Chapter 145
Yu Shen changed history. He killed Zhang Xiu in advance, and Yu Shen said intimately:
"I have to go back to see Zhang Lu, the three generations of heavenly master, and the historical record, Zhang Lu's mother who is good at health, has a 'feeling of a young man' and 'also possesses ghosts'. However, Ba County is relatively close, so you may go to the monk's place first."
After a change of thought, Yu Shen asked again:
"Your envoy knows that most of the wizards under Zhang Xiu's command came from those tribes. I want to go and see those ancient witchcrafts."
After hearing what Yu Shen said, Su Gu thought for a moment and said:
"I've heard of it, but most of the people in Ba County are in Ba County, and because they have their own management, I am not very familiar with it."
After saying that, Su Gu informed Yu Shen about some of the news he knew about the monks, that is, the approximate locations and approximate population conditions of the tribes. Su Gu could not remember the too detailed ones.
After telling Yu Shen what he knew, Su Gu called the clerk again and found many official records of the stakeholders, but most of them were outdated information, so Yu Shen wrote them down as a reference.
A few days later, Yu Shen inquired about the news about the squad and probably obtained some relevant information, but it was still not too in-depth, especially those related to wizards, but at least he knew where the squad gathered.
After the news was collected almost the same, Yu Shen asked Su Gu to say goodbye.
Su Gu originally wanted to pull Yu Shen to wipe out the rice thief, but the leader of the rice thief Zhang Xiu was dead, and the internal chaos was in a state of despair. Su Gu's subordinates basically wiped out the Hanzhong rice thief, so Yu Shen was not left.
After saying goodbye to Su Gu, Chen Di and others, Yu Shen left Nanzheng and went straight to Ba County.
Yu Shen rode the White Tiger forward, but after a long time he arrived in Ba County, he found a place where no one was left, and let the White Tiger rely on his golden scissors, exchanged the appearance of an ordinary middle-aged traveler with a [fake shape] before heading to Jiangzhou.
The area under Ba County is located in the mountain city, one of the four major municipalities directly under the central government in later generations. However, at this time, Ba County was still a relatively remote area, and there were many tribes of people gathering in the jurisdiction.
When he arrived in Jiangzhou, Yu Shen rested here for a few days, and at the same time he also asked carefully in Jiangzhou and obtained some information.
After Zhang Xiu was killed by Yu Shen, many of Zhang Xiu's remaining troops also retreated to Ba County, which caused a considerable impact on Ba County, so Ba County has been quite chaotic recently.
Fortunately, the people in Ba County are quite powerful, and many wizards in Zhang Xiu's remaining troops also brought their own troops back to the tribe. Overall, the Han army in Ba County was still in control.
After inquiring in Jiangzhou for a long time, Yu Shen also found some useful news, such as the tribe where Zhang Xiu had studied.
This tribe was in Langzhong for a generation. At this time, Liu Zhang had not yet taken office, and Ba County was not divided into three parts. Langzhong was still under the jurisdiction of Ba County.
After Yu Shen got the news, he left Jiangzhou and went to Langzhong. He searched in Langzhong for a long time before finding the location of this tribe.
This tribe still maintains the tradition of living in caves. It relies on the beautiful mountain walls to build many plank roads and caves, and the people of the tribe all live in the caves.
Most tribal people dressed like Han people, but they were still wrapped in animal skins to keep warm. They looked quite simple and primitive. Some of them were dressed exactly like Han people. They should be middle and senior members of the tribe.
Yu Shen secretly explored the tribe for a long time and found that there was a cinnabar vein in the mountains where the tribe was located, and the industry for refining mercury. The entire tribe was quite prosperous.
After exploring the tribe for a long time, the entire tribe was being placed in worshiping the stone statues of ghosts and gods summoned by Zhang Xiu before. In addition, there are many places in the tribe with portraits of white tigers, and some people worship them.
This part of the belief in white tigers may come from the Ba people who have integrated into the Ba people. After all, in the legend of the Ba people, its ancestor Linjun turned into a white tiger. The Ba people often use tigers or white tigers as totems, while the totems of the Believe in the Ba people are mostly snakes.
After exploring this tribe for a long time, Yu Shen found that there were many merchants coming and going in this tribe, most of whom were merchants who came to buy cinnabar, mercury or some mountain goods.
The merchants brought the weapons and equipment of the Han people, so this monk tribe had a very neat Han army, with nearly a thousand people as a whole, and its power was among the top tribes around them.
Yu Shen inquired for a long time and decided to go to the tribe to check it out.
After taking a lot of gold, silver, clothes, etc. into packages, Yu Shen looked like an ordinary middle-aged businessman and carried a large bag of small bags, and went to the tribe in a dusty manner.
When he arrived at the tribe, a soldier wearing Han weapons and equipment stopped Yu Shen and spoke in a local Chinese dialect with a serious accent:
"Who are you? Look at me, what are you doing in my tribe?"
Yu Shen looked like a yellow face and beard. He stepped forward and quietly stuffed a small piece of silver and said:
"I came from Guanzhong. My master liked to refine elixirs. I heard that the cinnabar and mercury produced by your tribe are all excellent, so I came to send me."
The soldier quietly took the money handed over by Yu Shen, weighed it slightly, and felt quite satisfied. Seeing Yu Shen's appearance, he heard the words:
"The cinnabar and mercury we produce are of course the best quality, come with me."
After saying that, the soldier searched Yu Shen first, and found that Yu Shen had no weapons or anything else on him, so he took Yu Shen into the tribe.
When he walked into the tribe, Yu Shen heard a strong smell. After sweeping his spiritual sense, he knew that the method of refining mercury here was still relatively primitive. He put the cinnabar in an open container to calcinate the mercury.
This method of refining mercury was mastered by ancient China for a long time, but this method has a high risk factor and is prone to poisoning and death.
Those who are responsible for refining mercury all cover their mouths and noses with thick linen cloth, but this approach is basically useless. If you want to be poisoned, you just want to be relieved.
Yu Shen covered his mouth and nose, held his breath secretly, and followed the soldier to a wooden building. The building was a cinnabar workshop at a glance, and there was a mine cave behind it. After picking cinnabar from the mine cave, it was directly processed.
Part of the processed ore is sold as cinnabar, and part of it is sent to the mercury workshop to refine mercury. However, both industries are not slacking off.
When I arrived at the cinnabar workshop, a tall and tall man with a big face came forward and asked in a special language.
This language is different from the [Ancient Chinese Mandarin] obtained by Yu Shen in the wizards before. The language module appears, allowing Yu Shen to obtain this called [Ancient Chinese Mandarin].
The young master should be the person in charge of this cinnabar workshop. He asked the soldier:
"He wants to buy cinnabar?"
The soldier decided not to know that Yu Shen would understand his language, and said:
"This Han man wants to buy cinnabar and mercury for his master's family to refine elixirs. The ones from Guanzhong can be sold at a high price. Remember the rebate that he had agreed to."
Chapter completed!