Chapter 192 Goose Calls in the Middle of the Night

Emperor Longxingsheng asked Yang Tie to serve as the food channel this time, and ordered Er Gouzi to assist in logistics transportation.

But not a grain of food was found, which means that Sanyang County not only needs people to escort them, but also supplies food and grass.

Ergouzi thought that there would be no problem in producing food. He still had a lot of gourds and collected a lot of land rent every year, so he simply couldn't eat that much.

But if he was asked to pay a large amount of food for nothing, he would still feel distressed.

So, he wrote a crooked memorial with his own hands, crying out for his poverty to Emperor Longxingsheng.

Their Sanyang County has more people but less land, less spiritual energy, and extremely scarce resources, especially the lack of elixirs, magical weapons, and armor...

Although his men and horses have been trained for many years, due to lack of resources, their cultivation is low and their strength is insufficient.

He prayed for wisdom and wisdom, civil and martial arts, virtue to be spread by the people, long life without borders, and the supreme emperor Longxing.

Please give Sanyang County dozens of Foundation Building Pills!

After sending someone to deliver the memorial, he ordered 200 of his men, brought 100 Shixingjun Pills, and also obtained a batch of Huanzhen Pills for healing.

Huanzhen Dan is more suitable for Qi-training monks, but its effect on Foundation-building monks is relatively weak.

The key point is that the elixir is grown in Yushan, and the elixir is made by oneself. One batch can produce seven or eight pills, and the cost is low.

"Brother Yang, everything is ready and ready to go!"

Yang Tie narrowed his eyes when he first saw the 200 soldiers behind Ergouzi.

"Brother Zhang has managed to develop such a powerful army in such a short period of time."

What Yang Tie said this time was not polite.

Although the team behind Er Gouzi seemed to include men, women, old and young, it was a bit uneven.

But they were all wearing the same style of armor. Judging from the aura fluctuations on the armor, the quality was absolutely extraordinary.

Moreover, the strength of everyone in the team has reached the late stage of Qi training.

As long as you give them a batch of foundation-building pills, a large group of foundation-building monks will appear immediately.

Unexpectedly, Brother Zhang seemed to be honest and honest, but he concealed such a powerful force.

"Brother Yang, I'm sorry, but they are just farmers who happened to meet the King of Qi and gave him some pointers on how to use guns and sticks. It is difficult for them to reach the level of elegance."

Ergouzi said in an understatement that he originally wanted to sell them miserably, so he specially selected some old, weak, women and children.

Only the armor on his body looks more delicate and beautiful.

There is no way, these armors are all stolen...borrowed, only the style has been changed, and the spiritual energy is greatly improved when placed in the gourd.

The only drawback is that with so many people under his command, there is a serious lack of magic weapons.

Although he has a black iron mine under his name, mining, smelting, and refining magic weapons are all time-consuming and laborious tasks.

"It turns out that His Highness King Qi personally trained him. No wonder he is so elite."

While Yang Tie sighed, he felt envious in his heart.

"Brother Yang, let's go!"

"Set off!"

Their group set out from Sanyang County.

Er Gouzi and Yang Tie rode in front on their tall horses, with 200 people lined up behind them, and a big goose hovering in the sky.

On the way, Yang Tie discovered a detail.

They passed many villages and towns along the way, and the villagers were not afraid when they saw the officers and soldiers.

Not only did they not run away and hide, but many people stood on the side of the road and watched.

Some villagers even gave tea and eggs to the soldiers.

This scene was something Yang Tie had never seen or heard before.

As the saying goes, "Soldiers are like a comb, bandits are like a grate."

Under normal circumstances, when the people see the officers and soldiers, they are as scared as tigers and have no time to hide. How can they get close to watch and still give them food and drink?

In his heart, Yang Tie could only lament that Ergouzi was very strict in running the army.

In fact, Ergouzi never felt that he was very strict. He just didn't allow them to harm the tenants so as not to affect his own harvest.

It was now autumn and winter, and the farm work in the fields was all finished, but Yang Tie saw that Sanyang County was still in full swing.

Along the way, we saw several places where tens of thousands of people gathered and were building major projects such as reservoirs and canals.

If we see tens of thousands of people being forced to do corvee work in other places, the people will definitely be miserable.

But when Yang Tie saw these civilian workers working, he was actually quite happy.

After a little inquiry, I found out that these civilian workers did not work for nothing, and they received food after completing their work.

I saw that Sanyang County has built a large number of ponds, reservoirs and ditches, all of which are filled with water.

I finally understood why the entire Qingzhou was experiencing drought, and only Sanyang County had a bumper harvest.

