In terms of territory and population size, the Twelve Princes Territory is comparable to the Spring and Autumn Kingdom of ancient China. The Liyang Territory is among the top six great states among the Twelve Princes States, and the nobles who rule this great state
The monarch, at this moment, was around to point out the country and happily introduce the customs and customs of Liyang.
With such exceptional treatment, no matter how dull Gu Chen was, he should have guessed the true meaning behind it, but it was difficult for him to feel happy.
To be honest, "loyalty to the monarch", "devoted service", etc. on the earth are concepts that have long been swept into the garbage dump of history, and Gu Chen has no intention of reshaping his own values. Becoming a retainer of the Wu Mansion is definitely out of the question.
But if you regard the Juvenile Supervision Department as a profession where you only receive a salary, it is not impossible to consider it.
However, the problem is that Gu Chen is really not willing to work under a female boss-she has a tough style and is an older woman. Coupled with the status of her immediate boss, for Gu Chen who is not very good at rejecting others, such a person is simply...
An existence like a natural enemy! He is the type who tries not to get involved in his job and hides as far away as possible.
Of course, this may just be a personal bias, but since it is rare to travel to another world, Gu Chen really wants to live a leisurely life that is not associated with the stressful workplace. Therefore, when the female boss looked over as if nothing had happened, Gu Chen had already guessed what she was going to say.
What, and my answer has already been decided in my heart.
"Among the Twelve Princes, although we, Li Yang, have abundant resources of wood and iron from the Southern Barbarians, our level of Fangshu lags far behind those of other countries in the Central Plains. I think Gu Qing is very enthusiastic about Fangshu, and Chao Weng
I appreciate you very much. In that case, why not come to Liyang Mansion to make a career and live up to Gu Qing's great talent."
"I am so grateful for the kind invitation from the master." Gu Chen bowed his hands to Wu Yan. "Although Gu Chen is a wandering cloud and wild crane, he also knows the principle of the kindness of the country. I have the kindness to take in and support this place. If Li Yang
If there are difficulties in the future, I will try my best to help."
"If Li Yang is in trouble, will he help him..."
This promise is the maximum limit that Gu Chen currently accepts, and it is almost the same as the advice given to Wu Yan by the female secretary.
However, for the female headmaster who was eager to take this chess piece with extraordinary potential into her hands, this was obviously not an answer that satisfied her. The two invitations failed to impress the quasi-zao in front of him, which made Wu Yan's eyes appear concealed.
He couldn't help but look disappointed, but it would be the king's fault not to show it at this time.
"Although I hope that Qing Gu can be by my side to help me, but this...that's it."
Wu Yan sighed and shook his head, moving his gaze to the scenery in front of him as if to relieve his depression. Next to him, Gu Chen couldn't find the words to say anything, so he simply followed suit. There were gusts of mountain wind blowing on the hillside,
This young man and woman, whose identities were very different and had no ambiguous relationship, were looking into the distance side by side for the time being.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Wu Yan was the first to say "eh" and break the silence.
"What is that?"
Looking down from the top of the slope, one can clearly see the landforms for dozens of miles around, but what caught Wu Yan's attention was a corner of the southwest woodland.
"It seems like there's someone there?"
Gu Chen moved his gaze over. It was too far away to see clearly, but he could vaguely see a group of people moving quickly along the edge of the forest. The movement of the group of people could not be called regular, and the organization seemed to be in chaos. As for the
The reason for his panicked flight was probably the large groups of mud-colored monsters that were constantly emerging from the forest behind.
"Wild monsters are attacking the caravan!?" Gu Chen was shocked when he saw it.
"It's not a caravan, it's the residents of the settlement who are fleeing." The female manager next to him corrected the master in a voice that was so calm that no emotion could be felt. "Summer is a period when the monster tribe is particularly active, and some settlements cannot withstand the monsters.
When attacked, the residents will abandon their settlements and flee collectively to take refuge in the city. It is not uncommon."
Wu Yan said that it was not unusual for settlement people to flee, but leaving aside the pioneers, it was the first time for Gu Chen to see ordinary people being oppressed by famines. Gu Chen's mind pictured a team of settlement people dragging their children with their children, encountering strange things
The miserable scene of being chased while running and crying made me shudder uncontrollably.
"By the way, call Yuqiying over..."
"There's no rush. If you wait until the Yuqi camp gathers before going, there won't be anything left there."
Wu Yan asserted calmly, squinting and observing the woodland below for a few breaths, then turned around and picked up his red-feathered land bird.
"I'll leave it to you to contact the Yuqi camp, Gu Qing, I'll hold off for a while."
Wu Yan took out two signal tubes from the saddle and threw them to Gu Chen, and then shook the reins, and the fire bird suddenly rushed out. Gu Chen, who took the signal tube, seemed to be shouting something from behind, but Mulu was not able to do it according to his body.
It was burned out due to frictional heat, and at this time he could no longer summon his mount to accompany Wu Yan.
Of course, it was common knowledge that Master Fang lacked force, and Wu Yan never thought of leading someone to charge into battle.
What's more, Master Fang himself is an important person in need of protection, so Wu Yan gave him the signal tube. The training ground of Yuqi camp is not far from here. As long as he follows the smoke letter to find it, he can bring Gu Chen under his protection, but when the time comes, the forest land
The riots on the fringes have probably come to an end.
"We have to catch up, Firebird."
Wu Yan patted his mount's neck and took out the long whip from behind his waist.
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The wild monsters are born from the spiritual Brahma. They move in the form of elements such as earth, stone, metal, and wood. In fact, they do not rely on drinking blood and eating meat to survive. The reason why the wild monsters attack villages and settlements and passing business trips is to protect the territory.
, or they want to plunder the man-made artifacts inside.
For example, iron tools such as sickles and hoes, or currency such as copper and silver coins, these elemental objects that cannot be generated in nature have a fatal attraction for monsters like flowers and swarms of bees. In order to obtain them, monsters will even leave their territory to attack human settlements.
, this situation is especially serious in summer.
If the residents of the settlement obediently abandon those objects and run away, the monsters will not particularly want to pursue them. But the problem is that whether the currency is copper and silver coins, or the tools are sickles and hoes, they are all precious materials that the settlement relies on to survive. If
If they are allowed to be devoured by wild monsters, the entire farming community may starve to death before next year.
In order to protect supplies, the settlement people had to fight against the incoming monsters. However, they lacked elixirs and weapons, and it was difficult for them to fight against the monsters who had an advantage in terms of numbers and strength. It was good to have pioneers to support them, but there were
When the pioneers couldn't catch up, the settlers who couldn't bear it could only pack all the valuable assets of the settlement into cage trucks, then abandon the settlement and temporarily flee to the city, and then return to their homes after the summer.
Routine activities like this are called "escape".
Without the protection of the trap wall, the fleeing settlement people are particularly vulnerable.
Along the way, the wild monsters will frequently attack the caged cars in progress, and the bloodless and tearless monsters will have no special reason to hesitate when it comes to massacring the settlement residents who try to resist. As the head of Liyang, Wu Yan has seen this before
Many times, in order to protect the property, we have fought with monsters until the whole village was wiped out.
The same is true for the settlement people who were attacked by the mud monster. They only relied on flesh and blood to fight against the monsters. If they were left alone, they would probably end up in the same end in a short time.