Everyone likes polite people, and so does Shi Zheng. Even though Lin Jiang was very abrupt today, Shi Zheng still briefly recounted the history of the Xia Kingdom according to Lin Jiang's request.

In the hundredth year of the Xia calendar, Lin Jiang abdicated to Yao. Yao was in office for sixty years, and he worked hard to keep the country's strength growing and the territory further expanded. In Yao's later years, he abdicated the throne to someone else, not his son.

The Xia monarch abdicated twice, but the third generation monarch passed the throne to his son. From then on, the Xia Kingdom became a family empire. However, the monarchs of the Xia Kingdom in the following generations were very wise, so there were not many opponents.

Until the 520th year of the Xia calendar, a Xia monarch named Jie ascended the throne and began his extravagant and licentious life, which made all parts of the Xia Kingdom extremely disgusted, and the people were boiling with resentment. The first rebellion occurred in the Xia Kingdom.

But at that time, the Xia Kingdom was still very powerful, and there were endless warriors in the Xiadu Martial Academy. Even if there was a rebellion, it was quickly extinguished.

Xia Junjie had been tyrannical for forty years. In the 560th year of the Xia calendar, Xia State encountered a torrential rain that lasted for three months. The surging river water washed away the capital of Xia State. Even Xia Junjie died in this disaster. No one knows whether he was drowned by the flood or killed in the chaos. It

is only known that Xia State suffered extremely heavy losses that time. The newly enthroned Xia Jun was just an eight-year-old child. The power of the government was all controlled by the prime minister. The treacherous prime minister played with the government and committed as much evil as Xia Junjie. Finally, in the 585th year of the Xia calendar, Xia State once again saw a large-scale rebellion. But at

this time, Xia State was unable to suppress it and could only seek help from its vassal states and the governors guarding various places. However, those governors were also the leaders of various tribes. They took the opportunity to grow stronger and annex other tribes. They pretended to obey Xia Jun but secretly disobeyed him. Xia Jun could not control it, and Xia State was in chaos.

At the end of the 600th year of the Xia calendar, the treacherous prime minister died of illness, and the Xia monarch, who had been dormant for decades, regained power. However, at this time, the governors and vassal states had become powerful. The Xia monarch knew that the situation was over. In order to balance the power in the country, the Xia monarch made all the remaining tribes into states. The states had real power and could collect taxes and recruit soldiers on their own. As a result, there were more than a hundred states in the Xia Kingdom.

For hundreds of years thereafter, more than a hundred states fought and annexed each other. Now there are only thirteen states left, and the power of the Xia monarch has completely fallen into the hands of others, because the direct territory of the Xia monarch has been continuously lost over the past hundreds of years. Now there is only a thousand miles of land left, with less than ten thousand soldiers. Not to mention the martial arts saint, there is not even a martial arts grandmaster. No one obeys the orders of the Xia monarch anymore.

"What year is it today?"

"One thousand and eight years in the Xia calendar."

"How many generations has the Xia monarch passed down?"

"Forty-six generations."

"Who is the strongest among the vassal states of the Xia Kingdom?"

"Qin in the west, Yan in the northeast, Zhao in Yunshan, Wei in the south of Yunshan, Chu in the south of the river, and Qi in Yaoshan, these six countries are the strongest. The other seven countries are all small countries, with a border

of only ten thousand miles, less than one million soldiers, and no martial saints in charge." "Small countries still have a border of ten thousand miles, but the Xia

Kingdom has a border of more than a thousand miles. Tsk tsk, does the historian have a map of the whole Xia Kingdom?" Lin Jiang sighed. The Xia Kingdom has fallen to this point. What is the difference between it and the Zhou Emperor?

Shi Zheng pulled the wall and a huge map fell down. Lin Jiang stared at the map and found that the territory of the entire Xia Kingdom had expanded by more than ten times compared to when he was in power. It not only included most of the Yunzhou in the past, but also most of the former Hezhou. Even the Yunzhong Mountains became the inland mountains of the Xia Kingdom, now called Yunshan.

"What do these countries in the Northern Border mean?"

"You don't think that Xia is the country that encompasses the whole world, do you?"

"Of course not, I just haven't been to the countries in the Northern Border mentioned on your map,"

Lin Jiang said, pointing at the map. The map had the countries in the Northern Border written on it, but there was only this one, the rest were blank.

"To the north of Xia State, there is a territory several times larger than Xia State. No one knows how big it is. We only know that there are several powerful forces to the north of Xia State. One is called Wu Zong, one is called Xian Zong, and there is also a force united by a group of clans. We don’t know much about the rest. These forces are extremely powerful, not weaker than Xia State, and their languages ​​and writing are different from ours. They claim to be descendants of immortals."

"When there is civil strife in Xia State, these forces will not invade from the south?"

