Chapter 10 Let’s talk about the rest after surviving
Xiao Changche is a very pure warrior.
Li Dachui is the most powerful bandit leader outside the customs.
Li Dachui seems to be very confident that Zhang Ruo will not die this time.
These are the three pieces of information Zhang Qingyun brought back to Zhang Ruo.
Zhang Ruo, who didn't speak for several days and ignored Li Dachui, finally walked out of the tent after thinking for a long time, walked to the fire and sat down next to Li Dachui.
The meat is roasted until brown,
The wine is just warm,
The aroma of wine and meat are mixed together, making people salivate immediately.
The face next to him was covered with a beard, and there was no resemblance to the Li Dachui he met for the first time.
The previous one was full of bookishness, moved his hands, and was polite, but the one in front of him ate meat and drank wine, then wiped his mouth with his hand, and wiped the greasy hands on his pants, and then clapped his hands. , no matter how you look at it, he is a swashbuckler who is bold and does not pay attention to details.
The world of Jianghu is really so turbulent.
This time out of Chang'an, Zhang Ruo saw for the first time a world that was completely different from the first half of his life.
"Who asked you to protect me?" Zhang Ruo asked: "If you think about it carefully, none of my friends have the ability to afford you!"
"Of course not your friends!" Li Dachui wiped his beard and said with a smile: "They are probably calculating how much trouble they can use this matter as an excuse to stir up and defeat many political opponents if you die. How much justice can they think of?"
"My friends are all good people who serve the country and the people!"
"Good people and bad people. , It’s hard to judge!” Li Dachui said: “But let me tell you, they are definitely not true friends.”
“The friendship between gentlemen is just like water! Brother Li, the girl said, Can you protect me?”
"Isn't Mr. Zhang afraid of death?" Li Dachui looked at him sarcastically.
"Of course I'm not afraid of death, but if I die in the hands of bandits and become a tool for people like Ling Huye to claim credit in the end, it will inevitably make people discouraged. Even if I die, I will die in Zhen Wucheng." Zhang Ruodao: "Even if I can't help Hu Yehe in the end, I think it's worth it if he can be stained with blood."
"You can't die!" : "Since I have done your business, I will naturally help you get to Zhenwu City. But after you get there, it's hard to say what will happen to you."
"That's my business. ." Zhang Ruodao.
"You want to die, so I don't have anything to say. After all, the person who paid me the price is to let me send you to Zhenwu City safely!" Li Dachui shook his head and said: "It's just Qingyun It would be a pity that such a charming and intelligent woman should die with you.”
"This is the second thing I want to tell you!" Zhang Ruodao.
Li Dachui raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"
"After I arrive in Zhenwu City, you can take her away!" Zhang Ruodao.
Li Dachui was stunned: "I am a horse bandit, and you actually entrusted your daughter to a horse bandit? You really have a big heart."
"You are not ordinary. The horse bandit!" Zhang Ruodao: "Although I don't know you very well yet, I believe that I have a good eye for people. At least you can keep Qingyun safe."
"I do things for people, and the fees are very expensive!" Li Dachui picked up the wine glass and said, "What can you give me?"
"I have no power now. But since you are talking to some people in Chang'an, People are connected, and I have some people here that I can introduce to you!" Zhang Ruodao. "Maybe I'll be able to help you someday."
Li Dachui pondered for a moment and nodded: "Deal!"
"Now I want to hear your whole story about Guanwaiwai Analysis of the situation?"
"Is it useful for you to understand this?" Li Dachui was a little surprised.
Zhang Ruo smiled: "If you hear the truth in the morning, you will die at night. Now it seems that our estimate of the situation outside the Pass is completely contrary to the facts. The Black Ice Platform has lost its function, and the imperial court has become blind and deaf outside the Pass. . Even if it is true that I did something wrong this time, I still want to know where I went wrong."
"Okay, in that case, I will discuss it carefully with Mr. Zhang. Talk about it!" Li Dachui said with a smile. "Come, let's have a drink first. The cold night is heavy with dew. Mr. Zhang, you are no better than us warriors."
In the tent, Zhang Qingyun, who had been a little worried, saw the two people beside the campfire smiling and moving. He clinked the cups and drank them all in one gulp. He couldn't help but smile on his face. He took out a large cloak from the tent and walked over.
"The rough statistics outside the customs today are that there are more than two million people, but according to my estimate, it should be doubled!" Li Dachui said: "Five million people Ding, there are actually quite a few, much more than any county in Da Qin, but spread over this vast land, it seems that there are fewer Ding."
"For the imperial court. For me, this land is too barren.”
Li Dachui smiled and was noncommittal.
“The imperial court set up a protective palace outside the pass, with Zhenwu City as the center and an army of 100,000 as its wings. However, it could really effectively control only one-third of the place, and this three-thirds In this place, due to the heavy taxes and corvee, the people inside are still on the run. In recent years, in order to control the loss of people, Linghuye has implemented extremely cruel laws. Once the escapees are caught, they will be immediately arrested. They will be punished as slaves, and even their relatives and friends will suffer. "The other third is controlled by other forces headed by Tai'an City. These forces have different foundations, but they each have their own. The characteristics of Tai'an City, for example, are that it is focused on commerce and has become the center of the entire foreign trade. "
"How many people does Tai'an City control?" Zhang Ruo asked.
