Devil’s Advent

At dawn, Blind Bei found Zheng Fan.

There was no trace of fatigue on his face.

Two people sat in the yard, each with a bench, and a small table in the middle, with four bowls of white rice porridge, a plate of pickled ginger, a plate of mustard greens, and two salted duck eggs.

The two first picked up a salted duck egg tacitly together. Blind Bei peeled the whole egg and put it into the porridge bowl. Zheng Fan knocked a hole in one end of the egg. The chopsticks dug out the eggs bit by bit and ate them.

It can be said that the inn was extremely busy last night, and this kind of busyness has continued until now.

But even though everyone has been silent for half a year, when they really started to operate, they were still in order.

Master, this world is indeed different from what we imagined before, and it can be said to be much more interesting.

Um.

Zheng Fan knew that this was a report for himself, so he was not in a hurry, and just waited for Blind Bei to speak slowly.

The information came from the interrogation of Young Master last night and the intelligence from Blind Bei and Xue Sande. As for Fan Li, he should still be in the barbarian caravan at the moment, and he probably won't be back in a short time.

Blind Bei should have made a summary by himself. To be honest, Zheng Fan was really afraid that Blind Bei would bring over the transcribed dossiers and invite him to read them.

He likes this way of reporting while eating breakfast.

My lord, don't dislike me for nagging, I will speak slowly from point to point.

good.

The location where we are now is called Hutou City. The scale of the city is not large. Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a satellite city. Including Hutou City, the entire north of Yan Kingdom and the area where the desert meets belong to Beifeng. County, which is almost the meaning of the province.

There are seven counties in Yan State. In addition to Beifeng County, there are six counties: Lesha, Tiancheng, Xiahu, Sanshi, Huwei, and Yinlang. Yan Guoguo is located in Tiancheng County. It can be said that Tiancheng County is somewhat similar to Gyeonggi.

And Beifeng County is basically regarded as the northern front line of the Yan Kingdom. A hundred years ago, this was the area where the Yan Kingdom and the barbarians fought and fought.

However, firstly, because the barbarians split themselves, the decline of the royal court no longer appealed, and they could no longer gather together to launch a major offensive; The center of gravity shifted to the Central Plains.

Therefore, in the past hundred years, although there have been occasional small frictions between the Yan Kingdom and the barbarian tribes, there have been no major battles with a scale of more than 10,000 people.

Tuman City is the largest city of Yan Kingdom on the edge of the desert. It was called Tuman City in the early years, but because of the tacit understanding and peace between the two sides, the name of the city was changed.

This city is also the capital of Beifeng County. It is a big city. Hutou City where we are located is one of the cities with a defense system built on the basis of Tumancheng. During this period, commerce and trade were relatively developed.

In today's world, Yan, Jin, Chu, and Qian are the four major powers in the world, and some other small countries exist as vassals of the four major powers.

The official system of Yan State is a bit complicated. His political system is actually more like the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, where the monarch and the big family ruled the world together, and the royal family is more like the most powerful one among the clans, that is, the leader of the clans.

The Dagan and Dajin followed the imperial examination system, and the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.

As for the Great Chu, it is a relatively ancient aristocratic system.

Then, from this point of view, aren't the Qian Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom more advanced? Zheng Fan asked.

The Lord is wise.

Sending a basic term first, Blind Bei continued:

It stands to reason that the aristocratic system, the clan system, and the imperial examination system should be a process from backward to advanced, but the development of a country must not only consider its own factors, but also take into account the historical process.

After the founding of the Yan State, because it had faced the threat of desert barbarians for a long time, in order to unite its strength, it had to delegate the power belonging to the monarch. Until now, this has formed the current situation where the clans stand side by side.

Such a system is actually not suitable for centralized power, especially when it comes to opening up to the outside world, it will often be restrained, just like Sun Shiwan in the Three Kingdoms period.

