A few days after Fang Hong solved the matter of the Blood Sea Demon Cliff, the large team of Hongmen arrived one after another. At the beginning were elite members whose cultivation had reached the Qingyuan realm, with nearly 60 people, and behind them were more than 200 ordinary members above Huang Yuan and below Qingyuan.

Except for the 100 disciples Fang Hong trained directly from the outer academy, the rest were all previous direct descendants. The entire Hongmen was in the camp of direct descendants, and directly occupied half of the number of more people. It is conceivable that the name Hongmen was already extremely influential in the Zhushen Pavilion at this time.

Fang Hong directly booked an inn and let everyone rest for a day. Then he asked Tang Ling to lead the way home to find Tang Zhen. Hong Xia's secular army could only use secular power to fight. Otherwise, if Fang Hong led the Hongmen people to fight against the secular army, there would be only a dead end to wait for them.

In the cultivation world, even those casual and wild cultivators cannot interfere in secular affairs as long as they reach the nine-yuan level, otherwise they will become public enemies of the entire cultivation world.

Fang Hong would not take this risk, so he would rescue Tang Zhen at the beginning. It was not uncommon for the royal family of the Dayu Dynasty to call on the army to attack small countries.

A few days later, everyone led by Tang Ling to a place called Xiaguang City. Although it was not a border city, its prosperity was not as good as that of Biannan City.

"Is this your home?" Shen Xinyi asked Tang Ling beside her.

"Yes, the battle for the throne of the three major dynasties is even more tragic. My father was originally the emperor of this term, but he was taken away. It would be good to be able to give such a place to settle down." Tang Ling seemed to be used to such things. In the battle for the throne of the great dynasty, it was the best result to survive. For example, her father's brother and brother, I don't know how many people caused the family to be ruined.

"Using the army without any voluntary action will not have any impact on you, right?" Fang Hong asked. If Tang Ling's family was implicated because of helping him, it would probably be bad, so he would ask clearly first.

"This is not true. My brother wants to call our own army. Even if we don't start the war ourselves, the emperor will give us some orders, such as attacking some countries, destroying some powerful bandits, etc. Doing so can inhibit the growth of our family's strength and continuously consume military strength." Tang Ling shook his head and said calmly.

Fang Hong nodded, it seemed that the three dynasties were not as peaceful as they seemed on the surface. For example, in this kind of battle for imperial power, although the winners can ascend the throne, they will never do the kind of thing that kills them all, otherwise it is likely to cause impeachment from everyone.

Like the Tang family, they were lucky enough to survive after the competition failed. Although they had a very high status, they had no right to call the army except for the generals and soldiers they recruited.

Moreover, the number of troops the emperor allowed them to recruit was limited every year, and at the same time they kept fighting everywhere. As soon as they cultivated some strength, they had to go to fight and consume. In doing so, they would not shake his throne.

But since that would not cause trouble to the Tang family, Fang Hong was relieved. At worst, he would give the Tang family some compensation after completing this task. Or, to help his family regain the throne?

It is indeed a very good thing to have a great dynasty behind him. But Fang Hong also knows that such things are easy to say, but they are difficult to do than climb to the sky.

In a great dynasty, the national military power is more than one trillion yuan. With such a powerful force, one person can drown the existence of Tianyuan with one mouthful of saliva. To shake such a power, what is required is not only the strength of cultivation, but also huge connections and meticulous operations.

"Let's go in in batches. If you go to the city together, it is very likely that the spies will be noticed and reported to the emperor. Although it is not a shameful thing, it always makes the emperor pay attention, and it feels really not good." Tang Ling suddenly said to Fang Hong.

Fang Hong nodded. When he came here, he should have considered writing for the Tang Ling family. Even if the emperor would not catch any handle, it would be quite annoying if he was paid special attention.

So, Fang Hong took Tang Ling, Chen Xinyi, Chen Xinyao, Mo Tian, ​​Chang Feng and Li Fulu into Xiaguang City first. The rest of the people entered one after another in batches, and did not have to go to Tang Mansion, just find an inn to stay in.

Although the name of Xiaguang City is beautiful, the city is indeed not very good. Fang Hong looked at it, except that it was larger than Zizhu City, and it was not even as prosperous as Zizhu City.

