43. The pure land in troubled times is guarded by strength
What happened in Jingxing Mountain was just an episode for Li Shushi now. The group of guys from Xujiawu who admired Xu Chu and planned to follow him on the road of "righteous thieves" were re-conquered by their idol and sent back.
Xujiawu.
As for the local villagers, Li Shushi believes that after this "painful" lesson, they may no longer have the courage to continue on this path. Of course, the premise is that their habitual leader will no longer
Come up with more exciting cups.
After successfully walking out of Jingxing Mountain, Li Shushi and his party aimed directly at Zhending County in Changshan Kingdom.
Speaking of which, Li Shushi hasn't been here again for several years since he went to Julu Road last time and helped solve some troubles here. By the way, he had his first encounter with Chu Yan. Although the development of ancient society was far from being as productive as
Compared with the greatly developed modern society, but considering that we are now in a relatively chaotic era, Li Shushi really does not dare to make any guarantees in this regard, but thinking about nothing else, at least self-protection should be no problem.
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In fact, when Li Shushi and his party were walking on the Jingxing Trail, they had actually entered the territory of Changshan County, and when they walked out of the east entrance of the Jingxing Trail, they had actually entered the interior of Changshan County. But because the county seat of Jingxing County is
It is in the northwest of Jingxing Mountain, so Li Shushi and his party basically have no interaction with it.
To the south of Jingxingkou is Yuanshi County, the seat of Changshan County. At that time, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two famous generals in Hebei Province, were often ravaged by Lu Bu at Yan Liang's mansion in Yuanshi County, and were fought in various ways by others. However,
For the two martial arts idiots, although being bullied by Lu Bu was a bit miserable, it was not so unacceptable as long as they were beaten happily.
But now, because of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's outstanding performance during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and their subsequent bravery when Huangfu Song annihilated the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, Huangfusong valued these two people, so when he left Jizhou and went to the northwest battlefield,
At that time, it was natural for him to bring these two newly discovered generals with great potential to his side.
Of course, Huangfusong was not only accompanied by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but also by Gao Lan and Jiang Qi. Huangfusong took away many potential newcomers who emerged from the war from the land of Yanzhao. It has to be said that for
For generals, troubled times may be more suitable for them
Some, because only in troubled times can they get more opportunities to perform. Otherwise, they will just stay there to survive their seniority or flatter various officials. I am afraid that by the time they climb to a high enough position, their talent and motivation will have been worn away.
That's it.
Although Li Shushi felt a little regretful not being able to see his old friends, it also made Li Shushi quite happy that his old friends had a good future or an opportunity to display their talents. The only thing that worried Li Shushi was the northwest.
The army has chaotic and complicated factional relations. Originally, there were already some conflicts and resentments between the Central Army and the powerful powers in the northwest. Now with the addition of troops from Hebei, I wonder if they will suffer from both sides if they are caught in the middle?
Walking northeast from Jingxingkou is Li Shushi's next stop destination - Zhending County.
On the way from Jingxingkou to Zhending County, Li Shushi could clearly feel the changes caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Jizhou, a large state that ranked among the top three in terms of population and wealth. There were obviously many more graves on both sides of the road, and the number of people traveling on the road
There are also a lot less pedestrians and caravans. Many villages have been completely deserted, and the markets that were often seen three years ago are now nowhere to be found. Even if you can occasionally see a few people passing by in a hurry on the road.
OK
People, the eyes of the other party looking at Li Shushi and his party were also full of vigilance. It was obvious that neither the remnants of the corrupted Yellow Turban Army nor the arrogant officers and soldiers made the people of Jizhou feel the slightest bit of safe environment.
Not to mention that on the way, Li Shushi heard that many wealthy businessmen and small powerful people had their homes confiscated and exterminated by officials on the grounds that they were in contact with the Yellow Turban Army. Those people who had received land from Zhang Jiao before would now also face the liquidation of the landlords.
Although Jia Cong, the new governor of Jizhou, is a good official, as soon as he took office, he went against the habit of previous governors to hang curtains on the cars they were riding to show that they were covered.
Listen widely to discern good and evil, so naturally you will not
Hanging up curtains to hide his own eyes and ears. But no matter how tough Sheriff Black Cat is, he can't stop the overflow of rats. Although Jia Cong's behavior is widely spread in Jizhou, all he can do is to impeach a few corrupt officials who have great complaints from the public and eliminate them.
Several groups of excessive bandits.
To be honest, there are actually very few good officials in these days, but there are a little more conscientious powerful officials than commendable officials. After all, because of the war, even those powerful officials have been greatly affected. In order to protect themselves
For the interests of the family, it is necessary to appease the uneasy people who have lost their ability to survive. In this way, they can expand their strength lost in the war, and secondly, they can also make the area they are in relatively stable, and have
Conducive to the survival of the family.
