Chapter 404: Strong army and rest, the fireworks of the Nancheng, Ji Jiang sentiment

There are quite a few people entering Hong Sect City tonight. The Long Wu Army accelerated its march. When it was still two kilometers away from the city gate, there were already quite a few sparse crowds on the bluestone road.

Seeing the golden torrent rushing over, these passersby quickly avoided to both sides of the bluestone road, turning their heads to look at the army, their eyes full of horror and shock.

"Hiss... another golden army, all with Cold-Resisting level cultivation."

"They are all wearing Thousand-Forged Lei Kui golden armor, it should be the Great Xia Long Wu Army."

"Do you need to say it? Look at the military flag in front of the army, it's written on it."

"Black flag, 'Xia' character on the front, golden broadsword pattern on the back, it is indeed the Long Wu Army flag!"

"The ones guarding the city gate are soldiers of the Cloud Dragon Army. I see that their strength is basically not lower than 6 manes. Cloud Dragon and Long Wu, these should be the two most elite armies of Great Xia."

"Strength is all above 6 manes, this..."

"Even the three northern towns can't produce such a strong army, right?"

The Long Wu Army marched very fast. While the passersby were discussing, Hou Quan had already arrived at the city gate with the Scout Camp in the front row of the army.

"Greetings to Commander Hou!"

The one guarding the city gate tonight is Zhu Xing, the captain of the Scout Camp of the Cloud Dragon Army. He first bowed to Hou Quan, and then turned his head to shout at the team entering the city:

"Please make way for everyone, clear a position for the army to enter the city!"

There were about 400 or 500 people registering to enter the city. Hearing his voice, they immediately made way to the flanks, clearing a position for the army behind.

"Ten camp captains, fifty squad leaders, all come to the front, count the soldiers in your respective ranks, and once confirmed, all enter the city!"

Hou Quan gave an order, and sixty people ran out of the queue and stood under the city gate. Scout Camp Captain Zhu Yang first confirmed his five squad leaders, and then the five squad leaders counted their 19 team members in turn. Soon, the entire entry procedure was completed, and they began to enter the city in an orderly manner.

Seeing that even the Long Wu Army soldiers could not enter the city casually, the people who were queuing on the side had different colors in their eyes.

"So even the entry procedures for the Long Wu Army are so complicated."

"It is said that the rules of Hong Sect City are strict, and it really lives up to its reputation!"

"There are quite a few dirty things in the Frozen Abyss. Great Xia is also for the sake of safety. I think it is much more at ease."

"The points you are concerned about are all problematic, right? What should really be concerned is the military discipline and appearance of Great Xia! These are more than 1,000 Cold-Resisting levels with strength above 6 manes. Ask which of the other eight towns can train the army to this extent?"

"It's true. I have seen the town defense armies of the eight towns. Those Cold-Resisting levels inside are all high-minded and cannot be compared with this Long Wu Army at all."

"Look at them, they are maintaining the queue even when entering the city. With such military discipline, it is no wonder that they were able to defeat the town defense armies of Jin Shan and Wu Chuan towns one after another with fewer people in Yu Sect and Fushan!"

"Indeed!"

The exclamations of the surrounding people undoubtedly brought great satisfaction to all the soldiers of the Long Wu Army. They all showed some arrogance on their faces, and the pace of entering the city was deliberately neat and heavy.

Ji Hong was also one of them, and he was in the first batch to enter the city with the Scout Camp. After entering the city, he did not leave the team, but continued to walk along the main road with the Scout Camp toward the barracks in the Beicheng.

As Great Xia's foreign trade port, Hong Sect City is naturally mixed with fish and dragons. For the convenience of management, Xia Chuan divided the whole city into north and south parts with the central Siya building as the boundary. The Beicheng is Great Xia's own territory, while the Nancheng is specifically used to receive outsiders.

Warehouses, military barracks, the Eight Departments, and the living areas of Great Xia's own people are basically concentrated on the Beicheng side.

"It seems that what I saw on the road just now was only a part. I'm afraid that the Cold-Resisting levels of the eight towns have all come to Hong Sect City these days!"

From the moment he entered the city gate, Ji Hong had been observing the pedestrians along the way. Just by looking at the crowded crowd on the main road, he could infer that the number of people in the city should be astonishingly high.

