Huacheng is the largest city on the border of the Great Zhou Kingdom and is also a hub city bordering the Zizheng Kingdom and the Dayong Kingdom.

There are many merchants coming in and out of Huacheng every day, all of whom are foreign merchants coming from various countries to do business.

Under the control of the Zhenyang Taoist Palace, there was almost no friction or conflict among the countries in the entire Dongsheng Shenzhou. The border was stable and prosperous, and there was no war between the countries. This was one of the few good things that the Zhenyang Taoist Palace had done.

But compared with this, the increasing number of refugees in various countries and the poor people who starved to death are no less than a war.

In recent years, under the control of the Zhenyang Taoist Palace, the rich in various countries have become richer, while the poor have become poorer.

This is because all resources are gradually concentrated in the hands of the middle and upper classes, while the resources in the hands of the lower classes are constantly being exploited.

So a very strange scene appeared, that is, the countries looked very rich and the cities were very prosperous, but there were countless refugees in the country begging everywhere or living on the porridge provided by the Zhenyang Taoist Temple every day.

"If these people have money, land, and food, why would they believe in our Zhenyang Dao Palace?"

"Only if you take away all their money, land, and food, and then use 30% of it to feed them porridge and keep them alive, will they be grateful to you and naturally believe in you."

"The Dao of Patriarch Sanyang is truly wonderful."

"Yes, you see how hard their lives are. As long as they believe in me, the Three Yang Patriarch, they can escape from the sea of ​​suffering."

"Good, praise the Three Yang Patriarch, praise the Three Yang Taoism."

This was a conversation between two disciples of Huacheng Zhenyang Palace as they watched the porridge distribution scene below. What they were talking about, escaping from the sea of ​​suffering, was exactly a new decree issued by the Sanyang Patriarch a few days ago.

That is to organize the refugees who converted to the Zhenyang Taoist Palace into "Taoist soldiers".

The so-called Dao soldiers are soldiers who "defend the Dao." What Dao are they defending? Naturally, the True Yang Dao.

Qiluo, the headmaster of Bixiufang, rode a carriage past the gate of Zhenyang Palace quickly, and then returned to Bixiufang in Huacheng.

Today, Bixiufang is a well-known dyeing workshop in Huacheng. The headmaster is Qiluo and the second master is Yunluo.

When Qiluo returned to the abbey, she and Yunluo immediately went to the bedroom in the backyard. After they closed the door, Qiluo excitedly took out a piece of silk from her bosom and said, "The mountain master has news."

Yunluo also asked expectantly, "What did the Mountain Master say? Did he praise us?"

Qiluo carefully unfolded the silk, took a quick look, and exclaimed in surprise, "The Mountain Master praised us for doing a good job!"

"That's great!" Yunluo clenched her fists and said happily, "The Mountain Master praised me again."

"It's a compliment to us!" Qiluo corrected.

Yunluo nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's a compliment to us."

Then Qiluo continued reading, but the more she read, the more she felt something was wrong. By the end, she actually shed tears.

"You...why are you crying?" Yunluo was a little surprised, then asked nervously, "What did it say?"

Qiluo sobbed a few times, then whispered, "The mountain master gave us two names."

"Ah?!" Yunluo's mouth dropped open in surprise. After a long pause, she breathed rapidly and said, "The Mountain Master... gave us a name?"

"Yes!" Qiluo said, "The mountain master gave us his surname Zhu. I'll be called 'Zhu Yun' and you'll be called 'Zhu Xia'."

"Zhu Xia... Zhu Xia... Zhu Xia..." Yunluo repeated the name over and over again, and then she couldn't control her tears and they fell down.

The two of them were sold to a brothel by their family when they were very young. They didn't have any names at all. Qiluo and Yunluo were just nicknames given to them by the brothel to prove that they were just playthings of the nobles.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang gave them names with his own surname, one is to commend their previous contributions, the other is to officially accept them as his own people.

At this moment, Qiluo and Yunluo, Zhuyun and Zhuxia felt at home for the first time and felt the warmth of home.

When Zhu Yuanzhang's majestic and stern face appeared in their minds again, there was no longer any fear in their hearts, only warmth, admiration, and loyalty!

The two girls hugged each other and cried for a cup of tea before they stopped. At this time, Qiluo continued to read the contents on the silk.

"The mountain master said that we two will now appear in public under the names Zhu Yun and Zhu Xia, and Qiluo and Yunluo will be our code names." Qiluo said.

Yunluo was a little confused: "Code name?"

Qiluo nodded and said, "The mountain master said that we are now under the command of a department called the 'Jinyiwei'. From now on, everything we do will be directly ordered by the Jinyiwei. Within the Jinyiwei, our secret code names are Qiluo and Yunluo."

Yunluo nodded, seemingly understanding, and then asked, "Then who leads this Jinyiwei? The mountain master?"

Qi Luo shook her head and said, "No, the Mountain Master said that one of his descendants is in charge of the Jinyiwei. We don't know his name, only his code name."

"What's the code name?" Yunluo asked curiously.

Qiluo looked at it carefully, then said slowly: "His code name is 'Shinra'."

...

In Gushan, Zhu Houcong, who was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was very happy. He was finally the chief officer of a powerful department. Although he had only two people under him for the time being, he was much stronger than Grandpa Huizong and others.

But in his happiness, he always felt that something was wrong, and the wrong thing was the code name "Shinra".

So when Zhu Houcong saw Fang Jian coming out of Zhu Yuanzhang's room, he immediately went to greet him, bowing and saying, "Zhu Houcong greets the great master Fang."

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