Chapter 938: The terrifying bottom-level force of Qingzhou
Prosperity, prosperity, extraordinary prosperity!
The closer he got to Qingzhou Yellow Turban, the more amazing what Ma Chao saw and heard.
Going deeper along the spacious and flat official road, there is a sizable village every thousand miles or so. The deeper you go into the hinterland of Qingzhou, the closer you get to the Yellow Turban Territory, the more prosperous it becomes.
A village has a population of hundreds of thousands, and its commercial streets are all bustling and noisy, with constant business travelers that would be the envy of Ma Chao and others.
As expected, the talisman car has become a standard here. No matter what business you are doing, if you need a car, it must be a talisman car.
When he arrived at the villages behind, he felt a little numb. The sight of one or two talisman carts per family made him and his subordinates feel envious.
However, after going deep into Qingzhou for a long time, he also discovered an unusual place, that is, the villages along the official road were each larger than the last, and each one was also more prosperous and noisy than the last.
On the contrary, Ma Chao went over to take a look at the towns that were not around the official road. Although there was still a constant flow of people and cars, he clearly felt that the prosperity and liveliness were not as good as those of the villages along the official road.
Later, after asking around, I found out that the villages along the official road were all territories protected by the Yellow Turbans.
When the Yellow Turbans were repairing and widening the official roads, they had already warned that other forces in Qingzhou would not be allowed to use forceful means to target the villages along the official roads, otherwise the Yellow Turbans would take heavy action.
Looking at the entire Qingzhou, and even including the entire northern region, there is not a single force that has the courage not to give the Yellow Turbans face or listen to the instructions.
Even though the Yellow Turban Leader has been hiding in the four counties of Qingzhou, showing an attitude of not participating in the world's struggle for hegemony, no one dared to ignore the Yellow Turban Leader's greeting.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with the convenient transportation of the spacious and flat official roads, that the villages distributed along the official roads have developed rapidly, and even have the size of small towns.
However, with the Yellow Turban leaders preparing documents for their safety, and the strength of their own security team not bad, they did not bother to build any protective measures such as city walls, and still maintained the appearance of the village.
This also makes it easier for these villages to expand without having to worry about infringements such as insufficient land inside the city walls.
As for the towns far away from official roads, they are all occupied by groups of strong men, but they do not dare to act recklessly. They only dare to follow the example of the Yellow Turban collars to develop the economy and people's livelihood.
Although the Yellow Turbans did not take the initiative to repair and widen the roads connected to the official roads, these towns were originally the core nodes of Qingzhou. As long as they are willing to develop the people's livelihood economy and take advantage of the good environment of Qingzhou and Beidi, they want to develop and expand.
It's not difficult to a certain extent.
Some town lords who are smart and want to curry favor with the Yellow Turban collars have already begun to purchase road-building rune equipment from the Yellow Turban collars. They plan to invite Yellow Turban collar professionals to help plan roads and prepare to build their own roads and repair their own towns and Yellow Turban collars.
Connected by widened official roads.
I heard that the Yellow Turban Leaders welcomed these visionary local powerful people and prepared to include them within the protection scope of the Yellow Turban Leaders after they repaired the urban roads and official roads.
What surprised Ma Chao was that even such a seemingly insignificant piece of good news excited these thoughtful town owners. They were all proactive and even took the initiative to embrace the Yellow Turban collar even at the cost of the hard-earned money.
thigh.
Anyway, after hearing the news, he was stunned for a while.
For some reason, Ma Chao couldn't help but have an idea in his mind. When the Han Empire was at its peak, the scene when all the nations came to court was probably nothing more than this, right?
Of course, Qingzhou is not a harmonious scene. Disputes and fighting are inevitable.
The Yellow Turbans only occupy the land of four counties, and they also protect the safety of villages along the official road. As for the safety of other towns, it is up to the town lords and the people there to figure out their own solutions.
For this reason, there are still several bandit forces in Qingzhou that specialize in robbing these towns. They just don't go too far, but their nature is still that of first-rate bandits.
Even the owners of many towns far away from the official roads, even located in the hinterland of hills, also participated in the robbery, turning a good town into a smoky mess and turning it into a den of thieves.
Of course, Ma Chao only heard about it and did not know what the real situation was.
In short, as he and his men marched along the spacious and flat official road, the environment was unprecedentedly peaceful, not to mention that there were not many bandits who dared to take the initiative to cause trouble.
No wonder the entire official road is filled with an indescribable atmosphere of prosperity. People and cars are coming and going in an endless stream. Just look at the talisman carts loaded with goods, and the neat clothes of the people in the villages along the way.
The rosy complexion shows how nourishing this kind of life is.
While the place was wealthy, the villages they passed on the road were not weak in military force, and there were mysterious and powerful Yellow Turbans holding books. Ma Chao and his men felt a rare peaceful atmosphere along the way.
