Turn a beast into a god

Chapter 259 The dark tide is surging
At the end of winter in the 235th year of the Jialuo Empire's calendar, the sky turned white, and it was another sunny morning, and the southern region ushered in the annual Qing'an Festival.On this day of national celebration, the soldiers of the Southern Region Legion were extremely busy, preparing the ingredients needed for today.The military area is also open to the public on this special day. Except for the Martial Arts Field and the Chinese Army's big tent, they can enter and exit at will.At this moment, the people were wandering around in the military area, and the walls and buildings were already decorated with lights and festoons. The atmosphere at the scene was very lively, which was completely different from the atmosphere in the military area on weekdays.

Qiao Bang is no stranger to this, after all, he has come to this world to spend six celebrations. Although it is different from the Spring Festival in his previous life, the ceremony of the celebration is more like a heart-to-heart talk than the one in his previous life. The Spring Festival has the meaning of expelling the Nian beast, worshiping the ancestors, and reunion and harmony. Generally speaking, the Qing'an Festival is not as grand as the Spring Festival in the previous life, but it is the only two important festivals in this world. As for the other important festival is It is the Harvest Festival, which is held at the end of autumn every year. The Harvest Festival is the most anticipated festival for ordinary people. Neighbors go from house to house to cook a few dishes. Everyone arranges the dishes in a row, and every family goes out of the house to taste the dishes cooked by each family. Food is an account of the hard work of the past year, and it also has expectations for the future harvest.

In the past three days, Qiao Bang has mastered the beast suction method, and he has been able to open it without deliberate urging, but the skill of holding breath still needs to be stopped to adjust the breath with luck, and it cannot be retracted freely. I don’t know whether it’s because I haven’t practiced enough or it’s just like this. After I really mastered the beast sucking method, I feel that although this secret method is exquisite, I still feel frustrated when I practice it. The method itself is not yet complete. It is estimated that it was the secret method thought up by the founder of the Wanshou Sect. No one in later generations can research a more advanced control secret method based on the secret method of the beast sucking method.

As for the tactic of hiding in the sun, Qiao Bang urged it carefully, never daring to be sloppy every time. This set of methods is exquisite, but the only thing is that it is a little dangerous, and something will go wrong if you don't pay attention.So Qiao Bang practiced in an environment where no one was around every time, and it was the same when he returned to Qiaozhuang. He told his servants not to disturb or serve him.Even so, the cultivation of this cover-the-sun hiding technique is really extremely slow. Although the soul-breaking gun is more solid than before, and it is more efficient than the previous cultivation in the sea of ​​consciousness, Qiao Bang still feels that it is slow.The method that Qiao Anguo taught himself earlier must have been a simplified version of the formula for hiding under the sun, with a lot of steps missing, leaving only the formula that can be practiced without skill.

Qiao Bang met Qiao Anguo in the past few days. Qiao Anguo's face was cloudy and uncertain. Qiao Bang had no way of knowing what he was thinking about.Qiao Anguo didn't ask about Qiao Bang's current situation, just felt Qiao Bang's physical fitness and breathing, and knew that Yang Chengfu had taught him the method of animal suction.He intends to pass on the secrets and formulas of the Diancang Sect to Qiao Bang, but at present Qiao Bang is still young, and he only has the soul-breaking gun on his body. After thinking about it, it is better to wait for Qiao Bang to grow up before teaching.

Although the Diancang Sect is not as famous as the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, the Pill Sect, and the Shadow Sect, the secret codes in the sect are so profound that the rules of the Diancang Sect clearly stated that students under the age of 12 are not allowed to practice secret methods, and they must first refine their bones and muscles , build a strong body, wait until the age is enough and then proceed step by step.

Qiao Anguo chatted with Qiao Bang all morning, and he felt much more relaxed physically and mentally. The anguish of these days was swept away, and his mind became firmer. Some things have troubled him for a long time, and now it is time to make a decision up.

In addition to meeting Qiao Anguo, Qiao Bang was also dragged by Yang Shuqi to chat for a long time. Qiao Kexin also came back, chattering non-stop. Xin's "cultural export".

