[Ran^wen^Bookstore][] Tieling Town was once destroyed by the corpse-eating vine demon. The town, filled with people, turned into a Shura field with raging flames. Innocent men and women were reduced to blood food, and the death and injury were horrific.
After the great tragedy, people who fled into the mountains and forests returned to their hometowns. After their relatives died, they buried them. They gritted their teeth and grieved for a while. The house was burned down, and then they rebuilt. They gritted their teeth and worked hard for a while. No matter what happened, Life has to go on, and for most people, it is no longer easy to have enough food and clothing. No matter how deeply sad or hungry they are for three days, they will be temporarily put aside.
Only a few people are qualified to be sad and miss you for a long time.
Many years have passed, and the tragedy of that night remains deep in my memory. It becomes fainter bit by bit. Tieling Town has restored its old appearance, with caravans coming and going, the number of people increasing, and even the incense of Pudu Temple is flourishing. stand up.
The old man passed away, the newborn was born, and everything was moving in the right direction. However, just when everyone was trying to forget consciously or unconsciously, the nightmare came again. The corpse-eating vine demon emerged from the ground, waving its vines in pursuit of blood food. Tieling Town was submerged in a sea of fire. People cried and ran around, helping the old and the young. The place where they lived collapsed and turned into ruins.
The losses were heavy. The only good thing was that there were not many casualties. The corpse-eating vine demon lived up to its name and focused on destruction rather than killing.
While it was wreaking havoc and showing off its power, a Kunlun immortal master happened to pass by and drove away the demon with his sword. The vine demon abandoned more than ten vines and fled in a hurry.
The body of the corpse-eating vine demon is hidden deep in the ground. It cannot be eradicated and will cause endless troubles. The immortal master took pity on the hardships of people's livelihood and told the vine demon that it will come again. In order to avoid disaster, it is better to move to the tiger. In Zigou, there are immortal masters guarding there, and the vine demons can avoid it, so they can find peace.
It’s hard to move away from the homeland, it’s human nature, everyone is lucky and can’t leave the place. The immortal master sighed again and again, leaving a talisman and pasting it on a dilapidated archway in the east of the town, telling the demon like the vine to come again. , avoid this place to stay safe, and then drift away.
Sure enough, on the evening of the third day, the corpse-eating vine demon appeared again, completely destroying Tieling Town, waving the vine and chasing the blood all the way to the archway, but saw a golden light shining, and the talisman burned to ashes. , the vine demon was severely injured and fled underground with a scream.
Then the next time, no one helps.
The surviving people were frightened and hesitated again and again. They searched for useful things in the ruins and left one after another. The poor dragging their children and their daughters mostly headed towards Huzigou, while the rich and powerful drove away. Scattered around, seeking refuge with relatives and friends, and looking for other ways out.
In this way, Huzigou welcomed the first batch of immigrants.
The person who took them in was Cao Jinren, an outer disciple of the Xiandu Sect.
Cao Jinren was born as a businessman in the market. He was very discerning and well-organized. He had a talent for planning. He designated an area, settled everyone temporarily, organized people to collect firewood, make a fire, eat some hot food, and then selected green food. Strong men went to the mountains to chop down trees and build houses so that the old, weak, women and children could have a shelter from the wind and rain.
Whenever labor is used, he pays a certain amount of remuneration, even if the shed is built for himself, he can still receive a certain amount of copper coins.
Wei Shiqi stood on the cliff, looking at the busy crowds in the mountain col. From the chaos at the beginning to the orderliness later, it was like water covering the ground and flowing into the ravine. He looked back He glanced at Chen Suzhen and said with a smile: "This relative of yours is indeed a great person. It would be a pity to put him outside the gate of the immortal capital."
"Uncle Shi brought him here to use his strengths. "My junior brother has now become my uncle," Chen Suzhenliang said with emotion. To be fair, it is not a disadvantage to sit in Jie Tianling, but looking at his handiwork, it seems that he wants to differentiate himself from the three factions of Xiandu, Pingyuan and Xuantong. , the plan is not small.
The most important thing is that Lu Wei intends to tie Xiandu to him and advance and retreat together. With such strong support, there is no need to worry about not being able to accomplish things.
