Just like the sun clearing from the clouds, the situation suddenly became much clearer.
In the castle banquet hall, Zhang Yi summoned Song Laohei, Xiaolong, Niu Ben, Xiao Han, Shi Gandang, Li Guaizi, Hu Tiejiang, Zhang Pingan, Anu and Yue Yaer to meet.
The other 24 village owners and the coordinators of the 4 common people's families are not in Mopan City, and a formal common people's alliance meeting will be held later.
Behind Zhang Yi stands a large wooden board with his hand-drawn map of China on it.
"This is the territory of China, everyone," Zhang Yi pointed at the map and said, "Our Mopan City area is only the size of a corn kernel."
Everyone was amazed. It turned out that everyone only had a superficial understanding of Yi Ge's comparison with mutton. Now looking at the map, it became clear that the Mopan City area was really small.
"Give me a corn kernel and you can grow ten thousand acres of grain," Li Guaizi said humorously, "Don't think we only have one Mopan City now, sooner or later there will be tens of thousands of them all over China."
Everyone laughed. It's always good to be optimistic.
Zhang Yi smiled and continued.
"Based on the reports from the two teams of scouts, we have a preliminary grasp of the situation in the surrounding areas. We are sandwiched between three big countries, which were only formed in the past four or five years. The people call them Greater China, Little China and Old China."
"Why are they called China?" Yue Ya'er said, "Isn't the civilization that my sworn brother wants to create called Chinese civilization?"
"That's not called creation, it's called revival. It means restoring the previous civilization. Of course, it will be further optimized and the bad parts will be removed." Zhang Yi explained, "In addition, people living within the territory of China are all Chinese. They are called Zhonghua, which in my opinion is a great thing. It shows that they have brains and have found their roots. Maybe we can come together and create a new Chinese civilization!"
"I have only heard of Old China, the kingdom of Liu Kai, the northwest wolf," Song Laohei said, "but I think he is no longer the hero he was back then, so I don't bother to mention this name. In addition, this is the first time I have heard of it. Big China and Little China are probably not much better."
Zhang Yi nodded in understanding. The old village leader had his own simple values. With the news blocked, he really couldn't hear much information.
"Then what should we do, Yi Ge?" Anu stared at the map and said worriedly, "We are sandwiched between three big countries. What if they come to attack us?"
This is a big issue that concerns everyone.
"Not yet. As long as we don't expand outward, I think there will be a period of stability," Zhang Yi analyzed. "In fact, the Mopan City area is a buffer zone between the three countries. No matter which country captures Here, the existing balance will be broken and a bigger war will break out. Therefore, the three countries will not act rashly. Besides, there are many cottages and bandits here. There were warriors like the overlord General Cao. Any country wants to capture this area. It’s no easy task. What’s more, they themselves are very poor and weak, and the people don’t have enough to eat. It’s very difficult to mobilize an army of tens of thousands.”
Having said this, everyone felt much more at ease.
"They look down on us and say we are bandits and beasts. I am not convinced." Shi Gandang said angrily.
"It makes sense for outsiders to say so," Xiaolong said. "Before Brother Yi led us to come forward, this was a lawless place. General Cao was the biggest bandit leader. He robbed all the cottages. The evil people's stronghold suffered. , just go and rob the weak villages. Evil people are everywhere, what are they if they are not wild beasts?"
"Uh, it's a wild beast. It almost ate our sworn brother." Niu Ben scratched his head and said.
Boom!
Anu punched him hard on the back. How could such a sad thing be mentioned carelessly.
Niu Ben shrank his neck and became silent.
Everyone laughed. This young man, who was as strong as an ox, would definitely be afraid of his wives in the future.
"That's right, if Brother Niu Ben hadn't saved me, there would be no Zhang Yi in the world. Anu, please treat him better in the future." Zhang Yi laughed and said, "You have to admit that in the past, the Mopan City area was indeed unstoppable. It’s a land of wilderness, a land of wild beasts. But we buried the seeds of civilization in this land, and seedlings grew!”
Anu smiled and nodded vigorously.
Hu Tiejiang sincerely praised: "This is indeed an amazing thing. No one else can do it, but Yi Ge did it."
At this moment, Zhang Yi also felt a sense of pride in his heart. He came to this wasteland world and stepped directly into the most dangerous area in the world, Mopan City, where ghosts are haunted. But he stood firm and turned the tables, insisting on living in the barren Make some achievements in the wasteland.
Everyone praised Zhang Yi from the bottom of their hearts. We were all ordinary people, but to follow Yi Ge to accomplish great things and become a person respected by the people was like a dream.
After gathering his composure, Zhang Yi calmed down. He knew that the long march of thousands of miles had just taken the first step, and it was time to take the second step.
"Everyone, what are we least afraid of?" Zhang Yi said passionately, "What we are least afraid of is dealing with evil people! Whether it is General Cao, or the Northwest Wolf Liu Kai, or Zhao Junxi of Greater China, or Li Haotang of Little China .If they are good people, we are willing to make friends with them. If their ambition, ambition and level are stronger than ours, then we are willing to develop friendly relations with them. However, if they are bad people, or are not as ideal and ambitious as us, If you love the people, then they are our enemies!"
"What my sworn brother said is good!"
"If they are enemies, kill them!"
"I don't believe they are better than my sworn brothers!"
"Brother Yi, take us out and unify China!"
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People present became excited and shouted one after another.
Everyone believes that Yi Ge can win the support of the people wherever he goes, and those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. Even the "barbarians" who cannot read a single word have been influenced by Yi Ge, not to mention the people in the outside world. I definitely know more and can better understand what my brother-in-law said.
Zhang Yi asked everyone to calm down and move forward step by step. There is no contact now, so there is no way to decide. This kind of decision is based on strength, and it is too early to say now.
Zhang Yi told everyone about the current tasks, which are to unify the various cottages in the region internally and open up trade routes externally to obtain scarce supplies. Use precious time to develop and grow as quickly as possible, so that you can gain a foothold in the cracks of the three major forces and maneuver with ease.
There are many benefits to opening up trade routes. Not only can you make profits, but you can also obtain information. Zhang Yi decided to take a caravan to Jiyuan City in the near future to learn more about the situation in old China.