Two people sat in the yard, each with a bench, and a small table in the middle, with four bowls of white rice porridge, a plate of pickled ginger, a plate of mustard greens, and two salted duck eggs.
The two first picked up a salted duck egg tacitly together. Blind Bei peeled the whole egg and put it into the porridge bowl. Zheng Fan knocked a hole in one end of the egg. The chopsticks dug out the eggs bit by bit and ate them.
It can be said that the inn was extremely busy all night last night, and this kind of busyness has continued until now.
But even though everyone has been silent for half a year, when it really works, it is still in order.
"Master, this world is indeed different from what we imagined before, and it can be said to be much more interesting."
"Um."
Zheng Fan knew that this was a report for himself, so he was not in a hurry, and just waited for Blind Bei to speak slowly.
The information comes from the interrogation of the young master last night and the information from the blind Beibei and Xue Sande. As for Fan Li, he should still be in the barbarian caravan at the moment, and he probably won¡¯t be able to come back in a short time.
Blind Bei should have made a summary by himself. To be honest, Zheng Fan was really afraid that Blind Bei would bring over the transcribed dossiers and invite him to read them.
He likes this way of reporting while eating breakfast.
"Master, don't dislike me for nagging, I will speak slowly from point to point."
"good."
"The location where we are now is called Hutou City. The scale of the city is not large. Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a satellite city. Including Hutou City, the entire north of Yan Kingdom and the area where the desert meets belong to Beifeng. County, which is almost the meaning of the province.
There are seven counties in Yan State. In addition to Beifeng County, there are six counties: Lesha, Tiancheng, Xiahu, Sanshi, Huwei, and Yinlang. Yan Guoguo is located in Tiancheng County. It can be said that Tiancheng County is somewhat similar to the Gyeonggi area.
And Beifeng County is basically regarded as the northern front line of the Yan State. A hundred years ago, this was the area where the Yan State and the barbarians fought and fought.
However, firstly, because the barbarians split themselves, the decline of the royal court no longer appealed, and they could no longer gather together to launch a major offensive; The center of gravity shifted to the Central Plains.
Therefore, in the past hundred years, although there have been occasional small frictions between the Yan Kingdom and the barbarian tribes, there have been no major battles with a scale of more than 10,000 people.
Tuman City is the largest city in the Yan Kingdom on the edge of the desert. It was called Tuman City in the early years, but because of the tacit understanding and peace between the two sides, the name of the city was changed.
This city is also the capital of Beifeng County. It is a big city. Hutou City where we are located is one of the cities with a defense system built on the basis of Tumancheng. During this period, commerce and trade were relatively developed.
?In today's world, Yan, Jin, Chu, and Qian are the four major powers in the world, and some other small countries exist as vassals of the four major powers.
The official system of the Yan Kingdom is a bit complicated. His political system is actually more like the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, where the monarch and the big family ruled the world together, and the royal family is more like the most powerful one among the clans, that is, the leader of the clans.
However, the Dagan and Dajin followed the imperial examination system, and the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.
As for the Great Chu, it is a relatively ancient aristocratic system. "
"Then, from this point of view, aren't the Qian Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom more advanced?" Zheng Fan asked.
"The Lord is wise."
? First send a basic phrase, Blind North continued:
"It stands to reason that the aristocratic system, the clan system, and the imperial examination system should be a process from backward to advanced, but the development of a country must not only consider its own factors, but also take into account the historical process.
After the founding of the Yan State, because it had faced the threat of desert barbarians for a long time, in order to unite its forces, it had to delegate the power belonging to the monarch. Until now, this has formed the current situation where the clans stand side by side.
Such a system is actually not suitable for centralization, especially when opening up to the outside world, it is often tied up, just like Sun Shiwan in the Three Kingdoms period.
Therefore, even though the Yan Kingdom has had peace with the barbarians for nearly a hundred years, and even though the Yan Kingdom has the Yan Kingdom¡¯s iron cavalry that other countries fear, it still cannot proceed from north to south according to the historical pattern we are familiar with. Unite.
But it is precisely because of the system of Yan State that when it faces the oppression of Qian State and Jin State, it will be extremely united internally,??Need to expand their strength. "
Now, what we have is an inn, and only an inn.
In the past six months, the development of the inn has actually been at a standstill from its establishment to the present.
Because at this scale, the money earned is enough to live a decent life. If you manage the relevant yamen and gangs, you can get a certain amount of protection and be in a very safe position. "
It's not that Feng Siniang and others are incapable of running the inn to a higher level, but that there is no need for it. As smugglers in this world, they have no backing and no foundation. It is okay to make the inn do this. If it continues to expand, it is estimated that it will be targeted by wolves.
Of course, the reason why they are no longer worried now is because Zheng Fan's awakening has determined the route, and the second is that they themselves have a tendency to become wolves.
"First of all, what we need to do is money and influence." The blind man said slowly, "This is the initial stage, and in this initial stage, money and influence are separated.
Because at this time, it is too dangerous to have money but no influence. "
"Talk about the specifics." Zheng Fan reminded.
He is clear that among the seven demon kings, Blind Bei should be more like a think tank.
"From small to large, since we are now in Hutou City, then I will make our next plan centered on Hutou City.
Let's first create our own power in Hutou City. Under the premise that the prerequisite for rebellion is not yet mature, our power development can only go to the dark side, which is what our group of people are good at.
First control a few small gangs in Hutou City, and then gradually become the largest gang force in Hutou City, recruit a group of men who can be used to run errands, at least, we don't have to do everything like last night. Do it yourself. At the same time, it is necessary to further improve the relationship with the official forces in Hutou City. This is the first stage of the Tiger Head City Raiders.
In the second stage, we can form our own team of horse bandits in the desert, robbing, protecting money, and accumulating primitively.
The third stage is to form our own caravan and cleanse ourselves through the previous primitive accumulation and the relationship with other major power backgrounds opened up in that process.
After these three stages are successful, the Tiger Head City Raiders will be successful. At least, we have gained a firm foothold in the Tiger Head City in this world, and we need to re-plan for the next development. "
At the end,
Blind Bei added another sentence:
"Please be correct, the Lord."
Zheng Fan shook his head, and said sincerely: "I have no other opinions. I think your planning is very good. You have to eat every bite. Well, that's the reason."
"The Lord is wise."
"" Zheng Fan.
This flattery is too blunt.
"If there is anything I can do to help, you can tell me directly, although I"
"What the subordinates need is the trust from the Lord!"
"Well I trust you very much!"
Zheng Fan said very seriously.
Blind Bei shook his head and said, "No, my lord, you haven't."
"I really really trust you!"
"No, Lord, you haven't."
"You are very smart, I believe in you!"
"No, Lord, you haven't."
"I really trust you!"
"No, my lord, you still haven't."
"I I trust you!!!"
"still none."
"I'm very relieved to leave things to you to arrange."
"No, my lord, you haven't."
"Please, I trust you!"
Zheng Fan shouted until his voice became hoarse,
next moment,
In the mustard dish, three mustard leaves floated up by themselves and fell into the porridge bowl in the hand of the blind man Bei.
Blind Bei smiled,
Just ate a mouthful of porridge with pickles,
Very satisfied and authentic:
"Thank you, my lord, for your trust."
"Um."
Zheng Fan nodded politely, he felt that he should keep a little distance from this strange blind man now.
Blind Bei put down the porridge bowl, picked up the handkerchief in his cuff, wiped his mouth, and said softly:
"I'm done licking, you guys continue."After getting out of the porridge bowl, he wiped his mouth with the handkerchief in his cuff, and said softly: