Chapter 215 Baisha changed his mind and the feudal state began

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 215 Baisha changed his mind and the feudal state began

The outside world believed that Zhou Bai had received direct support from a hidden sect, which gave him enough extraordinary power to ensure that his rule could survive several invasions of the Qingxu Realm safely.

But now Yan Luo really sees how defiant this person is. It has been less than two years since he became a Jinshi, right?

He didn't even see Zhou Bai make any move. Xuanwu Zhenren, who had been so powerful for Ruinan for more than two hundred years, had already fallen down.

Yan Luo can understand at most one of the techniques of luck cutting and the actual application of the power of the Lord, but he knows nothing about other fighting techniques at the soul level.

It is said that the body will not die easily after entering the Yin Shen realm, but what if the Yin Shen escapes and travels immediately after leaving the body?

Squeezing a real person to death is like squeezing a chicken to death, so maybe it would be easier to crush him to death.

Yan Luo looked at the withered corpse that had no breath of life, his face turned pale, and there was no trace of restraint to make him calm.

To be honest, he is not afraid of death, but he wants to honor his ancestors before he dies.

"The sinner Yan Luo begs for five-color gold and is willing to help the governor build the country." Yan Luo held the treasure in his hands and his voice was trembling.

Zhou Bai took away the five-color gold, glanced at Yan Luo, and responded in a nonchalant manner: "Well, get up, and go help outside first."

These words were a bit confusing, but Yan Luo understood and immediately got up and ran outside.

"Put down your weapons, put down your weapons, and surrender to the Anbei Governor's Mansion!"

The loyal guards who were still resisting outside the inner gate looked at each other and dropped their weapons after being ordered.

Of course it's better not to die if you can. Besides, the master himself has surrendered, so why bother to resist pointlessly.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Luo appeared at key points throughout the city to personally persuade people to surrender and appease the people.

Within a day, Ruinan City returned to calm, and notices for peace of mind were posted in the streets and alleys.

Although there were still soldiers patrolling, sporadic people began to appear on the streets, and some brave ones took the lead in going to the food distribution points opened by the Governor's Mansion to collect food.

The Governor of Zhou Dynasty did not even kill the Jiedushi envoys. Could it be that he would embarrass common people like them?

In fact, Zhou Bai didn't know how to deal with Yan Luo now. Previously, he entered the city with the army as soon as possible and quietly hid outside Jiedu Mansion.

If a Yin Shen Zhenren who has perfected the three realms does not personally watch and intercept, he will definitely become a disaster if he escapes.

When he noticed that there was an internal conflict between Yan Luo and Master Xuanwu, Zhou Bai sat back and watched, and even prepared to watch Master Xuanwu kill Yan Luo to avoid any difficulties in the subsequent handling.

There is no other way. Who asked you to surrender only when the city was broken? How can you scare others who come after you if you don't die?

But who knew that Yan Luo was so smart, not only did he guess that he was there, but he immediately offered the largest treasure, five-color gold.

In this way, he bought half his life, and then continued to appease the people for a moment. In addition, his previous "contribution" of clearing out the noble families in the county completely dispelled Zhou Bai's murderous intention.

Ruinan City was the seat of Ruinan's governorship. After Zhou Bai took over, it was once again restored to the former Ruinan County headquarters. He has no plans to move the governor's office southward for the time being.

Yan Luo's favorite summer office, Liangxin Pavilion, Zhou Baigao sat in the chair and quickly reviewed the corresponding official documents after entering the city, while Yan Luo waited quietly at the bottom.

Yan Luo was certainly in a daze as the host and guest changed positions, but he knew in his heart that his power had become a thing of the past, so he quickly adjusted his mentality and behaved respectfully and solemnly.

The conversation that follows may very well determine his life or death, his fate.

Originally, he thought that Zhou Bai would still need to work for a long time, so he deliberately left him alone and exerted power.

Unexpectedly, in less than half a quarter of an hour, the thick stack of official documents had been reviewed and handed over to the accompanying secretary for processing.

The efficiency is too high, and the political ability is so strong?

Yan Luo was a little stunned, but he didn't dare to flatter him randomly. He just collected his thoughts and waited for questions.

Zhou Bai was not polite and asked aggressively: "You stubbornly resisted Master Wang and caused innocent people to die in vain. Do you know your guilt?"

Yan Luo knew that this was gangster logic. If you hit me, I can't resist.

But he still knelt down and did not dare to argue at all: "If you know your sin, the sinner is willing to spend the rest of his life to pay for it."

"Huh, tell me, why did you still not surrender despite losing all the surrounding cities?" Zhou Bai snorted coldly and continued to ask.

"Xiaguan came from a humble background, and received financial support from his family...it is clear that the governor is a true dragon..."

After a long speech, Yan Luo explained his unwillingness and the reason why he finally refused to escape with Master Xuanwu.

The reasons were sufficient and detailed, and Zhou Bai felt that they were blameless. This was the characteristic of the times. How many outstanding people were supported by their clans and grew up, and how many clans rose up because of one outstanding person.

Then he took out the five-color gold from his arms. The five colors of green, red, yellow, white and black were rotating in a radiant and colorful way.

Just one or two pieces may not seem to weigh much, but they have the characteristic that they cannot be stored as magic weapons and can only be carried with you.

"To be honest, this five-color gold is enough to buy your life, but if Marshal Yan doesn't die, it will be difficult to intimidate the people who come after you. What do you think?" Zhou Bai played with the five-color gold in his palm and looked at Yan Luo with a half-smile.