In the past few days, Qiao Bang really felt a little at ease in his heart, and the only time he was in Qiaozhuang at night was.Yang Lan, Zhang Jie, and Xiao Zhen have already moved into Qiaozhuang. This is the unanimous decision of Qiao Anguo and Yang Chengfu. During the day, they come to the back mountain of Qiaozhuang to report on their work, and at night they return to Qiaozhuang. The servants can serve them personally, and there is no need for them to worry about eating and drinking. However, the most important thing is Xiao Zhen. It is better to place him in Qiao Zhuang and let the servants take care of him than to sleep in the open.It is also because of this that Qiao Bang can have more contact with Yang Lan, humbly ask for all kinds of knowledge about spirit formations and spirit weapons, and stop wasting time behind closed doors.

For three nights in a row Yang Lan ignored the hard work during the day and insisted on teaching Qiao Bang the knowledge about the spirit array at night, because Yang Lan knew that Qiao Bang would go to Wanfeng City in a few days to continue his studies.For this reason, Yang Lan was cautious, worried that Qiao Bang would not be able to hear her because she was speaking too fast, so she tried her best to listen to what Qiao Bang said, and tried to answer one or two questions in his thinking mode.

During these three days, Qiaobang felt more enriched than ever before, his spirit was highly concentrated, and he was tired of coping with interpersonal relationships and accepting a basket of obscure knowledge, which was actually harder than when he was in the academy.However, Qiao Bang did not complain about it. Instead, he settled down and studied it carefully, because he knew very well that such opportunities would become less and less in the future, and there would be no more people who could devote themselves to teaching the spirit array, even the teachers of the academy. , the teaching process is only to pass on the skills within the scope of the course, and I have never seen any teacher secretly poking at the teaching skills. This may be the "fairness" that the academy upholds...

Everyone was very busy at the moment, and I was free to watch the people looking curiously at the military area. This seemed to be the place they had been longing for. Most of the people came here from the north of Dinghai Province. Settle down and live a life of food and clothing.In the past, this was an unimaginable scene. Both the north and south of the Jialuo Empire were invaded by spirit beasts. Dinghai Province has a pleasant climate and fertile soil. It should have been a paradise, but it has been frequently invaded by sea spirit beasts for nearly 500 years. If it weren't for the Southern Territory Legion stationed here, there wouldn't be such a grand occasion. The north... is dirty and irritable, so don't mention it.

Thinking about it, I recalled my mentor Hong Tianying in the north, and I don't know what happened to him and his wife in the north.Two days ago, I heard Grandpa analyze the situation of the empire. The empire is now in a state of disintegration. Garan province has been occupied by local bandits. Keep it for yourself and distribute it to other brothers.These bandits were not well-known in the past, and it is not known who was instigating the sudden attack. They were able to clear the obstacles and occupy important cities in Garan Province in a short period of time, but they did not attack the common people. They only targeted the rich and noble. I'm afraid there will be more tricks, and the separatism of Garan Province may be just the beginning, and the plans may not be small.

The impact of this matter is quite far-reaching. The Jialuo Empire's rule seems to be stable, but in fact it is sitting on the crater. The prestige of the imperial court is declining day by day, and it will be scalded and burned by the magma ejected from under its butt at any time.In the past, there was high-pressure control by the imperial court and the Shangtianmen. Although there were bandits and bandits in the world, they were all minor troubles. The fish hide in the mountains, and the imperial court has no spare power to pull out these painless "thorns".

After a long time, the shameless and arrogant people favored each other, made blood alliances, sworn more and formed cliques, and gradually grew from a nameless junior who was hunted down by the royal court to a heinous person, with a illustrious reputation and a great reputation. It is similar to the grassland groups based in cottages, cave dwellings, and villages.Now that Garan Province is occupied by a group of bandits, there will be rumors everywhere in the Jialuo Empire. Chaos in the world has become a trend, and people with ulterior motives follow suit. A group of thieves may not be able to suppress the rising tide.

How can the ministers of the imperial court not understand the reason why people's mouths are better than Fangchuan's. It's a pity that even if they have the idea to stop the people from talking about it, they can't put it into action.After all, the development of civilization is limited, and the imperial court can't control it too far. It's not like in the previous life, which can seal everyone's mouth at any time, and only convey the "truth" that the ruling class wants you to know.

The trend of this world is like the waves on the coast of the Southern Region. One wave overwhelms the other. The wind is surging, the waves hit the seemingly solid but soft sandy beach, and there are countless undercurrents on the bottom of the sea. This is the darkest moment, the emperor. No matter how powerful the court is, it can't suppress this situation where all the heroes are competing, and it's only a matter of time before it goes to decline.