"When I went to He Yin Village at the end of July, I passed through Hong Sect once. At that time, there were at most 5,000 or 6,000 people in the city. Now I'm afraid it has tripled or quadrupled."

While Ji Hong was guessing in his heart, he soon arrived at the Beicheng barracks next to the Siya building with the army.

All barracks in Great Xia are designed with squads as units. A squad of 20 people lives in one barrack. Zhang Qingyuan soon led the 20 people of the fifth squad to the barracks arranged in advance.

As soon as everyone pushed open the barrack door, the fragrance of hot food came from inside. Seeing the fragrant food spread all over the table in the barrack hall, everyone who had been marching for two days felt much more relaxed.

However, their relaxation did not stop there.

"Alright, the food in the barracks is ready. Unarm first and then eat. If you want to rest after eating, rest. If you want to go out and stroll, go out and stroll. However, the scope of activities is limited to Hong Sect City. Tomorrow night, the barracks will be checked on time. Those who are not there will be beaten fifty sticks. Grasp the time yourself!"

Hearing the words of Captain Zhang Qingyuan, everyone in the team, including Ji Hong, was stunned for a moment, and then there were surprised voices one after another.

"Rest?"

"Aren't we still going to escort supplies back to Xia City?"

"More than four hours! Is the Commander so generous this time?"

The reaction of the crowd did not exceed Zhang Qingyuan's expectations.

Great Xia's military discipline is extremely strict. During non-rest periods, soldiers cannot leave the military camp casually. Even in the Xia City military camp, it is the same. Soldiers who leave the barracks at will without orders from superiors are a serious crime once discovered. Lightly, they will be beaten with ten to fifty sticks, and seriously, they will be expelled from the army. There are precedents for this.

Soldiers in the army can take turns to rest. Each person has two times a year, each lasting five days, and there must be an interval of six months in between. Due to the need to stagger, at most two or three people can be arranged at a time, which is difficult to queue for.

In addition to taking turns to rest, there is another situation, which is normal rest.

Normal rest periods require the Commander to issue orders personally, then be conveyed by the camp captains, and finally notified to all soldiers level by level. This is why as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone knew it was the order of Commander Hou Quan.

Normal rest is more frequent than taking turns to rest. After major battles or intensive training, in order to let soldiers relax temporarily, the Commander will give some time to let soldiers leave the military camp for free activities.

The situation tonight obviously does not meet the situation after major battles or intensive training. They have only been escorting supplies for the past two days and have not really fought with anyone, so it is not a very tiring thing.

That is why everyone was so surprised and happy when they heard Zhang Qingyuan announce that there was a rest period of more than four hours.

Zhang Qingyuan smiled and said: "Why, you are still asking questions here when you are given more than four hours of rest? If you don't want it, I will report to the captain and let you go to the barrack door to perform duty, how about it?"

"No, no, no, Captain, we want it, we definitely want it!"

"Raise your hand high, Captain, it's not easy to have a rest period, don't."

"Hurry up and unarm and eat. Several restaurants have opened in the Nancheng. I heard about it when I was in Bashing. You can exchange for extra wine with contribution points. I have to go and have a good drink later."

"There is such a thing, then hurry up and unarm and eat!"

Seeing the reaction of the soldiers, Zhang Qingyuan smiled, and finally cast his eyes on Ji Hong on the side, and said with a smile: "Ji Hong, although you are not a formal member of the Long Wu Army, you must also comply with the military rules like others, understand?"

"Ji Hong understands!"

Ji Hong hurriedly bowed and nodded solemnly.

Zhang Qingyuan just said it very clearly, only giving more than four hours of rest, checking on time tomorrow night, and those who are not there will be beaten fifty sticks.

According to the skin membrane strength of the Cold-Resisting level, if it is an ordinary fifty military sticks, then it will pass easily. The problem is that the military sticks used by Great Xia for punishment are made of Zhu wood from Five Apes Mountain.

That Zhu wood encounters tighter skin membranes, the stronger the adhesion, the harder the user uses, the harder the stick, plus each time it is personally punished by the camp captains, that stick is not so easy to bear.

Ji Hong had seen a soldier in the eighth camp of the Long Wu Army who drank and made mistakes in the Bashing military camp before, and after being punished with twenty military sticks, he couldn't stand up from the ground for more than an hour.

