This time, the Holy Emperor Longxing asked Yang Tie to be the grain road and ordered Er Gouzi to assist in logistics transportation. But there was not a single grain of grain. The meaning was self-evident. Sanyang County not only had to provide people to escort, but also had to provide grain and grass. Er Gouzi felt that providing grain was no problem. He still had a lot of gourds and could collect a lot of rent every day. He couldn't eat so much. But it was hard not to feel bad for him to spend a lot of grain in vain. So, he personally wrote a crooked memorial to the Holy Emperor Longxing, crying poor. They had a large population and few people in Sanyang County, thin spiritual energy, and extremely scarce resources, especially the lack of elixirs, magic tools, and armor... Although his men and horses were well trained, they lacked resources, had low cultivation, and were insufficient in strength. He begged the wise and wise, civil and military, and virtuous Emperor Longxing to live forever and be supreme. Request to grant Sanyang County dozens of foundation-building pills! After sending someone to deliver the memorial, he gathered 200 subordinates, brought 100 marching pills, and also got a batch of Huanzhen pills for healing.
Huanzhen pills are more suitable for Qi training monks, and their effect on foundation-building monks is relatively weak. The key is the spiritual medicine feather species, and the pills can be refined by themselves. One furnace can produce seven pills, and the cost is low. "Brother Yang, everything is ready, we can set off!" Yang Tie narrowed his eyes when he saw the 200 soldiers behind Er Gouzi for the first time. "Brother Zhang has trained such a strong army in a short time." Yang Tie was not being polite this time. Although the team behind Er Gouzi looks like there are both men and women, young and old, it is a bit uneven. But they all wore armor of the same style, and judging from the fluctuation of spiritual energy on the armor, the quality was definitely not good. And the strength of all the team members had reached the late stage of Qi training. As long as they were given a batch of foundation-building pills, a large group of foundation-building cultivators would appear immediately. I didn't expect that this brother Zhang looked simple and honest, and was silent, but he hid such a powerful force. "Brother Yang, you are too kind, but they are just farmers who met the King of Qi and were taught some gun and stick skills. They are not worthy of being in the hall of elegance." Er Gouzi said lightly. He originally wanted to play the victim, and specially picked some old, weak, women and children. Only the armor on his body looked exquisite and beautiful. There is no way, these armors are stolen... borrowed, only the style is changed a little, and the spiritual energy is improved a lot when placed in the gourd. The only drawback is that there are so many people under the ointment, and there is a serious lack of magic tools. Although he has a black iron mine under his name, mining, smelting, and refining magic tools are time-consuming and laborious work. "It turns out that His Royal Highness the King of Qi personally trained them, no wonder they are so elite." Yang Tie sighed, and at the same time, he was envious in his heart.
"Brother Yang, let's go!" "Let's go!" Their group set off from Sanyang County City. Er Gouzi and Yang Tie rode on tall horses in front, with 200 people behind them in a neat formation, and a big goose circling in the sky. On the way, Yang Tie discovered a detail. They passed many villages and towns along the way, and those villagers were not afraid of the officers and soldiers. Not only did they not escape and hide, but many people stood by the road to watch. Some villagers even gave tea and eggs to the soldiers. This scene was something Yang Tie had never seen or heard of before. As the saying goes, "Soldiers pass by like combs, bandits pass by like combs." Under normal circumstances, the people of the surname Wang would be as afraid as a tiger when they see the officers and soldiers, and they would not even have time to hide. How could they get close to watch and even give them food and drink? In his heart, Yang Tie could only sigh that Er Gouzi was very strict in managing the army. In fact, Er Gouzi never thought that he was so strict, he just didn't allow them to harm the tenants so as not to affect his harvest. It was already autumn and winter, and the farm work in the village was done, but Yang Tie saw that Sanyang County was still in full swing. Along the way, he saw that several places had gathered tens of thousands of civilians, and were building large projects such as reservoirs and canals. If he saw tens of thousands of civilians being recruited for corvée in other places, the people of the surname Wang would definitely be miserable. But Yang Tie saw that these laborers were actually quite happy when they were working. After asking around, he found out that these laborers were not working for nothing, and they could get food after finishing their work. A large number of ponds, reservoirs and ditches were built in Sanyang County, and they were all filled with water. Finally, I understood why the whole Qingzhou was in drought, but only Sanyang County had a bumper harvest. Most droughts can be survived as long as human resources are prepared in advance. Even if they cannot be survived, the impact of droughts can be reduced. However, few people in the government of the Great Zhou Dynasty were willing to do this. Yang Tie suddenly felt something when he saw the various unique ways of Sanyang County. A few years ago, he taught Er Gouzi how to be an official, but now it was the other way around, and Er Gouzi taught him a lesson. What Er Gouzi is doing now is not his dream since childhood, something he has always wanted to do but has not been able to accomplish. It’s just that he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and has been tainted with officialdom habits. He is familiar with all kinds of unspoken rules, and has been obsessed with gaining opportunities, and has long forgotten his original dream. “Alas…” Yang Tie sighed deeply, looking at a falling leaf and said.