Most droughts can still be overcome as long as manpower is prepared in advance. Even if they cannot be overcome, the impact of the drought can be reduced.

It's just that few people in the entire Zhou Dynasty government were willing to do this.

Yang Tie suddenly felt something when he saw all the unique places in Sanyang County.

A few years ago, he taught Er Gouzi how to be an official, but now it was the other way around, Er Gouzi taught him a lesson.

Everything Ergouzi is doing now is not just his dream when he was a boy, it is also something he has always wanted to do but failed to accomplish.

It's just that I have been in the officialdom for a long time, and I have become tainted with the habits of the officialdom. I am very familiar with all kinds of unspoken rules, and I have forgotten my original dream long ago because I am so focused on working hard.

"well……"

Yang Tie sighed deeply and looked at a falling leaf and said.

"The autumn wind is bleak and winter is coming soon."

…

After their group walked out of the boundary of Sanyang County, they saw a completely different scene.

A large number of fields were barren, sparsely populated, and the people were pale and thin. When they saw the soldiers, they fled in panic.

A young wife working in the field was so scared when she saw the soldiers coming that she quickly hid in a mud pit and rolled in mud.

Even so, Yang Tie still collected a batch of military rations in the county towns along the way, and the local government sent some soldiers to escort and join the team.

These county officials and soldiers were far inferior to the soldiers of Sanyang County.

They stood crookedly and did not stand properly. When they met villages and towns along the way, they would go in to find some property.

Because their military pay was taken away by the superiors, they usually only paid a small amount of military pay or no military pay.

The soldiers could only rely on robbery to maintain their expenses.

Therefore, the superiors were indulgent towards the soldiers' looting behavior.

As for strength, it was very good to have a cultivation level of the initial stage of Qi training.

Along the way, they collected a lot of military rations and added several new crooked soldiers.

It looked like a mighty force of five or six hundred people.

That night, their team camped on the roadside for the night.

Er Gouzi asked the big goose to guard the camp, and his 200 men were divided into three groups to take turns on duty.

As for the other hundreds of crooked soldiers.

There were indeed people on duty in the first half of the night, and they were drinking and having fun. In the second half of the night, they all slept like dead pigs.

Just at this time, a team of dozens of people quietly approached the periphery of their camp.

"Gaga..."

"Gaga..."

The loud cry of the big goose immediately woke up everyone in the camp.

"Ahhh..."

"Who who who..."

Those crooked soldiers hurriedly rubbed their eyes and climbed up, panicking, groping on the ground, looking for their own armor and weapons, and making a lot of noise.

"Who..."

Only the 200 people on Er Gou's side, holding weapons, formed a formation, and calmly looked around.

At this moment, they were on high alert, but there was only the sound of mountain wind blowing, and no human figure was seen.

Er Gou's spiritual sense spread out, and instantly covered an area of ​​80 feet in radius.

His current spiritual sense level is much stronger than some late-stage foundation-building cultivators. Within this 80-foot range, nothing can be hidden from his spiritual sense.

At this moment, Er Gou's spiritual sense carefully searched, but did not find any trace of the enemy.

Then he rode the big goose over the camp, circling several times, and did not find any enemy.

He could only return to the camp.

Everyone was alarmed for nothing, but they could not sleep in the second half of the night. They stayed up until dawn before they set off again.

The next night, when they rested in the second half of the night, the big goose clucked again, waking everyone up.

After a panic, they did not find an enemy again, and it was a false alarm.

For the next few days, every night was like this.

The group didn't sleep well at night and had no energy during the day. Although they were all cultivated, they couldn't stand it for a long time.

As a result, many people in the team had complaints about the big goose.

At first, they were intimidated by Er Gouzi's official power and dared to discuss it quietly in private.

Gradually, more and more discussions were made, and sometimes it reached Er Gouzi's ears.

"This dead goose is barking in the middle of the night."

"It makes us all suspicious of him!"

"That's right, beasts are beasts after all, and they can't be trusted."

"Officials are all mentally ill!"

Everyone agreed that it was this big goose that went crazy at night and barked randomly.

Even Yang Tie couldn't help asking Er Gouzi.

"Brother Zhang, can your big goose be trusted?"

"It's reliable, and it has never made a false alarm."

Er Gouzi nodded firmly. The big goose was a friend who had been in prison with him, and sometimes it was more reliable than a person.

"Brother Zhang's words have given me a clue. Our team may be targeted."

"Everyone listen to me. The more times like this, the more you can't slack off. If you slack off, you will lose your life."

Yang Tie shouted loudly at the team, but those crooked teams were still lazy and didn't listen.

Animals are animals after all. How can people be controlled by animals!