“Because Tai’an City is supported by innate masters, everything there can be considered prosperous and prosperous. The number of people protected by Tai’an City is about 200,000, of which 50,000 are in Tai’an City. , and the rest live around Tai'an City. About 100,000 people farm and herd, and the rest can be regarded as businessmen!" Li Dachui said.
"There are more than 200,000 people in the pass, and that's one person from the county!" Zhang Ruodao. "How many people can be protected by the remaining castles?"
"Three to fifty thousand for good, ten to twenty thousand for worse!" Li Dachui said: "Each town has its own way of survival, and its own behind-the-scenes They all have their own backgrounds."
"What about the other third?"
"The other third has no rules, no order, no good and evil. There is no place for three!" Li Dachui said: "The strong are respected, the weak are the weak. Mr. Zhang, it is not fair to blame all the chaos outside the pass on Ling Huye. Hu Ye has been able to keep Yuan Guo out of the water, which is very valuable. Although he asked you for a lot of money, in order to mobilize the entire force outside the pass to deal with Bei Yuan, the money is not free."
"So, Linghuye will still pay you to hire you to fight against Beiyuan?"
"Of course!" Li Dachui smiled and said: "I am very expensive. Likewise, if he wants the powerful forces outside the Guan Dynasty to help him fight against Bei Yuan, he will naturally have to take money. It's all a head-turning business, who would do it for nothing? !”
“So, Ling Huye is a loyal minister?” Zhang Ruo said with a sarcastic smile.
“I didn’t say that!” Li Dachui said: “As far as I know, at least four of the top ten forces outside the customs have secretly defected to Linghuye. As for those underworld It’s hard to say how many of the poisons in the domain are cultivated by Linghuye.”
“So, Linghuye is actually waiting for an opportunity.”
“This. Ling Huye is not the only one in the world who is waiting for an opportunity!" Li Dachui said: "There is no one in the pass who is waiting for an opportunity? Yes, all the powerful families are hiding their fangs. Tiger, put away Xinzi's poisonous snake. Once they have the opportunity, they will never let it go. Wasn't the Li family of the current Great Qin royal family two hundred years ago also a noble family? If you are in the first grade of junior high school, why can’t you do the fifteenth grade? ”
Zhang Ruo was speechless after hearing Li Dachui's deviant words.
He is familiar with history books and of course knows that what Li Dachui said is true.
"Brother Li, do you know how many people died in the civil strife in the Central Plains that year?" Zhang Ruo asked.
“I don’t know!”
“Twenty million people are missing from the Central Plains!” Zhang Ruo exhaled: “Yong lost his deer, and the whole world chased him away. Fifty years of chaos, Until the rise of the Li family, they conquered the Qin Dynasty for ten years. Do you want the world to be in chaos for another sixty years? How many people will be left in the Central Plains by then? "
"In prosperity, the people suffer, in death, the people suffer, it has always been like this!" Li Dachui said: "If we unite for a long time, we will divide, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite. Zhang Gong, human beings study and read history, but they never learn any lessons from history, so , Our history is a constant cycle. You can't change it, and I can't change it."
"But I want to delay this process as much as possible, even for ten or twenty years. As long as I try my best, I will feel at ease!" Zhang Ruodao said: "When I die, I can have these ten words engraved on my epitaph, I will not be ashamed of God, and I will not be humbled by others."
Li Dachui was a little moved, but the emotion only flashed through his heart.
“You can’t do it.”
“Maybe you can give it a try, but I don’t believe it. The hundred thousand troops outside the Pass are all Linghuye’s lackeys, that Xiao Changche. Didn’t you say that he is a pure warrior? ”
Li Dachui laughed: "Mr. Zhang, believe it or not, the people outside the pass who really hate you are these pure warriors."
"Because what did Linghuye say to them?"< br>
"Of course. In their hearts, you and your friends are people who want to give up outside the Pass and abandon them. Warriors like Xiao Changche who were born and grew up outside the Pass, The most intolerable person is him. Therefore, the person who wants to kill you the most is him.”
“If I can spend some time with them, I will be able to make them truly understand who I am. What kind of person?" Zhang Ruo said firmly.
“I can only try hard to let you reach Zhenwu City alive!”
"That's enough. The rest is my business. It's luck to survive. It's fate to die. There's nothing to complain about!" Zhang Ruodao.
Li Dachui nodded.
"Can you let me know your true identity, your real name?"
"If you can survive and stand firm in Zhenwu City, then you will know who I am. At that time, we might still have something to work with!" Li Dachui stood up with a smile, "Kitten!" Fang Mao Mao responded and appeared in front of Li Dachui.
"Go and clear the surrounding area. It's very noisy. I want to sleep quietly for a night!"
"Got it!" Fang Mao Mao turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
(End of this chapter)