Beyond the Three Mountains, this is a place called Zhouzhou County.
In other words, Sanshanling itself should be under the jurisdiction of Zhouzhou County.
Rucheng, the head of last week's county, is a very ancient city. When the Yan Dynasty was founded eight hundred years ago, it was already one of the largest cities in the world.
It was just a real-time migration, and now Changru City is in quite a state of decline.
The geography of the county is very special, it is located on a highland plain surrounded by mountains.
In the war years, it was a natural strategic base that could act as a deterrent to attack the plains and fertile fields below.
During the Taiping Period, this area became a mountainous area with poor traffic. In addition, it was located in the hinterland of Dayan and lost its strategic value. Naturally, it received less attention.
Speaking of which, the entire geographical environment of Zhouzhou County is like an enlarged version of the Three Mountains!
When Jiang Sibai and the others walked out of Sanshanling, they were naturally going to Changrucheng, the county seat of Zhou County.
This is the first stop of their trip, just to see if the governor of Zhouzhou County is reliable and suitable for the upcoming troubled times.
If it is not suitable, in this troubled world and the reincarnation of humanity, it is better not to entrust Sanshanling to the government for the time being.
In this case, it is up to Jiang Sibai to figure out how to settle the people.
As for the second stop, it is Changrufang City, near Changrucheng.
This 'Changrufang City' is not a place officially named by the Yan Kingdom, but a place where practitioners in the spiritual world spontaneously established to communicate with each other.
When the three of them entered Changru City, they naturally had to tidy up to prevent others from thinking that they were dressed differently.
However, no matter how the three of them dressed up, they would not look like villagers and villagers, so Jiang Sibai simply changed into student clothes, pretending to be students studying here, and entered the city with his family.
This ancient city of Changru is home to many run-down aristocratic families, but they are not surprised by this and do not reveal their faults.
And they were wandering around the city to inquire about news.
It turned out that the most suitable place to inquire about information in Changru City was not the largest restaurant in the city, but a small wine shop near the public school.
There are many young scholars in this small tavern who comment on the world, and even the figures of the current dynasty are constantly commenting. Jiang Sibai pretends to be a handsome scholar and hangs out among them, but he does not look outstanding at all.
At that time, women could not show their faces in public, so Yuan Ling pretended to be his wife and Xue Qi pretended to be his sister, and they sat at the same table with their faces covered with gauze scarves.
"You don't know, something big happened in the Huangling Mountains in the south."
"What happened? Which family rebelled again?"
"That's rebellion."
"What's so strange about this? These days, let alone border counties, there are rebellions every year even in the heart of the country, but no matter what, it only takes the local governor to dispatch soldiers from one county to put them out."
"Hmph, so something big happened this time, because the rebels in Huangling Mountain not only defeated the county soldiers and seized a county's arsenal, but also set up an ambush on the march of the imperial army's anti-rebellion army, causing almost all of the 30,000 imperial army to be defeated.
The army was destroyed!"
"This...this is really a big deal!"
"What else can we do? The rebels in Huangling Mountain have now begun to take shape. They have begun to attack the surrounding cities and seize territory. Our county has always been lax in its armament this week and we will probably suffer a military disaster sooner or later."
At this time, Jiang Sibai couldn't help but ask: "My dear friends, even if the county's military preparedness was slack last week, it still won the geographical advantage. I think if the prefect responded in time, he could at least gather the county soldiers to guard the territory and calm the people."
As a result, his question aroused the laughter of the students next to him.
"I'm afraid this brother doesn't know much about our prince. If we ask him about poems, songs, verses, scriptures, and excerpts from this prince, he is the best choice. But if we ask him about the government affairs of the county, he can only
'Cure by doing nothing'!"
Someone else mocked and added: "If you ask him about military strategy again, I'm afraid he will just say, 'What can I do?'"
Everyone laughed for a moment, and temporarily forgot about their worries just now.
Jiang Sibai felt helpless when he heard this. If Wang Taishou was just a person who wanted to talk about fame, then Sanshanling should continue to be isolated in the mountains.
But what was unexpected was that these students turned to chatting about other things.
"Speaking of which, instead of hoping that Lord Wangfu can cheer up, it would be better to believe that King Zhouzhou will protect Zhouzhou County with the kingdom's guards."
"Is this the third generation of King Zhou? Moreover, Old Wang is seriously ill. Now it's his turn to divide the princes. How much strength will he have to guard Zhou County?"
"It's sad to say that this Zhou County was originally the Kingdom of Zhou. However, after this order passed down from generation to generation, the area of Zhou Kingdom is only on the plain south of Changru City."
"Now that we are enfeoffing again, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Zhou itself will exist in name only."
Jiang Sibai's ears immediately pricked up when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a truth in it.
According to the geographical relationship, his Three Mountains are actually within the territory of Zhouzhou State and not under the jurisdiction of Zhouzhou County.
At this time, I heard a scholar say: "There is nothing to worry about. Everyone understands the principle of extending grace orders. There is no long-lasting kingdom in this world, otherwise the court will be unhappy."
"And I heard that because Lao Wang was seriously ill this time, the prince was in charge of the enfeoffment. He had decided to enfeoff all his younger brothers into the surrounding mountain lairs in order to preserve the national strength of the Zhou Kingdom.
damage."
Jiang Sibai pondered in his mind: [Should we go find out if the boundaries of Sanshanling have been enfeoffed?]
Hearing this, Yuan Ling said clearly: [Aren't we going to be able to handle a helpless little prince with all our hands?]
Jiang Sibai laughed when he heard this and said: [Let me remind you, I am also a 'helpless little prince'. 】
Yuan Ling looked over curiously: [What, what do you want to express?]
Jiang Sibai touched his nose and said: [Nothing, let’s continue talking about the matter at hand, I just don’t know where to find out the news about this. 】
Xueqi was bored to see the two of them flirting with each other, and she suddenly blew a puff of mist into the wine shop.
And the people who inhaled the mist, that is, the students in the entire wine shop, seemed not to notice anything.
Jiang Sibai and Yuan Ling both looked at her with confusion, as if asking what she had done.
Xueqi tilted her head and said, "You guys are so inefficient in inquiring about information. Now you just ask, and make sure they answer exactly what you ask, and you won't even notice at all."
Jiang Sibai felt it for a moment and praised: "This is a kind of illusion, right? It's amazing."
Xueqi said reservedly: "You're welcome, my Qingqiu Fox Clan is good at illusions, and the illusion you used before, Fellow Daoist Jiang, to deal with the Dangchuan Demon Kingdom was also very powerful, and it directly confused thousands of demon soldiers."
This is a business blow-up.
Yuan Ling sighed and said: "It's my sister who can use this method. We have the responsibilities of the priests. If we are discovered doing this, it will violate the rules of heaven."
This is interesting. The premise of 'if discovered' is to violate the rules of heaven. This shows that in Yuan Ling's eyes, this rule of heaven is nothing at all.
But the method is not the point, the point is that they finally got the information they wanted.