“The autumn wind is bleak, and winter is coming soon.” … After they walked out of the Sanyang County, they saw a completely different scene. A large number of fields were barren and sparsely populated. The soldiers were pale and thin, and fled in panic when they saw the officers and soldiers. A young wife working in the field was so scared when she saw the officers and soldiers coming that she quickly hid in a mud pit and rolled in mud. Even so, Yang Tie still collected a batch of military rations in the county town along the way. When the government sent some soldiers to escort them, they joined the team. These county officials and soldiers were far inferior to the soldiers in Sanyang County. They stood crookedly and did not stand properly. When they met villages and towns along the way, they would go in to find some property. Because their military pay was taken away by the superiors, they were only paid a little or no military pay. The soldiers could only rely on robbery to maintain their expenses. Therefore, the officers were all permissive towards the soldiers' looting. As for strength, it was pretty good to have an initial stage of Qi training. They collected a lot of military rations along the way, and several crooked officers and soldiers joined. It looked like a large group of five or six people. That night, their team camped by the roadside. Er Gouzi asked Da E to guard the camp, and the 200 people were divided into three groups to take turns on duty. As for the other crooked soldiers. There were indeed people on duty in the first half of the night, and they were drinking and having fun. In the second half of the night, they all slept like dead pigs. Just at this time, a team of dozens of people quietly approached their camp. "Gaga..." "Gaga..." The loud cry of the goose immediately awakened everyone in the camp. "Ahhh..." "Who who who..." The crooked soldiers hurriedly rubbed their eyes and climbed up, panicking, groping around, looking for their armor and weapons, and shouting. "Who..." Only the 200 people on Er Gouzi's side were now holding weapons, forming a formation, and watching the surroundings quietly. At this moment, they were on high alert, but there was only the sound of the wind blowing, and no one was seen.
Er Gouzi's spiritual sense spread out, instantly covering an area of 80 square meters. His current spiritual sense level is much stronger than some late-stage foundation-building cultivators. Within this 80-meter range, nothing can be hidden from his spiritual sense. At this moment, Er Gouzi searched carefully with his spiritual sense, but did not find any trace of the enemy. Then he rode the goose over the camp and circled several times, but did not find any enemy. He could only return to the camp. Everyone was alarmed, but they could not sleep in the second half of the night. They stayed up until dawn and set out again. The next night, when they were resting in the second half of the night, the goose clucked again, waking everyone up. After a panic, they did not find any enemy again, and it was a false alarm. For the next few days, every night was like this. The group did not sleep well at night and had no energy during the day. Although they all had cultivation, they could not stand it for a long time. As a result, many people in the team had complaints about the goose. At first, they were intimidated by Er Gouzi's official power and only dared to discuss it quietly in private. Gradually, more and more discussions were heard, and sometimes it reached Ergouzi's ears. "This dead goose is barking in the middle of the night." "It makes us all suspicious of him!" "That's right, beasts are beasts after all, and we can't trust them." "The officials are all mentally ill!" Everyone agreed that it was this big goose that went crazy at night and barked randomly. Even Yang Tie couldn't help asking Ergouzi. "Brother Zhang, can your big goose be trusted?" "It's reliable, and it has never made a false alarm." Ergouzi nodded firmly. The big goose had been in prison with him and was sometimes more reliable than a person. "Brother Zhang said this, I feel relieved. Our team may be targeted." "Everyone listen to me. The more times like this, the more you can't slack off. As long as you slack off, you will lose your life." Yang Tie shouted loudly at the team, but those crooked teams were still lazy and didn't listen. Animals are animals after all. How can people be matched with animals!