Therefore, even though the Yan State has had peace with the barbarians for nearly a hundred years, and even though the Yan State has the iron cavalry of the Yan State that other countries fear, it still cannot proceed from north to south according to the historical pattern we are familiar with. Unite.

But it is precisely because of Yan's system that when faced with the oppression of Qian and Jin, it will be extremely united internally, because the elites in Yan's country know that once Jin or Qian are allowed to destroy Yan, Their good days are coming to an end.

At the same time, although the Jin and Qian kingdoms had the imperial examination system, but because the country had been established for a long time, the scholar-bureaucrat class could not lose its tail, and became a parasitic class not inferior to the powerful. It is a bit similar to the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, they also lost their aggressiveness and aggressiveness. .

The aristocrats of the state of Chu only know about life and death, and there is still a large area of ​​barren land in their backyard that has not been developed. Therefore, unless other countries take the initiative to fight, they seldom go to war.

There has been no large-scale war between the four countries for nearly fifty years, and they have entered into an era of four-nation confrontation.

Oh, that's how it is.

In addition, my lord, there is another very interesting thing. You can get an interesting piece of information from the county government documents stolen by Xue San, that is, in the west, there is also an existing great empire, and the exchanges between the two parties are quite close. There are often Western missions crossing the desert into the country of Yan, and then transferred from the country to other countries. It can be seen that the exchanges between the East and the West in ancient times in this world were much more frequent than our previous world history.

This is the popularization of geographical knowledge. After the blind man Bei finished speaking, Zheng Fan also ate his first bowl of porridge.

When Zheng Fan picked up the second bowl of porridge, Blind Bei began to report another aspect, that is, the power system of this world.

The interesting thing about this world is that it has monks, magic, battle qi, and warriors. It can be said that there are quite a variety of types.

That prince, oh, his name is Wang Fuqi, and he is a collateral disciple of the Wang family in Beifeng County. This time, he came to Hutou City for a special trip. He said he wanted to experience the desert style. Not a big or small family.

The west majors in magic fighting qi, while the east focuses on comprehension and warriors. They are all divided into nine ranks, with nine being the last and one being the most respected.

Probably, the guard you killed last night, my lord, wasn't even at the ninth rank, or it was about to reach the ninth rank, that is, it looked like it could use a little bit of internal energy.

The wife of the patrol captain I met yesterday told me that her husband is still half a step away from entering the ninth-rank martial arts realm, but he can still crush a blind man to death as easily as an ant.

This Wang family is also based on martial arts. Wang Fuqi is indeed more respected than ordinary people, but he is a collateral child after all, and the guard is also an unqualified role.

Oh, by the way, the strange horse that the master saw at the entrance of the inn earlier should be a wild animal.

According to legend, the mount of the first emperor of the Yan Kingdom was a Pixiu. After the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, the royal families of the Yan Kingdom relied on the blood of the Pixiu to breed and breed, and produced a lot of hybrid varieties, but even the lowest hybrid breed Pixiu Beasts are also necessary for people with status and status.

The Beijing officials released from outside the capital will probably be matched with one horse, and there may be more in some elite cavalry teams.

In fact, for ordinary people, this world is only limited to the one-acre three-point land in front of them. Sometimes they can't even remember the year, and they just repeat the last meal and think about the next one.

The inn had been in business for half a year before, but they knew nothing about this power system. It was enough to see that the sky of the common people was really too narrow.

These things are not considered fresh. Zheng Fan put some pickles into the bowl, ate the remaining porridge, and put down the bowl and chopsticks.

After stretching, he continued to the blind Bei who was sitting in front of him:

Magic, grudges, warriors, and self-cultivation are all things that have been badly written and painted long ago. But it's like watching the news of a war-torn area on TV and getting tired of watching the news when you come to the turbulent area in person. The feeling is completely different, and now I am really excited.

Blind Bei heard the words and nodded his head in agreement. He was also very excited, and his colleagues were also equally excited.

