Caravan station

early morning

The caravan station, which had been densely packed with buildings, was now bare again.

Camels were full of goods, elephants, horses, and heavily dressed merchants and guards gathered and ready to go.

Unlike when they first came to Frost City, there were hundreds of snow-white, tall and mighty horses in the caravan, and Frost City sold these horses to the caravan at a low price to support the battle in Zhongzhou.

In addition, there were some ragged soldiers standing on the outskirts of the caravan, thousands of them, but these people had no weapons, and there were many sharp-eyed caravan guards around them.

These were soldiers belonging to the nobility captured by the rebels in previous battles, one in a large prison.

Tie Lei Shan assigned these captives to the caravan to fulfill his promise to provide warriors for Zhongzhou's resistance to the demon invasion, and these captives can only be cleared of their crimes and return to Frost City if they have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield.

Arriving with a load of beautifully made, expensive goods, and returning with cheap grain and ore, has been the case for millennia, but it could be very different in the future.

The caravan left this time without taking all the members with it, but left dozens of people with professional skills here, led by a middle-aged strong man, teaching smelting, casting and other techniques in Frost City.

Transporting ore from Zhongzhou to Zhongzhou requires a lot of manpower and material resources, even if it is a large expense to use storage equipment.

The storage emperor tool is expensive, and there will be great damage when transporting thousands of tons of ore, and some ores cannot be put into the storage emperor tool, so it must rely on manpower to transport it.

However, after Frost City has established a complete weapon production base, it can directly smelt the mined ore and then turn it into weapons.

Selling weapons directly to caravans at a low price would save money on transporting ore on the road and would allow Frost City to make more money, a win-win.

For Frost City, the ability to export weapons is a big step forward for its economic resources, which no longer relies entirely on the sale of cheap ore raw materials.

At this time, Tie Lei Shan, Chen Ping, and Li Xin'an were standing outside the south gate of Frost City to see the caravan leave, and there was a table in front of them, and several large bowls of fine wine were placed on the table.

Zhou Qian and the other key members of the caravan were standing at the other end of the table, saying goodbye to Tie Leishan and the others.

Zhou Wenwen didn't come, she just followed Zhou Qian out for a long time this time, and she was not the backbone of the caravan.

Zhou Qian said with a smile: "Haha, no need to send it, maybe we will meet again in a short time." ”

Chen Ping responded with a smile: "Then it depends on the speed of Brother Zhou's construction of merchant ships." ”

Frost City and the caravan made an agreement that the caravan would build a huge ship that could gallop on the Blackwater River within half a year to speed up the trade between the two sides.

Zhou Qian replied: "Please rest assured, our caravan can take root in the six countries, and it has stood tall for thousands of years, relying on integrity, and if it is built within half a year, our caravan will definitely do it."

When I returned, I arranged for someone to go to the country of Lu to buy materials for the construction of the huge ship, which were cast by the dwarven master in our caravan himself. ”

Chen Ping smiled: "Haha, Brother Zhou, I must rest assured." ”

"Lu Guo, isn't that where Yan Hongyun is?

Li Xin'an wasn't sure if there was an emperor in this world who could transmit information remotely, so he wasn't sure if Zhou Qian knew the news of the invasion of the demon race.

After thinking about it, Li Xin'an said, "Do you want to pass through the Three Mountains City of Lu after crossing the Heishui River?"

Zhou Qian said a little strangely: "Yes, we have to first pass through the Chiyan Ice Field on the other side of the Heishui River, then bypass the Colorful Forest, and then arrive at the northernmost Sanshan City in the Lu Kingdom, where we will repair and then go to other places in Zhongzhou, how do you know." ”

Li Xin'an responded: "Haha, I looked at the map of Zhongzhou before and saw that Sanshan City was in the northernmost part of Zhongzhou, so I asked."

You have to be careful, I think Sanshan City is located on the border of Lu State, and it is not only the northernmost but also the westernmost part of Zhongzhou, and it may be attacked by the demons. ”

Li Xin'an could only remind Zhou Qian in this way, although it was not good for the caravan to say such things just as it was about to return, but Li Xin'an still said it.

The rest of the caravan all looked faintly uncomfortable, as if they were blaming Li Xin'an for saying something inappropriate.

Zhou Qian frowned and thought for a while before saying, "There is indeed such a possibility, I will be careful." ”

Tie Lei Shan picked up the wine glass to relieve the siege, and said with a smile: "My little brother is young, and he is also a kind heart, you are not strange, Brother Zhou knows it in his heart, don't say these unlucky words today, drink this bowl of wine, and wish the caravan a smooth journey!"

Li Xin'an and Chen Ping also picked up a bowl of wine and said, "Have a good trip!"

Zhou Qian picked up the wine and responded: "Haha, thank you for your auspicious words, I will inform my father of what happened in Frost City when I go back!"

The rest of the caravan followed suit.

More than a dozen people laughed and drank it all.

"Goodbye, everybody!"

Zhou Qian turned around and returned to the caravan with the backbone of the caravan, and the caravan slowly pulled out and walked towards the Heishui River.

Zhou Wenwen left last, she smiled and waved to Li Xin'an, turned to leave.

But Li Xin'an noticed that she seemed to wipe her face with her hand when she turned around, and she didn't know if she was wiping her tears.

The caravan drifted away until it was no longer visible.

Tie Leishan said to Chen Ping and Li Xin'an: "Let's go, let's go back!"

"Good!" Chen Ping responded.

Li Xin'an nodded, and said with some loss: "Okay." ”

Tie Lei Shan put his arm around Li Xin'an's shoulders and said, "Hahaha, don't be sad, aren't you going to travel outside soon? ”

Tie Lei Shan set the wedding for tomorrow, and Li Xin'an was going to leave Frost City after Tie Lei Mountain's wedding, so the time for Li Xin'an to leave was actually approaching.

Li Xinan diverted the topic and said:

"Haha, Captain, your wedding day is coming, how does it feel to marry the most beautiful woman in Frost City?"

Tie Lei Mountain's marriage partner is naturally Huo Yunlan, and Li Xin'an hasn't seen Huo Yunlan for a long time recently.

The Fire Family is the only surviving aristocratic family in Frost City, and the people in this family have always maintained a proud posture, and they are very dissatisfied with the new laws introduced by Frost City.

Because Huo Yunlan's father, Huo Xiu Neng, was seriously injured, as Huo Xiu Neng's only daughter, Huo Yun Lan has been at home to pacify and suppress the rebellion of the family members.

Tie Leishan laughed and slapped Li Xin'an on the shoulder: "Haha, stinky boy, dare to joke with me, when will you find me a beautiful brother and sister to come back?"

For some reason, after Li Xin'an heard this question, he thought of Zhou Wenwen's face.

He replied with a smile: "I'm still young, don't worry, let's introduce one to Chen Ping first!"

Chen Ping said: "I'm not in a hurry, and I don't need an introduction. ”

Li Xin'an asked, "Hehe, are you and Xiaoxue already together?"

Chen Ping replied: "Haha, yes, we are talented and beautiful. ”

Li Xinan pouted: "It seems that I'm the only one left, let's go drink!"

"Let's go!"

The three of them returned to Frost City and came to Li Xin'an's garden for a few drinks, and then Chen Ping and Tie Lei Shan went to work on things, while Li Xin'an accompanied his grandmother at home.

He is also about to leave, and now that everything has been arranged, Tie Leishan and Chen Ping will take care of his grandmother after he leaves, so Li Xin'an has nothing to worry about.

All he can do now is spend more time with his grandmother before leaving.