Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 304: Encounter at the Port
Bai Tu has been wandering around since the beginning of the first lunar month, starting from Jinling, and visiting Shouchun, Shucheng, Wancheng, Wuxian , Shanyin, and Poyang in that order, focusing on each place and visiting counties along the way.
For more than three months, it was initially called the New Year's greetings, then it became the celebration of spring ploughing, and finally it became the worship of the rain god.
The reason why Bai Tu dared to be so reckless was, firstly, because the current situation in Jinling was stable, and the frontline was also in the stage of advancing step by step;
Secondly...it is also because wherever Bai Tu goes, he is on the route laid out by the signal tower. Any message will be delivered to Bai Tu no later than five days after it is delivered to Jinling!
I can't say about the Jiangxia battlefield, but as for the military intelligence on the Jingnan battlefield, even if Bai Tu wanders around, he can still get it one step ahead of Liu Biao.
What's more, the Privy Council in Nanjing also has the power to make impromptu decisions on military situations of the highest emergency level.
As for the various government affairs other than military affairs...
These five days are not a big deal. Even if Bai Tu wants to correct something, it will only take ten days to go back and forth.
Liu Bei was in Xudu and was not afraid of a fire in Xuzhou's backyard. Cao Cao kept Liu Bei in Xudu and dared to go to the front line himself. What was there for Bai Tu not to do?
Along the way, from the generals who trained troops in the local areas, the prefects who governed the country, to the ordinary officials, Bai Tu used the "Source of the Rainbow" to take care of them all.
Bai Tu would usually only take care of important officials such as the prefects individually, and as for ordinary clerks... he had no choice but to take care of a large number of them at once through speeches during meetings.
During the breaks in his trip, Bai Tu also tried his best to visit the people.
"Intelligent people" who can recognize some words and understand the civilian gazettes, if they read the newspapers frequently, will find that Bai Tu has traveled more distances in the past three months than most traveling merchants!
The headlines of the daily civilian gazette are basically about Bai Tu’s visits and condolences to local people.
It was not until April that Bai Tu finally took a boat back to Wu County. After resting, he would set out again by boat to Qu'a and then return to Jinling. Bai Tu could not help but sigh at the importance of road construction. Starting from the end of the Chinese New Year, he traveled around the various counties and the most important core counties in Yangzhou, and one third of a year had passed!
This was assuming that we hadn't gone to Yuzhang and Zhangling, the most chaotic and difficult places to travel to, and Kuaiji County had only traveled to Shanyin by water. Otherwise, by the time Bai Tu returned to Jinling... we could basically prepare for the New Year's Day party.
"Cement... When can we build a cement road?" Bai Tu had a new understanding of the poor road conditions in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This is the official road of Yangzhou, which is well maintained. Bai Tu did not go to the mountain roads too far south, and only went to the areas along the way of various key counties. There are only thirty-one counties in total.
However, with Bai Tu's mental strength and the effect of the source of the rainbow, Bai Tu felt that this trip would not be in vain!
At the same time, Bai Tu also envied Huang Chengyan's strategic skills. If he could learn them and then cooperate with the Source of Rainbow... Wow, it's so terrifying!
Unfortunately, strategic tactics are not something you can learn just because you want to, especially this kind of special strategic tactics.
Those common strategies that improve the efficiency of certain policies are related to official positions and knowledge, and can be guided to awaken. As for special strategies...
Just as no matter how much Bai Tu teaches, it is difficult for others to learn the "Source of the Rainbow", Huang Chengyan's "Traveler Without Borders" also requires one to truly understand the true meaning of "traveler" before he can awaken.
Bai Tu also asked Huang Chengyan, but based on what Huang Chengyan described, his pursuit of being a "walker"...
Bai Tu estimated that only a peerless hiker who was willing to give up a fortune of tens of billions and a beautiful fiancée and travel across mountains and ridges and hike for several months could understand this.
Just when Bai Tu got off the boat and wanted to go back to Wu County to rest and relieve his fatigue, Lu Lingqi came to report something unusual...
"My lord, there is a Taoist priest on the other side of the ferry, who is gathering people to pray with talisman water and preaching. He has gathered quite a few people, and I'm afraid our carriages can't pass through. Do you want to show your flag?" Lu Lingqi said with some disdain.
Because there were many outsiders present, Lu Lingqi specifically called him "Lord".
As for Lu Lingqi's disdain, it was naturally not directed at Bai Tu, but at the Taoist who was pretending to be a ghost.
"A lot?" Bai Tu said, glancing at the magistrate of Wu County who was wiping his sweat.
But Bai Tu didn't say much afterwards, he just ordered: "Then show the flag."
The so-called showing of the flag does not mean that Bai Tu was on a secret visit. The officials of Wu County knew the day of Bai Tu's return, and the county magistrate was here specifically to welcome him.
But Bai Tu didn't want to disturb the people. After all, he had been to Wu County two months ago. At that time, Bai Tu also participated in the spring ploughing meeting in Wu County and met many village elders who served as representatives. There was no need to make a big fuss every time he passed by, which would be very troublesome.
But since there were so many people ahead, Bai Tu thought it would be better to show the flag for safety reasons to avoid any misunderstanding.
Since Bai Tu dared to wander around outside, naturally people would send assassins to him. Nowadays... sending assassins to each other is a common thing. Bai Tu has "heard" of it happening twice in the past three months.
The reason why we have only heard about it is naturally because these assassins were not powerful enough and were all eliminated in advance.
One time it was reported by local residents, and the other time it was due to .
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On the other hand, Yu Ji was still preaching in densely populated areas today as usual.
Yu Ji was very pleased that the people were still as enthusiastic as before.
Firstly, it was because Yu Ji looked good. He had an immortal look and he also knew how to dress up. He wore a yellow and golden Taoist robe with many decorations, just like a character from a third-rate web game...
Secondly, Yu Ji was indeed highly skilled in Taoism. He had studied scriptures and sought the truth for decades and traveled around the world for decades. Only recently did he build a monastery thirty miles east of Wu County. When he preached to dignitaries, he could speak eloquently, and when he preached to ordinary people, he could explain things in simple terms. He was appealing to both the elite and the masses.
Thirdly... Yu Ji was not a complete liar. As a qualified Taoist priest, he really understood medicine, even better than many medical school instructors. The so-called talisman water, the talisman and the water were both processed with herbs, so many examples of curing diseases were real.
At the same time, Yu Ji is also good at some tricks like "eye-catching tricks" and "micro-expressions"!
She is good-looking, good at speaking, and has some real skills.
If this kind of person has any bad intentions when he becomes a Taoist priest, he will suffer from kidney deficiency even in modern times!
Of course, Yu Ji did not have kidney deficiency, but he was now quite famous among the people, especially in Wujun, and was also a guest of honor in many officials' homes.
This time, Yu Ji was preaching at the ferry "Wu Jin" not far from Wu County. Because of the port economy, there are now many people at several large ports in Yangzhou.
However, Yu Ji's good mood did not last long this time, because...
When the official just beat the gong and announced that a carriage was passing and dispersed the people, the people were still a little dissatisfied. But when they heard that the general was coming back from his southern tour, the people immediately spontaneously and orderly went to welcome him along the way. Instead, the originally lively sermon meeting became much quieter.