What happened in Garan Province will have a greater impact as time goes by, triggering more people's ambitions to do evil.Once there is the first time, there will be the second time. In the future, there may be more ambitious people who choose to trample on the authority of the law and the empire, imagining that one day they will invade the imperial court and sit on the supreme throne.

It can be said that the dignitaries and powerful families hate such despicable acts, and there will be no day of peace from now on.From the standpoint of those in power, they will never allow their own safety to be threatened. Anyone who dares to disobey this rule is the public enemy of the ruling class and the mob.In the past, I have done a lot of things like bullying the market and disregarding human lives. I am used to the happy life of swords, fish and meat, and treat the people as mud and dregs.Although the thieves did things against the sky, they also destroyed the bureaucratic class to a certain extent and broke the balance. Most of the thieves' intrusions were robbing houses, and their targets were mainly wealthy gentry and nobles.

The root of all this came from the imperial court, the current emperor Luo Chen's inaction.

Although it is biased to say so, the decline and fall of a dynasty cannot be affected by one emperor, it must be caused by countless emperors letting hidden dangers grow, just as the snowball is getting bigger and bigger, it cannot be controlled by one emperor.

But it is precisely because Luochen adheres to "governing by doing nothing", allowing the officials in the court to argue with each other, and each has its own strategy in governing the country. The words in the book seem to be unfathomable, but they are actually paradoxical. I didn’t say which side I prefer. It’s like always standing in the perspective of God, commenting on a group of monkeys to discuss whether peaches or oranges are more delicious.

This technique of weighing and weighing caused headaches for all the officials, they were suspicious all day long and couldn't figure it out, trying to figure out what Luo Chen's words meant day and night, not daring to make a decision easily.If he guessed right, Emperor Luochen has a good leader, but if he guessed wrong, the responsibility rests with all the officials, and all he needs to do is find a scapegoat to take the blame.This also resulted in the failure of many important decisions to be made. The emperor did not let go, and the local people suffered. As a result, the country gradually declined, and many problems emerged, the most deadly of which was finance.

Over the years, the Jialuo Empire has used the treasury silver to defend against foreign enemies. Originally, it was enough to collect people's taxes, but in the past 50 years, corruption has prevailed, and the taxation of tribute from layers of exploitation has become even less.When Emperor Luochen first came to the throne, he was furious and brought corrupt officials all over the country to justice. He was sentenced to death and hung them on the wooden poles of the city gates as a warning to others, and won the support of the people for a short time.

That was Luo Chen's highlight moment. He took advantage of the time when he was not soaked in this mud vat to clean up the government and the public, so that all the officials could clearly understand Luo Chen's temper. , The rabbit died and the fox was sad.

When Qiao Anguo talked about Emperor Luochen, he always felt that Qiao Anguo had a lot of unhappiness in his heart and did not vent it. He could feel that Qiao Anguo cared about the country, but now he just lived in a corner, and he never asked about the north of Dinghai province. of disputes.Every time Qiao Anguo said that he was old and frail and had no ambitions, Qiao Bang felt like a hero.

In recent years, the treasury of the Jialuo Empire has been empty. Luo Chen, who has been drinking and having fun all day long and wandering around in the gentle village, has also regained his strength and held countless court meetings.

If throttling can't be done, the only way left is open source.The farmlands in Yanxia and Diancang provinces were changed to mulberry fields, rice was discarded and silk was hoarded, and silk was made into finished products for sale, and the problem of national treasury deficit was solved by exporting textiles.

It looks beautiful and can solve the country's serious problems, but it is very difficult to implement it.The common people rely on the grain grown on this one-third of an acre of land to maintain their livelihoods. The young and old in the family are counting on the limited farmland to generate income. The horses trampled on the seedlings, captured the recalcitrant common people and tortured them into tricks, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys. Local officials took this opportunity to eradicate dissidents and consolidate their positions.

The imperial court and the local government worked their way up and down, and the officials who were already seriously corrupt even collaborated with the aristocratic family to coerce and detain the people, forcing them to sell their fertile land to the aristocratic family at a very low price in exchange for food.In this way, not only can the mission assigned by the imperial court be carried out, but also a lot of ink can be obtained from it. This is a wonderful mission. It is the common people who are suffering, but the rich are the ruling class. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Stop that greedy mind.

