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Chapter 134: The Humiliated Woman Beheaded and Abandoned in the City (17)

"This...is this really Yazhou?"

From the first day they set foot on Yazhou Island, this question kept flashing in the minds of Su Xingyu and others.

Because reality is so different from what they imagined.

This is completely different from their previous understanding.

In their minds, Yazhou Island was clearly a remote and impoverished area. To be precise, their Lingnan Dao was already considered a remote area compared to Daqian, and Yazhou Island was the most remote area within Lingnan Dao, a truly remote area within the remote areas. No matter how bad the situation was, it was not surprising. Even seeing a group of people running naked in the streets and fields was acceptable.

This was their thought before they set foot on Yazhou Island.

Until we passed the dilapidated dock and went forward another ten miles.

They have always had this idea.

Everything looked very shabby indeed, and was in no way comparable to what they had on the Lingnan Road. It was not until they had walked ten miles and saw the broad, solid grey road beside the muddy earth and stone official road that their contempt turned into surprise.

"What is this? Is this a road?"

"It's so wide, I'm afraid three four-horse carriages can pass through without any obstruction. But I heard that the widest street in Chang'an can only accommodate two four-horse carriages driving side by side. Isn't this wider than the streets in Chang'an?"

"It's not mud, it's really like stone!"

"No, the seams here aren't spliced, they're polished. How is that possible? Such a large road, and it's all solid?"

Su Xingyu and the others who were leading the group quickly dismounted in amazement, observed carefully, and felt and touched the cement road. The more they looked, the more magical and incomprehensible it seemed to them.

There is no such method of road construction today.

"This road stretches as far as the eye can see. No matter how it was built, it must have consumed a huge amount of manpower and resources. What exactly happened in Yazhou? How did the Yazhou government mobilize such a huge amount of manpower and resources to build this road? It seems we came to the right place this time.

I'm afraid something big happened in Yazhou."

Soon, Su Xingyu analyzed the situation.

The adjutant beside him also agreed:
"I originally thought this trip was a waste of time, and that I probably wouldn't get any taxes. But Yazhou Prefecture actually has the ability to build such a magnificent official road. There's no reason why they can't come up with a single cent of tax silver. It seems like they were just pretending to be poor. Who knows, there might be something good here.

There might even be gold and silver mines!!”

Since he couldn't think of any good things in Yazhou that could be exchanged for money, he could only guess that they might have found gold, silver or copper mines, or other things that could be directly turned into money, and he was in a very good mood.

Because judging by the current situation, no matter what happened in Yazhou, they have already made a contribution.

If I investigate it thoroughly and then report back.

That would be an even greater achievement.

"Yes, it seems that the Jiedushi is quite foresighted. Let's separate here. Those of you who are in good health and have served as scouts can take the small roads and investigate secretly. If it is not necessary, do not contact me.

Regardless of whether we have any problems or not, you must report back to the Jiedushi immediately after gathering any relevant intelligence. Do you understand what I mean?"

Su Xingyu also nodded and gave instructions.

"Are you worried that the Governor of Yazhou has ill intentions?"

Mr. Su's words were so clear, and everyone present was not a rookie, so how could they not understand?

"Of course, if he didn't have ulterior motives, why would he keep crying poor to get subsidies, not pay taxes, and then use the money he saved to build such a wide official road. Although it is not clear what he is trying to do, it is definitely contrary to the interests of the Jiedushi and the interests of the court.

We are representing the imperial court, and it is hard to say what the result will be. Next, we will try our best to attract the attention of the local government in an open and aboveboard manner. You should investigate privately and report to the governor immediately if you find anything wrong.

If the Jiedushi comes quickly.

Those we visit in person will also be safer.”

"But, since we already know that the Governor of Yazhou has ulterior motives, why don't we just go back and report this to the Jiedushi and ask him to send more troops? Why take such a risk and alert the enemy?"

"This path alone is nothing, and we can't convict a governor based on mere speculation. We'd better get some solid evidence."

"Please take care of yourself, we are parting ways now!"

"Take care, everyone. Stay safe."

