Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

During the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Fangcheng belonged to the land of Baiyue. At that time, people here still lived a very primitive life through slash-and-burn farming. During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang pacified Baiyue and unified Lingnan. This place was included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the Central Plains culture was finally spread.

There is a saying that during the Han Dynasty, General Fubo Ma Yuan quelled the "Er Zheng Rebellion" and left a group of soldiers in the local area, who were called "Ma Liu people" at that time. Some of these Central Plains people merged with the local Luoyue people and became the Zhuang ethnic group in later generations, while the rest were local Han people.

Time passed, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, France invaded Vietnam and used it as a springboard to continuously harass the border lines of Dongxing and Dongzhong.

Fangcheng has a special geographical location, it is close to the border and close to the sea, so it is a top priority.

Speaking of city defense, we have to mention the original Black Flag Army.

In the 1950s, civil unrest broke out all over the territory of the Qing Dynasty. The Taiping Army was the most famous, and the Black Flag Army led by Liu Yongfu was also one of them. Most of its members were poor local people who were suffering from hunger and cold.

After the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing government gradually restored order in Fangcheng and other places, and Liu Yongfu was forced to lead his troops to flee to northern Vietnam.

There are about 2,000 "Green Forest Heroes" who have taken root on the border of Vietnam. Because they use black flags, the Vietnamese people call them the Black Flag Army and they dare not provoke this army from the "Chinese Dynasty".

The Black Flag Army was not only able to defeat the Qing army, but also defeated the French troops on the Vietnam border.

But precisely because of this, the Black Flag Army was seriously overestimated. Vietnam was invaded by France and asked the Qing court for help. The Qing court felt that Liu Yongfu and the Black Flag Army were the enemies of France. On the one hand, it sent an expeditionary force to aid Vietnam, and on the other hand, it contacted Liu Yongfu resisted the French army.

Then it failed unexpectedly.

Liu Yongfu was later recalled to the country and served as the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao and Stone Brown for nearly ten years. After being recruited, he was repeatedly suppressed. In the end, the Black Flag Army was constantly fighting against the French invaders and the Qing government was crippled.

A group of veteran generals are willing to die and leave.

During the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the Qing army was defeated on both land and water, and Wanwan was left alone. The Qing government asked Liu Yongfu to take the last remaining Black Flag Army to garrison Wanwan.

This was a strategy of the Qing government to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it would exhaust this "heretic" force, and on the other hand, it would also save Wanwan.

In 1895, Li Hongzhang signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan and ceded the bay.

The people of Wanwan at that time refused to leave the motherland to the death.

Liu Yongfu was popular among the people of Wanwan and led all the soldiers and people to defend the country.

Later, Japan continued to increase its troops, and the gentry and civilians of Taiwan made a presidential seal, hoping to put Liu Yongfu in power. But Liu Yongfu firmly refused, saying: "This is just a seal, there is nothing you can do."

He persisted until the end in Wanwan. The Japanese army increased its troops by 20,000 and continued to encroach. With a shortage of soldiers and food and unstable people's hearts, Liu Yongfu persisted until the last battle and was finally defeated. After defeat, he fled back to the mainland.

Liu Yongfu has undoubtedly become the pride of the people in Fangcheng.

But at this time, Fangcheng had become a mixed place.

Sun Gongwu once sent people here to rebel. The French have been making plans here. The bustling port has welcomed spies from all the great powers...

Zhao Chuanxin brought his apprentice to Fangcheng Port. The boatman took a punt and looked curiously at the two people and the dog standing on a wooden board, wondering where their motivation came from.

Zhao Chuanxin wore a cotton robe stained with white salt and a bamboo hat. Benjamin Goldberg and he were dressed in the same outfit. The two of them had their hands in their sleeves. In addition to holding their heads high, their chests and backs straight, they also wore a bamboo hat. The people on the shore looked the same.

Zhao Chuanxin waved to the boatman: "Hello, fellow countryman."

The boatman looked on stupidly and did not respond.

Benjamin Goldberg said: "Master, they are not as enthusiastic as us outsiders."

"Oh, you're talking like you know what outsiders are like."

But what the disciple said was right. Even in the late Qing Dynasty, many people were indifferent, but the people outside the pass were more or less enthusiastic than those in the south. This may be due to the geographical location.

The two of them docked, and Zhao Chuanxin put away the Araya board.

Benjamin Goldberg pointed to his shoes and said, "Master, it's really uncomfortable when your shoes are wet."

Zhao Chuanxin flicked his fingers.

Benjamin Goldberg's two shoes made a clanging sound like a bowstring, "buzzing", and all the water vapor disappeared.

Benjamin Goldberg blinked: This spell is awesome.

The two of them were walking in the port, and a buffalo was grazing next to them. The cowherd boy was wearing a patched short coat with wide sleeves and a handsome face. He was chewing a grass stick in his mouth. He lowered his head and looked up curiously at Benjamin, who was about the same age as him. Goldberg.

Benjamin Goldberg took out a piece of calcium milk biscuit and handed it over: "Hello."

Not only did the cowherd boy not answer, but he also took a cautious step back.

Zhao Chuanxinzhao slapped his apprentice on the back of the head: "If you show courtesy for nothing, you are a traitor or a thief. Remember not to give alms indiscriminately. I am just poor, not a beggar."

"Oh..." Benjamin Goldberg was speechless.

The buffalo and the buffalo boy may be just a sight in Benjamin Goldberg's travels, but are he and Zhao Chuanxin just two passers-by in the eyes of the cowherd boy?

Everything is fleeting.

"It looks delicious, bad guy, there's no way you can trick me!" After the two of them walked away, the cowherd boy swallowed his saliva and cursed.

Benjamin Goldberg in front asked: "Master, where are we going now?"

"I don't know either." Zhao Chuanxin said helplessly, "I will find a fellow student to ask."

Benjamin Goldberg: “…”

Zhao Chuanxin found a local man who was carrying a load and wearing a turban, and asked: "Fellow, I want to ask you something. Recently, the court has to deal with a group of rogues. Where are they?"

The man with a rough face muttered something quickly and urgently.

Zhao Chuanxin tilted his head: "Can you understand?"

Benjamin Goldberg shook his head: "It's a bit like Cantonese, but I can't understand it."

It should be Hakka.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while and said, "The imperial court."

Then he stretched out his hand like a knife and slashed his neck.

The man rolled his eyes, said a few words in a fierce tone, then spat and left with his load.

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

At this time, a wretched middle-aged man wearing a melon-skin hat and small, round crystal glasses from a stall next to him said, "You two, stay here. I, Zhao Yixian, can understand Yin and Yang. If you have any questions, why don't you ask me?"

Zhao Chuanxin turned around to look at it, hung a banner in front of the stall, and wrote: Xiangming Gua Chang.

The table was covered with a piece of linen hanging down to the floor, which read: The True Spirit of Time.

In addition, there is a book, a tea bowl, and several bones of unknown animals on the table.

Benjamin Goldberg saw this for the first time and was curious: "Master, he has the same last name as you, what does he do?"

He knew every word, and when combined together, his eyes darkened.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled. He never shied away from the right person when he said bad things: "This is a pretense."

When Zhao Yixian heard this, he slapped the case and said angrily: "Why did you say this? Is this really unreasonable?"