Volume 42 Chapter 14

Zhang Tie has been staying with his wife in Zhulongling for the past few months. Everything is going well in Zhulongling. Some blood men who entered the Yangui Mountains from Tongzhou last winter have been captured by the disciples of the Iron Dragon Sect and the guardian forces of the cities in Zhulongling. Killing and arresting, those blood men did not cause many problems to the entire Zhulong collar except for looting and slaughtering a few scattered hunters and one or two small villages in Yangui Mountain, causing hundreds of casualties. There is no grain harvest in various places in Xia, but Zhulongling has a bumper harvest of grain. The situation in Zhulongling and the situation in other states and counties in Taixia are completely like two worlds.

After the blood people entered the Yangui Mountains and caused some casualties, Zhang Tie had already ordered the other hunters living in the Yangui Mountains to be moved out of the mountains, specially designated land, built fortresses, and occupied them near the city. All the hunters, with the generous salaries given by Zhulong compared to hunters, turned into patrollers of the Yangui Mountains led by Zhulong, and became "buddy" under Zhang Tie. Some experienced veterans Orion was even invited to the camp of the Candle Dragon Legion and hired as an instructor to teach the soldiers of the Candle Dragon Legion how to fight and survive in the mountains.

Today, when food prices have skyrocketed, the Zhulongling's bumper harvest of summer grains made the people in the territory, the prominent families and country folks from all over the city smile with joy, and the entire Zhulongling was in a thriving scene.

In such an environment, Zhang Tie would have been hard-pressed to imagine that the situation in some places in Taixia is already very serious if he hadn't heard his brother tell about the situation in Tongzhou.

Tongzhou first broke out in the second half of last year when the bloody disaster broke out. In the core area where the bloody disaster broke out, more than ten counties in Tongzhou were already full of blood and smoke.

In the core area where the blood man rebellion broke out, those cities guarded by tall city walls were fine, but outside the city, those market towns and villages were the first to bear the brunt of the blood man rebellion. After the death of the people, no chickens or dogs were left behind, and they were burned. Countless people's corpses were exposed in the wilderness, and the number of people who were killed and wounded was innumerable.

The panic brought about by the blood man caused people to rush into the city to seek refuge, but the city can only accommodate a limited number of people. There have been thousands of civil unrest and conflicts caused by this since the end of last year.

A large group of blood men were scattered, but the range of activities of the blood men was wider, running around, and from time to time, scattered blood men jumped out to kill pedestrians and farmers in the wild or in the farmland. Because of this, the panic caused by the blood man has not been completely eliminated until now.

In the midst of this desperation, the price of grain in Taixia has been soaring since the end of last year. This year, Tongzhou's summer grain harvest has failed in a large area. greatly affected.

There are more people living in the city, but the supply of living materials in the city has begun to decrease. The money everyone earns has not increased. Governments all over the country have been providing disaster relief, but the situation in some places is close to corruption.

Zhang Yangyang went to Tongzhou this time because a transit material storage warehouse and fruit orchard garden invested by the Golden Crow Merchant Group in Tongzhou were robbed and smashed by rioters, and some Golden Crow Merchant Group personnel were killed or injured. Xia, this was the first time the Golden Crow Merchant Group had encountered it, so Zhang Yang personally went to Tongzhou to deal with the matter.

After listening to Zhang Yang, Zhang Tie really felt that the situation outside the Candle Dragon Collar may be worse than he imagined in some places. The situation in .

"Is the loss of the Golden Crow Merchant Group in Tongzhou too big this time?"

"The loss is not that big, it's only more than three million gold coins in total. The Golden Crow Merchant Group lost more than 100,000 full-effect potions in the warehouse in Tongzhou, as well as some stored grains, medicinal materials, and some supplies traded by the merchant group. The fruit forests of the merchant group were hit, and there were some losses..." More than three million gold coins may be an astronomical figure for other merchant groups, but for the Golden Crow Merchant Group and Zhang Yang, it is three hundred gold coins at this time. Tens of thousands of gold coins, just like other people said more than 300 gold coins, I didn’t feel anything at all, “It’s just that a capable shopkeeper under the Golden Crow Merchant Group was inspecting the warehouse at that time, and it turned out that the shopkeeper and a few guards around him, as well as guards Some businessmen in the warehouse were killed by the mob. After I arrived in Tongzhou, the leading mob had been captured by the people from the Sansi Yamen in Tongzhou. The civil unrest has gradually subsided..."

Zhang Tie shook his head. This is not a good sign. Although the government of Taixia still has a strong control over the local area, after the riots broke out, they can quickly quell the riots, control the situation, and arrest those who lead the trouble. However, since there is such a vicious civil unrest, it shows that the situation in some places in Taixia has become very bad after experiencing the disaster of blood and food.

