In the second half of the year, Youzhou Prefecture felt the cold air from the north.
In October alone, it snowed heavily in Youzhou Prefecture.
Heavy snow is falling one after another, covering the entire Youzhou Prefecture. When you climb up to the city and look into the distance, you can see the white snow falling in the air. The jade railings, white snow, and green pines complement each other, just like a beautiful picture of snow-ink painting.
By October, Youzhou Prefecture seemed a bit bleak.
But compared with other cities, this place is still the most lively and prosperous place in several northern states.
Some caravans going to Youbei successfully transported fur goods from Youbei back to Youzhou Prefecture, and then sent the goods to various places in the south through Youzhou Prefecture. In winter, the demand for fur goods in the south surged.
Since the Youzhou Free Trade Zone was completed and put into use last month, more and more businesses have realized the benefits of doing business in Youzhou Prefecture.
The actual person in charge of Youzhou Prefecture is Pingbei General Cao Su. Cao Su delimited the area and allowed any merchant to do business within the demarcated area.
There are basically no taxes or fees charged, and the profits gained from trading here far exceed those elsewhere.
Merchants are all profit-seeking, and they all buy and sell goods. Since you can make greater profits here, there is no reason to give up the good business here and go to other places.
Therefore, in the past month, the orders transacted in Youzhou Prefecture have been increasing day by day.
The government did not make any money and gave the profits to the merchants. In order to gain more market, the merchants took the initiative to lower prices and gave the profits to the people.
The people gained profits and supported the government even more.
In just over half a year, the living conditions of the people of Youzhou Prefecture have taken on a completely new look.
Commerce is only a small part of Cao Su's plan for Youzhou Prefecture.
The business in the free trade zone here only serves as a demonstration and has no driving significance. His focus has always been on the growth of his troops.
Especially to improve the personal strength of a group of new officers.
After taking Blood Nether Bodhi and improving their martial arts qualifications, Li Li, Zhang Ke, and Luo Yi have recently made breakthroughs and entered the middle level of strength realm. Among these people, Zhang Ke is the only one who is slightly older.
Li Li and Luo Yi are both very young and have the potential to continue to improve.
In addition to these three generals, other young people such as Ma Chao and Shi Yong have also made progress.
Among them, Shi Yong has reached the peak of the seventh level of the strength realm and is only one step away from entering the middle level of the strength realm.
The middle-level force realm is the high-level combat strength of Cao Su's team. There are still not many middle-level players in the team at present.
There are even fewer high-level masters. After all, there are only Cao Su and Hong Ding. If you count the head of the Jinyan Sect who previously served in Tongfu City, and those lurking in the Youbei Alliance.
Li Xinglun, there are only four of them, far inferior to the Youbei League.
How to improve the overall power of the force is a question that Cao Su needs to consider next.
The first is to slowly tap into the potential of warriors in the army through self-cultivation. This method is the most stable, but the results are relatively slow. If Cao Su had not won the Blood Nether Bodhi through fighting before, several warriors under his command would still be trapped in the realm of strength.
It is not that easy to break through to the sixth level of strength realm at the seventh level.
In addition to cultivating oneself, fishing in troubled waters and reducing the number of enemy martial arts masters is also a way to close the gap between ourselves and the enemy.
In addition, you can also increase the strength of your own forces in the short term through recruitment, secondment, etc.
When it comes to dealing with the Youbei League next year, Cao Su will definitely not fight alone. Behind him is the Qianyuan Dynasty, a behemoth that has stood for thousands of years.
If we borrow some money and food, the current court may not be able to do anything, but if we borrow people, there are plenty of people in the court.
After doing these things, Cao Su has been living in seclusion, and his second-grade strength has become more and more stable.
At the time of Tongfu City, Cao Su inexplicably broke through to the second level. This is difficult for ordinary people to imagine. It has not been a year since Cao Su broke through to the third level. Such a breakthrough speed is rare in the world.
Moreover, Cao Su not only broke through to the second level of martial arts, but his physical body was further strengthened.
Now his whole body is like steel, and by rough estimation, his strength may have reached a terrifying 100,000 kilograms.
The strength of one hundred thousand kilograms is a strength that ordinary first-level warriors cannot achieve. However, Cao Su achieved such strength when he was in the second-level strength realm.
With such power, generated from the inside out, one punch can really break mountains and shatter rocks, the power is terrifying.
And his own eyes have also undergone some changes.