The most frightening thing is that the flood that broke out a while ago was not a natural phenomenon, but taking advantage of the approaching flood season, the officials ganged up and mobilized more than 20 strong Lingwangjing to destroy the dams along the river with all their strength, destroying the dikes and flooding the fields, and repairing dikes and dams afterwards. Ji Ji put the pot directly on the head of an upright official who was not used to it on weekdays, and sent him directly to the blue sky.

Countless people can't see hope. The fields at home have been swallowed by the flood, and there is no future if they continue to stay here. The grain exchanged for the fields is not enough to eat for a season. Continuing to entrust their fortunes to corrupt local officials will only ruin their families. As a result, everyone saved themselves one after another, and some fled to the mountains, relying on their own cultivation to be able to deal with some wild spirit beasts in the mountains and forests, and settled in Puluo and Garan provinces. With the migration of Pinglan and Dinghai provinces, the population flow caused Yanxia and Diancang provinces to lose a lot of cheap labor. The officials became anxious again, and tried to promise countless benefits to encourage people to return to plant mulberry and feed silkworms, but unfortunately, the results were minimal.

There are also many good officials in the imperial court who are good at governing the country and rejuvenating the country, but they let the series of corrupt officials do what they want and never stop them.They hope that the people will rise up and cause countless disasters, and then go to court to accuse many crimes, bring down all corrupt officials, and consolidate the status of clean officials.

It's a pity that things didn't go as expected, and the people fled to the mountains, where they escaped from the world and never went out again, and lived a life of hunting spirit beasts in the mountains; they fled to Binh Lam Province, which is already fertile and rich, and there is a shortage of people to share the production The people who fled to Dinghai Province have no worries. Whether they choose to live in rural counties or come to the residential areas designated by the Southern Region Army, they have all received preferential treatment.

After running around and working hard, the common people realized that their previous lives were not as good as pigs and dogs. The Southern Territory, which was exaggerated by the magistrates to be extremely terrifying, is now peaceful. solve.

Here, not only paddy fields but also delicious and juicy fruits, rich condiments, fresh and tender seafood and vegetables that are easier to ripen grow on the fertile land.The common people just regret that they used to be like others. They heard from the merchants in the past that this southern region is so dangerous, so don't set foot there.Now it seems that the merchants have taken a large number of high-quality and cheap goods from the southern region, and shipped them to Yanxia, ​​Diancang, Puluo, and Changning provinces to double the sales. Be careful and cut off their money.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Qiao Bang grabbed the armored crab cooked in Qiao Zhuang, skillfully opened the crab shell, took off the huge crab legs one by one, squinted his eyes and sucked it carefully.

The aroma of crab meat wafted between the lips and teeth. Qiao Zhuang's cooking skills were not a bit better than those in the canteen of the college. The crab meat was chewed repeatedly in the gums, and the fresh, smooth and elastic taste was intoxicating.This armored crab has not evolved into a giant tide-calling crab. After steaming, the crab shell is soft and the meat is really delicious!For Qiao Bang, who was used to dining in the cafeteria, this bite of crab meat rekindled his desire for delicious food.The only fly in the ointment is that when he took the crab legs just now, he found that the split-claw crab was actually a male and had no crab roe.It's a pity that I can only gnaw on crab legs.If it is impossible, go to Qiaozhuang and get another one. Maybe the next armored crab will be a female.

Although the general trend of the world is the same, I should be worried, but the sky is falling and there is a tall man standing against it, so what's the use of thinking too much?Why don't you just submerge yourself in cultivation and cultivate yourself, since your own cultivation is the foundation.

As for the turmoil in this world, the change of power, the entanglement of interests, and the collapse of the system, what does it have to do with me?

As long as Qiao Anguo, Yang Chengfu, Yang Shuqi, Qiao Kexin, Cui Quji and others are safe and healthy, as for the outcome of the Jialuo Empire, what is there to care about?

It is simply impossible to establish a country without exploitation, prejudice, and hatred. Rather than working hard to save it, it is better to break it and build it.

The idea of ​​putting it down came to mind, Qiao Bang put aside the troubles in his mind, finished eating the last crab leg, went back to Qiaozhuang and took out another plate of armored crabs, and continued to enjoy the bustling scene.

"I really hope this prosperity can last forever, the smile can last forever, and Anping can last forever..."

(End of this chapter)