Some ambitious people, those who want to make money for the country, those who are full of resentment or those who can't see a way out, have already started to make trouble. This is not necessarily instigated by the Three-Eyed Society or the Tongtian Sect, but by human nature. With so many people in Taixia, it is impossible for everyone to be a good citizen, and everyone is a good man and a believer. Perhaps many people would not do anything in normal times Those who go out of the way can be regarded as good citizens, but in the midst of catastrophe and extreme circumstances, the dark and ugly side of many people's human nature will erupt irresistibly.

After experiencing the destruction of the Weiyi subcontinent, Zhang Tie has seen too many things like this.

Even in times of peace, there are tens of thousands of underworld giants and evil tycoons on the most wanted list of Taixia Tingwei Mansion's most wanted list. , when Taixia encountered a big problem, his head was still sober, and his heart still had the red line of defense against humans and demons, like his master Zhao Yuan, who directly entered the realm of the gods and pursued his own path, naturally he would not Add fuel to Taixia's fire and do something, but it's hard to guarantee that there will be some greedy, vicious and profit-inspired people who will push the flames behind and fish in troubled waters to do something.

The elder brother's words reminded Zhang Tie that besides the Demon Race, the Tongtian Sect, and the Tun Party, he may face some unexpected enemies and situations in Taixia in the future.

If the same riot happened in Zhulong County, facing those mobs, what would be the measure of whether he should kill them or not?

The two brothers walked towards the Zhang family's mansion while talking. Along the way, all the maids, servants and even the guards of the Zhang family who saw Zhang Yang and Zhang Tie appearing at the same time stopped at a distance. Saluting to the two of them, many people, especially the maids in the mansion, were one by one

Today's two Zhang family brothers are no longer what they used to be. The Golden Crow Merchant Group has become the largest business group in the Northeast Governor's Mansion. Zhang Yang plays an important role, and Zhang Tie is famous all over the world.

As the two brothers became more and more famous, the rules in the family became stricter and stricter, and the number of manpower in the mansion increased, and the quality of the manpower became higher and higher.

Not to mention these servants of the Zhang Mansion, even if they are the first-level stewards in the mansion, it is estimated that it is rare to see the two brothers Zhang Yang and Zhang Tie walking side by side in the mansion.

"Ah, that's the second young master. He's so young and doesn't look as old as me. Why does he look like a seventeen-year-old handsome boy..." After the two brothers Zhang Tie walked by, one saw the two brothers. Appearing, she stopped far away at the gate of a garden in the mansion, and the delicate maid in the mansion, who was wearing a green skirt and quickly squatted down to offer blessings, stood up when she saw Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang walking away. Sticking out his tongue, he said to another pretty maid in a pink skirt beside him.

The two maids were holding a flower basket in their hands, and in the flower basket were freshly cut flowers from the garden of the Zhang Mansion. It seemed that the two of them came to the garden to cut the flowers and brought them to the house for decoration. of.

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful and the young master heard that the second young master is a knight. I heard from the guards in the mansion that the second young master's cultivation has reached the level of ghosts and gods. That's why his appearance has not changed, and he is still young..." Another maid in a pink skirt whispered.

"Ah, I don't know if the second young master needs someone to serve in the house..." The maid in the green skirt looked at the backs of Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang turning away from the rockery fountain in the distance, her cheeks were slightly red, and she said dreamily.

"Ha, little girl, your heart is moving, but I advise you to give up your heart!" The maid in the pink skirt also sighed melancholy, and looked at the maid in the green skirt, Xiao He, to show her love. Looking at the chest with sharp corners, he looked at his chest, which was not too small, but it was only enough to be grasped, and said with some frustration, "We can't get close to the second young master. You just came to the house. Maybe I don't know, but the second young master actually likes plump and charming women the most, and the second young master usually doesn't even look at a little girl like you and me!"

"Second Young Master likes such a woman?"

"Of course, everyone in the house knows that you have never seen the second young master's wives and concubines. Among the second young master's wives and concubines, Mrs. Linda is like this. Among the women brought back by the second young master from the sub-continent this time, many of them are also like this. I heard that even the princesses of the Guangnan Palace brought back by the Second Young Master are mature and beautiful, don't you see that the maids at the Second Young Master's house are all plump..."

"Second young master likes mature women!" The maid in the green skirt widened her eyes, and blurted out a straightforward sentence. After she finished speaking, she unconsciously looked down at her breasts. All of a sudden, I felt that my dream was shattered in the blink of an eye... 〖To be continued〗