve something, but it requires the help of countless people. Zuo Liangyu is undoubtedly a talent. The most important thing is that Zuo Liangyu has soldiers in his hands. Chang Xiao actually has no shortage of talents for fighting, but he lacks soldiers, so this
Along the way, Zuo Liangyu kept showing goodwill, and Chang Xiao also acted extremely close to each other. They talked to each other as if they were brothers. At least the dozens of days of this return trip made the relationship between the two extremely close.
Zuo Liangyu was actually not in a hurry to return to Beijing. He just had to walk slowly. He was afraid that if he rushed back in a hurry, Chongzhen would be angry and kill him with one knife. Although this possibility was slim, there was no need to be careful.
Hmm. Chang Xiao also needs time to squeeze the dragon energy to the bottom of the alchemy furnace. When he returns to the capital, he cannot control the golden dragon from spewing out. If that is the case, it will be a disaster!
Therefore, Changxiao was not particularly anxious. The two of them walked along, although they had their own concerns, it was as if they were taking a leisurely tour of the scenery.
The journey was surprisingly peaceful.
Forty days later, the capital was in sight.
The previous relaxation on Chang Xiao's and Zuo Liangyu's faces faded away, revealing solemn expressions.