Ren Baqian saw all kinds of people and things in this world.
What he saw and came into contact with were basically ancient people.
Then there are foreign businessmen in Lancheng and those people who came to celebrate the Empress's birthday that I saw in Honglu Division.
No matter how poor the place in Lancheng was, it was at the feet of the emperor, especially the businessmen in Jingdao were all from big families, and they were more or less put on airs. The atmosphere of the market was not heavy, and he had little contact with it.
When we arrived at Gucheng, we didn't go far from the arranged mansion, and we saw lots of shops, various stalls, all kinds of stalls, and most of them were merchants from foreign countries and survivors of the Hao Kingdom, but there were not many ancient people. .
Next to Ren Baqian was a young man from the ancient tribe named Feng Ting, who was similar to other ancient tribesmen, with a bald head, a fleshy face, a muscular body, and a figure twice as wide as an ordinary person.
This is a guide arranged by Xi Wangu for him.
After all, Ren Baqian and the guards are not familiar with this place.
"Most people live in the mountains, they leave in the morning, and they can't get here until noon. Now that there are few people, there will be more people after noon." Feng Ting explained to Ren Baqian.
Ren Baqian knew that the people he mentioned were "people from the ancient tribe
As for people from other countries and survivors of the Hao Kingdom, they are not within this scope.
Just as people in other countries reject the ancient people, the ancient people also reject them.
"Leaving in the morning and arriving at noon? It's not too far away." Ren Baqian looked at the few ancient people around and said.
"There is a big city in the south of the Great Basin, called Nanhuang, where it is lively and there are many good things." Feng Ting said.
The products sold here are mainly oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and cloth for the daily use of the survivors of the Hao Kingdom. In addition, the purchase of herbal medicine and animal skins is mainly for the common people, and there are not many good things.
In Nanhuang, the targets there are mainly the ancient people in the 60,000 mountains. Every day, many people from villages bring things they found in the mountains to Nanhuang City to sell and exchange. It is very lively and there are many good things. It's even more lively.
After all, the storage means in this world are limited, and many things cannot be stored for a long time, and the distance to Lancheng is long, at least twenty days, and the speed is even slower if it is a convoy, more than a month.
Some gemstones and other minerals are okay, and some exotic fruits have long been moldy and rotted when they are sent to Lancheng.
There are also some strange beasts who left the environment of the 60,000 mountains and were dying along the way, and not many of them survived in Lancheng.
For example, when he participated in Feng Hunting, some of the strange mounts that Ren Baqian saw were basically alien species captured from the 60,000 mountains and sent to Lancheng with a lot of effort, and survived.
The empress doesn't like these things, but the second and third generations of officials of the ancient clan like them very much, and it will save face if they ride out.
But not many.
Along the way, Ren Baqian chatted with Fengting occasionally, but his attention was mostly on the shops and pedestrians on both sides.
After walking for a while, Ren Baqian gradually recognized the difference between the survivors of the Hao Kingdom and the businessmen of other countries.
Daxia people usually have a high spirit, after all, they are backed by the most powerful country.
These days when Daxia called, the merchants were not all arrested, but they couldn't go back. These days, the war between the two countries was temporarily over, and these merchants started to pass again.
However, his posture has also lowered a lot, after all, he just lost the battle.
But it is also different from the merchants of Yun Kingdom and Chen Kingdom.
Yunguo merchants are very luxurious, both in dress and utensils they use are relatively exquisite, they greet people with smiles and curse people behind their backs. What the ancient people hate most is their sloppy style.
Chen Guo merchants are characterized by black, dark, thin and small, not good-looking.
Even after migrating from Yunguo to Chenguo, I don't know if he followed one side of the country to raise another person, but he still has a small family spirit.
Simply put, the temperaments of the three countries are very different.
As for the remnants of the Hao Kingdom, they should actually be called Shanyang people. It is said that they first moved here from a place called Shanyang, and then continued to move here as they multiplied and the civilians who could not survive on the land where Daxia was located Fusion together to develop and grow, and finally formed.
There is not much difference in appearance from the people of Daxia and Yunguo, but the forehead is more prominent and the eye sockets are slightly deeper.
There are also many differences in clothing. These survivors of the Hao Kingdom wear small gowns on their upper bodies, and a long pleated skirt below their waists, with slits on both sides, and hairy legs can be seen inadvertently through the gaps.
Both men and women are dressed like this.
The most important thing is the hatred hidden in their eyes. Although it doesn't show on the face, it's buried in the bottom of my heart, but it can't be hidden.
The country was destroyed, ruled, and tens of millions of people were raised in a basin.
After seventy-one years, this hatred has almost penetrated into their bones.