Cold sweat broke out on Yan Luo's forehead, and he replied calmly: "If you don't kill me, you can show the justice of the governor's dispatch of troops. Sinners will see that you act like a king and domineering, and you can also attract some real scholars by giving charity occasionally."

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"Whether to kill or to stay, naturally depends on the governor's decision, but please believe that the sinner will definitely bring greater value to you."

After Zhou Bai heard this, he stood up and paced back and forth behind Yan Luo, staring at him until his spine went cold.

After a long silence, he turned to him again and said, "You are a talented person. Your ability to govern and your breadth of vision are rare among my subordinates. Since you sincerely surrender, I will not kill you."

"There are two options. One is to give you a nominal official salary to prepare for political consultation; the other is to demote you to the bottom and become a rural official in the most difficult place."

Yan Luo was thoughtful and bowed his head and asked: "What the governor means is that the first choice is to be a wealthy and idle person for the rest of my life. The second choice depends on my own ability. But is there a chance that I can be reused?"

"Yes, you have to think about it yourself." Zhou Bai confirmed.

After receiving a positive answer, Yan Luo said without hesitation: "I will choose the second one."

Zhou Bai nodded slightly, as if he was not surprised at all: "I will stay in the county for now, helping to care for the people. When the order comes, I will go to Baishazhou."

"Chu Kai, the governor of Baisha Town, has no knowledge of civil affairs. You should be his deputy to follow Jiupin Dianshi."

Baisha Town doesn’t know, but Baishazhou Yan Luo still knows a little bit.

This place is a "wonderful place" with bitter cold. It is not only famous in Bei'an County, but he also knew it when he was the governor of Ruinan County.

Connecting Bei'an County and Biancheng County, the land is barren, with mostly white salt soil on the surface, making it impossible to grow food and inaccessible...

Yan Luo smiled bitterly, he was really being assigned, but he still firmly accepted the appointment and had high morale.

Watching Yan Luo say goodbye and leave, Zhou Bai felt a little emotional.

This person's noble spirit has been completely dissipated, and despite all the ups and downs, he still retains his original destiny, which is quite indomitable.

If he can really achieve some political achievements, Zhou Bai will treat him fairly and promote him.

And the reason why such a "great talent" was placed in a bitter cold place was of course related to his next actions.

Chu Kai reported that after the spiritual energy of Baishazhou was revived, the environment of Baishazhou changed drastically, and it seemed that it had lost its appearance as a bad land.

This is not surprising. Zhou Bai had suspected that once the spiritual energy was revived, such bad places might become treasured places.

After leading field surveys, Yu Yueyun confirmed that the saline-alkali environment in some areas of Baishazhou has improved, and that most areas are changing in a good direction.

The original salty material sank to form a salt mine, which contains rich spiritual energy and is considered spiritual salt.

The area of ​​the salt lake where Zhou Bai rested has expanded dozens of times, its salinity has been greatly reduced, and it can be used as a source of drinking and irrigation water.

After investigation, it was found that there were dozens of large and small water sources near the ancient trade road alone.

This is one of the few water sources that has increased under the current severe drought. It can only be said that the water vapor is balanced, and the water from other places is balanced to the desert wasteland.

Across the vast white soil to the west is the border town in the west of Dingzhou.

Therefore, the strategic location of Baishazhou is actually extremely dangerous. It is the only connected land passage in the entire Dingzhou. In other counties, Dingdong and Dingxi can only be connected through the Ningjiang River.

No one cared about this passage in the past because the Baisha Island was too big and there were sand and salt soil along the way, making it too difficult to replenish fresh water and food.

Occasionally, a small group of merchants would push grain carts and water carts to force their way through at all costs, but it would be extremely difficult to pass through a large army.

Now that Baishazhou has undergone a positive change and is no longer a barren land, it can be expected that its strategic status will improve.

There is water, land, and salt mines. It is actually the Tianfu Plain in the north, and Zhou Bai must control it.

The direction of expansion in the future is most likely Baishazhou. Take this plain to use it as a military meritorious field, and then continue to the west to take over the border town!

By crossing Dingdong and Dingxi and completely occupying the northern part of Dingzhou, we can start the matter of proclaiming Bo and establishing the country.

Of course, he also has to look at the merger and development of other forces, especially Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao.

It really depends on the geographical location, population density, and prosperity. It is definitely better to continue to expand southward.

Although Longfeng County has experienced the last encirclement and suppression of generals and a series of natural and man-made disasters, it still has a population of more than 700,000 and has great potential.

You must know that Bei'an County is almost twice the size of Longfeng County, with a population of over one million, not to mention the gap in resource production and commercial trade.

In addition, before the unexpected change occurred in Baishazhou, Zhou Bai's general strategy was to unify the east first, vigorously develop the navy, and then use absolute military power to conquer the west.

On August 5, all the officials transferred from Bei'an County were in place, including the county team headed by County Magistrate Ji Hongzhe.

As early as when Lu Ding started to occupy Pinghe County, Zhou Bai wrote a letter to Ji Hongzhe, who was then the chief official of Pinghe County, and persuaded him to come and serve at his side, at least he would not treat him badly.

However, Lu Ding took a strict view at that time, and the prospect of the independence of the Anbei Governor's Office was still unclear, so he was not in a hurry to set off.

Until this time before sending troops to Ruinan, Lu Ding was also leading his army outside. Ji Hongzhe finally, with the help of Xuanyi Guards, left Pinghe County with his family and successfully sneaked across the Ningjiang River.
To be continued...