Devil’s Advent

A military fort adjacent to the Tianduan Mountains,

A Ming rode a horse,

in a black dress,

From time to time, he pulled out a veil and gently wiped the impossible sweat on his forehead.

Behind him, a group of peasants pushed a few small carts along with them, and the small carts were filled with all kinds of flowers.

These flowers are all picked from the Tianduan Mountains;

And outside the military castle, a man like an iron tower stood there, with a young girl sitting on his shoulder.

The man was wearing a white gown, long black trousers, and a pair of extra-large thick cloth shoes on his feet, which vividly interpreted the rustic style.

The girl was wearing a long purple dress and was holding a sword in her hand.

Ah Ming saw the pair of one big and one small stacked together in front of him,

He couldn't help but shook his head, and waved his hand to signal the peasants in the rear to enter the fort, while he rode out on his horse and came to them.

"Waiting for me?" A Ming asked.

Fan Li nodded.

The maidservant sword said: "We were looking for bandits nearby. We sent a message from the military fort. We learned that you just entered the mountain from here a few days ago. I think you should be back soon. We planned to wait for you for two days. We only waited for one day. You're back."

A Ming looked at the sword maid,

road:

"so rude."

The sword maid turned sideways, and her whole body was almost flattened from Fan Li's shoulders, which can be described as a difficult movement;

Reaching out his hand, he took out a water bag from the big basket behind Fan Li.

sit up straight,

Throw the water bag to Ming.

A Ming took it, pulled out the plug, and there was a refreshing fruit wine fragrance rippling inside.

He loves blood and wine;

On weekdays, I don't eat.

The sword maid said: "A fruit wine made by a group of monkeys in the forest."

This is baby.

A Ming took a sip, nodded, and described it in a relatively vulgar word, that is, the fragrance of wine with the fragrance of nature;

But, it's really delicious.

road:

"Forgive your disrespect."

immediately,

A Ming put the water bag away and asked;

"What's up?"

The Fengxin City expansion project and the new construction of the Hou Mansion have been completed, Fan Li, the leader of the construction team, is finally free, and the sword maid has finally reached the age to practice swords, so he simply took the sword maid to practice.

The so-called experience,

is Kaifeng;

The dancers in the red tents can also dance swords pleasing to the eye, but the real sword's edge needs human blood to open it.

in short,

Fan Li took his maidservant with him to kill people.

The target of hunting is also easy to find.

Due to the needs of land reclamation and various sieges, many industries under the Hou Mansion are in urgent need of manpower. Previously, the population was deliberately suppressed because of the need to look at the storage of potatoes;

Now, seeing that the autumn harvest is about to come, the most difficult hurdle has passed. Therefore, the problem of manpower shortage has once again emerged, and it has seriously restricted the development of Eastern Jin.

Unfortunately,

After Xu Wenzu hit his goal early, he began to focus his energy on governing the local area, allowing the people to return to their homeland, live and work in peace and contentment, and heal the wounds squeezed out by wars and taxes.

This made it impossible for the Hou Mansion to continue to absorb refugees from the east of Wangjiang as before.

One is that it is hard for the people to leave their homeland after all, and unless there is really no other way, they will not choose to relocate their families;

Second, based on the relationship between the Hou Mansion and Xu Wenzu, forcibly poaching the footholds on other people's territory and destroying the relationship between the two would not be worth the loss.

Fortunately, there is a poor neighbor here in Jindong, and that is Xueyuan.

Under the operation of the two old silver coins, the Blind Man and the Savage King,

The evil black slave trade that appeared in another time and space came in a similar way in Eastern Jin.

What the Hou Mansion has to do is to instigate disputes among some tribes in Xueyuan, in short, to make them fight.

In this regard, with the Savage King present, it can be described as simple;

Then, the acquisition of prisoners of war is carried out with silk, tea, jewelry, and various goods except ironware.

It has to be said that after the failure of the "ZTE" of the Savage King's generation, what the Xueyuan Savages have lost is the essence of a whole generation or even two generations;

The remaining chief nobles are either timid or short-sighted.

In short,

Batch after batch of savage slaves began to be sold into the Snow Customs to enrich the various industries under the Marquis Mansion.

