In fact, Chen Huaisheng originally wanted to allow other people in the mountains to visit Weihuai Road and conduct a detailed investigation and understanding of all aspects of Weihuai Road, especially the population, towns, commerce, spiritual materials, mineral veins, etc.

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Population, spiritual materials and mineral veins are the basis for the survival of a sect. Although Dahuaishan now belongs to the Chonghua sect, as the Chonghua sect withdraws from Hebei, Dahuaishan will gradually evolve into a semi-independent state, and eventually it will

They have become completely dependent on themselves to obtain various resources to maintain their survival.

Among the four prefectures in Hebei, Yanzhou is recommended first, Jinzhou next, Youzhou next, and Yunzhou last.

The situation in the six roads of Yanzhou is relatively balanced. In terms of population, Fuyang and Zhaigu Roads have the largest population, Zhangchi Road, Tangshui Road, and Weihuai Road are about the same, and Hanshan Road has the least population.

But even Hanshan Road has a population of more than one million. The most populous Fuyang Road and Zhaigu Road both have a population of more than 1.8 million, and the remaining three roads also have a population of more than 1.5 million.

The entire Yanzhou has a population of nearly 10 million, but its area is larger than the entire three counties of Da Zhaodong, which have a population of more than 20 million. This shows how vast Yanzhou is.

The situation that Chen Huaisheng has now comes entirely from the intelligence of the old Lingyun Sect. However, the situation has changed a lot in recent years. When Ma Daochun was stationed in Dahuaishan, he was just stationed and hardly asked about foreign affairs, so Wei Huaidao's

What the situation is, we can only start collecting from the beginning of the year.

If the population, towns, and commerce are relatively easy to collect, but if you want accurate and detailed information on spiritual materials and mineral veins, you need to actually go into the mountainous area to understand. Considering the current situation of everyone in Dahuai Mountain, Chen Huaisheng does not dare to let it go casually.

They go.

Especially some special areas, such as Tongtianbo, which is the junction area of ​​Weihuai Road and Jinzhou Tianjing Road. Most of the water is within the territory of Weihuai Road, and a small part is within the territory of Tianjing Road, but in fact no one cares about this.

When the Lingyun Sect was here, there was no real investigation into Tongtianbo.

In contrast, the Yuelu Sect had a deeper understanding of Tongtianbo.

It should be said that Tongtianbo is the most valuable water lake in Wei Huaidao. It produces extremely rich spiritual materials and spiritual objects. The Golden Beard Ao is the second best. The most famous one is the Tongtian Koi. There are also some other spiritual objects. It depends on whether they can be used.

It's for your use.

Because of this, Chen Huaisheng decided to take a trip to Tongtianbo.

From Dahuaishan to the southwest, it's about six hundred miles until you reach Tongcheonpo, which is located at the junction of the southwest corner and Jinju Tianjing Road.

Walking alone can be extremely comfortable and relaxing.

At this time, Chen Huaisheng realized that he had not traveled alone for a long time. In the past, he had either traveled with Baoqi, Qingyu or Chimei, or with Zhao Sitian, Tang Jingtian, Wu Tianen, Hu Delu and others, but this time he

Walking alone feels very unusual.

All the way to the west, eighty miles away from Dahuai Mountain is Huaiyang City, a large city in the middle of Weihuai Road.

When the Lingyun Sect took control of Dahuaishan, they first started here, but they immediately encountered resistance from the An family, the largest aristocratic family in Huaiyang City.

The An family has nothing to do with the Yuelu Sect on Tianjing Road, but you can tell from their surname that they are descendants of the Beirong people. They are also one of the few Beirong people who can take root in Hebei, and they can do so with only two people.

In more than a hundred years, it has grown into one of the top three aristocratic families in Wei Huaidao, which shows that this family is not simple.

Tai Huai Shan is located in the center of Weiwai Road.

Eighty miles to the southwest is Huaiyang City, 190 miles to the southwest is Dongyuan Town, 220 miles to the northwest is Weiheji, 240 miles due east to north is Luyanpu, and due south is

There is Xiongyang Fort 280 miles east of Hanshan Road, and Taoyuan Town 160 miles southeast of Dahuai Mountain. Basically, it is a large town with a relatively concentrated population in Weihuai Road.

The six towns have a population of about 70,000 to 80,000, plus the surrounding villages, which means that the actual population controlled by each town is about 150,000 to 60,000, and the remaining hundreds of thousands are scattered around the edges.

The plains and mountains of the area.

The dispute between the Lingyun Sect and the An family did not last long. The An family did not explicitly object to the Lingyun Sect establishing a foothold in Wei Huaidao, and its strength was not enough to confront the Lingyun Sect. They only adopted a cold approach to let Lingyun Sect, who had not yet established a firm foothold,

Zong could not take drastic measures against Anjia all at once.

After that, the Lingyun Sect no longer had the energy to entangle with the Anjia. The challenge from the Yuelu Sect made the Lingyunzong have no time to take care of it. In comparison, the Anjia's indifferent attitude was pretty good, like Weiheji to the west and Xiongyang to the south.

Places such as the Fort even directly resisted the Lingyun Sect. Of course, they had the support of the Yuelu Sect behind them.

Only Taoyuan Town and Luyanpu had a friendly attitude towards the Lingyun Sect and were in a relatively peaceful state of cooperation. Unfortunately, the Lingyun Sect was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Yuelu Sect until the end.