After some discussion, the originally small team of twenty people quickly split into two groups, one with twelve people and the other with eight people. The team of twelve people, led by Su Xingyu, went directly onto the cement road and moved forward along the cement road.

The remaining eight people set out on the dirt road, led by their adjutant.

Try to take secluded and hidden paths.

As Su Xingyu and his companions walked on the cement road, they saw more and more things as they continued to move forward, such as small blue brick bungalow inns every ten miles or so.

For example, there are many things sold in the post station.

They were all quite surprised and astonished.

"Sir, would you like something to drink?"

When passing the first post station, Su Xingyu and his companions were a little cautious, just looking around outside and not going in. But when they arrived at the second post station, they were thirsty and hungry, and they inevitably wanted to rest. In addition, they had come here openly on behalf of the Jiedushi, so hiding all the time was not a good idea.

After some discussion, we decided to go in and take a look.

As soon as they entered the door, the waiter came up to them very enthusiastically and asked them what they wanted to drink.

As he spoke, he handed them a menu.

Needless to say, this simple little menu brought them another surprise, that is, the paper was a kind of paper they had never touched before, and it was printed in full color.

Although the drinks and dishes above are drawn.

No camera yet.

There is no such detailed color printing.

But it was enough to surprise Su Xingyu and the others, because nowadays it is very expensive to make such a fine color print. The price of asking an ordinary, unknown painter to draw a copy is cheaper than the price of a color print.

However, Su Xingyu didn't want to act like a country bumpkin, so he quickly suppressed his inner surprise and pretended to be calm and asked, "What are you drinking?"

“There are clear teas, fruit teas, and coconut milk drinks.

There are only five kinds of green tea, namely Yunding Jasmine Tea, Emei Phoenix Black Tea, Mingqian Longjing Tea, Cuiyu Mountain Oolong Tea, and Fuding Peony White Tea.

There are many fruit teas, including lemon black tea, pineapple green tea, sugarcane water chestnut tea, coconut juice...

There are also various jam coconut milk and coconut milk tea!

We also have pure coconut milk. Which one would you like?"

On Yazhou Island, it is indeed a bit difficult to get milk to make various milk teas, but it is still very easy to get coconut milk and various fruits. If there are no varieties, as long as similar species can be obtained, Dingshui can also be transformed.

If you can’t finish all the fruits, just sell them outside. After all, the fruits are produced by your own farm, and you can also produce your own sugar.

Various canned fruits, jams and preserved fruits have become another major export product.

With so many necessary raw materials, if we don’t make some fruit tea or something, how can we justify all these years of hard work? So the appearance of these things is purely natural.

"Uh……"

There were too many varieties, most of which were new to Su Xingyu, so it was really difficult for him to respond promptly.

"You can take a look at the menu first. It has a general idea of what the products look like and the specific ingredients used. If you get hungry, there will be snacks available later, which you can also order. However, it's not mealtime now.

So ordering food requires some time to wait!"

The waiter continued to chatter.

After that, Su Xingyu of course obediently looked at the menu carefully, and after some consideration, ordered a cup of the only familiar Mingqian Longjing tea for each person.

He had never heard of Mingqian Longjing.

But I have seen green tea.

He then randomly ordered a few dishes that looked familiar, or at least the ingredients were things he recognized.

Then, during the waiting period, he quietly and carefully looked around the room, observing the clothes and hairstyles of several service staff, and felt that they were strange and incompatible with Daqian's style.

With the local indigenous scribbled style.

It is undoubtedly completely different.

When the waiter brought twelve 700ml glasses filled with Longjing green tea.

No doubt, it surprised them again.

Their hands were shaking as they held the cup, for fear that it would break and they wouldn't be able to pay for it with all the money they had.

After they nervously finished their tea and meal and paid nearly a dozen coins to leave, even Su Xingyu, who always thought he was smart, felt a little confused for a moment and had no idea what was going on.

That’s why there are such big changes.

But this was just the beginning. After walking for dozens of miles, they arrived at the first city, which was still a city without city walls. There were many people wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts like the waiters before, either buying things or selling things. It looked very lively with people coming and going, and the commercial area and residential area were mixed together.

Not far away you can see vast fields of wheat.