Especially when seeing Ren Baqian, he was surprised and amazed at first, and then the hatred in his eyes seemed to be stronger than that of the ancient people, which made Ren Baqian very puzzled.
I haven't dealt with them myself.
In fact, it's not difficult to guess this kind of thinking, they were raised in captivity, but Ren Baqian sneaked into the court of the ancient clan, and he also brought the guards of the ancient clan.
The same outsider, different treatment.
Moreover, Ren Baqian was the empress' husband-in-law, and he also contributed in the war with Daxia.
Although they don't know the details, they can hear a little bit of wind in this place where businessmen from various countries gather.
They dreamed that Daxia would drive those barbarians back into the mountains, even if the future owner of this land became Daxia, they could live freely.
However, Daxia lost, and it was a miserable loss. It took seventy-one years until Daxia sent troops, but it was a disastrous defeat.
How can Ren Baqian, who has done so much in this, not be hated? If he is an ancient clansman, they will put this hatred on all ancient clansmen.
But he is not, he is also an "outsider" compared to the ancient people.
"Come here." Ren Baqian waved to a man not far away, and the man lowered his head as if he didn't hear him, and wanted to leave in a hurry.
"Catch it here." Ren Baqian said indifferently, just now when the man saw him, the blind man could see the hatred in his eyes. He touched his waist with his hand, hesitated and let go.
A guard went over, grabbed the man by the back of the neck and carried him over.
"What are you going to do?" the man struggled and shouted.
"Soso, what's on your waist." Ren Baqian said gently with his fingers on his chin.
Then a knife made of bone was handed over to Ren Baqian.
"Want to kill me?" Ren Baqian said while holding the bone knife with two fingers while looking at it.
This bone knife is quite sharp, with a length of one and a half feet. These Hao people put the bone knives into their skirts and put them next to their legs, it's really not easy to see.
"No, my lord, you misunderstood." The man lowered his head and asked, surrounded by ancient guards, even if there were a hundred of them, he would not be able to hurt any of Ren Baqian's fingers. He is not a fool, so he naturally knows how to say it.
"Why?" Ren Baqian asked with some doubts. "I haven't seen you before, so I should have nothing against you."
"My lord, you misunderstood me, but I dare not."
"Misunderstanding or not, what you say doesn't matter, I have the final say. I think if you want to kill me, you have a way to kill me." Ren Baqian ignored his remarks and said to himself.
He felt that he was not mistaken just now, the hatred in the opponent's eyes was there, and the position where the opponent's hand was placed on his waist was exactly where the knife was hidden.
Seeing himself, with hatred in his eyes, and such an obvious action, saying that he has no intentions, is he a fool
"Actually, I really like to see people hate me to death but they can't do anything about me. But I want to know why people hate me to death. Even in front of so many guards, I can't help touching the knife." Ren Baqian gently Said.
"There is a reason for what people do. You don't see so many people feeling scared, so you want to feel safe, right?"
The man immediately said: "My lord, I just remembered something and wanted to check if I brought that thing out, but I found out that I didn't bring it, and I want to go back and get it."
"Well, it makes sense." Ren Baqian nodded.
The man heaved a sigh of relief.
"But I don't believe it. I'll take it back and torture it for a few days before I consider whether I believe it or not." Ren Baqian waved at the guards.
The man's face suddenly changed, if he was tortured for a few days, could he still live? At that time, what's the point of you considering whether to believe it or not
Many people around also looked in this direction. After hearing these words, they all lowered their heads and hurried away, turning their heads and not daring to look again.
Xi Wanya has been killing these days, and many people who have been killed are terrified, and the hatred can only be buried in the bottom of their hearts.
Seeing this posture, everyone else knew that this person couldn't survive.
Ren Baqian actually guessed a little bit, maybe not all, but he could guess a little bit.
He walked around the street for a long time, and the eyes he saw made him feel that it was not so easy for him to get any news from them.
Let's keep it simple and direct.
I came this time to do good deeds, to save the lives of you people. With your small actions, the Empress will sooner or later be unable to bear it.
Now you can cut it out. Sacrifice one of you, or sacrifice a few more, and a happy family will be born.
I will erect a monument for you later.
Don't say that everything is human life. I am not a saint or a monk, and I don't pay attention to the equality of all beings.
Killing one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand innocent people will make one hundred thousand, one million, ten million people honestly belong to Dayao's rule, and contribute to Dayao's modernization construction, even if the goal is achieved up.
To put it bluntly, Ren Baqian also knew that the purpose of his visit this time was that it was impossible not to kill people.
Sooner or later, he will be killed. Since he meets someone who shows his intentions so clearly, let's start with him.