Chapter 440: Six-Rank Household Registration System, Moved and Breakthrough, Direction

The name Changqing Valley is something that ordinary people certainly cannot understand.

A mountain valley usually refers to a low, concave, and narrow area between two mountains, such as the Double Dragon Valley in Great Xia, the Gourd Valley in Hanqiong, or the Yinhe Valley in Jin Shan Town.

Strictly speaking, Yinhe Valley is a bit of a misnomer. Although it is located in the low-lying belt of Mount Moao, the width of its east and west sides reaches 30 kilometers. Unless you look down from a high altitude, it is difficult to distinguish its valley landform.

Changqing Valley is even more exaggerated.

The average width of its east and west sides is at least more than 40 kilometers. Even if its north-south depth is more than 200 kilometers, calling it a valley can only be said to be barely acceptable.

The word "valley" is a misnomer, but the two words "Changqing" (Evergreen) have some meaning.

Affected by the wind flow of the Bone-Eroding Path, the snowflakes and cold air above the valley are blown away before they land. Coupled with the low-lying terrain, the temperature in the valley is actually two to three percent higher than the outside world.

A two to three percent increase in temperature may not be a earth-shaking change for humans, but it is different for vegetation.

Because there is no snow accumulation, coupled with this two to three percent temperature increase, the trees in the valley grow exceptionally tall, especially producing a kind of lush cyan giant tree. If someone flies over from high altitude, they will find that compared to the snow-covered outside world, the cyan color in the valley is indeed the mainstream.

This is the origin of the two words "Changqing"!

With such a wide terrain, it is impossible for the valley to be flat. There are also many mountain bodies distributed inside, some of which can even be two or three thousand meters high, which can be on par with Double Dragon Mountain.

These mountain bodies are not connected into a force, and the vast majority stand alone, naturally becoming the gathering and hunting grounds for humans in the valley.

Bang............

In the dense forest area six kilometers north of the Bone-Eroding Path, a brown bear-like cold beast with a body length of more than eight meters and a ferocious face fell to the ground with a bang. Two iron arrows were inserted into the brown bear's eyes, and vulnerable parts such as the neck and armpits were still seeping bright red blood.

"Done!"

A young man dressed in gray cotton clothing, holding a long sword, jumped onto the brown bear's head from the side. Confirming that the brown bear's vitality was completely cut off, he couldn't help but shout excitedly, his face full of excitement and agitation.

The young man is none other than Su Zhi, the third of the four Su siblings.

"Mid-level Yellow-Armored Bear, the strength is about 1.5 bristles. Third brother can almost hunt it alone now!"

On a tree nearby, three young people, two men and one woman, suddenly jumped down. They were the eldest brother Su Jing, the second brother Su Xu, and the youngest little sister Su Xing'er.

The three each held a strong bow in their hands. Clearly, the pair of eyes of the brown bear had been shot blind by them.

"Third brother is so powerful just after breaking through, I must break through quickly too!"

Su Xing'er happily put the long bow behind her back, quickly took out several leather bags from her body, and gathered beast blood at the position of the brown bear's wound.

Su Jing lowered his head to look at his sister and asked in a low voice: "Fourth, you are only two thousand-plus jin away from the Premium Battle Body. Is there really no hope?"

Su Xu and Su Zhi on the side heard this and immediately turned their heads to look at Su Xing'er, their faces full of expectation.

Facing the expectant eyes of the three older brothers, Su Xing'er naturally felt a lot of pressure, but after lowering her head and pondering for a moment, she still answered softly: "Now even high-level beast blood doesn't work. I should have reached my limit."

Su Jing and the three heard this, and a look of regret immediately appeared on their faces.

"Premium Battle Body qualification, after certification by the Jurisdiction Department, can directly enter the civilian registry; once strength is reached, transferring to the military registry is also easy; if you can worship under a big figure, being promoted to the noble registry is not impossible."

Hearing the second brother's words, the look of regret on Su Jing and the three's faces grew increasingly rich. After nodding, they sighed lightly.

"I heard the leader say before that those who transfer to the military registry basically live in the county town. In the entire Changqing Valley of 1.2 million-plus people, there are less than 300 people with military registry; there are only 5,000-plus people with civilian registry, basically all core circles of various villages."

After Su Jing finished speaking, he sighed slightly.

