Chapter 486: Recruitment, who is the withered bone in the grave, it is easy to invite a god but hard to send him away

"Nearly seventy thousand troops, more than one hundred and seventy Xianyang-level experts, and this is just the people who usually stay in the city. Peeking at the leopard, a Commandery City is already like this, then the strength of the entire Chen Cang vassal state, I am afraid it far exceeds my imagination..."

In the sky on the east side of Yan Ling City, Xia Hong galloped out of the city for more than ten miles to the east, his face extremely solemn, just because his mind was full of the scenes he had just seen in the city.

Through tonight's events, he finally had some intuitive feeling about the overall strength of Chen Cang.

Similar to this Commandery City, besides Yan Ling, Chen Cang had four others, not to mention the Long Xing City above, and the core Garrison City. How powerful must they be?

"I have stayed in Qinghua City and Lin Chu City for a period of time. The strength of these two big cities in Cai Qiu is not much different from Chen Cang. As vassal states, strength also has highs and lows. After all, having stayed for three years, Ji Hong's intelligence is not groundless!"

Last month, Ji Hong said at the Shigui Restaurant that Chen Cang's overall strength was in the upper class among the four vassal states of Mo Ao Chuan, probably only a little bit behind Wei Bo.

Fortunately, he was mentally prepared in advance. Although Xia Hong was shocked at this moment, he quickly calmed down.

"After this, Jiang Xinfan and Ji Hong should be able to stand firmly in Chen Cang. From now on, any movement in Chen Cang can be known in advance through the two of them. As for Cai Qiu, it depends on the performance of Su Xinger and her three siblings in the future!"

Xia Hong's eyes flashed. From the moment he knew his identity might be exposed on the 18th of last month, he had already begun to deploy in advance.

Su Xinger and her three siblings had already listened to his instructions ten days ago and left Yan Ling City to return to their hometown, which was the Changqing Valley in Bai Shui Commandery, Cai Qiu.

The Shuangjin Society in Cai Qiu clearly did not have such a big climate as Chen Cang. Xia Hong had stayed there for a year and had hardly heard of it.

It is a pity not to use such a good signboard as the Shuangjin Society!

The overall situation of Changqing Valley is too suitable for the development of the Shuangjin Society. The strength of Su Xinger and her three siblings is not very strong. Going to such an area where the relative strength is weak and not valued by the vassal state is just right.

"Let Jiang Xinfan allocate 10 million taels of silver to them. It should be enough for a short time. After returning to Da Xia, contact the four of them again through the Shi Gu Dao, and then give them people, money, and supplies. The Shuangjin Society will be able to develop rapidly in the Changqing Valley area and play a role when the time is ripe!"

Having experienced the strength of the vassal state; buried two dark pieces; and made great progress in strength, Xia Hong's trip to the vassal state was coming to an end.

Next, go to the Blood Miasma Plain for two days, search for a wave of resources, and then go to the Yang Market to see the situation, and then you can return to Da Xia!

Xia Hong took a slight breath and was about to turn south to the Blood Miasma Plain, but suddenly noticed something. His body stopped, he lowered his head to look at the ground, and a strange light suddenly rose in his eyes.

"After a hurried farewell at the restaurant, Xue was still wondering in his heart when such a terrifying figure appeared in Mo Ao Chuan again. I did not expect it to be the leader of the Heavenly Ranking who has become famous in recent years, the Prince of Da Qin..."

A middle-aged man wearing a black Bian crown and a blue jade-colored brocade suit, with an elegant face, flew quickly into the air from the ground with three middle-aged men in black. He was full of smiles. After finishing speaking, he paused, then held his left fist with his right hand, crossed the tiger's mouths of both hands, held up both thumbs, placed them under his jaw, and bowed slightly to Xia Hong:

"Chen Cang Taiyi, Xue Zijing, has met Prince Hong!"

This Xue Zijing is really from an outside vassal state, and his background is probably not small.

"It is rumored that this Taiyi Xue is a sinner of the Lu Long vassal state, and his entire family was exterminated by the Lu Long Fangbo, so he had to flee to Chen Cang for refuge."

Seeing Xue Zijing's bowing posture, Xia Hong immediately remembered what Ji Hong said at the restaurant last month. A strange look flashed in his eyes. Then he held his right fist with his right hand, covered his right fist with his left palm, closed it in front of his chest, and returned a salute to him, laughing: "Prince of Da Qin, Hong Yu, has met Taiyi Xue!"

Generally speaking, as long as the camps in the Frozen Abyss reach the town scale, some conventional behavioral norms will emerge. The bowing posture is one of the most common and representative ones.

The biggest feature of the Frozen Abyss camp is that the vast majority of areas will be restricted by the environment, which makes it difficult for humans in different areas to communicate. As a result, the behavioral norms of people in different regions will naturally be different.

In the Xia Rites compiled in the first year, Xia Hong had already standardized the bowing posture of Da Xia, which is the most common fist-holding salute in the martial arts world of his previous life, which is the posture he is making at this moment.

Da Xia's fist-holding salute is to open the left palm and cover the right fist, and then place it in different parts according to the object of the salute. The chest represents peers, the eyebrows are for superiors, and the top of the head is the most humble, usually only used for elders and the Lord, Xia Hong.

If you look into it carefully, the bowing postures of the other eight towns in the southern foothills, although also called fist-holding salutes, are really just holding fists with both hands, and there is no research on the placement area, which is different from Da Xia, but exactly the same as the four vassal states here.

