Chapter nine hundred and ninety-fifth shocking experience
It took two full months for Li Chunfeng to arrive in Qingzhou after a long journey.
Entering the territory of Qingzhou, he was keenly aware that the atmosphere here was quite strange, very different from other places in the Tang Dynasty that he had traveled through.
It is as if here and in other parts of the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial government and local aristocratic families co-governed the situation, there was something strange and unexplainable.
The people here live a prosperous life, which is obviously better than other places they have traveled.
Although it was a bit strange, Li Chunfeng didn't care much about it. The Tang Empire was just established, and it was full of vitality just like the blazing sun. The atmosphere in both the court and the officialdom was quite good, and the chance of having a minister capable of governing the local area was not small.
However, after entering the territory of Qingzhou, Li Chunfeng was shocked by the conversation and knowledge of the people he met, whether in towns or outside the countryside.
It seems that here, knowledge is no longer the monopoly of wealthy families, but even rural farmers have the opportunity to read and write?
Are you kidding me?
Maybe Qingzhou is rich and ordinary people also have money and food to provide their children with education and literacy, right?
Although aristocratic families have a monopoly on knowledge, it is only the humble words of saints and the essence of various schools of thought. It does not completely cut off the opportunities for common people and children from poor families to read and write.
There were also private schools in rural villages, and the imperial court encouraged them.
After all, this is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, so it is understandable that the cultural atmosphere is richer.
Even so, Li Chunfeng felt in his heart that the situation in Qingzhou was not that simple.
When he saw a man dressed as a peasant, in a small market in a certain town, he knocked the evil young man and his thugs to the ground without even daring to fart one more time.
, Li Chunfeng suddenly realized.
Why did he always feel that the atmosphere in Qingzhou was wrong? Now he finally understands.
The libertines and second-generation ancestors who were often seen in the big cities of nearby prefectures and counties were rarely seen after entering the territory of Qingzhou.
Li Chunfeng did not think that this was the result of the flourishing literary style. Even the most prosperous place in the capital like Chang'an was indispensable for all kinds of messy knights and libertines. How could the wealthy Qingzhou be so spared?
Now he fully understands that martial arts is at its peak in Qingzhou. Even an inconspicuous farmer may possess quite impressive martial arts skills. This is why there are so few prodigals and second-generation ancestors in major towns in Qingzhou.
But, when did Qingzhou's martial arts become so prosperous? Why have I never heard of it before?
Speaking of which, Qingzhou's aristocratic families and the government, how could they allow martial arts to flourish here?
Once the common people at the bottom have the force to resist, if you think about it, you will know that whether it is the government or the local aristocratic families, it is simply wishful thinking to use their power to suppress people and seize monopoly interests.
If the people at the bottom who have considerable military power are really angered, neither the local government nor the wealthy families can afford the serious consequences of forcing the people to rebel.
It's not that the court is investigating, but it may be that during the turmoil, not only the government was directly breached, but his death was in vain, the manor where the aristocratic family lived was completely destroyed, and they were directly removed from the local high-level group.
But, how did these low-level people learn powerful martial arts?
Weird, really weird!
Because he had important matters, Li Chunfeng did not contact the representatives of local forces in Qingzhou, but rushed directly to several counties controlled by Taiping Dao.
Taiping Dao is quite different from other Taoist branches. They actually occupied two counties and became a veritable local power. I don’t know why they can still maintain it until now without being dealt with by the imperial court or local powerful people?
Li Chunfeng didn't really believe that the legacy of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, which had taken the initiative to relocate back then, would have such great influence. There should be some secrets that he didn't know about.
It took some time to rush to Beihai County, the hometown of Taiping Road. As soon as we entered the Beihai County area, we were shocked by the environment here that was different from the rest of Qingzhou, and even other places in the Tang Empire.
When we arrived in Beihai County, although the carriages were still on the road, they were obviously very different from ordinary carriages.
Li Chunfeng's cultivation level is not weak. How could he not sense the fluctuations of spiritual power emitted by the cart driving on the official road?
Talisman car?
I immediately reacted in my heart. According to Master Yuan Tiangang, in the entire Central Plains cultivation world, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had conducted very in-depth research on Talismans. At one time, the entire Central Plains cultivation world had become popular in practicing Talismans.
It has become the mainstream of spiritual practice.
However, the Cao Wei Empire deliberately suppressed it later, and in that short-lived dynasty dominated by aristocratic families, Fu Dao became almost a category that everyone in the spiritual world disdained, and it has completely lost its former glory since then.
However, it is obvious that Fu Dao is still used frequently in the home of Taiping Dao in Qingzhou.
Leaving his BMW at a nearby official inn, Li Chunfeng wanted to experience the difference in his hometown on Taiping Road firsthand, so he started by taking a ride on a talisman car.