In the past, because the Marquis Mansion was not established, coupled with the tense current situation and the sharp local ethnic conflicts, the way of squeezing labor was adopted in the early days for the wildling prisoners of war. In pieces of bones.

Now, the Hou Mansion is collecting households in the form of registered households. Among them, those who are young and strong and good at riding and shooting will select a part of the households to set an example for other savage slaves;

Most of the savage slaves who were trafficked in found that although they were tired in Eastern Jin, their lives seemed to be better than in their hometown in Xueyuan, so overall, their emotions were very stable.

From time to time, looking at the soldiers of the savage clan under the Hou Mansion who had joined early, a lot of hope appeared in their hearts.

But there are no absolutes. There are always some people who love their homeland too much, or some wildling tribe nobles who were defeated and captured. They don't want to live this kind of "ordinary people" life and choose to escape.

It's impossible to go to Xueguan, and if you can't go there, you can only go into the Tianduan Mountains. Anyway, if you go north all the way, if you don't starve to death in the mountains or be bitten to death by wild animals, you can always return to the snowfield.

This kind of people are called "rogue bandits" by the Hou family, and they are the targets of hunting and attacking.

And Fan Li,

It was the sword maid who came to find these bandits.

Facing A Ming's inquiry, the sword maid said:

"I originally planned to go back, but I just happened to find a group of bandits. There are a lot of people, twenty or thirty in number, and there are also two or three wildling masters who deliberately concealed their strength when they were arrested.

Therefore, while working in the workshop, the soldiers who killed two guards escaped. "

Generally speaking, among the slaves, those who have some special skills will eagerly report it at the very beginning of the review in order to get better treatment;

Although Gou Moli's town didn't have many regular soldiers, with the acquiescence of Lord Zheng, he was allowed to choose among the savage slaves who had been traded.

And this group deliberately concealed their strength, which meant that after they were captured and traded at the beginning, they planned to wait for an opportunity to escape.

Escaping at work is certainly easier than in barracks.

"Go kill it, kill it, what are you waiting for me?" A Ming asked.

The sword maid said with a smile:

"I don't think it's safe. Since you are near here, I will wait for you."

"I'm busy."

A Ming stretched out his finger and pointed to the cart pushed by the civilian husband in front,

"I have to go back and create new types of fragrances."

talking,

A Ming looked at Fan Li again,

road;

"Just send some soldiers from the nearby military fort to wipe them out together."

Fan Li shook his head and said:

"This is experience."

If you lead troops, how do you practice?

When A Ming heard this, he almost laughed angrily.

road:

"Take a little girl, take a sword, and kill twenty bandits. Some of the bandits are pretty good, and there must be a leader.

what does this look like

Ali,

Are you bored doing Novice Village tasks?

After the target is killed,

Will it drop gold coins or wait to return to Fengxin City to hand in the task to the Juggernaut? "

The sword maid could not understand this passage.

Fan Li, on the other hand, was still concise and concise, and asked:

"going or not."

A Ming smiled,

"Only fools go."

"There's still fruit wine."

"Ah."

"One cylinder."

"I can't worry about you."

………

Along the Tianduan Mountain Range, there is a commercial route. Many merchants come from here, go to the Xueguan Pass for a while, then go to Zhennan Pass, and then pass through Fengxin City on the way back.

The goods are different, and the routes are naturally different.

In comparison, this area can be regarded as a blank area under the current rule of the Hou Mansion.

Because at this stage, the actual control and development area of ​​the Hou Mansion is located in the triangular coverage position between Fengxin City, Zhennan Pass, and Xueguan.

In other places, there is no intention to develop and restore them for the time being, but some military fortresses will be set up and some sentry cavalry teams will be sent from time to time to sweep over and declare the sphere of influence.

Places beyond the jurisdiction of the government seem to be free, but in reality it will be interpreted as another kind of law of the jungle.

Some Jianghu forces are entrenched here, and some people will inevitably have dirty hands and feet, petty theft, and even some murders and robbery, but because of the deterrent power of the Hou Mansion, nothing too much has happened .

The vast majority of people from the rivers and lakes are hired here as bodyguards for caravans.

