Realm of Power

In Lanzhi City, the bright sunshine shines down from the newly built hall, and the golden light spots are reflected on the steps leading to the hall. Among the people coming and going on the street in front of the hall, Long Xueshan walks out surrounded by more than a dozen guards. When the war horse came down, the family emblem on the armor of the Long Family Army caused the expressions of the people around to change. It was like a piece of ice, causing the people around to get out of the way unconsciously.

"It's from the Long family!" "Is the Long family going to attack Lanzhi?"

"No way. If there was a fight, we would have fought it long ago. Now that the Long family wants to attack Lanzhi, are they really not afraid of the empire's revenge?"

Whispers from all around reached his ears. Long Xueshan's hand holding the riding crop tightened before he raised his head and looked at the city hall in front of him with a solemn expression. His heart was complicated, although he had already seen the changes in Lanzhi City outside. , but only when you enter the city can you really feel the prosperity that hits you.

There are shops on both sides of the street, and there are so many people coming and going that it is almost difficult to move. From the moment they entered the city gate, not only the guards of Long Xueshan were dumbfounded, but also Long Xueshan was stunned. Is this Lanzhi City? Is this the mountain town of Lanzhi, where there is only one dilapidated stone road in the whole city, and it becomes muddy during the rainy season in the south?

What does Lanzhi City look like? It's not like he has never seen it before in Longxue Mountain. Even the wheels of a carriage can sink in. There are only a few large stores in the city. They mainly sell local specialties from the mountains. In a year, that is, In spring and autumn, only There will be caravans and pack horses passing by here. Now, there is no trace of the original Lanzhi City. It is a single stone road, and it is enough for at least four carriages to go parallel. Both sides of the street are piled up. A store with a large variety of merchandise,

Lanzhi is originally a small mountain town. Although the unrest in the northwest did not affect Lanzhi, the influx of refugees from the north also had a great impact on Lanzhi. In addition, in order to accept the refugees, the Southwest Long Family opened its door to the northwest. The original Lanzhi people Some chose to move to the southwest, causing the population of Lanzhi City to drop sharply from more than 20,000 to less than 5,000. Almost everyone who could move left. Most of the remaining people were unable to move south, or The common people who can't bear to leave this homeland,

No one expected that Lanzhi would become what it is now. It would simply change from a pheasant to a phoenix overnight, from an obscure mountain town to a golden thoroughfare connecting the east and west continents. Tens of thousands of Chinese people came from the wilderness areas of the empire. Biya people, and countless people from both sides With several businessmen and the refugees from the northwest and southern regions absorbed, a small town of 20,000 people turned into a city with a huge population of 200,000 people in a month and a half. What was once a worthless wasteland is now a It is covered with countless wooden houses scattered on top of each other.

Here, whether you are from the Empire, Central Asia, or from the grasslands, you are just here to do business, and you can all be traded. As for continuing to fight life and death after leaving here, it is also your own business. In the Empire area, Commerce and trade are the core. With the guarantee of the empire, no force dares Again, in the two years after the empire intervened in China and Bia, this concept has been accepted by all parties in China and Bia. The absolute stability brought by absolute force is the main reason why Lanzhi City suddenly became a golden place. , otherwise a battlefield that would be seen back and forth, who would dare to come here to do business?

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Long Xueshan's mouth. If he hadn't witnessed this scene with his own eyes, even if someone told him, he would have sneered. In the small Lanzhi City, those powerful people are so full that they send a caravan here? But the situation in front of me is completely naked. The powerful and powerful people from all over the country have gathered in the mountain city of Lanzhi. Unexpectedly, Lanzhi City has turned into what it is now in just one and a half months. The empire , what on earth did you do to Lanzhi?

I was still thinking that if I found an opportunity, I would seize Lanzhi first. Even if the empire pursues it later, I can definitely say that Lanzhi City is only a river away from the area controlled by the Long Family. From the rise of the Long Family in the southwest to In the past few decades, Lanzhi City has actually been recognized as the outskirts of the Southwest Long Family. The Long Family has no regard for Lanzhi City. Although there is no real control in the name, it is a real controller. Long Xueshan believes that the Long family’s decades of control cannot be compared to the empire that has just settled in Lanzhi City for more than a month. Even if It's in Lanzhi City, and I don't know how many people are looking forward to the Long family entering Lanzhi. In the hearts of Central and Asian people, no matter how good the empire is, they are still outsiders! But now, Long Snow Mountain is shaken,

The situation made him feel a little helpless. If the wishes of the original residents of Lanzhi City were followed, the Long family's rule of Lanzhi would naturally be well-deserved. The problem was that these people in front of him now, these people look like people from Central and Western countries, There is even a person with a grass-roots face. Is he a native of Lanzhi?