Cai Qiu's management mode strictly follows the household registration system.

First, divide everyone in the territory into six ranks: World, Noble, Military, Civilian, Slave, and Base; then for these six types of people, from small things like food, clothing, housing, and transportation, activity areas, to medium things like engaged occupations and trades, to big things like etiquette and behavior, all have detailed regulations, and no one can deviate; finally, these registry books are uniformly managed by local jurisdiction departments, and promotion, removal, or even deletion of registry all have to pass through their hands.

For everyone living in Cai Qiu territory, household registration is absolutely a top priority. It is not only proof of your identity, but also the criterion for all your actions. Once violated, it is a serious crime.

In fact, besides the six ranks of registry, there is also a kind of unranked livestock registry, which includes the 1.2 million-plus people living in the Changqing Valley area, including the four Su Jing siblings.

From the two words "livestock registry," one can see that the Cai Qiu Fanzhen basically didn't treat them as humans. Besides collecting annual tribute every year, or sending people down to collect some slaves and handymen in the spirit of alms, they basically didn't care at other times.

That's not right either, for example, things like the Bone-Eroding Path needing people to die, they would still think of them.

Thinking of this, a look of self-mockery appeared on Su Jing's face.

He remembered very clearly that three years ago, their family of six was actually only one step away from the civilian registry. His father had 5 bristles of strength at the time, meeting the standard for entering the civilian registry, but because he wanted to take his mother and their four siblings to enter the registry together, he needed to pay an extra fee of 13,000 taels, so they didn't enter.

It was precisely because they wanted to scrape together this money that their parents chose to take risks, increased the frequency of hunting, and finally both met with misfortune outside.

"Big brother, do you think Lord Hong Yu will always take us with him?"

Su Jing was suddenly interrupted. He turned his head to look at Su Xing'er, who was full of hope, and really couldn't bear to extinguish her hope. He nodded and smiled: "He definitely will. It's been four months. Not only did the lord give us so many good things, but he also taught us fist techniques and sword techniques. Didn't he also teach you sword techniques? He is still so good to us, he will definitely always take us with him."

"I knew it, Lord Hong Yu is the best!"

Hearing these words, Su Xing'er was pleasantly surprised, her eyes immediately smiling into crescent shapes. Of course, not only her, but the two brothers Su Xu and Su Zhi also couldn't help but show smiles on their faces.

It had been more than four months since they were rescued at the entrance of the Bone-Eroding Path.

These four-plus months spent with Xia Hong, the four siblings felt as if they had fallen into heaven. Now looking back, that high-level Red-Bristled Tiger four months ago was just the beginning.

High-level beast meat, beast blood, refined salt, Blood Spirit Pills, Blood Origin Pills, Yang Origin Pills, Golden Sore Pills...... Xia Hong was not only strong, but he would hunt back a high-level cold beast from time to time. The small yellow bundle he carried seemed to contain endless precious cultivation resources, and he would take out one from time to time to reward them, making their cultivation progress soar at a speed of a thousand miles a day.

Material resources were secondary; the key was Xia Hong's attitude toward them, which was also much, much better than at the beginning. He not only pointed out their cultivation, taught the four of them a profound fist technique, but even taught them a set of martial arts techniques according to their personal characteristics.

Half a month ago, Su Jing took the lead in breaking through to the Cold-Resisting level with a basic strength of over 100,000 jin; later was the second brother Su Xu's 110,000 jin; until two days ago, the third brother Su Zhi's skin-membrane state also reached its limit, and he successfully broke through with a basic strength of over 100,000 jin.

These four-plus months spent with Xia Hong, they would produce a happy illusion from time to time, as if everything had returned to three years ago, before their parents had an accident, and they had a solid new reliance again.

The ups and downs of life are so absurd. One second they were almost thrown into the Bone-Eroding Path by the County Guard Army to die, and the next second they lived a superior life they couldn't imagine before, and this superiority combined both material and emotional aspects.

Their feelings for Xia Hong also slowly transformed from the initial fear and terror to reverence and admiration, and now it had turned into thick reliance.

Precisely because of this, Su Xing'er would ask such a question.

Going out tonight was originally to test Su Zhi's breakthrough strength. Now that the test was finished, the four packed up the prey and set off to return immediately.