A similar situation actually happened in Hutou City back then. Fan Li once applied for a caravan and went to the desert.

In order to further stimulate merchant trade, the Hou Mansion does not prohibit the entry of caravans from Xueyuan and Chu, nor does it prohibit the entry of caravans from its own territory into the former two. Of course, taxes must be levied;

At the same time, if you find it troublesome, you can also transfer the goods directly to the Hou Mansion at a lower price. The Hou Mansion itself has the largest trading firm responsible for the trade between these two places.

In addition, the monster beast business and the production of some special products in the Tianduan Mountain Range have also resumed due to the end of the war.

in short,

This area is close to the Tianduan Mountains, far away from Fengxin City, and very close to Wangjiang. For the time being, it belongs to the area of ​​​​three no matter.

These people from the rivers and lakes take jobs here, quite a "mercenary" model.

Of course, they would not be foolish enough to build a town or Wubao here, as the target would be too conspicuous, and they would not be so foolish as to throw sand at the site of the famous Lord Pingxi .

Therefore, although there are inns and buildings here, they are far apart.

The town is not like a town, but rather like scattered post stations.

at this time,

A Ming, Fan Li and the maidservant were standing in front of a "Leopard Inn".

"It's a good thing it's not called the Dragon Inn." A Ming laughed, "Otherwise, in a few days, I'm doomed to write a letter and dispatch troops to take it down."

Because if it is called Longmen Inn, it would infringe the patents of the demon kings and masters. When chatting in the past, the big guys would just turn over the table and find a place that no one knew to open a new Longmen Inn.

"Hey, guest officer, do you want to stay in the hotel or eat?"

The shop clerk was a hunchback, and he went out to greet him with a flattering smile.

Fan Li stretched out his hand, took out his ax from the basket behind his back, and directly chopped down at the waiter in the shop!

The waiter immediately turned sideways and dodged.

"Buzz!"

The ax cut empty.

"This brother, what is the meaning of this!"

The second boy in the hunchback shop had a fierce look in his eyes.

Fan Li looked at the maidservant sitting on his shoulder, then turned his face to look at A Ming,

road:

"I guessed it would work."

In this environment,

A relatively remote inn,

The shop waiter, hunchbacked, flattering smile;

Classic routine.

Therefore, Fan Li wanted to prove his conjecture, and then he chopped it down with an axe.

Sure enough, the waiter knew kung fu, so he dodged it.

Of course,

If the waiter doesn't know kung fu, and Fan Li guessed wrong, then the waiter's head should have already been divided.

but,

Who cares?

A Ming rolled his eyes at Fan Li. This guy usually looks the most honest and honest, but no one dares to treat him as an honest person, and even an honest person can't do the kind of thing that would take out the body of the NPC Zhuguo in front of his eyes. The Chu people twisted the matter of Yangko.

"Stay in the store."

Ah Ming took out a silver ingot from his pocket and threw it at the waiter.

The shop clerk weighed the money in his hand, and immediately put on a smile again, as if the previous incident had never happened, and immediately bent his hunchback a little bit,

road;

"Three masters, please come inside."

The inn is very big, but at the same time, the inn is also very simple.

Carved beams and painted buildings do not exist, and neither do the details.

The first floor is the lobby, where a swordsman is sitting and eating wine alone, with a big knife beside him.

The swordsman's clothes are very torn, with leggings, and the knife is wrapped in cloth, only the handle of the knife is exposed.

He sat there, very inconspicuous.

Fan Li silently reached out to touch the basket behind him again,

A Ming stretched out his foot and kicked Fan Li's calf.

Fan Li frowned slightly, and withdrew his hand again, but he still seemed to feel uncomfortable that he hadn't found it.

Behind the counter, there was a woman sitting in her thirties, with a mole on her face. She wasn't quite charming, but she belonged to the type who wouldn't worry about returning customers in that kind of red curtain.

it's hot,

The clothes on her chest showed a lot of white,

When I saw A Ming walk in,

He didn't say hello, but stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth;

Can,

this action,

A Ming often does it too.

"Three masters, please."

The hunchbacked Xiaoer took Ah Ming and the others upstairs.

