Myriad Paths

"Songguo? Why do you ask this?" Jingyan frowned.

"Nothing, I just never left Daluguo, so I want to ask about the customs and habits of Songguo." Li Qi said with a smile.

"Okay, but I'm still on patrol. Let's chat after we settle down at night." Jingyan replied.

Li Qi nodded. This result was what he expected.

After spending these two days together, he already knew Jingyan's personality.

Exactly the same as the sword.

Straightforward and stubborn, but not difficult to get along with, just too serious and not suitable for working together.

When facing a person who doesn't lie, does things in a rigid manner, and doesn't know how to adapt at all, it is indeed easy to conflict with others, and when a conflict occurs, she is still very good at fighting.

No wonder others call her "Tiger Bitch".

She seems to take everyone and everything seriously, and she is fully serious about everything she encounters. She has devoted all her energy, love, and I don't know what else to the sword practice. In short, she has even trained people like swords.

The two continued patrolling, and the whole day was peaceful and smooth, and there were no wild animals this time.

They did encounter several mountain mining teams.

These mountain mining teams watched from a distance at first, all of them were sizing up the situation of the caravan.

But after Li Qi showed up, they all dispersed.

Entering the mountains as a thief is easy to deal with, but you still have to weigh your strength.

Facing a master who has entered the rank, it is very unwise to take action, and the two sides are not on the same level at all.

This is the benefit of hiring Li Qi. It seems that there is nothing wrong, but in fact, there are dangers everywhere along the way. Without anyone to protect them, there would have been an accident with dozens of trucks of goods.

After a peaceful day, Li Qi finished his meal, said a few words to Rabbit, and came to Jingyan's carriage.

Jingyan was practicing sword.

He was serious and serious, forgetting everything else, and there was only one sword in his heart and hand.

Such concentration and dedication.

No wonder Shen Shuibi said that she would definitely have a promising future. Such a person, with a little talent, it would be difficult for her to have no future.

This time, Shen Shuibi pointed out her weaknesses in person, which was equivalent to letting a fifth-rank master help her improve. This was definitely a great opportunity for her, and it might not be impossible for her to advance to the eighth rank.

A good thing, it was a good relationship and an early investment.

In Li Qi's own guess, he could not avoid the conflict between Dalu Kingdom and Song Kingdom. Now he understood the situation and made some connections in Song Kingdom, which would be useful in the future.

Li Qi waited for her to finish this part, and then watched her slowly put away her sword and walked towards Li Qi.

"What do you want to ask? The situation in Song Kingdom?" Jing Yan walked towards Li Qi and got straight to the point.

There was no greeting at all, and Li Qi was a little headache.

After always pretending to be nice to people from all walks of life for a long time, meeting such a sincere person was really a bit...uncomfortable.

However, this was also a good thing.

"It's not that mysterious, I just want to understand the customs and customs of Song Kingdom. I heard that you just finished the war with Tang Kingdom. What is the situation now?" Li Qi asked.

As they talked, the two sat next to the ox cart and started talking.

"War? It was three or four years ago. It was nothing. It had almost no impact on the civilians. It was just that those high-ranking officials and great witches were defeated. There was no movement at all." Jing Yan recalled and explained to Li Qi.

"...The war had no impact on civilians?" Li Qi was a little stunned.

"Tang conquered Song in three days and broke through three states in one day. What impact can it have?" Jing Yan smiled bitterly: "Those of you and me who are ninth-rank are considered masters in the martial arts world, but in the Tang army, we are just captains. There are hundreds of soldiers in one army, and Tang has more than one army. So at the beginning, the battlefield did not fall to the ground at all." She looked up, as if she was afraid, and as if she was recalling, she said with emotion: "That day, there were ten suns in the sky, the moon eclipsed five stars, stars flew and fell, and the army was full of energy. Gradually, it was like a mountain in the clouds, dragons and tigers flew in the sky, and there were countless strange phenomena." "One day later, everything returned to its original state. Except that the high officials were replaced by Tang generals, the great witches were replaced by Taoist priests, and the original witches became Taoist priests, everything else was the same. There was no chaos in the Jing family, and it was still the same as before." Jing Yan's words made Li Qi feel a headache. This doesn't look like a battle of the same level at all... However, Song State is like this in the eyes of Tang State. In my own world, it seems to be similar. A special forces unit of a big country can easily overthrow the regime of a small country.

"After that, did Songguo have any other changes in governance?" Li Qi asked again.

"There are changes... For example, severely cracking down on corruption, integrating all scattered sects into Songguo Dao League, under the unified jurisdiction of the government, making laws, and strictly abiding by them. Violators will be dealt with according to the law. In order to establish the authority of the law, even a sixth-grade mountain god was killed."

"The God of Xiyue, one of the Five Mountains of Songguo, was a sixth-grade Taoist, with a body stretching for five thousand miles. He did not obey the laws of Tangguo, did not adjust the earth's qi according to regulations, and benefited local farmers. Instead, as in the past, he asked the people below to sacrifice themselves with human sacrifices. So he was killed on the spot by a Taoist priest, his mountain roots were broken, and his body was refined into a 'Five Mountains Seal'."

"Then, the Taoist priest conferred a Tangguo hero who died in battle as a mountain god on the spot, bestowed the Five Mountains Seal, and received local incense and became the new Songguo Xiyue."

"After that, the officials of Song State governed the Qingming Dynasty, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Moreover, the government began to set up official schools. All children over six years old and under fifteen years old were required to attend school. Instead of being restrained and practicing, they were given rations. They needed to study for three years. The first In the first year, he studied writing, in the second year he studied law, and in the third year he studied rituals and music, so that he could leave official school."

"If there is a natural or earthly disaster, monks will come forward to deal with it. They will also adjust the climate to make the earth full of energy and good weather. If there is a disaster, military equipment will be immediately deployed to capture the evildoers and deal with them according to law."

"In addition, there are many utensils flowing in, which seem to be made by people of reason. They search for the principles of the operation of utensils day and night, and create many strange objects, such as the 'Mirror Flowers, Water Moon', which seems to be just a round mirror, but it can project images. Being able to see the scenery thousands of miles away, watch singing and dancing in the distance, or talk to the person holding the other half of the mirror, has become popular in Songguo, but it is too expensive and I can’t afford it.”

"So, it has been three years, and Songguo... is probably much better than before." Jing Yan thought about it and answered truthfully.

Li Qi was stunned for a moment while listening.

I'm super!

This Tang country is too advanced!

You were promised to be the villain!

How can you be so civilized!