This can also be considered as ironclad proof that the towns in the southern foothills have long been influenced by the Mo Ao Chuan vassal state!

The bowing posture Xue Zijing used at this moment is not in the Mo Ao Chuan style.

In the case of never having met before, Xia Hong does not think the other party has the need to deceive him, so what Ji Hong said has a certain degree of credibility.

Whether he is a sinner or whether his entire family was exterminated by the Lu Long Fangbo is not easy to determine for the time being, but at the very least, it can be confirmed that this person is also from an outside vassal state.

Xia Hong's thoughts flew in his mind, but the timing was only for an instant.

After hearing Xia Hong's self-proclamation, Xue Zijing's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he suddenly asked with a smile: "May I ask the Prince, have you ever heard of Da Xu?"

Da Xu!

Hearing these two words, although Xia Hong was expressionless, thinking that Xue Zijing was highly likely from the Lu Long vassal state, coupled with the other party's outside vassal background, he could not help but sigh lightly in his heart.

Paper cannot wrap fire. The identity fabricated at will in the beginning could not be covered up after all.

Xue Zijing dared to use this question to test him, which proved that he must have great certainty, so no matter how he answered, there would be problems.

Even, not opening his mouth to answer had loopholes!

Xia Hong's mind turned rapidly, and then he still smiled and bowed: "Hong is ignorant and has never heard of it."

Seeing the smile on Xue Zijing's face, Xia Hong knew that his identity as the Prince of Da Qin was probably useless in Chen Cang.

Fortunately, he was about to leave soon, and he would probably not come to Chen Cang for public activities in the future.

Thinking of this, Xia Hong also had a few less concerns. He smiled and tore off the Zhu wood mask on his face, revealing his true face.

"Mr. Xue intercepted me here, may I ask what advice you have?"

He skipped the question of identity directly, and did not ask what was going on with Da Xu, but asked about Xue Zijing's intention to intercept him.

After asking, he subconsciously turned his head to look behind him to the west.

Chu Tianxu, dressed in white, galloped quickly from afar. Unexpectedly, seeing Xia Hong, there was no longer any anger on his face as he had just had in the Commandery City. Instead, he was full of deep apologies. He flew to an area ten meters away from Xia Hong and bowed directly: "Prince Hong, just now in the city, it was Chu who offended you. As a Commandery Governor, I should protect the peace of one side. I hope Prince Hong will forgive me!"

Seeing Chu Tianxu's humble posture, Xia Hong was slightly stunned, and then he quickly figured out something, and his expression suddenly became strange.

"Prince Hong, Chu will just get straight to the point.

Among the four vassal states today, although Wei Bo is strong, Fangbo Li Gangfeng is obsessed with longevity and does not ask about government affairs. There are many disasters in the territory, the population is not prosperous, and it is difficult to become a real dragon;

He Cang has lasted for 401 years. Fangbo Fu Wanhe's lifespan is about to end. Ten years ago, he stopped asking about world affairs and focused on prolonging his life. His four sons, in order to compete for the position of Fangbo, have been fighting internally for many years, so that three years ago, it actually developed into fratricide. Fu Wanhe's most talented and also the most excellent youngest son, Fu Qianqiu, was framed by his three brothers, and his entire family was executed. Now the three sons have started a new round of fighting. Fu Wanhe manages his family like this, and the vassal state is not much better. It can be seen that He Cang is already a withered bone in the grave;

Cai Qiu has the Cold Wave Lake in the north and the Mo Ao Mountain in the south. There is no space for any expansion. It is sandwiched in the middle of the three vassal states, a place of four battles. It is fine during the peaceful period of the four vassal states, but once the peace is broken, the situation is completely different. Moreover, Cai Qiu's strength is the weakest among the four vassal states. Even if Fangbo Cai Qianshan is enterprising, he has no power to reverse it;

Looking at my Chen Cang..."

Speaking of this, Chu Tianxu paused, a look of pride appeared on his face, and he continued loudly: "Fangbo Chu Longteng, since he started his career, has conquered east and west, and subdued countless noble families. Although there are disagreements at the high level, it is difficult to change the general trend.

In terms of inheritance, Chen Cang has only been a vassal state for more than a hundred years, not as long as the three vassal states, but the population and territory have come from behind and are ranked first among the four vassal states.

Despite this, Fangbo still makes progress, appointing Taiyi Xue to boldly reform and change the law to seek strength.

Let Chu say a word here, not politely. The four vassal states will not have any major variables. Chen Cang unifying Mo Ao Chuan, with a territory spanning ten thousand miles, and all the barbarians submitting, achieving a supreme nation, is only a matter of time!"

Supreme nation...

Xia Hong, who heard it for the first time, was slightly shocked in his heart.

Having stayed in Mo Ao Chuan for so long, he already knew a lot.

The minimum standard for a vassal state is a territory spanning a thousand miles. The spanning here refers to the entire territory. The longest span of east, west, north, and south must reach 500 kilometers; by analogy, a nation spanning ten thousand miles refers to 5000 kilometers.

This is considered a conventional standard. According to the different territory situations, the area span of each vassal state is naturally very large, but among the four vassal states here, they are basically above 100,000 square kilometers. The smallest one is Cai Qiu, which is sandwiched in the middle, only 120,000, and the largest one is indeed Chen Cang, with a full 160,000 square kilometers. ===== CHAPTER 487 =====