As a general in charge of the army, Ma Chao was shocked by the prosperity he saw along the way, but he was more concerned about the flourishing martial arts in the villages along the official road.
Every time I find a village to rest, in addition to the bustling market scene, there are martial arts training and sparring scenes everywhere. Everyone is practicing regular martial arts in the military. The closer you get to the Yellow Turban, the more elite masters there are.
When he arrived at a certain village, he even saw a young man in the village practicing the normal Qi training method of a military commander under the guidance of some young men.
This surprise is no small matter.
That is a method for military commanders to practice qi. Although the level is not high in Ma Chao's opinion, as long as the village boy who practices it works hard and keeps up with the food and nutrition, he can at least practice to the top level. If he is a bit more talented, he may still be able to
Able to practice to the level of a third-rate general.
Even though the third-rate generals are inconspicuous, the generals who serve as the backbone of the army under the major princes and forces are exactly the level of third-rate generals.
Take the Xiliang Allied Forces as an example. A third-rate military general is already considered the commander-in-chief of an army of 100,000 people. A family of small military generals may not necessarily have the inheritance of Qi training methods for military generals of this level!
By now, Ma Chao has finally figured out that in the many villages along the spacious and flat official roads, the military martial arts and generals' qi training methods circulated in them were all handed down by the Yellow Turban leaders.
It is said that within the Yellow Turban collar, these methods of physical training and improving strength have long been popularized in schools all over the place. Even as the level of the school increases, the level of martial arts training methods that students can practice is getting higher and higher.
Although he was shocked, Ma Chao was quite unhappy. This was completely different from the Ma family's tradition.
I really don’t understand, is there something wrong with the brains of the leader of Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he actually popularizes such precious training resources? Once the students in the school have fully grown up, won’t there be millions of third-rate and above-level generals?
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Whenever I think of this, even with Ma Chao's bravery and boldness, I can't help but feel chills in my heart.
Ask yourself, if he is caught in the siege of a million-level third-rate or above generals, even if he survives the siege, he will be seriously injured, and the most likely outcome is that he will be completely destroyed.
Damn the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, isn't he worried that the emergence of third-rate soldiers numbering in the millions or even tens of millions, as well as powerful military generals, will shake the foundation of the rule of the Yellow Turbans?
Obviously, with Ma Chao's way of thinking, he simply cannot understand the Yellow Turban collar's approach.
And when he and his men came to an area only tens of thousands of miles away from the Yellow Turbans, and finally found the aura of second-rate generals and the aura of big-time third-rate masters in the village where they rested, they cursed secretly in their hearts as usual.
, but has become numb and indifferent.
Obviously, at this level, the military commander training method passed down from the Yellow Turban leader is already quite strong.
What's even more annoying is that the young men and women in the village don't shy away from outsiders watching when they practice martial arts. They practice or sparring on their own, but they don't take the initiative to reveal the core secrets of the martial arts training methods.
That's all, let outsiders observe and gain insight.
In other words, after seeing such a scene, Ma Chao and the rest of the group cheered up and carefully observed the traces of Qingzha and the young men in these villages during their cultivation, and obtained the information they wanted from them.
Especially the subordinates who followed, all of them had red eyes. If Ma Chao hadn't been able to suppress and warn well, these guys might have tried to get the training methods of the second-rate generals practiced by the young men and teenagers in the village.
A confession was forced.
But here, if they dared to take action, Ma Chao estimated that except for his own escape, his subordinates would have almost no chance of survival.
"There's no need to be jealous. Since the Yellow Turban Leader has made these cultivation methods public, we will naturally have a chance to get better ones when we get there. You all should take it easy and don't mess around!"
Ma Chao gave a stern warning. In order to dispel his subordinates' dangerous thoughts, he specifically asked for information in this regard. Sure enough, the information he got was like a basin of cold water, which instantly put out the fire in his subordinates' hearts and made them feel cold.
What they and their group can see can naturally be seen by other outsiders.
Some people are blinded by greed, act irrationally, and then nothing happens.
Ma Chao's village has a population of millions, and there are so many experts among them that once they are mobilized, even Ma Chao can't handle it, let alone other experts. Once he has a wrong idea and takes action, the consequences will be quite disastrous.
This has not yet entered the Yellow Turban Territory area, but the nearby peripheral villages have such strength. I really don’t know how tyrannical the Yellow Turban Territory is?
Based on the strength shown by the villages along the Qingzhou official road, no prince in the world would dare to underestimate them when they unite. If they really fight, they can only be suppressed by sending out peerless warriors. But how can there be so many peerless warriors in the world?
Apart from other things, Ma Chao compared the power he saw when he entered Qingzhou with the Xiliang coalition forces. He was depressed to find that except for Han Sui and Ma Teng, the other coalition forces were no match for the strength outside Qingzhou!