The night passed quickly.
That night, Julu Prefecture was broken through by the Road of Peace, and almost all of Julu was occupied by the Road of Peace.
There were still some stubborn aristocratic families in the city who were loyal to the imperial court. Now that Zhang Xuanjun had broken through the city, he naturally wouldn't let them off.
At this time, Liu Bowen, Xue Rengui, and Luo Cheng were sitting in the hall, waiting for Zhang Xuan. They chatted." Jizhou is indeed the Central Plains. Just the financial resources of a few aristocratic families in Julu County are enough to raise an army."”
Last night, Liu Bowen had plundered a lot of grain and goods from the aristocratic families who were loyal to the court. In addition to the grain and goods he had obtained from the looting of the houses when he had taken down a few counties, it was enough for Zhang Xuan's 10,000-strong army to last for a long time.
Luo Cheng sneered and said," The border counties of Youzhou are still better off. The annexation of land in the Central Plains has lasted for hundreds of years, and now it's beyond cure. The people who lost their land can only be sold as slaves, and the land is all owned by the powerful families. The grain and goods you saw are actually produced by most of the land in Julu Prefecture.”
Liu Bowen nodded, but he had a different opinion." The Central Plains has lost its land. There are indeed more and more people in the small lands. Most of them are sold as slaves of the aristocratic families. That's why the Path of Peace can gather millions of believers in more than ten years. However, the Youzhou and other prefectures are not more merciful than the aristocratic families of the Central Plains because of the aristocratic families there.”
After saying so much in one breath, Liu Bowen took a sip of water. Seeing Luo Cheng's puzzled look, he immediately said," The border counties are threatened by foreign invasion. Take Youzhou for example. The Wuhuan, Xianbei, and other Hu people have invaded. This requires Youzhou's disciples to shed blood and fight for it. Once they fight, there will be casualties. Look, the population of Youzhou is not as large as that of the Central Plains. Therefore, this is a conflict between the enemy and the enemy that cushions the class conflict.”
Luo Cheng was a little puzzled. He had grown up in Youzhou and thought that the aristocratic families of Youzhou were better than those of the Central Plains. However, after hearing Liu Bowen's words, he was suddenly speechless. After a long while, Luo Cheng said forcefully," My family has never annexed land!”
Liu Bowen and Xue Rengui laughed at the same time. For Xue Rengui, land annexation was not a rare thing. When his family had no food during the famine years, they had pawned their land. He himself had the experience of being a servant of a powerful family when he was young. He immediately replied to Luo Cheng," Shixin, when aristocratic families annex land, it is like people want to eat. Although there are benevolent people, if they don't annex land, others will. This is not something that can be changed by personal will.”
Liu Bowen nodded. Xue Rengui was free and poor. Later on, he followed a stranger to cultivate martial arts and the art of war. Naturally, he was taught some principles. Coupled with his experience, he actually described the way of the aristocratic families very vividly.
Luo Cheng opened his mouth but didn't say anything else.
At this moment, Zhang Xuan's voice came from afar.”
Everyone was shocked. How long had he cultivated for? In just a few moments, he had broken through to the Soul Seeker Realm and reached the Day Wandering Realm.
One had to know that Julu Governor Guo Dian had been an official for more than 20 years. He had relied on fate to cultivate hard. At this time, he was still stuck in the Day Wandering Realm even though he was a 2,000-stone Governor. Meanwhile, Zhang Xuan had gone from an ordinary person who had never cultivated to the Day Wandering Realm in ten days.
Xue and Luo were also dumbfounded. Luo Cheng naturally knew that Zhang Xuan had never liked cultivation, but now he had displayed such shocking cultivation talent.
Everyone saw that Zhang Xuan's soul was condensed. Under the sunlight, he did not feel uncomfortable at all. He even absorbed the sun's spiritual energy to cultivate. Clearly, he had entered the day wandering realm.
Other people might not be able to cultivate the Day Wander in their entire lives, but he had achieved it in just ten days. No wonder Liu Bowen was shocked that he was a Heavenly God.
"What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me?”Zhang Xuan's divine soul moved and looked left and right. The degree of condensation was like a physical body.
Luo Cheng stepped forward and stretched out his hand to probe Zhang Xuan's divine soul. He clicked his tongue and said," If it wasn't for the fact that my hand could pass through Cousin's divine soul, I would have thought that the real body was here!"”
Zhang Xuan laughed heartily. After attaining the Day Wandering State, he was extremely confident. In the world of his previous life, the Day Wandering State was already an immortal technique. Zhang Xuan was also prepared to enter the world of the Tomes of Arcane to explore.
Liu Bowen was surprised, but he had something to report." My lord, according to the soldier who surrendered, Guo Dian's trusted subordinate, Commandant Julu, brought 200 elites out of the city a few days ago. The Commandant Seal that you wanted is also on him."”
Zhang Xuan nodded. Although the commandant's luck was not as good as the prefect's luck, he was still a high official in the county. His luck was definitely higher than that of a county-level official. However, at this moment, the Julu Commandant had become a fish that had jumped into the net and was not in Julu County. There was nothing he could do.
"Since that's the case, then don't bother about him. Bowen, Rengui, you two have been working hard these few days. Recruit more elites to form a new army, limited to thirty thousand soldiers.”
Zhang Xuan currently only planned to train 30,000 new soldiers. These 30,000 people had already exceeded the limit of Julu County's support. However, with the rations he had stolen from the aristocratic families, it was enough for the time being.
When Yue Fei returned, Zhang Xuan would obtain the official seals and fate of the other counties. He would then summon more generals and civil officials and confer the title of Zhang River God. With the collection of the previous Zhang River Earl and the support of the Water God, the military supplies of the 30,000-strong army would be able to be supplied for a long time.
Luo Cheng saw that Zhang Xuan did not mention his name and quickly said,"Cousin, arrange something for me too."”
Zhang Xuan smiled, thinking that Luo Cheng was a Xiantian warrior, so he should naturally be used. However, Yue Fei had not returned yet, and he did not have the official seal to summon heroes. Therefore, he could only arrange for Luo Cheng to train soldiers. When there were enough generals, he would be arranged to do the most suitable job for him.
Although it was only to train soldiers, there was still something to do. Luo Cheng immediately agreed and promised that he would take good care of the new recruits.
After encouraging him with a smile, Zhang Xuan was not in a hurry to return to his room to continue cultivating. Instead, he chatted with everyone in the hall about current affairs.
Not long after, a soldier came to report that a scholar had arrived outside the city. He claimed to be from the Zhang family of Julu, and his name was Zhang Juzheng!
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