He also asked others, and that soldier had the strength of 7 manes.

A Cold-Resisting level with 7 manes of strength is like this after twenty military sticks. His base strength is only 3 manes now. If he really bears fifty military sticks, I am afraid he will have to peel off a layer of skin if he doesn't die.

"Or don't go out, just more than four hours, in case..."

Ji Hong first secretly dispelled the idea of going out, but thinking of the promise to Chen Yiqing and others before entering the city, a flash of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

"Just in the city, pay attention to the time, there should be no problem!"

Ji Hong made up his mind, returned to the room to unarm and change into regular clothes, and after eating with the soldiers of the same squad, he refused the invitation of the crowd to go to the restaurant in the Nancheng and walked out of the barracks alone.

As soon as he walked out of the barracks, Ji Hong immediately noticed that something was wrong. He turned his head to look at the left and right sides, and then quickly sensed all the barracks around, his expression stirred slightly.

"The barracks lived in so many people, sure enough, the Lord should have transferred all the armies to Hong Sect City, I am afraid it is more than just the army..."

Ji Hong soon saw 10-meter-long giant iron-wheeled vehicles at the doors of several barracks. The vehicle bodies were all blocked tightly with black tarpaulins. Ji Hong only pondered for a moment, and immediately guessed what was inside, his pupils condensed slightly.

Something big must happen the day after tomorrow!

Ji Hong took a slight breath, no longer observing the situation in the military camp, and walked toward the military camp exit in the south.

Out of the military camp, bypassing the Siya building, Ji Hong soon entered the Nancheng.

"Fragrant Cold Tip, two coins a pack, take a look and see!"

"Sour Crystal Fruit Skewers, five coins a skewer, sour and sweet, come and see."

"High-grade beast bone pendants, red agate jade, green pine jade hairpins... all produced by Great Xia masters, you can enter the shop to take a look, the more you buy, the cheaper it is."

"Cotton yarn brocade, silk and satin, all kinds of fabrics are for sale in this shop, in addition to Xia clothing, men, women, old and young, all kinds of styles are available, don't miss it when you pass by, you can enter the shop to see, free trial wear is free!"

The moment he crossed the Nancheng archway and stepped onto the main road, the shouting and hawking sounds were endless. Ji Hong looked up, and the 15-meter-wide main road was almost filled with vendors and shops along the street.

Both sides of the street were designed in imitation of Xia City. Every five meters along the street, an iron pile was inserted. Each iron pile was hung with a coal furnace and five torches. Plus the sufficient light sources in the buildings on both sides of the street, the entire Nancheng looked transparent and bright as day, which was much more lively than their Beicheng barracks.

Ji Hong naturally was not feeling this fireworks atmosphere for the first time. Vendors and merchants, these two types of things, had already appeared in Xia City as early as June this year.

However, to be honest, the fireworks atmosphere of this street in front of him felt a bit more intense than that in Xia City.

"Is it because the vast majority are people from outside towns? The shops and stores on both sides should be opened by people sent by the Camp Supply Department, and many of those vendors are people from Great Xia, but there are also a few who seem to be people from outside towns!"

Ji Hong has some eyesight. For a very small number of vendors, even if they are wearing Xia clothing, as long as he observes for a while, he can immediately distinguish that they are not people from Great Xia.

That is to say, Hong Sect City has allowed people from outside towns to open stalls here for self-trading?

Although the stalls along the street looked dense, as long as you observe carefully, you can still find that these stalls are every three meters along the street, and there is a two-meter distance from the shops along the street. All stalls are separated by one meter, which not only opens the distance between the stalls but also leaves an aisle for people to walk.

And a yellow line was drawn in front of the stalls on both sides. All the tables of the stalls and the items to be sold were within the yellow line. The distance between the two yellow lines along the street was about six meters, which was obviously specifically for pedestrians to come and go.

"Guess who I am?"

Suddenly being covered by two cold little hands, Ji Hong's brows frowned instantly, but then hearing that incomparably familiar coquettish voice, his brows immediately relaxed, and he quickly turned his head to look behind him, his face full of surprise.

"A-Jiang, you really came to Hong Sect too!"

