It's night.

Tong family estate.

In the brightly lit banquet room, Tong Dian, the head of the Tong family, asked people to prepare a table of extremely rich wine and food to entertain the distinguished guests.

"Senior, I only prepared these coarse tea and light rice in a hurry, and I hope you forgive me if I have any neglect!!" Tong Dian said and picked up the wine glass with both hands, and said respectfully: "Senior, I will toast you first." ”

Looking at the cautious flattery of the dozens of years old man in front of him, Jiang He was a little embarrassed, so he picked up the wine glass in front of him and touched it casually with him, and said with a smile: "Tong Daoyou, don't be polite, just call me Jiang Daoyou." I'm new to this place, and I don't know a lot of common sense, so I took the liberty to bother you. After saying that, he took the wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing that Jiang He was so approachable, Tong Dian's originally uneasy heart slowly calmed down, and then said with a smile on his face: "Senior Jiang can come to the door with dignity, that is the honor of our Tong family, how can there be anything to disturb and not bother, a distinguished guest like Senior Jiang, our Tong family usually can't invite it!"

Jiang He smiled again when he heard this, but he sighed with emotion in his heart, this powerful person, no matter what kind of place he is, can basically get the respect he deserves. In today's situation, if it is a person who cultivates at the second or third level of the Qi refining period comes to the door, not to mention that the head of the Tong family personally pours wine as an accompaniment, being able to enter here to drink a glass of water before leaving, it is already the Tong family who is extremely kind.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Jiang He asked him about some things he wanted to know, and Tong Dian was also extremely cooperative, basically knowing everything and saying these four words.

According to Tong Dian, this water chestnut town is an ordinary town in Nanyang County, and Nanyang County belongs to the Dongqi Empire.

The Dongqi Empire has a vast territory, with one hundred and eight counties under its jurisdiction, and the geographical area of Nanyang County is only in the middle and bottom of the one hundred and eight counties.

The city lord of each county is basically a master of the foundation building period, and the emperor of the empire is the legendary Jindan ancestor.

Tong Dian also heard some gossip that the actual controller of the Dongqi Empire was a super force called Yin Sha Cave, and what kind of storage zài this super force possessed was not something that Tong Dian could know.

After hearing these news, Jiang He didn't know what to say, here, the Jindan period has actually been respected as the ancestor of Jindan, and the respect of a country is also cultivated here. Doesn't this mean that he, Jiang He, is actually qualified to be the emperor?

Of course, Jiang He would not be stupid enough to think that with the cultivation of the Jindan period, he would really be able to open the country, I haven't heard that behind the Dongqi Empire, the super force called the Yin Sha Cave is the real controller!?

Besides, now Jiang He is a lone traveler, even if he really has the idea of founding the country and becoming an emperor, he has to wait for his own power to develop, otherwise he will be a bare-bones emperor?

As for how to develop his power, Jiang He already has a draft in his heart.

After chatting with Tong Dian, the wine and food were almost finished, Jiang He originally planned to thank him for his warm hospitality, so he was ready to flash people. As a result, Tong Dian tried his best to keep Jiang He for a few more days, so that he could fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Jiang He saw that he couldn't refuse, and the matter of developing forces was not in a hurry, so he nodded and stayed.

In this way, under Tong Dian's warm hospitality, Jiang He lived in Tong's manor for three days before leaving.

Before leaving, Jiang He took out a Zhuji Dan worth a full hundred points, handed it to Tong Dian, and then said with a smile: "Tong Daoyou, looking at your cultivation, it won't take long for you to be promoted to the tenth level of qi refining." However, at your current age, it is not easy to advance to the foundation building period. In the past three days, thanks to the hospitality, on the occasion of parting, I will send you a Zhuji Dan, and when you cultivate to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and take it when you hit the foundation building period, I think you will be able to increase some of the chances of promotion. ”

Tong Dian took the pill that exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, trembling all over, the excitement in his heart was indescribable, but before he could say thanks, Jiang He went away.

"Senior Jiang, your great kindness, I will never forget it in my life. ”

Tong Dian, who reacted, immediately shouted loudly in the direction where Jiang He disappeared, and as soon as the shout fell, a gentle voice sounded in his ears: "Tong Daoyou, you're welcome, let's meet again!!"

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The Eastern Qi Empire was very lenient in the management of the county towns under its jurisdiction, except for collecting a certain tax every three years, it basically did not interfere in the management of the county towns, and all the affairs of the city were decided by the city lord himself.

Not only that, even the selection of the city lord, the Dongqi Empire will not care much, if you have the ability, you can also kill the original city lord, and then sit on the position of the city lord yourself. Anyway, as long as the taxes are paid on time and in the right amount, the empire will not care who the city lord is.

