"Well," Xia Zhaoyi took over Shen Lie's words, "the origin of Beiyuan is far more complicated than that of Li Qian. There are nine types of military households alone. One type of military households is called 'Barefoot Sheep Households', which are deeply exploited. , not to mention having to work hard in the army for generations, whenever they go on an expedition, they have to provide their own food and pay for their troops and horses, forcing them to sell their sons and daughters from time to time."
"There are many types of farmers," Shen Lie said. "One type of farmer is called 'Vina'. Only one tenth of the grain they grow can be kept, and nine out of ten must be turned over."
Xia Zhaoyi: "As for military merits, most of them belong to officers. No matter how great a soldier's achievements are, they are just rewarded with an extra bag of rice, a pound of meat, and a few more favors from the officers. And the real promotion of promotion to a noble rank, They all belong to the superior officers."
Shen Lie: "Beiyuan originated from nomadism. Hundreds of years ago, it was easy to fight with other ethnic groups on the northern grasslands. It was common for military families to flee and join the enemy."
Xia Zhaoyi: "They choose to attack people's hearts, and I will retaliate in kind. How can those brochures and boots compare to real prosperity?"
Shen Lie: "Indeed, the Central Plains is rich in products, and silk, porcelain, tea, etc. are all beyond the reach of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."
Zhili listened to their words and nodded, but still frowned: "But these brochures and boots finally made some people shaken, didn't they?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "It is easy to destroy a country, but it is difficult to build a country. The same is true for rumors. It is easy to scaremongering, three people become tigers, and many words make gold, and the bones are destroyed. But the road to forging faith is so long, It is far more difficult to win people’s hearts than to destroy them.”
"I understand," Shen Lie said, "the other party's move cannot be achieved overnight. It requires accumulation of money and time, before it can be subtle and completely invade people's hearts."
"So, we have a lot of time to play with them," Zhili finally smiled. "They are building faith, establishing benevolence and righteousness with us, while we are going to add fuel to the fire and spread panic and anxiety with them! That must be the case. It’s easier for us!”
"Are you enlightened?" Xia Zhaoyi smiled.
"Haha, they wanted to cause trouble, but you, senior sister, learned from you, hahahaha!"
"That's because," Xia Zhaoyi smiled and looked at the vast world ahead, "the land under our feet and our ancient Chinese civilization have given me this confidence."
The strong wind at high altitude blew away her fine bangs, revealing her smooth and clean forehead. Her eyes were clear and bright, like snow, like the sinking moon, like a clear lake.
The voice is very soft, crisp and sweet, with a sense of sadness, but also yearning for a better situation, and full of smiles.
Although there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, the earth will always be here and will last forever. The people on the earth are renewing their lives and getting better year after year.
Paper changes from rough to smooth, and silk changes from rare to variable.
The art of iron and hammer forging is improving with each passing day. The excellence of bricks, tiles, and porcelain is soaring.
The words the master said rang in Xia Zhaoyi's ears all the time.
Master said that when things are extremely prosperous, they will decline; when they are extremely weak, they will become even more prosperous.
Every great suffering will make the resurrected people climb higher, run further, and create more.
And if you look at this human world as a guest from heaven and earth, you will find that the entire human world is always prosperous.
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There was a gentle knock on the door.
Su Yumei raised her head, paused, and went to open the door.
Su Heng stood outside the door with a bad expression. When Su Yumei opened the door, his eyes immediately saw the map on the table.
"You haven't sent it back to Miss Ali yet?" Su Heng said displeased.
"This map is too detailed, I haven't finished it yet."
Su Heng entered the room and walked towards the desk.
Under the lamp, a vast map is laid out, with the directions of mountains and rivers as well as the detailed lines of cities, counties and lakes all clearly visible.
In fact, when I saw it today, I felt that it was a unique work. It was truly unprecedented and unprecedented, but after all, it belonged to someone else.
"It's time to send it back," Su Heng said coldly, "Miss Ah Li is so generous, so you can't take it by force."
Su Yumei frowned and suddenly said: "It's really strange for you. Knowing that Miss A Li is generous, Miss A Li didn't push me, but it was you who forced me."
"You!" Su Heng looked at her, "Is this an excuse for you to be generous because you don't know the etiquette?"
"How come you don't know the etiquette to advance or retreat? Ah Li saw that I was eager to learn, so she lent her to me, so I studied hard and looked at it well. What's wrong?"
Su Heng was angry and pointed out: "Send it back now, send it back to me immediately!"
"You're confused," Su Yumei said angrily, "You weren't like this before, and recently, for some reason, you always pay attention to what you have and what you don't."
"My eldest brother is my father, you won't listen to me now?"
The more Su Yumei listened, the angrier she became: "I listened to you before because you were right. What do you mean I don't listen to you now? I've even passed the age of marriage. I've long been an old girl that the world can't tolerate. I'm already an old girl.
You deviant people, don’t use those vulgar words about the eldest brother as a father to show off your prestige on me, right?"
Su Heng's fingers were trembling, and he suddenly raised his hand and slapped Su Yumei on the face.
Su Yumei covered her face and glared at him: "You hit me?!"
"Who asked you to rebel!"
"The following are the rebels! You, me, peers!" Su Yumei raised her hand and pushed Su Heng outside, "Get out, we don't need you here, get out!"
After closing the door, Su Yumei raised her hand to caress the place where Su Heng had hit her.
In fact, it's not serious. Even if he is angry, he can still see that his brother is restrained.
But after all, it was a slap, a slap on the face.
No matter why he became incomprehensible, she didn't want to find out the reason. If he was beaten, he would be beaten. It was really disgusting.
Su Heng knocked on the door outside, but Su Yumei didn't want to say anything to him anymore. In the end, Su Heng had to leave.
But after going down the steps, he seemed to have thought of something and took out a few small objects from his arms.
The fine accessories carved from wood lay in his palm.
I came to Su Yumei tonight to discuss these small things, but now I felt angry in my heart. Su Heng raised his hand, threw these small things towards the grass in the distance, turned around and left.
·
A dark cloud dispersed, and the moonlight became brighter.
Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie were sitting on a roof, chatting with Yan Qinglin from Beiyuan.
The matter of Chu Zheng being hunted was described in more detail in yesterday's letter, but there is no trace of her whereabouts.
In addition to Chu Zheng, there are two other wanted persons related to Xia Zhaoyi.
The first was Qian Fengrong. She found a writer at Zushui Ferry to write a wanted order and the warrant had been widely circulated.
The second is Quan Jiuwei. Ever since she asked Cao Yijun to capture this person, she heard that Quan Jiuwei was being chased everywhere like a drowned dog.
The letter I received yesterday mentioned the place where the Nine Dimensions last appeared, Quyang Mountain in Guizhou.
It is the only way for everyone coming to Li Qian from the southwest.
