Ren Baqian distributed binoculars, night vision goggles, and another type of tiqi tag for everyone to distribute. The tiqi tag was also black and covered with animal patterns without any words.
After everyone left, Ren Baqian called Zuo Leng and the other five over and instructed,
"Find a house and temporarily use it as a place for the Rearguard Commandery to handle affairs. They will collect information and get someone to sort it out before handing it over to me.
"In addition, check the Wang Estuary. You guys will follow them and see if there are any people with bad intentions or suspicions of leaking information. It's better to kill the wrong person than to let them off! "
The six of them tensed up because Ren Baqian still didn't fully trust them.
However, this was normal. After all, there was a spy who snuck in and even tried to assassinate Ren Baqian. Among the remaining people, not all of them were of one mind.
After Ren Baqian finished speaking, he saw that they understood and instructed, "You may leave."
After tidying up his clothes, Ren Baqian strolled to the backyard and suddenly stopped when he was halfway there. He saw a girl sitting in the yard beside him in a daze.
The fool that was brought back from Earth.
These days, the guards didn't report anything about her. Their attention was only limited to someone delivering food to her and ensuring that she wouldn't starve to death. Other than that, they had almost forgotten about her existence.
Wang Baobao had changed into a new set of clothes. She was no longer wearing the muddy clothes from before, but a set of women's clothes with a pleated skirt that was commonly seen in Tianjing Basin.
She sat there quietly with her eyes focused on the ground. No one knew what she was looking at.
Ren Baqian walked over, followed her gaze, and saw two insects that looked like a beetle on the ground. "A duel!"
"Do you remember anything?" Ren Baqian stood in front of her and asked faintly.
There was no response.
"Who changed your clothes?" Ren Baqian asked again.
Wang Baobao looked up at him in a daze before lowering her head to look at the two insects.
"Guards!" Ren Baqian shouted.
"Sir Ren!"
"Who changed her clothes?" Ren Baqian wanted to know the answer to this question.
"It was Miss Qingyuan! I felt that her clothes didn't look good here, so I got someone to get her a new set of clothes to change into. "
"Oh, that's all." Ren Baqian waved his hand, looked down at Wang Baobao, and turned to leave.
From the beginning to the end, Wang Baobao didn't react at all.
When Ren Baqian arrived at the empress's room, he saw that she was taking a nap on the bed. The door was open, and Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were nowhere to be seen.
Seeing this, Ren Baqian didn't disturb her. He waited in the courtyard for a long time before he heard the empress wake up.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian stood in front of the door and cupped his hands in greeting. He saw the empress sitting on the bed. Her eyes were a little blurry, but she regained consciousness very quickly.
"Is everything alright now?" the empress asked softly. She got up and walked out of the house to feel the temperature outside.
"I'm here to see Her Majesty." Ren Baqian smiled and asked, "Did Her Majesty go to the Wang Estuary?"
"I just went out of the city for a stroll. I saw two people acting suspiciously outside the city, so I casually killed them," the empress said casually.
"Your Majesty, you have changed!" Ren Baqian lamented bitterly. Your Majesty, you have learned to lie and become tsundere! It wasn't like this before.
Could the two of them run out of the city together? Sneaking around? Who could believe it?
The empress glared at him with her beautiful almond-shaped eyes. She had an expression that said, "I'll paste you to the wall if you don't explain yourself."
Ren Baqian felt a chill down his spine and changed his words. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's bearing is getting more and more amazing. Even Spirit Wheel experts are like weeds in front of Your Majesty. Of course, with Your Majesty's strength, you can naturally treat them like weeds. With Your Majesty's achievements at such a young age, I wonder what level you will reach in the future. Just thinking about it makes me look forward to it. "
The empress raised her head and thought about it. She also didn't know what level she could reach.
"Are you injured, Your Majesty?" Ren Baqian asked with concern.
"These two people are just a piece of cake for me," the empress said faintly.
"That's good. There's no need for Your Majesty to pay attention to these people in the future. If you make a move every time, what's the use of the court officials and the soldiers? "
"You guys are too slow!" the empress said faintly. "I kind of want to return to the palace."
"If Your Majesty is bored, why don't you return to Lan City first? With Sir Xi and the winged cavalry here, there shouldn't be any problems, "Ren Baqian whispered.
"We'll talk about it later." She walked in the courtyard and looked at a cluster of unknown flowers in front of her. They were pink and very fine, but they were also very beautiful.
"I feel that this flower is more suitable for Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian picked the largest flower in the courtyard from the side. It was much bigger than his palm.
