Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 486 Decree
Today is the third day of the Chinese New Year. It started to rain heavily before dawn and has been raining for half a day. It is clear that this kind of rain will not stop for two or three days.

Li Donghua put on a bamboo hat, a straw raincoat, and left the roadside tea stand with his sword in hand. As soon as he left, the empty seat was taken by the newcomers.

This tea stall is located on the official road near the city. As more and more people come and go, the business here is getting better and better. Ordinary tea stalls only sell hot and cold tea, but this one also sells some dry biscuits and oil tea.

The tea stall owner was busy but had a genuine smile on his face. Looking at the rainy day, he thought that people would walk slower when it rained, and more people would choose to rest in his shed. He thought that after closing the stall at night, he would go back and set up another shed, so that when business was good, he could receive more customers and make more money.

Li Donghua's mood was exactly the opposite of that of the tea stall owner. Looking at the rain curtain, he felt confused and had no idea where his future lay.

Last month, a decree was issued in Shuangqing Prefecture. It was issued by First-Class Viscount Yang Qian, who was fulfilling the duties of the lord of Shuangqing Prefecture. It ordered all cities to post notices. But the content was very different from the normal decrees of the government office.

Generally speaking, the decrees of the government offices were aimed at the people within their jurisdiction. But this time, the decrees were aimed at the monks in Shuangqing Prefecture.

"Shuangqing Prefecture's Order on Regulating the Current Situation of Independent Cultivators in the Prefecture"

Li Donghua felt uncomfortable just by hearing the name, as it was very different from the names of the laws and regulations he had heard before, and the name alone clearly stated that it was intended to "regulate" independent cultivators.

When did the Hongwu Dynasty start to manage the independent cultivators in the territory? This has never happened in other places.

Elsewhere, the Hongwu Dynasty had no control over cultivators, whether they were independent cultivators or immortal sect cultivators. They could only pursue or arrest these cultivators after they committed a crime, but they could not control these cultivators like they controlled the people under their rule.

I can’t control it and I don’t have the ability to do so.

If anyone really dares to intervene, the independent cultivators will just run away, and the cultivators from the immortal sect will not even bother to pay any attention.

If the government dared to issue such a decree elsewhere, it would only bring disgrace upon itself and create a joke.

But this is Shuangqing Prefecture, and the person who issued this decree is Yang Qian, which is different. No one dares to ignore it, and can only weigh the pros and cons at the first time. Either run away, or honestly follow the content of the decree and accept the control.

Revolt?

There are no more people and demons who dare to confront Lord Yang. How many noisy cultivators and demons were there in Shuangqing Mansion? Now? They are almost all dead. So who dares to confront Lord Yang now?

Anyway, Li Donghua didn't have the courage. In addition, he had committed crimes in other places during the Hongwu Dynasty, and the people he offended were from the Immortal Alliance. It was impossible for him to go back, which would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

Therefore, Li Donghua only has one option left, which is to accept discipline obediently.

But it doesn't sound credible that the government can control monks. If it weren't for the reputation of Lord Yang and his terrifyingly powerful tactics, Li Donghua probably wouldn't have made up his mind so quickly.

Anyway, I am alone. Since I can't go back to other places in the Hongwu Dynasty, and I don't have the courage to resist, it is better to be straightforward instead of being hesitant. Maybe I can make a good impression if I go there earlier.

The main reason why Li Donghua was nervous was that he heard that Lord Yang was a very difficult person to talk to and would take someone's life if he said the wrong thing.

Rumor has it that Lord Yang first arrived because the Xingsheng League was causing trouble for him, so he decided to kill all the bandits and evil spirits in the city, and he actually succeeded in the end.

There are also rumors that Xiao Cangyu, who had been dominating the Shuangqing Mansion for decades, was not careful when talking to Lord Yang, which offended Lord Yang, and he was beheaded with a knife. There should not be too many rumors like this. Even though Li Donghua felt that it was not very reliable, he would subconsciously feel sad about it.

After entering the city gate, Li Donghua found that there were far more people on the street than when he came here three years ago.

It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a lot of traffic. You should know that Shuangqing Prefecture has always been designed as a military city, and it has been prepared for war all year round. It has always given people a tense atmosphere. There are few merchants coming and going, and there are more soldiers on the streets than civilians.

But now it has obviously changed.

After walking a few steps, Li Donghua heard a lot of dialects that were different from those in Shuangqing Prefecture. He could understand this dialect, which was not the dialect of Shuangqing Prefecture but came from Changzhou Prefecture in the south of the Hongwu Dynasty.

People from Changzhou Prefecture are here too? What are they doing here? Doing business?

Li Donghua secretly found it strange. Shuangqing Prefecture had always been regarded as a desolate and chaotic place by the Hongwu Dynasty, and the fact was indeed so. Few merchants had ever come here. Even if they came, they would only take a walk around Taocheng and other places in Shuangqing Prefecture and leave, and would never go deep into the prefecture city.

It can be seen that now that Shuangqing Prefecture is stable, Lord Yang is trying to smooth the connection between Shuangqing Prefecture and the Hongwu Dynasty. These merchants should be one of the means.

The closer he got to the government office, the more independent cultivators Li Donghua encountered. When he reached the door, he even felt that there were more cultivators nearby than ordinary people. He even met an acquaintance.

"Old Li!"

"Chen Chenliang! You are here too? What are you wearing?" Li Donghua took a while to identify the man in front of him as Chen Liang, an acquaintance who had worked with him for more than half a month ten years ago.

At this time, Chen Liang's cultivation had reached the early stage of the Jindan realm, which was comparable to Li Donghua. It seemed that he had lived a good life in the past ten years. The most important thing was that Chen Liang was wearing a dark green martial arts robe and a government-style waist badge on his waist!

What does this mean? !

Chen Liang laughed, and obviously examined Li Donghua's cultivation first, and the smile on his face became more enthusiastic.

"Lao Li! We haven't seen each other for years, so we have to have a drink. Hahaha, don't worry, I know what you are here for. You were just asking me about my outfit, let's go, let's find a place to drink and I will tell you. Now that you have found me, don't worry about the rest!"

As he spoke, he pulled Li Donghua to the street behind the government office and sat down in a wine shop that looked like it had just opened. The two began to toast each other, and the wine was served with the traditional three-dish cold dish of Shuangqing Prefecture.

"Brother Chen, how did you become a government official?"

"Hehe, thanks to the Lord for not abandoning me, I am now a captain of the Zhenshan Camp in Shuangqing Prefecture. I can lead ten Qi training camp soldiers and a deputy captain at the Jindan stage. This is an opening that the Lord has opened for the casual cultivators in Shuangqing Prefecture who are now confused about their future.

As long as you enter Zhenshan Camp, you will have enough spiritual stones and magic tools. Even elixirs are distributed in fixed quantities. Isn't it much better than the past when you had to eat one meal a day?
Did you read the new decree, Mr. Li? There is no escape route now. Either get out or obey the rules.

Lao Li, do you want to come and work with me? Let's change the way we two brothers live?"

(End of this chapter)