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Nightwatcher - Chapter 193

Published at 21st of April 2023 07:00:39 AM


Chapter 193

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According to the records of Dafeng geography, Yunzhou is 60000 Li in length, rich in products, such as mulberry, porcelain, herbal medicine and so on. Before the rise of emperor Wuzong, the affluence of Yunzhou ranked in the top five in Dafeng.

The official road is long and winding to the horizon, with black fields on both sides and rolling mountains in the distance.

Not long after the sun just rose, the low temperature of last night remained in the air, and a team of more than 100 people slowly moved forward in the official road.

The horse's hooves rattled with the wheels.

"In the early years of Yuanjing, the total population of Yunzhou reached five million. After that, the yellow book was made up every ten years, and the population of Yunzhou gradually dropped sharply. In the 30th year of Yuanjing, the population of Yunzhou was more than 3.5 million. Now it's the 36th year of Yuanjing, and the next four years will be the year of rebuilding the yellow book. I don't know how many people are left in Yunzhou? "

Governor Zhang opened the curtain and said with emotion.

In 30 years, the population has shrunk by 1.5 million, which is terrible, and the real reduction will only be more than that. Because the land in Yunzhou is fertile, there is no need to consider the problem of famine without natural disasters.

That is to say, in 30 years of normal reproduction, the population can grow steadily.

... from 5 million to 3.5 million, it's not a simple subtraction. The actual population reduction will at least double... Xu Qi'an uttered a national curse: "where the hell is it?"

Governor Zhang took a look at him and continued: "half of the lost population is due to heavy taxes. They abandoned their farmland to become refugees, or went to the city to seek a new life, or became bandits. These people are not recorded in the yellow book.

"Then there was the serious banditry, burning, killing and looting, which made things worse. Sometimes the bandits would go down the mountain to plunder the people in order to supplement their labor. Oh, the bandits are certainly not in the yellow book. "

Xu Qi'an looked at the distance silently, listening to governor Zhang's words, and analyzing in his heart.

In the early years of Yuanjing, there were still five million people. In the 10th year of Yuanjing, the population was still shrinking. In the 30th year of Yuanjing, there were no more than 1.5 million people, so the number of people was even more. Yunzhou had a sharp turn in the past 20 years, and almost reading was the beginning of Yuanjing's cultivation of Taoism? The voodoo cult has been plotting for more than 20 years, but it will never make a fuss. There must be a war between Dafeng and the countries under the command of the voodoo cult.

Thinking about it, he almost fell asleep with his head tilted.

"You're not in a good state of mind." Governor Zhang looked at him and frowned, "what's the matter?"

The governor remembers that Xu Qi'an, who had lived in peace and self-discipline all the way, should not have been so exhausted.

Xu Qi'an twisted his head and said with a bitter smile to the governor, "it's nothing. It's just that he has become a master of time management."

This is the eighth day of his sleeplessness. His brain is bursting with pain, and his blood vessels seem to burst. When he ate this morning, he even had a slight hallucination, thinking that Xu Lingyin was robbing his meat bun.

His eyes are full of blood, and his eyes are black and blue, which reminds Xu Qi'an of his miserable life in the fortune society of 996.

"There are still two days left. After these two days, I should be promoted to the realm of alchemy. You can't let yourself sleep, or you will fall short of success... How can you feel your heart beating so hard... "

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath, took off the water bag and poured it on his head, so as to stimulate his body and cheer up.

...

a caravan of 300 people trudged along the official road, with flatbed carriages pulling the goods. Under the tarpaulin was covered with Yunzhou's rich silk, tea, porcelain and rouge powder.

There are some special products in Yunzhou, such as snake saliva inkstone, topaz and so on.

The owner of the caravan was a man with a face full of flesh. His name was Zhao long. In his early years, he was also a famous hero in Yunzhou. He ate both black and white.

Tired of licking blood at the edge of a knife, he started a caravan business relying on his fame and personal connections.

He can always manage the stockaded villages along the way, leave Yunzhou smoothly, spread the goods all over the country, and make a lot of money.

After a long time, many businessmen are willing to spend a lot of money to join Zhao Long's caravan for peace.

Zhao Long's caravan has developed into a half merchant and half dart.

Yang Yingying is one of the members hiding under the tree to enjoy the cool. However, she left Yunzhou as an individual and spent 20 Liang to ask for the protection of the caravan.

After all, a weak woman like her can't leave Yunzhou on her own. She may be robbed by bandits on the official road one day and become the wife of the stronghold.

With her beauty, it's more than enough to be a lady.

Fortunately, when she was young, she was raised in Yingzhou.

And this year, after 30, the appearance is not reduced. On the contrary, the figure is more and more plump, which adds the charm of a mature woman. She has a pair of bright apricot eyes, and her eyes are full when she looks at people.

On horseback, Yang Yingying noticed the hot eyes of the escorts around her. She could not help tightening her cloak and burying her head lower.At first glance, her hands protected her plump chest from being blasphemed by some men's eyes. In fact, what she protected was an object in her arms.

It was this object that forced her to leave Yunzhou.