Who knows how many forces are involved, not to mention other foreigners, the flags on the Zhongbia caravan crowded on the road have already made Long Xueshan feel embarrassed.

The golden Changfeng flag of the Li people, the Ming Huangshan party flag of the Song people, and flags of various colors, at a glance, they look like a sea of ​​flags.

Not to mention the first-class clans like Li and Song, since the Zhang family died in the Imperial Capital, and then the Li family was suppressed after moving south, and almost the entire Tang clan was wiped out in Linhang, they originally controlled the government affairs and financial resources of Central Asia. Of the four major first-class families in the military, only the Song clan in the south still has strength. Just the purple that represents the second-class family and the withered yellow of the third-class family that they see make Longxue Mountain feel messy in the wind.

In Lanzhi City, how many caravans of powerful people from China and Libya are there?

Those who now hold power in Central and South-Bia are no longer the first-class powerful men, but the second- and third-class dignitaries who were originally inferior to the first-class. Especially the southern aristocratic group, which has been suppressed by the north, is even more powerful in the north. After the aristocratic group suffered two consecutive heavy losses, Xun quickly rose up in the court and began to gain real power.

Even the Long family, which is still the will of the Southern Group, will never break up with these second- and third-level nobles who hold real power. And the caravan flags of these second- and third-level nobles that Long Xueshan saw were almost It includes more than 80% of the current nobles in Central and Bibia.

Long Xueshan's face was green all the way, the hand holding the riding crop crackled, and his eyes were full of bursting coldness.

More than 100,000 troops of the Long family were fighting bloody battles on the front line. Behind them, these nobles were doing business with the prairie people. Just now, he saw a second-class Lanshan uncle. The leader of the team and a businessman from the Yelu family were chatting and laughing, and what they were talking about turned out to be about weapons and equipment.

If he hadn't suppressed the anger in his heart, Long Xueshan almost slashed with his sword. After spending so much effort, two generations of family heads fighting to the death, and the blood of more than 100,000 Long family children, this was the result. How could he not make this The general of the Long family felt chilled, but there was no way.

The Long family wants to win the hearts and minds of Zhongbia, and the hearts and minds of Zhongbia seem to be in the majority of civilians. In fact, specifically, they are still in the hands of these powerful people in Zhongbia.

The Long family has a deep understanding of this point.

The famous general Long Yang fought bloody battles in Yanzhou, carried the Yelu family's army, and regained the last bit of dignity for Zhongbia. But what happened? The powerful people said that the Long family acted against the will and ignored the survival of Zhongbia for the benefit of the family. It was a heinous crime. The Long family was immediately reviled by countless people. Outside the southwest, Long Xueshan in Linhang, Xinjing was not only criticized in every possible way, but also people threw dirt and rotten eggs on the streets along the way. They were really like rats crossing the street. Everyone Shouting and beating,

The new head of the family, Long Po, made several incursions into the prairie people's areas, which seriously delayed the progress of the prairie people's march south, allowing the dignitaries to escape south safely. The dignitaries immediately changed their tune and said that the Long family were good people, the direction of heaven, and teachers of justice. Home seems to be the place where the God of War is in China, the savior that the whole world sings about, no matter how high or low it is. Internally and externally, when anyone mentions the Long Family Western Army, everyone gives a thumbs up and praises them as a good man. He is worthy of being a descendant of China and Bia. Immediately, a rising tide lifts all boats. They seem to have forgotten that just over half a month ago, they How he scolded the Long family, and how he allowed tens of thousands of Long family children to die in Yanzhou and still bear the infamy.

They are all villains, a group of villains who are greedy for profit!

I have told you a long time ago that the so-called people's hearts and the so-called wind direction are not just what these powerful people say! But you just don’t believe it. Now believe it. Your head has been chopped off, and no one has remembered you!

In the Long family's memorial hall, which was filled with white, the new head of the family, Long Po, was dressed in heavy armor and filial piety. The corners of his eyes were cracked and blood was flowing. He was holding a wine pot in his hand. He was spitting one after another, and the sound of gnashing teeth was like a heavy sound impacting the memorial hall. Inside, the generals of the Long family were kneeling in the Longyang Memorial Hall. Their eyes were red, their bodies were as straight as iron, and they were silent. The scene could still make Long Xueshan feel panicked in his heart.