If you add in some real and fake reclusive "gentlemen" who pretend to be aloof or are really unwilling to collude with the central government, it is often difficult to endure loneliness.
Whether it was to open up wasteland to cultivate land or to reproduce human beings, they could not express their specialness anyway, so these people began to gather the villagers to educate them.
In a big forest, there are all kinds of birds, and when there are more people, everything is possible. Therefore, in order to ensure the harmony and stability of the small society, especially their own personal safety, many "high scholars" select more and more famous people from the villagers who gather in their own country.
Obedient and strong people form a violent organization. If you go out, you can shake a hundred miles around; if you go in, you can keep your own house safe and sound for a dozen miles around.
Of course, there are similar knight-errants like Cao Ren of Pei and Li Tong of Jiangxia. Because they possess the most important thing for self-protection in troubled times - force, many people rely on them for peace. Over time,
They are also a force that cannot be underestimated. However, compared with those "high scholars", these people's groups are obviously more military and are more likely to become bandits.
Therefore, when Li Shushi and his party entered Zhending County and found that the scene inside was obviously different from before, he had some doubts that there might be similar organizations here, otherwise why would the pedestrians here have such expressions on their faces?
It looks safe, and not only are there no barren scenes in the fields on both sides of the road, but you can even see many working farmers.
However, although he was a little curious in his heart, Li Shushi did not intend to learn more about it. After all, he was just here to visit friends.
However, who told his team to be big enough and eye-catching enough? So not long after Li Shushi and his party entered Zhending, they were stopped by a dozen villagers with weapons.
Of course, it is unrealistic to see the arrogant siege by the villagers. Although the opponent has an advantage in playing at home, the hundreds of people around Li Shushi are not just a decoration, not to mention that Li Shushi has government officials.
The road guides distributed, such a group with status and strength are definitely not something that a dozen villagers can insult at will.
In fact, after the other party proved the legal identity of Li Shushi and his party, other than suggesting that two people should be left to guide Li Shushi and his party, they did not do anything extra. When they knew that Li Shushi and his party planned to visit Zhaojia Village,
After making friends, he enthusiastically sent a person to report the news, and his attitude towards Li Shushi and his party became much more familiar.
"Haha, I said that with that figure and appearance he must be our leader, you still don't believe it."
So, when Li Shushi and his party were walking on the road leading to Zhaojiacun, a group of young people on horseback appeared head-on. The young man in the lead was wearing a leather armor inlaid with iron plates.
You can hear his excited voice.
"Bo Ren, they, are they talking about you?"
Seeing the excitement of those people, Xu Chu didn't quite understand. Maybe he actually understood, but he just didn't want to understand it himself.
"Zhongkang, are you jealous? It's just some friends you made before. My lord hadn't joined the Yellow Turban Army at that time, so it's not surprising that you don't know them. But they are all simple villagers, just like that little Zilong
Girl's the same."
Well, for these two muscular men whose relationship is getting more and more strange, Li Shushi said that he has no intention of getting involved at all. He will not be like a certain black dwarf who originally had such an outstanding old love but became equally outstanding because of her new love.
In the end, the new love didn't know how to make a choice, so she had to secretly instigate a fight between the new love and the old love. The old love died of jealousy, and the new love finally got what he wanted.
"Husband, do you no longer need a concubine after you have Zilong?" Well, sooner or later you will have to pay back the concubine.
"Xiahou boy, I know you are such a restless little guy. Come to the training ground later and let me see if you have become a man during this time. Don't let me down."
"Teacher, Xiaolan, I have not been idle these past few years. I have risked my life for the safety of my fellow villagers."
"Me too!" "Coach, me too." "Brother Lan is not the only one who is working hard, I have also been working hard."
Although Xia Houlan and his companions behind him were smiling so brightly at this time, Li Shushi could smell the smoke of gunpowder on them. Although Chu Yan had used his position in the Yellow Turban Army to take care of his own
Hometown, but it still can't stop many troubles that he doesn't know about from invading here. However, seeing that the situation in Zhending County is obviously completely different from the situation in the surrounding counties, then it is obvious that those who were originally trained by Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others
The credit of the young people.
"Yes, you are already brave men."
At this time, Li Shushi, who was far away, had the same emotion in his heart as Dian Wei.
p.s. God Nine ascends to heaven, blessings. I hope that we can see the wonders of interstellar travel in our lifetime.
p.s. Once you have passed the hurdle that you couldn’t overcome no matter how hard you try, looking back, it’s really just that—I felt after watching England vs. Sweden.