"It's too big!" The empress was a little disgusted.
"A man's romance should be as big as possible!" Ren Baqian chuckled.
The empress didn't understand what he meant. She stared at the joke in front of her for a moment before walking out.
Ren Baqian followed the empress around the city. During this time, they met many people from the Rearguard Commandery heading toward the north and south of the city.
When they saw the two of them, they quickly dismounted and saluted. After the two of them passed, they continued to move forward.
This was the first time that many people saw the empress, and her appearance amazed them.
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After another day, a batch of sheep and cows was delivered to Jiangbei City. This lifted the spirits of the soldiers in the city, and they finally didn't have to eat grass every day.
Although it wasn't bad to eat occasionally, it was really unbearable to eat it every day.
Accompanying them were 3,000 reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South. At this time, almost all the available troops of the Protectorate of the South had been deployed.
There were already 9,000 soldiers from the Protectorate of the South and 700 winged cavalry in Jiangbei City. They had to face more than 250,000 to 300,000 soldiers from the south.
Although more than half of them were new soldiers, the pressure was still not small.
Not only did they have to win, but they also had to eliminate the rebels while minimizing casualties.
Their only advantage was that they completely defeated the other side in terms of high-end strength.
After losing two Spirit Wheel experts, the other side was only left with seven people.
In addition, there was a group of people including Li Mengyuan, Xu Pingzhi, Yao Zhengyan, and their families. There were a total of 70 people.
Previously, they were kidnapped by Li Qianqiu to lead the way in Great Xia. In order to survive, they simply surrendered to Li Qianqiu. Later, Li Qianqiu kidnapped their families. After returning to Dayao, they were thrown into a small city along the way.
In Lan City, the laws were stricter, and these foreigners had an easier time. In particular, the foreigners in Lan City were all sent by the big clans that controlled the trade routes.
In those small cities, except for a few unscrupulous merchants, there were almost no foreigners to be seen. The commoners there were extremely repulsive toward foreigners.
One could imagine the life of these Great Xia people. They were bullied almost everywhere and had to swallow their anger. Otherwise, they would be beaten up, and in serious cases, they might even lose their lives.
They almost didn't dare to go out.
However, they were kidnapped, so how much property could they have? It didn't take long for everything to be consumed. They didn't have land, didn't know how to graze, and were ostracized.
If this continued, these people would probably starve to death in less than two months.
The three of them were privately blamed by their families. Under such circumstances, it was better for the three of them to give up their lives than for their entire families to end up in such a situation.
These words made the three of them speechless.
Just as these people were privately discussing whether they should escape back to Great Xia, find a small village, and live incognito, an order gave them new hope.
Ren Baqian saw the three of them at the newly established Rearguard Commandery.
He saw that the three of them were tanned, skinny, and their clothes were full of stitches.
"You guys are a little miserable!" Ren Baqian couldn't help but say. He had heard a little about what happened to the three of them, but he didn't expect them to be so miserable.
"Sir, if you have any orders, we will go through fire and water without hesitation. We only hope that you can give our families a place to settle down," the three of them said loudly with respect and hope in their eyes.
This was the look of hope after everything had been obliterated by reality.
"Are you all scholars in Great Xia?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Yes! We originally came out to travel before the examination, but all sorts of things happened later on. "The three of them looked like they couldn't bear to look back at the past.
"What do you know?" Ren Baqian asked.
"I know about all the classics and ancient books. I also know something about mathematics and the like, "the three of them answered.
"156 + 611 minus 203 + 24. What's that?" Ren Baqian asked casually.
"It's 540, Sir," one of the thin and small men answered.
"What's your name?" Ren Baqian finally met someone who could add, subtract, multiply, and divide verbally after coming to this world. This made him feel like he had discovered a talent.
"Sir, I'm Yao Zhengyan."
"What about you guys?" Ren Baqian looked at the other two.
"I'm Li Mengyuan and Xu Pingzhi!" the other two quickly answered. The three of them were very humble. Even in Great Xia, their knowledge was considered superior among the younger generation, so they were naturally a little arrogant. However, after experiencing a series of events, that arrogance had long been worn away.
"The three of you will work in the Rearguard Commandery for now. You will be responsible for sorting out and collecting all kinds of information. If you do well, you will be promoted. As for your families, I will get someone to make arrangements for you, "Ren Baqian said faintly.
In his mind, these three people were useful. After all, they couldn't return to Great Xia now and had almost no way out. Instead, they were more reliable than some people in Tianjing Basin.
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