The successive heads of the Long family were all military leaders, and few died well. Most of them died on the battlefield. However, the only one who had his head chopped off by the enemy after death was Long Yang. Until a month ago, Long Yang's head was cut off. The royal court returned Long Yang's empty coffin to the Long family and announced that it had been buried. In fact, it had been vacant in the memorial hall for several months. Only then was he truly qualified to enter the ancestral tomb of the Long family. A shriveled and frozen human head. After running for more than ten days in the northwest in the cold weather, the facial features were condensed together, and the true face was no longer visible. Only the right ear is missing half of the invisible earlobe, which proves the identity of the former head of the family, Long Yang.

On that day, there was a secret burial. It had not snowed in Longjiaguang Linchuan for more than 30 years. Heavy snow like goose feathers filled the sky and the earth. The cold wind blew the white sails hung all over the city by the tens of thousands of children who died fighting for Yanzhou. , like a roaring sky, no one except the Long family knows what is going on

"Here is Lord Long Xueshan below!" A young man from Central Asia wearing the uniform of an imperial officer saw Long Xueshan below, his eyes lit up, and he quickly walked down the steps. The emblem of the Long family was easy to recognize, and The aura of a heavy general on Long Xueshan's body is equally unforgettable.

"Your Excellency?"

Long Xueshan withdrew his gaze from the city hall in front. He stepped onto the steps with seemingly light steps. As soon as he stepped down, he wanted to step into a hole. He originally planned to annex Lanzhi City, but now he has already forgotten it. , the court is unable to control the region, and the noble families in various regions of Central and Bibia are already representatives of various regions. Faced with the reshuffle of the new power structure, they will naturally choose the party that is beneficial to themselves. If Lanzhi City is moved, it will undoubtedly be moved. Eighty percent of the noble families in China! Even the Long family cannot compete with the entire Central Asian aristocracy.

"I am Bai Wufeng, the captain of the Yanzhou Banner of the Imperial Wilderness Legion!" The young man's eyes sparkled and he said with a stern look, "I am responsible for the defense of Lanzhi City. I really don't have much experience. I'm afraid I will let Long Mr. Xueshan must be laughing at this!"

"Your Excellency is so polite. At such a young age, he is already a major general in the Imperial Regiment. It is really admirable." Long Xueshan narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that the other party was mocking him for having ambitions for Lanzhi City. For a person A Central Bian, who actually became an officer of the Imperial Army, was naturally not polite. He said with a smile, "It's just that as a Central Bian, he is willing to serve a foreign race. Is it really puzzling?"

"Haha, Master Long Xueshan is really quick to talk. Unfortunately, these words are of no use to me. To be honest, I am from the Yanzhou Army." Bai Wufeng grinned. He was from the Yanzhou Army and the Southwest Long Family. Known as the two war armies of China and Biya, the two have known each other for many years. There were countless cases of secret rivalry with each other. Seeing that Long Xueshan, the general of the Southwest Long Family, had just been promoted to the flag captain of the Yanzhou Banner of the Imperial Wilderness Legion, he couldn't help but provoke him, not to mention Long Xueshan's ambitions for Lanzhi City. , even a blind person can feel it

"Being from the Yanzhou Army!" Long Xueshan's cold and proud face suddenly became solemn, his eyes fell on Bai Wufeng, and he looked at Bai Wufeng for a few seconds before looking away, "I thought the Yanzhou Army was all dead, not I thought I could still see one here. I'm sorry for what I just said. No matter how you are now, as of now The entire Shaoyanzhou Army shed their last drop of blood for Zhongbia. As a Zhongbia soldier, our Long family was not that blind to the Yanzhou Army's actions. The former head of the family, Long Mr. Yang, I also wanted to reunite the Yanzhou Army in Yanzhou, but what a pity?..." Long Xueshan's voice stopped and seemed quite emotional.

"What do you want to say, sir? Is the Long family's kindness good?" To Long Xueshan's expectation, the officer from the Yanzhou Army in front of him seemed to have become colder, and even his eyes began to become murderous. Got it

"Your Excellency, what are you doing?" Long Xueshan frowned slightly. He didn't know what he said wrongly. Under the gaze of this imperial official, he snorted dissatisfiedly, "Could it be that the former head of the family, Long Yang, was good to the Yanzhou Army?" Some of them are wrong. I think back then, when the head of the Longyang family was During the preparation of Yanzhou, special care was given to the remaining family members of the Yanzhou Army, and some of them were recruited into the Long Family Army. Unfortunately, most of them were lost in the battle of Yanzhou. Even if you are not grateful, you don't have to Is that the attitude?”

"Yanzhou Military Family!" Bai Wufeng's eyes were terribly red. Seeing Long Xueshan's blank look, he gritted his teeth and said, "You still have the nerve to mention the Yanzhou Military Family? Do you know that just last month, I, the Yanzhou Military Family, Have more than 80,000 people been massacred on the order of Long Po, the head of your Long family?"

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