Su Jing took his two younger brothers to carry the prey. After walking for a while, he turned his head to Su Xing'er and said: "The lord has been going out more and more frequently in the last few days. His injuries should be almost healed, and he has started to scout the road conditions. Xing'er, if you are sure you have reached your limit, then hurry up and break through. I estimate that we will set off soon."

"Got it, big brother!"

Su Xing'er heard this and nodded heavily in agreement.

Four-plus months ago, Xia Hong said in front of them that he was going to Linchu County, and also instructed them to break through to the Cold-Resisting level early, so as not to delay his time.

"I will try to break through tonight, I can't delay the lord's time!"

Su Xing'er cheered herself up in her heart and quickened her pace.

"There is fire in the cave, the lord is back!"

The area where the four hunted was less than ten kilometers from the cave, and they arrived very quickly.

It was night, and seeing the bonfire in the cave, knowing it was Xia Hong who had returned, the four faces immediately showed smiles, and they hurriedly quickened their steps.

But after walking into the cave entrance, the four expressions suddenly stagnated.

Beside the bonfire, Xia Hong was holding a small green snake and bleeding it.

The small green snake was only the thickness of a thumb, its skin and membrane were crystal clear, and its body length was estimated to be less than a meter, but the blood released filled the entire wooden basin, at least a hundred jin; and the bones exposed at the part where it was cut open were actually pure gold......

"Lord, is this little snake a very powerful high-level cold beast?"

Xia Hong, who was bleeding it, looked up at Su Xing'er, who was full of curiosity, deliberately teased her, nodded, and handed the little snake over.

Although Su Xing'er was young, she had been hunting outside for a long time, so she naturally wouldn't be afraid of a little snake, and directly reached out her right hand to catch it.

But with this catch, she stumbled and fell to the ground, then looked up at Xia Hong, her little face immediately collapsed, looking bitter.

"Hahahaha, this is a Beast King-level Green Jade Vine Snake. It just looks small, but it weighs seventy or eighty thousand jin after bleeding. You actually dared to catch it with one hand."

Xia Hong was amused, and while speaking, he reached out and took the little snake over.

"Beast King!"

Su Xing'er heard this and hurriedly got up to pat her butt, gathered beside Xia Hong, her eyes full of curiosity and shock.

Of course, it wasn't just her. On the other side, the Su Jing three brothers who had just put down the Yellow-Armored Bear also shook fiercely and gathered around.

The four siblings hadn't even heard of a Beast King, let alone seen one, but they could understand the general meaning just from the literal words.

"Lord, can we eat this little snake tonight?"

Xia Hong turned his head to look at Su Xing'er, and seeing her staring at the Green Jade Vine Snake with a greedy look, he couldn't help but laugh: "Eat a little if you want, but you can't eat too much. Cut out one-fifth, and the five of us will share it."

"Wow, Lord, you are too good!"

Su Xing'er immediately cheered, almost clapping her hands.

Xia Hong turned his head to look at the Su Jing three brothers, and found that the three were looking at him with full gratitude, obviously intending to bow and thank him again. He was uninterested, waved his hand and said: "Alright, you go clean it up first!"

People are probably all a bit cheap, and Xia Hong is no exception.

As the Lord of Great Xia, he had felt too much gratitude, fanaticism, and reverence in Xia City, and was completely used to it. So for the Su Jing three brothers to show such reactions at every turn, although he could understand, he was truly a bit immune.

On the contrary, Su Xing'er, because she was young, had a jumping and innocent personality. After getting along for more than four months, she basically had no fear of him, often asked him questions, and was playful from time to time. This kind of interaction, which was not disrespectful but natural and casual, plus the reliance revealed inadvertently, made him see a little shadow of his daughter Yu Yao.

Su Xing'er was only fifteen years old, only eight years older than his daughter Xia Yu Yao. Loving the house and its crow, compared to the Su Jing three brothers who were respectful to him on weekdays, he naturally had a few more good feelings for Su Xing'er.

"128 days, today should be the fourth day of the first month of the tenth year of Great Xia, exactly the Cold Origin Festival. Having not gone back for half a year, the two little guys must be missing me, right?"

Not to mention, leaving Xia City for half a year, this was Xia Hong's first time. Although he didn't miss home so quickly, for his pair of children who had just turned six, Xia Hong still had some thoughts in his heart.