Of course, if you, the city lord, want to rebel, then that's another matter.

The empire naturally has the means to make these county city lords honest, because in the entire Dongqi Empire, there are a total of ten group armies distributed in the form of five-pointed stars. If any county dares to rebel, those powerful legions are not vegetarians.

Therefore, although the empire is extremely lenient in the management of the counties under its jurisdiction, there has been no chaos, and the entire Dongqi Empire is still firmly in the hands of the emperor.

Jiang He's development plan is to start with a county city lord first, and then slowly develop and grow.

However, which county town to choose for development, Jiang He has to investigate before making a decision. This is not to say that you have to choose the richest place, Jiang He's purpose is to choose a county town where the people are poor, preferably the kind of county town where bandits are rampant and the county lord is greedy.

There are two major advantages to choosing such a county town, one is that it can be suppressed by thunder, and then make a windfall. The second is to save all the people from fire and water, so that everyone can quickly return to their hearts. Of course, there is another point, that is, Jiang He pays attention to the distinction between grievances and grievances, and others did not provoke him, and he was embarrassed to take away the position of other people's city lords. And a city lord like this who is greedy and does a lot of evil, he doesn't have any psychological burden when he starts.

After making up his mind, Jiang He's first investigation was Nanyang County, and it took more than ten days to investigate and secretly visit, and found that the overall operation of Nanyang County was still very good, and the county lord did not have much evil.

So, Jiang He chose the next county town and continued his investigation.

Fire County!

Binh Duong!

Takayama-gun!

It took more than a month to inspect several counties and counties in a row, but none of them met Jiang He's requirements, but Jiang He was not impatient and still carried out his investigation as originally planned.

Until one day......

"Robbery!" On a certain official road, several big men jumped out of the dense forest at a very fast speed, and then surrounded a man in white, and the strong man who took the lead immediately shouted: "Boy, quickly give all the valuable things on your body to the uncle, I will take it out, otherwise it will cost you your life!!"

Looking at the vicious-looking bandits in front of him, the corners of Jiang He's mouth couldn't help but slightly hook up a smile. This is the territory of Yunhe County, Jiang He has only been in the territory of Yunhe County for more than a day, and he has already encountered several robberies, and now this is the sixth case, so Jiang He smiled. Because he felt that this Yunhe County should be the target he had been looking for for more than a month.

"Guys, if I give you all the valuable things on my body, will you let me go?" Jiang He asked with a calm expression.

Hearing this, the strong man who took the lead seemed to feel that something was not right, but he didn't think much about it, but said with a big grin: "Boy, as long as you are interested, we will only rob the property, and it will not hurt to let you live." ”

"Boy, don't be sluggish, hurry!" another strong man urged impatiently.

"Hehe, for the sake of you just robbing money and not killing innocents indiscriminately, your life is saved today. Now, hand over all your valuable things to my lord as a punishment for you. And then promise me that I will not be a robber from now on, if there is a violation, I will take your dog's life, do you understand?" Jiang He said with a light smile.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" the robbers thought they had a problem with their ears.

Jiang He released a trace of coercion, and then asked, "Now, do you hear clearly?"

The robbers only felt a terrifying aura coming from Jiang He's body, and at this moment, they all had a feeling in their hearts that Jiang He could wipe them all out with a raise of his hand at this time.

Fortunately, Jiang He quickly took back the coercion he released, but this short time of a few breaths was extremely long for the robbers, as if they had experienced life and death.

"Did you all hear what I just said?" Jiang He frowned and asked.

"Listen...... Hear me clearly!" The robbers reacted, and then one by one they couldn't wait to search out all the valuable things on their bodies, and what was even more exaggerated was that one of the robbers took off his gold silk bottoms, and then held them in front of Jiang He with both hands.

Jiang He really wanted to kick this eyeless robber to death, the reason why he asked these robbers to hand over all the valuable things was mainly to let the robbers taste the taste of being robbed, not really fancy their things, let alone a pair of pants that were being worn on the robbers.

Finally resisting the urge to kick the robber to death, Jiang He randomly selected a few things from the hands of the robbers, then waved his hand like a fly, and said: "Get out, remember what I just said, if you become a robber again, once I know about it, you know the consequences." ”

"Yes, yes, let's get out!" When the robbers heard this, they said one by one as if they had been pardoned: "Thank you for the grace of the prince not to kill, we will definitely change our minds and be new people." ”

Watching the robbers disperse, Jiang He looked at the direction of Yunhe County, and his heart gradually became hot.

Depending on the situation, this Yunhe County may be the goal he has been looking for for a long time.