Chapter 70: Leaving the Kingdom of Gesen
After leaving the mercenary union, Jian Chen came directly to a place where the traders gathered in Baiyun City, the area here is very vast, it is the place where the goods of those traders are parked, and there are heavy guards on the periphery of here, so in Baiyun City, there is no fear of being stolen if the goods are parked here.
When Jian Chen came here, there were already a lot of vendors busy here, everyone was preparing to leave, and at the same time, there were many mercenaries riding all kinds of magical beasts in it, and of course, some mercenaries were riding horses.
Horses are the most common and cheapest means of transportation in the Tian Yuan Continent, and they are also the lowest means of transportation.
At this time, a young man who was busy carrying goods walked past Jian Chen, and Jian Chen immediately stretched out his hand to stop him and asked, "This little brother, may I ask which of these traders are leaving the Gesen Kingdom." β
The young man carrying the goods glanced at Jian Chen a little suspiciously, and then pointed to a large caravan in the distance, and said, "That caravan is leaving the Gesen Kingdom." β
Jian Chen glanced in the direction of the young man's finger, and saw dozens of carriages full of goods parked there, and there was a large group of mercenaries around to support the goods, and a middle-aged man in a luxurious robe was directing the guys who were carrying the goods.
Jian Chen knew at a glance that the middle-aged man was probably the person in charge of this caravan, so he immediately walked over, came to the middle-aged man, and said, "Uncle, may I ask if your caravan is leaving the Gesen Kingdom?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at Jian Chen vigilantly, and said, "Why are you asking this?"
Jian Chen smiled and said, "Uncle, if your caravan is going to leave the Gesen Kingdom, can I join you, although I am not strong, but I am also a first-class mercenary, and I don't want your remuneration at all, do you think it's okay?"
The middle-aged man showed a look of relief on his face, and said in an indifferent tone: "Yes, but you have to follow us closely on the way, and the expenses on the way are completely yours, we will not reimburse you for any expenses, if there are robbers blocking the road and robbing, you must also make a little effort to fight with us." β
On the Tian Yuan Continent, if some of the weaker mercenaries wanted to make a leap between kingdoms, they would usually leave in groups or join some large caravans.
Because the transnational road is not only far away, but also very dangerous, there are not only robbers and robbers who will haunt at any time on the mainland, but also often encounter some Warcraft, and in some special environments, even if they encounter the attack of Warcraft, it is also normal, therefore, almost every caravan or mercenary group is very welcome to the people who pass to join, and generally those who come do not refuse, after all, one more person will have more strength, maybe it is a little bit of strength, you can save your life.
Regarding the middle-aged man's request, Jian Chen agreed without hesitation.
"Our caravan is about to depart in half an hour, so go and get ready. With that, the middle-aged man ignored Jian Chen's attention and continued to direct those young men to carry the goods.
Immediately, Jian Chen immediately rushed to the place where Baiyun City specialized in selling mounts, and after spending fifty gold coins to buy a fine horse, he came to the place where the Chamber of Commerce had gathered before and quietly waited for the caravan to leave.
Half an hour passed quickly, and Jian Chen, riding on his mount, followed the caravan and slowly walked towards the gate of Baiyun City. As for Jian Chen's joining, although there were a lot of curious glances among the mercenaries who escorted the caravan, no one asked him where he came from. Because this large caravan is composed of three medium-sized caravans, due to the long distance and the danger is unknown, there are three mercenary groups invited by the three caravans, and many of them are individual mercenaries, and the number of mercenaries and coachmen combined is no less than five hundred, even if it is normal to meet people in front of them.
Soon Jianchen followed the caravan to the gate of Baiyun City, where naturally the person in charge of the caravan and the guards were negotiating, the caravan did not stay here for long, when the two sides finished negotiating, the caravan began to slowly move towards the outside of the city.
"Wait a minute. At this moment, a middle-aged man in armor walked down briskly from the castle tower, and in the middle-aged man's hand, he was holding a scroll of paper.
The middle-aged man went straight to the city gate, then handed the paper scroll in his hand to a guard, and said: "Paste this portrait on the city gate, and at the same time immediately find me the highest painter in Baiyun City, draw the characters in the portrait for me, and paste them in the streets and alleys of the city. β
"Yes! Commander!" a soldier immediately opened the paper roll from the middle-aged man's hand and pasted it on the city wall.
"The person in the portrait is a wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Gesen, your eyes have shown me carefully one by one, everyone who enters and exits from the city gate will compare me with the person in the portrait, but don't let the wanted criminal go, do you understand. The middle-aged man commanded loudly again, in a voice so high that even some people who were far away could hear it clearly.
When the guards put the portrait on the city wall, the characters in the portrait also appeared in the eyes of everyone, only to see that it was a young man who looked no more than ten years old, at most twenty years old, the young man was dignified, very handsome, although it was just a dead painting, but the characters in the portrait were lifelike, as if a real person, from this point, it can be seen that the level of the person who painted this painting is very high.