"Both, how many rooms do you want?"

"A room." Said the maidservant.

finished speaking,

The sword maid took a special look at A Ming beside him and Fan Li under him,

road:

"The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes walk in the rivers and lakes, and don't need to care about these details."

A Ming let out a "huh".

This girl was taken by Yuan Zhenxing in the early years, and Yuan Zhenxing has been living with herself and others since she was shot into a hedgehog by the owner of the Bian River.

She knows the world of a fart.

into the house,

The hunchbacked Xiao Er was about to ask if he wanted to prepare food, but A Ming threw away a gold ingot and was blindsided.

The sword maid was also surprised.

A Ming asked directly:

"There is a group of savages, do they also live in your store?"

The hunchbacked Xiao Er picked up the gold ingot, bit it, nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, but they live in the stables at the back, and our store serves food. They should be waiting for someone to come to pick them up. Maybe they are waiting for the savage caravan coming in from Xueguan."

Ah Ming threw another gold ingot and asked:

"how many people?"

"People on the 18th have knives."

Ah Ming threw another gold ingot and asked:

"Is there any service?"

The hunchbacked Xiaoer blinked.

Ah Ming stretched his hand into his bosom again.

The hunchbacked second hurriedly said:

"Grandpa, sir, don't take out any more, the more you dig out, the happier you are, either it proves that you are really rich and powerful, and you don't like this little thing, or that you are absolutely sure that you will let the little one in the future Spit out what you ate today, anyway, it will be kept by the little one for a few days, you don't feel bad."

A Ming smiled.

The hunchback put two of the three gold ingots back on the table, pointed to the remaining one, and said:

"Master, this one is enough. Tonight, I will put medicine in their evening meal, and pour all the medicine away. When the time comes, I will do as you please."

"..." The sword maid.

Ah Ming pushed out one of the two gold ingots on the table to Xiao Er,

road:

"This one, you call some more people, and after the drug is overturned, they are tied up, so as to save us trouble."

"Master, do you want to live?"

A Ming shook his head and said, "Tie it up, it's easy to kill."

"..." The sword maid.

"My lord, you're being polite, okay, let me wrap it up on my little one, in fact, my little one has also disliked those savages for a long time.

You wait, I will arrange some food for the three of you first, and in the evening, you can report the news after the small things are completed.

correct,

What do the three masters want to eat? "

Fan Li said:

"Naan."

"okay."

The hunchback went down.

The sword maid exclaimed angrily:

"What kind of a fool are you to walk the rivers and lakes, blind to the fruit wine I managed to find!"

A Ming glanced at the sword maid,

road:

"This is what Jianghu really looks like."

"That's not it, that's not it, when I used to travel with my master..."

"Your master is poor."

"..." The sword maid.

A Ming stretched his waist,

road:

"There are many rules in Jianghu, but 99% of the rules are because of poverty."

The sword maid gritted her silver teeth,

Pointing to the remaining gold ingot on the table, he said:

"You don't understand the reason why you don't reveal your wealth when you walk in the rivers and lakes? Do you believe that the waiter in the shop will not attack those savages tonight, but us?"

A Ming smiled,

road:

"Turn over the gold ingot and have a look."

The sword maid stretched out her hand and turned over the gold ingot, on which were printed four words: Pingxihoufu.

A Ming yawned,

road:

"This is a new batch of gold ingots produced by the Hou Mansion, what I am revealing is not wealth, but power.

Take a look at the shopkeeper and waiter of this store, do you dare to hit us. "

The sword maid muttered,

So angry!

She looked at A Ming resentfully,

complained:

"Relying on money and power, you have made my Jianghu boring, you give back my Jianghu, give me back my Jianghu, do you know how long I have been waiting for this opportunity, how long I have been waiting for!"

Fan Li stretched out his hand,

Touched the sword maid's head,

road:

"He's right."

"No, you're talking nonsense, big man, you're talking nonsense, that's not true. The real world is like my Master Sword Saint, who is free and unafraid of the powerful..."

Fan Li asked:

"Where does your master live?"

"..." The sword maid.

Master lives,

Next door to Hou Mansion.

Fan Li said again:

"Jianghu, that's what it smells like."