From the "soul-catching boy", he evolved into the "fire boy".
The fire boy is forged by the spirit fire and evolved from the soul-catching child. This child technique also has a cooling time, which is shorter than the soul-catching child, but it cannot be used for a long time.
The biggest feature is that on the basis of perfectly inheriting the "activation of illusions" of the soul-catching boy, it is supplemented by the characteristics of "spiritual fire" intrusion.
People who fall into Cao Su's "Fire Boy" will unconsciously feel like they are falling into a sea of fire.
The power of the illusion is even stronger, and can even reach the point where it can directly burn the opponent's spirit.
This gave Cao Su another powerful method.
In late October, the Southern Dingtian Palace and the Chiyun Sect came to Youzhou Mansion at the same time to pay homage to Cao Su.
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South of Youzhou Fu, dozens of miles away.
On the snowy official road, a group of Jianghu people were walking slowly.
Most of the Jianghu people rode tall horses, and some of them raised flags.
The three characters "Dingtian Palace" are written on the flag.
Naturally, ordinary Jianghu people did not dare to stop the Dingtian Palace team, and they did not even have the urge to come forward and talk.
Dingtian Palace is in Guangzhou, which is like Piaoxue Sect in Youzhou, even more powerful than Piaoxue Sect in Youzhou.
Dingtian Palace is a righteous sect, and no other sect in Guangzhou dares to oppose Dingtian Palace. In Youzhou, although the Piaoxue Sect is also powerful, it still has the Pingbei Army, and warlords like Li Xingxi are not a big deal.
Jiuding.
The Dingtian Palace team walked slowly on the official road, and soon came to a small town on the edge of the official road.
The town is the last stop and supply point on the way to Youzhou Prefecture, and then you have to go straight to Youzhou Prefecture, which is dozens of miles away.
As an older disciple said hello, the team from Dingtian Palace stopped in the small town.
There were about thirty or forty people in their group, escorting some goods.
After stopping in the small town, we walked into an inn in the small town to rest.
Some Jianghu people in the inn took a glance, and when they saw the team from Dingtian Palace, they all moved their eyes and their voices became softer.
It’s not that I’m afraid of Jeongcheon Palace, I just feel that the Youzhou Wulin is so majestic that it’s not necessary to be at odds with the Gwangju Wulin.
"Senior Brother Yao, my condolences."
The older disciple walked up to a young man and handed him a pot of tea.
This young man was protected in the middle by the people of Dingtian Palace, like stars holding the moon.
He was dressed in white and stared blankly in the direction of Youzhou Mansion in the north, with a trace of frustration and sadness on his face.
After hearing this, he lowered his eyes and stopped looking at the north.
Some people in the arena were just joining in the fun, but suddenly they saw that the young man guarding him looked familiar. After careful identification, they finally recognized the person's origin.
"The contemporary senior brother of Dingtian Palace, Yao Potong?"
Yao Potong is the top ranked senior brother in the inner and outer sects of Dingtian Palace. He is recognized by Dingtian Palace as the candidate for the next generation of palace master. His martial arts strength has already entered the upper third level, ranking 47th on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking.
There was no Fengchu list back then, otherwise with Yao Potong's talent, his name would have been on the Fengchu list.
Now Yao Potong is over thirty years old. Although he still looks like a young man, his actual age does not meet the conditions for inclusion in the Phoenix Young List.
However, the Dragon and Tiger Ranking includes masters who are below the Mysterious Realm of the World. Yao Potong is ranked 47th on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, even ahead of Sima Changfeng, who is ranked 49th, so he is also a first-class master.
There are only a hundred or so first-level masters on the World Dragon and Tiger Ranking, and they are scattered among various states. There are almost only five or six people in each state.
But the actual situation is not like this. Some first-level masters will gather in a certain place, such as the divine capital.
In the capital of the gods, there will be more first-class masters than in other places. For example, in Youzhou, which is located in a remote place, there will be fewer first-class masters on the surface.
The list of masters included in the Dragon and Tiger List are all active in the past hundred years. As for the earlier names, they will not appear on the list.
Yao Potong is ranked 47th and is already a rare master in the world. In the entire Dingtian Palace, even the palace owner is not as powerful as him.
Therefore, Yao Potong's name is well-known in the world, and many people have seen him.
The atmosphere in the entire inn changed instantly.
Because of Yao Potong's arrival, many people in the world were afraid to say anything and silently watched the meal.