"Red Star Outer City, I want to leave it to you to run the electricity. You will be the main one, with Cao Jinren as the assistant. You can make the big decisions and just let go of the minor details. If there is not enough manpower, Liu Mulian and Li Lanxiang will , just use whoever you think is suitable. At the moment, Scarlet Star City is just a village. In time, I want to be a city full of people." "Yes, uncle, don't worry, I will do my best," Chen Suzhen said consciously. His qualifications are mediocre. He has not been able to make any further progress in the past few years since he formed the Dao Fetus. His journey of sword cultivation has come to an end. Instead of wasting his years at Xianyun Peak, it is better to find another way out and show off his talents. If Wei Qiyi has Ambition can lead to a successful career, and she can also benefit from it.
"As for the inner city of Dongming..." Wei Shiqi hesitated for a moment, "You are not cultivated enough, so don't interfere for now. We will talk about it later."
Although Dongming City is a dilapidated building, It is a ghost town, but in Wei Shiqi's layout, it will become a fairyland that attracts sword cultivators and mystical cultivators from all over the world in the future. Chen Suzhen is self-aware, and "insufficient cultivation" is not an excuse. In her opinion, only Qin Zhen and Yu Yao have the ability. When it comes to qualifications, the swordsmanship of these two men is so strong that even the leader, Lu Wei, can't give in.
However, she guessed that Wei Shiqi would not leave the inner city to them for maintenance. Without him, she would just watch with cold eyes. She thought that Qin and Yu did not have this talent.
Cultivation alone is not enough to accomplish anything.
Three days later, a caravan from the town customs stationed in Huzigou, bringing rice, noodles, vegetables, daily necessities, and cheap credit to meet urgent needs. Everyone calmed down from the initial panic. Those who hunted, those who gathered herbs, those who caught fish caught fish, those who forged iron, snakes and snakes walked on the road, and rats and mice walked on the road, each working for a living.
About half a month later, the second group of people came to Huzigou. Among them were wealthy people who had left Tieling Town before. After asking, they found out that those who were attacked by the corpse-eating vine demon were also Not only Tieling Town, but a hundred miles in radius, has become the hunting ground of the vine demon.
Having no home, they could only live here temporarily. With the continuous influx of population, Red Star City expanded at an extremely fast speed, gradually becoming somewhat like a city.
It is just a beautiful imagination to not pick up lost things on the simple road. In a big forest, there are all kinds of birds.Where there are people, there will be disputes, robbery and abduction, being unkind for the sake of wealth, bullying others, and gatherings to fight. All the dark sides that a city should have have emerged one by one. Cao Jinren was thinking hard and felt a little powerless.
But he knew clearly where the bottleneck was for Scarlet Star City to get on the right track and what problems it urgently needed to solve.
Before he could mention it to Chen Suzhen, the prefect Xu Tang and his party had arrived at Huzigou and contacted him solemnly. Soon after, Chixing City had a government office, a yamen, and In the prison, there were officials, government servants, staff, and lawyers. The people quickly settled down and order was under control. Under Xu Tang's auspices, Red Star City began to renovate the city, regulate the market, and build city walls. At the same time, shops, inns, restaurants, pawn shops, hospitals, brothels, and casinos gradually emerged, and communication with the outside world became increasingly frequent.
Although Xu Tang is an official, he is not pedantic. He regards Chen Suzhen and Cao Jinren as his masters, obeys their advice, is respectful, abides by his duties, and never goes beyond the boundaries. Chen and Cao also reciprocate. , easily avoid intervening in government affairs.
After all, Chen Suzhen is a disciple of the inner sect of Xiandu, and he is a bit arrogant in his bones. On the contrary, Cao Jinren is good at dancing and often deals with Xu Tang. During the chat, Xu Tang inadvertently mentioned that the post of governor of Scarlet Star City was not appointed by Zhao Tianzi of the capital. He came from the town customs and was a relative of the Hussars General Xu Changsheng.
Cao Jinren was stunned.
It was already half a year later when the news that Bianliang, the capital city, was breached reached Scarlet Star City. The Zhao Dynasty was overthrown, General Xu Changsheng ascended the throne, and the name of the new dynasty was changed to Zhenhai.