And an unknown building with smoke coming out of it.

In fact, this is just a small town that relies on several nearby factories. Most of the people are local indigenous people who have just been naturalized a few years ago, and many of them have just completed literacy.

But this does not affect their farming work.

After all, Ding Shui was specially sent to guide them.

Su Xingyu and his friends strolled around for a while, and after chatting briefly with fellow villagers who were having trouble communicating due to the language barrier, they appeared to be calm on the surface, but in reality, their hearts were already surging like a stormy sea. They quickly called everyone together and left as fast as they could.

He didn't dismount until he was far away from the crowd. With a gloomy face, he lowered his voice and said to everyone, "I'm afraid we're in trouble this time. I suspect it's not that the Governor of Yashan has ill intentions, but it's even a question of whether the Governor of Yashan is still here. This place may be occupied by outsiders.

I'm not sure if it's from any other aristocratic family.

Or other countries overseas.

But such a big change and so many new things were definitely not something that the former Governor of Yashan could accomplish.

And I just asked the natives.

They had no idea who the Governor of Yashan was, nor did they know about the imperial court. They only knew that it was Empress Yuanjun who led three hundred disciples to bring them their current wealthy life, and that they were now under the jurisdiction of the Yuanjun Palace.

They also said that Niangjun Yuanjun was an immortal.

The disciple is also a cultivator of immortality.

There were also some dialect slang, the meaning of which I didn't quite grasp, but the information I've gathered so far is enough to prove that the Yashan Governor's Office has likely been overthrown by the Yuanjun Mansion, and perhaps it was overthrown the year they didn't request the subsidy."

Speaking of this, Su Xingyu was really conflicted.

If the Governor of Yashan had ill intentions, he would still dare to go to the Governor's Mansion of Yashan to confront him openly. After all, in his opinion, it was unlikely that the Governor of Yashan would dare to kill him openly and then rebel directly.

There should still be room for maneuver between the two sides.

Everyone is part of the system, the imperial court has not collapsed yet, and the soldiers under the command of the Lingnan Circuit Governor are far more numerous than those under the command of the Yashan Governor.

But now the situation has clearly changed.

The entire Yashan Island was now managed by the unknown Yuanjun Mansion, which was basically a legitimate rebellion.

If they really meet, how could the other party let him go?

It's hard to say whether he can be saved.

So what Su Xingyu was struggling with at this time was whether to retreat or not, whether to retreat immediately or to find out more information before retreating. Now he knew too little information and it was difficult to bring much help to the Jiedushi.

"Lord Su, according to your analysis, the enemy should be very powerful. Basically, the Governor of Yashan didn't have time to ask for help from his superiors.

The Yashan Governor's Office included its subordinate forces.

All were destroyed or captured."

"That's certainly true. If they were still in a standoff or hadn't been eliminated immediately, but had only sustained serious damage, the Governor of Yashan would have been fully capable of sending someone to ask for help from Jiedushi Cui. But to be frank, even if Jiedushi Cui used all his strength, it would have been difficult for the Yashan Governor's Office to even get the message of the request for help out.

Destroy them quickly, or capture them."

"Impossible! If they were so powerful, why would they still be hiding in this remote place?"

“Wait, I have an idea.

Lord Su just said that the person worshipped by Yuanjun Mansion is a woman named Yuanjun Niangniang, and she seems to be a charlatan. Others think she is a god, and all of her 300 disciples are cultivators. So is it possible that they have bewitched the Governor of Yashan?

At this time, the Governor of Yashan had completely believed in them.

They controlled me mentally.

Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, compared to the helpless captives of the Yashan Governor's Mansion who were destroyed, I prefer to believe that they were mind-controlled by the Yashan Governor. The theory of ghosts and gods is very attractive. "

After some discussion and analysis, they all agreed that it was the old confused Governor of Yashan who was fooled.

And therefore relaxed a little.

After all, the risk of Governor Yashan being fooled by a group of charlatans is definitely much lower than the risk of being instantly defeated by an army of countless thousands and having his prisoners taken.

Therefore, everyone became bolder and decided to continue exploring and learn more before going back.

Only return with enough useful information.

To gain greater credit!!!