Yang Luoying's back is close to her body.

The strong escort caught up with Yang YingYing and said with a grin, "pretty girl, I'll play with you at night. All the money you earn from this trip belongs to you. Ten liang of silver. "

Yang Yingying turns a deaf ear, does not respond and does not refuse. She has no right to be him.

The escort said a few more words. Seeing that the beauty ignored her, she scolded and left.

Several of his familiar escorts laughed and taunted. But there is disappointment in everyone's eyes. If this woman doesn't get oil and salt, they don't have a chance either.

A few escorts with lives in their hands flashed fierce in their eyes. If this kind of water spirit woman had not met boss Zhao, she would have been eaten without bones.

Zhao long in front of the caravan raised his hand and made a gesture. The escorts immediately drew out their weapons as if they were facing the enemy. But the sword is only half scabbard, which is an unwritten rule of darting.

We all seek wealth in the world. Unless there is a big gap in strength between the two sides, we will not fight. What's more, boss Zhao always has some thin noodles in the underworld, otherwise he would not eat this bowl of rice.

On both sides of the path, in the dense forest, 78 or 80 people jumped out. Their swords and spears were bright, and more than 20 horsemen were killed on the branch road, all of them strong and powerful.

Zhao Long was a little puzzled that he had to walk this road several times a year. He knew exactly which road section needed to be paved and which mountain top needed to be filial piety.

When did such a group of cutting bandits appear in this forest...

Zhao long pressed his hand, motioned his escort to be calm and rode forward for a short time, and said in a loud voice:

"in the next Zhao long, which way did my friends go before...

when he got close, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. These bandits had military crossbows hanging on their waists and standard long knives in their hands, which was wrong These are military equipment.

Zhao long has heard that some strongholds have no shortage of military supplies, swords, crossbows and even fireguns, but they are all top bandit strongholds and should not be here.

...

"Ningyan, you look like a sick man hollowed out by a woman." Song Tingfeng and Xu Qian go hand in hand, taking advantage of the opportunity to make fun.

Xu Qi'an took a look at him and said faintly, "I have a friend who asked me if I have Tianjian's pills for invigorating yang and tonifying kidney."

Song Tingfeng's smile froze.

"My friend is Zhu Guangxiao. Guangxiao, you all have a fiancee. Why do you work so hard?" Song Tingfeng throws the pot to Zhu Guangxiao.

Zhu Guangxiao looked at him in silence, but he was not reconciled. He retorted: "I'm very kind. You look so ugly. Every morning, the girls who sleep with you can't get out of bed.

"You don't know how to control yourself. You've lost your body."

Wufu is strong and energetic, but even if he is the ox demon king, he will be short of Qi and blood when he ploughs from late to early every day.

"I'm very good." Unconvinced, song Tingfeng said with a proud smile: "only the girls of Jiaofang department can cooperate with me, even though they are tired of parrying."

"Tingfeng..."

when song Tingfeng heard Xu Qian calling him, he turned his head and looked at him: "why?"

"It's not that you are powerful, but that others can tolerate your smallness."

"Get out of here."

Between laughing and scolding, Jiang Lu, the leader of the team, said in a deep voice: "there is a smell of blood in front of us. All of us are ready."

Qiang... The sound of the blade coming out of the scabbard was uniform. Hubenwei and the watchman drew out the sabre and took off the crossbow.

"Break in!" Ginger law in a clip horse belly, rushed out.

The governor's team entered the state of marching in an instant. It was extremely fast and orderly.

Ten minutes of March, the front of the dense forest, the wind brought a strong smell of blood.

In a flash, the fierce arrows from the two sides of Ben came into the forest.

Jiang LV Zhong raised his hand and pressed it down. The arrow rain bumped into the invisible gas wall and was unable to fall.

He waved his hand and said, "Huben army, enter the forest to kill the enemy."

When he spoke, Jiang Lvzhong looked forward, and hundreds of corpses were lying on the official road, with fresh blood all over the place. The horses were killed and the goods carried by the caravan were scattered all over the place.

He immediately analyzed the situation... Because he smelled the smell of blood ahead of time and ordered the team to attack. When the bandits heard the sound of horses' hooves, they had no time to retreat, so they ambushed in the forest.

Fierce fighting came from the dense forest. Huben guard is one of the five guards in the capital. Although it is not as brave and good at fighting as the forbidden army, it is far better than the local army.

There was no significant difference in the number of people between the two sides. The arrows and the blades were staggered, and the fight came and went.

Ginger law in Leng Leng, some accidents, turned to look at Xu Qian: "Ning banquet, kill people?"

"One killed, one seriously injured." Xu Qi'an looked at the caravan lying dead and casually reported his achievements.Ginger law in the "Chi" laugh: "Mao did not grow up to the boy."

The watchmen burst into laughter.

Except for Xu Qi'an, a rookie who has been a watchman for less than two months, all the others are experienced warriors who kill people without blinking an eye.

Jiang Lvzhong pointed to the woods and said, "go and practice your hands. Kill at least ten."

Xu Qi'an drew back his eyes and slowly breathed out: "good!"

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