Gao Yishan turned his head to look at the dilapidated city behind him, which was the Qingtang Pass that originally bordered Izumo and Dayao.
After leaving that checkpoint, you will enter Dayao's land.
Of course, at this time, the Qingyun Guan no longer had the role of guarding the frontier, and the entire Izumo fell under Dayao's shining steel knife.
Gao Yishan took a few glances before slowly retracting his gaze and focusing on the queue.
This is a team of thousands of people, from hundreds of cities in the Izumo territory, and it is full of congratulatory gifts for Empress Qi Zixiao of Dayao.
Some of them are city lords, but some of them have just been put in that position by Zi Donglai, and they don't have much foundation at all.
Those who replaced them were aristocratic families from various cities.
These aristocratic families turned around faster than ordinary people. After the fall of Izumo, most of them surrendered to Dayao without any backbone.
As for getting into this team and going to Dayao, it was easier than I thought before.
Zi Donglai, who had killed countless people, sent these people to Dayao as long as he had a list. Originally, he thought he would check everyone's identities carefully, but he didn't.
It seems that Zi Donglai never thought that there would be some people with ulterior motives in the team heading to the capital of Dayao.
Or it's not that I haven't thought about it—it's that I don't care at all.
No one can make any troubles under the noses of dozens of god wheel warriors, let alone Qi Zixiao who is the fourth in the world sitting in the palace.
With the release of the latest list of the world's masters, the news that Teng Yue, number four in the world, died at the hands of Qi Zixiao finally spread.
Today, when No. 1 and No. 2 in the world have been hidden for a long time, it is really surprising that No. 3 and No. 4 who are active are both women.
Countless people are now guessing who will win and who will lose if the third Li Yuanzhu in the world and the fourth Qi Zixiao face off.
In just a few years, Qi Zixiao rose from number seven in the world to number four in the world, and the few people who fell died at her hands. This talent is really terrifying.
One must know that Qi Zixiao is only twenty-six years old now.
Gao Yishan touched his chest, and there was his purpose for this time, as long as Qi Zixiao could put this thing in the palace hall, then Izumo would still have a chance.
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After walking for three days, the surrounding scenery changed, and a few people could be seen measuring something by the side of the road from time to time.
And these people are all ancient people.
This made them very curious, not knowing what these ancient people were doing in the wilderness.
Going forward for another day, Gao Yishan saw the prisoners of war captured by Dayao. Groups of prisoners of war spread a layer of stones on the ground, and then paved the road with something like mud, and some people pushed huge stones Flatten the layer of mud on the road.
Although he didn't know what the mud was, Gao Yishan immediately figured out that the other party was building a road.
Build a road from Dayao to Izumo.
This made Gao Yishan's heart tense.
He knows what a smooth path means.
If this road is repaired, then it will be faster to reach Izumo from Dayao territory, and the life of those righteous men in Izumo territory will be sad, and it will be even more difficult to overthrow Dayao.
It wasn't something those barbarians would do, it must have been someone else's idea.
I heard that Qi Zixiao's husband-in-law is not from the ancient tribe, maybe it has something to do with him.
As the convoy progressed, he saw more prisoners of war.
When all the prisoners of war saw the convoy, they would stop and look towards the convoy, as if they wanted to see if they could meet familiar people, but they were greeted by unfamiliar faces.
However, to the surprise of everyone in the convoy, there seemed to be something wrong with the soldiers captured by Dayao.
In their imagination, the captives were like those people in the mine, working endlessly, and as long as they stopped to greet them, they would be greeted by the leather whips, fists and feet of the ancients, their expressions were numb, their eyes were colorless, and they were dressed in rags. I can't take a bath for several months, and my body is weak.
However, the prisoners of war seen in front of them were not like this.
The clothes were really worn out, and they were really dirty.
But they stopped and looked at the convoy, but no one whipped them. After looking around for a while, he lowered his head and continued to do his work.
And the body is not weak, it can even be said to be strong. Not one or two people are like this, but most of them are like this.
The most important thing is their expressions, not the kind of numb, without the slightest expression.
Instead, it is almost the same as ordinary people, with more eager eyes at most.