"Since our family came to Xiaguang City, the emperor has established Xiaguang City as a prosperous city, saying that our food will be harvested every year and is surrounded by various precious mines. Therefore, the tax on this place is very high, and almost every year it requires 80% of the taxes. That's why this place has become like this." Tang Ling could naturally understand Fang Hong's thoughts, so he explained.

"I think the geographical environment here is good, and the official roads are smooth, so it should attract many merchants. Why aren't there a few?" Li Fulu had already seen the entire Xiaguang City with the eyes of a merchant, so he touched his chin and said strangely.

"The taxes in Xiaguang City are too high, and there are many inexplicable taxes. For example, some merchants use horse carriages to pull goods, and they have to pay a certain amount of carriage usage tax to buy cars. The carriages are on the official road, and the official road maintenance fee is also paid, etc. For merchants, such taxes have to be paid almost half of the total income to pay taxes, and the remaining half can only see profits. So now few merchants come here to do business, and the taxes for the people are too high." Tang Ling sighed and shook his head and said.

A place that was not surplus was placed in a surplus title. To outsiders, this halo is particularly bright, but only the people living here know that those are all fake.

Fortunately, Tang Ling's father loved the people as much as his son and never levyed taxes randomly. The people here could live a normal life. Otherwise, if the officials were a little more greedy and the country was indulging them, the people would really have no way to survive.

"My home is ahead." Tang Ling pointed forward, but saw an old door open, and there was a not luxurious courtyard inside.

This is the Tang Mansion. There is no guard outside, and many divisions in the city lord's office have been abandoned. The Tang family cannot take out so much surplus money to hire people to sort out, so the places that cannot be used have to be abandoned.

Think about a person who was once a prince, a person who wanted to inherit the throne, but now he is so in a down-and-out situation. It is really a world of coldness and changes in the world.

Tang Ling walked in and waved to everyone.

"Just go in like this? Don't you report it?" Li Fulu said in surprise. In his memory, all the officials' homes are Tianmen, and they cannot be entered just by anyone who wants to. Especially such high-ranking officials are harder to see than gods. If they break in recklessly, they will be beaten up and beheaded. If they don't do it well, they will be confiscated and exterminate the clan.

"There are no guards, are you going to wait for someone to come out to greet me?" Tang Ling gave him a blank look and walked in by himself.

Seeing this, the others looked at each other and shook their heads and followed.

Although the courtyard here is very large, it does not have any grand decorations and there are not many servants. Occasionally, I saw a few people, and they were very kind and nodded, and didn't ask who they were and what they were doing here.

"Haha, my father came here and never went to the church for any official duties. He would open the door of his home every day, and the people could come in directly if they had anything to do. The row of rooms there were dedicated to these affairs." Tang Ling saw that everyone was surprised and questioned, so he explained with a smile.

When she talked about her father, she was also respectful. She was always proud to have such a kind father. And those who were born in such a family would not be so arrogant. If Fang Hong had not met Tang Zhen, she would not have known that Tang Ling was a royal princess of the Dayu Dynasty.

Tang Ling did not look like a young lady who was arrogant and unreasonable. She did not look like Princess Jianyang of the Heavenly Dynasty. She dared to be so arrogant and took no one seriously. She did not forget to show her identity first when she saw anyone, as if she was so arrogant.

Now it seems that the reason why Tang Ling was able to do this is entirely because he had a good father, such a kind and kind father who loved the people as much as his son, could not educate his good two daughters?

But it's a pity that such a good person cannot be the emperor, but becomes the city lord in such a city.

"Aunt Xu! Haha, it's great, Aunt Xu, I miss you so much." When I arrived at the second yard, Tang Ling saw a middle-aged woman holding tea. She suddenly jumped over happily and hugged the woman with an intimate expression.

I remembered that after rushing and hugging, even the few cups of tea on the tea tray in Aunt Xu's hand were knocked off, and the fragments of the cup and the tea scattered all over the floor.

"Oh! Who is it? What should I do? This is the water for Prince Zhan, what should I do? " Aunt Xu didn't have time to see who Tang Ling was, and said in horror.

"Put it over again after spilling, Aunt Xu, see who I am." Tang Ling turned Aunt Xu over. Now her cultivation level is in the Huangyuan realm. It would be too simple to capture an ordinary secular woman.
Chapter completed!