AWB Page 1031
Page 1031
Their physical bodies have been tempered since childhood, and they are stronger than steel.
Some bullets, bows and crossbows can't go in.
But the biggest nemesis is Dongtang's inscriptions and formations.
It can often torture the northern barbarians to death.
Of course, there is a main reason for this. The Northern Barbarians are not an empire, but the collective name of the other four countries. There is no unified empire in the northern border.
There are many tribes and countries, and they attack each other, and they are not very united.
"One last question, does this place belong to you from Nanming or from West Qin." Xu Ding pointed to the ground.
Which faction this mountain range belongs to determines Xu Ding's strategic plan for the future.
"This is neither our Nanming's chassis nor the Western Qin people's, but belongs to Zhongzhou, called Wanmo Mountain, the largest mountain range in Zhongzhou, in the south of Zhongzhou, bordering us Nanming and Xiqin." A Nanming man replied.
Midweek site.
This is good news.
The middle week is weak, and it belongs to a small country living in the cracks. If something unpleasant happens in this way, it is easy to settle it.
If Nanming or Xiqin had a major conflict, it would be quite troublesome.
Soon the interrogation of the other two was over, and his subordinates came to tell Xu Ding that the two were not lying.
Basically the same thing.
They are also from Nanming, they entered the Wanmo Mountain in Zhongzhou, and collected materials to make money.
I discovered the cave by accident, and out of curiosity, I found the bronze door along the cave.
Then I felt that there was something strange about the blocked stone wall, and then used gunpowder to swindle it away.
This was the result of the battle with the Donglai garrison in Pingzhou.
In the end, I came back and wanted to attract more people to explore.
In addition to these, they also revealed the basic situation of Mingnan, which was similar to what Xu Ding had heard.
"By the way, my lord, they said that they also captured a tiger at that time. It must be Wangcai. When they carried it down the mountain, Wangcai broke free from the restraint and disappeared."
Wangcai is Xu Ding's pet, a magical tiger.
"It's fine!" In fact, Xu Ding has always been very curious. Wangcai arranged for it to be on the mountain, but he didn't find it when he came to Pingzhou this time.
For a moment he thought he had been killed by a gunshot wound.
After looking through the circle of friends for a few days, there is no news of prosperity.
It turned out that he was really captured and disappeared in this Myriad Demon Mountain.
But it's good news if it's okay, I believe Wangcai will find it soon.
The next day, Xu Ding ordered the three captives to be escorted back to the cave. He took one prisoner with him, and then followed the man's guidance to go out of the mountain and head for Zhongzhou.
Zhongzhou is very rich and open. In the center of the four major powers, the commerce and trade are prosperous and the population is booming.
Although it is only half the size of the province, there is no standing army in Zhongzhou.
Only 3000 royal guards.
The entire empire has no Wehrmacht, and cannot have a Wehrmacht, so it is an undefended empire.
Because Nanming, Eastern Tang, and Western Qin did not allow it to have an army.
Afraid of it rising again.
After all, Zhongzhou's wealth is very attractive, and it would be timid to cut half of it every year like leeks.
If there is money and an army, it will inevitably pose a threat to the three empires again.
So when there was a war in the middle of the week, they would spend money to hire mercenaries.
You can invite mercenaries registered in Zhongzhou, or you can directly invite the regular army of the three empires.
Hearing the detailed introduction of Zhong Zhou by people from Nanming along the way, Xu Ding became even more curious.
Zhongzhou is weak in the army and strong in the economy. This is even more useless than the Song Dynasty in history.
Although Wanmo Mountain belongs to Zhongzhou, Nanming people can come here to grab resources at will, or even occupy them as their own.
It can be seen how weak Zhong Zhou is.
But if you think about it, it has not been wiped out after being caught in the middle of the four major forces, and it can still stand firm until now, which shows that its culture is still quite powerful.
Chapter 775
But if you don't have this kind of self-confidence, you will kill yourself first.
There were no officials in the cities of the Middle Zhou Dynasty, only the city lord, the city lord was the highest officer, who could be hereditary and had the power of life and death of the entire city.
After leaving Wanmo Mountain, the first city we came to was 'Feng'.
There is no need to disguise or cover up. The relationship between the crowd in Zhongzhou is complicated. People from all over the world move frequently and live in harmony. There is no need to hide each other's identities here.
Everyone comes here for money, just for comfort, just for happiness.
"Wait...you have a total of 81 people, pay 81 taels of silver!"
The guards guarding the city gate stopped Xu Ding and others.
The Nanming man who was captured explained: "Everyone who enters the city in the middle Zhou Dynasty pays the city tax, and anyone with money regardless of gender can enter. If you don't pay the money, you will be the enemy. They will kill people, even those mercenaries. Don't help yourself, kill the taboo, and you can get the property of the taboo."
One tael of silver per person is really expensive.
Yesterday, a dozen taels of silver were collected from these Nanming people.
It's a pity that it's not enough to enter the city.
"If you don't have money, you can use things to deduct it!" The leader of the city guard was not surprised by this kind of thing, and said lazily, then waved his hand, and his own knowledgeable men ran over, and then looked at it with a smile. Xu Ding a group of people.
This is a big deal, 81 people, and they can collect more money with items deducted.
Let alone more than 100 taels.
So the defenders prefer mercenaries or hunters to use item deductions.