The one covering his eyes was a girl wearing a bright yellow Xia skirt. The girl had a beautiful face and was less than twenty years old. A pair of agile eyes were particularly bright. If you look closely, you will find that the girl's face is even 30% similar to Ji Hong's.

"Brother, didn't you expect it? I was transferred to Hong Sect City in August!"

Ji Jiang spoke crisply, directly hooking Ji Hong's arm, her face full of coquettish smiles. However, thinking of something, she blinked and continued: "Brother, do you miss me?"

"Of course I miss you!"

Hearing this question, Ji Hong gave an answer without thinking.

Ever since their parents died in the disaster brought by the Wood Puppet Ghost ten years ago, they have been dependent on each other until now. The feelings between the brother and sister naturally go without saying.

Ji Jiang heard the answer, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face. However, her eyeballs turned, and she continued to ask with a cunning face: "Then besides missing me, do you miss anyone else?"

Ji Hong's expression stalled, and he immediately stretched his head to look behind Ji Jiang.

Ji Jiang moved her body exaggeratedly, specifically blocking Ji Hong's sight. It was obvious that she was hiding someone behind her.

"Brother, don't play tricks! Answer the question first."

"Hurry up, hurry up, do you miss anyone else?"

"You are so shameless!"

Ji Jiang finally couldn't hold out and was directly pushed away by Ji Hong.

It turned out that not far behind her stood a young woman in green clothes, about two or three years older than her, with fair skin and a gentle face.

It was just that the woman in green clothes had a red face at the moment, obviously being teased by Ji Jiang, and just happened to meet Ji Hong's eyes, and the red clouds on her face climbed to her ear roots.

"Xiao Rou, are you here too?"

"Brother Ji, you forgot, I was transferred to the Wanbao Building in July."

Ji Hong also had a red face, and only then did he remember that when Zeng Rou was transferred to the Wanbao Building in July, she had deliberately mentioned it to him once.

"Brother, Sister Xiao Rou is amazing. She was just promoted to an intermediate officer of the Wanbao Building, and now she has three subordinates!"

"A-Jiang, don't talk nonsense..."

Compared with Ji Jiang, who had a jumping and careless personality, Zeng Rou was as gentle as water, and even if she refuted, her voice was very soft, which could be said to have no lethality at all.

However, Ji Jiang respected her very much; seeing her speak, she immediately shut her mouth, then smilingly pulled her brother Ji Hong and walked toward a Xia-style clothing store beside the street.

"Brother, I am now the shopkeeper of this Xia clothing store. You must take care of my business more in the future, okay?"

When he reached the door, Ji Hong was already curious. Hearing Ji Jiang say that she was the shopkeeper of this store, and then looking up at the dazzling array of Xia clothing in the store, as well as many people who were picking, his face was full of surprise.

"Aren't the shops along the street all opened by the Camp Supply Department? How did you become the shopkeeper?"

Seeing the surprise on his brother's face, Ji Jiang smiled proudly. Thinking that Ji Hong had been staying at the He Yin outpost all along and didn't know about the situation in Hong Sect City, she immediately explained it to him patiently.

Ever since Hong Sect City opened for business at the end of July, there has been a steady stream of people from the eight towns pouring in. At first, they were all Cold-Resisting levels from village-level camps. Relying on the Wanbao Building, they could barely hold on. But as time went on, the Cold-Resisting levels of the town cities, including the limits of the Earth-Digging Realm and the Earth-Digging Realm of the eight towns, also brought all kinds of things into the city to trade with Great Xia, and the Wanbao Building soon reached its carrying limit.

Think about it, it makes sense. Although the eight towns have a large area, even the three northern towns have an average of only sixty or seventy village-level camps in their territory. Even if a village has 20 Cold-Resisting levels, the eight towns add up to at most eight or nine thousand people. With so few people, as long as they don't come at the same time, relying on the Wanbao Building to receive them is no problem at all.

But counting the Cold-Resisting levels of the town cities, and then counting all the Earth-Digging Realms, the number is completely not a concept. Take Great Xia as an example, the number of Earth-Digging Realms is now nearly 300,000. Even if Great Xia does not have reference value, but from this number, it can be inferred that the number of Earth-Digging Realms in a single town of the eight towns is at least over 150,000. ===== CHAPTER 405 =====