After the immortal disappeared

The team has already set foot on the Longchuan Commercial 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 line up and pay money 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 a long time 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 from the Gale Army, right?"

Although these soldiers are wearing uniforms and have tokens 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 Takikawa water bandits. After we recruited them, they still stayed here to collect road tax. Every time they passed a checkpoint, they left Enter this 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 elsewhere to practice, but instead stayed here to watch the road? Originally, they could only grab money by holding open fire, but now they are holding the official banner of Yuheng City. They no longer need to bleed and sweat, and they can get money by just sitting on the ground and stretching out their hands?

It can be called safe, efficient and painless.

How could Panlong City, which always had clear distinctions between rewards and punishments, be so generous to the water bandits?

He Lingchuan explained: "The internal situation in Longchuan is complicated. The Xili army that we dispersed 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 on the Xiqiao trade route. I didn't expect it to be in 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.

"Bailie is also in trouble with bandits?"

"Oh, where isn't it? It just varies in severity." The horse was startled by the little wild boar jumping out of 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 and canyons, and even plains and lakes."

He Lingchuan hissed lightly. 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 Yangshan Islands has a very wide water area and is on the only route to the west. If you want to completely bypass it, you have to walk more than two hundred miles. And There are many winds and waves in the outer sea, but if you pass through the islands, the water will be much smoother."

"Are there any civilians on the island?"

"Very few, except for a few crossings 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 Takigawa banditry is difficult to eliminate is that 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 was Xiqiao before or Yuheng City later, it was easy to accidentally attack the bandits, and an accidental attack would lead to endless resistance, which was extremely difficult to do.

The leaders of Qianjinzhai and the Qiuhua Gang dared to come to negotiate with him, but they were also convinced that the Yuheng City Army did not dare to rush into Longchuan and kill indiscriminately.

But the Yangshan Islands don't have this problem. There are almost no people 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 garrison 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 is nothing else to do while on the road, so it would be nice to chat. Lu Xun sighed: "A long time ago, the ancestors of the Lu family purchased a large territory including Blade Port and the Yangshan Islands. At that time, they thought the price was a good deal, but after buying it, they realized that most of the islands in the Yangshan Islands could not retain people at all. "

"Huh? Why?"

"Every seven days, at midnight, the evil spirit will float out from the caves in the 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 kinds of qi in heaven and earth: yin and yang. The yang qi is pure and spiritual, and can nourish all things; while the yin is evil and turbid, and can wither all things. Yang Qi floats in the sky and Yin Qi sinks to the earth. Since spiritual energy can form veins when it sinks into the ground, so can Yin evil energy. It's just that this kind of leyline is quite rare, and even fewer can be connected to the surface.

Yuan Kingdom was destroyed, and the resentment of millions of people also formed the evil spirit of the earth, leaving the old land barren. However, the natural Yin evil ground veins are just the opposite. They do not harm vegetation, but only harm people and animals.

Disha and Disha are not the same.

"Can't you resist Yuanli?"

"I can't resist it, the Yin evil 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 the Yin evil turbidity channel, a person will not survive for more than two quarters of an hour."

"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."