At that moment, the blind Bei, who had just finished a bowl of porridge, said while changing another bowl of porridge:

My lord, there are two things in front of us now. One is to find the way back.

One can be removed. Zheng Fan said without hesitation.

Although there is panic about this strange world in his heart, Zheng Fan really never thought about going back. He came to this world through euthanasia, and in the previous world, he had no relatives and was tortured by illness for several times. In the past year, when I left, I had nothing to worry about, so there was no such thing as finding a way home again.

Blind Bei seemed not at all surprised by Zheng Fan's response, but Zheng Fan had the right to choose, he had to say what he had to say, and continued immediately:

The second thing is that we need to expand our strength according to the plan that the Lord commanded earlier.

Now, what we have is an inn, and only an inn.

In the past six months, the development of the inn has actually been at a standstill from its establishment to the present.

Because at this scale, the money earned can be regarded as decent enough to live on. If you manage the relevant yamen and gangs, you can also get a certain amount of protection and be in a very safe position.

It's not that Feng Siniang and others are incapable of running the inn to a higher level, but that there is no need for it. As smugglers in this world, they have no backing and no foundation. It is okay to make the inn do this. If it continues to expand, it is estimated that it will be targeted by wolves.

Of course, the reason why they are no longer worried now is because Zheng Fan's awakening has determined the route, and the second is that they themselves have a tendency to become wolves.

First of all, what we need to do is money and influence. The blind man said slowly, This is the initial stage, and in this initial stage, money and influence are separated.

Because at this time, it is too dangerous to have money but no influence.

Talk about the specifics. Zheng Fan reminded.

He is clear that among the seven demon kings, Blind Bei should be more like a think tank.

From small to large, since we are now in Tiger Head City, then I will make our next plan centered on Tiger Head City.

Let's first create our own power in Hutou City. Under the premise that the prerequisite for rebellion is not yet mature, our power development can only go to the dark side, which is what our group of people are good at.

First control a few small gangs in Hutou City, and then gradually become the largest gang force in Hutou City, recruit a group of men who can be used to run errands, at least, we don't have to do everything like last night. Do it yourself. At the same time, it is necessary to further improve the relationship with the official forces in Hutou City. This is the first stage of the Tiger Head City Raiders.

In the second stage, we can form our own team of horse bandits in the desert, robbing, protecting money, and accumulating primitively.

The third stage is to form our own caravan through the previous primitive accumulation and the relationship with other major power backgrounds opened up in that process, to cleanse ourselves.

After these three stages are successful, the Tiger Head City Raiders will be successful. At least, we have gained a firm foothold in the Tiger Head City in this world, and we need to re-plan for the next development.

at the end,

Blind Bei added another sentence:

Please master the axe.

Zheng Fan shook his head and said sincerely: I have no other opinions. I think your plan is very good. You have to eat every bite. Well, that's the reason.

The Lord is wise.

... Zheng Fan.

This flattery is too blunt.

If there is anything I can help, you can tell me directly, although I...

What the subordinates need is the trust from the Lord!

Well... I trust you very much!

Zheng Fan said seriously.

Blind man Bei shook his head and said, No, you don't have one, my lord.

I really, really trust you!

No, my lord, you haven't.

You're smart, I trust you!

No, my lord, you haven't.

I really trust you!

No, my lord, you still haven't.

I... I trust you!!!

still none.

I'm very relieved to leave things to you to arrange.

No, my lord, you haven't.

Please, I trust you!

Zheng Fan shouted until his voice became hoarse,

next moment,

In the mustard dish, three mustard leaves floated by themselves and fell into the porridge bowl in the hand of the blind man Bei.

Blind Bei smiled,

I ate a mouthful of porridge with pickles,

Very satisfied and authentic:

Thank you, my lord, for your trust.

Um.

Zheng Fan nodded politely, he felt that he should keep a little distance from this strange blind man now.

Blind Bei put down the porridge bowl, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief in his cuff, and said softly:

I'm done licking, you guys continue.