After all, seeing the same visitor from Izumo and the visitor from his hometown, this kind of gaze is easy to understand.
But it made the people in the convoy feel a little weird. It seemed that these people were a little different from the prisoners I thought.
Even they had thought that someone would rush to them and beg them to save them. When there is no hope, it is easy to see the convoy from their hometown, which also makes them feel relieved. If that happens, it's best to ignore it.
As a result, this kind of thing didn't happen.
Unexpected calm.
Maybe it's because most of these people are from the original army, so they are stronger
Well, Izumo's army is strong, which is a joke in itself, and even Izumo himself doesn't believe it.
Except for the original Zhenxi Army, the other troops can be said to be a bunch of bandits.
Maybe these people are Zhenxi Army? It's possible.
Thinking of this, the eyes of everyone looking at those people also changed. Although Izumo is gone, the Zhenxi Army still has a considerable status in the hearts of Izumo people.
After all, this is a real army.
When they were resting, they found that the guards accompanying the Gu clan didn't mind their contact with the captives, and the two naturally chatted.
However, to the surprise of everyone in the convoy, these captives were not Zhenxi Army.
Most of them are city guards, and some are even ordinary people.
This surprised everyone.
After talking further, more and more things surprised everyone.
First of all, the food, their food is unexpectedly good... Every meal is full of meat and broth...
"Do you have any vegetables? For the sake of my fellow countrymen, can you give me a handful? It's okay to eat less, because I'm going to vomit after eating the broth... Although there are still pumpkins and potatoes, the stewed things and the meat are not good. It's a taste…”
This made everyone in the team turn black. Many of them have not yet lived a life of eating meat.
It is not bad for ordinary people to eat meat once a year.
Some low-level officials can only eat once a week to a month.
Are you going to vomit from eating meat? The people of Izumo and the low-level officials still don’t have enough food for the prisoners
Then the situation of some prisoner camps also came out from their mouths.
For example, ten people form a team, and the team leaders are all from Izumo. And a squadron of 100 people, the squadron leader is from the ancient tribe, and the deputy squadron leader is still from Izumo. It can be said that they are managing themselves, so there are not so many guards.
For example, as long as they finish their work, they can take a break without any punishment. Of course, you can rest if you haven't finished the work, but if you don't finish it at night, the whole team will be fined.
For example, they still have a little salary every month. Although it is not much, it allows them to buy two sets of clothes and the cheapest soap, or buy some grains to improve their food, and even buy two bottles of bad wine.
For example, their tenure as captives is ten years. From the third year onwards, their wages will be gradually increased, and after ten years they will be free. Many people in the convoy had heard the news, but hearing these prisoners say it with their own ears, and looking at their expectant eyes, gave people a very different feeling.
After Gao Yishan listened calmly, he frowned when he returned to the car.
What these captives said made him understand one thing, the ancient clan had changed.
Although he also noticed it when he came out of the cloud, but this feeling has never been so clear as it is now.
They have changed their previous style. They no longer only know how to burn, kill and plunder, but they have begun to try to use gentler means to be gentle.
The treatment of these captives was even better than that of many poor people in Izumo.
Even better than the people in those mines, I don't know how much.
These feelings are not only for him, but also for many people in the team.
However, the reaction of the people in the team was completely opposite to his, and everyone else was elated. This change of the ancient race is a good thing for them.
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After half a day, they finally saw the road repaired by these prisoners, a straight gray hard road, as if the road was paved with a large stone slab.
The carriage moved to the fully cured road, and its speed more than doubled.
Everyone felt the speed of the team and was shocked by this road.
Such a road was difficult even for Izumo to build, but those barbarians managed it.
The next journey is sometimes in the mud, and sometimes there will be a road that has been repaired before. According to the words of the captives, this is called a cement road.
The ancient people divided this road into several sections and built them at the same time.
The closer they got to Lancheng, the more frightened everyone was.
Because according to their calculations, the part of the road that has been repaired is probably more than a thousand miles...
What surprised them even more was the material used to build roads. In less than two years, a road of more than 1,000 miles was built. You must know that the official road in Izumo was built successively over hundreds of years.
And the smoothness of this road, even Daxia can't compare.