"They did invade a few times, but Xia State was still strong at that time. Although the vassal states were constantly at war with each other, they still shared the same hatred for foreign enemies. When the enemy invaded, they were willing to put aside their own opinions and jointly resist foreign enemies. After Xia State's national

strength declined, they seemed to have encountered enemies and even asked Xia State for help, but I don’t know about this. This is a matter for warriors, and they must be warriors above the innate level."

"Enemy?"

Lin Jiang frowned. He knew that those martial sects, immortal sects and the like must have evolved from the four major tribes. But further north, weren't there only primitive tribes? Could it be that some genius appeared among the primitive people and created a force that could threaten them?

"Zheng is just a small country. If you want to know, you can go to Qin to the west to find out. They may know more. Of course, you can also find some martial arts masters. They also know."

"Thank you very much."

"Shi has tried his best to solve your doubts. Can you answer a few questions from Shi?"

"You say..."

"Who are you and where are you from..."

"Okay, sir, look behind you ."

Lin Jiang nodded, and then pointed at the back of Shi Zheng in a hurried tone. Shi Zheng turned his head hurriedly, but did not find anything unusual. When he looked back again, there was no trace of Lin Jiang, and the living room was empty.

"Thief, you are teasing me."

Shi Zheng was immediately furious. He told Lin Jiang so much. First, this information was not confidential and could be known by finding a few ministers. Second, he wanted to find out Lin Jiang's background. Who would have thought that the young man who was so polite just now actually teased him.

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When Lin Jiang returned to Shihao Village again, more soldiers and some people who looked like civil officials had appeared outside the village. It was unknown what they were discussing. Lin Jiang did not alarm them and sneaked into Mo Zhai's house. The sudden appearance of Lin Jiang

, "Big Brother"

, surprised Mo Zhai.

"Zhai'er, don't be rude. This is a warrior master."

Mo Zhai's mother was shocked and scolded Mo Zhai. Hundreds of years of feudal annexation have made the status of the warrior class more and more noble. Almost all nobles are warriors.

"Auntie, no need to be polite. I came here to take Mo Zhai and his two friends away."

"Warrior master, you..."

"The world is in chaos. Mo Zhai and the other two have pure personalities. I intend to help you."

"Ah, Zhai'er, why don't you thank the master quickly?"

Mo Zhai's mother was surprised when she heard it. Their family has been craftsmen for generations. Although they are better than ordinary civilians, they are still lowly in the eyes of the nobles. Now that a warrior master is willing to help them, isn't it a great opportunity?

"Mo Zhai, go ask your two brothers if they are willing to go with me. If they are willing, we can go together."

"Yes, sir."

Mo Zhai hurried out. The two little friends were his neighbors and arrived in a few steps.

Soon, the other two families also arrived. Almost without any surprise, they all agreed to let their children follow Lin Jiang. This had nothing to do with their knowledge or how far-sighted they were, but it had to do with the current environment. Warriors

have a high status, and if they don't go, they will inevitably be drafted as cannon fodder. Following Lin Jiang would be their best choice, which would allow them to leap up in class.

Lin Jiang didn't say much, just asked them to pack two pieces of clothes and took them away directly.

Not long after leaving Shihao Village, there was a sound of breaking air behind them. Lin Jiang put down the three people and saw a man coming from a distance. He was very good at light work.

"Zheng Xing from Zhengguo Wuyuan greets the senior."

The man was more than ten meters away from Lin Jiang and gave him a warrior salute.

"The royal family of Zheng State."

Lin Jiang chuckled. The Xia State Martial Academy was washed away in that great flood. After that, each feudal state established its own martial arts academy. The Xia State Martial Academy no longer had the advantage and had even declined.

"Senior, I would like to invite you to take charge of Zheng State and serve as the general of the country..."

"No, I'm not interested. Go away."

Lin Jiang waved his hand. There is a very important indicator of whether the strength of the feudal states is strong, that is, whether there is a martial saint. If there is a martial saint, it is a strong country, and if there is no martial saint, it is a small country.

Because a martial saint can bring great changes. For example, when two armies are fighting, the martial saint leads a surprise attack and beheads, which may collapse an army.

"Senior, Zheng State invites you sincerely."

"If you don't agree, you don't give face, right?"

"Yes"

"Okay, take my move, if you can take it, you can stay."

Lin Jiang picked up a branch from the ground and threw it out without waiting for him to agree. The internal force attached to the branch, immediately making the branch harder than steel.

"Bang!"

Zheng Xing tried his best to draw his sword, but as soon as the sword touched, the sword in Zheng Xing's hand shattered instantly, and the fragments cut Zheng Xing's palm, making him scream.

"Haha..."

Lin Jiang laughed, picked up Mo Zhai and the other two, and used Qinggong to leave quickly.

"It's really the Martial Saint."

Zheng Xing didn't dare to chase him anymore, and he couldn't catch up. One move showed the difference. He, a martial artist with great innate perfection, was not the opponent of one move. It can be confirmed that it is the Martial Saint.

But he is still worried now. A strange Martial Saint appeared in Zheng State, but he couldn't be used by Zheng State. Wouldn't it increase the strength of other countries?