Collapse was taken over by the Chonghua faction, and they no longer had the opportunity to establish their own influence in the surrounding areas.

After the battle with the Yuelu Sect, the Chonghua Sect did not put their thoughts on Wei Huaidao, so it was not until Chen Huaisheng brought this group of people to take root in Dahuaishan again.

Because of the two consecutive years of attacks by monsters and beasts, the local area was in panic. This made all the local aristocratic families realize that without a strong sect to rely on, they could only rely on their own strength to face even second-level monsters.

Everyone will be in a hurry and suffer heavy losses. If they encounter a third-level monster, it may be a battle of annihilation.

Taking the An family as an example, the situation is similar to that of the Sun family in Baitapu, Fuyang Road, but it is still stronger in terms of strength.

The Sun family only has two or three strong men in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, but the head of the An family, An Siyu, is at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. Among his brothers An Sixiang and An Sishun are at the sixth and fourth levels of Foundation Establishment respectively.

Zi'an Chengyuan is at the second level of foundation building, and he has two nephews who are also strong foundation building people. The entire An family has more than 3,000 people, including more than 30 monks and more than 40 Taoists.

If we only look at the foundation builders of the An family, they are stronger than the current Dahuai Mountain in terms of strength. Although there are ten foundation builders in Dahuaishan now, only Chen Huaisheng is in the middle of the foundation. The others

Most of them are at the first level of foundation building.

Of course, in terms of development potential, the Anjia cannot compare with Dahuaishan. Among the six foundations of the Anjia, the youngest one is over sixty years old, and the advanced level of Qi refining is basically fifty years old.

Above, there are only a few young disciples with potential.

Because of this, the An family tried to exercise restraint when they were at odds with the Lingyun Sect, and tried their best to meet some of the Lingyun Sect's demands as long as they were not too excessive.

In fact, this is also the basic approach of all the clans and clans of Wei Huaidao. Whether it is the Tianhe Sect in the north, the Yuelu Sect in the west, or the Lingyun Sect later on, these clans are still willing to cooperate, as long as you can

Showing sufficient strength will gradually increase their level of obedience and cooperation.

Clan clans in places like Weiheji and Xiongyangbao are more like vassals to the Yuelu Sect. Basically, any request will be met, but they also retain a certain degree of autonomy. The Yuelu Sect is also hampered by the Tianhe Sect's presence in the area.

The tiger in the north is watching eagerly, not daring to go too far, maintaining a delicate balance.

When the Lingyun Sect entered, it actually made Wei Huaidao and other clan members secretly happy, hoping to introduce a more powerful force to balance the Yuelu Sect.

Because Tianhe Sect's main focus is still on Zhangchi Road, and they are obsessed with penetrating their influence into Jinzhou and Yunzhou, and they have always been at odds with the Beirong people, so it is difficult to give too much support.

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Who would have thought that Lingyun Sect's strength was limited, and even before its foundation was firmly established, it began to be half-hearted, harboring the desire to return south to Zhao, and being very harsh on the local government. This made the clan members on Wei Huaidao's side feel cold.

But even so, these local clans in Wei Huaidao still gave Lingyun Sect a lot of support. This is why Chen Huaisheng wanted to come to Wei Huaidao. It was because these local clans urgently needed a force to help them share their burdens.

To resist the pressure from Yuelu Sect, re-entering Dahuai Mountain can gain great support from all aspects.

Chen Huaisheng had passed by Huaiyang City twice before, but he passed by in a hurry. This time he had much more time, so Chen Huaisheng planned to stop in Huaiyang City and take a look.

Now that I have made up my mind to establish a foothold in Weihuai Road, I naturally have to understand the situation of Weihuai Road as a whole.

Huaiyang City is a large city in the central part of the country and the town closest to Dahuai Mountain. It is a city in name, but in fact it is a small city with scattered villages outside the city. There are a total of 70,000 to 80,000 people in the city, but there are only about 30,000 people in the real city.

For those who are outstanding, the An family accounts for about 10%.

Chen Huaisheng has not dealt with the An family yet, but he knows that Zeng Guolin and Yang Husheng have come to Huaiyang City to negotiate with the An family. However, according to the feedback from the two people, the An family's attitude is very cold and they are not even willing to interact with Da Huai.

Dealing with mountains.

The reason is also very simple. Dahuaishan is too weak, and they appear as expatriates from the Chonghua Sect. What is the value and significance of it?

"That's Anyuan over there?" Chen Huaisheng was a little surprised when he noticed that there were many more people wearing Beirong costumes in Huaiyang City than in Fuyang Road.

Although Beirong ruled Hebei for more than two hundred years and left a deep imprint on Hebei, the Beirong people left an even deeper imprint on Youyun Prefecture.

The Yanzhou side should be the first to get rid of the control of the Beirong people. Beirong people are rare on the Fuyang Road, especially the three southern roads of Zhaigu, Hanshan and Tangshui. But I didn't expect that in Wei

Beirong people can be seen everywhere in Huaidao.

"Yes, that is the most famous Anyuan in our Huaiyang City. Anjia Street, Anjia Hengxiang, and Anjiaba all surround Anyuan, and there are people named An over there." The shop owner glanced at him with envy on his face.

Take a look over there.
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