"I... can't understand..." Chu Pu couldn't help but shake his head.
Gong Shufeng didn't explain, but from the look in his eyes, she seemed to read a hint of what was natural.
—It’s natural that I can’t understand it.
"You think it's ridiculous because you've never looked outside."
Xia Fan's words suddenly shocked her - Chu Pu thought it was just the winner's taunt before, but now thinking about it, she just felt goosebumps rising up behind her.
What if what the other person said is true
Not to ridicule, not to show off, but simply to point out a fact.
Yu Hengshi couldn't help but avoid his eyes and looked out of the car window. As the saying goes, enemies know each other best, but she found that she didn't understand Qi Guo. She only knew that after Ning Wanjun raised the flag of rebellion in Jinxia City, she quickly expanded her power to the whole country and took the initiative to launch an attack on the Seven Stars; they had their own set of education methods that broke the theory that those who sense Qi are determined by their xinxing. , and also innovated many new techniques; and the Mohists provided a large number of magic weapons and mechanical weapons to the rebels, causing the Seven Star Army to suffer repeated defeats. Other than that...she knew nothing about Qi Guo.
For example, the snow scene in front of you.
Since the war, the entire Xu Kingdom has already entered a state of reducing clothing and food, and invested all available resources into the war machine. But in Shangyuan City of Qi State, this seems to be just an ordinary winter. The pedestrians on the street are thickly and plumply dressed and have rosy faces. . There are still many shops on the street open, filled with all kinds of colorful products, adding a bright color to the white world.
"The First Cause of All Realms"
The mist from the top chimneys has not stopped, and the green smoke emitted by hundreds of chimneys has formed a hazy fog cloud above the city. This means that the people of the Shangyuan Dynasty still have enough charcoal fires to keep warm, and the cold winter is hard for them. It is not a fatal threat.
Yong Dingcheng has had such a scene before.
But that's only during the good years.
One year after the war started, several cities she visited had changed into the same appearance, with both street scenes and atmosphere showing desolation. Compared with the two, Shangyuan City seems particularly strange.
The Yuheng envoy even doubted whether the local people knew that his king was leading an army to besiege the remaining territory of the Privy Council, forcing Qixing to the point where he couldn't even breathe.
The car drove for about two-quarters of an hour, and the scene outside the window changed again and again. Sometimes it was a row of buildings, sometimes it was a bungalow, but no matter which type, the scale was not small. Chu Pu calculated in his mind that they had walked almost ten miles at least and should have left Shangyuan City long ago, but the houses were still extending to the end of the field of vision, as if there was no boundary.
If you walk on your feet, I'm afraid it won't take you more than half a day...
Is that why Xia Fan wants to arrange such a locomotive
A sudden thought occurred in Chu Pu's heart. It was impossible for ordinary civilians to afford horses. If they wanted to travel far away, they would usually go with a caravan. However, the schedule and arrangement of the caravan are completely uncertain, so their activity area is also extremely limited. With such an exaggerated scope as Shangyuan City, if there were no more convenient transportation, people in the east end of the city would not even frequent the west side of the city, which also meant that the shops in the west would lose half of their livelihood.
Of course, there are also work, making friends, and entertainment... These activities will become more frequent because of locomotives.
She seemed to have captured a hint of Xia Fan's thoughts... but the answer was not clear enough for her to describe.
In addition to being convenient for local residents, she vaguely felt that there was some deeper meaning in it.
About two quarters of an hour later, Gong Shufeng finally stood up and said, "We are here, please come with me."
Only then did Chu Pu realize that Shangyuan City did not have city walls in every direction—the location they were now in was obviously in the suburbs. Except for the fact that the roads were still flat, the houses were no longer visible, replaced by a patchwork of buildings. Snowy farmland.
After getting off the motorcycle, she was surprised to find that there were still people busy in the farmland.
In the winter when the snow is constantly falling
Even winter wheat is too early to be planted.
"What are they doing?" Having learned from the past, Yu Heng simply stopped hiding his curiosity.
"Growing vegetables." Gong Shufeng answered simply.
"Won't all the seeds freeze in winter?" one of the men asked.
"There are plants in the world that are afraid of freezing, and naturally there are also plants that are not afraid of freezing. In addition to selecting suitable seeds, the Ministry of Agriculture has also thought of many ways to avoid the impact of low temperatures." Gong Shufeng led the road ahead and replied, "I'm not too Understand the tricks here, but the Ministry of Agriculture is also one of the departments that Mr. Xia is most concerned about. It is said that their goal is to allow food to be grown anywhere."
Even in the desert? Even in the sea
Chu Pu already felt a little numb to this nonsense.
However, Gongshuofeng did not take them into the farmland for a visit, but turned into a forest path - the ground here was also paved with bricks and there was not much snow, and it seemed that it had been deliberately cleared. Yu Heng had not gone far when an extremely open plain suddenly appeared in front of her.
There are stone tablets erected on the flat ground, and there are thousands of them densely packed. From a distance, they look like a bush made of rocks.
This is a cemetery, Chu Pu realized.
"Don't worry, there is no body buried inside. Qi Guo implements strict cremation measures to eliminate the risk of evil spirits." Gong Shufeng said proactively, "Master Xia has done as much as Qixing in eliminating evil spirits. This place is not so much for Burial is more about commemoration.”
"To commemorate whom?"
"To commemorate those who died resisting the brutal rule of the Seven Star Privy Council."
Yuheng made his steps pause slightly, "... Do you mean... Tianqi Army?"
"No, they are just ordinary civilians."
"How is that possible!?" a guard blurted out.
This is also a question in the minds of everyone in the mission - erecting monuments has always been a very serious matter, and Shangyuan is the capital of Qi State. To erect monuments for civilians next to the capital is not only shocking, but also sensational. What's more, how could the common people have the courage to resist the Privy Council? Even if there were... there wouldn't be so many people.
At least it's impossible in Xu State.
Gong Shufeng stopped when he came to a stone monument. There was a cluster of emerald green needles placed beside the monument. Compared with flowers, these evergreen leaves can maintain their eye-catching color for a long time even if they are separated from the mother branch.
There is a row of beautiful handwriting engraved on the stone tablet.
—"The unyielding protester Gongsun Fang rests here."
Seeing this name, Gong Shufeng's mind suddenly flashed back to those days in Huangting Mountain.
And the woman with a pair of upturned red phoenix eyes, which is extremely bright.
From that moment on, his destiny completely took a different path.