After a few days of familiarity, he had a basic understanding of the Taiping Road lair.
The public transportation system here is quite developed. All rune carriages are available. As long as you pay a small amount of money, you can go back and forth in the city or even a certain county. This is intercity transportation.
If you want to go to other counties and towns, you will have to take a long-distance rune carriage.
After carefully researching the intercity transportation and long-distance transportation routes, Li Chunfeng spent a hundred copper coins to catch a rune carriage heading to the county where the core of Taiping Road is located.
It is said to be a carriage, but in fact the carriage is very large and long, enough to carry fifty passengers at a time, but there are only four horses pulling the carriage, and they still take turns to rest and pull the carriage.
Just this point alone made Li Chunfeng secretly surprised.
The long-distance talisman carriage he was riding in was five feet long and nearly two feet wide. It was definitely a behemoth. It felt quite heavy just by looking at it. I didn't expect that it could be easily pulled by just two strong horses?
When the long-distance train started and drove easily on the spacious and flat road at a neither fast nor slow speed, the worry in my heart completely disappeared and was replaced by full of curiosity.
Feeling the spiritual power of the runes on the carriage and the walls of the car, I was slightly immersed and could easily figure out the principle: these are the weight loss talisman array and the acceleration talisman array, which are very basic and simple uses of talismans.
For him who has broken through to the Earth Immortal level, it is not an incomprehensible trouble.
Of course, this is all he can understand. As for the functions or peculiarities of the long-distance talisman vehicle that is quite mature, it is currently difficult to fully understand.
On the contrary, the conversation between the passengers next to him aroused his interest.
"Isn't this Lao Zhou? Why are you traveling far away?"
"Buy some school supplies for my boy. No matter how far away you are, you have to come here, right?"
"Yes, the children at home have all grown up and are about to graduate from school. I just wonder what the academic performance of that boy in your family is, Lao Zhou?"
"It's not bad, that kid is quite obsessed with martial arts training. After graduating from elementary school, he entered the martial arts school. When he graduates, he will be a third-rate military general!"
"Tsk tsk, Lao Zhou, your son is definitely a top student in the martial arts school. When he graduated, he was actually a third-rate military general. I'm afraid if he works hard, he can hit the first-rate military general or even the peerless general level before he is thirty. Regardless of whether he is here or not.
When you get outside, it’s all delicious food!”
"I hope he can stay at home. Although he won't be rich, his life will not be too bad, and he can still get a good position in the army. It's just that this kid is too ambitious and wants to go out and make a living!"
"It's good to go out and make a living. After all, your kid has the strength of a third-rate military general after graduation. He can easily stand out in the Tang army. He might even become a general after a few years!"
"Haha, things are not that simple. The situation in the Tang Dynasty is relatively stable at the moment. There are not many big battles to fight. It is said that the internal battles in the Tang army are not simple. If not, they may have to be tricked by those generals who come from aristocratic families.
, I’m just worried that the boy won’t be able to bear it and will get angry!”
"What are you afraid of? The worst thing you can do is come back. Anyway, it's not like we can't tolerate talents here. The chaos outside also tends to make people feel unhappy!"
"Who says it's not the case? As far as I know, the Tang Dynasty has just been established, and the Tang Emperor's military authority is quite intimidating. Otherwise, those wealthy families will definitely not stay there!"
"Haha, it is estimated that this situation will not last long. As time goes by, it will return to the old way of controlling most of the resources. The number of talents that Emperor Tang can trust is too small!"
"Isn't this the idea of our place? Speaking of which, these emperors are really useless. They feel threatened by the aristocratic family, but they dare not learn from the education system we had here, and they refuse to fully believe in the talents we have trained.
, no wonder he was ridiculed by those aristocratic families!"
The two familiar passengers were chatting animatedly, but Li Chunfeng, who had heard everything next to him, was shocked and stunned.
He turned around and glanced at the two middle-aged men who were chatting animatedly as if there was no one around. He felt the aura of warriors from them, but there was nothing special about them.
But where did they get the courage to comment on the current emperor and the world situation?
What made Li Chunfeng curious was that although the words spoken by these two middle-aged men, who had nothing special about them, were bold and shocking, the content was quite informative, and their analysis of the situation in the Tang Dynasty was also very reliable.
This is not simple.
Looking at the surrounding passengers who looked okay or showed approval, it was obvious that not only did they understand, but they also had their own opinions.
Li Chunfeng didn't know what to say for a moment. Such a scene was difficult for him to accept.
Just two ordinary passers-by can point out the situation and speak eloquently, and some of the content is really what it is, which means that the opinions and comments of the two passers-by are not all lies.
A person with such vision and vision would have become famous and revered by scholars in other areas of the Tang Dynasty.
But on this long-distance train, which was not full, it was obvious that the two middle-aged people were enjoying the content, and it did not cause much trouble at all...