When the portrait was attached, the armoured commander waved his hand and said to the waiting caravan, "All right, you all go." β
The caravan blocking the city gate continued to march towards the outside of the city, but by this time, the number of guards guarding the city gate had increased several times, from the original dozen guards to hundreds, and everyone who entered and exited the city gate would be stopped by the guards and then compared with the portraits of the people posted on the city walls.
When Jian Chen passed by the city gate and saw the portrait posted on the city wall, his eyes suddenly froze, because the person in the portrait posted on the city wall was actually his own original appearance.
Seeing this, Jian Chen couldn't help but feel frightened by the strength of Hua Yun Sect, this place is tens of thousands of kilometers away from Luo Er City, and he only left Luo Er City early yesterday morning and arrived in Baiyun City in the evening, and in the middle, Hua Yun Sect not only painted his appearance perfectly, but also sent it to Baiyun City, which is thousands of miles away, in such a short period of time, the efficiency of this work alone is enough to make people tremble, and Jian Chen doesn't believe that Hua Yun Sect is only wanted in Baiyun City, and now in Gesen Kingdom, I'm afraid that all large and small cities have received a list of wanted peopleγ
Thinking of this, Jian Chen couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he had changed his appearance, otherwise, once he was recognized, with his current strength, it would probably be difficult to leave Baiyun City.
Jian Chen's caravan on his horse slowly walked towards the city gate, and when he passed through the city gate, the guards guarding both sides of the city gate cast sharp eyes on his face, but at this moment, Jian Chen's appearance has undergone earth-shaking changes after the disguise, even if people who are very familiar with Jian Chen, it is impossible to recognize him when they walk in front of him, let alone these guards who have never seen him.
Unhindered all the way, Jian Chen, mixed in the caravan as a mercenary, and left Baiyun City very smoothly, and then the caravan continued to move along the trade road like a long dragon.
This large caravan is composed of three medium-sized caravans, and the destinations they arrive at are the Wind Blue Empire closest to the Gesen Kingdom, because there are large carts of goods in the caravan, so the speed of progress is not fast, although Baiyun City is very close to the border fortress of the Gesen Kingdom, but if you want to reach the border fortress, it will take at least two or three days to walk, and from the Wind Blue Kingdom, it will take half a month.
Jian Chen's eyes looked at a luxurious carriage in the distance, the models of these two carriages were not only larger, but also used four first-order demonic beasts that were good at running to pull the carriage, and around the carriage, they were guarded by several mercenaries who were riding demonic beasts and their strength was not weak at a glance, and the middle-aged man who had previously agreed to join Jian Chen's caravan was also around, and it seemed that several of them seemed to be guarding the luxurious carriage.
Jian Chen had already vaguely guessed in his heart that the person sitting in the carriage was either the owner of the caravan or some important person, because there were still two more in the entire caravan with such a luxurious carriage.
The caravan walked on the official road for four days before finally arriving at the border fortress of the Gesen Kingdom, which is a huge city wall, stretching for several miles, more than 50 meters high and more than 20 meters thick.
When Jian Chen came to the city wall, a huge shadow instantly enveloped him, this huge city wall with a height of fifty meters completely blocked the slanting sun in the sky, so that the light in front of the city wall was dim, the majestic momentum was enough to shock anyone who saw this city wall for the first time, as if the thing in front of him was an incomparably terrifying deep sea giant.
Jian Chen looked up at the city wall in front of him as the first line of defense of the Gesen Kingdom, and felt very shocked in his heart, he had seen a lot of city walls in his previous life, but none of the city walls could be compared with the city wall in front of him, because among the city walls he had seen before, even the largest was only twenty meters high, compared to the fifty-meter-high city wall in front of him, that Wu Ning was an adult and a child.
"It's such a big city wall, just to build such a huge city wall, I don't know how much time it will take. Looking up at the city wall in front of him, Jian Chen said with a sigh.
Hearing this, a mercenary on a horse next to Jian Chen held his mouth disdainfully, squinted at Jian Chen, and said with a smile: "The scale of this city wall can only be regarded as very ordinary in the Tianyuan Continent, and it will be found in almost every kingdom. Speaking of this, the mercenary looked Jian Chen up and down, and continued: "I guess you haven't been to the three empires yet, let me tell you, the border fortress of the three empires, the city wall is as high as 100 meters, and the thickness is 50 meters, and the momentum is much more majestic than this, far from being comparable to the city wall in front of you." β
Jian Chen turned his head to look at the mercenary who was speaking, and saw that the mercenary was about twenty years old, with a common face, the skin on his face was relatively dark, and he was wearing a coarse cloth coat, which looked very ordinary.
"If you have a chance in the future, you must go to the three empires to see it. Jian Chen laughed.
"The three empires are very far away from here, and the road is also very dangerous, and they will encounter demonic attacks at any time, which is not so easy to go. The mercenary continued.